Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.
Appears in 7 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Clarivate PLC), Credit Agreement (CLARIVATE PLC), Incremental Facility Amendment (CLARIVATE PLC)
Collateral Agent. s rights upon default
(a) The Administrative Agent shall also act Pledgor irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent, with full power of substitution, as the “collateral agent” under Pledgor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, in the Loan DocumentsPledgor’s name or in the Collateral Agent’s name or otherwise, and each of at the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent Pledgor’s expense, to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by take any of the Loan Parties actions authorized by this Agreement or permitted under applicable law upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, without notice to secure any or the consent of the Obligations, together Pledgor. This power of attorney is a power coupled with such powers an interest and discretion as are reasonably incidental theretocannot be revoked. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” The Pledgor ratifies and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed confirms all actions taken by the Administrative Collateral Agent pursuant or its agents under this power of attorney.
(b) The Pledgor agrees that 10 days notice shall constitute reasonable notice in connection with any sale, transfer or other disposition of Pledged Collateral.
(c) The Collateral Agent may comply with any applicable state or federal law requirements in connection with a disposition of Pledged Collateral and compliance will not be considered adversely to Section 10.5 for purposes affect the commercial reasonableness of holding or enforcing any Lien on sale of Pledged Collateral.
(d) The grant to the Collateral Agent under this Agreement of any right, power or remedy does not impose upon the Collateral Agent any duty to exercise that right, power or remedy. The Collateral Agent will have no obligation to take any steps to preserve any claim or other right against any person or with respect to any Pledged Collateral.
(e) The Pledgor bears the risk of loss, damage, diminution in value, or destruction of the Pledged Collateral.
(f) The Collateral Agent will have no responsibility for any act or omission of any courier, bailee, broker, bank, investment bank or any portion thereofother person chosen by it with reasonable care.
(g) granted under the Security Documents, The Collateral Agent makes no express or for exercising implied representations or warranties with respect to any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled Pledged Collateral or other property released to the benefits Pledgor or its successors and assigns (other than as to the absence of all provisions liens created by the Pledgor).
(h) The Pledgor agrees that the Collateral Agent will have met its duty of this Section 10 care under applicable law if it holds, maintains and Section 11disposes of Pledged Collateral in the same manner that it holds, maintains and disposes of property for its own account.
(i) Except as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingthis Clause or as required under applicable law, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Collateral Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including will have no duties or obligations under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) this Agreement or otherwise with respect to the Collateral and the rights Pledged Collateral.
(j) The sale, transfer or other disposition under this Agreement of any right, title, or interest of the Secured Parties with respect theretoPledgor in any item of Pledged Collateral will:
(i) operate to divest the Pledgor permanently and all persons claiming under or through the Pledgor of that right, as contemplated by title, or interest, and
(ii) be a perpetual bar, both at law and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedingsequity, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower claims by the Pledgor or any other Loan Party person claiming under or any other obligor under any of through the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.Pledgor
Appears in 7 contracts
Sources: Pledge Agreement (Warp Technology Holdings Inc), Stock Pledge Agreement (Warp Technology Holdings Inc), Pledge Agreement (Warp Technology Holdings Inc)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties Borrowers to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Each Lender hereby authorizes Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of Lenders, in its capacity as “collateral agent” and , to enter into any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by of the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 Loan Documents as secured party for purposes of acquiring, holding or and enforcing any Lien all Liens on the Collateral (or and any portion thereof) granted under other collateral from time to time securing the Security DocumentsObligations), or and as Agent for exercising any and representative of Lender thereunder, and each Lender agrees to be bound by the terms of each such document. All powers, rights and remedies thereunder under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by Agent, at the direction of the Administrative AgentRequired Lenders, shall be entitled to for the benefits benefit of all provisions of this Section 10 Lenders and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agentterms thereof. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)sale, the Administrative either Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with entitled (subject to the consent or proviso at the direction end of the Required Lendersthis sentence), for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale; provided however, that neither Agent nor any Lender shall “credit bid” at any foreclosure and/or other public or private sale absent the consent of the Required Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent is hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents (including releases) that bind Lenders with respect to (i) the Collateral and the rights of Lenders with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, and (ii) any other subordination agreement with respect to any Subordinated Debt.
Appears in 6 contracts
Sources: Loan and Security Agreement (Turn Therapeutics Inc.), Loan and Security Agreement (Spruce Biosciences, Inc.), Loan and Security Agreement (Myomo, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act (a) Pursuant to that certain Co-Origination Agreement dated January 28, 2008 by and among, inter alia, JPM and the other Initial Lenders, German American Capital Corporation or their predecessors (as amended from time to time, the “Co-Origination Agreement”), JPM and the other parties thereto agreed amongst themselves to extend the Original Loan to Borrower and accordingly, JPM, on behalf of itself and the Lenders or their predecessors party to the Co-Origination Agreement, entered into the Original Loan Agreement and the various loan documents contemplated thereby and has acted as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each secured party of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) record for purposes of acquiringthe grants of security and collateral contained in the various Loan Documents.
(b) Each Lender hereby irrevocably (i) designates and appoints Bank of America, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion N.A. as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the agreements and other documents listed on Schedule XXXIII (collectively, the “Collateral Loan Documents”), to act as secured party or other applicable named party (including, without limitation, as named insured and the rights loss payee) on behalf of the Secured Parties with respect theretoLenders, (ii) names the Collateral Agent as contemplated by a replacement secured party of record, and (iii) authorizes the Collateral Agent, in accordance with such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the Security other Loan Documents and acknowledge to exercise such powers and agree perform such duties (A) as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (B) as are necessary to comply with any direction given to the Collateral Agent by the Servicer, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, with respect to the Collateral Loan Documents. Collateral Agent hereby (1) accepts such designation and appointment, (2) agrees to act as a replacement secured party of record, (3) agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Servicer in the performance of its obligations and in acting upon the direction of the Servicer, and (4) agrees to take such actions on behalf of Lender and exercise such powers and perform such duties (i) as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) as are necessary or advisable to comply with any direction given to the Collateral Agent by the Servicer, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, with respect to the Collateral Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein or in the Collateral Loan Documents, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent. Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. Neither Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except for its or such person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (b) responsible in any manner to any Lender for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Borrower herein or in any report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by such Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Borrower to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of Borrower. Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless it shall have received notice from a Lender, Servicer or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.”
(c) Collateral Agent agrees that it will confirm receipt (in writing to each Lender) of any Collateral Loan Document that it receives (including following the recordation of any such action by any Collateral Loan Documents, from time to time) within ten (10) Business Days of the receipt of each such Collateral Loan Document (in each case). Collateral Agent shall bind (or shall cause its designee to) review the LendersLoan Documents constituting the custodial file (as set forth on the closing checklist of Loan Documents to be delivered in connection with the origination of the amended and restated Loan on the Closing Date) and, within ten (10) Business Days of receipt thereof, deliver to the Lender a trust receipt, in compliance with that certain custodial arrangement between the Lender and Bank of America, N.A., as custodian, evidencing receipt of such Loan Documents, together with a schedule of exceptions to such receipt. The Collateral Agent (or its designee) shall continue to act as the custodian of the Loan Documents on behalf of Lender and shall comply with the terms and provisions of any existing custodial arrangement with the Lender with respect thereto.
(d) Collateral Agent, in its capacity as such, is a “representative” of each Lender within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Collateral Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Loan Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated in this Agreement and in such documents to be taken by the Collateral Agent. Each Lender agrees that it no Lender (other than the Collateral Agent, in its capacity as the Collateral Agent) shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any have the right or remedy with respect individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan DocumentsDocument, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, it being understood and agreed that such rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Collateral Agent on any (for the benefit of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writingeach Lender) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required LendersServicer in accordance with the Collateral Loan Documents, any applicable Co-Lender Agreement and any applicable intercreditor or servicing agreements. In the event that any collateral is hereafter pledged by any person as collateral security for the purpose Debt, the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of bidding attorney, to execute and making settlement deliver on behalf of each Lender any Loan Documents necessary or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion appropriate to grant and perfect a first priority lien on such collateral in favor of the Collateral sold Agent for the benefit of Lender. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to release any lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent upon any collateral as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the direction of the Servicer and the express terms of this Agreement, the applicable Loan Document and the applicable provisions of the Co-Lender Agreement, if any. Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any such time, and in each case subject to the requirements and approvals required in the Co-Lender Agreement, if any, each Lender shall confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of collateral pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. Upon any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of assets constituting collateral which is permitted pursuant to use the terms of any Loan Document or consented to in writing by the Lenders in accordance with the provisions of the Co-Lender Agreement, as applicable, and apply upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the liens granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Lender herein or pursuant hereto with respect to the collateral that was so sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Collateral Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Collateral Agent’s reasonable opinion, would expose the Collateral Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Debt or the secured obligations or any liens upon (or obligations of any Borrower in respect of) all interests retained by any Borrower, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the collateral. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the failure of Collateral Agent to take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall not (a) be deemed to be a waiver of any term or condition of this Agreement or any of the Obligations as a credit on account other Loan Documents, or (b) adversely affect any rights of Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
(e) The Collateral Agent (i) may resign at any time upon notice to each Lender, and (ii) may be removed at any time upon the decision of Lender made in accordance with the applicable provisions of the purchase price Co-Lender Agreement, if any. If the Collateral Agent shall resign or be removed, Lender shall have the right to select a replacement collateral agent in accordance with the Co-Lender Agreement, if any. Upon the replacement of the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall assign all of the liens upon and security interests in all collateral under the Collateral Loan Documents, and all right, title and interest of the Collateral Agent under all the Collateral Loan Documents, to the replacement Collateral Agent, without recourse to the Collateral Agent or any Lender and at the expense of Borrower. No resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent shall become effective until a replacement Collateral Agent shall have been selected as provided in this Agreement and the Co-Lender Agreement, if any, and shall have assumed in writing the obligations of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and under the Collateral Loan Documents. In the event that a replacement Collateral Agent shall not have been selected as provided in this Agreement or shall not have assumed such obligations within ninety (90) days after the resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent, then the Collateral Agent may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a replacement Collateral Agent. Lender shall notify Borrower in writing of any change to the identity of the Collateral Agent that may be appointed by Lender pursuant to the terms of the Co-Lender Agreement, if any.
(f) The parties hereto acknowledge that in the event that Bank of America, N.A. is replaced as Collateral Agent with respect to the Mortgage Loan but remains as Collateral Agent with respect to the Loan, Borrower shall be responsible for the annual fee payable by to the Administrative Collateral Agent at in the amount and pursuant to the terms set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement. The payment of such salefee shall not be duplicative of any such fee under any Other Mezzanine Loan (i.e. such fee is not payable under more than one of the Loan or any Other Mezzanine Loan).
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Second Mezzanine Loan Agreement (Harrahs Entertainment Inc), Mezzanine Loan Agreement (Harrahs Entertainment Inc), Mezzanine Loan Agreement (Harrahs Entertainment Inc)
Collateral Agent. (a) The provisions of Section 9 that apply to the Administrative Agent shall also act apply, mutatis mutandis, to the Collateral Agent and to any successor Collateral Agent, as applicable; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the “collateral agent” under contrary, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to appoint a successor to itself as Collateral Agent and without the consent of any Lender.
(b) The Collateral Agent is authorized on behalf of all the Lenders, without the necessity of any notice to or further consent from the Lenders, from time to time to take any action with respect to any Collateral or the Loan Documents which may be necessary to perfect and maintain a perfected security interest in and Liens upon the Collateral granted pursuant to the Loan Documents, . Except for the safe custody of any Collateral in its possession and each the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder or under any of the Lenders other Loan Documents, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duty as to any Collateral, as to ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, trades or other matters relative to any Collateral, whether or not the Collateral Agent is deemed to have knowledge of such matters, or as to taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral (including the filing of UCC Financing and Continuation Statements). The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised appropriate and due care in the custody and preservation of any Collateral in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Providerpossession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which other collateral agents accord similar property.
(c) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes Each of the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfCollateral Agent, or in its own name capacity as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted an agent under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative AgentIntercreditor Agreement, shall be entitled to the all right, privileges, protections, immunities, benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize indemnities provided to the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale9.
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Lear Corp), Credit Agreement (Lear Corp), Credit Agreement (Lear Corp)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” (and to the extent required for purposes of holding any Ship Mortgage or any other Security Document, as the “collateral trustee”) under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” (and to the extent required for purposes of holding any Ship Mortgage or any other Security Document, as the “collateral trustee”) and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 9.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 9 and Section 1110, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” (or for purposes of holding any Ship Mortgage or any other Security Document “collateral trustee”) under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any the Administrative Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower the Company or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement Documents (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower the Company or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)Code, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Navios South American Logistics Inc.), Credit Agreement (Navios Maritime Partners L.P.), Credit Agreement (Navios Maritime Midstream Partners LP)
Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, Trustee and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby authorize the appointment of the Collateral Agent as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) the Trustee’s and the Issuing Lenders Holders’ collateral agent under the Collateral Agreements, and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes authorize the Administrative Collateral Agent to act take such action on their behalf under the provisions of the Collateral Agreements, including the Intercreditor Agreements, and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the agent Collateral Agent by the terms of such Lender this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Issuing Lenders other Collateral Agreements, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
(b) The Collateral Agent may resign and its successor appointed in accordance with the full power terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.
(c) The Trustee is authorized and directed by the Holders and the Holders by acquiring the Notes are deemed to appoint have authorized the Trustee, as applicable, to (1) enter into the Intercreditor Agreement, (2) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement, (3) perform and observe its obligations and exercise its rights and powers under the Intercreditor Agreement, including entering into amendments permitted by the terms of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement or the other Collateral Agreements and (4) cause the Collateral Agent to substitute enter into and perform its obligations under the Collateral Agreements. The Collateral Agent is authorized and directed by the Trustee and the Holders and the Holders by acquiring the Notes are deemed to delegatehave authorized the Collateral Agent, to (i) enter into the other Collateral Agreements to which it is a party, (ii) bind the Trustee and the Holders on the terms as set forth in such Collateral Agreements and (iii) perform and observe its behalfobligations and exercise its rights and powers under such Collateral Agreements, including entering into amendments permitted by the terms of this Indenture or the Collateral Agreements. Each Holder, by its acceptance of a Note, is deemed to have consented and agreed to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and each other Collateral Agreement, as originally in effect and as amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or modified from time to time in accordance with its terms or the terms of this Indenture. Each of the Trustee and the Holders by acquiring the Notes is hereby deemed to (A) agree that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Collateral Trust Agreement and (B) acknowledge that it has received copies of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Collateral Trust Agreement and that the exercise of certain of the Trustee’s rights and remedies hereunder may be subject to, and restricted by, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Collateral Trust Agreement. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION CONTAINED IN THIS INDENTURE, IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THIS INDENTURE AND THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT OR THE COLLATERAL TRUST AGREEMENT, THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT OR THE COLLATERAL TRUST AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, SHALL CONTROL.
(d) The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Company or any of the Collateral Grantors or is cared for, protected or insured or has been encumbered, or in its own name as joint that the Collateral Agent’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all of the applicable Collateral Grantor’s property constituting Collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and several creditor security interest of the Collateral Agreements has been properly and completely listed or creditor of a parallel debt (delivered, as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto.
(e) The grant of permissive rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect or powers to the Collateral Agent shall not be construed to impose duties to act. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall require the Collateral Agent to file financing statements or continuation statements, or be responsible for maintaining the security interests purported to be created by the Collateral Agreements and the rights such responsibility shall be solely that of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleCompany.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Indenture (Comstock Oil & Gas, LP), Indenture (Comstock Oil & Gas, LP), Indenture (Comstock Oil & Gas, LP)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Collateral Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by Lenders and, by their acceptance of the benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall also act as be obligated, and shall have the “collateral agent” right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Credit Agreement; provided, the Collateral Agent shall, after payment in full of all Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfexercise, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any instructions of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap holders (the “Majority Holders”) of a majority of the aggregate “settlement amount” as defined in the Hedge Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial proceduresor, with respect to any Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Hedge Agreement) under all Hedge Agreements. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, settlement amount for any Hedge that has not been terminated shall be the settlement amount as of the last Business Day of the month preceding any date of determination and shall be calculated by the appropriate swap counterparties and reported to the Collateral Agent upon request; provided any Hedge Agreement with a settlement amount that is a negative number shall be disregarded for purposes of any Borrower or any other Loan determining the Majority Holders. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Secured Party, without the prior written consent by its acceptance of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral pursuant hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section. The provisions of the Credit Agreement relating to a public the Collateral Agent including, without limitation, the provisions relating to resignation or private sale or a sale of any removal of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for powers and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding duties and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion immunities of the Collateral sold at Agent are incorporated herein by this reference and shall survive any such sale, to use and apply any termination of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleCredit Agreement.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Pledge Agreement (Grifols SA), Pledge and Security Agreement (Grifols SA), Credit and Guaranty Agreement (Grifols Germany GmbH)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by Lenders and, by their acceptance of the agent benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of such Lender Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Issuing Lenders (with Credit Agreement; provided, the Collateral Agent shall, after payment in full power to appoint of all Obligations under the Credit Agreement and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfthe other Credit Documents, exercise, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any instructions of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap holders (the “Majority Holders”) of a majority of the aggregate “settlement amount” as defined in the Hedge Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial proceduresor, with respect to any Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Hedge Agreement) under all Hedge Agreements. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, settlement amount for any Hedge that has not been terminated shall be the settlement amount as of the last Business Day of the month preceding any date of determination and shall be calculated by the appropriate swap counterparties and reported to the Collateral Agent upon request; provided any Hedge Agreement with a settlement amount that is a negative number shall be disregarded for purposes of any Borrower or any other Loan determining the Majority Holders. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Secured Party, without the prior written consent by its acceptance of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral pursuant hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section. The provisions of the Credit Agreement relating to a public the Collateral Agent including, without limitation, the provisions relating to resignation or private sale or a sale of any removal of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for powers and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding duties and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion immunities of the Collateral sold at Agent are incorporated herein by this reference and shall survive any such sale, to use and apply any termination of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleCredit Agreement.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Credit and Guaranty Agreement (TerraForm Power, Inc.), Pledge and Security Agreement (Valeant Pharmaceuticals International), Pledge and Security Agreement (Hologic Inc)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents(a) Each Secured Party irrevocably designates, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ to act as Agent ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, with such powers as are specifically delegated to Agent by the agent terms of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligationsthis Agreement, together with such other powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental theretothereto and Agent ▇▇▇▇▇▇ accepts such appointment. In this connectionAgent shall be obligated, and has the Administrative Agentright hereunder, as “collateral agent” and any co-agentsto make demands, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding give notices, to exercise or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for refrain from exercising any rights rights, and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name take or refrain from taking any action (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights release or substitution of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-helpCollateral), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or solely at the direction of the Required LendersSecured Parties. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section 9(a), each Secured Party, by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, agrees that it has no right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section 9.
(b) Agent shall not be responsible to the Secured Parties for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder or under any other document or instrument referred to or provided for herein or in connection herewith, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any certification, notice or other communication (including any thereof by telephone, or email) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by or on behalf of the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel, independent accountants and other experts selected by Agent in good faith. As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement, Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder or thereunder in accordance with instructions given by the Required Secured Parties and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding on all Secured Parties.
(d) The Secured Parties agree to indemnify Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Grantor hereunder and without limiting any obligations of the Grantor hereunder) ratably, in accordance with their pro rata share, for any and all claims of any kind and nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against Agent arising out of or by reason of any investigation in or in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other documents contemplated by or referred to herein or the purpose transactions contemplated hereby (including the costs and expenses that Agent is obligated to pay hereunder) or the enforcement of bidding and making settlement any of the terms hereof or of any such other documents; provided, that, no Secured Party shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent it arises from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Agent as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The foregoing indemnity shall survive the payment of the Secured Obligations and the termination or non-renewal of this Agreement; provided, further, that no Secured Party (nor any of its respective subsidiaries or affiliates) shall be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential (including lost profits) damages.
(e) The powers conferred on Agent hereunder are solely to protect Agent’s interest (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers without the direction of the Required Secured Parties. Except for the exercise of good faith and of reasonable care in the accounting for monies actually received by Agent (on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties and Agent) hereunder, Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral. Agent shall have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which Agent accords its own property. Neither Agent nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon all or any part of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of the Grantor or otherwise. If the Grantor fails to perform any agreement contained herein, Agent may itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, and the expenses of Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by the Grantor under Section 12.
(f) The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize Agent, with the consent of the Required Secured Parties, to submit a bid at a public or private sale in connection with the purchase price for of all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such saleCollateral, to use and apply in which any of the Secured Obligations may be used and applied as a credit on account of the purchase price (a “credit bid”) and purchase at any such sale (either directly or through one or more entities established for such purpose) all or any portion of the Collateral on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (but not as agent for any individual Secured Party or Secured Parties, unless the Secured Parties shall otherwise unanimously agree in writing). Each Secured Party agrees that it will not exercise any right that it might otherwise have to credit bid at any sales of all or any portion of the Collateral payable by conducted under the Administrative Agent at provisions of the UCC, or the Bankruptcy Code, foreclosure sales or other similar dispositions of Collateral, unless such saleSecured Party offers each other Secured Party a bona fide opportunity to participate in such foreclosure sale or other similar dispositions of Collateral on a ratable basis and on the same terms as such Secured Party proposing such transaction.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Security Agreement (Scilex Holding Co), Security Agreement (Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc.), Security Agreement (Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties Borrower to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Each Lender hereby authorizes Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of Lenders, in its capacity as “collateral agent” and , to enter into any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by of the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 Loan Documents as secured party for purposes of acquiring, holding or and enforcing any Lien all Liens on the Collateral (or and any portion thereof) granted under other collateral from time to time securing the Security DocumentsObligations), or and as Agent for exercising any and representative of Lender thereunder, and each Lender agrees to be bound by the terms of each such document. All powers, rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting may be exercised solely by Agent for the generality benefit of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative and Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agentterms thereof. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)sale, the Administrative either Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with entitled (subject to the consent or proviso at the direction end of the Required Lendersthis sentence), for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale; provided however, that neither Agent nor any Lender shall “credit bid” at any foreclosure and/or other public or private sale absent the consent of the Required Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent is hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents (including releases) that bind Lenders with respect to (i) the Collateral and the rights of Lenders with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, and (ii) any other subordination agreement with respect to any Subordinated Debt.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Loan and Security Agreement (Abeona Therapeutics Inc.), Loan and Security Agreement (LifeMD, Inc.), Loan and Security Agreement (Health Sciences Acquisitions Corp 2)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Bank Product Provider) and the Issuing Lenders Banks hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) Banks for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Finance Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 9.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 9 and Section 1110, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by the Administrative Agent or any Agent of its co-agents, sub-agents or attorneys-in-fact shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower the Borrowers or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Bank Product Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower the Borrowers or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)other Debtor Relief Laws, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Finance Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Amendment No. 2 (JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.), Revolving Credit Agreement (JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.), Amendment No. 1 (JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. (i) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty Hedge Bank, and a potential Cash Management ProviderBank) and the Issuing Lenders L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) L/C Issuer for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 9.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and Article XI (including Section 10 and Section 1111.04(c), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. .
(ii) Without limiting the generality powers of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect “collateral agent” pursuant to the Collateral and terms hereof or the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwiseother Loan Documents, for the purposes of holding any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under Liens granted by any of the Loan Parties under the laws of the Province of Quebec pursuant to the Collateral Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders including in its or their respective individual capacities unless as a potential Hedge Bank, and a potential Cash Management Bank) and the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) L/C Issuer hereby acknowledges that the collateral agent shall be entitledand act as the hypothecary representative of all present and future Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Hedge Bank, with and a potential Cash Management Bank) and the consent or at the direction L/C Issuer for all purposes of Article 2692 of the Required Lenders, for Civil Code of Quebec (the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment “Hypothecary Representative”). Each of the purchase price for all or any portion of Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Hedge Bank, and a potential Cash Management Bank) and the Collateral sold at any such saleL/C Issuer hereby appoints, to use and apply the extent necessary, the collateral agent as its Hypothecary Representative to hold the Liens created pursuant to such Collateral Documents in order to secure any of the Obligations Secured Obligations. The collateral agent accepts to act as Hypothecary Representative of all present and future Lenders (including in its capacities as a credit on account potential Hedge Bank, and a potential Cash Management Bank) and the L/C Issuer for all purposes of Article 2692 of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleCivil Code of Quebec.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Radiant Logistics, Inc), Credit Agreement (Radiant Logistics, Inc), Credit Agreement (Radiant Logistics, Inc)
Collateral Agent. (a) All items of Collateral and any interest therein to be delivered to or held by Holder pursuant to this Agreement shall be held by Holder, for the benefit of itself. Debtor may conclusively and absolutely rely, without inquiry, upon any action of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ in all matters referred to in this Agreement.
(b) Holder shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement. Neither Holder nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for any action taken or omitted by it as such hereunder to the maximum extent permitted by law. The Administrative Agent duties of Holder shall also act be mechanical and administrative in nature.
(c) Prior to delivery of a written notice from Holder that an Event of Default has occurred (“Notice of Default”), Holder shall have the power, but not the obligation, to take such actions as Holder in its discretion deems necessary or desirable to perfect, preserve, or otherwise protect the “security interest and Liens in the Collateral or any part thereof. After a Notice of Default has been delivered by ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Holder shall take such actions under this Agreement as it deems desirable, necessary or by a final order, decree or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction and from which no appeal has been taken and as to which the time the right to appeal has expired.
(d) All proceeds of the Collateral shall be applied as follows:
(i) first, to the payment of all fees and expenses (including, without limitation, all fees, taxes, attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) incurred by Holder in connection with retaking, holding, collecting, or liquidating the Collateral, until paid in full;
(ii) second, to payment of all fees, expenses, indemnities and other amounts owed to Holder under Sections 19 or 28(c) or otherwise under this Agreement, until paid in full;
(iii) third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, expenses and indemnities owed to Holder, until paid in full;
(iv) fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting interest owed to Holder, until paid in full;
(v) fifth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Secured Note, until paid in full;
(vi) sixth, to pay any other Obligations owed to Holder, until paid in full; and
(vii) last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to Debtor or as otherwise required by law.
(e) The Holder, in consultation with ▇▇▇▇▇▇, shall have the right to appoint a third-party collateral agent” under ; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the Loan Documentsresults of such consultation with ▇▇▇▇▇▇, and each the right of the Lenders (including Holder to appoint a successor shall be exercised by the Holder in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty sole discretion.
(f) Holder shall use reasonable care in the custody and a potential Cash Management Providerpreservation of any Collateral in Holder’s possession. Holder shall not be liable for (i) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (any action taken or omitted by it in its discretion under or in connection with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfthis Agreement, or any other applicable document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction).
(g) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other agreement or document, express or implied, it is agreed that (i) Holder shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, (ii) Holder shall not be required to take any action that, in its own name as joint opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose Holder to liability or that is contrary to applicable law; (iii) Holder may consult with legal counsel or independent public accountants and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding other experts selected by it and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to fully rely upon any opinion of such counsel or accountant in connection with any action taken or omitted to be taken by Holder in accordance with the benefits advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; and (iv) Holder may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by ▇▇▇▇▇▇.
(h) The provisions of this Section 10 28 are solely for the benefit of ▇▇▇▇▇▇, and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it Debtor shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, have rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of as a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale third party beneficiary of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleprovisions.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Security Agreement (HealthLynked Corp), Security Agreement (HealthLynked Corp)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by Lenders and, by their acceptance of the agent benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of such Lender Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Issuing Lenders (with Credit Agreement; provided, the Collateral Agent shall, after payment in full power to appoint of all Obligations under the Credit Agreement and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfthe other Credit Documents, exercise, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any instructions of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap holders (the “Majority Holders”) of a majority of the aggregate “settlement amount” as defined in the Hedge Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial proceduresor, with respect to any Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Hedge Agreement) under all Hedge Agreements. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, settlement amount for any Hedge that has not been terminated shall be the settlement amount as of the last Business Day of the month preceding any date of determination and shall be calculated by the appropriate swap counterparties and reported to the Collateral Agent upon request; provided any Hedge Agreement with a settlement amount that is a negative number shall be disregarded for purposes of any Borrower or any other Loan determining the Majority Holders. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Secured Party, without the prior written consent by its acceptance of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral pursuant hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section. The provisions of the Credit Agreement relating to a public or private sale or a sale of any the Collateral Agent including, without limitation, the provisions relating to resignation of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for powers and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding duties and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion immunities of the Collateral sold at Agent are incorporated herein by this reference and shall survive any such sale, to use and apply any termination of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleCredit Agreement.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit and Guaranty Agreement (Bz Intermediate Holdings LLC), Pledge and Security Agreement (Boise Inc.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by Lenders and, by their acceptance of the agent benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of such Lender Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Issuing Lenders (with Credit Agreement; provided, the Collateral Agent shall, after payment in full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfof all Obligations under the Credit Agreement, exercise, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any instructions of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap holders (the “Majority Holders”) of a majority of the aggregate “settlement amount” as defined in the Hedge Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial proceduresor, with respect to any Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Hedge Agreement) under all Hedge Agreements. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, settlement amount for any Hedge Agreement that has not been terminated shall be the settlement amount as of the last Business Day of the month preceding any date of determination and shall be calculated by the appropriate swap counterparties and reported to the Collateral Agent upon request; provided any Hedge Agreement with a settlement amount that is a negative number shall be disregarded for purposes of any Borrower or any other Loan determining the Majority Holders. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Secured Party, without the prior written consent by its acceptance of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral pursuant hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section. The provisions of the Credit Agreement relating to a public the Collateral Agent including, without limitation, the provisions relating to resignation or private sale or a sale of any removal of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for powers and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding duties and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion immunities of the Collateral sold at Agent are incorporated herein by this reference and shall survive any such sale, to use and apply any termination of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleCredit Agreement.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Pledge and Security Agreement (RadNet, Inc.), Pledge and Security Agreement (RadNet, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Secured Parties hereby: (i) irrevocably designate the Collateral Agent shall also as their agent to act on behalf of the Secured Parties as their representative and on their behalf for the purposes of all the terms of this Security Agreement and the Notes; (ii) agree and consent that the Collateral Agent be named as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) sole secured party on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligationssecurity documents, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent filings or notices executed or filed pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes or in respect of holding or enforcing any Lien on this Security Agreement; and (iii) agree that the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled Agent is authorized to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute file any and all documents terminations of such documents, filings or notices at such time or times as it determines is appropriate.
(including releasesb) with respect As soon as practicable following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall deliver this Security Agreement for registration at the Companies Registry.
