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These excerpts taken from the SIRI 10-Q filed Nov 12, 2008. Successor Company SECTION 4.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets. Neither the Company nor Sirius shall consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease, in one transaction or a series of transactions, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all its assets to, any Person, unless: (1) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the Successor Company) shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and the Successor Company (if not the Company or Sirius, as the case may be) shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental thereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company or Sirius, as the case may be, under the Notes and this Indenture and, in the case of Sirius and to the extent then still operative, the Registration Rights Agreement; (2) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by such Successor Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
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(3) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture. In addition, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of the properties and assets of it and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions to any other Person. For purposes of this Section 4.01, the sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company or Sirius, as the case may be, which properties and assets, if held by the Company or Sirius, as the case may be, instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company or Sirius, as the case may be, on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company or Sirius, as the case may be. The Successor Company shall be the successor to the Company or Sirius, as the case may be, and shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or Sirius, as the case may be, under this Indenture, and the predecessor Company or Sirius, except in the case of a lease, shall be released from its obligation with respect to the Notes and the Indenture and, in the case of Sirius and to the extent then still operative, the Registration Rights Agreement. ARTICLE 5 Successor Company SECTION 5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets. The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer, lease, assign or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all its assets to, any Person, unless: (1) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the Successor Company) shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and the Successor Company (if not the Company) shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental thereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture; (2) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by such Successor Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (3) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, the Successor Company would have a Consolidated Leverage Ratio equal to or better than the Companys Consolidated Leverage Ratio immediately prior to the transaction; and (4) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture.
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provided, however, that clause (3) will not be applicable to (A) a Restricted Subsidiary consolidating with, merging into or transferring all or part of its properties and assets to the Company (so long as no Capital Stock of the Company is distributed to any Person) or (B) the Company merging with an Affiliate of the Company solely for the purpose and with the sole effect of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction. In addition, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of the properties and assets of it and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person. This Section 5.01 will not apply to a consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of properties or assets between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or pursuant to the Merger or the Escrow LLC-Company Merger; provided that, in the case of the Escrow LLC-Company Merger, the Company, Escrow LLC and the Trustee shall execute a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit 3 to this Indenture. This Section 5.01 will apply to a Holdings-Company Merger or a Company-Sirius Merger, except that for purposes of compliance with the first paragraph of this Section 5.01, clause (3) shall be replaced with the following: (3) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, either (A) the Successor Company would have a Senior Secured Leverage Ratio and a Senior Unsecured Leverage Ratio equal to or better than the Companys Senior Secured Leverage Ratio and Senior Unsecured Leverage Ratio, respectively, immediately prior to the transaction or (B) the Successor Company would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.03(a). For purposes of this Section 5.01, the sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company, which properties and assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company. The Successor Company shall be the successor to the Company and shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture, and the predecessor Company, except in the case of a lease, shall be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes. ARTICLE 6 | EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:
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