GRANTING CLAUSES The Issuer hereby Grants to the Trustee, for the benefit and security of the Holders of the Notes, the Trustee and the Collateral Administrator (collectively, the Secured Parties) (or, where particular Secured Parties are specified as the beneficiaries of such Grant with respect to items of personal property identified in any of the sub-clauses below, for the benefit and security of such Secured Parties only), except as expressly set forth below, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under, in each case, whether now owned or existing, or hereafter acquired or arising, (a) the Portfolio Assets as of the Closing Date which the Issuer causes to be Delivered to the Trustee (directly or through an intermediary or bailee, including the Custodian) herewith and all payments thereon or with respect thereto, and all Portfolio Assets which are Delivered to the Trustee (directly or through an intermediary or bailee, including the Custodian) in the future pursuant to the terms hereof and all payments thereon or with respect thereto, (b) each of the Accounts (excluding any Class A-R Prepayment Account), and any Eligible Investments purchased with funds on deposit in any of the Accounts (excluding any Class A-R Prepayment Account), and all income from the investment of funds therein and all other property standing to the credit of each such Account, (c) the Collateral Management Agreement as set forth in Article 15 hereof, the Collateral Administration Agreement, each Placement Agency Agreement, each Subscription Agreement, the Revolving Credit Note Agreement, the Issuer Contribution Agreement, the Issuer Account Control Agreement, the Master Participation and Assignment Agreement and the Side Letter Security Agreement, (d) all Cash delivered to the Trustee (or the Custodian) for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (e) for the exclusive benefit of each Class A-R Noteholder, the Issuer’s interest in such Class A-R Noteholder’s Class A-R Prepayment Account, (f) all accounts, chattel paper, Deposit Accounts, general intangibles, instruments and investment property, and all letter-of-credit rights and other supporting obligations relating to the foregoing (in each case as defined in the UCC), (g) any other property otherwise delivered to the Trustee (directly or through an intermediary or bailee, including the Custodian) by or on behalf of the Issuer (including any other securities or investments not listed above and whether or not constituting Portfolio Assets or Eligible Investments) and (h) all proceeds with respect to the foregoing; provided that such Grants shall not include any Excepted Property (the assets referred to in (a) through (h), excluding the Excepted Property, are collectively referred to as the Collateral). The above Grant of Collateral is made in favor of the Trustee to hold in trust to secure the Notes and certain other amounts payable by the Issuer as described herein. Except as set forth in the Priority of Payments and Article 13 of this Indenture, the Notes are secured by the Grant equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction between any Note and any other Note by reason of difference in time of issuance or otherwise; provided that, amounts on deposit in a Class A-R Prepayment Account shall be available only for distribution to the Class A-R Noteholders pursuant to the Revolving Credit Note Agreement and shall not be available to the Issuer to pay amounts owed to any Secured Parties other than the Class A-R Noteholders. The Grant is made to secure, in accordance with the priorities set forth in the Priority of Payments and Article 13 of this Indenture, (i) the payment of all amounts due on the Notes in accordance with their terms, (ii) the payment of all other sums payable under this Indenture, (iii) the payment of amounts owing by the Issuer under the Collateral Administration Agreement and (iv) compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, in each case as provided in this Indenture (collectively, the Secured Obligations). The foregoing Grant shall, for the purpose of determining the property subject to the lien of this Indenture, be deemed to include any interests in any securities and any investments granted to the Trustee by or on behalf of the Issuer, whether or not such securities or investments satisfy the Asset Eligibility Criteria or other criteria set forth in the definitions of Portfolio Asset or Eligible Investments, as the case may be. The Trustee acknowledges such Grant, accepts the trusts hereunder in accordance with the provisions hereof, and agrees to perform the duties herein in accordance with the terms hereof.
GRANTING CLAUSE The Issuer hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee at the Closing Date, as Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in and to, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, now existing or hereafter arising and wherever located (a) the Receivables listed on Schedule A and all moneys received thereon on or after the Cutoff Date; (b) the security interests in the Financed Vehicles and any accessions thereto granted by Obligors pursuant to the Receivables and any other interest of the Depositor in such Financed Vehicles; (c) any Liquidation Proceeds and any other proceeds from claims on any physical damage, credit, life or disability insurance policies covering Financed Vehicles or the related Obligors, including any vendor’s single interest or other collateral protection insurance policy; (d) any property that shall have secured a Receivable and that shall have been acquired by or on behalf of the Depositor, the Servicer, or the Issuer; (e) all documents and other items contained in the Receivable Files; (f) the Sale and Servicing Agreement including all of the Depositor’s rights, but none of its obligations, under the Receivables Purchase Agreement assigned to the Issuer pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement; (g) all right, title and interest in the Trust Accounts, all funds, securities or other assets credited from time to time to the Trust Accounts and all investments therein and proceeds thereof (including all Investment Earnings thereon); (h) any proceeds from any Receivable repurchased by a Dealer pursuant to a Dealer Agreement; and (i) all present and future claims, demands, causes of action and choses in action in respect of any or all of the foregoing and all payments on or under and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any or all of the foregoing, including all proceeds of the conversion thereof, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, rights to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property that at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Collateral”). The foregoing Grant is made in trust to secure (i) the payment of principal of and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes, equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction, and (ii) to secure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture. The Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Holders of the Notes, acknowledges such Grant, accepts the trusts under this Indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and agrees to perform its duties required in this Indenture to the best of its ability to the end that the interests of the Holders of the Notes may be adequately and effectively protected.
