Certain Obligations Respecting Subsidiaries (a) The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, take such action from time to time as shall be necessary to ensure that (i) each of its Subsidiaries at all times is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (except for any stock or other equity interests of such Subsidiary which is owned by a third party as of the Effective Date, as listed in Schedule IV hereto) and (ii) each of its Subsidiaries is and becomes a party to the Subsidiary Guarantee and the JCI/JNI Security Agreement, PROVIDED that, in the event of any Subsidiary organized as a partnership or limited liability company, the Borrower shall cause each of the partners or members thereof, as the case may be, to enter into a pledge agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent pursuant to which the Agent, on behalf of the Banks, shall be granted a first prior perfected security interest in all of the equity interests of such partnership or limited liability company to secure the obligations owing to the Banks hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, subject to no other Lien (and the organizational document for such partnership or limited liability company shall expressly authorize each such partner or member to so pledge its equity interests therein and shall contain no other restriction against the Agent enforcing such security interest and transferring such equity interests to a third party). In the event that any such additional shares of stock or other equity interests shall be issued by any Subsidiary of the Borrower, the Borrower agrees forthwith to, and to cause its Subsidiaries to, deliver to the Agent pursuant to the Security Documents the certificates (if any) evidencing such shares of stock or other equity interests, accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank and to take such other action as the Agent shall request to perfect the security interest created therein pursuant to the Security Documents.
Certain Obligations Whenever this Agreement requires any of the Subsidiaries of any Party to take any action, this Agreement will be deemed to include an undertaking on the part of such Party to cause such Subsidiary to take such action.
Certain Obligations Respecting Subsidiaries Further Assurances (a) Such Obligor 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 all Domestic Subsidiaries are “Subsidiary Guarantors” hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that any Obligor or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries shall form or acquire any new Subsidiary, such Obligor will (or will cause such Subsidiary to) no later than within 60 days of such formation or acquisition:
Agreements Regarding Collateral and Field Examination Reports (ll) Lien Releases;
Information Regarding Collateral All information supplied to Administrative Agent by or on behalf of any Loan Party with respect to any of the Collateral (in each case taken as a whole with respect to any particular Collateral) is accurate and complete in all material respects.
Lender’s Liability for Collateral So long as Lender complies with its obligations, if any, under the Code, Lender shall not in any way or manner be liable or responsible for: (a) the safekeeping of the Collateral; (b) any loss or damage thereto occurring or arising in any manner or fashion from any cause other than Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct; (c) any diminution in the value thereof; or (d) any act or default of any carrier, warehouseman, bailee, forwarding agency, or other Person whomsoever. All risk of loss, damage or destruction of the Collateral shall be borne by Borrower.
Certain Additional Actions Regarding Intellectual Property If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, upon the written demand of the Collateral Agent, each Pledgor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent an assignment or assignments of the registered Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights and Goodwill and such other documents as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the intent and purposes hereof. Within five (5) Business Days of written notice thereafter from the Collateral Agent, each Pledgor shall make available to the Collateral Agent, to the extent within such Pledgor’s power and authority, such personnel in such Pledgor’s employ on the date of the Event of Default as the Collateral Agent may reasonably designate to permit such Pledgor to continue, directly or indirectly, to produce, advertise and sell the products and services sold by such Pledgor under the registered Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights, and such persons shall be available to perform their prior functions on the Collateral Agent’s behalf.
Collateral Matters Relating to Related Obligations The provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents relating to the Collateral shall extend to and be available in respect of any Secured Obligation arising under any Hedging Contract or Cash Management Obligation or that is otherwise owed to Persons other than the Facility Agents, the Lenders and the Issuers (collectively, “Related Obligations”) solely on the condition and understanding, as among the Facility Agents and all Secured Parties, that (a) the Related Obligations shall be entitled to the benefit of the Collateral to the extent expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to such extent the Facility Agents shall hold, and have the right and power to act with respect to, the Guaranty and the Collateral on behalf of and as agent for the holders of the Related Obligations, but each Facility Agent is otherwise acting solely as agent for the Lenders and the Issuers and shall have no fiduciary duty, duty of loyalty, duty of care, duty of disclosure or other obligation whatsoever to any holder of Related Obligations, (b) all matters, acts and omissions relating in any manner to the Guaranty, the Collateral, or the omission, creation, perfection, priority, abandonment or release of any Lien, shall be governed solely by the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and no separate Lien, right, power or remedy shall arise or exist in favor of any Secured Party under any separate instrument or agreement or in respect of any Related Obligation, (c) each Secured Party shall be bound by all actions taken or omitted, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, by any of the Facility Agents and the Requisite Lenders, each of whom shall be entitled to act at its sole discretion and exclusively in its own interest given its own Commitments and its own interest in the Loans, Letter of Credit Obligations and other Obligations to it arising under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without any duty or liability to any other Secured Party or as to any Related Obligation and without regard to whether any Related Obligation remains outstanding or is deprived of the benefit of the Collateral or becomes unsecured or is otherwise affected or put in jeopardy thereby, (d) no holder of Related Obligations and no other Secured Party (except the Facility Agents, the Lenders and the Issuers, to the extent set forth in this Agreement) shall have any right to be notified of, or to direct, require or be heard with respect to, any action taken or omitted in respect of the Collateral or under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and (e) no holder of any Related Obligation shall exercise any right of setoff, banker’s lien or similar right except to the extent provided in Section 11.6 and then only to the extent such right is provided for under the documents governing such Related Obligation and exercised in compliance with Section 11.7.
Continuing Liability Under Collateral Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) each Grantor shall remain liable for all obligations under the Collateral and nothing contained herein is intended or shall be a delegation of duties to the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party, (ii) each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the agreements included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any agreements relating to Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests, to perform all of the obligations undertaken by it thereunder all in accordance with and pursuant to the terms and provisions thereof and neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any of such agreements by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or any other document related thereto nor shall the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party have any obligation to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by it or have any obligation to take any action to collect or enforce any rights under any agreement included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any agreements relating to Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests, and (iii) the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of its rights hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral.
Releases of Collateral (i) If any Collateral shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by any Obligor in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement, then the Administrative Agent, at the request and sole expense of such Obligor, shall promptly execute and deliver to such Obligor all releases and other documents, and take such other action, reasonably necessary for the release of the Liens created hereby or by any other Collateral Document on such Collateral. (ii) The Administrative Agent may release any of the Pledged Equity from this Agreement or may substitute any of the Pledged Equity for other Pledged Equity without altering, varying or diminishing in any way the force, effect, lien, pledge or security interest of this Agreement as to any Pledged Equity not expressly released or substituted, and this Agreement shall continue as a first priority lien on all Pledged Equity not expressly released or substituted.
