Additional L/C Issuers Any Lender hereunder may become an L/C Issuer upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of a fully executed Notice of Additional L/C Issuer which shall be signed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each L/C Issuer. Such new L/C Issuer shall provide its L/C Commitment in such Notice of Additional L/C Issuer and upon the receipt by the Administrative Agent of the fully executed Notice of Additional L/C Issuer, the defined term L/C Commitment shall be deemed amended to incorporate the L/C Commitment of such new L/C Issuer.
Additional Borrowers Other investment companies (or series of investment companies), in addition to those Borrowers which are original signatories to this Agreement, may, with the written approval of all the Banks, become parties to this Agreement and be deemed Tranche A Borrowers for all purposes of this Agreement by executing an instrument substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto (with such changes therein may be approved by the Banks), which instrument shall (i) have attached to it a copy of this Agreement (as the same may have been amended) with a revised Allocation Notice reflecting the participation of such additional investment company and (ii) be accompanied by the documents and instruments required to be delivered by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof, including, without limitation, an opinion of counsel for such Borrower, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel; provided, that the joinder of any additional Borrower shall be effective no earlier than five (5) Business Days following receipt by the Banks of such documents and information requested by the Administrative Agent or any Bank that are reasonably required in order to comply with “know-your-customer” and other anti-terrorism, anti-money laundering and similar rules and regulations, including without limitation the USA PATRIOT Act; and provided, further, that no such additional Borrower shall be added unless each of the Banks consent, except that (A) to the extent an existing Borrower converts to a “master/feeder” structure, no consent shall be required for the master trust in such structure to become a Borrower hereunder after such conversion, provided the converting Borrower ceases to be a Borrower hereunder on or prior to such conversion and provided that such master trust is formed under the laws of a State in the United States and (B) to the extent that an existing Borrower which is a “master trust” is merged into (or transfers all or substantially all of its assets and liabilities to) its feeder fund (the “Former Feeder Fund”), no consent shall be required for such Former Feeder Fund to become a Borrower if in connection with such merger or transfer such Former Feeder Fund shall hold all or substantially all the assets and liabilities of the prior master trust, such Former Feeder Fund is formed under the laws of a State in the United States and, prior to such merger or transfer, such Former Feeder Fund shall have no Debt. Additional Borrowers may be added to this Agreement only once per each calendar quarter. Each new Borrower added to the Credit Facility after the addition of five (5) new Borrowers shall pay a new Borrower’s fee in the amount of $1,500 to the Administrative Agent, provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, waive the requirement to pay such fee. To the extent that the Banks deem that the Permitted Asset Coverage Ratio is insufficient with respect to any Additional Borrower, the Joinder in which such Additional Borrower becomes a Borrower may, with the agreement of such Additional Borrower and each Bank, contain language amending this Agreement to provide for a different Permitted Asset Coverage Ratio with respect to such Additional Borrower.
Additional Loan Parties (a) Notify the Agent promptly after any Person becomes a Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary but including any Unrestricted Subsidiary being reclassified as a Restricted Subsidiary, and promptly thereafter (and in any event within fifteen (15) Business Days) if requested by the Agent, (i) cause any such Person to become a Co-Borrower or Guarantor, as applicable, by executing and delivering to the Agent a joinder agreement to this Agreement or a counterpart of the Guaranty or such other document as the Agent shall deem reasonably appropriate for such purpose, (ii) grant a perfected Lien to the Agent on such Person’s assets on the same types of assets which constitute Collateral under the Collateral Documents to secure the Obligations, and (iii) deliver to the Agent documents of the types referred to in clauses (ii) and (iii) of Section 4.3(a) and if requested by the Agent, favorable opinions of counsel to such Person (which shall cover, among other things, the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the documentation referred to in clause (a)), and (b) if any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of such Person are owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party, to pledge such Equity Interests and promissory notes evidencing such Indebtedness, in each case in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. In no event shall compliance with this Section 9.9 waive or be deemed a waiver or consent to any transaction giving rise to the need to comply with this Section 9.9 if such transaction was not otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement or constitute or be deemed to constitute, with respect to any Subsidiary, an approval of such Person as a Borrower or Guarantor.
