Covenant to Guarantee Guaranteed Obligations and Give Security. (a) On the Closing Date, cause all Loan Parties to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations. (b) Upon (x) the formation or acquisition of any Subsidiaries of Holdings organized under the laws of the United States (or any state thereof) (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) or (y) any Excluded Subsidiary ceasing to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary (each, an “Additional Guarantor”), the Borrower shall within sixty (60) days after such formation, acquisition or cessation occurred (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), notify the Administrative Agent and: (i) cause any Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty substantially in the form of the Guaranty Supplement or such other form of guaranty or guaranty supplement to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, it being understood and agreed that each Loan Party shall duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty on the Closing Date; (ii) cause such Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Mortgages (subject to the time periods and other requirements of Section 6.13(c)), Security Agreement Supplements (including Perfection Certificates), Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other security documents, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Collateral Documents in effect on the Closing Date), granting a Lien in substantially all of the assets that would constitute Collateral (in each case, other than any Excluded Asset) directly held by such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case securing the Secured Obligations of such Additional Guarantor; (iii) cause such Additional Guarantor to deliver, to the extent required to be pledged hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, any and all certificates representing Equity Interests owned by such Loan Party accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank; (iv) to the extent required by the Collateral Documents and subject to clause (d) below, take and cause such Additional Guarantor to take whatever action (including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties purported to be subject to the Collateral Documents delivered pursuant to this Section 6.13, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms; and (c) With respect to any Material Real Property, within 90 days after the Closing Date or within 90 days after the acquisition of any other Material Real Property (or in each case such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), the applicable Loan Party shall grant to the Administrative Agent a security interest in and deliver a mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a “Mortgage”) as additional security for the Obligations. Any such Mortgage in a mortgage Tax state shall be capped at the fair market value of the applicable property. The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by Law to perfect the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent. All Taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent such documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require, including to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after acquired Material Real Property (including, to the extent so required, a Title Policy, a Survey, a local counsel opinion (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), and to the extent existing and available, environmental assessment reports and (i) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination, (ii) in the event that such after acquired Material Real Property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notice executed by such Loan Party about such special flood hazard area status in respect of such Mortgage and (iii) if the Loan Party notice described in the immediately preceding clause (ii) is required to be given and, to the extent flood insurance is required by any applicable Flood Insurance Laws, evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of a flood insurance policy in compliance in all material respects with the Flood Insurance Laws (including without limitation, in an amount required under the Flood Insurance Laws)). No later than 45 days prior to the date on which a Mortgage is to be executed by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide any Lenders notice of entry into such Mortgage (which notice may be delivered electronically and which notice shall be delivered promptly (and, in any event, within five Business Days) after the Administrative Agent has received notice from the Borrower of the intention to enter into such Mortgage (the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders, the “Mortgage Notification Date”)), together with copies of the deliverables specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and upon confirmation from each Lender that the flood insurance due diligence required to be conducted by such Lender has been completed and any other flood insurance requirements applicable to such Lender have been complied with, in each case under applicable Flood Insurance Laws, the relevant Loan Party may provide such Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if due to the Administrative Agent’s failure to deliver the notice to the Lenders set forth in this clause (c), a Mortgage cannot be executed within the time period set forth in clause (b) above, then (i) the Administrative Agent agrees that the extension of the deadline to execute such Mortgage to the date that is 45 days after the Mortgage Notification Date is reasonable and the Administrative Agent consents to such extension and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred due to the failure of the applicable Loan Party to execute such Mortgage within such original time period. (d) [Reserved]. (e) [Reserved]. (f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Loan Parties shall not be required to grant a security interest in any assets to the extent the grant or perfection of a security interest in such asset would be prohibited by applicable Law, (ii) no action outside of the United States shall be required in order to create or perfect any security interest in any asset, and no security or pledge agreements or intellectual property filing, search or schedule shall be required that is not governed by the Laws of the United States, (iii) the following Collateral shall not be required to be perfected (other than to the extent perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement): (A) assets requiring perfection through control agreements or other control arrangements, including in respect of any deposit, securities or commodities accounts (other than control of pledged capital stock and material intercompany notes, in each case to the extent otherwise constituting Collateral), (B) commercial tort claims in which the amount claimed is less than $3,000,000 individually, (C) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and letter of credit rights with a value of less than $3,000,000 (to the extent not constituting a supporting obligation) (it being understood that no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights other than the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or the equivalent thereof), (iv) promissory notes to the extent evidencing third-party debt for borrowed money in a principal amount (individually) of less than $3,000,000 shall not be required to be delivered and (v) share certificates of Immaterial Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries, non-wholly-owned Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Subsidiaries shall not be required to be delivered.
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Samples: Credit and Guaranty Agreement (Latham Group, Inc.), Credit and Guaranty Agreement (Latham Group, Inc.), Credit and Guaranty Agreement (Latham Group, Inc.)
Covenant to Guarantee Guaranteed Obligations and Give Security. (a) On the Closing Date, cause all Loan Parties to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations.
(b) Upon (xi) the formation or acquisition after the Closing Date of any Subsidiaries Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) the designation of Holdings organized under the laws of the United States (or any state thereof) (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or (yiii) any Restricted Subsidiary that was an Excluded Subsidiary ceasing to constitute be an Excluded Subsidiary (eachSubsidiary, an “Additional Guarantor”on or before the date on which a Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a), for the Borrower shall within sixty (60) days after such Fiscal Quarter in which the relevant formation, acquisition acquisition, designation or cessation occurred (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree reasonably agree), the Borrower shall cause such Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) to comply with the requirements set forth in clause (b) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, the Borrower may, in its reasonable sole discretion), notify the Administrative Agent and:
(i) elect to cause any Additional Restricted Subsidiary and/or Parent Company (any such Person, a “Discretionary Guarantor”) that is not otherwise required to be a Guarantor to duly provide a Guarantee of the Guaranteed Obligations by causing such Person to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty substantially in the form of the Guaranty Supplement or Supplement, and any such other form of guaranty or guaranty supplement to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations in form Person shall constitute a Loan Party and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, a Guarantor for all purposes hereunder; it being understood and agreed that each Loan Party such Person shall duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty on the Closing Date;
(ii) cause such Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Mortgages (subject to the time periods and other requirements of Section 6.13(c)), Security Agreement Supplements (including Perfection Certificates), Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other security documents, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent comply with the Collateral Documents in effect on the Closing Date), granting a Lien in substantially all of the assets that would constitute Collateral (in each case, other than any Excluded Asset) directly held by such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case securing the Secured Obligations of such Additional Guarantor;
(iii) cause such Additional Guarantor to deliver, to the extent required to be pledged hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, any and all certificates representing Equity Interests owned by such Loan Party accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank;
(iv) to the extent required by the Collateral Documents and subject to clause (d) below, take and cause such Additional Guarantor to take whatever action (including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties purported to be subject to the Collateral Documents delivered pursuant to this Section 6.13, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms; and
(c) With respect to any Material Real Property, within 90 days after the Closing Date or within 90 days after the acquisition of any other Material Real Property (or in each case such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), the applicable Loan Party shall grant to the Administrative Agent a security interest in and deliver a mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a “Mortgage”) as additional security for the Obligations. Any such Mortgage in a mortgage Tax state shall be capped at the fair market value of the applicable property. The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by Law to perfect the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent. All Taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent such documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require, including to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after acquired Material Real Property (including, to the extent so required, a Title Policy, a Survey, a local counsel opinion (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), and to the extent existing and available, environmental assessment reports and (i) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination, (ii) in the event that such after acquired Material Real Property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notice executed by such Loan Party about such special flood hazard area status in respect of such Mortgage and (iii) if the Loan Party notice described in the immediately preceding clause (ii) is required to be given and, to the extent flood insurance is required by any applicable Flood Insurance Laws, evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of a flood insurance policy in compliance in all material respects with the Flood Insurance Laws (including without limitation, in an amount required under the Flood Insurance Laws)). No later than 45 days prior to the date on which a Mortgage is to be executed by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide any Lenders notice of entry into such Mortgage (which notice may be delivered electronically and which notice shall be delivered promptly (and, in any event, within five Business Days) after the Administrative Agent has received notice from the Borrower of the intention to enter into such Mortgage (the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders, the “Mortgage Notification Date”)), together with copies of the deliverables specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and upon confirmation from each Lender that the flood insurance due diligence required to be conducted by such Lender has been completed and any other flood insurance requirements applicable to such Lender have been complied with, in each case under applicable Flood Insurance Laws, the relevant Loan Party may provide such Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if due to the Administrative Agent’s failure to deliver the notice to the Lenders set forth in this clause (c), a Mortgage cannot be executed within the time period set forth in clause (b) aboveof the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” applicable to it; provided, then that (i) in the case of any Discretionary Guarantor that is a not a Domestic Person, the jurisdiction of such Person shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent on the basis of the enforceability of, and applicable limitations of Law on, the Guarantee of the Guaranteed Obligations and the XXXX:\98106221\28\78831.0005 pledge of the Collateral in such jurisdiction and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received at least three Business Days prior to such person becoming a Guarantor, all documentation and other information in respect of such person required under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations (including the USA Patriot Act).