(c) Until the Obligations are paid and performed in full, MTIX covenants and agrees that it will, at its own expense and upon the request of the Collateral Agent, but in all cases subject to the rights of the grantees of the Permitted Liens: (i) after an Event of Default, file or cause to be filed such applications and take such other actions as the Majority in Interest or a duly appointed Collateral and Agent may reasonably request to obtain the consent or approval of any governmental authority to the rights of the Secured Parties with respect theretoand the Collateral Agent hereunder, including, without limitation, the right to sell all the Collateral upon an Event of Default without additional consent or approval from such governmental authority; (ii) from time to time, either before or after an Event of Default, promptly execute and deliver to the duly appointed Collateral Agent all such other assignments, certificates, supplemental documents, and do all other acts or things as contemplated by the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to more fully create, evidence, perfect, continue, and in accordance with preserve the priority of the Security Interest and to carry out the provisions of this Agreement Agreement; and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that (iii) either before or after an Event of Default, pay all filing fees in connection with any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take financing, continuation, or institute any actions termination statement or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy other instrument with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleSecurity Interest.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Share Exchange Agreement (DPW Holdings, Inc.), Share Exchange Agreement (Avalanche International, Corp.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any the parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement Documents (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Bridge Loan Credit Agreement (Powerschool Holdings, Inc.), Second Lien Credit Agreement (Powerschool Holdings, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative (a) Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent shall also act as its agent and authorizes the “collateral agent” under Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such actions and powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Collateral Agent shall have the sole and exclusive authority to (a) [reserved]; (b) execute and deliver as Collateral Agent, each Loan Document, including any intercreditor or subordination agreement, and accept delivery of each Loan Document; (c) act as collateral agent for Lenders hereby expressly authorize for purposes of perfecting and administering Liens under the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to Loan Documents, and for all other purposes stated therein and execute or file any and all documents (including releases) financing or similar statements or notices, amendments, renewals, supplements, documents, instruments, proofs of claim, notices and other written agreements with respect to the Collateral Loan Documents; (e) manage, supervise or otherwise deal with Collateral; (f) exclusively receive, apply, and the rights distribute payments and proceeds of the Secured Parties with respect theretoCollateral as provided in the Loan Documents, (g) open and maintain such bank accounts and cash management arrangements as contemplated by Collateral Agent deems necessary and appropriate in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that Loan Documents, (h) take any such enforcement action by or otherwise exercise any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take rights or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy remedies with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any Loan Documents, applicable law or otherwise, and (i) incur and pay such expenses as Collateral Agent may deem necessary or appropriate for the performance and fulfillment of its functions and powers pursuant to the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements whether or not any Specified Cash Management Agreement (includingLoan Party is obligated to reimburse Collateral Agent or Lenders for such expenses pursuant to the Loan Documents or otherwise. The provisions of this Section 22 are solely for the benefit of Collateral Agent and the Lenders, in each case, and the exercise Loan Parties and the Parent shall not have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any right of setoff, rights on account such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of any banker’s lien the term “agent” as used herein or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or in any other Loan PartyDocuments (or any similar term) with reference to the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, without such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) The Lenders irrevocably authorize Collateral Agent, at its option and in its discretion, (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by Collateral Agent under any Loan Document (i) as required pursuant to the prior written consent Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) upon payment in full of all Loans and all other Obligations (other than contingent obligations for which no claims have been made); (ii) constituting property sold or to be sold or disposed of as part of or in connection with any disposition permitted hereunder (including the release of any guarantor); or (iii) subject to Section 17 above, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders; or (b) to subordinate its interest in any Collateral to any holder of a Lien on such Collateral which is permitted by clause (a) or (b) of the Administrative definition of “Permitted Liens” (it being understood that the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely on a certificate from Borrower in determining whether the Indebtedness secured by any such Lien is permitted hereunder). Upon request by Collateral Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing Agent. In the event ’s authority to release, or subordinate its interest in, particular types or items of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the this Section 22(b). Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)Agent may, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of Required Lenders shall, subject to the Required Intercreditor Agreement, give blockage notices in connection with the Intercompany Subordinated Debt and each Lender hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to give such notices. Each Lender further agrees that it will not act unilaterally to deliver such notices.
(c) Sections 14.3 (Duties and Obligations), 14.4 (Reliance), 14.5 (Sub-Agents), 14.6 (Resignation), 14.7(a) (Non-Reliance), 14.8 (Not Partners or Co-Venturers; Collateral Agent as Representative of the Secured Parties) (other than the last sentence of Section 14.8(a)); 14.9 (Credit Bidding), 14.11 (Restrictions on Actions by Lenders), 14.12 (Expenses); 14.13 (Notice of Default or Event of Default), and 14.14 (Liability of Agent) of the Senior Secured Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated into this Agreement, mutatis mutandis, as a part hereof for all purposes (for the purpose avoidance of bidding doubt, with references to “Agent” in such provisions (and making settlement or payment of the purchase price defined terms used in such provisions) being deemed for all or any portion of the purposes hereof to refer to Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleAgent).
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Subordinated Loan and Security Agreement (Kaspien Holdings Inc.), Subordination Agreement (Trans World Entertainment Corp)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by each Secured Party either pursuant to the agent Transaction Documents or by their acceptance of such Lender the benefits hereof. The Collateral Agent shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Issuing Lenders (with Indenture. Without the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfwritten consent of the Collateral Agent that would be affected thereby, no amendment, modification, termination, or in consent shall be effective if the effect thereof would release all or substantially all of the Collateral except as expressly provided herein. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Secured Party, by its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor acceptance of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiringbenefits hereof, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Loan Parties Collateral hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of each Secured Party in accordance with the terms of this Section. Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving thirty (30) days' prior written notice thereof to secure each Secured Party and the Grantors, and Collateral Agent may be removed at any time with or without cause by an instrument or concurrent instruments in writing delivered to the Grantors and Collateral Agent signed by the parties holding more than 50% of the Secured Obligations, including for this purpose any unfunded commitments (the "Requisite Parties"). Upon any such notice of resignation or any such removal, the Requisite Parties shall have the right, upon five (5) Business Days' notice to the Collateral Agent, following receipt of the Grantors' consent (which shall not be unreasonable withheld or delayed and which shall not be required while an Event of Default exists), to appoint a successor Collateral Agent. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, that successor Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Collateral Agent under this Agreement, and the retiring or removed Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Collateral Agent all sums, Securities and other items of Collateral held hereunder, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Collateral Agent under this Agreement, and (ii) execute and deliver to such powers successor Collateral Agent such amendments to financing statements, and discretion take such other actions, as are reasonably incidental theretomay be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Collateral Agent of the security interests created hereunder, whereupon such retiring or removed Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement. In this connection, After any retiring or removed Collateral Agent's resignation or removal hereunder as the Administrative Collateral Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect omitted to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor be taken by it under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management this Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of while it was the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such salehereunder.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Pledge and Security Agreement (MSW Energy Hudson LLC), Pledge and Security Agreement (Uae Ref Fuel Ii Corp)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties Borrowers to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Each Lender hereby authorizes Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of Lenders, in its capacity as “collateral agent” and , to enter into any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by of the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 Loan Documents as secured party for purposes of acquiring, holding or and enforcing any Lien all Liens on the Collateral (or and any portion thereof) granted under other collateral from time to time securing the Security DocumentsObligations), or and as Agent for exercising any and representative of Lender thereunder, and each Lender agrees to be bound by the terms of each such document. All powers, rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting may be exercised solely by Agent for the generality benefit of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative and Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agentterms thereof. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)sale, the Administrative either Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with entitled (subject to the consent or proviso at the direction end of the Required Lendersthis sentence), for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale; provided however, that neither Agent nor any Lender shall “credit bid” at any foreclosure and/or other public or private sale absent the consent of the Required Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent is hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents (including releases) that bind Lenders with respect to (i) the Collateral and the rights of Lenders with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, and (ii) any other subordination agreement with respect to any Subordinated Debt.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Loan and Security Agreement (Benson Hill, Inc.), Loan and Security Agreement (Biovie Inc.)
Collateral Agent. (a) All items of Collateral and any interest therein to be delivered to or held by Holder pursuant to this Agreement shall be held by Holder, for the benefit of itself. Debtor may conclusively and absolutely rely, without inquiry, upon any action of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ in all matters referred to in this Agreement.
(b) Holder shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement. Neither Holder nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for any action taken or omitted by it as such hereunder to the maximum extent permitted by law. The Administrative Agent duties of Holder shall also act be mechanical and administrative in nature.
(c) Prior to delivery of a written notice from Holder that an Event of Default has occurred (“Notice of Default”), Holder shall have the power, but not the obligation, to take such actions as Holder in its discretion deems necessary or desirable to perfect, preserve, or otherwise protect the “security interest and Liens in the Collateral or any part thereof. After a Notice of Default has been delivered by ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Holder shall take such actions under this Agreement as it deems desirable, necessary or by a final order, decree or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction and from which no appeal has been taken and as to which the time the right to appeal has expired.
(d) All proceeds of the Collateral shall be applied as follows:
(i) first, to the payment of all fees and expenses (including, without limitation, all fees, taxes, attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) incurred by Holder in connection with retaking, holding, collecting, or liquidating the Collateral, until paid in full;
(ii) second, to payment of all fees, expenses, indemnities and other amounts owed to Holder under Sections 19 or 28(c) or otherwise under this Agreement, until paid in full;
(iii) third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, expenses and indemnities owed to Holder, until paid in full;
(iv) fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting interest owed to Holder, until paid in full;
(v) fifth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Secured Note, until paid in full;
(vi) sixth, to pay any other Obligations owed to Holder, until paid in full; and
(vii) last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to Debtor or as otherwise required by law.
(e) ▇▇▇▇▇▇, in consultation with ▇▇▇▇▇▇, shall have the right to appoint a third-party collateral agent” under ; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the Loan Documentsresults of such consultation with ▇▇▇▇▇▇, and each the right of the Lenders (including Holder to appoint a successor shall be exercised by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty sole discretion.
(f) Holder shall use reasonable care in the custody and a potential Cash Management Providerpreservation of any Collateral in Holder’s possession. Holder shall not be liable for (i) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (any action taken or omitted by it in its discretion under or in connection with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfthis Agreement, or any other applicable document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction).
(g) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other agreement or document, express or implied, it is agreed that (i) Holder shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, (ii) Holder shall not be required to take any action that, in its own name as joint opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose Holder to liability or that is contrary to applicable law; (iii) Holder may consult with legal counsel or independent public accountants and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding other experts selected by it and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to fully rely upon any opinion of such counsel or accountant in connection with any action taken or omitted to be taken by Holder in accordance with the benefits advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; and (iv) Holder may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by ▇▇▇▇▇▇.
(h) The provisions of this Section 10 28 are solely for the benefit of ▇▇▇▇▇▇, and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it Debtor shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, have rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of as a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale third party beneficiary of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleprovisions.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Security Agreement (HealthLynked Corp), Security Agreement (HealthLynked Corp)
Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Holder, by acceptance of the Note, hereby designates and appoint the Collateral Agent shall also act as its agent under the Security Documents and the Holder by acceptance of the Note, hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Note and the Security Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Note and the Security Documents and consents and agrees to the terms of this Note and each Security Document (as applicable), as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documentssame may be in effect or may be amended, and each of the Lenders (including restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative accordance with their respective terms. The Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the agent of such Lender and express conditions contained in this Section 11.5. The Holder agrees that any action taken by the Issuing Lenders (Collateral Agent in accordance with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 Note or the Security Documents (as applicable), and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under exercise by the Loan Documents as if Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies set forth herein and therein shall be authorized and binding upon all Noteholders. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in full this Note or the Security Documents (as applicable) the duties of the Collateral Agent shall be ministerial and administrative in nature, and the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and in the Security Documents (as applicable) to which the Collateral Agent is a party, nor shall the Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any trust or other fiduciary relationship with respect theretoany holder or any grantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Note, the Security Documents or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingforegoing sentence, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize use of the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or term “agent” in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) this Note with respect reference to the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and the rights is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) The Collateral Agent may perform any of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of its duties under this Agreement and Note and/or the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action (as applicable) by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions through receivers, agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates, and the respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and attorneys-in-fact of such Person and its Affiliates (a “Related Person”), and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in taking action in reliance upon any advice or opinion given by legal counsel. The Collateral against any Borrower Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise willful misconduct of any right receiver, agent, employee, attorney-in-fact or Related Person that it selects as long as such selection was made in good faith and with due care. The exculpatory provisions of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect this Article 11 shall apply to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without such sub-agent and to the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any Affiliates of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at and any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such salesub-agent.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Investment Agreement (Inspirato Inc), Investment Agreement (Inspirato Inc)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 9.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 9 and Section 1110, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, the Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)Code, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Term Loan Credit Agreement (JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.), Amendment No. 1 (JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent shall also act Secured Party is hereby designated as the “collateral agent” agent under this Agreement, the Loan Security Documents and the Note Documents, and each the Holders irrevocably authorize the Secured Party to take such action on their behalf under the provisions of this Agreement, the Security Documents and the other Note Documents, and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Secured Party by the terms of this Agreement and the other Note Documents, and consents and agrees to the terms of the Lenders (including each Note Document, as the same may be in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and effect or may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their respective terms. Each Holder, by accepting the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes benefits of this Agreement, agrees to the Administrative Agent appointment of the Secured Party pursuant to this Section 6.12. The Secured Party agrees to act as such on the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or express conditions contained in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing this Section 6.12. The Holders agree that any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed action taken by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and Party in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the other Note Documents, and the exercise by the Secured Party of any rights or remedies set forth herein and therein shall be authorized and binding upon the Holders. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement and the other Note Documents, the duties of the Secured Party shall be ministerial and administrative in nature, and the Secured Party shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and in the Security Documents, to which the Secured Party is a party, nor shall the Secured Party have or be deemed to have any trust or other fiduciary relationship with the Holders, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into the Security Documents and acknowledge the other Note Documents, or otherwise exist against the Secured Party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Agreement with reference to the Secured Party is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and agree that is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) The Secured Party may perform any such action of its duties under this Agreement or the other the Note Documents, by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions through receivers, agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates, and the respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and attorneys-in-fact of such Person and its Affiliates (a “Related Person”), and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in taking action in reliance upon any Borrower advice or opinion given by legal counsel. The Secured Party shall not be responsible for the acts or omissions of any receiver, agent, employee, attorney-in-fact or Related Person that it selects as long as such selection was made in good faith and with due care.
(c) The Secured Party shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, order, letter, telegram, facsimile, certification, telephone message, statement, or other Loan communication, document or conversation (including those by telephone or e-mail) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the any Grantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Secured Party. The Secured Party shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other obligor paper or document. The Secured Party shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement and the other Note Documents. The Secured Party shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Note Documents, in accordance with a request, direction, instruction or consent of the Holders and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(d) The Secured Party shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any default or Event of Default.
(e) The Secured Party may resign at any time by 5 days’ written notice to the Holders, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Secured Party. If the Secured Party resigns under this Agreement, the Pledgor shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed pursuant to the preceding sentence within ten (10) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the Secured Party shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Secured Party, and the retiring Secured Party’s appointment, powers and duties as the Secured Party shall be terminated. After the retiring Secured Party’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 6.12(e) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Secured Party shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Secured Party under this Agreement.
(f) High Trail Investments ON LLC shall initially act as collateral agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-collateral agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Security Documents, neither the Secured Party nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other Related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, part thereof. The Secured Party shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Secured Party nor any right of setoffits officers, rights directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(g) The Secured Party is authorized and directed to (i) enter into the Security Documents to which it is party, whether executed on account or after the Closing, (ii) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Security Documents and the other Note Documents, and (iii) perform and observe its obligations under the Security Documents and the other Note Documents.
(h) The Secured Party shall have no obligation whatsoever to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by any Grantor or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Secured Party’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all or part of the Grantor’s property constituting Collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Security Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure, or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities, and powers granted or available to the Secured Party pursuant to this Agreement, any Security Document or the other Note Documents.
(i) No provision of this Agreement, any Security Document or the other Note Documents shall require the Secured Party to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any banker’s lien of its duties hereunder or similar claim thereunder or to take or omit to take any action hereunder or thereunder unless it shall have received indemnity satisfactory to the Secured Party in its sole discretion against potential costs and liabilities incurred by the Secured Party relating thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Security Documents or the other Note Documents, in the event the Secured Party is entitled or required to commence an action to foreclose or otherwise exercise its remedies to acquire control or possession of the Collateral, the Secured Party shall not be required to commence any such action or exercise any remedy or to inspect or conduct any studies of any property under the Mortgages or take any such other action if the Secured Party has determined that the Secured Party may incur personal liability as a result of the presence at, or release on or from, the Collateral or such property, of any hazardous substances. The Secured Party shall at any time be entitled to cease taking any action described in this clause (i) if it no longer reasonably deems any indemnity, security or undertaking to be sufficient.
(j) The Secured Party (i) shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in connection with this Agreement, any Security Document, the other Note Documents, or any instrument referred to herein or therein, except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it and (iii) may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Secured Party shall not be construed to impose duties to act.
(k) The Secured Party shall not be liable for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its control. Such acts shall include but not be limited to acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war, epidemics, governmental regulations superimposed after the fact, fire, communication line failures, computer viruses, power failures, earthquakes or other rights disasters. The Secured Party shall not be liable for any indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages (included but not limited to lost profits) whatsoever, even if it has been informed of self-helpthe likelihood thereof and regardless of the form of action.
(l) The Secured Party does not assume any responsibility for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by the Pledgor or any Grantor under this Agreement, the Security Documents and the other Note Documents. The Secured Party shall not be responsible any Person for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties contained in this Agreement, the Security Documents, the other Note Documents, or in any certificate, report, statement, or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Secured Party under or in connection with, this Agreement, the Security Documents or the other Note Documents; the execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of the Security Documents and any other Note Document of any other party thereto; the genuineness, enforceability, collectability, value, sufficiency, location or existence of any Collateral, or the validity, effectiveness, enforceability, sufficiency, extent, perfection or priority of any Lien therein; the validity, enforceability or collectability of any obligations; the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any obligor; or for any failure of any obligor to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Security Documents and the other Note Documents. The Secured Party shall have no obligation to any Person to ascertain or inquire into the existence of any default or Event of Default, the observance or performance by any obligor of any terms of this Agreement, the Security Documents or the other Note Documents, or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent contained in this Agreement, the Security Documents or the other Note Documents. The Secured Party shall not be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection or other proceeding under this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreements, and the Security Documents unless expressly set forth hereunder or thereunder.
(m) The parties hereto hereby agree and acknowledge that the Secured Party shall not assume, be responsible for or otherwise be obligated for any liabilities, claims, causes of action, suits, losses, allegations, requests, demands, penalties, fines, settlements, damages (including foreseeable and unforeseeable), judgments, expenses and costs (including but not limited to, any remediation, corrective action, response, removal or institute remedial action, or investigation, operations and maintenance or monitoring costs, for personal injury or property damages, real or personal) of any kind whatsoever, pursuant to any environmental law as a result of this Agreement, the Security Documents or the other Note Documents or any actions taken pursuant hereto or proceedingsthereto. Further, the parties hereto hereby agree and acknowledge that in the exercise of its rights under Agreement, the Security Documents or the other Note Documents, the Secured Party may hold or obtain indicia of ownership primarily to protect the security interest of the Secured Party in the Collateral and that any such actions taken by the Secured Party shall not be construed as or otherwise commence constitute any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral participation in the management of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agentsuch Collateral. In the event that the Secured Party is required to acquire title to an asset for any reason, or take any managerial action of a foreclosure by any kind in regard thereto, in order to carry out any fiduciary or trust obligation for the Administrative Agent on any benefit of another, which in either of the Collateral pursuant Secured Party’s sole discretion may cause the Secured Party to be considered an “owner or operator” under the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. §9601, et seq., or otherwise cause the Secured Party to incur liability under CERCLA or any other federal, state or local law, each of the Secured Party and the Secured Party reserves the right, instead of taking such action, to either resign as the collateral agent or arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a public court-appointed receiver. The Secured Party shall not be liable to the Pledgor, the Grantors, or private sale any other Person for any environmental claims or a sale of contribution actions under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of the Collateral pursuant Secured Party’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder or relating to Section 363 the discharge, release or threatened release of hazardous materials into the environment.
(n) Subject to the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)applicable Security Documents and the other Note Documents, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be Secured Party shall execute and deliver this Agreement, the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale Security Documents and the Administrative Agentother Note Documents to which it is a party and all agreements, as agent for documents and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders instruments incidental thereto, and act in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, accordance with the consent terms thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Secured Party shall have no discretion under this Agreement, the Security Documents or at the other Note Documents and shall not be required to make or give any determination, consent, approval, request or direction without the written direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.Hold
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Security Agreement (Velo3D, Inc.), Security Agreement (Velo3D, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Each Lender hereby authorizes Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of Lenders, in its capacity as “collateral agent” and , to enter into any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by of the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 Loan Documents as secured party for purposes of acquiring, holding or and enforcing any Lien all Liens on the Collateral (or and any portion thereof) granted under other collateral from time to time securing the Security DocumentsObligations), or and as Agent for exercising any and representative of Lender thereunder, and each Lender agrees to be bound by the terms of each such document. All powers, rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting may be exercised solely by Agent for the generality benefit of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative and Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agentterms thereof. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)sale, the Administrative either Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with entitled (subject to the consent or proviso at the direction end of the Required Lendersthis sentence), for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale; provided however, that neither Agent nor any Lender shall “credit bid” at any foreclosure and/or other public or private sale absent the consent of the Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent is hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents (including releases) that bind Lenders with respect to (i) the Collateral and the rights of Lenders with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, and (ii) any other subordination agreement with respect to any Subordinated Debt.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Loan and Security Agreement (Citius Oncology, Inc.), Loan and Security Agreement (Spectral AI, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 9.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 9 and Section 1110, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any the Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, the Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any the Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)Code, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Amendment No. 4 (JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.), Amendment No. 3 (JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty Hedge Bank and a potential Cash Management ProviderBank) and the Issuing Lenders L/C Issuers hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) L/C Issuers for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 9.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and Article X (including the second paragraph of Section 10 and Section 1110.05), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Collateral Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Res Care Inc /Ky/), Credit Agreement (Res Care Inc /Ky/)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act (a) Pursuant to that certain Co-Origination Agreement dated January 28, 2008 by and among, inter alia, JPM and the other Initial Lenders, German American Capital Corporation or their predecessors (as amended from time to time, the “Co-Origination Agreement”), JPM and the other parties thereto agreed amongst themselves to extend the Original Loan to Borrower and accordingly, JPM, on behalf of itself and the Lenders or their predecessors party to the Co-Origination Agreement, entered into the Original Loan Agreement and the various loan documents contemplated thereby and has acted as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each secured party of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) record for purposes of acquiringthe grants of security and collateral contained in the various Loan Documents.
(b) Each Lender hereby irrevocably (i) designates and appoints Bank of America, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion N.A. as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the agreements and other documents listed on Schedule XXXIV (collectively, the “Collateral Loan Documents”), to act as secured party or other applicable named party (including, without limitation, as named insured and the rights loss payee) on behalf of the Secured Parties with respect theretoLenders, (ii) names the Collateral Agent as contemplated by a replacement secured party of record, and (iii) authorizes the Collateral Agent, in accordance with such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the Security other Loan Documents and acknowledge to exercise such powers and agree perform such duties (A) as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (B) as are necessary to comply with any direction given to the Collateral Agent by the Servicer, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, with respect to the Collateral Loan Documents. Collateral Agent hereby (1) accepts such designation and appointment, (2) agrees to act as a replacement secured party of record, (3) agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Servicer in the performance of its obligations and in acting upon the direction of the Servicer, and (4) agrees to take such actions on behalf of Lender and exercise such powers and perform such duties (i) as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) as are necessary or advisable to comply with any direction given to the Collateral Agent by the Servicer, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, with respect to the Collateral Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein or in the Collateral Loan Documents, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent. Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. Neither Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except for its or such person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (b) responsible in any manner to any Lender for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Borrower herein or in any report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by such Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Borrower to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of Borrower. Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless it shall have received notice from a Lender, Servicer or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.”
(c) Collateral Agent agrees that it will confirm receipt (in writing to each Lender) of any Collateral Loan Document that it receives (including following the recordation of any such action by any Collateral Loan Documents, from time to time) within ten (10) Business Days of the receipt of each such Collateral Loan Document (in each case). Collateral Agent shall bind (or shall cause its designee to) review the LendersLoan Documents constituting the custodial file (as set forth on the closing checklist of Loan Documents to be delivered in connection with the origination of the amended and restated Loan on the Closing Date) and, within ten (10) Business Days of receipt thereof, deliver to the Lender a trust receipt, in compliance with that certain custodial arrangement between the Lender and Bank of America, N.A., as custodian, evidencing receipt of such Loan Documents, together with a schedule of exceptions to such receipt. The Collateral Agent (or its designee) shall continue to act as the custodian of the Loan Documents on behalf of Lender and shall comply with the terms and provisions of any existing custodial arrangement with the Lender with respect thereto.
(d) Collateral Agent, in its capacity as such, is a “representative” of each Lender within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Collateral Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Loan Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated in this Agreement and in such documents to be taken by the Collateral Agent. Each Lender agrees that it no Lender (other than the Collateral Agent, in its capacity as the Collateral Agent) shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any have the right or remedy with respect individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan DocumentsDocument, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, it being understood and agreed that such rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Collateral Agent on any (for the benefit of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writingeach Lender) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required LendersServicer in accordance with the Collateral Loan Documents, any applicable Co-Lender Agreement and any applicable intercreditor or servicing agreements. In the event that any collateral is hereafter pledged by any person as collateral security for the purpose Debt, the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of bidding attorney, to execute and making settlement deliver on behalf of each Lender any Loan Documents necessary or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion appropriate to grant and perfect a first priority lien on such collateral in favor of the Collateral sold Agent for the benefit of Lender. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to release any lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent upon any collateral as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the direction of the Servicer and the express terms of this Agreement, the applicable Loan Document and the applicable provisions of the Co-Lender Agreement, if any. Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any such time, and in each case subject to the requirements and approvals required in the Co-Lender Agreement, if any, each Lender shall confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of collateral pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. Upon any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of assets constituting collateral which is permitted pursuant to use the terms of any Loan Document or consented to in writing by the Lenders in accordance with the provisions of the Co-Lender Agreement, as applicable, and apply upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the liens granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Lender herein or pursuant hereto with respect to the collateral that was so sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Collateral Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Collateral Agent’s reasonable opinion, would expose the Collateral Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Debt or the secured obligations or any liens upon (or obligations of any Borrower in respect of) all interests retained by any Borrower, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the collateral. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the failure of Collateral Agent to take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall not (a) be deemed to be a waiver of any term or condition of this Agreement or any of the Obligations as a credit on account other Loan Documents, or (b) adversely affect any rights of Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
(e) The Collateral Agent (i) may resign at any time upon notice to each Lender, and (ii) may be removed at any time upon the decision of Lender made in accordance with the applicable provisions of the purchase price Co-Lender Agreement, if any. If the Collateral Agent shall resign or be removed, Lender shall have the right to select a replacement collateral agent in accordance with the Co-Lender Agreement, if any. Upon the replacement of the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall assign all of the liens upon and security interests in all collateral under the Collateral Loan Documents, and all right, title and interest of the Collateral Agent under all the Collateral Loan Documents, to the replacement Collateral Agent, without recourse to the Collateral Agent or any Lender and at the expense of Borrower. No resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent shall become effective until a replacement Collateral Agent shall have been selected as provided in this Agreement and the Co-Lender Agreement, if any, and shall have assumed in writing the obligations of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and under the Collateral Loan Documents. In the event that a replacement Collateral Agent shall not have been selected as provided in this Agreement or shall not have assumed such obligations within ninety (90) days after the resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent, then the Collateral Agent may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a replacement Collateral Agent. Lender shall notify Borrower in writing of any change to the identity of the Collateral Agent that may be appointed by Lender pursuant to the terms of the Co-Lender Agreement, if any.
(f) The parties hereto acknowledge that in the event that Bank of America, N.A. is replaced as Collateral Agent with respect to the Mortgage Loan but remains as Collateral Agent with respect to the Loan, Borrower shall be responsible for the annual fee payable by to the Administrative Collateral Agent at in the amount and pursuant to the terms set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement. The payment of such salefee shall not be duplicative of any such fee under any Other Mezzanine Loan (i.e. such fee is not payable under more than one of the Loan or any Other Mezzanine Loan).
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Eighth Mezzanine Loan Agreement (Harrahs Entertainment Inc), Ninth Mezzanine Loan Agreement (Harrahs Entertainment Inc)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 9.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 9 and Section 1110, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any the Administrative Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any the Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, the Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any the Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)Code, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Mueller Water Products, Inc.), Term Loan Credit Agreement (Mueller Water Products, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by Lenders and, by their acceptance of the agent benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of such Lender Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Issuing Lenders (with Credit Agreement; provided, the full power to appoint Collateral Agent shall, after all Obligations have been Paid in Full under the Credit Agreement and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfthe other Credit Documents, exercise, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any instructions of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap holders (the “Majority Holders”) of a majority of the aggregate “settlement amount” as defined in the Hedge Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial proceduresor, with respect to any Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Hedge Agreement) under all Hedge Agreements. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, settlement amount for any Hedge Agreement that has not been terminated shall be the settlement amount as of the last Business Day of the month preceding any date of determination and shall be calculated by the appropriate swap counterparties and reported to the Collateral Agent upon request; provided any Hedge Agreement with a settlement amount that is a negative number shall be disregarded for purposes of any Borrower or any other Loan determining the Majority Holders. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section 10, each Secured Party, without the prior written consent by its acceptance of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral pursuant hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section 10. The provisions of the Credit Agreement relating to a public the Collateral Agent including, without limitation, the provisions relating to resignation or private sale or a sale of any removal of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 Agent and the powers and duties and immunities of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in Collateral Agent are incorporated herein by this reference and shall survive any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative termination of the Lenders (but not any Lender Credit Agreement. The Collateral Agent shall have the right to appoint one or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, more sub-agents for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment retaining physical possession of the purchase price for all or any portion Collateral, which may be held (in the discretion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any Agent) in the name of the Obligations as a credit on account relevant Grantor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the purchase price for Collateral Agent or any nominee or nominees of the Collateral payable Agent or a sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent at such saleCollateral Agent.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Pledge and Security Agreement (American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC), First Lien Pledge and Security Agreement (American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC)
Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by Lenders and, by their acceptance of the agent benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of such Lender Pledged Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Issuing Lenders (with Credit Agreement; provided, the full power to appoint Collateral Agent shall, after all Secured Obligations have been Paid in Full under the Credit Agreement and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfthe other Credit Documents, exercise, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any instructions of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap holders (the “Majority Holders”) of a majority of the aggregate “settlement amount” as defined in the Hedge Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial proceduresor, with respect to any Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Hedge Agreement) under all Hedge Agreements. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, settlement amount for any Hedge Agreement that has not been terminated shall be the settlement amount as of the last Business Day of the month preceding any date of determination and shall be calculated by the appropriate swap counterparties and reported to the Collateral Agent upon request; provided any Hedge Agreement with a settlement amount that is a negative number shall be disregarded for purposes of any Borrower or any other Loan determining the Majority Holders. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section 10, each Secured Party, without the prior written consent by its acceptance of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Pledged Collateral pursuant hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section 10. The provisions of the Credit Agreement relating to a public the Collateral Agent including, without limitation, the provisions relating to resignation or private sale or a sale of any removal of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 Agent and the powers and duties and immunities of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in Collateral Agent are incorporated herein by this reference and shall survive any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative termination of the Lenders Credit Agreement.
(but not any Lender b) The Collateral Agent shall have the right to appoint one or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, more sub-agents for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment retaining physical possession of the purchase price for all or any portion Pledged Collateral, which may be held (in the discretion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any Agent) in the name of the Obligations as a credit on account relevant Grantor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the purchase price for Collateral Agent or any nominee or nominees of the Collateral payable Agent or a sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent at such saleCollateral Agent.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Pledge Agreement (American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC), Pledge Agreement (American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent (a) At the direction of the Holders of the Notes, the Trustee shall also act as the “appoint a collateral agent” under , which shall be authorized to act on behalf of and for the Loan Documents, and each benefit of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and Holders of the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (Notes. In accordance with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) foregoing, on its behalfthe Issue Date, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas is hereby appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security DocumentsTrustee, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative AgentHolders of the Notes, to serve as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
(b) The Collateral Agent appointed by the Trustee as provided in Section 10.08(a) hereof shall be the secured party of record with respect to the security interests created in respect of the Collateral under the Collateral Documents and shall hold such Collateral for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
(c) The Collateral Agent shall hold (directly or through co-agents), and shall be entitled to the benefits of enforce, all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent Liens on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and created by the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and Collateral Documents in accordance with the provisions terms of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind Collateral Documents. Neither the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take Company or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Guarantors nor their respective Affiliates may serve as Collateral Agent.