Representations True; No Event of Default Each of the representations and warranties of any of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries contained in this Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or in any document or instrument delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Credit Agreement shall be true as of the date as of which they were made and shall also be true at and as of the time of the making of such Loan or the issuance, extension or renewal of such Letter of Credit, with the same effect as if made at and as of that time (except to the extent of changes resulting from transactions contemplated or permitted by this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and changes occurring in the ordinary course of business that singly or in the aggregate are not materially adverse, and to the extent that such representations and warranties relate expressly to an earlier date) and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Collateral Representations No Person other than the Credit Parties, owns or has other rights in the Collateral, and the Collateral is valid and genuine Collateral, free from any Lien of any kind, other than the Lien of Lender and Permitted Liens.
EVENTS CONSTITUTING MATERIAL BREACH OF AGREEMENT The Applicant shall be in Material Breach of this Agreement if it commits one or more of the following acts or omissions (each a “Material Breach”):
A. The Application, any Application Supplement, or any Application Amendment on which this Agreement is approved is determined to be inaccurate as to any material representation, information, or fact or is not complete as to any material fact or representation or such application;
B. The Applicant failed to complete Qualified Investment as required by Section 2.5.A. of this Agreement during the Qualifying Time Period;
C. The Applicant failed to create and maintain the number of New Qualifying Jobs required by the Act;
D. The Applicant failed to create and maintain the number of New Qualifying Jobs specified in Schedule C of the Application;
E. The Applicant failed to pay at least the average weekly wage of all jobs in the county in which the jobs are located for all New Non-Qualifying Jobs created by the Applicant;
F. The Applicant failed to provide payments to the District sufficient to protect future District revenues through payment of revenue offsets and other mechanisms as more fully described in Article IV of this Agreement;
G. The Applicant failed to provide the payments to the District that protect the District from the payment of extraordinary education-related expenses related to the project to the extent and in the amounts that the Applicant agreed to provide such payments in Article V of this Agreement;
H. The Applicant failed to provide the Supplemental Payments to the extent and in the amounts that the Applicant agreed to provide such Supplemental Payments in Article VI of this Agreement;
I. The Applicant failed to create and Maintain Viable Presence on or with the Qualified Property as more fully specified in Article VIII of this Agreement;
J. The Applicant failed to submit the reports required to be submitted by Section 8.2 to the satisfaction of the Comptroller;
K. The Applicant failed to provide the District or the Comptroller with all information reasonably necessary for the District or the Comptroller to determine whether the Applicant is in compliance with its obligations, including, but not limited to, any employment obligations which may arise under this Agreement;
L. The Applicant failed to allow authorized employees of the District, the Comptroller, the Appraisal District, or the State Auditor’s Office to have access to the Applicant’s Qualified Property or business records in order to inspect the project to determine compliance with the terms hereof or as necessary to properly appraise the Taxable Value of the Applicant’s Qualified Property under Sections 8.5 and 8.6;
M. The Applicant failed to comply with a request by the State Auditor’s office to review and audit the Applicant’s compliance with this Agreement;
N. The Applicant has made any payments to the District or to any other person or persons in any form for the payment or transfer of money or any other thing of value in recognition of, anticipation of, or consideration for this Agreement for limitation on Appraised Value made pursuant to Chapter 313 of the TEXAS TAX CODE, in excess of the amounts set forth in Articles IV, V and VI of this Agreement;
O. The Applicant failed to comply with the conditions included in the certificate for limitation issued by the Comptroller.
Information Regarding Collateral (a) Level 3 and the Borrower will furnish to the Collateral Agent prompt written notice of any change (i) in any Loan Party’s corporate name or in any trade name used to identify it in the conduct of its business or in the ownership of its properties, (ii) in any Loan Party’s identity or corporate structure or (iii) in any Loan Party’s Federal Taxpayer Identification Number. Each of Level 3 and the Borrower agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings (or arrangements therefor satisfactory to the Collateral Agent) have been made under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral. Each of Level 3 and the Borrower also agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed.