(c) Notwithstanding any provision herein or any other Loan Document:
(i) the Administrative Agent agrees that may grant extensions of time (including after the expiration of any relevant period, which may apply retroactively) for the creation and perfection of security interests in, or obtaining of legal opinions or other deliverables with respect to, particular assets or the provision of any Guaranty Supplement by any Restricted Subsidiary, and each Lender hereby consents to any such extension of the deadline to execute such Mortgage to the date that is 45 days after the Mortgage Notification Date is reasonable and the Administrative Agent consents to such extension and time,
(ii) no Default or Event any Lien required to be granted from time to time pursuant to the definition of Default “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” and/or any action requested in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred due subject to the failure of exceptions and limitations set forth in this Agreement and the applicable Loan Party to execute such Mortgage within such original time period.Collateral Documents;
(d) [Reserved].
(e) [Reserved].
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (iiii) the Loan Parties shall not be required to grant a security interest in any assets to the extent the grant or perfection of a security interest in such asset would be prohibited by applicable LawLaw after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or any other applicable Law and other than proceeds thereof to the extent that the assignment of the same is effective under the UCC or other applicable Law notwithstanding such consent or restriction;
(iv) other than with respect to any Discretionary Guarantor that is not a Domestic Person, (ii) no action outside of the United States shall be required in order to create or perfect any security interest in any assetasset located outside of the United States, and no foreign law security or pledge agreements or foreign intellectual property filing, search or schedule shall be required (it being understood and agreed that no Loan Party (including any Discretionary Guarantor) will be required to take any action to perfect a security interest in the Collateral in any jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction in which such Loan Party is organized (other than with respect to the required pledge of the Equity Interests of any Discretionary Guarantor that is not organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, the jurisdiction of organization of such Discretionary Guarantor),
(v) no Loan Party (other than any Discretionary Guarantor that is not a Domestic Person) shall be required, and the Administrative Agent shall not be authorized, to perfect or take any action with respect to the perfection of security interests in the Collateral by means other than the satisfaction of the Perfection Requirements; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any Loan Party owns the Equity Interests of any Discretionary Guarantor and such Equity Interests constitute Collateral, such Loan Party shall be required to provide a pledge of the Equity Interests of such Discretionary Guarantor governed by the Laws laws of organization of such Discretionary Guarantor to the extent such local law pledge agreement is required to perfect the Lien of the United StatesAdministrative Agent,
(vi) no Loan Party shall be required to seek any landlord lien waiver, estoppel, warehouseman waiver or other collateral access or similar letter or agreement,
(iiivii) the following Collateral perfection by control shall not be required with respect to be perfected (other than to the extent perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement): (A) assets requiring perfection through control agreements or other control arrangements, including in respect of any depositdeposit accounts, securities or accounts and commodities accounts (other than control of (A) pledged capital stock and material intercompany notesEquity Interests of that do not constitute Excluded Assets and/or (B) any Material Debt Instrument owing from any Person that is not a Loan Party, in each case case, to the extent the same otherwise constituting constitute Collateral), and
(viii) in no event will (A) the Collateral include any Excluded Asset and/or (B) commercial tort claims in which the amount claimed is less than $3,000,000 individually, (C) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and letter of credit rights with a value of less than $3,000,000 (to the extent not constituting a supporting obligation) (it being understood that no actions shall any Excluded Subsidiary be required to perfect become a security interest in letter of credit rights other than the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or the equivalent thereof), (iv) promissory notes to the extent evidencing third-party debt for borrowed money in a principal amount (individually) of less than $3,000,000 shall not be required to be delivered and (v) share certificates of Immaterial Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries, non-wholly-owned Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Subsidiaries shall not be required to be deliveredSubsidiary Guarantor.
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Samples: Credit and Guaranty Agreement (System1, Inc.), Credit and Guaranty Agreement (System1, Inc.)
Covenant to Guarantee Guaranteed Obligations and Give Security. (a) On Cause the Closing Date, cause all Loan Parties following Restricted Subsidiaries to guarantee the Guaranteed ObligationsObligations (each a “Subsidiary Guarantor” ): such Restricted Subsidiaries as shall constitute, together with the Borrower, (x) at least 95% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries (excluding, for the purposes of such calculation, (1) all Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but including any Subsidiaries that were, at one time, designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but have been redesignated as Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 6.14 and (2) all Regulated Subsidiaries) for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 and (y) at least 95% of the Total Assets of the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries (excluding, for the purposes of such calculation, (1) all Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but including any Subsidiaries that were, at one time, designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but have been redesignated as Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 6.14 and (2) all Regulated Subsidiaries) as of the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is a guarantor of any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness shall also be required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) no Regulated Subsidiary shall be required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor and (iii) no Subsidiary shall be required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor if such Subsidiary is a Foreign Subsidiary or a Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary.
(b) Upon (x) At the formation or acquisition end of any Subsidiaries of Holdings organized under the laws each fiscal quarter of the United States (or any state thereof) (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) or (y) any Excluded Subsidiary ceasing to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary (each, an “Additional Guarantor”)Borrower, the Borrower shall determine whether any Restricted Companies that are not currently Subsidiary Guarantors shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.12(a) to become Subsidiary Guarantors and, within sixty (60) 60 days after the end of such formation, acquisition or cessation occurred fiscal quarter (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), notify will at the Administrative Agent andBorrower’s expense:
(i) cause Cause any new Subsidiary Guarantors (each, an “Additional Guarantor Guarantor” ) to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty substantially in the form of the Guaranty Supplement Exhibit F (either directly or via a guaranty supplement) or such other form of guaranty or guaranty supplement to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, it being understood and agreed that each Loan Party Subsidiary that is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor on the Closing Date shall duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty on the Closing Date; provided that in connection with any acquisition of any Restricted Company, if any Subsidiary that is not already a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.12 to become a Subsidiary Guarantor, the Borrower shall, in each case at the Borrower’s expense and within 30 days of being so required, cause such Subsidiary to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty;
(ii) cause Cause such Additional Guarantor to furnish to the Administrative Agent a description of any Material Real Property owned by such Additional Guarantor consisting of the street address (if available), county or other relevant jurisdiction, state and the record owner;
(iii) Cause such Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Mortgages (subject to the time periods and other requirements of Section 6.13(c))Mortgages, Security Agreement Supplements (including Perfection Certificates)Supplements, Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other security documents, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Collateral Documents Mortgages, Security Agreement, Intellectual Property Security Agreement and other security documents in effect on the Closing Date), granting a Lien in substantially all of the assets that would constitute Collateral (in each case, other than any Excluded Asset) directly held by Material Real Property and personal property of such Restricted SubsidiarySubsidiary to the extent required by the applicable Collateral Documents, in each case securing the Secured Obligations of such Additional Guarantor;; provided that (A) no more than 65% of the voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that are held directly by a Loan Party shall be required to be pledged to support the Secured Obligations (except to the extent such Equity Interests are pledged to support obligations under any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness); (B) no Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not made a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with Section 6.12(a) which have been pledged to secure Indebtedness of such Additional Guarantor assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition that is secured by a Lien permitted by Section 7.01(p) shall be required to be pledged, but only for so long as such Lien is in effect; (C) no Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that are held directly by a Foreign Subsidiary shall be required to be pledged to support the Secured Obligations (except to the extent such Equity Interests are pledged to support obligations under any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness); (D) Equity Interests (or assets) in any Joint Venture which cannot be pledged without the consent of any third party (and which such consent has not been obtained) shall not be required to be pledged to support the Secured Obligations to the extent such restriction is enforceable; (E) no assets of any Regulated Subsidiary (and no Equity Interests issued by such Regulated Subsidiary) shall be required to be pledged to support the Obligations (except to the extent such assets or such Equity Interests are pledged to support obligations under any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness); and (F) no Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to pledge assets as to which the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that the costs (including, without limitation, any mortgage, stamp, intangible or other tax, title insurance or similar items) of obtaining the security interest in such assets are unreasonably excessive in relation to the benefit to the Secured Parties of the security to be afforded thereby.