(d) Except as provided in the Collateral Documents, Specified Swap Agreements the Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to: (i) act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any Person; (ii) foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any Specified Cash Management Agreement Lien; or (including, in each caseiii) take any other action whatsoever pursuant to any or all of the Collateral Documents, the Liens created thereby or the Collateral.
(e) A resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent and appointment of a successor Collateral Agent will become effective pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Documents.
(f) The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to all the rights, protections, privileges and immunities granted to the Trustee under this Indenture. Whenever reference is made in this Indenture or the Collateral Documents to any action by, consent, designation, specification, requirement or approval of, notice, request or other communication from, or other direction given or action to be undertaken or to be (or not to be) suffered or omitted by the Collateral Agent or to any election, decision, opinion, acceptance, use of judgment, expression of satisfaction or other exercise of any right of setoffdiscretion, rights on account or remedies to be made (or not to be made) by the Collateral Agent, it is understood that in all cases the Collateral Agent shall be acting, giving, withholding, suffering, omitting, taking or otherwise undertaking and exercising the same (or shall not be undertaking and exercising the same) as directed by the Trustee. This provision is intended solely for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and its successors and permitted assigns and is not intended to and will not entitle the other parties hereto to any banker’s lien or similar defense, claim or other rights of self-help)counterclaim, or institute confer any actions rights or proceedings, or otherwise commence benefits on any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent party hereto.
(g) The duties of the Administrative AgentCollateral Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature. In the event of a foreclosure The Collateral Agent shall not have, by the Administrative Agent on reason hereof or any of the Collateral pursuant Documents, a fiduciary relationship with any Holder, the Company, any Guarantor or any other Person, and nothing herein or in any of the Collateral Documents, inferred or implied, is intended to a public or private sale shall be so construed as to impose upon the Collateral Agent any duties, responsibilities or a sale obligations in respect hereof or of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (Documents, except as expressly set forth herein or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saletherein.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Indenture (Maxcom Telecommunications Inc), Indenture
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by Lenders and, by their acceptance of the agent benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of such Lender Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Issuing Lenders (with Second Lien Credit Agreement; provided, the Collateral Agent shall, after payment in full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfof all Obligations under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, exercise, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any instructions of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap holders (the “Majority Holders”) of a majority of the aggregate “settlement amount” as defined in the Hedge Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial proceduresor, with respect to any Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Hedge Agreement) under all Hedge Agreements. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, settlement amount for any Hedge Agreement that has not been terminated shall be the settlement amount as of the last Business Day of the month preceding any date of determination and shall be calculated by the appropriate swap counterparties and reported to the Collateral Agent upon request; provided any Hedge Agreement with a settlement amount that is a negative number shall be disregarded for purposes of any Borrower or any other Loan determining the Majority Holders. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Secured Party, without the prior written consent by its acceptance of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral pursuant hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section. The provisions of the Second Lien Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement relating to a public the Collateral Agent including, without limitation, the provisions relating to resignation or private sale or a sale of any removal of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for powers and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding duties and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion immunities of the Collateral sold at Agent are incorporated herein by this reference and shall survive any such sale, to use and apply any termination of the Obligations as a credit on account of Second Lien Credit Agreement or the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleIntercreditor Agreement.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Second Lien Pledge and Security Agreement, Second Lien Pledge and Security Agreement (RadNet, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any the Administrative Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, the Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)Code, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Emerald Holding, Inc.), Credit Agreement (Emerald Expositions Events, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent shall also act Secured Party is hereby designated as the “collateral agent” agent under this Agreement, the Loan Security Documents and the Note Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders Holder, together with any successors or assigns thereof, hereby irrevocably appoints appoints, designates and authorizes the Administrative Agent Secured Party to take such action, exercise such powers and perform sch duties on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement, the Security Documents and the other Note Documents as are delegated to it by the terms of such documents, and to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) Holder for purposes of acquiring, holding holding, enforcing and enforcing any and perfecting all Liens on Collateral granted by any of each Grantor on the Loan Parties Collateral to secure any of the Obligations, in each case together with such actions and powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connectionEach Holder, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to accepting the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11Agreement, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect agrees to the Collateral and the rights appointment of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, Party pursuant to this Section 6.12. The Secured Party agrees to act as contemplated such on the express conditions contained in this Section 6.12. The Holders agree that any action taken by and the Secured Party in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the other Note Documents, and the exercise by the Secured Party of any rights or remedies set forth herein and therein shall be authorized and binding upon the Holders. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement and the other Note Documents, the duties of the Secured Party shall be ministerial and administrative in nature, and the Secured Party shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and in the Security Documents, to which the Secured Party is a party, nor shall the Secured Party have or be deemed to have any trust or other fiduciary relationship with the Holders, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into the Security Documents and acknowledge the other Note Documents, or otherwise exist against the Secured Party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Agreement with reference to the Secured Party is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and agree that is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) The Secured Party may perform any such action of its duties under this Agreement or the other the Note Documents, by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions through receivers, agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates, and the respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and attorneys-in-fact of such Person and its Affiliates (a “Related Person”), and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in taking action in reliance upon any Borrower advice or opinion given by legal counsel. The Secured Party shall not be responsible for the acts or omissions of any receiver, agent, employee, attorney-in-fact or Related Person that it selects as long as such selection was made in good faith and with due care.
(c) The Secured Party shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, order, letter, telegram, facsimile, certification, telephone message, statement, or other Loan communication, document or conversation (including those by telephone or e-mail) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the any Grantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Secured Party. The Secured Party shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other obligor paper or document. The Secured Party shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement and the other Note Documents. The Secured Party shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Note Documents, in accordance with a request, direction, instruction or consent of the Holders and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(d) The Secured Party shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any default or Event of Default.
(e) The Secured Party may resign at any time by ten (10) days’ written notice to the Holders, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Secured Party. If the Secured Party resigns under this Agreement, the Holders shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the Secured Party shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Secured Party, and the retiring Secured Party’s appointment, powers and duties as the Secured Party shall be terminated. After the retiring Secured Party’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 6.12(e) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Secured Party shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Secured Party under this Agreement.
(f) High Trail Special Situations LLC shall initially act as collateral agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-collateral agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Security Documents, neither the Secured Party nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other Related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, part thereof. The Secured Party shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Secured Party nor any right of setoffits officers, rights directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own bad faith, gross negligence, or willful misconduct.
(g) The Secured Party is authorized and directed to (i) enter into the Security Documents to which it is party, whether executed on account or after the Closing Date, (ii) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Security Documents and the other Note Documents, and (iii) perform and observe its obligations under the Security Documents and the other Note Documents.
(h) The Secured Party shall have no obligation whatsoever to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by any Grantor or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Secured Party’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all or part of the Grantor’s property constituting Collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Security Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure, or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities, and powers granted or available to the Secured Party pursuant to this Agreement, any Security Document or the other Note Documents.
(i) No provision of this Agreement, any Security Document or the other Note Documents shall require the Secured Party to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any banker’s lien of its duties hereunder or similar claim thereunder or to take or omit to take any action hereunder or thereunder unless it shall have received indemnity satisfactory to the Secured Party in its sole discretion against potential costs and liabilities incurred by the Secured Party relating thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Security Documents or the other Note Documents, in the event the Secured Party is entitled or required to commence an action to foreclose or otherwise exercise its remedies to acquire control or possession of the Collateral, the Secured Party shall not be required to commence any such action or exercise any remedy or to inspect or conduct any studies of any property under the Mortgages or take any such other action if the Secured Party has determined that the Secured Party may incur personal liability as a result of the presence at, or release on or from, the Collateral or such property, of any hazardous substances. The Secured Party shall at any time be entitled to cease taking any action described in this clause (i) if it no longer reasonably deems any indemnity, security or undertaking to be sufficient.
(j) The Secured Party (i) shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in connection with this Agreement, any Security Document, the other Note Documents, or any instrument referred to herein or therein, except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its own bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it and (iii) may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Secured Party shall not be construed to impose duties to act.
(k) The Secured Party shall not be liable for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its control. Such acts shall include, but not be limited to, acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war, epidemics, governmental regulations superimposed after the fact, fire, communication line failures, computer viruses, power failures, earthquakes or other rights disasters and other events out of self-helpthe Secured Party’s control directly relating to the foregoing. The Secured Party shall not be liable for any indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages (included but not limited to lost profits) whatsoever, even if it has been informed of the likelihood thereof and regardless of the form of action.
(l) The Secured Party does not assume any responsibility for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by the Pledgor or any Grantor under this Agreement, the Security Documents and the other Note Documents. The Secured Party shall not be responsible to any Person for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties contained in this Agreement, the Security Documents, the other Note Documents, or in any certificate, report, statement, or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Secured Party under or in connection with, this Agreement, the Security Documents or the other Note Documents; the execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of the Security Documents and any other Note Document of any other party thereto; the genuineness, enforceability, collectability, value, sufficiency, location or existence of any Collateral, or the validity, effectiveness, enforceability, sufficiency, extent, perfection or priority of any Lien therein; the validity, enforceability or collectability of any obligations; the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any obligor; or for any failure of any obligor to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Security Documents and the other Note Documents. The Secured Party shall have no obligation to any Person to ascertain or inquire into the existence of any default or Event of Default, the observance or performance by any obligor of any terms of this Agreement, the Security Documents or the other Note Documents, or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent contained in this Agreement, the Security Documents or the other Note Documents. The Secured Party shall not be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection or other proceeding under this Agreement and the Security Documents unless expressly set forth hereunder or thereunder.
(m) The parties hereto hereby agree and acknowledge that the Secured Party shall not assume, be responsible for or otherwise be obligated for any liabilities, claims, causes of action, suits, losses, allegations, requests, demands, penalties, fines, settlements, damages (including foreseeable and unforeseeable), judgments, expenses and costs (including but not limited to, any remediation, corrective action, response, removal or institute remedial action, or investigation, operations and maintenance or monitoring costs, for personal injury or property damages, real or personal) of any kind whatsoever, pursuant to any environmental law as a result of this Agreement, the Security Documents or the other Note Documents or any actions taken pursuant hereto or proceedingsthereto. Further, the parties hereto hereby agree and acknowledge that in the exercise of its rights under this Agreement, the Security Documents or the other Note Documents, the Secured Party may hold or obtain indicia of ownership primarily to protect the security interest of the Secured Party in the Collateral and that any such actions taken by the Secured Party shall not be construed as or otherwise commence constitute any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral participation in the management of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agentsuch Collateral. In the event that the Secured Party is required to acquire title to an asset for any reason, or take any managerial action of a foreclosure by any kind in regard thereto, in order to carry out any fiduciary or trust obligation for the Administrative Agent on any benefit of another, which in either of the Collateral pursuant Secured Party’s sole discretion may cause the Secured Party to be considered an “owner or operator” under the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. §9601, et seq., or otherwise cause the Secured Party to incur liability under CERCLA or any other federal, state or local law, the Secured Party reserves the right, instead of taking such action, to either resign as the collateral agent or arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a public court-appointed receiver. The Secured Party shall not be liable to the Pledgor, the Grantors, or private sale any other Person for any environmental claims or a sale of contribution actions under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of the Collateral pursuant Secured Party’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder or relating to Section 363 the discharge, release or threatened release of hazardous materials into the environment.
(n) Subject to the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)applicable Security Documents and the other Note Documents, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be Secured Party shall execute and deliver this Agreement, the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale Security Documents and the Administrative Agentother Note Documents to which it is a party and all agreements, as agent for documents and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders instruments incidental thereto, and act in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, accordance with the consent terms thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Secured Party shall have no discretion under this Agreement, the Security Documents or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.other Note Do
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Security Agreement (Picard Medical, Inc.), Securities Purchase Agreement (Picard Medical, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative (a) Each Secured Party hereby appoints ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as Collateral Agent shall also act for the benefit of the Secured Parties under this Agreement to serve from the date hereof until the termination of this Agreement.
(b) Each Secured Party hereby irrevocably authorizes Collateral Agent to take such action and to exercise such powers hereunder as provided herein or as requested in writing by the Secured Parties who hold a majority in interest of outstanding principal and interest under the Notes (the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including Majority Note Holders”) in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (accordance with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligationsterms hereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties hereunder by or through agents or employees and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to request and act in reliance upon the benefits advise of counsel concerning all provisions of this Section 10 matters pertaining to its duties hereunder and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and good faith in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any therewith.
(c) Collateral Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take be liable or institute responsible to any actions Secured Party or proceedings, judicial to LLCL or otherwise, any of its Affiliates for any right action taken or remedy with respect omitted to any be taken by Collateral against any Borrower Agent or any other Loan Party such person hereunder or under any related agreement, instrument or document, except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of Collateral Agent, nor shall Collateral Agent be liable or responsible for (A) the validity, effectiveness, sufficiency, enforceability or enforcement of the Notes, this Agreement or any other obligor under instrument or document delivered hereunder or relating hereto; (B) the title of LCLX or any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect its Affiliates to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale the freedom of any of the Collateral from any prior or other liens or security interests; (C) the determination, verification or enforcement of LCLL’s compliance with any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement; (D) the failure by LCLX or any of its Affiliates to deliver any instrument or document required to be delivered pursuant to Section 363 the terms hereof; or (E) the receipt, disbursement, waiver, extension or other handling of payments or proceeds made or received with respect to the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)Collateral, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion servicing of the Collateral sold at or the enforcement or the collection of any such sale, amounts owing with respect to use the Collateral.
(d) In connection with this Security Agreement and apply the transactions contemplated hereby and any related document relating to any of the Obligations as a credit on account Collateral, each of the purchase price for Secured Parties agrees to pay to Collateral Agent, on demand, its pro rata share (based on relative Secured Obligations) of all fees and all expenses incurred in connection with the operation and enforcement of this Agreement, the Notes or any related agreement to the extent that such fees or expenses have not been paid by LCLL or its Affiliates. In connection with this Security Agreement and each instrument and document relating to any of the Collateral, each of the Secured Parties (on a pro rata basis based upon the outstanding Secured Obligations owing to the Secured Parties) and LCLX, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, hereby agree to hold Collateral payable Agent harmless, and to indemnify Collateral Agent from and against any and all loss, damage, expense or liability which may be incurred by Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and any related agreement or other instrument or document, as the case may be, unless such liability shall be caused by the Administrative Agent at such salewillful misconduct or gross negligence of Collateral Agent.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Security Agreement (SearchCore, Inc.), Security Agreement (General Cannabis, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section Section 10 and Section Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Clarivate PLC), Credit Agreement (Clarivate PLC)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and each of the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any the parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Incremental and Refinancing Amendment (Powerschool Holdings, Inc.), First Lien Credit Agreement (Powerschool Holdings, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, Trustee and each of the Lenders (including in Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Collateral Agent as its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) agent under this Indenture and the Issuing Lenders Collateral Documents and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Collateral Agent to act as take such action on its behalf under the agent provisions of such Lender this Indenture and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint Collateral Documents and to substitute exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the ObligationsDocuments, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all The provisions of this Section 10 11.11 are solely for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders nor any of the Grantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 1111.03. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture and the Collateral Documents, as though such co-agentsthe Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities hereunder nor shall the Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, sub-agents any Holder or any Grantor, and attorneys-in-fact were no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture and the “collateral agent” under Collateral Documents or otherwise exist against the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect theretoCollateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingforegoing sentence, the Lenders use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Collateral Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which the Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, and the Collateral Documents, including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article 6, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.
(b) None of the Collateral Agent or any of its respective Affiliates shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in (except for its own name gross negligence or willful misconduct) or under or in connection with any Collateral Document or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Issuer or any Grantor or Affiliate of any Grantor, or any officer or Affiliate thereof, contained in this or any Indenture, any Collateral Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this or any other Indenture or the Collateral Documents, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this or any other Indenture or the Collateral Documents, or for any failure of any Grantor or any other party to this Indenture or the Collateral Documents to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Collateral Agent or any of its respective Affiliates shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this or any other Indenture or the Collateral Documents or to inspect the properties, books, or records of any Grantor or any Grantor’s Affiliates.
(c) The Collateral Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with the Issuer, any Guarantor and their Affiliates as though it was not the Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Collateral Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Grantor or its respective Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of, any such Grantor or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Collateral Agent shall not be under any parallel debtobligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of the Collateral Agent to advance funds.
(d) The Collateral Agent is authorized and directed to execute (i) enter into the Collateral Documents, (ii) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Collateral Documents and (iii) perform and observe its obligations under the Collateral Documents.
(e) The Trustee agrees that it shall not (and shall not be obligated to), and shall not instruct the Collateral Agent to, unless specifically requested to do so by a majority of the Holders, take or cause to be taken any and all documents action to enforce its rights under this Indenture or against any Grantor, including the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings, to foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral. If at any time or times the Trustee shall receive (including releasesi) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations arising under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payments received by the Trustee from the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) payments from the Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article 6, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Collateral Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to the Collateral Agent.
(f) The Collateral Agent is each Holder’s agent for the purpose of perfecting the Holders’ security interest in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code can be perfected only by possession. Should the Trustee obtain possession of any such Collateral, upon request from the Issuer, the Trustee shall notify the Collateral Agent thereof, and, promptly upon the Collateral Agent’s request therefor shall deliver such Collateral to the Collateral Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Collateral Agent’s instructions.
(g) The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by any Grantor or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Collateral Agent’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained (through the filing of continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise) or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all or the Issuer or any Guarantor’s property constituting collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Collateral Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure, or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities, and powers granted or available to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture or any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission, or event related thereto, the Collateral Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion given the Collateral Agent’s own interest in the Collateral and that the rights Collateral Agent shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever to the Trustee or any Holder as to any of the Secured Parties foregoing.
(h) No provision of this Indenture or any Collateral Document shall require the Collateral Agent (or the Trustee) to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or thereunder or to take or omit to take any action hereunder or thereunder or take any action at the request or direction of Holders (or the Trustee in the case of the Collateral Agent) if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds is not assured to it.
(i) The Collateral Agent (i) shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, or for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Collateral Agent was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Issuer (and money held in trust by the Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law), (iii) the Collateral Agent may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect theretoof any action taken, as contemplated omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the provisions advice or opinion of this Agreement and such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Collateral Agent shall bind not be construed to impose duties to act.
(j) Neither the LendersCollateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its control. Each Lender agrees that it Such acts shall include but not take be limited to acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war, epidemics, governmental regulations superimposed after the fact, fire, communication line failures, computer viruses, power failures, earthquakes or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, other disasters. Neither the Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for any right indirect, special or remedy with respect consequential damages (included but not limited to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any lost profits) whatsoever, even if it has been informed of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent likelihood thereof and regardless of the Administrative Agent. In the event form of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleaction.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Indenture (APX Group Holdings, Inc.), Indenture (APX Group Holdings, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act (a) Pursuant to that certain Co-Origination Agreement dated January 28, 2008 by and among, inter alia, JPM and the other Initial Lenders or their predecessors (as amended from time to time, the “Co-Origination Agreement”), JPM and the other parties thereto agreed amongst themselves to extend the Original Loan to Borrower and accordingly, JPM, on behalf of itself and the Lenders or their predecessors party to the Co-Origination Agreement, entered into the Original Loan Agreement and the various loan documents contemplated thereby and has acted as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, secured party of record and each mortgagee of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) record for purposes of acquiringthe grants of security and collateral contained in the various Loan Documents.
(b) Each Lender hereby irrevocably (i) designates and appoints Bank of America, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative AgentN.A., as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the agreements, instruments, insurance policies and certificates (including title policies and endorsements) and other documents listed on Schedule XXXIV (collectively, the “Collateral Loan Documents”), to act as secured party or other applicable named party (including, without limitation, as named insured and loss payee) on behalf of the Lenders, (ii) names the Collateral Agent as a replacement mortgagee of record and the rights replacement secured party of record, and (iii) authorizes the Secured Parties with respect theretoCollateral Agent, as contemplated by and in accordance with such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the Security other Loan Documents and acknowledge to exercise such powers and agree perform such duties (A) as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (B) as are necessary to comply with any direction given to the Collateral Agent by the Servicer, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, with respect to the Collateral Loan Documents. Collateral Agent hereby (1) accepts such designation and appointment, (2) agrees to act as a replacement mortgagee of record and as the replacement secured party of record, (3) agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Servicer in the performance of its obligations and in acting upon the direction of the Servicer, and (4) agrees to take such actions on behalf of Lender and exercise such powers and perform such duties (i) as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) as are necessary or advisable to comply with any direction given to the Collateral Agent by the Servicer, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, with respect to the Collateral Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein or in the Collateral Loan Documents, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent. Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. Neither Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except for its or such person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (b) responsible in any manner to any Lender for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Borrower herein or in any report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by such Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Borrower to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of Borrower. Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless it shall have received notice from a Lender, Servicer or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.”
(c) Collateral Agent agrees that it will confirm receipt (in a writing to each Lender) of any Collateral Loan Document that it receives (including following the recordation of any such action by any Collateral Loan Documents, from time to time) within ten (10) Business Days of the receipt of each such Collateral Loan Document (in each case). Collateral Agent shall bind (or shall cause its designee) to review the LendersLoan Documents constituting the custodial file (as set forth on the closing checklist of the Loan Documents to be delivered in connection with the origination of the amended and restated Loan on the Closing Date) and, within ten (10) Business Days of receipt thereof, deliver to the Lender a trust receipt, in compliance with that certain custodial arrangement between the Lender and Bank of America, N.A., as custodian, evidencing receipt of such Loan Documents, together with a schedule of exceptions to such receipt. The Collateral Agent (or its designee) shall continue to act as the custodian of the Loan Documents on behalf of Lender and shall comply with the terms and provisions of any existing custodial arrangement with the Lender with respect thereto.
(d) Collateral Agent, in its capacity as such, is a “representative” of each Lender within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Collateral Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Loan Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated in this Agreement and in such documents to be taken by the Collateral Agent. Each Lender agrees that it no Lender (other than the Collateral Agent, in its capacity as the Collateral Agent) shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any have the right or remedy with respect individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan DocumentsDocument, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, it being understood and agreed that such rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Collateral Agent on any (for the benefit of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writingeach Lender) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required LendersServicer in accordance with the Collateral Loan Documents, any applicable Co-Lender Agreement and any applicable intercreditor or servicing agreements. In the event that any collateral is hereafter pledged by any person as collateral security for the purpose Debt, the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of bidding attorney, to execute and making settlement deliver on behalf of each Lender any Loan Documents necessary or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion appropriate to grant and perfect a first priority lien on such collateral in favor of the Collateral sold Agent for the benefit of Lender. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to release any lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent upon any collateral as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the direction of the Servicer and the express terms of this Agreement, the applicable Loan Document and the applicable provisions of the Co-Lender Agreement. Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any such time, and in each case subject to the requirements and approvals required in the Co-Lender Agreement, each Lender shall confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of collateral pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. Upon any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of assets constituting collateral which is permitted pursuant to use the terms of any Loan Document or consented to in writing by the Lenders in accordance with the provisions of the Co-Lender Agreement, as applicable, and apply upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the liens granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Lender herein or pursuant hereto with respect to the collateral that was so sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Collateral Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Collateral Agent’s reasonable opinion, would expose the Collateral Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Debt or the secured obligations or any liens upon (or obligations of any Borrower in respect of) all interests retained by any Borrower, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the collateral. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the failure of Collateral Agent to take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall not (a) be deemed to be a waiver of any term or condition of this Agreement or any of the Obligations as a credit on account other Loan Documents, or (b) adversely affect any rights of Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
(e) The Collateral Agent (i) may resign at any time upon notice to each Lender, and (ii) may be removed at any time upon the decision of Lender made in accordance with the applicable provisions of the purchase price Co-Lender Agreement. If the Collateral Agent shall resign or be removed, Lender shall have the right to select a replacement collateral agent in accordance with the Co-Lender Agreement. Upon the replacement of the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall assign all of the liens upon and security interests in all collateral under the Collateral Loan Documents, and all right, title and interest of the Collateral Agent under all the Collateral Loan Documents, to the replacement Collateral Agent, without recourse to the Collateral Agent or any Lender and at the expense of Borrower. No resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent shall become effective until a replacement Collateral Agent shall have been selected as provided in this Agreement and the Co-Lender Agreement and shall have assumed in writing the obligations of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and under the Collateral Loan Documents. In the event that a replacement Collateral Agent shall not have been selected as provided in this Agreement or shall not have assumed such obligations within ninety (90) days after the resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent, then the Collateral Agent may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a replacement Collateral Agent. Lender shall notify Borrower in writing of any change to the identity of the Collateral payable Agent that may be appointed by Lender pursuant to the Administrative terms of the Co-Lender Agreement.
(f) The Collateral Agent at shall be paid an annual fee of $15,000 for its services by Borrower. For 2010, Borrower shall pay the prorated amount of such salefee to Collateral Agent on the Closing Date (i.e. services from the Closing Date forward until December 31, 2010). Commencing January 2011 and annually each January thereafter, Collateral Agent shall submit its invoice for $15,000 to Borrower for payment. Borrower shall promptly pay such invoice within ten (10) Business Days of receipt.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Loan Agreement, Loan Agreement (Harrahs Entertainment Inc)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 9.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and Article XI (including Section 10 and Section 1111.04(c), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto, and all references to Administrative Agent in this Article IX and Article XI (including Section 11.04(c)) shall, where applicable, be read as including a reference to the Administrative Agent acting as the “collateral agent”. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name to (including under any parallel debti) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral (including any intercreditor agreement and any amendment, supplement, modification or joinder with respect thereto) and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Collateral Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any the Administrative Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take Lenders and (ii) negotiate, enforce or institute settle any actions claim, action or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of proceeding affecting the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitledcapacity as such, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making which negotiation, enforcement or settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such salewill be binding upon each Lender.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (PTC Therapeutics, Inc.), Credit Agreement (Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative (a) Each of the Holders, by acceptance of the Notes, and the Company hereby designates and appoints the Collateral Agent shall also act as its agent under this Indenture, the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, Collateral Documents to which it is party and each of the Lenders (including Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent, in its capacities such capacity, to act either directly or through the Brazilian Collateral Agent appointed by it hereunder and pursuant to the applicable Collateral Documents to which the Brazilian Collateral Agent is party, to execute and deliver the Collateral Documents in which each Onshore Collateral Agent is a party. Accordingly, where the context may so permit, references to the “Collateral Agent” shall be deemed to include the Brazilian Collateral Agent as a potential Qualified Counterparty third-party beneficiary. For the purposes hereof, the Holders, by acceptance of the Notes hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, the Collateral Documents and a potential Cash Management Provider) to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints Collateral Documents, and authorizes consents and agrees to the Administrative terms of each Collateral Document, as the same may be in effect or may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their respective terms. The Collateral Agent agrees to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all express conditions contained in this Section 12.07. The provisions of this Section 10 12.07 are solely for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders, the Company nor any of the Guarantors shall have any rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained in this Section 1112.07 other than as expressly provided in Section 12.03.
(b) Each Holder agrees that any action taken by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the provision of this Indenture and the Collateral Documents, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under exercise by the Loan Documents as if Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies set forth herein and therein shall be authorized and binding upon all Holders. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in full this Indenture and the Collateral Documents, the duties of the Collateral Agent shall be ministerial and administrative in nature, and the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and in the Collateral Documents to which the Collateral Agent is a party, nor shall the Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any trust or other fiduciary relationship with respect theretothe Trustee, any Holder, the Company or any Guarantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture and the Collateral Documents or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingforegoing sentence, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize use of the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or term “agent” in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) this Indenture with respect reference to the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The Collateral Agent may perform and/or delegate any of its rights, powers, remedies and duties under this Indenture and/or the rights of Collateral Documents by or through the Secured Parties with respect theretoBrazilian Collateral Agent and/or receivers, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates, and the respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and attorneys-in-fact of such Person and its Affiliates, (each, a “Related Person”) and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in taking action in reliance upon any advice or opinion given by legal counsel. The exculpatory provisions of this Article 12 and any provision of this Indenture shall apply to the Brazilian Collateral against Agent and any Borrower such receiver, agent, employee, attorney-in-fact or Related Person as third-party beneficiary of such provisions. The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or willful misconduct of any receiver, agent, employee, attorney-in-fact or Related Person that it selects as long as such selection was made with due care.
(c) Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its Related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment) or under or in connection with any Collateral Document or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to either of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Company or any Guarantor or Affiliate of any Guarantor, or any Officer or Related Person thereof, contained in this Indenture, or any Collateral Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, or the Collateral Documents, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture or the Collateral Documents, or for any failure of the Company or any Guarantor or any other Loan Party party to this Indenture, the Collateral Documents to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its respective Related Persons shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any other obligor under Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the existence of any Default or Event of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each caseDefault, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien observance or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Collateral pursuant Documents or to Section 363 inspect the properties, books, or records of the Bankruptcy Code Company, any Guarantor or any Guarantor’s Affiliates.
(d) The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, certification, telephone message, statement, or an equivalent process other communication, document or conversation (including those by telephone or email) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Company or any Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any foreign jurisdiction)resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document. Except as required by any Collateral Document, the Administrative Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any Lender may be action under this Indenture or the purchaser of any Collateral Documents unless it shall first receive such advice or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative concurrence of the Lenders Trustee (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or acting at the direction written Direction of the Required LendersHolders) or the Required Holders as it determines and, for if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the purpose Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of bidding and making settlement taking or payment continuing to take any such action. Except as required by any Collateral Document, the Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Indenture or the Collateral Documents in accordance with a request, direction, instruction or consent of the purchase price for all or any portion Trustee (acting at the written Direction of the Collateral sold at Required Holders) or the Required Holders and such request and any such sale, action taken or failure to use and apply any act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleHolders.
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Sources: Indenture (GAC Inc.)
Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent shall also Secured Party is appointed and authorized to act as collateral agent hereunder (the “collateral agent” under the Loan DocumentsCollateral Agent”), and to enter into each of the Lenders instruments, documents and agreements, including any pledge agreement, guaranty, financing statements, mortgage, Account Control Agreement or any other Loan Document (collectively with this Agreement, the “Financing Documents”), to which it is a party as agent (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Providercollateral agent) on behalf of any holders of the Obligations (collectively, the “Holders”) and to take such actions as Collateral Agent on the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes Holders’ behalf under the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint Financing Documents and to substitute and exercise such powers under the Financing Documents as are delegated to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt the Collateral Agent (as agent, secured party or otherwise) by the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligationsterms thereof, together with all such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In The Collateral Agent shall take such action under this connectionAgreement and/or any other Loan Documents as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably be directed by the Holders in accordance with the terms of the Purchaser Transaction Documents. The Secured Party is authorized and empowered to amend, modify, or waive any provisions of this Agreement or the other Financing Documents to which it is a party or which run in its favor on behalf of the Holders; provided, however, that the parties hereto hereby agree that no such amendment, modification or waiver shall be effective without the unanimous written consent of the Holders.
(b) Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, upon demand therefor, the Administrative AgentHolders shall indemnify the Collateral Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of the Company and without limiting the obligation of the Company to do so), as “collateral agent” ratably (based on the ratio of the amount of Obligations a Holder holds to the aggregate Obligations held by all Holders) from and against any co-agentsand all liabilities, sub-agents obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 disbursements of any kind whatsoever, including, for purposes of holding clarification, all taxes, which may at any time (including at any time following the payment in full of the Note and the termination or enforcing resignation of the Collateral Agent) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Collateral Agent in any Lien way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any document contemplated hereby or referred to herein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Collateral Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided, however, that the Holders shall not be liable for the payment to the Collateral Agent of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting solely from the Collateral Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. In addition, the Holders shall reimburse the Collateral Agent upon demand for its ratable share (based on the ratio of the amount of Obligations a Holder holds to the aggregate Obligations held by all Holders) of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including attorney costs) incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any portion thereof) granted under document contemplated hereby or referred to herein to the Security Documents, extent that the Collateral Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction on behalf of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect theretoCompany. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any Governmental Authority of any jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Lenders hereby expressly authorize Collateral Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the Administrative account of a Holder (because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Holder failed to notify the Collateral Agent of a change in circumstances which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective, or for any other reason), the Holders shall indemnify the Collateral Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Collateral Agent as tax or otherwise, including penalties and interest, and including any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on its behalf and/or in its own name the amounts payable to the Collateral Agent under this Section 5.12(b), together with all related costs and expenses (including attorney costs). The obligation of the Holders in this Section 5.12(b) shall survive the payment of all Obligations.
