Collateral Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any Insolvency Proceeding relative to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the Collateral, the Collateral Agent (irrespective of whether any of the outstanding Secured Obligations shall then be due and payable) 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 Secured Obligations owing and unpaid in order to protect the rights of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents and with respect to the Collateral, and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Collateral Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, disbursements and advances of the Collateral Agent in its individual or trust capacity and its agents and counsel) and of any other Secured Parties in respect of the Security Documents and the Collateral allowed in such judicial proceeding and (B) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Secured Party to make payments with respect to such claims to the Collateral Agent.
Appears in 10 contracts
Samples: Credit Agreement (El Paso Corp/De), Credit Agreement (Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co), Security Agreement (El Paso Corp/De)