(iiiiv) cause Cause such Additional Guarantor to deliver, to the extent required to be pledged hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, (A) any and all certificates representing Equity Interests owned by such Loan Party Restricted Subsidiary accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank;
blank and (ivB) a counterpart to the extent a global intercompany note and any other instruments required by to be delivered under the Collateral Documents evidencing any intercompany debt held by such Additional Guarantor (except in respect of (1) intercompany debt of up to $10,000,000 in the aggregate for all Loan Parties and subject (2) intercompany debt with any Regulated Subsidiary), indorsed in blank to clause the Administrative Agent; and
(dv) below, take Take and cause such Additional Guarantor to take whatever action (including the recording of Mortgages with respect to Material Real Property, the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties purported to be subject to the Collateral Documents Mortgages, Security Agreement Supplements, Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other security documents delivered pursuant to this Section 6.136.12, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms; and.
(c) With respect to any Material Real Property, within 90 Within 45 days after the Closing Date reasonable request therefor by the Administrative Agent, or within 90 days after the acquisition of any other Material Real Property (or in each case such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), the applicable Loan Party shall grant Borrower shall, at the Borrower’s expense, deliver to the Administrative Agent a security interest in and deliver a mortgagesigned copy of an opinion, deed of trust or deed to secure debt in a form reasonably satisfactory addressed to the Administrative Agent (a “Mortgage”) as additional security and the other Secured Parties, of counsel for the Obligations. Any Loan Parties reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to such Mortgage matters set forth in a mortgage Tax state shall be capped at Section 6.12(b) in respect of foreign Equity Interests or Material Real Property as the fair market value of Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(d) As promptly as practicable after the applicable property. The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required request therefor by Law to perfect the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent. All Taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or the Borrower shall, at the Borrower’s expense, deliver to the Administrative Agent such documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require, including with respect to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after acquired each Material Real Property (includingof each Additional Guarantor that is the subject of such request, to the extent so requiredtitle reports in scope, a Title Policy, a Survey, a local counsel opinion (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent)Agent and, and to the extent existing and available, surveys and environmental assessment reports and (i) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination, (ii) in the event that such after acquired Material Real Property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notice executed by such Loan Party about such special flood hazard area status in respect of such Mortgage and (iii) if the Loan Party notice described in the immediately preceding clause (ii) is required to be given and, to the extent flood insurance is required by any applicable Flood Insurance Laws, evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of a flood insurance policy in compliance in all material respects with the Flood Insurance Laws (including without limitation, in an amount required under the Flood Insurance Laws)). No later than 45 days prior to the date on which a Mortgage is to be executed by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide any Lenders notice of entry into such Mortgage (which notice may be delivered electronically and which notice shall be delivered promptly (and, in any event, within five Business Days) after the Administrative Agent has received notice from the Borrower of the intention to enter into such Mortgage (the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders, the “Mortgage Notification Date”)), together with copies of the deliverables specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and upon confirmation from each Lender that the flood insurance due diligence required to be conducted by such Lender has been completed and any other flood insurance requirements applicable to such Lender have been complied with, in each case under applicable Flood Insurance Laws, the relevant Loan Party may provide such Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if due to the Administrative Agent’s failure to deliver the notice to the Lenders set forth in this clause (c), a Mortgage cannot be executed within the time period set forth in clause (b) above, then (i) the Administrative Agent agrees that the extension of the deadline to execute such Mortgage to the date that is 45 days after the Mortgage Notification Date is reasonable and the Administrative Agent consents to such extension and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred due to the failure of the applicable Loan Party to execute such Mortgage within such original time period.
(d) [Reserved]reports.
(e) [Reserved]Upon the acquisition by any Loan Party of any Material Real Property that is not already subject to a perfected Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the Borrower shall give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and shall, if requested by the Administrative Agent and required by the applicable Collateral Documents, cause such assets to be subjected to a Lien securing such Loan Party’s Obligations and will take, or cause the relevant Loan Party to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect or record such Lien to the extent required by the applicable Collateral Documents, including the actions referred to in Section 6.12(b) with respect to Material Real Property.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the foregoingcontrary in this Agreement, (i) the Loan Parties shall not be required to grant a security interest in any assets to the extent that the grant or perfection of a security interest in such asset would be prohibited by applicable Law, Borrower shall determine (ii) no action outside and demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the United States shall be required in order to create or perfect Administrative Agent) at any security interest in any asset, and no security or pledge agreements or intellectual property filing, search or schedule shall be required time that is certain Restricted Subsidiaries that are not governed by the Laws of the United States, (iii) the following Collateral shall not be required to be perfected (other than Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the extent perfected provisions of Section 6.12(a) above are parties to a Subsidiary Guaranty and/or a Collateral Document, the Borrower shall be entitled to give notice to that effect to the Administrative Agent (along with any information reasonably requested by the filing of a UCC financing statement): (AAdministrative Agent to support such determination) assets requiring perfection through control agreements or other control arrangements, including in respect of any deposit, securities or commodities accounts (other than control of pledged capital stock and material intercompany notes, in each case to the extent otherwise constituting Collateral), (B) commercial tort claims in which the amount claimed is less than $3,000,000 individually, (C) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and letter of credit rights with a value of less than $3,000,000 (to the extent not constituting a supporting obligation) (it being understood that whereupon such Restricted Subsidiaries shall no actions shall longer be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights other than the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or the equivalent thereof), (iv) promissory notes to the extent evidencing third-party debt for borrowed money in a principal amount (individually) of less than $3,000,000 shall not be required deemed to be delivered Subsidiary Guarantors and the Administrative Agent shall promptly release each such Restricted Subsidiary from its Subsidiary Guaranty and any applicable Collateral Document (v) share certificates and release any liens granted on any Collateral of Immaterial Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries, non-wholly-owned Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Subsidiaries shall not be required to be deliveredsuch Restricted Subsidiary).
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Lender Processing Services, Inc.), Credit Agreement (Lender Processing Services, Inc.)
Covenant to Guarantee Guaranteed Obligations and Give Security. (a) On Cause the Closing Date, cause all Loan Parties following Restricted Subsidiaries to guarantee the Guaranteed ObligationsObligations (each a “Subsidiary Guarantor”): such Restricted Subsidiaries as shall constitute (x) at least 95% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries (excluding, for the purposes of such calculation, (1) all Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but including any Subsidiaries that were, at one time, designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but have been redesignated as Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 6.14 and (2) all Prohibited Restricted Subsidiaries described in the following sentence for so long as the relevant Indebtedness remains outstanding) for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 and (y) at least 95% of the Total Assets of the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries (excluding, for the purposes of such calculation, (1) all Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but including any Subsidiaries that were, at one time, designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but have been redesignated as Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 6.14 and (2) all Prohibited Restricted Subsidiaries described in the following sentence for so long as the relevant Indebtedness remains outstanding) as of the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is a guarantor of any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness shall also be required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) no Subsidiary shall be required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor if such Subsidiary is a Foreign Subsidiary or a Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary and (iii) no Restricted Subsidiary that is prohibited from guaranteeing the Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to documents governing any Indebtedness assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition and not incurred in contemplation thereof (each, a “Prohibited Restricted Subsidiary”) shall be required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor for so long as such Indebtedness remains outstanding.