(c) The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default or any event that with the giving of notice or passage of time would constitute a Event of Default unless the Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Holders describing such Event of Default or event that with the giving of notice or passage of time would constitute a Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. Upon the occurrence and continuance of a Event of Default, or an event that with the giving of notice or passage of time would constitute a Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall take such action under this Agreement and/or any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) other Purchaser Transaction Documents with respect to such Event of Default or event that with the giving of notice or passage of time would constitute a Event of Default as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably be directed by the Holders in accordance with the terms of the Purchaser Transaction Documents; provided that, unless and until the Collateral Agent shall have received such directions, the Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Event of Default or event that with the giving of notice or passage of time would constitute a Event of Default as the Collateral Agent shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Holders. In taking such action or refraining from taking such action without specific direction from the Holders, the Collateral Agent shall use the same degree of care and skill as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.
(d) Nothing in this Section 5.12 shall be deemed to limit or otherwise affect the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, Party or the Holders to exercise any remedy provided in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
(e) The Collateral Agent may resign from the performance of all of its functions and duties hereunder and/or under the other Purchaser Transaction Documents at any time by giving five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Holders. Such resignation shall take effect upon the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 5.12(f) below or as contemplated otherwise provided below.
(f) Upon (i) Holders’ receipt of a notice of resignation by and the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 5.12(e) above, or (ii) written notice by the Holders to the Collateral Agent of Holders’ election to remove the existing Collateral Agent and appoint a successor Collateral Agent, the Holders shall have the right to appoint a successor Collateral Agent. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder and notice of such acceptance to the retiring Collateral Agent, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Collateral Agent, the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become immediately effective and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Purchaser Transaction Documents (if such resignation was not already effective and such duties and obligations not already discharged, as provided below in this paragraph). If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Holders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Collateral Agent gives notice of its resignation or the Holders give notice of their election to replace the retiring Collateral Agent, then the retiring Collateral Agent may, on behalf of the Holders (but without any obligation) appoint a successor Collateral Agent without the consent of the Holders. From and following the expiration of such thirty (30) day period, the Collateral Agent shall have the exclusive right without any Person’s consent, upon one (1) Business Days’ notice to the Holders, to make its resignation or removal effective immediately. From and following the effectiveness of such notice, (i) the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Purchaser Transaction Documents and (ii) all actions, payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Collateral Agent shall instead be made by or to the Holders directly, until such time as the Holders appoint a Collateral Agent as provided for above in this paragraph. The provisions of this Agreement shall continue in effect for the benefit of any retiring Collateral Agent and its sub-agents after the Security effectiveness of its resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Purchaser Transaction Documents and acknowledge and agree that in respect of any such action actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Collateral Agent shall bind was acting or was continuing to act as Collateral Agent.
(g) If pursuant to any Financing Document the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take Collateral Agent is given the discretion to allocate proceeds received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the exercise of remedies under the Financing Documents or institute any actions at law or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy in equity (including without limitation with respect to any secured creditor remedies exercised against the Collateral against any Borrower or and any other Loan Party or any other obligor collateral security provided for under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdictionFinancing Document), the Administrative Collateral Agent or any Lender may be shall apply such proceeds to the purchaser then outstanding Obligations in the following order of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale priority (with amounts received being applied in the numerical order set forth below until exhausted prior to the application to the next succeeding category and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative each of the Lenders Holders or other Persons entitled to payment shall receive an amount equal to its pro rata share of amounts available to be applied pursuant to clauses second, third and fourth below): first, to payment of fees, costs and expenses (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless including reasonable attorney’s fees) owing to the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writingCollateral Agent; second, to payment of all accrued unpaid interest and fees (other than fees owing to the Collateral Agent) shall be entitledon the Obligations; third, with the consent or at the direction to payment of principal of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.Obligations;
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Sources: First Lien Security Agreement (American Petro-Hunter Inc)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty Hedge Bank and a potential Cash Management ProviderBank) and the Issuing Lenders L/C Issuers hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) such L/C Issuer for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Finance Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 9.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and Article X (including Section 10 and Section 1110.04(c)), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect ; provided that to the Collateral and extent an L/C Issuer is entitled to indemnification under this Section 9.01 solely in connection with its role as an L/C Issuer, only the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and Revolving Credit Lenders shall be required to indemnify such L/C Issuer in accordance with the this Section 9.01. The provisions of this Agreement Article IX shall survive the payment in full of the Finance Obligations, the termination of the Commitments and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any termination of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such salethis Agreement.
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also (a) Each Investor irrevocably appoints and authorizes ___________ to act as collateral agent for and on behalf of such Investor (in such capacity, together with any successor thereto, the “Collateral Agent”) to the extent provided herein and in any Security Documents. The Collateral Agent agrees to act as collateral agent” agent for each Investor upon the express conditions contained herein and therein, but in no event shall the Collateral Agent constitute a fiduciary of any Investor, nor shall the Collateral Agent have any fiduciary responsibilities in respect of any Investor. In furtherance of the foregoing, and not in limitation thereof, each Investor irrevocably (a) authorizes the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver and perform those obligations under the Loan Documents, this Agreement and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent is a party as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and are specifically delegated to the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint Collateral Agent, and to substitute exercise all rights, powers and to delegateremedies as may be specifically delegated hereunder or thereunder, together with such additional powers as may be reasonably incidental thereto, (b) on its behalfappoints the Collateral Agent as nominal beneficiary or nominal secured party, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be, under this Agreement and each of the Security Documents and all related UCC financing statements, and (c) authorizes the Collateral Agent to act as collateral agent of and for such Investor for purposes of acquiringholding, holding perfecting and enforcing disposing of Collateral under this Agreement and the Security Documents. As to any matters not expressly provided for hereunder or under any Security Document, the Collateral Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be permitted to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Investors; provided, however, that except for action expressly required of the Collateral Agent hereunder or thereunder, the Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to act hereunder or thereunder unless it shall be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Investors against any and all Liens on liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action, and the Collateral granted by Agent shall not in any event be required to take any action which is contrary to this Agreement or the Security Documents or applicable law.
(b) The Collateral Agent may execute any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted its duties under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and acknowledge and agree that any shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such action by any duties. The Collateral Agent shall bind not be responsible for the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.
(c) Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, be (i) liable for any right action lawfully taken or remedy omitted to be taken by it or such other person under or in connection with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower this Agreement or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under Security Document (except to the extent that any of the Loan Documentsforegoing have resulted from its or such other person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Investors for any recitals, Specified Swap Agreements statements, representations or warranties made by the Company or any Specified Cash Management of its affiliates or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement (includingor any Security Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Collateral Agent under or in each caseconnection herewith or therewith or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any Security Document or for any failure of the exercise Company or any affiliate thereof to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to any Investor to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any right of setoffthe agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any Security Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Company or any of its affiliates. The designation of ______________ (or any successor thereto) as Collateral Agent shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights on account and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, ________________ (or any such successor) in its individual capacity as an Investor.
(d) All payments, collections and proceeds received or effected by the Collateral Agent may be applied first to pay or reimburse the Collateral Agent for all reasonable costs and expenses at any time incurred by or imposed upon the Collateral Agent in connection with this Agreement or any Security Document (including but not limited to all reasonable attorney’s fees (including allocated costs of in-house counsel), foreclosure expenses and advances made to protect the security of any banker’s lien collateral, but excluding any costs, expenses, damages or similar claim liabilities arising from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent). If the Collateral Agent does not receive payments, collections or proceeds sufficient to cover any such costs and expenses within 5 days after their incurrence or imposition, each Investor shall, upon demand and provision of reasonably timely invoices and other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral evidence of any Borrower or any other Loan Partysuch amounts, without remit to the prior written consent Collateral Agent such Investor’s pro rata share of the Administrative Agentdifference between (i) such costs and expenses and (ii) such payments, collections and proceeds, together with interest on such amount for each day following the thirtieth day after demand therefor until so remitted at a rate equal to 8% per annum for each such day.
(e) The Collateral Agent shall have no duty to inquire into any performance or failure to perform by the Company or its affiliates and shall not be deemed to have knowledge of the occurrence of a default or an Event of Default hereunder or under any Security Document unless the Collateral Agent has received notice from an Investor or the Company specifying the occurrence of such default or Event of Default. In the event of a foreclosure any such default or an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent (subject to subparagraph (a) above) shall take such actions with respect to such default or Event of Default as shall be directed by the Administrative Agent on any of Required Investors; provided that (i) the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but shall not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with need the consent or at the direction of the Required LendersInvestors to provide any notices that may be required as a prerequisite to a default becoming an Event of Default and (ii) unless and until the Collateral Agent shall have received directions as contemplated herein, the Collateral Agent may take any action, or refrain from taking any action, with respect to such default of Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.
(f) The Collateral Agent may resign as Collateral Agent upon 30 days’ notice to the Investors and the Company. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the Security Documents, then the Required Investors shall appoint a successor agent for the purpose of bidding Investors, whereupon such successor collateral agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion duties of the Collateral sold at Agent, the term “Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such sale, to use and apply former Collateral Agent or any of the Obligations parties to this Agreement or the Security Documents. If no successor collateral agent has accepted appointment as Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a credit on account retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Required Investors shall assume and perform all of the purchase price duties of the Collateral Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Investors appoint a successor collateral agent as provided for above. After any retiring Collateral payable Agent’s resignation as Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the Administrative Agent at such saleSecurity Documents.
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Sources: Securities Purchase Agreement (China Housing & Land Development, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent has been appointed to act as the agent Collateral Agent hereunder by Lenders and, by their acceptance of such Lender the benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Issuing Lenders (Credit Agreement; provided, the Collateral Agent shall, after payment in full of all Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, exercise, or refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for herein in accordance with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor instructions of the holders of a parallel debt majority of the aggregate notional amount (as or, with respect to any Secured Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the case may beamount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) for purposes under such Secured Hedge Agreement) under all Secured Hedge Agreements. In furtherance of acquiringthe foregoing provisions of this Section, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted each Secured Party, by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Loan Collateral hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section. The Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving thirty (30) days’ prior written notice thereof to secure Lenders and the Grantors, and the Collateral Agent may be removed at any time with or without cause by an instrument or concurrent instruments in writing delivered to the Grantors and the Collateral Agent signed by the Requisite Lenders holding more than 50% of the Obligationsoutstanding Commitments under the Credit Agreement. Upon any such notice of resignation or any such removal, Requisite Lenders shall have the right, upon five (5) Business Days’ notice to the Collateral Agent, following receipt of the Grantors’ consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and which shall not be required while an Event of Default exists), to appoint a successor Collateral Agent. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, that successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Collateral Agent under this Agreement, and the retiring or removed Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Collateral Agent all sums, Securities and other items of Collateral held hereunder, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Collateral Agent under this Agreement, and (ii) execute and deliver to such powers successor Collateral Agent or otherwise authorize the filing of such amendments to financing statements, and discretion take such other actions, as are reasonably incidental theretomay be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Collateral Agent of the security interests created hereunder, whereupon such retiring or removed Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement. In this connection, After any retiring or removed Collateral Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as the Administrative Collateral Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect omitted to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor be taken by it under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management this Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of while it was the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such salehereunder.
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Sources: Pledge and Security Agreement (Easton-Bell Sports, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative (1) Each Noteholder, by its acceptance of the Indenture, and each Authorized Representative of any Additional Secured Creditors on behalf of itself and the Additional Secured Creditors that it represents, by its execution of an Additional Secured Creditor Joinder, has appointed, and each other Secured Creditor, by accepting the benefits hereof, hereby appoints, BNY Trust Company of Canada to serve as Collateral Agent shall also act as and representative of itself and any other Secured Creditors that it represents under each of the “collateral agent” under the Loan Security Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Collateral Agent to act as agent for itself and such Secured Creditors for the agent purpose of executing and delivering, on behalf of itself and such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfSecured Creditors, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any each of the Loan Parties to secure Security Documents and any of other documents or instruments related thereto or necessary or, as determined by the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Collateral Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agentsdesirable to perfect the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by for the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes purpose of holding or enforcing any Lien the Liens on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted pursuant to the Security Documents, and, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, for the purpose of enforcing its and such Secured Creditors’ rights in respect of the Collateral and the obligations of the Obligors under the Security Documents, and for the purpose of, or for in connection with, releasing the obligations of the Obligors under the Security Documents. The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it shall so act as Collateral Agent and representative of the Secured Creditors subject to, in respect of any Additional Secured Creditors, compliance by the Authorized Representative on behalf of such Additional Secured Creditors with Section 5.16. The Collateral Agent shall have the sole authority to exercise remedies under the Security Documents. The Collateral Agent shall have the right hereunder to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights rights, and remedies thereunder at to take or refrain from taking action (including the direction release or substitution of the Administrative AgentCollateral), in accordance with the Secured Agreements. The Collateral Agent may resign, may be removed and a successor Collateral Agent may be appointed in the manner provided under Section 5.20.
(2) The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which a reasonable person accords his own property consisting of similar property, instruments or interests, it being understood that neither the Collateral Agent nor any of the Secured Creditors shall have responsibility for (i) ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relating to any Securities Collateral, whether or not the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters or (ii) taking any necessary steps to preserve rights against any person with respect to any Collateral.
(3) The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any written notice, statement, certificate, order or other document or any telephone message believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11proper person, as though such co-agentsand, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to all matters pertaining to the Secured Agreements and its duties thereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it (who may be counsel to one or more of the Obligors). The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have actual, constructive, direct or indirect knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless and until the Collateral Agent has received written notice from a Secured Creditor, the Issuers or an Obligor referring to the applicable Secured Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that it is a “notice of default” or a “notice of event of default”, setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances thereof and stating that the Collateral Agent may rely on such notice without further inquiry. The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation or duty prior to or after receiving any such notice to inquire whether a Default or Event of Default has in fact occurred and shall be entitled to conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any such notice furnished to it.
(4) If any item of Collateral also constitutes collateral granted to the Collateral Agent under any other deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement, pledge or instrument of any type, in the event of any conflict between the provisions hereof and the rights provisions of such other deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement, pledge or instrument of any type in respect of such collateral, the terms of this Agreement shall apply.
(5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Collateral Agent is authorized, but not obligated, (i) to take any action reasonably required to perfect or continue the perfection of the liens on the Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties with respect Creditors and (ii) when instructions from the Authorized Representatives on behalf of the applicable Secured Creditors have been requested by the Collateral Agent but have not yet been received, to take any action which the Collateral Agent, in good faith, believes to be reasonably required to promote and protect the interests of the Secured Creditors in the Collateral; provided that once instructions have been received, the actions of the Collateral Agent shall be governed thereby and the Collateral Agent shall not take any further action which would be contrary thereto.
(6) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any Security Document, as contemplated by the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take or refrain from taking, and shall have no liability to any Secured Creditor for taking or refraining from taking, any action that exposes or, in the good faith judgment of the Collateral Agent may expose, the Collateral Agent or its officers, directors, agents or employees to personal liability, unless the Collateral Agent shall be adequately indemnified, or that is, or in the good faith judgment of the Collateral Agent may be, contrary to any Security Document, any other Secured Agreement or applicable law. Upon receipt of such indemnity, however, the Collateral Agent shall act upon the specific instructions of the Authorized Representatives provided in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, except for any instructions that in the good faith judgment of the Collateral Agent may be contrary to any Security Document, any other Secured Agreement or applicable law.
(7) For purposes of this Agreement and other Security Documents, each Secured Creditor shall appoint a Person as its Authorized Representative for the purpose of giving or delivering any notices or instructions hereunder and thereunder. Any instructions given by the Authorized Representatives (other than the Trustee) on behalf of the applicable Secured Creditors to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents shall be in writing signed by the Authorized Representative(s) of the applicable Secured Creditors with respect to such instructions and acknowledge such instructions shall certify to and agree for the benefit of the Collateral Agent the outstanding aggregate principal amount (or, in the case of discount notes, accreted value) of all Secured Obligations that the Secured Creditors authorizing such instructions hold. In determining whether the applicable Secured Creditors have consented to any action under the Security Documents, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely on each Authorized Representative as to the amount of Secured Obligations held by holders represented by such action by any Authorized Representative. The Collateral Agent shall bind be entitled to conclusively and absolutely rely on such instructions and certification as to the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it identity of the applicable Secured Creditors with respect to such instructions, and the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action, and shall not be liable to any Secured Creditor for failing or institute refusing to act, pursuant to any actions instructions which are not given or proceedingsdelivered by the Authorized Representatives of various Secured Creditors comprising the applicable Secured Creditors as required by Section 3.11.
(8) Each Obligor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Collateral Agent or the exercise or nonexercise by the Collateral Agent of any option, judicial voting right, request, judgment or otherwise, for any other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors, be governed by the provisions of this Agreement and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Collateral Agent and the Obligors, the Collateral Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Obligor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.
(9) Subject to Section 5.18(6), neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Obligor or any other person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect the interests of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral and, subject to Section 5.18(6), shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither it nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall have any duty or liability or be responsible to any Obligor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Collateral Agent shall have no duty or liability as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve or protect the Collateral or to preserve rights against prior parties. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Collateral Agent, and the Collateral Agent shall not be required or obligated, to (i) present or file any claim or notice or take any action with respect to any Collateral against or in connection therewith or (ii) notify any Borrower Obligor of any decline in the value of any Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to the collection of any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or nominee of the Collateral Agent, or any income thereon or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any rights pertaining thereto.
(10) No provision of the Loan DocumentsSecured Agreements shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Collateral Agent to perform any act or acts, Specified Swap Agreements receive or obtain any Specified Cash Management Agreement interest in property or exercise any interest in property, or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Collateral Agent shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts, to receive or obtain any such interest in property or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation; and no permissive or discretionary power or authority available to the Collateral Agent shall be construed to be a duty.
(including11) The Collateral Agent shall have the right hereunder to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking action (including the release or substitution of Collateral), in each casecase in accordance with the Secured Agreements.
(12) Upon resignation of the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 5.20, the Collateral Agent shall thereupon be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Secured Agreements. Following the resignation of the Collateral Agent, the provisions of the Secured Agreements shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under the Secured Agreements while it was the Collateral Agent.
(13) The Collateral Agent shall not have any liability hereunder except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or material breach and under no circumstances shall the Collateral Agent be liable for any special, punitive, exemplary or consequential damages.
(14) The Collateral Agent shall be vested with all of the rights, powers, benefits, privileges and protections of the Collateral Agent set forth in the Indenture, all of which are incorporated herein and shall apply to all of the Security Documents.
(15) The Collateral Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Indenture Document by or through, or delegate any and all such rights and powers to, any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent, including a sub-agent which is a non-U.S. affiliate of the Collateral Agent. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.18, neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees, attorney or agents will be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral, for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness or sufficiency of the Security Documents, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any Lien securing the First Lien Obligations, or for any defect or deficiency as to any such matters, or for any failure to demand, collect, foreclose or realize upon or otherwise enforce any such Liens or Security Documents or any delay in doing so provided that if instructed by the Required Secured Creditors in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents, the Collateral Agent (subject to receipt of an indemnity requested by it and acceptable to it and any other applicable provisions of the Security Documents) shall comply with instructions from such Required Secured Creditors. The Collateral Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory provisions of this Section 5.18 shall apply to any agent, attorneys-in-fact or sub-agent and to the Affiliates of the Collateral Agent and any such agent, attorneys-in-fact or sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the exercise of any right of setoff, the rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any and remedies of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agentprovided for hereunder, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for well as all or any portion of the other activities as Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleAgent.
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Collateral Agent. The (a) Representative (on behalf of Holders), Administrative Agent shall also (on behalf of Lenders), and RHINOS Holders appoint Bank of America, N.A. as Collateral Agent to serve as nominee and agent for Holders, Lenders, and RHINOS Holders and to act in their names and on their behalf in and under this Charge and with respect to the Security Assets in accordance with this Clause 25. Collateral Agent accepts such appointment. Collateral Agent is hereby specifically authorized by Holders, Lenders, and RHINOS Holders:
(i) to enter into this Charge on behalf of Holders, Lenders, and RHINOS Holders and to act as Holders', Lenders', and RHINOS Holders' nominee and on Holders', Lenders', and RHINOS Holders' behalf in and under this Charge;
(ii) to hold the “collateral agent” under Security Assets and proceeds therefrom ever delivered to, or received by, Collateral Agent to secure the Loan DocumentsSecured Obligations, as agent and bailee for each Holder, each Lender, and each RHINOS Holder for all purposes;
(iii) to take such action with respect this Charge and the Security Assets (including, without limitation, the exercise of any remedies hereunder or the release of all or any part of the Lenders (including in its capacities Security Assets), as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes directed by the Administrative Agent without the consent or approval of any Holder or any RHINOS Holder;
(iv) to act as receive all documents and items to be furnished to Holders, Lenders, and RHINOS Holders under this Charge;
(v) to be the agent secured party, mortgagee, beneficiary, recipient, chargee, and similar party in respect of such Lender the Security Assets for the benefit of Holders, Lenders, and the Issuing Lenders RHINOS Holders;
(vi) to promptly distribute to Representative and Administrative Agent all material information, requests, documents, and items received from Chargor under this Charge;
(vii) to promptly distribute (in accordance with the full power application of payment provided in this Charge) to appoint and Representative (for the benefit of Holders), to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfAdministrative Agent (for the benefit of Lenders), or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (to RHINOS Holders, as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any proceeds of the Loan Parties Security Assets;
(viii) to secure take any action that may be necessary to perfect and maintain the perfection and priority of the ObligationsHolders', together with Lenders', and RHINOS Holders' liens in and to the Security Assets; and
(ix) to exercise such additional powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental theretoto the performance of the foregoing. In However, Collateral Agent may not be required to take any action that exposes it to personal liability or that is contrary to any agreement or applicable law.
(b) Collateral Agent may perform any of its duties or exercise any of its rights hereunder by or through its affiliates and representatives. Collateral Agent (and its representatives)
(a) is entitled to rely upon (and shall be protected in relying upon) any written or oral statement believed by it or them to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or made by the proper Person and, with respect to legal matters, upon opinion of counsel it has selected, (b) is not deemed to have notice of the occurrence of an Event of Default unless a responsible officer of Collateral Agent who handles matters associated with the Loan Documents and transactions thereunder, has actual knowledge or has been notified by Representative or Administrative Agent, and (d) is entitled to consult with legal counsel (including counsel for MRM), independent accountants, and other experts it has selected and is not liable for any action taken or not taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of counsel, accountants, or experts.
(c) Neither Collateral Agent nor any of its affiliates or representatives will be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under this connectionCharge in good faith and believed by it or them to be within the discretion or power conferred upon it or them by this Charge or be responsible for the consequences of any error of judgment (except for fraud, gross negligence, or willful misconduct), and neither Collateral Agent nor any of its affiliates or representatives has a fiduciary relationship with any Holder, any Lender, or any RHINOS Holder by virtue of this Charge. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Clause 25, Collateral Agent shall not be responsible in any manner to any Holder, any Lender, or any RHINOS Holder for the effectiveness, enforceability, genuineness, validity, or the due execution of this Charge or for any representation, warranty, document, certificate, report, or statement made therein or furnished under or in connection therewith, or be under any obligation to any Holder, any Lender, or any RHINOS Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observation of any of the terms, covenants, or conditions of this Charge on the part of any party hereto other than Collateral Agent.
(d) Unless indemnified to its satisfaction against loss, cost, liability, and expense, Collateral Agent may not be compelled to do any act under this Charge or to take any action toward the execution or enforcement of the powers hereby created or to prosecute or defend any suit in respect of this Charge. If Collateral Agent requests instructions from Representative or Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” the case may be, with respect to any act or action in connection with this Charge, Collateral Agent is entitled to refrain (without incurring any liability to any Person by so refraining) from that act or action unless and any co-agentsuntil it has received instructions. In no event, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative however, may Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, of its representatives be required to take any action that it or they determine could incur for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect theretoit or them criminal or onerous civil liability. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative no Holder, Lender, or RHINOS Holder has any right of action against Collateral Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including as a result of Collateral Agent's acting or refraining from acting under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and this Clause 25 in accordance with the provisions instructions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take Representative or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for the case may be.
(e) Each Holder, each Lender, and representative each RHINOS Holder agrees to indemnify Collateral Agent and its Affiliates and Representatives and hold them harmless from and against (but limited to such Holder's, Lender's, and RHINOS Holder's Proportionate Part thereof) any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, reasonable expenses, and reasonable disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, asserted against, or incurred by them in any way relating to or arising out of this Charge, or any action taken or omitted by them under this Charge (including any of the Lenders (but foregoing arising from the negligence of Collateral Agent, its Affiliates or representatives) if Collateral Agent and its Representatives are not any Lender or Lenders in reimbursed for such amounts by Chargor; provided that, Collateral Agent, its Affiliates, and representatives shall not have the right to be indemnified for its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitledown fraud, with the consent gross negligence, or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such salewillful misconduct.
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan DocumentsTransaction Agreements, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders Blackstone Entities hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) Blackstone Entity for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Blackstone Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties Alnylam to secure any of the ObligationsAlnylam’s obligations hereunder, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 7.5.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Blackstone Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security DocumentsTransaction Agreements, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 7.5 and Section 11, Article 14 (as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents Transaction Agreements) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders Blackstone Entities hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name to (including under any parallel debti) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Blackstone Collateral (including any intercreditor agreement and any amendment, supplement, modification or joinder with respect thereto) and the rights of the Secured Parties any secured party with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents other Transaction Agreements and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any the Administrative Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take Blackstone Entities and (ii) negotiate, enforce or institute settle any actions claim, action or proceedingsproceeding affecting the Blackstone Entities in their capacity as such, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required LendersInvestors, for the purpose of bidding and making which negotiation, enforcement or settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such salewill be binding upon each Blackstone Entity.
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Sources: Co Development Agreement (Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. Section 7.01. The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by Noteholders and, by their acceptance of the agent benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including the release or substitution of such Lender Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Issuing Lenders (Indenture; provided that the Collateral Agent shall, after payment in full of all Obligations under the Indenture and the other Notes Documents, exercise, or refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for herein in accordance with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor instructions of a parallel debt (majority of the Noteholders. The Collateral Agent may resign and a successor Collateral Agent may be appointed, all in accordance with Section 12.10 of the Indenture. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the case may be) for purposes Collateral Agent, the provisions of acquiring, holding and enforcing this Agreement shall inure to its benefit as to any and all Liens on actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under this Agreement while it was the Collateral granted by Agent hereunder. The parties hereto agree that whenever the Collateral Agent is required or permitted to exercise discretion in the performance of its rights or duties or provide any discretionary direction or consent hereunder or under any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for before exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at such discretion or providing any such direction or consent, the direction of the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent shall be entitled to receive the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality written direction of the foregoingHolders owning a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes or if applicable, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect theretoCompany, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement the Indenture and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, be liable for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of refraining from acting until such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleis received.
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act Treasury and EDC, each in their capacity as a Lender, hereby appoint Treasury (or its agents or bailees) as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “collateral agent” Collateral Agent”) and gratuitous bailee for purposes of perfecting its Liens on any part of the Collateral required to be delivered hereunder that is in the Collateral Agent’s possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees), to the extent that possession or control thereof is taken to perfect a Lien thereon under the New York UCC (such Collateral being the “Pledged Collateral”) as Collateral Agent and gratuitous bailee for the Lenders (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the New York UCC), and any assignee, solely for the purpose of perfecting the Liens granted under the Loan Documents, subject to the terms and each conditions of this Section 4.25. Treasury shall not have any obligation whatsoever to the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and to ensure that the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, Pledged Collateral is genuine or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted owned by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security DocumentsGrantors, or for exercising any to preserve rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the or benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, any Person except as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if expressly set forth in full herein this Section 4.25. The duties or responsibilities of Treasury under this Section 4.25 shall be limited solely to holding the Pledged Collateral as Collateral Agent and as bailee in accordance with this Section 4.25. Treasury shall not have by reason of this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Lenders and each Lender hereby waives and releases Treasury from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Treasury’s role under this Section 4.25 as gratuitous bailee and Collateral Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Pledged Collateral and including, without limitation, for loss or damage to the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the LendersPledged Collateral. Each Lender Grantor hereby acknowledges and agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to this Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale4.25.
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Sources: Secured Debtor in Possession Credit Agreement (Motors Liquidation Co)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Insolvency Proceeding or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Collateral Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether any Agent shall also act have made any demand on the Borrowers) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the “collateral agent” claims of the Agents, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer (including any claim for the compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agents, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Agents, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereunder and under the other Loan Documents) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, and receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Agent, each Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power L/C Issuer to appoint and make such payments to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under Agent and, in the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at event that the direction of the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent shall be entitled consent to the benefits making of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were payments directly to the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingAgents, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize and the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) L/C Issuer, to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect pay to the Collateral Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any advances of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of Agent and its agents and counsel, and any of other amounts due the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of Agent hereunder and under the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleother Loan Documents.”
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Sources: Financing Agreement
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Collateral Agent has been appointed to act as collateral agent hereunder by Lenders and, by their acceptance of the benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall also act as be obligated, and shall have the “collateral agent” right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral), solely in accordance with the Credit Documents and, after the Intercreditor Effective Date, the Secured Credit Documents subject to the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement; provided, that, prior to the Intercreditor Effective Date, the Collateral Agent shall, after payment in full of all Credit Obligations under the Loan DocumentsCredit Agreement and the other Credit Documents (other than obligations under Hedging Agreements), and each exercise, or refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for herein in accordance with the instructions of the holders of a majority of the aggregate notional amount (or, with respect to any Hedging Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Hedging Agreement) under all Hedging Agreements. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Secured Party, by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section. The Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving thirty (30) days’ prior written notice thereof to Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Grantors and the Collateral Agent may be removed at any time with or without cause by an instrument or concurrent instruments in writing delivered to the Grantors and Collateral Agent signed by the Requisite Lenders. Upon any such notice of resignation or any such removal, Requisite Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes shall have the right, upon five (5) Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power Grantors, to appoint a successor Collateral Agent which must be acceptable to Grantors (unless an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement has occurred and is continuing). Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, that successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfbecome vested with all the rights, or in its own name as joint powers, privileges and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any duties of the Loan Parties retiring or removed Collateral Agent under this Agreement, and the retiring or removed Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall promptly (i) transfer to secure any such successor Collateral Agent all sums and other items of the ObligationsCollateral held hereunder, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Collateral Agent under this Agreement, and (ii) execute and deliver to such powers successor Collateral Agent or otherwise authorize the filing of such amendments to financing statements, and discretion take such other actions, as are reasonably incidental theretomay be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Collateral Agent of the security interests created hereunder, whereupon such retiring or removed Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement. In this connection, After any retiring or removed Collateral Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as the Administrative Collateral Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under this Agreement while it was the Collateral Agent hereunder. The Collateral Agent (including any successor Collateral Agent) shall enjoy the benefits afforded it under Section 9.6 of the Credit Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise equivalent provision of any right of setoffOther First Lien Agreement, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without it being understood that the prior written consent of indemnification provided under the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of Credit Agreement shall come from the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or based on their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations Pro Rata Share as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleset forth therein.
