(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or the Collateral Documents to the contrary, the Company will not be required to perfect by control any security interest in deposit accounts, securities accounts, commodities accounts or similar accounts.
(d) The limitations set forth in clauses (b) and (c) above are referred to as the “Applicable Collateral Limitations.”
Section 4.23 No Impairment of the Security Interests. Except as otherwise permitted under this Indenture (including, for the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to a transaction otherwise permitted by this Indenture) and the Collateral Documents, the Company shall not be permitted to take any action, or knowingly omit to take any action, which action or omission would have the result of materially impairing the security interest with respect to the Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
ARTICLE 5
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ASSETS
Section 5.1 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.
(a) The Company shall not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving Person) or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:
(i) either (x) the Company is the surviving Person; or (y) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is organized and validly existing under the laws of the U.S., any state of the U.S. or the District of Columbia or under the laws of Canada or any province thereof, any member state of the European Union as in effect on the Issue Date, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, any Channel Island or Switzerland (provided that if such entity is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation);
(ii) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made expressly assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture;
(iii) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists;
(iv) the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made shall, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions, has no Indebtedness other than Permitted Debt; and
(v) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, complies with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
(b) The Company may not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person.
Notwithstanding the foregoing: the Company may merge or amalgamate with any Person solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction within the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or Canada or any province thereof, any member state of the European Union as in effect on the Issue Date, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, any Channel Island, Singapore or Switzerland or converting the Company into a limited liability company organized under the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or Canada or any province thereof, any member state of the European Union as in effect on the Issue Date, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, any Channel Island, Singapore or Switzerland (provided that a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation).
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