(b) Upon (x) At the formation or acquisition end of any Subsidiaries of Holdings organized under the laws each fiscal quarter of the United States (or any state thereof) (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) or (y) any Excluded Subsidiary ceasing to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary (each, an “Additional Guarantor”)Company, the Borrower Company shall determine whether any Restricted Companies that are not currently Subsidiary Guarantors shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.12(a) to become Subsidiary Guarantors and, within sixty (60) 60 days after the end of such formation, acquisition or cessation occurred fiscal quarter (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), notify will at the Administrative Agent andCompany’s expense:
(i) cause Cause any new Subsidiary Guarantors (each, an “Additional Guarantor Guarantor”) to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty substantially in the form of the Guaranty Supplement Exhibit G (either directly or via a guaranty supplement) or such other form of guaranty or guaranty supplement to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the BorrowerCompany, it being understood and agreed that each Loan Party Subsidiary that is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor on the Closing Date shall duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty on the Closing Date; provided that in connection with any acquisition of any Restricted Company, if any Subsidiary that is not already a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.12(a) to become a Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company shall, in each case at the Company’s expense and within 30 days of being so required, cause such Subsidiary to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty;
(ii) cause Cause such Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Mortgages (subject to the time periods and other requirements of Section 6.13(c)), Security a Pledge Agreement Supplements (including Perfection Certificates), Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other security documentsSupplement, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Collateral Documents Pledge Agreement and other security documents in effect on the Closing Amendment No. 1 Effective Date), granting a Lien in substantially all of the assets that would constitute Collateral (in each case, other than any Excluded Asset) Equity Interests directly held by such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case securing the Secured Obligations of such Additional Guarantor; provided that (A) no more than 65% of the voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that are held directly by a Loan Party shall be required to be pledged to support the Secured Obligations (except to the extent such Equity Interests are pledged to support obligations under any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness); (B) no Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary which have been pledged to secure Indebtedness of such Additional Guarantor assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition that is secured by a Lien permitted by Section 7.01(p) shall be required to be pledged, but only for so long as such Lien is in effect; (C) no Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that are held directly by a Foreign Subsidiary shall be required to be pledged to support the Secured Obligations (except to the extent such Equity Interests are pledged to support obligations under any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness); (D) Equity Interests in any Joint Venture which cannot be pledged without the consent of any third party (and which such consent has not been obtained) shall not be required to be pledged to support the Secured Obligations to the extent such restriction is enforceable; and (E) Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be required to be pledged to support the Secured Obligations if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that the costs of obtaining the security interest in such Equity Interests are unreasonably excessive in relation to the benefit to the Secured Parties of the security to be afforded thereby;
(iii) cause Cause such Additional Guarantor to deliver, to the extent required to be pledged hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, any and all certificates representing Equity Interests owned by such Loan Party Restricted Subsidiary accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank;; and
(iv) to the extent required by the Collateral Documents and subject to clause (d) below, take Take and cause such Additional Guarantor to take whatever action (including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties purported to be subject to the Collateral Documents Pledge Agreement Supplements and other security documents delivered pursuant to this Section 6.136.12, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms; and.
(ci) With respect So long as the eFunds Bonds remain outstanding, no Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of eFunds shall be pledged to support the Secured Obligations and (ii) so long as the FNIS Notes remain outstanding, no Equity Interests of any Material Real PropertySubsidiary of the Company shall be pledged to support the Secured Obligations to the extent that grant of a Lien on the same would result in triggering additional financial reporting requirements under Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X under the 1934 Act upon securing the FNIS Notes (as contemplated by Section 4.04 of the indenture governing the FNIS Notes, as in effect on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date); provided that, within 90 days after the Closing Date 30 days, or within 90 days after the acquisition of any other Material Real Property (or in each case such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), after all such bonds or notes cease to be outstanding or any such Person ceases to be so classified and restricted, the applicable Loan Party Borrowers shall grant cause each such Person that is a Guarantor to comply with Section 6.12(b).
(d) Within 45 days after the reasonable request therefor by the Administrative Agent, or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion, the Borrowers shall, at the Borrowers’ expense, deliver to the Administrative Agent a security interest in and deliver a mortgagesigned copy of an opinion, deed of trust or deed to secure debt in a form reasonably satisfactory addressed to the Administrative Agent (a “Mortgage”) as additional security and the other Secured Parties, of counsel for the Obligations. Any such Mortgage in a mortgage Tax state shall be capped at the fair market value of the applicable property. The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by Law to perfect the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent. All Taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver Parties reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to such documents matters set forth in Section 6.12(b) in respect of foreign Equity Interests as the Administrative Agent shall may reasonably require, including to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after acquired Material Real Property request.
(including, to the extent so required, a Title Policy, a Survey, a local counsel opinion (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), and to the extent existing and available, environmental assessment reports and (ie) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination, (ii) in the event that such after acquired Material Real Property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notice executed by such Loan Party about such special flood hazard area status in respect of such Mortgage and (iii) if the Loan Party notice described in the immediately preceding clause (ii) is required to be given and, to the extent flood insurance is required by any applicable Flood Insurance Laws, evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of a flood insurance policy in compliance in all material respects with the Flood Insurance Laws (including without limitation, in an amount required under the Flood Insurance Laws)). No later than 45 days prior to the date on which a Mortgage is to be executed by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide any Lenders notice of entry into such Mortgage (which notice may be delivered electronically and which notice shall be delivered promptly (and, in any event, within five Business Days) after the Administrative Agent has received notice from the Borrower of the intention to enter into such Mortgage (the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders, the “Mortgage Notification Date”)), together with copies of the deliverables specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and upon confirmation from each Lender that the flood insurance due diligence required to be conducted by such Lender has been completed and any other flood insurance requirements applicable to such Lender have been complied with, in each case under applicable Flood Insurance Laws, the relevant Loan Party may provide such Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if due to the extent that the Company shall determine at any time that certain Restricted Subsidiaries that are not required to be Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.12(a) above are parties to a Subsidiary Guaranty and/or a Pledge Agreement, the Company shall be entitled to give notice to that effect to the Administrative Agent’s failure Agent whereupon such Restricted Subsidiaries shall no longer be deemed to deliver the notice to the Lenders set forth in this clause (c), a Mortgage cannot be executed within the time period set forth in clause (b) above, then (i) the Administrative Agent agrees that the extension of the deadline to execute such Mortgage to the date that is 45 days after the Mortgage Notification Date is reasonable Subsidiary Guarantors and the Administrative Agent consents to shall promptly release each such extension Restricted Subsidiary from its Subsidiary Guaranty and any applicable Pledge Agreement (ii) no Default or Event and release any liens granted on any Collateral of Default shall be deemed to have occurred due to the failure of the applicable Loan Party to execute such Mortgage within such original time periodRestricted Subsidiary).
(d) [Reserved].
(e) [Reserved].
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Loan Parties shall not be required to grant a security interest in any assets to the extent the grant or perfection of a security interest in such asset would be prohibited by applicable Law, (ii) no action outside of the United States shall be required in order to create or perfect any security interest in any asset, and no security or pledge agreements or intellectual property filing, search or schedule shall be required that is not governed by the Laws of the United States, (iii) the following Collateral shall not be required to be perfected (other than to the extent perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement): (A) assets requiring perfection through control agreements or other control arrangements, including in respect of any deposit, securities or commodities accounts (other than control of pledged capital stock and material intercompany notes, in each case to the extent otherwise constituting Collateral), (B) commercial tort claims in which the amount claimed is less than $3,000,000 individually, (C) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and letter of credit rights with a value of less than $3,000,000 (to the extent not constituting a supporting obligation) (it being understood that no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights other than the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or the equivalent thereof), (iv) promissory notes to the extent evidencing third-party debt for borrowed money in a principal amount (individually) of less than $3,000,000 shall not be required to be delivered and (v) share certificates of Immaterial Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries, non-wholly-owned Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Subsidiaries shall not be required to be delivered.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.), Credit Agreement (Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.)