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Borrower or a Loan Parties Party to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Each Lender hereby authorizes Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of Lenders, in its capacity as “collateral agent” and , to enter into any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by of the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 Loan Documents as secured party for purposes of acquiring, holding or and enforcing any Lien all Liens on the Collateral (or and any portion thereof) granted under other collateral from time to time securing the Security DocumentsObligations), or and as Agent for exercising any and representative of Lender thereunder, and each Lender agrees to be bound by the terms of each such document. All powers, rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting may be exercised solely by Agent for the generality benefit of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative and Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agentterms thereof. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)sale, the Administrative either Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with entitled (subject to the consent or proviso at the direction end of the Required Lendersthis sentence), for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale; provided however, that neither Agent nor any Lender shall “credit bid” at any foreclosure and/or other public or private sale absent the consent of the Required Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent is hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents (including releases) that bind Lenders with respect to (i) the Collateral and the rights of Lenders with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, and (ii) any other subordination agreement with respect to any Subordinated Debt.
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any the Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, the Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any the Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)Code, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, Trustee and each of the Lenders (including in Holders thereof by acceptance of the Second Lien Notes hereby designates and appoints the Second Lien Notes Collateral Agent as its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) agent under this Indenture, the Collateral Documents and the Issuing Lenders Intercreditor Agreements and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Second Lien Notes hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Second Lien Notes Collateral Agent to act as the agent of take such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent action on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement Indenture, the Collateral Documents and the Security Intercreditor Agreements and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Second Lien Notes Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Collateral Documents and acknowledge the Intercreditor Agreements, and agree that any consents and agrees to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and each Collateral Document, as the same may be in effect or may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their respective terms. The Second Lien Notes Collateral Agent agrees to act as such action by any on the express conditions contained in this SECTION 12.8. The provisions of this SECTION 12.8 are solely for the benefit of the Second Lien Notes Collateral Agent shall bind and none of the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedingsTrustee, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements Holders nor the Issuer or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to Guarantors shall have any rights as a public or private sale or a sale third party beneficiary of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleSECTION 12.
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Sources: Indenture (iHeartMedia, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Providera) and the Issuing Lenders Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably appoints appoints, designates and authorizes EDI as its collateral agent (together with its co-agents, sub-agents, attorneys-in-fact, successors, assigns and replacements to the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (extent allowed in accordance with the full power terms hereof, the "Collateral Agent") under and for purposes of this Agreement to appoint and take such actions as Collateral Agent deems to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, be necessary or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) desirable for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral security interests, mortgages, pledges, hypothecations, assignments, or other lien (statutory or otherwise) against, in, on, or with respect to the Collateral, including, without limitation (i) perfecting or maintaining perfect of the security interest granted by Borrower in the Collateral, (ii) making demands and giving notices under this Agreement or applicable law; (iii) selling, leasing, releasing, surrendering, realizing upon or otherwise dealing with, in any of the Loan Parties to secure manner and in any of the Obligationsorder, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (all or any portion thereofof the Collateral, (iv) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights other powers set forth in the hereunder with respect to the Collateral or otherwise available under applicable law; (v) distributing proceeds realized by the Collateral Agent from the Collateral in accordance with the terms of Section 3(b) hereof; and remedies thereunder at (iv) processing payments from Paying Guarantors and disbursing payments from Contributing Guarantors. Collateral Agent acknowledges and agrees that any actions performed or to be performed by it hereunder as Collateral Agent or otherwise shall be without financial remuneration from the direction Guarantors or Borrower. Each Guarantor acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon Collateral Agent, any other Guarantor or any related parties, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and to rely on the judgment of the Administrative Collateral Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all and hereby waives any conflicts or potential conflicts that may arise. The provisions of this Section 10 7 are solely for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and Section 11the Guarantors, and neither Borrower nor any other person or entity shall have rights as though a third party beneficiary of any of such co-agentsprovisions. EDI hereby accepts this appointment and agrees to act as the Collateral Agent for the Guarantors in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, sub-agents the Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Guarantor or with Borrower solely by virtue of its role as Collateral Agent hereunder, and attorneys-in-fact were no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect theretoCollateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingforegoing sentence, the Lenders hereby use of the term “agent” in this Agreement with reference to the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law and the term "agent" is instead used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties;
(c) Without in any way limiting the Collateral Agent's discretion hereunder, Guarantors expressly authorize agree that (i) Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in the Administrative opinion of its counsel, may expose the Collateral Agent on to liability or that is contrary to this Agreement or applicable Law; (ii) neither Collateral Agent, nor any of its behalf and/or respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (A) in the absence of its own name gross negligence or willful misconduct or (including under B) with the prior written consent of, or at the request of, the three Guarantors identified on Exhibit C (the "Guarantor Committee"), (iii) neither Collateral Agent, nor its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be responsible for or have any parallel debtduty to ascertain or inquire into (A) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (B) the contents of any certificate, report, opinion or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, or (C) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein; and (iv) the Collateral Agent shall not be required to execute advance or expend any funds, to incur any financial liability, or to institute any legal proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement unless it has been provided with security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any and all documents liability or expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take such action.
(d) Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not (nor shall any of its directors, officers, employees or agents) incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including releasesany electronic message, internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper person or entity. Collateral Agent may consult with respect legal counsel, independent accountants and other experts reasonably selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Collateral Agent may at any time and from time to time, but shall be under no obligation to, solicit written instructions in the form of directions from the Guarantor Committee or an order of a court of competent jurisdiction as to any action that it may be requested or required to take, or that it may propose to take, in the performance of any of its obligations under this Agreement.
(e) Collateral Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties hereunder at any time by giving thirty (30) days’ prior notice to Borrower and the Guarantors. Collateral Agent may be removed at any time by the Guarantor Committee. Such resignation or removal shall take effect upon the appointment of a successor collateral agent, in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) Upon any notice of resignation by Collateral Agent or upon the removal of Collateral Agent by the Guarantor Committee, the Guarantor Committee shall appoint a successor collateral agent under this Agreement. So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such replacement collateral agent must be approved by Borrower in writing, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
(ii) If no successor collateral agent has been appointed by the Guarantor Committee within thirty (30) days after the date such notice of resignation was given by Collateral Agent or the Guarantor Committee elected to remove Collateral Agent, any Guarantor or EDI may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor collateral agent. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a successor collateral agent, as applicable, who shall serve as Collateral Agent under this Agreement until such time, if any, as the Guarantor Committee appoints a successor collateral agent, as provided above. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or removed) Collateral Agent, and the retiring (or removed) Collateral Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder. The retiring (or removed) Collateral Agent will promptly transfer any Collateral in its possession or control to the successor Collateral Agent and will, subject to payment of its reasonable costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of outside counsel), execute and deliver such notices, instructions and assignments as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to transfer the rights of the Secured Parties Collateral Agent with respect theretoto such Collateral to the successor Collateral Agent. After the retirement or removal of any Collateral Agent hereunder, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and Section 7 shall continue in effect for the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any benefit of such action by any retiring (or removed) Collateral Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute in respect of any actions taken or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect omitted to any be taken by it while serving as Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.
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Sources: Security and Inter Creditor Agreement (American Caresource Holdings, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as will hold (directly or through co-trustees or agents) and, subject to the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each terms of the Lenders Intercreditor Agreements, will be entitled to enforce all Liens on the Collateral created by the Security Documents.
(including b) Except as expressly provided in its capacities the Security Documents or as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and directed by the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes Majority Holders of the Administrative Notes (provided that the Collateral Agent has been provided with security or indemnity satisfactory to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing it against any and all Liens on loss, liability or expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take or omitting to take such action relating thereto, and subject to the provisions of Section 1512(i) hereof), the Collateral granted Agent will not be obligated:
(1) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any Person;
(2) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any Lien; or
(3) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the Loan Parties Security Documents, the Liens created thereby or the Collateral.
(c) By accepting a Security, each Holder is deemed to secure authorize the Collateral Agent to release or subordinate any Collateral that is permitted to be sold, reclassified or released or be subject to a Priority Lien pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements. By accepting a Security, each Holder is deemed to authorize the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver to the Company, at the Company’s sole cost and expense, any and all releases of Liens, termination statements, assignments or other documents reasonably requested by the Company in connection with any sale, reclassification or other disposition of Collateral to the extent such sale, reclassification or other disposition, and such release of Liens, is permitted by the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements.
(d) Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents shall be responsible for (i) perfecting, maintaining, monitoring, preserving or protecting the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding security interest or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) the filing, re- filing, recording, re-recording or continuing of any document, financing statement, assignment, notice, instrument of further assurance or other instrument in any public office at any time or times or (iii) providing, maintaining, monitoring or preserving insurance on or the payment of taxes with respect to the Collateral. The actions described in clauses (i) through (iii) shall be the sole responsibility of the Company and the Guarantors. The Collateral Agent hereby disclaims any representation or warranty to each current and future Holder of the Securities and Obligations concerning the perfection of the security interests granted to it or in the value of any Collateral.
(e) Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral, for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness, or sufficiency of the Security Documents, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any Lien, including without limitation not being responsible for payment of any Taxes, charges or assessments upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction defect or deficiency as to any such matters, or for any failure to demand, collect, foreclose or realize upon or otherwise enforce any of the Administrative Liens or Collateral Documents or any delay in doing so. Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for making any filings or recordings to perfect or maintain the perfection of the Collateral Agent’s Lien in the Collateral, including without limitation, the filing of any UCC financing statements, continuation statements or other filings.
(f) The Company shall furnish to the Trustee, at such time as required by the Trust Indenture Act, such Opinions of Counsel and certificates or opinions of engineers, appraisers or other experts as may be required by §§314(b) or 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act and shall take such other action as may be necessary to cause Trust Indenture Act §314(d) relating to the release of Collateral from the security interests created by this Indenture and the Security Documents to be complied with. Any certificate or opinion required by Trust Indenture Act §314(d) may be made by an Officer of the Company, except in cases where Trust Indenture Act §314(d) requires that such certificate or opinion be made by an independent Person, which Person shall be an independent engineer, appraiser or other expert selected or approved by the Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care. A Person is “independent” if such Person (a) is in fact independent, (b) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Company or in any Affiliate of the Company and (c) is not an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner or director or person performing similar functions to any of the foregoing for the Company. The Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to receive and rely upon a certificate provided by any such Person confirming that such Person is independent within the benefits foregoing definition.
(g) In acting under this Indenture and, whether or not expressly stated therein, under each other Notes Document, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to all of all provisions of this Section 10 the rights, privileges, immunities and Section 11indemnities granted to the Trustee in Article Six hereof, as though such co-agentsincluding without limitation, sub-agents the right to compensation and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if indemnity set forth in full herein with respect theretoSection 609, as if the references to Trustee in such applicable provisions of Article Six were references to Collateral Agent.
(h) The Collateral Agent will not be responsible or liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder or under any other Security Document, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision. No implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities, whether arising under statute, common law or otherwise shall be read into this Indenture, Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingforegoing sentence, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize use of the Administrative term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Collateral Agent on its behalf and/or is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The Collateral Agent will not be required to take any action that is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements and will not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers. Prior to taking any action, the Collateral Agent will be entitled to seek direction from the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities outstanding.
(i) No provision of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements will require the Collateral Agent to advance or expend any of its own name funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties or the exercise of its powers or rights hereunder or thereunder (including under or any parallel debtomission to perform or take any action at the request or direction of the Holders) unless it has been provided with security or indemnity satisfactory to execute the Collateral Agent against any and all documents (including releases) with respect loss, liability or expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take or omitting to take such action relating thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, in the event the Collateral Agent is entitled or required to commence an action to foreclose or otherwise exercise its remedies to acquire control or possession of the Collateral, the Collateral Agent shall not be required to commence any such action or exercise any remedy or to inspect or conduct any studies of any property under the mortgages or take any such other action if the Collateral Agent has determined that the Collateral Agent may incur personal liability as a result of the presence at, or release on or from, the Collateral or such property, of any hazardous substances unless the Collateral Agent has received security or indemnity from the Holders in an amount and in a form all satisfactory to the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion, protecting the Collateral Agent from all such liability. The Collateral Agent shall at any time be entitled to cease taking any action described in this paragraph (i) if it no longer reasonably deems any indemnity, security or undertaking from the Company or the Holders to be sufficient.
(j) Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody of Collateral in its possession or control, the Collateral Agent will have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto.
(k) The Collateral Agent may resign or be removed and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect theretoa successor collateral agent be appointed, as contemplated by and all in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement Sections 612 and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent613 hereof, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the if references to Trustee therein were references to Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleAgent.
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Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, Trustee and each of the Lenders (including in Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Collateral Agent as its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) agent under this Indenture and the Issuing Lenders Security Documents and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Collateral Agent to act as take such action on its behalf under the agent provisions of such Lender this Indenture and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint Security Documents and to substitute exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the ObligationsSecurity Documents, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, The Collateral Agent agrees to act as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien such on the express conditions contained in this Section 13.11. The provisions of this Section 13.11 are solely for the benefit of the Collateral (Agent and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders nor the Issuer or any portion thereof) granted under of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 13.3. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture and the Security Documents, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or for exercising responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any rights fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder or the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor, and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agentno implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be entitled to read into this Indenture and the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were Security Documents or otherwise exist against the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect theretoCollateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingforegoing sentence, the Lenders use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Collateral Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which the Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture and the Security Documents, including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article VI, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.
(b) The Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Indenture or the Security Documents by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent, employee or attorney-in-fact that it selects as long as such selection was made with due care.
(c) None of the Collateral Agent or any of its agents or employees shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in (except for its own name gross negligence or willful misconduct) or under or in connection with the any Security Document or the transactions contemplated thereby (including except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to the Trustee or any Holder or any other Person for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor, contained in this or any Indenture, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this or any other Indenture or the Security Documents, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this or any other Indenture or the Security Documents, or for any failure of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other party to this Indenture or the Security Documents to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Collateral Agent or any of its agents or employees shall be under any parallel debtobligation to the Trustee or any Holder or any other Person to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this or any other Indenture or the Security Documents or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor.
(d) The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to execute rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex or telephone message, statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limita- tion, counsel to the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture or any other indenture or the Security Documents unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders or the applicable authorized representative against any and all documents liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Indenture or any other indenture or the Security Documents in accordance with a request or consent of the Trustee or the applicable authorized representative and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders or any other Person.
(including releasese) The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or the Issuer referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and Trustee in accordance with Article VI (subject to this Section 13.11); provided, however, that unless and until the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that Collateral Agent has received any such action by any request, the Collateral Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it may (but shall not be obligated to) take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help)such action, or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial proceduresrefrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.
(f) The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. and its Affiliates (and any successor Collateral Agent and its Affiliates) may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any Borrower kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or any other Loan Party, business with the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors as though it was not the Collateral Agent hereunder and without the prior written notice to or consent of the Administrative Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. or its Affiliates (and any successor Collateral Agent and its Affiliates) may receive information regarding the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors) and acknowledge that the Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of the Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (or any successor Collateral Agent) to advance funds.
(g) The Collateral Agent may resign at any time upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Trustee and the Issuer, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Collateral Agent. In If the event of a foreclosure by Collateral Agent resigns under this Indenture, the Administrative Agent on any Trustee, subject to the consent of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code Issuer (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but which shall not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.be
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Sources: Indenture (Atp Oil & Gas Corp)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by Lenders and, by their acceptance of the agent benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of such Lender Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Issuing Lenders (with Credit Agreement; provided, the Collateral Agent shall, after payment in full power to appoint of all Obligations under the Credit Agreement and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfthe other Credit Documents, exercise, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any instructions of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap holders (the “Majority Holders”) of a majority of the aggregate “settlement amount” as defined in the Hedge Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial proceduresor, with respect to any Fledge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Hedge Agreement) under all Hedge Agreements. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, settlement amount for any Hedge Agreement that has not been terminated shall be the settlement amount as of the last Business Day of the month preceding any date of determination and shall be calculated by the appropriate swap counterparties and reported to the Collateral Agent upon request; provided, that any Fledge Agreement with a settlement amount that is a negative number shall be disregarded for purposes of any Borrower or any other Loan determining the Majority Holders. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Secured Party, without the prior written consent by its acceptance of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral pursuant hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section. The provisions of the Credit Agreement relating to a public the Collateral Agent including, without limitation, the provisions relating to resignation or private sale or a sale of any removal of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for powers and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding duties and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion immunities of the Collateral sold at Agent are incorporated herein by this reference and shall survive any such sale, to use and apply any termination of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleCredit Agreement.
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Sources: Credit and Guaranty Agreement (Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by the agent of such Lender Senior Lenders and the Issuing Holdings Term Loan Lenders and, by their acceptance of the benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral), to the extent not prohibited by and subject to the limitations contained in this Agreement or the Credit Agreement, solely in accordance with the instructions of Requisite Lenders; provided, the Collateral Agent shall, after payment in full power of all Obligations owed to appoint the Senior Lenders under the Credit Agreement and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfthe other Credit Documents, exercise, or refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for herein in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor accordance with the instructions of the holders of a parallel debt majority of the aggregate notional amount (or, with respect to any Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Hedge Agreement) under all Hedge Agreements; provided further, the Collateral Agent shall, after payment in full of all Obligations owed to the Senior Lenders under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the Lender Counterparts under any Hedge Agreements and the other Credit Documents, exercise, or refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for herein in accordance with the instructions of one or more Holdings Term Loan Lenders having or holding Holdings Term Loan Exposure representing more than 50% of the aggregate Holdings Term Loan Exposure of all Holdings Term Loan Lenders; (Requisite Lenders, such holders, or such Holdings Term Loan Lenders, as applicable, being referred to herein as "REQUISITE OBLIGEES"). In furtherance of the case may be) for purposes foregoing provisions of acquiringthis Section, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted each Lender Counterparty, by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the ObligationsCollateral hereunder, together with it being understood and agreed by such powers Lender Counterparty that all rights and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Senior Lenders, Holdings Term Loan Lenders and Lender Counterparties in accordance with the terms of this Section. The Collateral Agent shall at all times be the same Person that is Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement. Written notice of resignation by Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes terms of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Credit Agreement shall also constitute notice of resignation as the Collateral (or Agent under this Agreement; removal of Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute removal as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement; and appointment of a successor Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement shall also constitute appointment of a successor Collateral Agent under this Agreement. Upon the acceptance of any portion thereof) granted appointment as Administrative Agent under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction terms of the Credit Agreement by a successor Administrative Agent, that successor Administrative Agent shall thereby also be deemed the successor Collateral Agent and such successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Collateral Agent under this Agreement, and the retiring or removed Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Collateral Agent all sums, Securities and other items of Collateral held hereunder, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Collateral Agent under this Agreement, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Collateral Agent such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Collateral Agent of the security interests created hereunder, whereupon such retiring or removed Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of discharged from its duties and obligations under this Section 10 and Section 11, Agreement. After any retiring or removed Collateral Agent's resignation or removal hereunder as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect theretoAgent, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect omitted to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor be taken by it under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management this Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of while it was the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such salehereunder.
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Sources: Master Pledge and Security Agreement (Focal Communications Corp)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by the agent Lenders and, by their acceptance of such Lender the benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Issuing Lenders Credit Agreement; provided that the Collateral Agent shall, after payment in full of all Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (other than Secured Hedging Agreements), exercise, or refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for herein in accordance with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegateinstructions of the holders (the “Majority Holders”) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt majority of the aggregate “settlement amount” as defined in the Secured Hedging Agreements (or, with respect to any Secured Hedging Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Secured Hedging Agreement) under all Secured Hedging Agreements. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, settlement amount for any Secured Hedging Agreement that has not been terminated shall be the settlement amount as of the case may be) last Business Day of the month preceding any date of determination and shall be calculated by the appropriate Lender Counterparties and reported to the Collateral Agent upon request; provided that any Secured Hedging Agreement with a settlement amount that is a negative number shall be disregarded for purposes of acquiringdetermining the Majority Holders. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section 10, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted each Secured Party, by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the ObligationsCollateral hereunder, together with it being understood and agreed by such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any Secured Party that all rights and remedies thereunder at hereunder may be exercised solely by the direction Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to Secured Parties in accordance with the benefits of all provisions terms of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were with the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality terms of Article IX of the foregoing, Credit Agreement The provisions of the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect Credit Agreement relating to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect theretoAgent including, as contemplated by and in accordance with without limitation, the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take relating to resignation or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any removal of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any Agent and the powers and duties and immunities of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 Agent are incorporated herein by this reference, mutatis mutandis, as if fully set forth herein, and such incorporation shall survive any termination of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleCredit Agreement.
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act (a) Pursuant to that certain Co-Origination Agreement dated January 28, 2008 by and among, inter alia, JPM and the other Initial Lenders, German American Capital Corporation or their predecessors (as amended from time to time, the “Co-Origination Agreement”), JPM and the other parties thereto agreed amongst themselves to extend the Original Loan to Borrower and accordingly, JPM, on behalf of itself and the Lenders or their predecessors party to the Co-Origination Agreement, entered into the Original Loan Agreement and the various loan documents contemplated thereby and has acted as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each secured party of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) record for purposes of acquiringthe grants of security and collateral contained in the various Loan Documents.
(b) Each Lender hereby irrevocably (i) designates and appoints Bank of America, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion N.A. as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the agreements and other documents listed on Schedule XXXIII (collectively, the “Collateral Loan Documents”), to act as secured party or other applicable named party (including, without limitation, as named insurer and the rights loss payee) on behalf of the Secured Parties with respect theretoLenders, (ii) names the Collateral Agent as contemplated by a replacement secured party of record, and (iii) authorizes the Collateral Agent, in accordance with such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the Security other Loan Documents and acknowledge to exercise such powers and agree perform such duties (A) as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (B) as are necessary to comply with any direction given to the Collateral Agent by the Servicer, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, with respect to the Collateral Loan Documents. Collateral Agent hereby (1) accepts such designation and appointment, (2) agrees to act as a replacement secured party of record, (3) agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Servicer in the performance of its obligations and in acting upon the direction of the Servicer, and (4) agrees to take such actions on behalf of Lender and exercise such powers and perform such duties (i) as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) as are necessary or advisable to comply with any direction given to the Collateral Agent by the Servicer, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, with respect to the Collateral Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein or in the Collateral Loan Documents, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent. Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. Neither Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except for its or such person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (b) responsible in any manner to any Lender for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Borrower herein or in any report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by such Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Borrower to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of Borrower. Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless it shall have received notice from a Lender, Servicer or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.”
(c) Collateral Agent agrees that it will confirm receipt (in a writing to each Lender) of any Collateral Loan Document that it receives (including following the recordation of any such action by any Collateral Loan Documents, from time to time) within ten (10) Business Days of the receipt of each such Collateral Loan Document (in each case). Collateral Agent shall bind (or shall cause its designee to) review the LendersLoan Documents constituting the custodial file (as set forth on the closing checklist of Loan Documents to be delivered in connection with the origination of the amended and restated Loan on the Closing Date) and, within ten (10) Business Days of receipt thereof, deliver to the Lender a trust receipt, in compliance with that certain custodial arrangement between the Lender and Bank of America, N.A., as custodian, evidencing receipt of such Loan Documents, together with a schedule of exceptions to such receipt. The Collateral Agent (or its designee) shall continue to act as the custodian of the Loan Documents on behalf of Lender and shall comply with the terms and provisions of any existing custodial arrangement with the Lender with respect thereto.
(d) Collateral Agent, in its capacity as such, is a “representative” of each Lender within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Collateral Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Loan Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated in this Agreement and in such documents to be taken by the Collateral Agent. Each Lender agrees that it no Lender (other than the Collateral Agent, in its capacity as the Collateral Agent) shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any have the right or remedy with respect individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan DocumentsDocument, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, it being understood and agreed that such rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Collateral Agent on any (for the benefit of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writingeach Lender) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required LendersServicer in accordance with the Collateral Loan Documents, any applicable Co-Lender Agreement, if any, and any applicable intercreditor or servicing agreements. In the event that any collateral is hereafter pledged by any person as collateral security for the purpose Debt, the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of bidding attorney, to execute and making settlement deliver on behalf of each Lender any Loan Documents necessary or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion appropriate to grant and perfect a first priority lien on such collateral in favor of the Collateral sold Agent for the benefit of Lender. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to release any lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent upon any collateral as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the direction of the Servicer and the express terms of this Agreement, the applicable Loan Document and the applicable provisions of the Co-Lender Agreement, if any. Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any such time, and in each case subject to the requirements and approvals required in the Co-Lender Agreement, if any, each Lender shall confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of collateral pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. Upon any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of assets constituting collateral which is permitted pursuant to use the terms of any Loan Document or consented to in writing by the Lenders in accordance with the provisions of the Co-Lender Agreement, as applicable, and apply upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the liens granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Lender herein or pursuant hereto with respect to the collateral that was so sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Collateral Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Collateral Agent’s reasonable opinion, would expose the Collateral Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Debt or the secured obligations or any liens upon (or obligations of any Borrower in respect of) all interests retained by any Borrower, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the collateral. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the failure of Collateral Agent to take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall not (a) be deemed to be a waiver of any term or condition of this Agreement or any of the Obligations as a credit on account other Loan Documents, or (b) adversely affect any rights of the purchase price for Lender hereunder or under any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleother Loan Document.
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each (a) Each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders Buyers hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent Secured Party to act as collateral agent hereunder (the “Collateral Agent”), to enter into each of the instruments, documents and agreements, including any pledge agreement, guaranty, financing statements, mortgage, Account Control Agreement or any other Bridge Security Documents (collectively with this Agreement, the “Financing Documents”), to which it is a party as agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint including as a collateral agent) on Buyers’ behalf and to substitute take such actions as Collateral Agent on Buyers’ behalf under the Financing Documents and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name exercise such powers under the Financing Documents as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt are delegated to Collateral Agent (as agent, secured party or otherwise) by the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligationsterms thereof, together with all such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In The Collateral Agent shall take such action under this connectionAgreement and/or any other Transaction Documents as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably be directed by Buyers in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents (and, in any event, as reasonably directed by written direction of Majority Buyers). Subject to Section 5.4, Secured Party is authorized and empowered to amend, modify, or waive any provisions of this Agreement or the other Financing Documents to which it is a party or which run in its favor on behalf of the Buyers; provided, however, that the parties hereto hereby agree that no such amendment, modification or waiver shall be effective without the unanimous written consent of the Buyers.
(b) Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, upon demand therefor, the Administrative AgentBuyers shall indemnify the Collateral Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of the Company and without limiting the obligation of the Company to do so), as “collateral agent” ratably (based on the ratio of the amount of Obligations a Buyer holds to the aggregate Obligations held by all Buyers) from and against any co-agentsand all liabilities, sub-agents obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 disbursements of any kind whatsoever, including, for purposes of holding clarification, all taxes, which may at any time (including at any time following the payment in full of the Notes and the termination or enforcing resignation of the Collateral Agent) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Collateral Agent in any Lien way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any document contemplated hereby or referred to herein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Collateral Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided, however, that Buyers shall not be liable for the payment to the Collateral Agent of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting solely from the Collateral Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. In addition, Buyers shall reimburse the Collateral Agent upon demand for its ratable share (based on the ratio of the amount of Obligations a Buyer holds to the aggregate Obligations held by all Buyers) of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including attorney costs) incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any portion thereof) granted under document contemplated hereby or referred to herein to the Security Documents, extent that the Collateral Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction on behalf of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect theretoCompany. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any Governmental Authority of any jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Lenders hereby expressly authorize Collateral Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the Administrative account of a Buyer (because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Buyer failed to notify the Collateral Agent of a change in circumstances which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective, or for any other reason), Buyers shall indemnify the Collateral Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Collateral Agent as tax or otherwise, including penalties and interest, and including any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on its behalf and/or in its own name the amounts payable to the Collateral Agent under this Section 5.12(b), together with all related costs and expenses (including attorney costs). The obligation of Buyers in this Section 5.12(b) shall survive the payment of all Obligations.
(c) The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default or any event that with the giving of notice or passage of time would constitute an Event of Default unless the Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from Buyers describing such Event of Default or event that with the giving of notice or passage of time would constitute an Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, or an event that with the giving of notice or passage of time would constitute an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall take such action under this Agreement and/or any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) other Transaction Documents with respect to such Event of Default or event that with the giving of notice or passage of time would constitute an Event of Default as Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated Agent shall reasonably be directed by and Buyers in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents (and, in any event, as reasonably directed by written direction of Majority Buyers); provided that, unless and until the Collateral Agent shall have received such directions, the Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Event of Default or event that with the giving of notice or passage of time would constitute an Event of Default as the Collateral Agent shall deem advisable in the best interests of Buyers. In taking such action or refraining from taking such action without specific direction from Buyers, the Collateral Agent shall use the same degree of care and skill as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.
(d) Nothing in this Section 5.12 shall be deemed to limit or otherwise affect the rights of Secured Party or Buyers to exercise any remedy provided in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
(e) The Collateral Agent may resign from the performance of all of its functions and duties hereunder and/or under the other Transaction Documents at any time by giving thirty (30) Business Days’ prior written notice to Buyers. Such resignation shall take effect upon the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent pursuant to clause (f) below or as otherwise provided below.
(f) Upon (i) Buyers’ receipt of a notice of resignation by the Collateral Agent in accordance with clause (e) above, or (ii) written notice by Buyers to Collateral Agent of Buyers’ election to remove the existing Collateral Agent and appoint a successor Collateral Agent, Buyers shall have the right to appoint a successor Collateral Agent. Upon the acceptance of a successor's appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder and notice of such acceptance to the retiring Collateral Agent, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Collateral Agent, the retiring Collateral Agent's resignation shall become immediately effective and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents (if such resignation was not already effective and such duties and obligations not already discharged, as provided below in this paragraph). If no such successor shall have been so appointed by Buyers and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Collateral Agent gives notice of its resignation or Buyers give notice of their election to replace the retiring Collateral Agent, then the retiring Collateral Agent may, on behalf of Buyers (but without any obligation) appoint a successor Collateral Agent without the consent of Buyers. From and following the expiration of such thirty (30) day period, Collateral Agent shall have the exclusive right without any Person's consent, upon one (1) Business Days' notice to Buyers, to make its resignation or removal effective immediately. From and following the effectiveness of such notice, (i) the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents and (ii) all actions, payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through Collateral Agent shall instead be made by or to Buyers directly, until such time as Buyers appoint a Collateral Agent as provided for above in this paragraph. The provisions of this Agreement shall continue in effect for the benefit of any retiring Collateral Agent and its sub-agents after the Security effectiveness of its resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents and acknowledge and agree that in respect of any such action actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Collateral Agent shall bind was acting or was continuing to act as Collateral Agent.
(g) If pursuant to any Financing Document the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take Collateral Agent is given the discretion to allocate proceeds received by Collateral Agent pursuant to the exercise of remedies under the Financing Documents or institute any actions at law or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy in equity (including without limitation with respect to any secured creditor remedies exercised against the Collateral against any Borrower or and any other Loan Party collateral security provided for under any Financing Document), Collateral Agent shall apply such proceeds to the then outstanding Obligations in the following order of priority (with amounts received being applied in the numerical order set forth below until exhausted prior to the application to the next succeeding category and each of the Buyers or other Persons entitled to payment shall receive an amount equal to its pro rata share of amounts available to be applied pursuant to clauses second, third and fourth below): first, to payment of fees, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) owing to the Collateral Agent; second, to payment of all accrued unpaid interest and fees (other than fees owing to Collateral Agent) on the Obligations; third, to payment of principal of the Obligations; fourth, to payment of any other obligor under amounts owing constituting Obligations; and fifth, any of remainder shall be for the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect and paid to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender whoever may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such salelawfully entitled thereto.
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any the Administrative Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, the Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)Code, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by Lenders and, by their acceptance of the agent benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of such Lender Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the Issuing Lenders Intercreditor Agreement; provided, the Collateral Agent shall, after payment in full of all Obligations (with excluding contingent obligations in respect of customary indemnification liabilities that survive termination of the full power to appoint Credit Documents or such Person's release or discharge therefrom) under the Credit Agreement and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfthe other Credit Documents, exercise, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any instructions of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement holders of a majority of the aggregate notional amount (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial proceduresor, with respect to any Collateral Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any Borrower or any other Loan early termination payments then due) under such Hedge Agreement) under all Hedge Agreements. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Secured Party, without the prior written consent by its acceptance of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral pursuant to hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Lenders/Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section. Collateral Agent may resign or be removed and a public or private sale or a sale of any successor Collateral Agent may be appointed, all in accordance with Section 9.7 of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleCredit Agreement.
