First Priority Lender definition

First Priority Lender means any “Lender” as defined in the Existing First Priority Agreement or any Replacement First Priority Agreement in respect thereof.

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First Priority Lender means ORIX Real Estate Capital, its successors or assigns as the holder of the First Priority Loan.

First Priority Lender shall in any event also include each letter of credit issuer and swingline lender under the Credit Agreement. “First Priority Obligations” means (i) the First Priority Credit Obligations, (ii) all Existing First Lien Notes Obligations, (iii) all Notes Obligations and (iv) any and all amounts payable under or in respect of any Future First Lien Indebtedness. “First Priority/Second Priority Intercreditor Agreement” means the intercreditor agreement, dated as of December 12, 2014, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as agent under the Credit Facility Documents, the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the collateral agents for the Existing First Lien Notes, as supplemented from time to time and as further supplemented on the Issue Date by a joinder thereto executed by the Collateral Agent and the other parties thereto, as it may be further amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with this Indenture. “Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Inc. or any of its successors or assigns that is a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization. “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person on any determination date, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending immediately prior to such determination date (the “reference period”) for which consolidated financial statements are available (which may be internal consolidated financial statements) to the Fixed Charges of such Person for the reference period. In the event that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs, assumes, Guarantees, redeems, defeases, retires or extinguishes any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred under any revolving credit facility unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and has not been replaced), has caused any Reserved Indebtedness Amount to be deemed to be Incurred during such period or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of the reference period but prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, deemed incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, redemption, defeasance, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or

Examples of First Priority Lender in a sentence

• The Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Lender, acknowledges that it and the applicable Second Priority Lenders are not entitled to rely on any credit decision or other decisions made by the First Priority Agent or any First Priority Lender in taking or not taking any action under the applicable Second Priority Document or this Agreement.

• Except as set forth in Section 9.14, neither the First Priority Agent nor any First Priority Lender shall have been deemed to have made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or enforceability of any of the First Priority Documents, the ownership of any Common Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon.

• It is understood that the obligations of each First Priority Lender and each Second Priority Lender are several and not joint, and no First Priority Lender or Second Priority Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other First Priority Lender and/or any Second Priority Lender, as the case may be, of its obligations under the First Priority Credit Agreement and/or the Second Priority Credit Agreement.

• Neither the First Priority Agent nor any First Priority Lender shall have any duty to any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Lender to act or refrain from acting in a manner that allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreements with the Borrower, any ABL Borrower or any Subsidiary (including the Second Priority Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof that they may have or be charged with.

• Except as set forth in Section 8.15, neither the First Priority Agent nor any First Priority Lender shall have been deemed to have made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility or enforceability of any of the First Priority Documents, the ownership of any Common Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon.

• Neither the Credit Agent nor any First Priority Lender shall have any duty to any Second Priority Agent or any of the Second Priority Lenders to act or refrain from acting in a manner which allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreements with the Company or any Subsidiary thereof (including the Second Priority Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof which they may have or be charged with.

• Except as set forth in Section 9.14, neither the First Priority Agent nor any First Priority Lender shall have been deemed to have made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility or enforceability of any of the First Priority Documents, the ownership of any Common Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon.

• Neither the First Priority Agent nor any First Priority Lender shall have any duty to any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Lender to act or refrain from acting in a manner that allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreements with the Company or any Subsidiary thereof (including the Second Priority Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof that they may have or be charged with.

• The Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Priority Lender, acknowledges that it and the applicable Second Priority Lenders are not entitled to rely on any credit decision or other decisions made by the First Lien Agent or any First Priority Lender in taking or not taking any action under the applicable Second Priority Document or this Agreement.

• Neither the First Priority Agent nor any First Priority Lender shall have any duty to any Second Priority Agent or any Second Priority Lender to act or refrain from acting in a manner that allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreements with the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (including the Second Priority Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof that they may have or be charged with.

More Definitions of First Priority Lender

First Priority Lender means any “Lender” as defined in the Existing First Priority Agreement or any Replacement First Priority Agreement in respect thereof. “First Priority Lien” means any Lien created by the First Priority Security Documents. “First Priority Obligations” means (a) with respect to the Existing First Priority Agreement, all “Obligations” of each Loan Party as defined in the Existing First Priority Agreement and (b) with respect to each other First Priority Agreement, (i) all principal of and interest (including without limitation any Post-Petition Interest) and premium (if any) on all loans made pursuant to such First Priority Agreement, and (ii) all reimbursement obligations (if any) and interest thereon (including without limitation any Post-Petition Interest) with respect to any letter of credit or similar instruments issued pursuant to such First Priority Agreement, (c) all Designated Hedging Obligations, (d) all Designated Cash Management Obligations and (e) all other obligations, fees, expenses and other amounts payable from time to time pursuant to the First Priority Documents, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency Proceeding. To the extent any payment with respect to any First Priority Obligation (whether by or on behalf of any Loan Party, as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent conveyance or a preference in any respect, set aside or required to be paid to a debtor in possession, any Second Priority Secured Party, Junior Priority Secured Party, receiver or similar Person, then the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall, for the purposes of this Agreement and the rights and obligations of the First Priority Secured Parties, the Second Priority Secured Parties and the Junior Priority Secured Parties, be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise permitted by the Second Priority Documents or agreed to by the Second Priority Representative, if the sum of (without duplication) (A) Indebtedness constituting the principal amount of loans outstanding under the First Priority Agreements plus (B) the aggregate face amount of any letters of credit issued or drawn but not reimbursed under the First Priority Agreements exceeds the Cap Amount, then the amount of such excess shall not constitute First Priority Obligations. “First Priority Obligations Payment Date” mea...

First Priority Lender means (i) prior to Conversion, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as initial funding lender, the Housing Finance Authority of Broward County, Florida, as governmental lender and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as fiscal agent, and (ii) following Conversion, Grandbridge Real Estate Capital, LLC, as funding lender, the Housing Finance Authority of Broward County, Florida, as governmental lender and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as fiscal agent.

First Priority Lender has the meaning set forth in the first WHEREAS clause of this Agreement.