Covenant to Guarantee Guaranteed Obligations and Give Security. (a) On the Closing Date, cause all Closing Date Loan Parties to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations.
(b) Upon (xx)(A) the formation or acquisition of any Subsidiaries of Holdings the Borrower (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) organized under the laws of the United States (or any state thereof) (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) ), including, without limitation, upon the formation of any Subsidiary that is a Delaware Divided LLC, or (yB) any Excluded Subsidiary ceasing to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary, or (y) the designation by the Borrower, at its election, of any Excluded Subsidiary as a Subsidiary Guarantor (each, an “Additional Guarantor”), the Borrower shall within sixty (60) days after such formation, acquisition acquisition, cessation or cessation designation occurred (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), notify the Administrative Agent; provided, that (a) solely in the case of any such designation of a non-U.S. Excluded Subsidiary as an Additional Guarantor (a “Non-U.S. Discretionary Guarantor”), consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required prior to the addition of any Non-U.S. Discretionary Guarantor, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned (it being understood that such consent may be withheld if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that such Non-U.S. Discretionary Guarantor is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction (i) where the amount and enforceability of the contemplated guarantee that may be entered into by a Person organized in the relevant jurisdiction is materially and adversely limited by applicable law or contractual limitations, (ii) where the security interests (and the enforceability thereof) that may be granted with respect to assets (or various classes of assets) located in the relevant jurisdiction are materially and adversely limited by applicable law or (iii) that is not a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or is the target of any Sanctions; provided, that no such consent shall be required for the addition of any Additional Guarantor organized under the laws of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) and (b) the Administrative Agent shall have received at least two Business Days prior to such Non-U.S. Discretionary Guarantor becoming an Additional Guarantor all documentation and other information in respect of such Non-U.S. Discretionary Guarantor as has been reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in writing that is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the USA PATRIOT Act (and, upon any request made by a Lender to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent will provide the Lenders with all such information made available to it in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of this Agreement); and:
(i) cause any Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty substantially in the form of the Guaranty Supplement attached to the Guaranty Agreement or such other form of guaranty or guaranty supplement to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, it being understood and agreed that each Closing Date Loan Party shall duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty on the Closing Date;
(ii) cause such Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Mortgages (subject to the time periods and other requirements of Section 6.13(c))Agent, Security Agreement Supplements (including including, with respect to any U.S. Loan Party, Perfection Certificates), Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other security documents, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Collateral Documents in effect on the Closing Date), granting a Lien in substantially all of the assets that would constitute Collateral (in each case, other than any Excluded Asset) directly held by such Restricted SubsidiaryAdditional Guarantor, in each case securing the Secured Obligations of such Additional Guarantor;
(iii) cause such Additional Guarantor to deliver, to the extent required to be pledged hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, any and all certificates representing Equity Interests owned by such Loan Party accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank;
(iv) to the extent required by the Collateral Documents and subject to clause (d) belowDocuments, take and cause such Additional Guarantor to take whatever action (including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties (other than any Excluded Asset) purported to be subject to the Collateral Documents delivered pursuant to this Section 6.13, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms; and
(c) With respect to any Material Real Property, within 90 days after the Closing Date or within 90 days after the acquisition of any other Material Real Property (or in each case such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), the applicable Loan Party shall grant to the Administrative Agent a security interest in and deliver a mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a “Mortgage”) as additional security for the Obligations. Any such Mortgage in a mortgage Tax state shall be capped at the fair market value of the applicable property. The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by Law to perfect the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent. All Taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent such documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require, including to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after acquired Material Real Property (including, to the extent so required, a Title Policy, a Survey, a local counsel opinion (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), and to the extent existing and available, environmental assessment reports and (i) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination, (ii) in the event that such after acquired Material Real Property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notice executed by such Loan Party about such special flood hazard area status in respect of such Mortgage and (iii) if the Loan Party notice described in the immediately preceding clause (ii) is required to be given and, to the extent flood insurance is required by any applicable Flood Insurance Laws, evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of a flood insurance policy in compliance in all material respects with the Flood Insurance Laws (including without limitation, in an amount required under the Flood Insurance Laws)). No later than 45 days prior to the date on which a Mortgage is to be executed by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide any Lenders notice of entry into such Mortgage (which notice may be delivered electronically and which notice shall be delivered promptly (and, in any event, within five Business Days) after the Administrative Agent has received notice from the Borrower of the intention to enter into such Mortgage (the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders, the “Mortgage Notification Date”)), together with copies of the deliverables specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and upon confirmation from each Lender that the flood insurance due diligence required to be conducted by such Lender has been completed and any other flood insurance requirements applicable to such Lender have been complied with, in each case under applicable Flood Insurance Laws, the relevant Loan Party may provide such Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if due to the Administrative Agent’s failure to deliver the notice to the Lenders set forth in this clause (c), a Mortgage cannot be executed within the time period set forth in clause (b) above, then (i) the Administrative Agent agrees that the extension of the deadline to execute such Mortgage to the date that is 45 days after the Mortgage Notification Date is reasonable and the Administrative Agent consents to such extension and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred due to the failure of the applicable Loan Party to execute such Mortgage within such original time period[reserved].
(d) [Reservedreserved].
(e) [Reservedreserved].
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Loan Parties shall not be required to grant a security interest in any assets to the extent the grant or perfection of a security interest in such asset would be prohibited by applicable Law, (ii) unless agreed to by the Borrower, no action outside of the United States shall be required in order to create or perfect any security interest in any asset, and no security or pledge agreements or intellectual property filing, search or schedule shall be required that is not governed by the Laws of the United States, (iii) the following Collateral shall not be required to be perfected (other than to the extent perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement): (A) assets requiring perfection through control agreements or other control arrangements, including in respect of any deposit, securities or commodities accounts (other than control of pledged capital stock and material intercompany notes, in each case to the extent otherwise constituting Collateral), ) and (B) commercial tort claims in which the amount claimed is less than $3,000,000 individually, (C) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and letter of credit rights with a value of less than $3,000,000 (to the extent not constituting a supporting obligation) (it being understood that no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights other than the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or the equivalent thereof)rights, (iv) promissory notes to the extent evidencing third-party debt for borrowed money in a principal amount (individually) of less than $3,000,000 20,000,000 shall not be required to be delivered and (v) share certificates of Immaterial Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries, non-wholly-owned Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Subsidiaries shall not be required to be delivered.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.), Credit Agreement (Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.)
Covenant to Guarantee Guaranteed Obligations and Give Security. (a) On the Closing Date, cause Cause all Loan Parties Restricted Domestic Subsidiaries other than Excluded Subsidiaries to guarantee the Guaranteed ObligationsObligations (each a “Subsidiary Guarantor”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Restricted Subsidiary that is a guarantor of any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness shall also be required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor.