Additional Secured Parties The benefit of the provisions of the Loan Documents directly relating to the Collateral or any Lien granted thereunder shall extend to and be available to any Secured Party that is not a Lender or L/C Issuer party hereto as long as, by accepting such benefits, such Secured Party agrees, as among Agent and all other Secured Parties, that such Secured Party is bound by (and, if requested by Agent, shall confirm such agreement in a writing in form and substance acceptable to Agent) this Article VIII, Section 9.3, Section 9.9, Section 9.10, Section 9.11, Section 9.17, Section 9.24 and Section 10.1 (and, solely with respect to L/C Issuers, Section 1.1(c)) and the decisions and actions of Agent and the Required Lenders (or, where expressly required by the terms of this Agreement, a greater proportion of the Lenders or other parties hereto as required herein) to the same extent a Lender is bound; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) such Secured Party shall be bound by Section 8.8 only to the extent of Liabilities, costs and expenses with respect to or otherwise relating to the Collateral held for the benefit of such Secured Party, in which case the obligations of such Secured Party thereunder shall not be limited by any concept of pro rata share or similar concept, (b) each of Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers party hereto shall be entitled to act at its sole discretion, without regard to the interest of such Secured Party, regardless of whether any Obligation to such Secured Party thereafter remains outstanding, is deprived of the benefit of the Collateral, becomes unsecured or is otherwise affected or put in jeopardy thereby, and without any duty or liability to such Secured Party or any such Obligation and (c) except as otherwise set forth herein, such Secured Party shall not have any right to be notified of, consent to, direct, require or be heard with respect to, any action taken or omitted in respect of the Collateral or under any Loan Document.
Continuing Security Interest; Assignments Under the Credit Agreement; Release (a) This Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon each Grantor and the successors and assigns thereof and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns until all Obligations under the Credit Documents and each Pari Passu Agreement (other than, in each case, any contingent indemnity obligations not then due, any Secured Hedge Obligations or any Secured Cash Management Obligations) shall have been satisfied by payment in full, the Commitments shall be terminated and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and after all Letter of Credit Outstandings have been reduced to zero (or all such Letters of Credit and Letter of Credit Outstandings have been Cash Collateralized) notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement, the Credit Parties may be free from any Obligations.
Continuing Security Interest: Assignments under Credit Agreement (a) This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall (i) remain in full force and effect until the Obligations have been paid in full in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the Commitments have expired or have been terminated, (ii) be binding upon each Grantor, and their respective successors and assigns, and (iii) inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, Agent, and its successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (iii), any Lender may, in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Lender herein or otherwise. Upon payment in full of the Secured Obligations in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the expiration or termination of the Commitments, the Guaranty made and the Security Interest granted hereby shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to Grantors or any other Person entitled thereto. At such time, upon Borrowers’ request, Agent will authorize the filing of appropriate termination statements to terminate such Security Interest. No transfer or renewal, extension, assignment, or termination of this Agreement or of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any other instrument or document executed and delivered by any Grantor to Agent nor any additional Revolving Loans or other loans made by any Lender to any Borrower, nor the taking of further security, nor the retaking or re-delivery of the Collateral to Grantors, or any of them, by Agent, nor any other act of the Lender Group or the Bank Product Providers, or any of them, shall release any Grantor from any obligation, except a release or discharge executed in writing by Agent in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement. Agent shall not by any act, delay, omission or otherwise, be deemed to have waived any of its rights or remedies hereunder, unless such waiver is in writing and signed by Agent and then only to the extent therein set forth. A waiver by Agent of any right or remedy on any occasion shall not be construed as a bar to the exercise of any such right or remedy which Agent would otherwise have had on any other occasion.
Continuing Security Interest; Assignments under the Credit Agreement This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the latest of (i) the payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations, (ii) the Termination Date and (iii) the termination or expiration of all Letters of Credit and all Secured Hedge Agreements, (b) be binding upon each Grantor, its successors and assigns and (c) inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent hereunder, to the benefit of the Secured Parties and their respective successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c), any Lender Party may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, all or any portion of its Commitments, the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes, if any, held by it) to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Lender Party herein or otherwise, in each case as provided in Section 8.07 of the Credit Agreement.