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Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, Trustee and each of the Lenders (including in Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Collateral Agent as its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) agent under this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Issuing Lenders Intercreditor Agreements and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Collateral Agent to act as take such action on its behalf under the agent provisions of such Lender this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint Intercreditor Agreements and to substitute exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to delegate) on its behalfthe Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, or in its own name as joint the Security Documents and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the ObligationsIntercreditor Agreements, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, and consents and agrees to the Administrative Agentterms of the Intercreditor Agreements and each Security Document, as “collateral agent” and any co-agentsthe same may be in effect or may be amended, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and time in accordance with their respective terms. In acting under this Indenture, the provisions of this Agreement Security Documents or any Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall have all the same rights, privileges, indemnities and immunities provided hereunder and in the Security Documents and acknowledge shall have all the same rights, privileges, indemnities and agree that any such action by any immunities as the Trustee set forth in Article 7 of this Indenture to the extent not otherwise expressly set forth herein. For the avoidance of doubt, the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Collateral Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedingshereunder, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each casewithout limitation, its right to be indemnified prior to taking action, shall survive the exercise satisfaction, discharge or termination of any right of setoffthis Indenture or its earlier termination, rights on account of any banker’s lien resignation or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any removal of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, in such capacity. The Collateral Agent agrees to act as agent for and representative of such on the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders express conditions contained in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such salethis Section 12.
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Sources: Indenture (DIEBOLD NIXDORF, Inc)
Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, Trustee and each of the Lenders (including in Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Collateral Agent as its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) agent under this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Issuing Lenders Intercreditor Agreement and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, and consents and agrees to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and each Security Document, as the same may be in effect or may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their respective terms. The Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the agent express conditions contained in this Section 12.9. The provisions of such Lender this Section 12.9 are solely for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and none of the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfTrustee, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure Holders nor any of the Obligations, together Grantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 12.4. Each Holder agrees that any action taken by the Collateral Agent in accordance with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In the provision of this connectionIndenture, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” Intercreditor Agreement and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising and the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies set forth herein and remedies thereunder at therein shall be authorized and binding upon all Holders. Notwithstanding any provision to the direction contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, the duties of the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent shall be entitled to ministerial and administrative in nature, and the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if except those expressly set forth herein and in full herein the other Note Documents to which the Collateral Agent is a party, nor shall the Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any trust or other fiduciary relationship with respect theretothe Trustee, any Holder or any Grantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingforegoing sentence, the Lenders use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) The Collateral Agent may perform any of its duties under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement by or through receivers, agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact or with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates, and the respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and attorneys-in-fact of such Person and its Affiliates, (a “Related Person”) and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in taking action in reliance upon any advice or opinion given by legal counsel. The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or willful misconduct of any receiver, agent, employee, attorney-in-fact or Related Person that it selects as long as such selection was made in good faith.
(c) None of the Collateral Agent or any of its respective Related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in (except for its own name gross negligence or willful misconduct) or under or in connection with any Security Document or the Intercreditor Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Issuer or any other Grantor or Affiliate of any Grantor, or any Officer or Related Person thereof, contained in this Indenture, or any other Note Documents, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or for any failure of any Grantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Collateral Agent or any of its respective Related Persons shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement or to inspect the properties, books, or records of any Grantor or any Grantor’s Affiliates.
(d) The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, certification, telephone message, statement, or other communication, document or conversation (including those by telephone or e-mail) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Issuer or any other Grantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document. The Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any parallel debt) this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes as it determines and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to execute its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all documents liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with a request, direction, instruction or consent of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(including releasese) The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless a Trust Officer of the Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or the Issuer referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and Trustee in accordance with Article VI or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes (subject to this Section 12.9).
(f) The Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notice to the Trustee and the Issuer, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Collateral Agent. If the Collateral Agent resigns under this Indenture, the Issuer shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Collateral Agent (as stated in the notice of resignation), the Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Issuer pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Agreement Section 12.9 (and Section 7.7) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any retiring Collateral Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect omitted to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure be taken by the Administrative Agent on any of it while it was the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleunder this Indenture.
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Sources: Indenture (Kinetic Concepts Inc)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent has been appointed to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Collateral Agent hereunder by Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfand, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any their acceptance of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connectionbenefits hereof, the Administrative Agentother Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall be obligated, as “collateral agent” and any co-agentsshall have the right hereunder, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding make demands, to give notices, to exercise or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for refrain from exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the direction release or substitution of Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Administrative AgentCredit Agreement; provided, shall be entitled to the benefits Collateral Agent shall, after payment in full of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” Obligations under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral Credit Agreement and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect theretoother Credit Documents, as contemplated by and exercise, or refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for herein in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any instructions of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap holders (the “Majority Holders”) of a majority of the aggregate “settlement amount” as defined in the Hedge Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial proceduresor, with respect to any Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Hedge Agreement) under all Hedge Agreements. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the settlement amount for any Hedge Agreement that has not been terminated shall be the settlement amount as of the last Business Day of the month preceding any date of determination and shall be calculated by the appropriate swap counterparties and reported to the Collateral Agent upon request; provided any Hedge Agreement with a settlement amount that is a negative number shall be disregarded for purposes of any Borrower or any other Loan determining the Majority Holders. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Secured Party, without the prior written consent by its acceptance of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)hereunder, the Administrative Agent or any Lender it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.be
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Sources: Pledge and Security Agreement
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each (a) Each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders Buyers hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent Secured Party to act as collateral agent hereunder (the "Collateral Agent"), to enter into each of the instruments, documents and agreements, including any pledge agreement, guaranty, financing statements, mortgage, Account Control Agreement or any other Security Documents (collectively with this Agreement, the "Financing Documents"), to which it is a party as agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint including as a collateral agent) on Buyers' behalf and to substitute take such actions as Collateral Agent on Buyers' behalf under the Financing Documents and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name exercise such powers under the Financing Documents as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt are delegated to Collateral Agent (as agent, secured party or otherwise) by the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligationsterms thereof, together with all such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In The Collateral Agent shall take such action under this connectionAgreement and/or any other Transaction Documents as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably be directed by Buyers in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents (and, in any event, as reasonably directed by written direction of Majority Buyers). Secured Party is authorized and empowered to amend, modify, or waive any provisions of this Agreement or the other Financing Documents to which it is a party or which run in its favor on behalf of the Buyers; provided, however, that the parties hereto hereby agree that no such amendment, modification or waiver shall be effective without the unanimous written consent of the Buyers. Each Buyer hereby assigns to Secured Party, without recourse, representation or warranty of any kind whatsoever, all of its right, title and interest in and to any Liens and security interests granted to such Buyer pursuant to the Original Security Agreements.
(b) Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, upon demand therefor, the Administrative AgentBuyers shall indemnify the Collateral Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of the Company and without limiting the obligation of the Company to do so), as “collateral agent” ratably (based on the ratio of the amount of Obligations a Buyer holds to the aggregate Obligations held by all Buyers) from and against any co-agentsand all liabilities, sub-agents obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 disbursements of any kind whatsoever, including, for purposes of holding clarification, all taxes, which may at any time (including at any time following the payment in full of the Notes and the termination or enforcing resignation of the Collateral Agent) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Collateral Agent in any Lien way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any document contemplated hereby or referred to herein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Collateral Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided, however, that Buyers shall not be liable for the payment to the Collateral Agent of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting solely from the Collateral Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. In addition, Buyers shall reimburse the Collateral Agent upon demand for its ratable share (based on the ratio of the amount of Obligations a Buyer holds to the aggregate Obligations held by all Buyers) of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including attorney costs) incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Transaction Document, or any portion thereof) granted under document contemplated hereby or referred to herein to the Security Documents, extent that the Collateral Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction on behalf of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect theretoCompany. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any Governmental Authority of any jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Lenders hereby expressly authorize Collateral Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the Administrative account of a Buyer (because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Buyer failed to notify the Collateral Agent of a change in circumstances which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective, or for any other reason), Buyers shall indemnify the Collateral Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Collateral Agent as tax or otherwise, including penalties and interest, and including any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on its behalf and/or in its own name the amounts payable to the Collateral Agent under this Section 5.12(b), together with all related costs and expenses (including attorney costs). The obligation of Buyers in this Section 5.12(b) shall survive the payment of all Obligations.
(c) The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default or any event that with the giving of notice or passage of time would constitute an Event of Default unless the Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from Buyers describing such Event of Default or event that with the giving of notice or passage of time would constitute an Event of Default and stating that such notice is a "notice of default". Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, or an event that with the giving of notice or passage of time would constitute an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall take such action under this Agreement and/or any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) other Transaction Documents with respect to such Event of Default or event that with the giving of notice or passage of time would constitute an Event of Default as Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated Agent shall reasonably be directed by and Buyers in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents (and, in any event, as reasonably directed by written direction of Majority Buyers); provided that, unless and until the Collateral Agent shall have received such directions, the Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Event of Default or event that with the giving of notice or passage of time would constitute an Event of Default as the Collateral Agent shall deem advisable in the best interests of Buyers. In taking such action or refraining from taking such action without specific direction from Buyers, the Collateral Agent shall use the same degree of care and skill as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs.
(d) Nothing in this Section 5.12 shall be deemed to limit or otherwise affect the rights of Secured Party or Buyers to exercise any remedy provided in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
(e) The Collateral Agent may resign from the performance of all of its functions and duties hereunder and/or under the other Transaction Documents at any time by giving thirty (30) Business Days' prior written notice to Buyers. Such resignation shall take effect upon the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent pursuant to clause (f) below or as otherwise provided below.
(f) Upon (i) Buyers' receipt of a notice of resignation by the Collateral Agent in accordance with clause (e) above, or (ii) written notice by Buyers to Collateral Agent of Buyers' election to remove the existing Collateral Agent and appoint a successor Collateral Agent, Buyers shall have the right to appoint a successor Collateral Agent. Upon the acceptance of a successor's appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder and notice of such acceptance to the retiring Collateral Agent, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Collateral Agent, the retiring Collateral Agent's resignation shall become immediately effective and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents (if such resignation was not already effective and such duties and obligations not already discharged, as provided below in this paragraph). If no such successor shall have been so appointed by Buyers and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Collateral Agent gives notice of its resignation or Buyers give notice of their election to replace the retiring Collateral Agent, then the retiring Collateral Agent may, on behalf of Buyers (but without any obligation) appoint a successor Collateral Agent without the consent of Buyers. From and following the expiration of such thirty (30) day period, Collateral Agent shall have the exclusive right without any Person's consent, upon one (1) Business Days' notice to Buyers, to make its resignation or removal effective immediately. From and following the effectiveness of such notice, (i) the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents and (ii) all actions, payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through Collateral Agent shall instead be made by or to Buyers directly, until such time as Buyers appoint a Collateral Agent as provided for above in this paragraph. The provisions of this Agreement shall continue in effect for the benefit of any retiring Collateral Agent and its sub-agents after the Security effectiveness of its resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents and acknowledge and agree that in respect of any such action actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Collateral Agent shall bind was acting or was continuing to act as Collateral Agent.
(g) If pursuant to any Financing Document the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take Collateral Agent is given the discretion to allocate proceeds received by Collateral Agent pursuant to the exercise of remedies under the Financing Documents or institute any actions at law or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy in equity (including without limitation with respect to any secured creditor remedies exercised against the Collateral against any Borrower or and any other Loan Party collateral security provided for under any Financing Document), Collateral Agent shall apply such proceeds to the then outstanding Obligations in the following order of priority (with amounts received being applied in the numerical order set forth below until exhausted prior to the application to the next succeeding category and each of the Buyers or other Persons entitled to payment shall receive an amount equal to its pro rata share of amounts available to be applied pursuant to clauses second, third and fourth below): first, to payment of fees, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees) owing to the Collateral Agent; second, to payment of all accrued unpaid interest and fees (other than fees owing to Collateral Agent) on the Obligations; third, to payment of principal of the Obligations; fourth, to payment of any other obligor under amounts owing constituting Obligations; and fifth, any of remainder shall be for the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect and paid to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender whoever may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such salelawfully entitled thereto.
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Collateral Agent. (a) Each Purchaser who will purchase FILO C Notes (in its capacity as a Purchaser and, upon issuance of the FILO C Notes, in its capacity as a FILO C Note Holder) hereby (i) appoints TASCR Ventures CA, LLC, as the collateral agent to act on its behalf hereunder and under the Security Documents (in such capacity, the “FILO C Collateral Agent”), and (ii) authorizes the FILO C Collateral Agent (and its officers, directors, employees and agents) to take such action on such Purchaser’s behalf in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, including, without limitation, to enter into each applicable Intercreditor Agreement, to perform its obligations thereunder and to subordinate the Liens on the Collateral securing the FILO C Notes Obligations as set forth therein. Each Purchaser who will purchase JSC Notes or Management JSC Notes (in its capacity as a Purchaser and, upon issuance of the JSC Notes and the Management JSC Notes, in its capacity as a JSC Note Holder and/or Management JSC Note Holder, as applicable) hereby (i) appoints TASCR Ventures CA, LLC, as the collateral agent to act on its behalf hereunder and under the Security Documents (in such capacity, the “JSC Collateral Agent”), and (ii) authorizes the JSC Collateral Agent (and its officers, directors, employees and agents) to take such action on such Purchaser’s behalf in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, including, without limitation, to enter into each applicable Intercreditor Agreement, to perform its obligations thereunder and to subordinate the Liens on the Collateral securing the JSC Notes Obligations and the Management JSC Notes Obligations as set forth therein. The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as not have, by reason hereof or pursuant to any Security Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Purchaser. Neither the “collateral agent” under Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees and agents shall have any liability to any Purchaser for any action taken or omitted to be taken in connection hereof or the Loan DocumentsSecurity Documents except to the extent caused by its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, and each Purchaser agrees to defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and all of its officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Collateral Agent Indemnitees”) from and against any losses, damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, fees, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses) incurred by such Collateral Agent Indemnitee, whether direct, indirect or consequential, arising from or in connection with the performance by such Collateral Agent Indemnitee of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty duties and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative obligations of Collateral Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, pursuant hereto or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, .
(b) The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any written notices, statements, certificates, orders or other documents or any telephone message believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the benefits proper Person, and with respect to all matters pertaining to this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents and its duties hereunder or thereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it.
(c) The Collateral Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties hereunder and under the Notes and the Security Documents at any time by giving at least ten (10) business days prior written notice to Issuer and each holder of the Notes. Such resignation shall take effect upon the acceptance by a successor Collateral Agent of appointment as provided below. Upon any such notice of resignation, the Required Holders shall appoint a successor Collateral Agent. Upon the acceptance of the appointment as Collateral Agent, such successor Collateral Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the Collateral Agreement. After any Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10 and Section 115.5 shall inure to its benefit. If a successor Collateral Agent shall not have been so appointed within said ten (10) business day period, the retiring Collateral Agent shall then appoint a successor Collateral Agent who shall serve until such time, if any, as though such co-agentsthe Required Holders appoint a successor Collateral Agent as provided above.
(d) Issuer hereby covenants and agrees to take all actions as promptly as practicable reasonably requested by either the Required Holders or the Collateral Agent (or its successor), sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) from time to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect time pursuant to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions terms of this Agreement Section 5.5, to secure a successor Collateral Agent satisfactory to such requesting part(y)(ies), in their sole discretion, including, without limitation, by paying all fees of such successor Collateral Agent, by having Issuer agree to indemnify any successor Collateral Agent and by each of Issuer executing a collateral agency agreement or similar agreement and/or any amendment to the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take reasonably requested or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure required by the Administrative Agent on any of the successor Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative Collateral Agent has been appointed by the Lenders to act as Collateral Agent and, by their acceptance of the benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall also act as be obligated, and shall have the “collateral agent” right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Credit Agreement; provided, the Collateral Agent shall, after payment in full of all Obligations under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders Credit Agreement (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Providerother than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (other Credit Documents, exercise, or refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for herein in accordance with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor instructions of the holders of a parallel debt majority of the aggregate notional amount (as or, with respect to any Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the case may beamount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) for purposes under such Hedge Agreement) under all Hedge Agreements. In furtherance of acquiringthe foregoing provisions of this Section, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted each Secured Party, by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the ObligationsCollateral hereunder, together with it being understood and agreed by such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any Secured Party that all rights and remedies thereunder at hereunder may be exercised solely by the direction Collateral Agent for its benefit and for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to other Secured Parties in accordance with the benefits of all provisions terms of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect theretoSection. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Collateral Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and may resign or be removed in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement. If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained in this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action Collateral Agent, as provided for by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Party Credit Document, shall itself perform or any other obligor under any comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement, the expenses of the Loan DocumentsCollateral Agent incurred in connection with such performance or compliance, Specified Swap Agreements or together with interest thereon at the rate then in effect in respect of the Loans, shall be payable by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent on demand and shall constitute Obligations secured by the Collateral. Wilmington Trust Company has been appointed the Collateral Agent hereunder pursuant to Section 9 of the Credit Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties to this Agreement that any Specified Cash Management authority conferred upon the Collateral Agent hereunder is subject to the terms of the delegation of authority made by the Secured Parties (other than the Collateral Agent) to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement and that the Collateral Agent has agreed to act (and any successor Collateral Agent shall act) as such hereunder only on the express conditions contained in the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 9 thereof). Any successor Collateral Agent appointed in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, accordance with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent Section 9.7 of the Administrative Agent. In Credit Agreement shall be entitled to all the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any rights, interests and benefits of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such salehereunder.
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Sources: Second Lien Pledge and Security Agreement (Dura Automotive Systems Inc)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative (1) Each Noteholder, by its acceptance of the Indenture, and each Authorized Representative of any Additional Secured Creditors on behalf of itself and the Additional Secured Creditors that it represents, by its execution of an Additional Secured Creditor Joinder, has appointed, and each other Secured Creditor, by accepting the benefits hereof, hereby appoints, BNY Trust Company of Canada to serve as Collateral Agent shall also act as and representative of itself and any other Secured Creditors that it represents under each of the “collateral agent” under the Loan Security Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Collateral Agent to act as agent for itself and such Secured Creditors for the agent purpose of executing and delivering, on behalf of itself and such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfSecured Creditors, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any each of the Loan Parties to secure Security Documents and any of other documents or instruments related thereto or necessary or, as determined by the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Collateral Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agentsdesirable to perfect the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by for the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes purpose of holding or enforcing any Lien the Liens on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted pursuant to the Security Documents, and, subject to the provisions of this Debenture, for the purpose of enforcing its and such Secured Creditors’ rights in respect of the Collateral and the obligations of the Obligors under the Security Documents, and for the purpose of, or for in connection with, releasing the obligations of the Obligors under the Security Documents. The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it shall so act as Collateral Agent and representative of the Secured Creditors subject to, in respect of any Additional Secured Creditors, compliance by the Authorized Representative on behalf of such Additional Secured Creditors with Section 5.22. The Collateral Agent shall have the sole authority to exercise remedies under the Security Documents. The Collateral Agent shall have the right hereunder to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights rights, and remedies thereunder at to take or refrain from taking action (including the direction release or substitution of the Administrative AgentCollateral), in accordance with the Secured Agreements. The Collateral Agent may resign, may be removed and a successor Collateral Agent may be appointed in the manner provided under Section 5.24.
(2) The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Charged Property in its possession if such Charged Property is accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which a reasonable person accords his own property consisting of similar property, instruments or interests, it being understood that neither the Collateral Agent nor any of the Secured Creditors shall have responsibility for taking any necessary steps to preserve rights against any Person with respect to any Charged Property.
(3) The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any written notice, statement, certificate, order or other document or any telephone message believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11proper Person, as though such co-agentsand, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to all matters pertaining to the Secured Agreements and its duties thereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it (who may be counsel to one or more of the Obligors). The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have actual, constructive, direct or indirect knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless and until the Collateral Agent has received written notice from a Secured Creditor, the Issuers or an Obligor referring to the applicable Secured Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that it is a “notice of default” or a “notice of event of default”, setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances thereof and stating that the Collateral Agent may rely on such notice without further inquiry. The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation or duty prior to or after receiving any such notice to inquire whether a Default or Event of Default has in fact occurred and shall be entitled to conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any such notice furnished to it.
(4) If any item of Charged Property also constitutes collateral granted to the Collateral Agent under any other deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement, pledge or instrument of any type, in the event of any conflict between the provisions hereof and the rights provisions of such other deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement, pledge or instrument of any type in respect of such collateral, the terms of this Debenture shall apply.
(5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Collateral Agent is authorized, but not obligated, (i) to take any action reasonably required to perfect or continue the perfection of the liens on the Charged Property for the benefit of the Secured Parties with respect Creditors and (ii) when instructions from the Authorized Representatives on behalf of the applicable Secured Creditors have been requested by the Collateral Agent but have not yet been received, to take any action which the Collateral Agent, in good faith, believes to be reasonably required to promote and protect the interests of the Secured Creditors in the Charged Property; provided that once instructions have been received, the actions of the Collateral Agent shall be governed thereby and the Collateral Agent shall not take any further action which would be contrary thereto.
(6) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any Security Document, as contemplated by the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take or refrain from taking, and shall have no liability to any Secured Creditor for taking or refraining from taking, any action that exposes or, in the good faith judgment of the Collateral Agent may expose, the Collateral Agent or its officers, directors, agents or employees to personal liability, unless the Collateral Agent shall be adequately indemnified, or that is, or in the good faith judgment of the Collateral Agent may be, contrary to any Security Document, any other Secured Agreement or applicable law. Upon receipt of such indemnity, however, the Collateral Agent shall act upon the specific instructions of the Authorized Representatives provided in accordance with the provisions of this Debenture, except for any instructions that in the good faith judgment of the Collateral Agent may be contrary to any Security Document, any other Secured Agreement or applicable law.
(7) For purposes of this Debenture and other Security Documents, each Secured Creditor shall appoint a Person as its Authorized Representative for the purpose of giving or delivering any notices or instructions hereunder and thereunder. Any instructions given by the Authorized Representatives (other than the Trustee) on behalf of the applicable Secured Creditors to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents shall be in writing signed by the Authorized Representative(s) of the applicable Secured Creditors with respect to such instructions and acknowledge such instructions shall certify to and agree for the benefit of the Collateral Agent the outstanding aggregate principal amount (or, in the case of discount notes, accreted value) of all Secured Obligations that the Secured Creditors authorizing such instructions hold. In determining whether the applicable Secured Creditors have consented to any action under the Security Documents, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely on each Authorized Representative as to the amount of Secured Obligations held by holders represented by such action by any Authorized Representative. The Collateral Agent shall bind be entitled to conclusively and absolutely rely on such instructions and certification as to the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it identity of the applicable Secured Creditors with respect to such instructions, and the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action, and shall not be liable to any Secured Creditor for failing or institute refusing to act, pursuant to any actions instructions which are not given or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy delivered by the Authorized Representatives of various Secured Creditors comprising the applicable Secured Creditors as required by Section 3.11 of the Security Agreements.
(8) Each Obligor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under this Debenture with respect to any action taken by the Collateral against Agent or the exercise or nonexercise by the Collateral Agent of any Borrower option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Debenture shall, as between the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors, be governed by the provisions of this Debenture and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Collateral Agent and the Obligors, the Collateral Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Obligor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.
(9) Subject to clause (6) of this Section 5.23, neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Charged Property or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Charged Property upon the request of any Obligor or any other Loan Party Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Charged Property or any other obligor under any part thereof. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect the interests of the Loan DocumentsCollateral Agent in the Charged Property and, Specified Swap Agreements or subject to clause (6) of this Section 5.23, shall not impose any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, duty upon the Collateral Agent to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither it nor any right of setoffits officers, rights on account directors, employees or agents shall have any duty or liability or be responsible to any Obligor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Collateral Agent shall have no duty or liability as to the taking of any banker’s lien necessary steps to preserve or similar protect the Charged Property or to preserve rights against prior parties. Nothing contained in this Debenture shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Collateral Agent, and the Collateral Agent shall not be required or obligated, to (i) present or file any claim or other rights of self-help), notice or institute take any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, action with respect to any Collateral Charged Property or in connection therewith or (ii) notify any Obligor of any Borrower decline in the value of any Charged Property. The Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to the collection of any Charged Property in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or nominee of the Collateral Agent, or any income thereon or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent rights pertaining thereto.
(10) No provision of the Administrative Agent. In Secured Agreements shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the event Collateral Agent to perform any act or acts, receive or obtain any interest in property or exercise any interest in property, or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Collateral Agent shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts, to receive or obtain any such interest in property or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation; and no permissive or discretionary power or authority available to the Collateral Agent shall be construed to be a duty.
(11) The Collateral Agent shall have the right hereunder to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking action (including the release or substitution of a foreclosure by Charged Property), in each case in accordance with the Administrative Agent on any Secured Agreements.
(12) Upon resignation of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale Agent in accordance with the terms of any Section 5.24, the Collateral Agent shall thereupon be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Secured Agreements. Following the resignation of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 Agent, the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code Secured Agreements shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under the Secured Agreements while it was the Collateral Agent.
(13) The Collateral Agent shall not have any liability hereunder except for its own gross negligence or an equivalent process wilful misconduct, or material breach and under no circumstances shall the Collateral Agent be liable for any special, punitive, exemplary or consequential damages.
(14) The Collateral Agent shall be vested with all of the rights, powers, benefits, privileges and protections of the Collateral Agent set forth in the Indenture, all of which are incorporated herein and shall apply to all of the Security Documents.
(15) The Collateral Agent may perform any foreign jurisdiction)and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Indenture Document by or through, or delegate any and all such rights and powers to, any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent, including a sub-agent which is a non-U.S. affiliate of the Administrative Collateral Agent. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.23, neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees, attorney or any Lender may agents will be responsible or liable for the purchaser existence, genuineness, value or protection of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required LendersCollateral, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement legality, enforceability, effectiveness or payment sufficiency of the purchase price Security Documents, for all the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any Lien securing the First Lien Obligations, or for any defect or deficiency as to any such matters, or for any failure to demand, collect, foreclose or realize upon or otherwise enforce any such Liens or Security Documents or any portion delay in doing so provided that if instructed by the Required Secured Creditors in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents, the Collateral Agent (subject to receipt of an indemnity requested by it and acceptable to it and any other applicable provisions of the Security Documents) shall comply with instructions from such Required Secured Creditors. The Collateral Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory provisions of this Section 5.23 shall apply to any agent, attorneys-in-fact or sub-agent and to the Affiliates of the Collateral sold at Agent and any such saleagent, attorneys-in-fact or sub-agent, and shall apply to use and apply any their respective activities in connection with the exercise of the Obligations as a credit on account rights and remedies of the purchase price Collateral Agent provided for any hereunder, as well as all other activities as Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleAgent.
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) and Tenant agree that upon the conveyance of the Property by reason of the foreclosure of the Mortgage or the acceptance of a deed or assignment in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, the Lease shall also act as not be terminated or affected thereby (at the option of the transferee of the Property (the “collateral agent” under Transferee”) if the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if conditions set forth in Section 2 above have not been met at the time of such transfer) but shall continue in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting force and effect as a direct lease between the generality Transferee and Tenant upon all of the foregoingterms, covenants and conditions set forth in the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or Lease and in its own name (including under any parallel debt) that event, Tenant agrees to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect attorn to the Collateral Transferee and the rights Transferee shall accept such attornment, and the Transferee shall not be (a) obligated to complete any construction work required to be done by Landlord pursuant to the provisions of the Secured Parties with respect theretoLease or to reimburse Tenant for any construction work done by Tenant, in each case prior to Transferee’s ownership of the Property, (b) liable (i) for Landlord’s failure to perform any of its obligations under the Lease which have accrued prior to the date on which the Transferee shall become the owner of the Property, or (ii) for any act or omission of Landlord, whether prior to or after such foreclosure or sale, (c) required to make any repairs to the Property or to the premises demised under the Lease required as contemplated a result of fire, or other casualty or by reason of condemnation unless the Transferee shall be obligated under the Lease to make such repairs and shall have received sufficient casualty insurance proceeds or condemnation awards to finance the completion of such repairs, (d) required to make any capital improvements to the Property or to the premises demised under the Lease which Landlord may have agreed to make, but had not completed, or to perform or provide any services not related to possession or quiet enjoyment of the premises demised under the Lease, (e) subject to any offsets, defenses, abatements or counterclaims which shall have accrued to Tenant against Landlord prior to the date upon which the Transferee shall become the owner of the Property, (f) liable for the return of rental security deposits, if any, paid by Tenant to Landlord in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and Lease unless such sums are actually received by the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action Transferee, (g) bound by any Agent payment of rents, additional rents or other sums which Tenant may have paid more than one (1) month in advance to any prior Landlord unless (i) such sums are actually received by the Transferee or (ii) such prepayment shall bind have been expressly approved of by the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute Transferee, (h) bound to make any actions or proceedingspayment to Tenant which was required under the Lease, judicial or otherwise, for to be made prior to the time the Transferee succeeded to Landlord’s interest, (i) bound by any right agreement amending, modifying or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of terminating the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, Lease made without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In Lenders prior to the event of a foreclosure time the Transferee succeeded to Landlord’s interest or (j) bound by the Administrative Agent on any assignment of the Collateral pursuant to a public Lease or private sale or a sale of any sublease of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)Property, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion thereof, made prior to the time the Transferee succeeded to Landlord’s interest other than if pursuant to the provisions of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleLease.
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative Collateral Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by Lenders and, by their acceptance of the benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall also act as be obligated, and shall have the “collateral agent” right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Credit Agreement; provided, the Collateral Agent shall, after payment in full of all Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfexercise, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any instructions of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap holders (the “Majority Holders”) of a majority of the aggregate “settlement amount” as defined in the Hedge Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial proceduresor, with respect to any Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Hedge Agreement) under all Hedge Agreements. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, settlement amount for any Hedge Agreement that has not been terminated shall be the settlement amount as of the last Business Day of the month preceding any date of determination and shall be calculated by the appropriate swap counterparties and reported to the Collateral Agent upon request; provided any Hedge Agreement with a settlement amount that is a negative number shall be disregarded for purposes of any Borrower or any other Loan determining the Majority Holders. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Secured Party, without the prior written consent by its acceptance of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral pursuant hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section. The provisions of the Credit Agreement relating to a public the Collateral Agent including, without limitation, the provisions relating to resignation or private sale or a sale of any removal of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for powers and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding duties and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion immunities of the Collateral sold at Agent are incorporated herein by this reference and shall survive any such sale, to use and apply any termination of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleCredit Agreement.
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Sources: Pledge and Security Agreement (Ocwen Financial Corp)
Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, Trustee and each of the Lenders (including in Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Collateral Agent as its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) agent under this Indenture and the Issuing Lenders Collateral Documents and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Collateral Agent to act as take such action on its behalf under the agent provisions of such Lender this Indenture and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint Collateral Documents and to substitute exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the ObligationsDocuments, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all The provisions of this Section 10 11.11 are solely for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders nor any of the Grantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 1111.03. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture and the Collateral Documents, as though such co-agentsthe Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities hereunder nor shall the Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, sub-agents any Holder or any Grantor, and attorneys-in-fact were no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture and the “collateral agent” under Collateral Documents or otherwise exist against the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect theretoCollateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingforegoing sentence, the Lenders use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Collateral Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which the Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, and the Collateral Documents, including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article 6, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.
(b) None of the Collateral Agent or any of its respective Affiliates shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in (except for its own name gross negligence or willful misconduct) or under or in connection with any Collateral Document or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Issuer or any Grantor or Affiliate of any Grantor, or any officer or Affiliate thereof, contained in this or any Indenture, any Collateral Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this or any other Indenture or the Collateral Documents, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this or any other Indenture or the Collateral Documents, or for any failure of any Grantor or any other party to this Indenture or the Collateral Documents to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Collateral Agent or any of its respective Affiliates shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this or any other Indenture or the Collateral Documents or to inspect the properties, books, or records of any Grantor or any Grantor’s Affiliates.