(b) Upon (x) At the formation or acquisition end of any Subsidiaries of Holdings organized under the laws each fiscal quarter of the United States (or any state thereof) (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) or (y) any Excluded Subsidiary ceasing to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary (each, an “Additional Guarantor”)Borrower, the Borrower shall determine whether any Restricted Companies that are not currently Subsidiary Guarantors shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.13(a) to become Subsidiary Guarantors and whether any Loan Party owns any Material Real Property not currently subject to a Mortgage, and, within sixty (60) 60 days after the end of such formation, acquisition or cessation occurred fiscal quarter (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), notify will at the Administrative Agent andBorrower’s expense:
(i) cause any new Subsidiary Guarantors (each, an “Additional Guarantor Guarantor”) to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty substantially in the form of the Guaranty Supplement or such other form of guaranty or guaranty supplement to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, it being understood and agreed that each Loan Party Subsidiary that is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor on the Closing Date shall duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty on the Closing Date;
(ii) except during a Collateral Release Period, cause such Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Mortgages (subject to the time periods and other requirements of Section 6.13(c)), Security Agreement Supplements (including Perfection Certificates), Intellectual Property Security Agreements Agreement and other security documents, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Collateral Documents Security Agreement, Intellectual Property Security Agreement and other security documents in effect on the Closing Date), granting a Lien in substantially all of the assets that would constitute Collateral (in each case, other than any Excluded Asset) directly held by such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case securing the Secured Obligations of such Additional Guarantor;
(iii) except during a Collateral Release Period, cause such Additional Guarantor to deliver, to the extent required to be pledged hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, any and all certificates representing Equity Interests owned by such Loan Party accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank;
(iv) except during a Collateral Release Period, to the extent required by the Collateral Documents and subject to clause (d) below, take and cause such Additional Guarantor to take whatever action (including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties purported to be subject to the Collateral Documents Security Agreement Supplements, Mortgages and other security documents delivered pursuant to this Section 6.13, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms; and
(c) With Except during a Collateral Release Period, with respect to any Material Real PropertyProperty owned by any Subsidiary Guarantor (including any Additional Guarantor) or the Borrower, Holdings and the Guarantors, within 90 days after the Closing Date (or the joinder of such Additional Guarantor) or within 90 days after the acquisition of any other Material Real Property by a Loan Party (or in each case such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), the applicable Loan Party shall grant to the Administrative Agent a security interest in and deliver a mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a “Mortgage”) as additional security for the Obligations. Any such Mortgage in a mortgage Tax tax state shall be capped at the fair market value of the applicable property. The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by Law to perfect the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent. All Taxestaxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent such documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require, including to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after after-acquired Material Real Property real property (including, to the extent so required, a Title Policy, a Survey, a local counsel opinion (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), and to the extent existing and available, environmental assessment reports and (i) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination, (ii) in the event that such after after-acquired Material Real Property real property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notice executed by such Loan Party about such special flood hazard area status in respect of such Mortgage and (iii) if the Loan Party notice described in the immediately preceding clause (ii) is required to be given and, to the extent flood insurance is required by any applicable Flood Insurance Laws, evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of a flood insurance policy in compliance in all material respects with the Flood Insurance Laws (including without limitation, in an amount required under the Flood Insurance Laws)). No later than 45 days prior to the date on which a Mortgage is to be executed by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide any Designated Lenders notice of entry into such Mortgage (which notice may be delivered electronically and which notice shall be delivered promptly (and, in any event, within five Business Days) after the Administrative Agent has received notice from the Borrower of the intention to enter into such Mortgage (the date of delivery of such notice to the Designated Lenders, the “Mortgage Notification Date”)), together with copies of the deliverables specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and upon confirmation from each Lender that the flood insurance due diligence required to be conducted by such Lender has been completed and any other flood insurance requirements applicable to such Lender have been complied with, in each case under applicable Flood Insurance Laws, the relevant Loan Party may provide such Mortgageabove. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if due to the Administrative Agent’s failure to deliver the notice to the Designated Lenders set forth in this clause (c), a Mortgage cannot be executed within the time period set forth in clause (b) above, then (i) the Administrative Agent agrees that the extension of the deadline to execute such Mortgage to the date that is 45 days after the Mortgage Notification Date is reasonable and the Administrative Agent consents to such extension and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred due to the failure of the applicable Loan Party to execute such Mortgage within such original time period.
(d) [Reserved].
(e) [Reserved].
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Loan Parties shall not be required to grant a security interest in any assets to the extent the grant or perfection of a security interest in such asset would be prohibited by applicable Law, (ii) no action outside of the United States shall be required in order to create or perfect any security interest in any assetasset located outside of the United States, and no foreign law security or pledge agreements or foreign intellectual property filing, search or schedule shall be required that is not governed by the Laws of the United Statesrequired, and (iii) the following Collateral shall not be required to be perfected (other than to the extent perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement): (A) assets requiring perfection through control agreements or other control arrangements, including in respect of any deposit, securities or commodities accounts (other than control of pledged capital stock and material intercompany notes, in each case to the extent otherwise constituting Collateral), (B) commercial tort claims in which the amount claimed is less than $3,000,000 individually, equity interests of Immaterial Subsidiaries and (C) motor vehicles and other assets the equity interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
(e) Upon the occurrence of a Collateral Release Date, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Collateral Documents, the security interests on the Collateral granted thereby shall terminate, subject to certificates automatic reinstatement at the end (if any) of title the related Collateral Release Period. At the request and letter expense of credit rights with a value of less than $3,000,000 (the Borrower, the Administrative Agent will promptly execute and deliver to the extent not constituting Borrower such documents as the Borrower shall reasonably request to evidence such termination and release. If at any time after any Collateral Release Date, a supporting obligationCollateral Trigger Date shall occur, then the security interests on the Collateral granted by the Collateral Documents shall automatically reinstate, and the Borrower will, and will cause each Guarantor to, promptly and no later than the time periods specified herein, execute and take such further action, to (i) (it being understood that no actions shall be required to affirm the grant of such security interests and evidence and re-perfect a such security interest in letter of credit rights other than the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or the equivalent thereof), (iv) promissory notes to the extent evidencing third-party debt for borrowed money in a principal amount (individually) of less than $3,000,000 shall not be required to be delivered and on all Collateral and (vii) share certificates affirm the Guarantee of Immaterial Subsidiariesthe Secured Obligations, Unrestricted Subsidiariesin each case, non-wholly-owned Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Subsidiaries shall not be required to be deliveredas the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
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Covenant to Guarantee Guaranteed Obligations and Give Security. (a) On Cause the Closing Date, cause all Loan Parties following Restricted Subsidiaries to guarantee the Guaranteed ObligationsObligations (each a “Subsidiary Guarantor”): such Restricted Subsidiaries as shall constitute (x) at least 95% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries (excluding, for the purposes of such calculation, (1) all Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but including any Subsidiaries that were, at one time, designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but have been redesignated as Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 6.14, (2) all Prohibited Restricted Subsidiaries described in the following sentence for so long as the relevant Indebtedness remains outstanding and (3) any Securitization Vehicle) for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 and (y) at least 95% of the Total Assets of the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries (excluding, for the purposes of such calculation, (1) all Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but including any Subsidiaries that were, at one time, designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but have been redesignated as Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 6.14, (2) all Prohibited Restricted Subsidiaries described in the following sentence for so long as the relevant Indebtedness remains outstanding and (3) any Securitization Vehicle) as of the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is a guarantor of any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness shall also be required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) no Subsidiary shall be required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor if such Subsidiary is a Foreign Subsidiary or a Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary and (iii) no Restricted Subsidiary that is prohibited from guaranteeing the Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to documents governing any Indebtedness assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition and not incurred in contemplation thereof (each, a “Prohibited Restricted Subsidiary”) shall be required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor for so long as such Indebtedness remains outstanding.
