Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets
Neither Toll Brothers Finance, Toll Brothers, Inc. nor any of the other Guarantors will consolidate with or merge with or into or sell, assign, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets to another person unless:
(1) such person is a corporation, in the case of Toll Brothers Finance or Toll Brothers, Inc., or any other legal entity in the case of any other Guarantor, organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof;
(2) such person (unless it has merged into Toll Brothers Finance or a Guarantor) assumes by supplemental indenture, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of Toll Brothers Finance or such Guarantor, as the case may be, relating to the Senior Notes or, the Guarantee, as the case may be, and the Indenture; and
(3) immediately after the transaction no Default or Event of Default exists; provided that this clause (3) will not restrict or be applicable to a consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer or lease of a Guarantor with or into Toll Brothers Finance, Toll Brothers, Inc. or another Subsidiary that is, or concurrently with the completion of such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, or lease becomes, a Guarantor.
Upon any such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment or transfer (including any merger, sale, assignment, transfer or consolidation described in the proviso at the end of the immediately preceding clause), the successor corporation or legal entity, as applicable, will be substituted for Toll Brothers Finance or such Guarantor, as applicable, under the Indenture. The successor may then exercise every power and right of Toll Brothers Finance or such Guarantor, as applicable, under the Indenture, and Toll Brothers Finance or such Guarantor, as applicable, will be released from all of its respective liabilities and obligations in respect of the Senior Notes or the Guarantee, as applicable, and the Indenture. If Toll Brothers Finance or any Guarantor leases all or substantially all of its assets, the lessee will be the successor to Toll Brothers Finance or such Guarantor, as applicable, and may exercise every power and right of Toll Brothers Finance or such Guarantor, as the case may be, under the Indenture, but Toll Brothers Finance or such Guarantor, as the case may be, will not be released from its respective obligations to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Senior Notes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the requirements of the immediately preceding paragraphs in this covenant will not apply to any transaction pursuant to which a Guarantor (other than Toll Brothers, Inc.) will be upon consummation thereof permitted to be released from its Guarantee in accordance with the last paragraph of the section entitled “Guarantees” above.
Events of Default
Each of the following is an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes under the Indenture:
(1) the failure by Toll Brothers Finance or a Guarantor to pay interest on the Senior Notes when the same becomes due and payable and the continuance of any such failure for a period of 30 days;
(2) the failure by Toll Brothers Finance or a Guarantor to pay the principal of the Senior Notes when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise;
(3) the failure by Toll Brothers Finance, Toll Brothers, Inc. or any Guarantor which is a Significant Subsidiary to comply with any of its agreements or covenants in, or provisions of, the Senior Notes, the Guarantees (as they relate to the Senior Notes) or the Indenture (as they relate to the Senior Notes), other than a failure specifically dealt with elsewhere in the Indenture, and such failure shall not have been remedied within 60 days after receipt of written notice of such failure by Toll Brothers Finance and Toll Brothers, Inc. from the Trustee or by Toll Brothers Finance, Toll Brothers, Inc. and the Trustee from the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Senior Notes;
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