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ARTICLE VIII Prohibitions Against Assignment and Transfer; Indemnification Section 8.1. Representation as to Development. The Developer represents and agrees that its purchase of the Development Property, and its other undertakings pursuant to the Agreement, are, and will be used, for the purpose of development of the Development Property and not for speculation in land holding. Section 8.2. Prohibition Against Developer's Transfer of Property and Assignment of Agreement. The Developer represents and agrees that until either the issuance of the Certificate of Completion for the Minimum Improvements or the Termination Date, as applicable: (a) Except as specifically described in this Agreement, the Developer has not made or created and will not make or create or suffer to be made or created any total or partial sale, assignment, conveyance, or lease, or any trust or power, or transfer in any other mode or form of or with respect to this Agreement or the Development Property or any part thereof or any interest therein, or any contract or agreement to do any of the same, to any person or entity (collectively, a "Transfer"), without the prior written approval of the Authority's board of commissioners. The term "Transfer" does not include (i) made or granted by way of security for, and only for, the purpose of obtaining construction, interim or permanent financing necessary to enable the Developer or any successor in interest to the Development Property or to construct the Minimum Improvements or component thereof, (ii) any lease, license, easement or similar arrangement entered into in the ordinary course of business related to operation of the Minimum Improvements; (iii) acquisition of a controlling interest in Developer by another entity or merger of Developer with another entity; (iv) any sale, conveyance, or transfer in any form to any Affiliate; or (v) a transfer to a third party if Developer is unable to commence construction by the date provided in Section 4.3 hereof, the Authority terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.2(b) hereof. (b) If the Developer seeks to effect a Transfer requiring the approval of the Authority after the issuance of the Certificate of Completion, the Authority shall be entitled to require as conditions to such Transfer that: (1) any proposed transferee shall have the qualifications and financial responsibility, in the reasonable judgment of the Authority, necessary and adequate to fulfill the obligations undertaken in this Agreement by the Developer as to the portion of the Development Property to be transferred; and (2) Any proposed transferee, by instrument in writing satisfactory to the Authority and in form recordable in the public land records of the County, shall, for itself and its successors and assigns, and expressly for the benefit of the Authority, have expressly assumed all of the obligations of the Developer under this Agreement as to the portion of the Development Property to be transferred and agreed to be subject to all the conditions and restrictions to which the Developer is subject as to such portion; provided, however, that the fact that any transferee of, or any other successor in interest whatsoever to, the Development Property, or any part thereof, shall not, for whatever reason, have assumed such obligations or so agreed, and shall not (unless and only to the extent otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement or agreed to in writing by the Authority) deprive the Authority of any rights or remedies or controls with respect to the Development Property, the Minimum Improvements or any part thereof or the construction of the Minimum Improvements; it being the intent of the parties as expressed in this Agreement that (to the fullest extent permitted at law and in equity and excepting only in the manner and to the 18 516911v1 JAE MU205-47