(b) Upon (x) At the formation or acquisition end of any Subsidiaries of Holdings organized under the laws each fiscal quarter of the United States (or any state thereof) (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) or (y) any Excluded Subsidiary ceasing to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary (each, an “Additional Guarantor”)Company, the Borrower Company shall determine whether any Restricted Companies that are not currently Subsidiary Guarantors shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.12(a) to become Subsidiary Guarantors and, within sixty (60) 60 days after the end of such formation, acquisition or cessation occurred fiscal quarter (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), notify will at the Administrative Agent andCompany’s expense:
(i) cause Cause any new Subsidiary Guarantors (each, an “Additional Guarantor Guarantor”) to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty substantially in the form of the Guaranty Supplement Exhibit G (either directly or via a guaranty supplement) or such other form of guaranty or guaranty supplement to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the BorrowerCompany, it being understood and agreed that each Loan Party Subsidiary that is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor on the Original Closing Date shall duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty on the Original Closing Date; provided that in connection with any acquisition of any Restricted Company, if any Subsidiary that is not already a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.12(a) to become a Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company shall, in each case at the Company’s expense and within 30 days of being so required, cause such Subsidiary to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty;
(ii) Except during a Collateral Release Period, cause such Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Mortgages (subject to the time periods and other requirements of Section 6.13(c)), Security a Pledge Agreement Supplements (including Perfection Certificates), Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other security documentsSupplement, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Collateral Documents Pledge Agreement and other security documents in effect on the Closing Third Restatement Effective Date), granting a Lien in substantially all of the assets that would constitute Collateral (in each case, other than any Excluded Asset) Equity Interests directly held by such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case securing the Secured Obligations of such Additional Guarantor; provided that (A) no more than 65% of the voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that are held directly by a Loan Party shall be required to be pledged to support the Secured Obligations (except to the extent such Equity Interests are pledged to support obligations under any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness); (B) no Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary which have been pledged to secure Indebtedness of such Additional Guarantor assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition that is secured by a Lien permitted by Section 7.01(p) shall be required to be pledged, but only for so long as such Lien is in effect; (C) no Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that are held directly by a Foreign Subsidiary shall be required to be pledged to support the Secured Obligations (except to the extent such Equity Interests are pledged to support obligations under any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness); (D) Equity Interests in any Joint Venture which cannot be pledged without the consent of any third party (and which such consent has not been obtained) shall not be required to be pledged to support the Secured Obligations to the extent such restriction is enforceable; and (E) Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be required to be pledged to support the Secured Obligations if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that the costs of obtaining the security interest in such Equity Interests are unreasonably excessive in relation to the benefit to the Secured Parties of the security to be afforded thereby;
(iii) Except during a Collateral Release Period, cause such Additional Guarantor to deliver, to the extent required to be pledged hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, any and all certificates representing Equity Interests owned by such Loan Party Restricted Subsidiary accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank;; and
(iv) to the extent required by the Except during a Collateral Documents and subject to clause (d) belowRelease Period, take and cause such Additional Guarantor to take whatever action (including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties purported to be subject to the Collateral Documents Pledge Agreement Supplements and other security documents delivered pursuant to this Section 6.136.12, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms; and.
(c) With respect to any Material Real Property[Reserved].
(d) Except during a Collateral Release Period, within 90 45 days after the Closing Date reasonable request therefor by the Administrative Agent, or within 90 days after the acquisition of any other Material Real Property (or in each case such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), the applicable Loan Party shall grant Borrowers shall, at the Borrowers’ expense, deliver to the Administrative Agent a signed copy of an opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, of counsel for the Loan Parties reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to such matters set forth in Section 6.12(b) in respect of foreign Equity Interests as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent that the Company shall determine at any time that certain Restricted Subsidiaries that are not required to be Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.12(a) above are parties to a Subsidiary Guaranty and/or a Pledge Agreement, the Company shall be entitled to give notice to that effect to the Administrative Agent whereupon such Restricted Subsidiaries shall no longer be deemed to be Subsidiary Guarantors and the Administrative Agent shall promptly release each such Restricted Subsidiary from its Subsidiary Guaranty and any applicable Pledge Agreement (and release any liens granted on any Collateral of such Restricted Subsidiary).
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Collateral Documents, the security interests on the Collateral granted thereby shall terminate upon the occurrence of a Collateral Release Date, subject to automatic reinstatement at the end (if any) of the related Collateral Release Period. At the request and sole cost and expense of the Company, the Administrative Agent will execute and deliver to the Company such documents as the Company shall reasonably request to evidence such termination and release. If at any time after any Collateral Release Date, a Collateral Trigger Date shall occur, then the security interests on the Collateral granted by the Collateral Documents shall automatically reinstate, as provided therein, and the Company will, and will cause each Guarantor to, promptly execute and take such further action, to affirm the grant of such security interests and evidence and re-perfect such security interest in and deliver a mortgageon all Collateral, deed including without limitation such certificates, evidences of trust corporate or deed to secure debt in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a “Mortgage”) as additional security for the Obligations. Any such Mortgage in a mortgage Tax state shall be capped at the fair market value other organizational actions, notations and registrations, financing statements, opinions of the applicable property. The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by Law to perfect the Liens in favor counsel, powers of the Administrative Agent. All Taxes, fees attorney and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent such documents relating thereto as the Administrative Agent shall may reasonably requirerequest, including to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after acquired Material Real Property (including, to the extent so required, a Title Policy, a Survey, a local counsel opinion (all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), and to the extent existing and available, environmental assessment reports and (i) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination, (ii) in the event that such after acquired Material Real Property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notice executed by such Loan Party about such special flood hazard area status in respect of such Mortgage and (iii) if the Loan Party notice described in the immediately preceding clause (ii) is required to be given and, to the extent flood insurance is required by any applicable Flood Insurance Laws, evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of a flood insurance policy in compliance in all material respects with the Flood Insurance Laws (including without limitation, in an amount required under the Flood Insurance Laws)). No later than 45 days prior to the date on which a Mortgage is to be executed by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide any Lenders notice of entry into such Mortgage (which notice may be delivered electronically and which notice shall be delivered promptly (and, in any event, within five Business Days) after the Administrative Agent has received notice from the Borrower of the intention to enter into such Mortgage (the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders, the “Mortgage Notification Date”)), together with copies of the deliverables specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and upon confirmation from each Lender that the flood insurance due diligence required to be conducted by such Lender has been completed and any other flood insurance requirements applicable to such Lender have been complied with, in each case under applicable Flood Insurance Laws, the relevant Loan Party may provide such Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if due to the Administrative Agent’s failure to deliver the notice to the Lenders set forth in this clause (c), a Mortgage cannot be executed within the time period set forth in clause (b) above, then (i) the Administrative Agent agrees that the extension of the deadline to execute such Mortgage to the date that is 45 days after the Mortgage Notification Date is reasonable and the Administrative Agent consents to such extension and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred due to the failure of the applicable Loan Party to execute such Mortgage within such original time period.
(d) [Reserved].
(e) [Reserved].
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Loan Parties shall not be required to grant a security interest in any assets to the extent the grant or perfection of a security interest in such asset would be prohibited by applicable Law, (ii) no action outside of the United States shall be required in order to create or perfect any security interest in any asset, and no security or pledge agreements or intellectual property filing, search or schedule shall be required that is not governed by the Laws of the United States, (iii) the following Collateral shall not be required to be perfected (other than to the extent perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement): (A) assets requiring perfection through control agreements or other control arrangements, including in respect of any deposit, securities or commodities accounts (other than control of pledged capital stock and material intercompany notes, in each case to the extent otherwise constituting Collateral), (B) commercial tort claims in which the amount claimed is less than $3,000,000 individually, (C) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and letter of credit rights with a value of less than $3,000,000 (to the extent not constituting a supporting obligation) (it being understood that no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights other than the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or the equivalent thereof), (iv) promissory notes to the extent evidencing third-party debt for borrowed money in a principal amount (individually) of less than $3,000,000 shall not be required to be delivered and (v) share certificates of Immaterial Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries, non-wholly-owned Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Subsidiaries shall not be required to be delivered.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.)
Covenant to Guarantee Guaranteed Obligations and Give Security. (a) On the Closing Date, cause Cause all Loan Parties Restricted Domestic Subsidiaries other than Excluded Subsidiaries to guarantee the Guaranteed ObligationsObligations (each a “Subsidiary Guarantor”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Restricted Subsidiary that is a guarantor of any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness shall also be required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor.
