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10.3 Continuity of Service. 10.3.1.1 Grantee may not abandon the System or any portion thereof without having first given three (3) months written notice to the City. The Grantee may not abandon the System or any portion thereof without compensating the City for all costs incident to removal of the System if required by the City pursuant to section 10.4. 10.4 Removal After Abandonment, Termination or Forfeiture. 10.4.1 In the event of termination or forfeiture of the Franchise or abandonment of the System, the City shall have the right to require the Grantee to remove all or any portion of the System from all Rights -of -Way and public property within the City. 10.4.2 If the Grantee has failed to commence removal of the System, or such part thereof as was designated by the City, within thirty (30) days after written notice of the City's demand for removal is given, or if the Grantee has failed to complete such removal within twelve (12) months after written notice of the City's demand for removal is given, the City shall have the right to apply funds secured by the Letter of Credit and Performance Bond toward removal and/or declare all right, title and interest to the System to be in the City with all rights of ownership including, but not limited to, the right to operate the System or transfer the System to another for operation by it. 10.5. Sale or Transfer of Franchise. 10.5.1 No sale or transfer of the Franchise, or sale, transfer or fundamental corporate change of or in Grantee, including, but not limited to, a fundamental corporate change in Grantee's parent corporation or any entity having a controlling interest in Grantee, the sale of a controlling interest in the Grantee's assets, a merger, including the merger of a subsidiary and parent entity, consolidation or the creation of a subsidiary or affiliate entity, shall take place until a written request has been filed with the City requesting approval of the sale, transfer or corporate change and such approval has been granted or deemed granted, provided, however, that said approval shall not be required where Grantee grants a security interest in its Franchise and/or assets to secure an indebtedness. Upon notice to the City, Grantee may undertake legal changes necessary to consolidate the corporate or partnership structures of its Minnesota/Wisconsin Systems provided there is no change in the controlling interests which could materially alter the financial responsibilities for the Grantee. 10.5.2 Any sale, transfer, exchange or assignment of stock in Grantee, or Grantee's parent corporation or any other entity having a controlling interest in Grantee, so as to create a new controlling interest therein, shall be subject to the requirements of this Section 10.5. The term "controlling interest" as used herein is not limited 53