EFTA Document EFTA01365460

(b) with respect to such consolidation or merger, Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained; (c) if the Merging Entity is not the surviving corporation, the Successor shall have agreed with the Trustee (i) to observe the same legal requirements for the recognition of such formed or surviving corporation as a legal entity separate and apart from any of its Affiliates as are applicable to the Merging Entity with respect to its Affiliates and (ii) not to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or transfer or convey the Collateral or all or substantially all of its assets to any other Person except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.10; (d) if the Merging Entity is not the surviving corporation, the Successor shall have delivered to the Trustee and each Rating Agency an Officer's certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such Person is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing in the jurisdiction in which such Person is organized; that such Person has sufficient power and authority to assume the obligations set forth in subsection (a) above and to execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto for the purpose of assuming such obligations; that such Person has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of an indenture supplemental hereto for the purpose of assuming such obligations and that such supplemental indenture is a valid, legal and binding obligation of such Person, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether in a proceeding in equity or at law); that, if the Merging Entity is the Issuer, immediately following the event which causes such Person to become the successor to the Merging Entity, (i) such Person has good and marketable title, free and clear of any lien, security interest or charge, other than the lien and security interest of this Indenture, to the Collateral securing, in the case of a consolidation or merger of the Issuer, all of the Notes or, in the case of any transfer or conveyance of the Collateral securing any of the Notes, such Notes, (ii) the Trustee continues to have a valid perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral and (iii) such other matters as the Trustee or any Holder of Securities may reasonably require; (e) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (f) the Merging Entity shall have notified each Rating Agency of such consolidation, merger, transfer or conveyance and shall have delivered to the Trustee, the Investment Manager and each Holder an Officer's certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger, transfer or conveyance and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent in this Article relating to such transaction have been complied with and that no adverse U.S. federal income tax or Cayman Islands tax consequences will result therefrom to the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or the Holders; (g) after giving effect to such transaction, neither of the Co-Issuers nor the pool of Collateral will be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act; and (h) after giving effect to such transaction, the outstanding stock of the Merging Entity will not be beneficially owned by any U.S. Person for purposes of the Investment Company Act. LNG IM CLO 2011-1 126 CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e) DB-SDNY-0056206 CONFIDENTIAL SDNY GM_00202390 EFTA01365460