Certain Obligations Respecting Subsidiaries (a) The Borrower will take such action, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to take such action, from time to time as shall be necessary to ensure that Parent, and all U. S. Subsidiaries of the Borrower are guarantors of the Secured Obligations and that all of the equity and material assets (other than Excluded Assets) of the Borrower and all Guarantors are subject to a first priority Lien securing the Secured Obligations, subject to no other Lien except Permitted Liens and subject to Permitted Perfection Limitations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall form or acquire any new Subsidiary (which it shall only do in conformity with the provisions of this Agreement), the Borrower, contemporaneously with the formation or acquisition of such new Subsidiary: (i) will execute and deliver, such documents as shall be necessary to cause (without duplication) all of the Capital Stock of any new Venture owned by GB Ventures or QIG, any new U.S. Subsidiary and up to a maximum of sixty-six percent (66%) of the Capital Stock of any new First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower or of a Guarantor to be duly pledged (on a first-priority perfected basis) to secure the Secured Obligations; (ii) will cause each new U.S. Subsidiary to execute and deliver a Subsidiary Suretyship Agreement (or a joinder thereto), joinders to the Security Agreements and Pledge Agreements, UCC-1 financing statements, and such other documents as may be necessary to cause such new U.S. Subsidiary to be a guarantor of the Secured Obligations and its material assets (other than Excluded Assets) to be pledged to secure such guaranty; and (iii) will cause such new U.S. Subsidiary to deliver such proof of corporate action, incumbency of officers, opinions of counsel and other documents as is consistent with those delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 4.1 (Conditions to Initial Funding) upon the Closing Date or as the Administrative Agent shall have requested, and to take such other action as the Administrative Agent shall request to perfect the security interest in the Capital Stock and material assets (other than Excluded Assets) of such new U.S. Subsidiary created pursuant to the Loan Documents.
Additional Security Agents (a) The Security Agent may at any time appoint (and subsequently remove) any person to act as a separate trustee or as a co-trustee jointly with it:
Additional Credit Parties Upon (i) any Credit Party creating or acquiring any Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) after the Closing Date, (ii) any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of a Credit Party ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary (including, without limitation, an Immaterial Subsidiary being designated pursuant to Section 9.13 as an Excluded Immaterial Subsidiary) or (iii) any Revocation that results in an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) of a Credit Party (such Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary referenced in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, an “Additional Credit Party”), such Credit Party shall, assuming and to the extent that it does not violate any Gaming Law or assuming and to the extent it obtains the approval of the Gaming Authority to the extent such approval is required by applicable Gaming Laws (which Borrower hereby agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain), (A) cause each such Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary to promptly (but in any event within 45 days (or 95 days, in the event of any Discharge of any Indebtedness in connection with the acquisition of any such Subsidiary) after the later of such event described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above or receipt of such approval (or such longer period of time as Administrative Agent may agree to in its sole discretion), execute and deliver all such agreements, guarantees, documents and certificates (including Joinder Agreements, any amendments to the Credit Documents, lien searches and a Perfection Certificate) as Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to have such Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary become a Guarantor and (B)(I) execute and deliver to Collateral Agent such amendments to or additional Security Documents as Collateral Agent deems necessary or advisable in order to grant to Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected security interest in the Equity Interests of such Additional Credit Party which are owned by any Credit Party and required to be pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement, (II) deliver to Collateral Agent the certificates (if any) representing such Equity Interests together with in the case of such Equity Interests, undated stock powers endorsed in blank, (III) cause such Additional Credit Party to take such actions necessary or advisable (including executing and delivering a Joinder Agreement) to grant to Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected security interest in the collateral described in (subject to any requirements set forth in the Security Agreement with respect to limitations on grant of security interests in certain types of assets or Pledged Collateral and limitations or exclusions from the requirement to perfect Liens on such Pledged Collateral and excluding acts with respect to perfection of security interests and Liens not required under, or excluded from the requirements under, the Security Agreement) the Security Agreement and all other Property (limited, in the case of any first-tier Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC or any CFC Holdco, to 65% of the voting Equity Interests and 100% of the non-voting Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary or CFC Holdco) of such Additional Credit Party in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.08 hereof with respect to such Additional Credit Party, or as necessary under applicable law or as may be reasonably requested by Collateral Agent, and (IV) deliver to Collateral Agent all legal opinions reasonably requested by Collateral Agent with respect to such Additional Credit Party relating to the matters described above covering matters similar to those covered in the opinions delivered on the Closing Date; provided, however, that Borrower shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such approvals for any Mortgage(s) and Lien(s) (including pledge of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary) to be granted by such Additional Credit Party and for the Guarantee of such Additional Credit Party as soon as reasonably practicable. All of the foregoing actions shall be at the sole cost and expense of the Credit Parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 9.11 to the contrary, it is understood and agreed that no Lien(s), Mortgage(s) and/or Guarantee of the applicable Additional Credit Party shall be required to be granted or delivered at such time as provided in the paragraph above in this Section 9.11 as a result of such Lien(s), Mortgage(s) and/or Guarantee being prohibited (i) by the applicable Gaming Authorities, any other applicable Governmental Authorities or applicable Law; provided, however, that Borrower has used its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such approvals for such Lien(s), Mortgage(s) and/or Guarantee or (ii) any Contractual Obligation (except to the extent superseded by the applicable provisions of the UCC).