(c) The Collateral Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with the Issuer, any Guarantor and their Affiliates as though it was not the Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Collateral Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Grantor or its respective Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of, any such Grantor or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Collateral Agent shall not be under any parallel debtobligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of the Collateral Agent to advance funds.
(d) The Collateral Agent is authorized and directed to execute (i) enter into the Collateral Documents, (ii) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Collateral Documents and (iii) perform and observe its obligations under the Collateral Documents.
(e) The Trustee agrees that it shall not (and shall not be obligated to), and shall not instruct the Collateral Agent to, unless specifically requested to do so by a majority of the Holders, take or cause to be taken any and all documents action to enforce its rights under this Indenture or against any Grantor, including the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings, to foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral. If at any time or times the Trustee shall receive (including releasesi) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations arising under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payments received by the Trustee from the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) payments from the Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article 6, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Collateral Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to the Collateral Agent.
(f) The Collateral Agent is each Holder’s agent for the purpose of perfecting the Holders’ security interest in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code can be perfected only by possession. Should the Trustee obtain possession of any such Collateral, upon request from the Issuer, the Trustee shall notify the Collateral Agent thereof, and, promptly upon the Collateral Agent’s request therefor shall deliver such Collateral to the Collateral Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Collateral Agent’s instructions.
(g) The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by any Grantor or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Collateral Agent’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all or the Issuer or any Guarantor’s property constituting collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Collateral Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure, or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities, and powers granted or available to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture or any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission, or event related thereto, the Collateral Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion given the Collateral Agent’s own interest in the Collateral and that the rights Collateral Agent shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever to the Trustee or any Holder as to any of the Secured Parties foregoing.
(h) No provision of this Indenture or any Collateral Document shall require the Collateral Agent (or the Trustee) to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or thereunder or to take or omit to take any action hereunder or thereunder or take any action at the request or direction of Holders (or the Trustee in the case of the Collateral Agent) if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds is not assured to it.
(i) The Collateral Agent (i) shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, or for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Collateral Agent was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Issuer (and money held in trust by the Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law), (iii) the Collateral Agent may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect theretoof any action taken, as contemplated omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the provisions advice or opinion of this Agreement and such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Collateral Agent shall bind not be construed to impose duties to act.
(j) Neither the LendersCollateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its control. Each Lender agrees that it Such acts shall include but not take be limited to acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war, epidemics, governmental regulations superimposed after the fact, fire, communication line failures, computer viruses, power failures, earthquakes or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, other disasters. Neither the Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for any right indirect, special or remedy with respect consequential damages (included but not limited to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any lost profits) whatsoever, even if it has been informed of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent likelihood thereof and regardless of the Administrative Agent. In the event form of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleaction.
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Sources: Indenture (APX Group Holdings, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Collateral Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by the Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documentsbe obligated, and each shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including the release or substitution of Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the other Financing Documents. In furtherance of the Lenders foregoing provisions of this Section 10, each Secured Party, by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral hereunder (including to (i) request judicial relief, in its capacities any insolvency or liquidation proceeding or in any other court, that would hinder, delay, limit or prohibit the lawful exercise or enforcement of any right or remedy otherwise available to the Secured Parties in respect of the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties; (ii) oppose or otherwise contest (or support any other Person in contesting) any motion for relief from the automatic stay or any motion to contest any injunction against foreclosure or enforcement of Liens granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, made by the Collateral Agent, acting at the direction of, or as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes consented to by, the Administrative Agent to act as in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding; (iii) oppose or otherwise contest (or support any other Person in contesting) any lawful exercise by the agent of such Lender and Collateral Agent, acting at the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfdirection of, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties consented to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connectionby, the Administrative Agent, of the right to ratably credit bid the Obligations at any sale in foreclosure of the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties; or (iv) oppose or otherwise contest (or support any other Person in contesting) any other request for judicial relief made in any court by the Collateral Agent, acting at the direction of, or as “collateral agent” consented to by, the Administrative Agent relating to the lawful enforcement of any Lien), it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section 10. The Collateral Agent and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 the applicable Financing Documents for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under any of the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, Documents shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 8 (Agents) of the Credit Agreement, and Section 11, Article 5 (Actions by the Collateral Agent) of the Collateral Agency Appointment Agreement (as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agentCollateral Agent” under the Loan Documents named therein) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY, as Collateral Agent shall also act By: Name: Title: THIS PLEDGE AMENDMENT, dated as of , 20 , is delivered by [NAME OF PLEDGOR] (the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management ProviderPledgor”) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 5.1 of the Security Agreement referred to herein below. The Pledgor hereby agrees that this Pledge Amendment may be attached to the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of [ ], 20[ ] (as amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time, the “Security Agreement,” capitalized terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined) made by the Pledgor in favor of , as trustee and collateral agent for purposes the Holders under the Indenture referred to below (in its capacity as trustee and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Trustee” and in its capacity as collateral agent and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), and that the Equity Interests listed on Annex A to this Pledge Amendment shall be deemed to be part of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Equity Interests within the meaning of the Security Agreement and shall become part of the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under and shall secure all of the Secured Obligations as provided in the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights Agreement. The Pledgor hereby confirms that all representations and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if warranties set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.7 of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any Security Agreement are true and all documents (including releases) correct with respect to the Collateral Equity Interests listed on Annex A to this Pledge Amendment. This Pledge Amendment and its attachments are hereby incorporated into the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Security Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lendersmade a part thereof. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any [ACQUIRED SUBSIDIARY] By: Name: Title: Name of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement Issuer Type of Interests Certificate No. (including, if applicable) No. of Shares/Units (if applicable) Percentage of Outstanding Interests in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.Issuer
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Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as will hold (directly or through co-trustees or agents) and, subject to the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each terms of the Lenders Intercreditor Agreements, will be entitled to enforce (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Majority Holder Designee or if there is no Majority Holder Designee, the Majority Holders) all Liens on the Collateral created by the Security Documents.
(b) Except as expressly provided in the Security Documents or as directed by the Majority Holder Designee or the Majority Holders of the Notes (provided that the Collateral Agent has been provided with security or indemnity satisfactory to it against any and all loss, liability or expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take or omitting to take such action relating thereto, and subject to the provisions of Section 1508(a) hereof), the Collateral Agent will not be obligated:
(1) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any Person;
(2) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any Lien; or
(3) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the Security Documents, the Liens created thereby or the Collateral.
(c) By accepting a Security, each Holder is deemed to authorize the Collateral Agent to release or subordinate any Collateral that is permitted to be sold or released pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements. By accepting a Security, each Holder is deemed to authorize the Collateral Agent to execute and deliver to the Company, at the Company’s sole cost and expense, any and all releases of Liens, termination statements, assignments or other documents reasonably requested by the Company in connection with any sale or other disposition of Collateral to the extent such sale, reclassification or other disposition, and such release of Liens, is permitted by the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements.
(d) Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents shall be responsible for (i) perfecting, maintaining, monitoring, preserving or protecting the security interest or Lien granted under the Security Documents or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) the filing, re-filing, recording, re-recording or continuing of any document, financing statement, assignment, notice, instrument of further assurance or other instrument in any public office at any time or times or (iii) providing, maintaining, monitoring or preserving insurance on or the payment of taxes with respect to the Collateral. The actions described in clauses (i) through (iii) shall be the sole responsibility of the Company and the Guarantors. The Collateral Agent hereby disclaims any representation or warranty to each current and future Holder of the Securities and Obligations concerning the perfection of the security interests granted to it or in the value of any Collateral.
(e) Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral, for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness, or sufficiency of the Security Documents, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any Lien, including without limitation not being responsible for payment of any Taxes, charges or assessments upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral, or for any defect or deficiency as to any such matters, or for any failure to demand, collect, foreclose or realize upon or otherwise enforce any of the Liens or Collateral Documents or any delay in doing so. Neither the Trustee nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for making any filings or recordings to perfect or maintain the perfection of the Collateral Agent’s Lien in the Collateral, including without limitation, the filing of any UCC financing statements, continuation statements or any other filings.
(f) The Company shall furnish to the Trustee, at such time as required by the Trust Indenture Act, such Opinions of Counsel and certificates or opinions of engineers, appraisers or other experts as may be required by §§314(b) or 314(d) of the Trust Indenture Act and shall take such other action as may be necessary to cause Trust Indenture Act §314(d) relating to the release of Collateral from the security interests created by this Indenture and the Security Documents to be complied with. Any certificate or opinion required by Trust Indenture Act §314(d) may be made by an Officer of the Company, except in cases where Trust Indenture Act §314(d) requires that such certificate or opinion be made by an independent Person, which Person shall be an independent engineer, appraiser or other expert selected or approved by the Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care. A Person is “independent” if such Person (a) is in fact independent, (b) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Company or in any Affiliate of the Company and (c) is not an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner or director or person performing similar functions to any of the foregoing for the Company. The Trustee and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to receive and rely upon a certificate provided by any such Person confirming that such Person is independent within the benefits foregoing definition.
(g) In acting under this Indenture and, whether or not expressly stated therein, under each other Notes Document, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to all of all provisions of this Section 10 the rights, privileges, immunities and Section 11indemnities granted to the Trustee in Article Six hereof, as though such co-agentsincluding without limitation, sub-agents the right to compensation and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if indemnity set forth in full herein with respect theretoSection 609, as if the references to Trustee in such applicable provisions of Article Six were references to Collateral Agent.
(h) The Collateral Agent will not be responsible or liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder or under any other Security Document, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision. No implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities, whether arising under statute, common law or otherwise shall be read into this Indenture, Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingforegoing sentence, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize use of the Administrative term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Collateral Agent on its behalf and/or is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. The Collateral Agent will not be required to take any action that is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements and will not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers. Prior to taking any action, the Collateral Agent will be entitled to seek direction from the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities outstanding.
(i) No provision of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements will require the Collateral Agent to advance or expend any of its own name funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties or the exercise of its powers or rights hereunder or thereunder (including under or any parallel debtomission to perform or take any action at the request or direction of the Holders) unless it has been provided with security or indemnity satisfactory to execute the Collateral Agent against any and all documents (including releases) with respect loss, liability or expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take or omitting to take such action relating thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, in the event the Collateral Agent is entitled or required to commence an action to foreclose or otherwise exercise its remedies to acquire control or possession of the Collateral, the Collateral Agent shall not be required to commence any such action or exercise any remedy or to inspect or conduct any studies of any property under the mortgages or take any such other action if the Collateral Agent has determined that the Collateral Agent may incur personal liability as a result of the presence at, or release on or from, the Collateral or such property, of any hazardous substances unless the Collateral Agent has received security or indemnity from the Holders in an amount and in a form all satisfactory to the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion, protecting the Collateral Agent from all such liability. The Collateral Agent shall at any time be entitled to cease taking any action described in this paragraph (i) if it no longer reasonably deems any indemnity, security or undertaking from the Company or the Holders to be sufficient.
(j) Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody of Collateral in its possession or control, the Collateral Agent will have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto.
(k) The Collateral Agent may resign or be removed and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect theretoa successor collateral agent be appointed, as contemplated by and all in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement Sections 612 and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent613 hereof, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the if references to Trustee therein were references to Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleAgent.
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act (1) Each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably appoints W▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association as the “collateral agent” initial Collateral Agent (and any successor appointed pursuant to the terms of this Indenture) for the benefit of the Holders under this Indenture and the Loan Documents, Security Documents and each of the Lenders (including in Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such action on its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) behalf under the provisions of this Indenture and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints Security Documents and authorizes to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Collateral Agent to act as by the agent terms of such Lender this Indenture and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the ObligationsSecurity Documents, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connectionThe Trustee and the Collateral Agent each is authorized and directed by the Holders, and the Administrative Holders by acquiring the Notes have deemed to have authorized the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as “applicable, to (i) enter into the Security Documents (including any amendments thereto), (ii) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Security Documents (including any amendments thereto) and (iii) perform and observe its obligations under the Security Documents (including any amendments thereto).
(2) Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates nor any Person acting as collateral agent” agent for the benefit of the lenders under the Senior Loan Documents may serve as Collateral Agent.
(3) The Collateral Agent shall hold (directly or through agents), and any co-agentswill be entitled to enforce, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien all Liens on the Collateral created by the Security Documents.
(4) Except as provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not be obligated:
(a) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any Person;
(b) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any portion thereofLien; or
(c) granted under to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the Security Documents, the Liens created thereby or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction Collateral. A resignation or removal of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled Collateral Agent and appointment of a successor Collateral Agent will become effective pursuant to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if terms set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) above with respect to the Collateral resignation or removal of the Trustee and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event appointment of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such salesuccessor Trustee.
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Sources: Indenture (WHX Corp)
Collateral Agent. (i) Each Buyer hereby (a) appoints Castlerigg Master Investments Ltd. ("Castlerigg") as the collateral agent hereunder and under the other Security Documents (in such capacity, the "COLLATERAL AGENT"), and (b) authorizes the Collateral Agent (and its officers, directors, employees and agents) to take such action on such Buyer's behalf in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as not have, by reason hereof or any of the “collateral agent” under other Security Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Buyer. Neither the Loan DocumentsCollateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees and agents shall have any liability to any Buyer for any action taken or omitted to be taken in connection hereof or any other Security Document except to the extent caused by its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, and each Buyer agrees to defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and all of its officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the "INDEMNITEES") from and against any losses, damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, fees, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and expenses) incurred by such Indemnitee ("INDEMNITY COSTS"), arising from or in connection with the performance by such Indemnitee of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty duties and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative obligations of Collateral Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, pursuant hereto or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure Security Documents; provided, that, (i) the liability of any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent Buyer pursuant to this Section 10.5 for purposes 4(q) shall be several and not joint with any other Buyer, and shall not exceed in the aggregate its pro rata percentage of holding or enforcing any Lien such Indemnity Costs (based on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder percentage of Securities that such Buyer shall acquire at the direction Closing as a percentage of all Securities sold at the Administrative Agent, Closing) and (ii) no Buyer shall be obligated under this Section 4 (q) for any indirect or consequential Indemnity Costs.
(ii) The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any written notices, statements, certificates, orders or other documents or any telephone message believed by it reasonably and in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the benefits proper Person, and with respect to all matters pertaining to this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents and its duties hereunder or thereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it.
(iii) The Collateral Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties hereunder and under the New Notes and the Security Documents at any time by giving at least ten (10) Business Days prior written notice to the Company and each holder of the New Notes. Such resignation shall take effect upon the acceptance by a successor Collateral Agent of appointment as provided below. Upon any such notice of resignation, the holders of a majority of the outstanding principal under the New Notes shall appoint a successor Collateral Agent. Upon the acceptance of the appointment as Collateral Agent, such successor Collateral Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement, the New Notes and the other Security Documents. After any Collateral Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10 and Section 114(q) shall inure to its benefit. If a successor Collateral Agent shall not have been so appointed within said ten (10) Business Day period, the retiring Collateral Agent shall then appoint a successor Collateral Agent who shall serve until such time, if any, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” holders of a majority of the outstanding principal under the Loan Documents New Notes appoint a successor Collateral Agent as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleprovided above.
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Sources: Securities Purchase Agreement (Raptor Networks Technology Inc)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders L▇▇▇▇▇ hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties Borrower to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative L▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ authorizes Agent, in its capacity as “collateral agent” and , to enter into any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by of the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 Loan Documents as secured party for purposes of acquiring, holding or and enforcing any Lien all Liens on the Collateral (or and any portion thereof) granted under other collateral from time to time securing the Security DocumentsObligations), or and as Agent for exercising any and representative of Lender thereunder, and L▇▇▇▇▇ agrees to be bound by the terms of each such document. All powers, rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting may be exercised solely by Agent for the generality benefit of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative L▇▇▇▇▇ and Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agentterms thereof. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction)sale, the Administrative either Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) Lender, shall be entitled, with entitled (subject to the consent or proviso at the direction end of the Required Lendersthis sentence), for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale; provided however, that shall not “credit bid” at any foreclosure and/or other public or private sale absent the consent of Lender. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent is hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents (including releases) that bind Lender with respect to (i) the Collateral and the rights of Lender with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, and (ii) any other subordination agreement with respect to any Subordinated Debt.
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act (a) Pursuant to that certain Co-Origination Agreement dated January 28, 2008 by and among, inter alia, JPM and the other Initial Lenders, German American Capital Corporation or their predecessors (as amended from time to time, the “Co-Origination Agreement”), JPM and the other parties thereto agreed amongst themselves to extend the Original Loan to Borrower and accordingly, JPM, on behalf of itself and the Lenders or their predecessors party to the Co-Origination Agreement, entered into the Original Loan Agreement and the various loan documents contemplated thereby and has acted as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each secured party of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) record for purposes of acquiringthe grants of security and collateral contained in the various Loan Documents.
(b) Each Lender hereby irrevocably (i) designates and appoints Bank of America, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion N.A. as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the agreements and other documents listed on Schedule XXXIII (collectively, the “Collateral Loan Documents”), to act as secured party or other applicable named party (including, without limitation, as named insured and the rights loss payee) on behalf of the Secured Parties with respect theretoLenders, (ii) names the Collateral Agent as contemplated by a replacement secured party of record, and (iii) authorizes the Collateral Agent, in accordance with such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the Security other Loan Documents and acknowledge to exercise such powers and agree perform such duties (A) as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (B) as are necessary to comply with any direction given to the Collateral Agent by the Servicer, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, with respect to the Collateral Loan Documents. Collateral Agent hereby (1) accepts such designation and appointment, (2) agrees to act as a replacement secured party of record, (3) agrees to reasonably cooperate with the Servicer in the performance of its obligations and in acting upon the direction of the Servicer, and (4) agrees to take such actions on behalf of Lender and exercise such powers and perform such duties (i) as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) as are necessary or advisable to comply with any direction given to the Collateral Agent by the Servicer, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, with respect to the Collateral Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein or in the Collateral Loan Documents, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent. Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. Neither Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except for its or such person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (b) responsible in any manner to any Lender for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Borrower herein or in any report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by such Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Borrower to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of Borrower. Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless it shall have received notice from a Lender, Servicer or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.”
(c) Collateral Agent agrees that it will confirm receipt (in writing to each Lender) of any Collateral Loan Document that it receives (including following the recordation of any such action by any Collateral Loan Documents, from time to time) within ten (10) Business Days of the receipt of each such Collateral Loan Document (in each case). Collection Agent shall bind (or shall cause its designee to) review the LendersLoan Documents constituting the custodial file (as set forth on the closing checklist of Loan Documents to be delivered in connection with the origination of the amended and restated Loan on the Closing Date) and, within ten (10) Business Days of receipt thereof, deliver to the Lender a trust receipt, in compliance with that certain custodial arrangement between the Lender and Bank of America, N.A., as custodian, evidencing receipt of such Loan Documents, together with a schedule of exceptions to such receipt. The Collateral Agent (or its designee) shall continue to act as the custodian of the Loan Documents on behalf of Lender and shall comply with the terms and provisions of any existing custodial arrangement with the Lender with respect thereto.
(d) Collateral Agent, in its capacity as such, is a “representative” of each Lender within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Collateral Agent to enter into each of the Collateral Loan Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated in this Agreement and in such documents to be taken by the Collateral Agent. Each Lender agrees that it no Lender (other than the Collateral Agent, in its capacity as the Collateral Agent) shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any have the right or remedy with respect individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan DocumentsDocument, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, it being understood and agreed that such rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure and remedies may be exercised solely by the Administrative Collateral Agent on any (for the benefit of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writingeach Lender) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required LendersServicer in accordance with the Collateral Loan Documents, any applicable Co-Lender Agreement and any applicable intercreditor or servicing agreements. In the event that any collateral is hereafter pledged by any person as collateral security for the purpose Debt, the Collateral Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of bidding attorney, to execute and making settlement deliver on behalf of each Lender any Loan Documents necessary or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion appropriate to grant and perfect a first priority lien on such collateral in favor of the Collateral sold Agent for the benefit of Lender. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to release any lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent upon any collateral as permitted by, but only in accordance with, the direction of the Servicer and the express terms of this Agreement, the applicable Loan Document and the applicable provisions of the Co-Lender Agreement, if any. Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any such time, and in each case subject to the requirements and approvals required in the Co-Lender Agreement, if any, each Lender shall confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of collateral pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. Upon any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of assets constituting collateral which is permitted pursuant to use the terms of any Loan Document or consented to in writing by the Lenders in accordance with the provisions of the Co-Lender Agreement, as applicable, and apply upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written request by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the liens granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Lender herein or pursuant hereto with respect to the collateral that was so sold or transferred; provided, however, that (i) the Collateral Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in the Collateral Agent’s reasonable opinion, would expose the Collateral Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such liens without recourse or warranty, and (ii) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Debt or the secured obligations or any liens upon (or obligations of any Borrower in respect of) all interests retained by any Borrower, including (without limitation) the proceeds of the sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the collateral. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the failure of Collateral Agent to take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall not (a) be deemed to be a waiver of any term or condition of this Agreement or any of the Obligations as a credit on account other Loan Documents, or (b) adversely affect any rights of Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
(e) The Collateral Agent (i) may resign at any time upon notice to each Lender, and (ii) may be removed at any time upon the decision of Lender made in accordance with the applicable provisions of the purchase price Co-Lender Agreement, if any. If the Collateral Agent shall resign or be removed, Lender shall have the right to select a replacement collateral agent in accordance with the Co-Lender Agreement, if any. Upon the replacement of the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent shall assign all of the liens upon and security interests in all collateral under the Collateral Loan Documents, and all right, title and interest of the Collateral Agent under all the Collateral Loan Documents, to the replacement Collateral Agent, without recourse to the Collateral Agent or any Lender and at the expense of Borrower. No resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent shall become effective until a replacement Collateral Agent shall have been selected as provided in this Agreement and the Co-Lender Agreement, if any, and shall have assumed in writing the obligations of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and under the Collateral Loan Documents. In the event that a replacement Collateral Agent shall not have been selected as provided in this Agreement or shall not have assumed such obligations within ninety (90) days after the resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent, then the Collateral Agent may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a replacement Collateral Agent. Lender shall notify Borrower in writing of any change to the identity of the Collateral Agent that may be appointed by Lender pursuant to the terms of the Co-Lender Agreement, if any.
(f) The parties hereto acknowledge that in the event that Bank of America, N.A. is replaced as Collateral Agent with respect to the Mortgage Loan but remains as Collateral Agent with respect to the Loan, Borrower shall be responsible for the annual fee payable by to the Administrative Collateral Agent at in the amount and pursuant to the terms set forth in the Mortgage Loan Agreement. The payment of such salefee shall not be duplicative of any such fee under any Other Mezzanine Loan (i.e. such fee is not payable under more than one of the Loan or any Other Mezzanine Loan).
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Sources: Fifth Mezzanine Loan Agreement (Harrahs Entertainment Inc)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as (v) to the “collateral agent” extent the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Loan DocumentsGuarantee (in accordance with the following sentencesentences), and each (vi) as required to effect any sale or other disposition of Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent Representative pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, and/or (vii) if such assets constitute Excluded Collateral and/or (viii) in full upon a Collateral Suspension Event as provided by (and in accordance with and subject to) Section 9.17(a). Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or for exercising impair the Obligations or any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction Liens (other than those being released) upon (or obligations (other than those being released) of the Administrative AgentCredit Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Credit Parties, including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall be entitled continue to constitute part of the Collateral except to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and extent otherwise released in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Documents. Additionally, the LendersSecured Bank Parties hereby irrevocably agree that the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be automatically released from the Guarantee upon consummation of any transaction resulting in such Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Restricted Subsidiary or upon becoming an Excluded Subsidiary; provided that the release of any Guarantor from its obligations under this Agreement if such Guarantor becomes an Excluded Subsidiary of the type described in clause (b) of the definition thereof shall only be permitted if at the time such Guarantor becomes an Excluded Subsidiary of such type after giving pro forma effect to such release and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any consummation of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each casetransaction that causes such Person to be an Excluded Subsidiary of such type, the exercise Borrower is deemed to have made a new Investment in such Person for purposes of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral Section 10.5 (as if such Person were then newly acquired) and such Investment is permitted pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code 10.5 (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdictionother than Section 10.5(d), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of ) at such Collateral at any such sale and time. The Lenders. The Secured Bank Parties hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such saleAgent and the Collateral Trustee, to use as applicable, and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.and the Collateral Agent agree to (and agree to instruct the Collateral Trustee to), execute and deliver any instruments, documents, and agreements necessary or desirable or reasonably requested by the Borrower to evidence and confirm the release of any Guarantor or Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, all without the further consent or joinder of any LenderSecured
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Vistra Corp.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act in its capacity as agent for the Purchasers By: Name: Title: Each of the undersigned hereby (i) acknowledges receipt of a copy of the foregoing Pledge Agreement, (ii) waives any rights or requirement at any time hereafter to receive a copy of such Pledge Agreement in connection with the registration of any Pledged Interests (as defined therein) in the name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee or the exercise of voting rights by the Collateral Agent and (iii) agrees promptly to note on its books and records the grant of the security interest in the stock or other equity interests of the undersigned as provided in such Pledge Agreement. Dated: ________ __, 202_ [SUBSIDIARY] Name: Title: [SUBSIDIARY] By: Name: Title: [SUBSIDIARY] By: Name: Title: [SUBSIDIARY] By: Name: Title: Pledgor Name of Pledged Entity Class Stock or Unit Certificate No. or Book Entry Percentage of Units Held by Pledgor The undersigned, being the Pledgor pursuant to that certain Pledge Agreement dated as of December __, 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “collateral agent” under Pledge Agreement”) in favor of the Loan Documentsholders of those certain Advance Notes (as defined in the Pledge Agreement), with the Collateral Agent (as defined in the Pledge Agreement), by executing this Addendum, hereby acknowledges that the Pledgor has acquired and legally and beneficially owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of __________________, a _______ corporation/other entity (“Company”) described below (the “Shares”). The Pledgor hereby agrees and acknowledges that the Shares shall be deemed Pledged Interests pursuant to the Pledge Agreement. The Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to the Pledgee that (i) all of the capital stock/type of interest of the Company now owned by the Pledgor is presently represented by the certificates listed below, which certificates, with undated assignments separate from certificate or stock powers duly executed in blank by the Pledgor, are being delivered to the Collateral Agent, simultaneously herewith (or have been previously delivered to the Collateral Agent), and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Providerii) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent after giving effect to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connectionaddendum, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” representations and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if warranties set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality Section 3 of the foregoingPledge Agreement are true, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any complete and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights correct as of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lendersdate hereof. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any Name of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise Pledged Entity Class of any right Equity Interest Certificate No. Percentage of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure Units Held by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Sources: Securities Purchase Contract (Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act Treasury and EDC, each in their capacity as a Lender, hereby appoint Treasury (or its agents or bailees), as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “collateral agent” Collateral Agent”) and bailee for purposes of perfecting Treasury’s and EDC’s respective Liens on any part of the Collateral required to be delivered hereunder that is in the Collateral Agent’s possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees), to the extent that possession or control thereof is taken to perfect a Lien thereon under the New York UCC (such Collateral being the “Pledged Collateral”) as Collateral Agent and gratuitous bailee for the Lenders (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the New York UCC), and any assignee, solely for the purpose of perfecting the Liens granted under the Loan Documents, subject to the terms and each conditions of this Section 17.10. Treasury shall not have any obligation whatsoever to the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and to ensure that the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, Pledged Collateral is genuine or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted owned by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security DocumentsPledgors, or for exercising any to preserve rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the or benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, any Person except as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if expressly set forth in full herein this Section 17.10. The duties or responsibilities of Treasury under this Section 17.10 shall be limited solely to holding the Pledged Collateral as Collateral Agent and as bailee in accordance with this Section 17.10. Treasury shall not have by reason of this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Lenders and each Lender hereby waives and releases Treasury from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Treasury’s role under this Section 17.10 as gratuitous bailee and Collateral Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Pledged Collateral and including, without limitation, for loss or damage to the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the LendersPledged Collateral. Each Lender Pledgor hereby acknowledges and agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to this Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale17.10.
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Sources: Secured Debtor in Possession Credit Agreement (Motors Liquidation Co)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent Bank of America shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty Hedge Bank, and a potential Cash Management ProviderBank) and the Issuing Lenders L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent Bank of America to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) L/C Issuer for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative AgentBank of America, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 9.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and Article XI (including Section 10 and Section 1111.04(c), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality In this Agreement, any rights and remedies exercisable by, any documents to be delivered to, or any other indemnities or obligations in favor of the foregoingCollateral Agent shall be, as the Lenders hereby expressly authorize case may be, exercisable by, delivered to, or be indemnities or other obligations in favor of the Administrative Collateral Agent on its behalf and/or (or any other Person acting in such capacity) in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect capacity as Australian Security Trustee to the extent that the rights, remedies, deliveries, indemnities or other obligations relate to, Collateral and Documents governed by the rights laws of Australia or the security thereby created. Any obligations of Collateral Agent (or any other Person acting in such capacity) in this Agreement shall be obligations of the Secured Parties with respect theretoCollateral Agent in its capacity as Australian Security Trustee or the security thereby created to the extent that such obligations relate to Collateral Documents governed by the laws of Australia or the security thereby created. Additionally, in its capacity as contemplated by Australian Security Trustee, Agent (or any other Person acting in such capacity) shall have:
(i) all the rights, remedies and benefits in accordance with favor of the Agent contained in the provisions of the whole of this Agreement and Section 9.
(ii) all the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any powers of an absolute owner of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure security constituted by the Administrative Agent on any Collateral Documents governed by the laws of Australia; and
(iii) all the rights, remedies and powers granted to it and be subject to all the obligations and duties owned by it under the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable Documents governed by the Administrative Agent at such salelaws of Australia.
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by Lenders and, by their acceptance of the agent benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of such Lender Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Credit Agreement; provided, the Collateral Agent shall, after (x) payment in full of all Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents (other than contingent indemnification and reimbursement obligations for which no claim has been made) and (y) all Letters of Credit have been cancelled or have expired or have been Cash Collateralized or otherwise secured to the satisfaction of the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfBank thereof, exercise, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any instructions of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement holders of a majority of the aggregate notional amount (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial proceduresor, with respect to any Collateral Permitted Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any Borrower or any other Loan early termination payments then due) under such Permitted Hedge Agreement) under all Permitted Hedge Agreements and Permitted Cash Management Agreements. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Secured Party, without the prior written consent by its acceptance of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral pursuant hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section. Collateral Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to a public or private sale or a sale of any the Secured Parties and Company in accordance with Section 9.6 of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleCredit Agreement.
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Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan DocumentsHolders have, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes 22 of holding or enforcing any Lien on each Convertible Note, designated and appointed the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under Secured Party as the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction collateral agent of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” Holders under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the other Note Documents.
(b) The Secured Party shall exercise the rights and remedies provided in this Agreement and each other Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or Document at the direction of the Required LendersHolders.
