Article 40 Sale of business tool
1. The resolution authority may transfer the following to a purchaser that is not a bridge CCP:
(a) instruments of ownership issued by a CCP under resolution;
(b) any assets, rights, obligations or liabilities of a CCP under resolution.
The transfer referred to in the first subparagraph shall take place without obtaining the consent of the shareholders of the CCP, or any third party other than the purchaser and without complying with any procedural requirements under company or securities law other than those provided for in Article 41.
2. A transfer made pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be made on commercial terms, having regard to the circumstances, and in accordance with the Union State aid framework.
For the purposes of the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the resolution authority shall take all reasonable steps to obtain commercial terms that conform to the valuation conducted under Article 24(3).
3. Subject to Article 27(10), any consideration paid by the purchaser shall benefit: