ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets.
(a) WeWork Inc. shall not consolidate with or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the WeWork Inc. is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of WeWork Inc., taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:
(1) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Parent”) is a corporation or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
(2) the Successor Parent (if other than the WeWork) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the WeWork Inc. under the Third Lien Notes and this Third Lien Indenture pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(3) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(4) WeWork Inc. or, if applicable, the Successor Parent shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, winding up or disposition, and such supplemental indenture, if any, comply with this Third Lien Indenture.
(b) The Successor Parent will succeed to, and be substituted for, WeWork Inc. under this Third Lien Indenture, the Parent Guarantee and the Third Lien Notes, as applicable, and WeWork Inc. will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Third Lien Indenture, the Parent Guarantee and the Third Lien Notes, as applicable.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, WeWork Inc. may consolidate with or merge with or into the Company or any other Guarantor that is a Domestic Subsidiary.
(d) The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:
(1) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Company”) is a corporation or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and if such entity is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Third Lien Notes is a corporation organized or existing under such laws;
(2) the Successor Company (if other than the Company) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Company under the Third Lien Notes, this Third Lien Indenture and the Security Documents pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(3) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(4) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the Successor Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be better than or equal to such ratio for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction;
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