(c) The Secured Party shall allocate proceeds received by the Secured Party pursuant to the exercise of remedies under the Note Documents or at law or in equity (including without limitation with respect to any secured creditor remedies exercised against the Collateral and any other collateral security provided for under any Security Documents) to the then outstanding Obligations in the following order:
(i) first, to the Secured Party to reimburse the costs and expenses (including attorney’s fees and expenses of any counsel to the Secured Party) incurred by the Secured Party in the collection of such amounts under the Note Documents, including, without limitation, any costs incurred in connection with the sale or disposition of any Collateral, in such order as the Secured Party shall elect until such Obligations are paid in full;
(ii) second, to the Initial Holders and the Incremental Holders on a pro rata basis to pay the other Obligations under the Initial Notes and the Incremental Notes until an aggregate of $13,000,000 shall have been distributed pursuant to this clause (ii); provided, however, that solely for purposes of determining the purpose pro rata allocation of bidding and making settlement or payment any distribution made under this clause (ii), (A) 10/13 of the purchase price for all or any portion amount of such distribution shall be allocated to the Obligations under the Initial Notes and (B) 3/13 of such amount shall be allocated to the Obligations under the Incremental Notes;
(iii) third, to the Holders of the Collateral sold at Initial Notes to pay any such saleremaining Obligations under the Initial Notes until an aggregate of $5,000,000 shall have been distributed pursuant to this clause (iii);
(iv) fourth, to use and apply any the Holders of the Incremental Notes to pay remaining Obligations as a credit on account under the Incremental Notes until an aggregate of $1,000,000 shall have been distributed pursuant to this clause (iv);
(v) fifth, if the Holders of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by Incremental Notes have purchased an aggregate initial principal amount of Incremental Notes in excess of $3,000,000, to the Administrative Agent at Holders of the Incremental Notes to pay remaining Obligations under the Incremental Notes until an aggregate amount equal to the amount of such sale.excess shall have been distributed pursuant to this clause (v);
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Sources: Omnibus Amendment (PARETEUM Corp)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 9.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and Article XI (including Section 10 and Section 1111.04(c), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto, and all references to Administrative Agent in this Article IX and Article XI (including Section 11.04(c)) shall, where applicable, be read as including a reference to the Administrative Agent acting as the “collateral agent”. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name to (including under any parallel debti) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral (including any intercreditor agreement and any amendment, supplement, modification or joinder with respect thereto) and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Collateral Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any the Administrative Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take Lenders and (ii) negotiate, enforce or institute settle any actions claim, action or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of proceeding affecting the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitledcapacity as such, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making which negotiation, enforcement or settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such salewill be binding upon each Lender.
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent (a) At the direction of the Holders of the Notes, the Trustee shall also act as the “appoint a collateral agent” under , which shall be authorized to act on behalf of and for the Loan Documents, and each benefit of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and Holders of the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (Notes. In accordance with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) foregoing, on its behalfthe Issue Date, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiringCIBanco, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the ObligationsS.A., together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact Institución de Banca Múltiple is hereby appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security DocumentsTrustee, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative AgentHolders of the Notes, to serve as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
(b) The Collateral Agent appointed by the Trustee as provided in Section 10.08(a) hereof shall be the secured party of record with respect to the security interests created in respect of the Collateral under the Collateral Documents and shall hold such Collateral for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
(c) The Collateral Agent shall hold (directly or through co-agents), and shall be entitled to the benefits of enforce, all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent Liens on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and created by the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and Collateral Documents in accordance with the provisions terms of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind Collateral Documents. Neither the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take Company or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Guarantors nor their respective Affiliates may serve as Collateral Agent.
(d) Except as provided in the Collateral Documents, Specified Swap Agreements the Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to: (i) act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any Person; (ii) foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any Specified Cash Management Agreement Lien; or (including, in each caseiii) take any other action whatsoever pursuant to any or all of the Collateral Documents, the Liens created thereby or the Collateral.
(e) A resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent and appointment of a successor Collateral Agent will become effective pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Documents.
(f) The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to all the rights, protections, privileges and immunities granted to the Trustee under this Indenture. Whenever reference is made in this Indenture or the Collateral Documents to any action by, consent, designation, specification, requirement or approval of, notice, request or other communication from, or other direction given or action to be undertaken or to be (or not to be) suffered or omitted by the Collateral Agent or to any election, decision, opinion, acceptance, use of judgment, expression of satisfaction or other exercise of any right of setoffdiscretion, rights on account or remedies to be made (or not to be made) by the Collateral Agent, it is understood that in all cases the Collateral Agent shall be acting, giving, withholding, suffering, omitting, taking or otherwise undertaking and exercising the same (or shall not be undertaking and exercising the same) as directed by the Trustee. This provision is intended solely for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and its successors and permitted assigns and is not intended to and will not entitle the other parties hereto to any banker’s lien or similar defense, claim or other rights of self-help)counterclaim, or institute confer any actions rights or proceedings, or otherwise commence benefits on any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent party hereto.
(g) The duties of the Administrative AgentCollateral Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature. In the event of a foreclosure The Collateral Agent shall not have, by the Administrative Agent on reason hereof or any of the Collateral pursuant Documents, a fiduciary relationship with any Holder, the Company, any Guarantor or any other Person, and nothing herein or in any of the Collateral Documents, inferred or implied, is intended to a public or private sale shall be so construed as to impose upon the Collateral Agent any duties, responsibilities or a sale obligations in respect hereof or of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (Documents, except as expressly set forth herein or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saletherein.
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Collateral Agent. (i) The Administrative Agent Senior Secured Holders shall also act as designate a collateral agent with respect to the “collateral agent” under the Loan DocumentsCollateral. Kensington Clene 2024, LLC is hereby designated and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes Senior Secured Holders as the initial collateral agent as of holding or enforcing any Lien on the date of this Agreement. The Company acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Collateral Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Collateral Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Collateral Agent and the other Senior Secured Holders, be governed by this Section 1.4(g), but, as between the Collateral Agent and the Company, the Collateral Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Senior Secured Holders with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and the Company shall be under no obligation or entitlement to make any inquiry respecting such authority.
(or any portion thereofii) granted under Each Senior Secured Holder understands and acknowledges that the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Senior Secured Holders upon an Event of Default may only be exercised by the Collateral Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingimmediately preceding sentence, the Lenders Collateral Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority (to the exclusion of the other Senior Secured Holders), and is hereby expressly authorize authorized, to (A) file and prove claims and file other documents necessary or desirable to allow the Administrative Agent claims of the Senior Secured Holders with respect to any Obligation in any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding (but not to vote, consent or otherwise act on its behalf and/or in its own name of such person), (including under any parallel debtB) to execute any act as collateral agent for each Senior Secured Holder for purposes of the perfection of all liens created by this Agreement and all documents other purposes stated herein, (including releasesC) manage, supervise and otherwise deal with the Collateral, (D) take such other action as is necessary or desirable to maintain the perfection and priority of the liens created or purported to be created by this Agreement, and (E) exercise all remedies given to the Collateral Agent and the other Senior Secured Holders with respect to the Collateral, whether under this Agreement, the Senior Notes, applicable requirements of law or otherwise.
(iii) Under this Agreement and the Senior Notes, the Collateral Agent (A) is acting solely on behalf of the Senior Secured Holders, with duties that are entirely administrative in nature, notwithstanding the use of the defined term “Collateral Agent”, the terms “agent” and “collateral agent” and similar terms in this Agreement or the Senior Notes to refer to the Collateral Agent, which terms are used for title purposes only, (B) is not assuming any obligation under this Agreement or the Senior Notes other than as expressly set forth herein or any role as agent, fiduciary or trustee of or for any Senior Secured Holder or any other person, and (C) shall have no implied functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or other liabilities under this Agreement or the Senior Notes, and each Senior Secured Holder hereby waives and agrees not to assert any claim against the Collateral Agent based on the roles, duties and legal relationships expressly disclaimed in clauses (A) through (C) above.
(iv) The Collateral Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take, or to omit to take, any action, including with respect to enforcement or collection, except any action it is required to take or omit to take under this Agreement, the Senior Notes or pursuant to instructions from the Senior Secured Holders. The Collateral Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Collateral Agent deals with similar property for its own account. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect the Collateral Agent’s interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the rights Collateral Agent to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it receives as a result of the Secured Parties exercise of such powers, and neither it nor any persons acting on behalf of the Collateral Agent in accordance with this Section 1.4(g) shall be responsible to the Company for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. In addition, the Collateral Agent shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or damage to any Collateral, or for any diminution in the value thereof, by reason of the act or omission of any warehousemen, carrier, forwarding agency, consignee or other bailee if such person has been selected by the Collateral Agent in good faith.
(v) The Collateral Agent may, upon any term or condition it specifies, delegate or exercise any of its rights, powers and remedies under, and delegate or perform any of its duties or any other action with respect theretoto, this Agreement or the Senior Notes by or through any trustee, co-agent, employee, attorney-in-fact and any other person (including any Senior Secured Holder). Any such person shall benefit from this Section 1.4(g) to the extent provided by the Collateral Agent.
(vi) The Collateral Agent may, without incurring any liability hereunder, (A) treat the payee of any Senior Note as contemplated by and its holder until the Collateral Agent has received written notice from the holder of such Senior Note that such note has been assigned in accordance with the provisions terms of such Senior Note, (B) consult with any advisors, accountants and other experts (including advisors to, and accountants and experts engaged by, the Company), and (C) rely and act upon any document and information (including those transmitted by electronic transmission) and any telephone message or conversation, in each case believed by it to be genuine and transmitted, signed or otherwise authenticated by the appropriate parties.
(vii) None of the Collateral Agent nor any persons acting on behalf of the Collateral Agent in accordance with this Section 1.4(g) shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or the Senior Notes, and the Company and each Senior Secured Holder hereby waive and shall not assert any right, claim or cause of action based thereon, except to the extent of liabilities resulting primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent or, as the case may be, such other persons (each as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction) in connection with the duties expressly set forth herein.
(viii) Each Senior Secured Holder agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent and each person acting on behalf of the Collateral Agent in accordance with this Section 1.4(g) (to the extent not reimbursed by the Company) promptly upon demand, severally and ratably, of any costs and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of financial, legal and other advisors and taxes paid in the name of, or on behalf of, the Company) that may be reasonably incurred by the Collateral Agent or any of such persons acting on behalf of the Collateral Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, consent, waiver or enforcement (whether through negotiations, through any work-out, bankruptcy, restructuring or other legal or other proceeding or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of its rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the LendersSenior Notes. Each Lender Senior Secured Holder further agrees to indemnify the Collateral Agent and each person acting on behalf of the Collateral Agent in accordance with this Section 1.4(g) (to the extent not reimbursed by the Company), severally and ratably, from and against liabilities (including taxes, interests and penalties imposed for not properly withholding or backup withholding on payments made to on or for the account of any Senior Secured Holder) that it shall not take may be imposed on, incurred by or institute asserted against the Collateral Agent or any actions of such persons acting on behalf of the Collateral Agent in any matter relating to or proceedingsarising out of, judicial in connection with or otherwiseas a result of this Agreement, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower the Senior Notes or any other Loan Party act, event or transaction related, contemplated in or attendant to any other obligor under any of the Loan Documentssuch document, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (includingor, in each case, any action taken or omitted to be taken by the exercise Collateral Agent or any of any right such persons acting on behalf of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien the Collateral Agent under or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that no Senior Secured Holder shall be liable to the Collateral Agent or any of such persons acting on behalf of the Collateral Agent to the extent such liability has resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent or, as the case may be, such other person acting on behalf of the Collateral Agent, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment or order.
(ix) No Senior Secured Holder nor the Collateral Agent shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Borrower Collateral upon the request of the Company or any other Loan Party, without person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any Collateral. The powers conferred on the prior written consent Collateral Agent hereunder shall not impose any duty upon any other Senior Secured Holder to exercise any such powers. The other Senior Secured Holders shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the Administrative Agent. In exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to the event Company for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(x) Each Senior Secured Holder authorizes the Collateral Agent to execute, on such Senior Secured Holder’s behalf, a foreclosure release of such Senior Secured Holder’s security interest in the Collateral if (A) the Company has performed and/or satisfied all of the Obligations owed to such Senior Secured Holder, (B) if the Senior Secured Holders otherwise agree to the release of the Senior Secured Holders’ security interest in the Collateral or (C) the Senior Notes have converted in accordance with their terms.
(xi) The Collateral Agent may at any time request instructions from the Senior Secured Holders with respect to any actions or approvals which, by the Administrative terms of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent on is permitted or required to take or to grant. If such instructions are requested, the Collateral Agent shall be absolutely entitled to refrain from taking any action and withhold any approval and shall not be under any liability whatsoever to any person for refraining from taking any action or withholding any approval under this Agreement, until it shall have received such instructions from the Senior Secured Holders. A Senior Secured Holder shall not have any right of action whatsoever against the Collateral Agent as a result of the Collateral pursuant Agent’s acting or refraining from acting hereunder in accordance with instructions of the Senior Secured Holders.
(xii) The Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Senior Secured Holders and the Company and may be removed at any time for cause by the Required Holders. Except as provided above, upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Holders shall have the right to appoint a public successor Collateral Agent. If no successor Collateral Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Holders, and shall have accepted such appointment, within thirty (30) days after the retiring Collateral Agent’s giving of notice of resignation or private sale or the Required Holders’ removal of the retiring Collateral Agent, then the retiring Collateral Agent may, on behalf of the Senior Secured Holders, appoint a sale successor Collateral Agent. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, such successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement. After any resignation of the Collateral Agent or removal hereunder as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 1.4(g) shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement. Each Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Senior Notes to the contrary, the Senior Notes shall, alongside the Amended & Restated Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Notes issued pursuant to Section 363 that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as December 17, 2024 (the “Existing Notes”) in an original principal amount of $10,000,000, be entitled to the benefit of the Bankruptcy Code Purchasers as defined in that certain Unconditional Guaranty and Security Agreement dated as of December 24, 2024 by and between the Company and the Collateral Agent (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdictionas defined therein) (the “Security Agreement”), and any proceeds received by the Administrative Collateral Agent or any Lender may in connection therewith shall be allocated pro rata among the purchaser holders of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale the Existing Notes and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleSenior Notes.
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Sources: Note Purchase Agreement (Clene Inc.)
Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, Trustee and each of the Lenders (including in Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Collateral Agent as its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) agent under this Indenture and the Issuing Lenders Collateral Documents and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Collateral Agent to act as take such action on its behalf under the agent provisions of such Lender this Indenture and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint Collateral Documents and to substitute exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the ObligationsDocuments, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all The provisions of this Section 10 11.11 are solely for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders nor any of the Grantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 1111.03. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture and the Collateral Documents, as though such co-agentsthe Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities hereunder nor shall the Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, sub-agents any Holder or any Grantor, and attorneys-in-fact were no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture and the “collateral agent” under Collateral Documents or otherwise exist against the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect theretoCollateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingforegoing sentence, the Lenders use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Collateral Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which the Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, and the Collateral Documents, including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article 6, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.
(b) None of the Collateral Agent or any of its respective Affiliates shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in (except for its own name gross negligence or willful misconduct) or under or in connection with any Collateral Document or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Issuer or any Grantor or Affiliate of any Grantor, or any officer or Affiliate thereof, contained in this or any Indenture, any Collateral Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this or any other Indenture or the Collateral Documents, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this or any other Indenture or the Collateral Documents, or for any failure of any Grantor or any other party to this Indenture or the Collateral Documents to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee are hereby extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Collateral Agent. None of the Collateral Agent or any of its respective Affiliates shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this or any other Indenture or the Collateral Documents or to inspect the properties, books, or records of any Grantor or any Grantor’s Affiliates.
(c) The Collateral Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with the Issuer, any Guarantor and their Affiliates as though it was not the Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Collateral Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Grantor or its respective Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of, any such Grantor or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Collateral Agent shall not be under any parallel debtobligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of the Collateral Agent to advance funds.
(d) The Collateral Agent is authorized and directed to execute (i) enter into the Collateral Documents, (ii) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Collateral Documents and (iii) perform and observe its obligations under the Collateral Documents.
(e) The Trustee agrees that it shall not (and shall not be obligated to), and shall not instruct the Collateral Agent to, unless specifically requested to do so by a majority of the Holders, take or cause to be taken any and all documents action to enforce its rights under this Indenture or against any Grantor, including the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings, to foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral. If at any time or times the Trustee shall receive (including releasesi) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations arising under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payments received by the Trustee from the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) payments from the Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article 6, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Collateral Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to the Collateral Agent.
(f) The Collateral Agent is each Holder’s agent for the purpose of perfecting the Holders’ security interest in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code can be perfected only by possession. Should the Trustee obtain possession of any such Collateral, upon request from the Issuer, the Trustee shall notify the Collateral Agent thereof, and, promptly upon the Collateral Agent’s request therefor shall deliver such Collateral to the Collateral Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Collateral Agent’s instructions.
(g) The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by any Grantor or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Collateral Agent’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained (through the filing of continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise) or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all or the Issuer or any Guarantor’s property constituting collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Collateral Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure, or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities, and powers granted or available to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture or any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission, or event related thereto, the Collateral Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion given the Collateral Agent’s own interest in the Collateral and that the rights Collateral Agent shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever to the Trustee or any Holder as to any of the Secured Parties foregoing.
(h) No provision of this Indenture or any Collateral Document shall require the Collateral Agent (or the Trustee) to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or thereunder or to take or omit to take any action hereunder or thereunder or take any action at the request or direction of Holders (or the Trustee in the case of the Collateral Agent) if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds is not assured to it.
(i) The Collateral Agent (i) shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, or for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Collateral Agent was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Issuer (and money held in trust by the Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law), (iii) the Collateral Agent may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect theretoof any action taken, as contemplated omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the provisions advice or opinion of this Agreement and such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Collateral Agent shall bind not be construed to impose duties to act.
(j) Neither the LendersCollateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its control. Each Lender agrees that it Such acts shall include but not take be limited to acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war, epidemics, governmental regulations superimposed after the fact, fire, communication line failures, computer viruses, power failures, earthquakes or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, other disasters. Neither the Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for any right indirect, special or remedy with respect consequential damages (included but not limited to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any lost profits) whatsoever, even if it has been informed of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent likelihood thereof and regardless of the Administrative Agent. In the event form of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleaction.
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Sources: Indenture (Vivint Smart Home, Inc.)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act Investor hereby (a) appoints The Bank of New York, as the “collateral agent” Collateral Agent hereunder and under the Loan other Security Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Providerb) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Collateral Agent (and its officers, directors, employees and agents) to act as take such action on the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (Investor’s behalf in accordance with the full power to appoint terms hereof and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfthereof. The Collateral Agent shall not have, by reason hereof or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties other Security Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of the Investor. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees and agents shall have any liability to secure the Investor for any action taken or omitted to be taken in connection hereof or any other Security Document except to the extent caused by its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, and the Investor agrees to defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and all of its officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) from and against any losses, damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, fees, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses) incurred by such Indemnitee, whether direct, indirect or consequential, arising from or in connection with the performance by such Indemnitee of the duties and obligations of Collateral Agent pursuant hereto or any of the ObligationsSecurity Documents. The Collateral Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, together with but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connectioninstructions shall be binding upon all holders of Notes; provided, however, that the Administrative Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on exposes the Collateral (Agent to liability or which is contrary to this Agreement or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, other Transaction Document or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, applicable law. The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any written notices, statements, certificates, orders or other documents or any telephone message believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 proper Person, and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of all matters pertaining to this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documentsother Transaction Documents and its duties hereunder or thereunder, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise upon advice of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure counsel selected by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleit.
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Sources: Amendment, Redemption and Exchange Agreement (WorldSpace, Inc)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative (a) Each of the Holders, by acceptance of the Notes, and the Issuer hereby designates and appoints the Collateral Agent shall also act as its agent under this Indenture and the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, Collateral Documents and each of the Lenders (including in Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such action on its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) behalf under the provisions of this Indenture and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints Collateral Documents and authorizes to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture and the Collateral Documents, and consents and agrees to act the terms of each Collateral Document, as the agent same may be in effect or may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their respective terms. In addition, for Mexican law purposes, each of the Holders hereby grants (or ratifies the granting, as applicable) to the Collateral Agent a comisión mercantil con representación in accordance with Articles 273, 274 and any other applicable Articles of the Commerce Code of Mexico (Código de Comercio) with such Lender powers and authority as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the ObligationsDocuments, together with such actions and powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” well as to act on its behalf as its agent in connection with any Collateral Documents under Mexican law, and authorizes the Collateral Agent to enter into any and all Collateral Documents under Mexican law and to hold the Collateral granted to it under such documents acting on behalf of and for the benefit of itself and of the Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein or in the Collateral Documents shall require the Collateral Agent to be licensed to conduct business in Mexico, and the duties, rights, privileges, immunities and indemnities of the Collateral Agent hereunder and under the Collateral Documents shall be governed exclusively by the laws of the State of New York (other than, solely with respect to the Collateral, Articles 273, 274 and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by other applicable Articles of the Administrative Commerce Code of Mexico (Código de Comercio). The Collateral Agent pursuant agrees to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien act as such on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights express terms and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all conditions contained in this Indenture and this Section 12.07. The provisions of this Section 10 12.07 are solely for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders, the Issuer nor any of the Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained in this Section 1112.07 other than as expressly provided in Section 12.03.
(b) Each Holder agrees that any action taken by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the provision of this Indenture and the Collateral Documents, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under exercise by the Loan Documents as if Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies set forth herein and therein shall be authorized and binding upon all Holders. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in full this Indenture and the Collateral Documents, the duties of the Collateral Agent shall be ministerial and administrative in nature, and the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and in the Security Debt Documents to which the Collateral Agent is a party, nor shall the Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any trust or other fiduciary relationship with respect theretothe Trustee, any Holder, the Issuer or any Guarantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture and the Collateral Documents or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingforegoing sentence, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize use of the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or term “agent” in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) this Indenture with respect reference to the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lendersis intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take Collateral Agent may perform any of its duties under this Indenture or institute any actions the Collateral Documents by or proceedingsthrough receivers, judicial agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates, and the respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and attorneys-in-fact of such Person and its Affiliates, (each, a “Related Person”) and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in taking action in reliance upon any advice or opinion given by legal counsel. The Collateral against Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or willful misconduct of any Borrower receiver, agent, employee, attorney-in-fact or Related Person that it selects as long as such selection was made with due care.
(c) Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its Related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or under or in connection with any Collateral Document or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to either of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Issuer or any Guarantor or Affiliate of any Guarantor, or any Officer or Related Person thereof, contained in this Indenture or any Collateral Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture or the Collateral Documents, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture or the Collateral Documents, or for any failure of the Issuer or any Guarantor or any other Loan Party party to this Indenture or the Collateral Documents to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its respective Related Persons shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any other obligor under Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the existence of any Default or Event of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each caseDefault, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien observance or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture or the Collateral pursuant Documents or to Section 363 inspect the properties, books, or records of the Bankruptcy Code Issuer, any Guarantor or any Guarantors’ Affiliates.
(d) The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, certification, telephone message, statement, or an equivalent process other communication, document or conversation (including those by telephone or e-mail) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Issuer or any Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any foreign jurisdiction)resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document. Except as required by the Collateral Documents, the Administrative Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any Lender action under this Indenture or the Collateral Documents unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee as it determines and, if it so requests, it shall first receive security or be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Except as required by the purchaser Collateral Documents, the Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Indenture or the Collateral Documents in accordance with a request, direction, instruction or consent of the Trustee and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e) The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or all Event of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative AgentDefault, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion a Responsible Officer of the Collateral sold at any Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or the Issuer referring to this Indenture, describing such sale, Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. Subject to use and apply any the provisions of the Obligations Collateral Documents, the Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable may be requested by the Administrative Agent at such sale.Trustee in accordance with Article VII (subject to this Section 12.07
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Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Collateral Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by Lenders and, by their acceptance of the agent benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. Subject to the terms of such Lender the Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Issuing Lenders (with Credit Agreement; provided, the full power to appoint Collateral Agent shall, after all Obligations have been Paid in Full under the Credit Agreement and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfthe other Credit Documents, exercise, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any instructions of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap holders (the “Majority Holders”) of a majority of the aggregate “settlement amount” as defined in the Hedge Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial proceduresor, with respect to any Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Hedge Agreement) under all Hedge Agreements. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, settlement amount for any Hedge Agreement that has not been terminated shall be the settlement amount as of the last Business Day of the month preceding any date of determination and shall be calculated by the appropriate swap counterparties and reported to the Collateral Agent upon request; provided any Hedge Agreement with a settlement amount that is a negative number shall be disregarded for purposes of any Borrower or any other Loan determining the Majority Holders. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section 10, each Secured Party, without the prior written consent by its acceptance of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral pursuant hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section 10. The provisions of the Credit Agreement relating to a public the Collateral Agent including, without limitation, the provisions relating to resignation or private sale or a sale of any removal of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 Agent and the powers and duties and immunities of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in Collateral Agent are incorporated herein by this reference and shall survive any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative termination of the Lenders Credit Agreement.
(but not any Lender b) The Collateral Agent shall have the right to appoint one or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, more sub-agents for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment retaining physical possession of the purchase price for all or any portion Collateral, which may be held (in the discretion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any Agent) in the name of the Obligations as a credit on account relevant Grantor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the purchase price for Collateral Agent or any nominee or nominees of the Collateral payable Agent or a sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent at such saleCollateral Agent.
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Sources: Second Lien Pledge and Security Agreement (American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC)
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also has been appointed to act as collateral agent hereunder by the “collateral agent” under the Loan DocumentsLenders and, and each by their acceptance of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and benefits hereof, the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes other Secured Parties appoint the Administrative Agent to act as collateral agent hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall be obligated, and shall have the agent right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including the release or substitution of such Lender Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the Issuing Lenders (other Loan Documents; provided, the Administrative Agent shall, after payment in full of all Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, exercise, or refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for herein in accordance with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegateinstructions of the holders (the “Majority Holders”) on its behalf, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt majority of the aggregate “settlement amount” as defined in the Related Credit Arrangements (or, with respect to any Related Credit Arrangement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments, but including any early termination payments then due) under such Related Credit Arrangement) under all Related Credit Arrangements. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, settlement amount for any Related Credit Arrangement that has not been terminated shall be the settlement amount as of the case may be) last Business Day of the month preceding any date of determination and shall be calculated by the appropriate swap counterparties and reported to the Administrative Agent upon request; provided any Related Credit Arrangement with a settlement amount that is a negative number shall be disregarded for purposes of acquiringdetermining the Majority Holders. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section 10, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted each Secured Party, by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Loan Collateral hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties to secure any in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The provisions of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, Credit Agreement relating to the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by including the provisions relating to resignation or removal of the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on and the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights powers and remedies thereunder at the direction duties and immunities of the Administrative Agent, are incorporated herein by this reference and shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality survive any termination of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleCredit Agreement.
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Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, Issuer and each of the Lenders Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Collateral Agent as its agent under this Indenture and the Security Documents, and the Issuer and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby (i) irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture and the Security Documents, and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents, and consents and agrees to the terms of each Security Document, as the same may be in effect or may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their respective terms and (ii) irrevocably authorizes and directs the Trustee to execute the Additional Pari Passu Joinders and any intercreditor agreement or joinder to any Security Document in connection with Indebtedness or other obligations not prohibited by this Indenture (including in its capacities obligations with respect to future Pari Passu Indebtedness). In addition, by acceptance of the Notes, each Holder will be deemed to have, (1) irrevocably appointed Wilmington Trust, National Association, as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Collateral Agent to act as its collateral agent under the agent of such Lender Security Documents and any other relevant documents to which the Issuing Lenders Collateral Agent is a party, and (2) irrevocably authorized the Collateral Agent to (i) perform the duties and exercise the rights, powers, and discretions that are specifically given to it under the Security Documents or other documents to which the Collateral Agent is a party, together with the full any other incidental rights, power and discretions and (ii) execute each document expressed to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) be executed by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Agent on its behalf, or . The Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing this Section 12.7. Each Holder agrees that any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed action taken by the Administrative Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes in accordance with the provisions of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under this Indenture and the Security Documents, or for exercising and the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies set forth herein and remedies thereunder at therein shall be authorized and binding upon all Holders. Notwithstanding any provision to the direction contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture and the Security Documents, the duties of the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent shall be entitled to ministerial and administrative in nature, and the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if except those expressly set forth herein and in full herein the Security Documents to which the Collateral Agent is a party, nor shall the Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any trust or other fiduciary relationship with respect theretothe Trustee, any Holder or any Grantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, the Security Documents or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingforegoing sentence, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize use of the Administrative term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Collateral Agent on is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) The Collateral Agent may perform any of its behalf and/or duties under this Indenture or the Security Documents by or through receivers, agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact or with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates, and the respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and attorneys-in-fact of such Person and its Affiliates (a “Related Person”), and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in its own name taking action in reliance upon any advice or opinion given by legal counsel. The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any receiver, agent, employee, attorney-in-fact or Related Person that it selects as long as such selection was made in good faith and with due care.
(c) The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, certification, telephone message, statement, or other communication, document or conversation (including those by telephone or e-mail) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Issuer or any other Grantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document. The Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any parallel debt) this Indenture or the Security Documents, unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes as it determines and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to execute its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all documents (including releases) with respect liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Indenture or the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect theretoSecurity Documents, as contemplated by and in accordance with a request, direction, instruction or consent of the provisions Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(d) The Company shall furnish to the Trustee, at such time as required by the TIA, such Opinions of Counsel and certificates or opinions of engineers, appraisers or other experts as may be required by Section 314(b) or 314(d) of the TIA and shall take such other action as may be necessary to cause TIA Section 314(d) relating to the release of Collateral from the security interests created by this Agreement Indenture and the Security Documents to be complied with. Any certificate or opinion required by TIA Section 314(d) may be made by an Officer of the Company, except in cases where TIA Section 314(d) requires that such certificate or opinion be made by an independent Person, which Person shall be an independent engineer, appraiser or other expert selected or approved by the Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care. A Person is “independent” if such Person (a) is in fact independent, (b) does not have any direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Company or in any Affiliate of the Company and acknowledge (c) is not an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner or director or person performing similar functions to any of the foregoing for the Company. The Trustee and agree that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to receive and rely upon a certificate provided by any such action by any Person confirming that such Person is independent within the foregoing definition.
(e) The Collateral Agent shall bind not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the Lenders. Each Lender agrees occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless a Trust Officer of the Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or the Issuer referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that it such notice is a “notice of default.” The Collateral Agent shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy such action with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower such Default or any other Loan Party Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article VI or any other obligor under any the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement Notes (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-helpsubject to this Section 12.7), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or a sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such sale.
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Collateral Agent. The Administrative Collateral Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by the Lenders and, by their acceptance of the benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent shall also act as be obligated, and shall have the “collateral agent” right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral), solely in accordance with this Agreement and the Credit Agreement; provided, the Collateral Agent shall, after payment in full of all Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Qualified Counterparty and a potential Cash Management Provider) and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Lenders (with the full power to appoint and to substitute and to delegate) on its behalfexercise, or in its own name as joint and several creditor or creditor of a parallel debt (as the case may be) refrain from exercising, any remedies provided for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent on its behalf and/or in its own name (including under any parallel debt) to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such action by any Agent shall bind the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral against any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other obligor under any instructions of the Loan Documents, Specified Swap holders (the “Majority Holders”) of a majority of the aggregate “settlement amount” as defined in the Hedge Agreements or any Specified Cash Management Agreement (including, in each case, the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial proceduresor, with respect to any Hedge Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount then due and payable (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Hedge Agreement) under all Hedge Agreements. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the “settlement amount” for any Hedge Agreement that has not been terminated shall be the settlement amount as of the last Business Day of the month preceding any date of determination and shall be calculated by the appropriate swap counterparties and reported to the Collateral Agent upon request; provided any Hedge Agreement with a settlement amount that is a negative number shall be disregarded for purposes of any Borrower or any other Loan determining the Majority Holders. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Secured Party, without the prior written consent by its acceptance of the Administrative Agent. In the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral pursuant hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section. The provisions of the Credit Agreement relating to a public the Collateral Agent including, without limitation, the provisions relating to resignation or private sale or a sale of any removal of the Collateral pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or an equivalent process in any foreign jurisdiction), the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and the Administrative Agent, as agent for powers and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding duties and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion immunities of the Collateral sold at Agent are incorporated herein by this reference and shall survive any such sale, to use and apply any termination of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such saleCredit Agreement.
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Sources: Pledge and Security Agreement (Ocwen Financial Corp)