(b) Each year, at the time of delivery of the certificate pursuant to paragraph (c) of Section 5.01, Level 3 shall deliver to the Collateral Agent certificates of an authorized officer of Level 3 (i) setting forth the information required pursuant to (A) the Annual Perfection Certificate and (B) until such time as the Collateral Permit Condition is satisfied with respect to Level 3 LLC, the Annual Loan Proceeds Note Perfection Certificate, or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the dates of the Effective Date Perfection Certificate or the Effective Date Loan Proceeds Note Perfection Certificate, as the case may be, or the date of the most recent certificates delivered pursuant to this Section and (ii) certifying that all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (excluding fixture filings) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations, including all refilings, rerecordings and reregistrations, containing a description of the Collateral required to be set forth therein have been filed of record in each United States governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction identified pursuant to clause (i) above to the extent necessary to perfect and continue the perfection of the security interests under the applicable Security Documents for a period of not less than 18 months after the date of such certificate (except as noted therein with respect to any continuation statements to be filed within such period).
DESCRIPTION OF QUALIFIED PROPERTY The Qualified Property that is subject to the Tax Limitation Amount is described in EXHIBIT 4, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. Property which is not specifically described in EXHIBIT 4 shall not be considered by the District or the Appraisal District to be part of the Applicant’s Qualified Property for purposes of this Agreement, unless by official action the Board of Trustees provides that such other property is a part of the Applicant’s Qualified Property for purposes of this Agreement in compliance with Section 313.027(e) of the TEXAS TAX CODE, the Comptroller’s Rules, and Section 10.2 of this Agreement.
Perfection Representations The representations, warranties and covenants set forth on Schedule I hereto shall be a part of this Agreement for all purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Basic Document, the perfection representations contained in Schedule I shall be continuing, and remain in full force and effect until such time as all obligations under the Indenture have been finally and fully paid and performed. The parties to this Agreement: (i) shall not waive any of the perfection representations contained in Schedule I, (ii) shall provide the Rating Agencies with prompt written notice of any breach of perfection representations contained in Schedule I, and (iii) shall not waive a breach of any of the perfection representations contained in Schedule I.
Additional Collateral and Guaranties To the extent not delivered to the Administrative Agent on or before the Effective Date (including in respect of after-acquired property and Persons that become Subsidiaries of any Loan Party after the Effective Date), the Borrower agrees promptly to do, or cause each Subsidiary of the Borrower to do, each of the following, unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent:
(a) deliver to the Administrative Agent such duly-executed supplements and amendments to the Guaranty (or, in the case of any Subsidiary of any Loan Party that is not a Domestic Subsidiary, foreign guarantees and related documents), in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable in order to ensure that each Subsidiary of each Loan Party guaranties, as primary obligor and not as surety, the full and punctual payment when due of the Obligations or any part thereof; provided, however, that, unless (x) the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise agree, or (y) such Subsidiary guarantees or otherwise becomes obligated under any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s other Domestic Subsidiaries, in no event shall any Non-U.S. Person be required to guaranty the payment of the Obligations;
(b) deliver to the Administrative Agent such duly-executed joinder and amendments to the Security Agreement and, if applicable, the other Collateral Documents (or, in the case of any such Subsidiary of any Loan Party that is not a Domestic Subsidiary and becomes a Guarantor pursuant to clause (a) above, foreign charges, pledges, security agreements and other Collateral Documents), in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable in order to effectively grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a valid, perfected and enforceable first-priority security interest in all property interests and other assets of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party constituting Collateral;
(c) deliver to the Administrative Agent all certificates, instruments and other documents representing all Pledged Instruments and all other debt Securities constituting Collateral being pledged pursuant to the joinders, amendments and foreign agreements executed pursuant to clause (b) above, in each case, endorsed in blank and executed and delivered by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary thereof, as the case may be;
(d) to take such other actions necessary or advisable to ensure the validity or continuing validity of the guaranties required to be given pursuant to clause (a) above or to create, maintain or perfect the security interest required to be granted pursuant to clause (b) above, including the filing of UCC financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Collateral Documents or by law or as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent; and
(e) if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
DESCRIPTION OF COLLATERAL AND GUARANTIES Repayment of the Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral as described in the Loan Agreement. Hereinafter, the above-described security documents and guaranties, together with all other documents securing repayment of the Indebtedness shall be referred to as the "Security Documents". Hereinafter, the Security Documents, together with all other documents evidencing or securing the Indebtedness shall be referred to as the "Existing Loan Documents".