(b) Upon (x) At the formation or acquisition end of any Subsidiaries of Holdings organized under the laws each fiscal quarter of the United States (or any state thereof) (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) or (y) any Excluded Subsidiary ceasing to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary (each, an “Additional Guarantor”)Borrower, the Borrower shall determine whether any Restricted Companies that are not currently Subsidiary Guarantors shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.13(a) to become Subsidiary Guarantors and whether any Loan Party owns any Material Real Property not currently subject to a Mortgage, and, within sixty (60) 60 days after the end of such formation, acquisition or cessation occurred fiscal quarter (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), notify will at the Administrative Agent andBorrower’s expense:
(i) cause any new Subsidiary Guarantors (each, an “Additional Guarantor Guarantor”) to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty substantially in the form of the Guaranty Supplement or such other form of guaranty or guaranty supplement to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, it being understood and agreed that each Loan Party Subsidiary that is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor on the Closing Date shall duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty on the Closing Date;
(ii) except during a Collateral Release Period, cause such Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Mortgages (subject to the time periods and other requirements of Section 6.13(c)), Security Agreement Supplements (including Perfection Certificates), Intellectual Property Security Agreements Agreement and other security documents, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Collateral Documents Security Agreement, Intellectual Property Security Agreement and other security documents in effect on the Closing Date), granting a Lien in substantially all of the assets that would constitute Collateral (in each case, other than any Excluded Asset) directly held by such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case securing the Secured Obligations of such Additional Guarantor;
(iii) except during a Collateral Release Period, cause such Additional Guarantor to deliver, to the extent required to be pledged hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, any and all certificates representing Equity Interests owned by such Loan Party accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank;
(iv) except during a Collateral Release Period, to the extent required by the Collateral Documents and subject to clause (d) below, take and cause such Additional Guarantor to take whatever action (including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties purported to be subject to the Collateral Documents Security Agreement Supplements, Mortgages and other security documents delivered pursuant to this Section 6.13, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms; and
(c) With Except during a Collateral Release Period, with respect to any Material Real PropertyProperty owned by any Subsidiary Guarantor (including any Additional Guarantor) or the Borrower, Holdings and the Guarantors, within 90 days after the Closing Date (or the joinder of such Additional Guarantor) or within 90 days after the acquisition of any other Material Real Property by a Loan Party (or in each case such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), the applicable Loan Party shall grant to the Administrative Agent a security interest in and deliver a mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a “Mortgage”) ), as additional security for the Obligations. Any such Mortgage in a mortgage Tax tax state shall be capped at the fair market value of the applicable property. The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by Law to perfect the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent. All Taxestaxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent such documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require, including to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after after-acquired Material Real Property real property (including, to the extent so required, a Title Policy, a Survey, a local counsel opinion (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), and to the extent existing and available, environmental assessment reports and (ii)(i) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination, (iiii)(ii) in the event that such after after-acquired Material Real Property real property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notice executed by such Loan Party about such special flood hazard area status in respect of such Mortgage and (iiiiii)(iii) if the Loan Party notice described in the immediately preceding clause (ii) is required to be given and, to the extent flood insurance is required by any applicable Flood Insurance Laws, evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of a flood insurance policy in compliance in all material respects with the Flood Insurance Laws (including without limitation, in an amount required under the Flood Insurance Laws)). No later than 45 days prior to the date on which a Mortgage is to be executed by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide any Designated Lenders notice of entry into such Mortgage (which notice may be delivered electronically and which notice shall be delivered promptly (and, in any event, within five Business Days) after the Administrative Agent has received notice from the Borrower of the intention to enter into such Mortgage (the date of delivery of such notice to the LendersDesignated Xxxxxxx, the “Mortgage Notification Date”)), together with copies of the deliverables specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and upon confirmation from each Lender that the flood insurance due diligence required to be conducted by such Lender has been completed and any other flood insurance requirements applicable to such Lender have been complied with, in each case under applicable Flood Insurance Laws, the relevant Loan Party may provide such Mortgageabove. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if due to the Administrative Agent’s failure to deliver the notice to the Designated Lenders set forth in this clause (c), a Mortgage cannot be executed within the time period set forth in clause (b) above, then (i) the Administrative Agent agrees that the extension of the deadline to execute such Mortgage to the date that is 45 days after the Mortgage Notification Date is reasonable and the Administrative Agent consents to such extension and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred due to the failure of the applicable Loan Party to execute such Mortgage within such original time period.
(d) [Reserved].
(e) [Reserved].
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (ii)(i) the Loan Parties shall not be required to grant a security interest in any assets to the extent the grant or perfection of a security interest in such asset would be prohibited by applicable Law, (iiii)(ii) no action outside of the United States shall be required in order to create or perfect any security interest in any assetasset located outside of the United States, and no foreign law security or pledge agreements or foreign intellectual property filing, search or schedule shall be required that is not governed by the Laws of the United Statesrequired, and (iiiiii)(iii) the following Collateral shall not be required to be perfected (other than to the extent perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement): (A) assets requiring perfection through control agreements or other control arrangements, including in respect of any deposit, securities or commodities accounts (other than control of pledged capital stock and material intercompany notes, in each case to the extent otherwise constituting Collateral).
(e) Upon the occurrence of a Collateral Release Date, (B) commercial tort claims notwithstanding anything to the contrary in which the amount claimed is less than $3,000,000 individuallyCollateral Documents, (C) motor vehicles and other assets the security interests on the Collateral granted thereby shall terminate, subject to certificates automatic reinstatement at the end (if any) of title the related Collateral Release Period. At the request and letter expense of credit rights with a value of less than $3,000,000 (the Borrower, the Administrative Agent will promptly execute and deliver to the extent not constituting Borrower such documents as the Borrower shall reasonably request to evidence such termination and release. If at any time after any Collateral Release Date, a supporting obligationCollateral Trigger Date shall occur, then the security interests on the Collateral granted by the Collateral Documents shall automatically reinstate, and the Borrower will, and will cause each Guarantor to, promptly and no later than the time periods specified herein, execute and take such further action, to (i)(i) (it being understood that no actions shall be required to affirm the grant of such security interests and evidence and re-perfect a such security interest in letter of credit rights other than the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or the equivalent thereof), (iv) promissory notes to the extent evidencing third-party debt for borrowed money in a principal amount (individually) of less than $3,000,000 shall not be required to be delivered and on all Collateral and (vii)(ii) share certificates affirm the Guarantee of Immaterial Subsidiariesthe Secured Obligations, Unrestricted Subsidiariesin each case, non-wholly-owned Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Subsidiaries shall not be required to be deliveredas the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
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Samples: Amendment No. 1 (Black Knight, Inc.)
Covenant to Guarantee Guaranteed Obligations and Give Security. (a) On the Closing Date, cause Cause all Loan Parties Restricted Domestic Subsidiaries other than Excluded Subsidiaries to guarantee the Guaranteed ObligationsObligations (each a “Subsidiary Guarantor”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Restricted Subsidiary that is a guarantor of any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness shall also be required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor.
(b) Upon (x) At the formation or acquisition end of any Subsidiaries of Holdings organized under the laws each fiscal quarter of the United States (or any state thereof) (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) or (y) any Excluded Subsidiary ceasing to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary (each, an “Additional Guarantor”)Borrower, the Borrower shall determine whether any Restricted Companies that are not currently Subsidiary Guarantors shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.13(a) to become Subsidiary Guarantors and whether any Loan Party owns any Material Real Property not currently subject to a Mortgage, and, within sixty (60) 60 days after the end of such formation, acquisition or cessation occurred fiscal quarter (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), notify will at the Administrative Agent andBorrower’s expense:
(i) cause any new Subsidiary Guarantors (each, an “Additional Guarantor Guarantor”) to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty substantially in the form of the Guaranty Supplement or such other form of guaranty or guaranty supplement to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, it being understood and agreed that each Loan Party Subsidiary that is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor on the Closing Date shall duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty on the Closing Date; provided that in connection with any acquisition of any Restricted Company, if any Subsidiary that is not already a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.13(a) to become a Subsidiary Guarantor, the Borrower shall, in each case at the Borrower’s expense and within thirty days of being so required (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), cause such Subsidiary to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Guaranty Supplement;
(ii) cause such Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Mortgages (subject to the time periods and other requirements of Section 6.13(c)), Security Agreement Supplements (including Perfection Certificates), Intellectual Property Security Agreements Agreement and other security documents, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Collateral Documents Security Agreement, Intellectual Property Security Agreement and other security documents in effect on the Closing Date), granting a Lien in substantially all of the assets that would constitute Collateral (in each case, other than any Excluded Asset) directly held by such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case securing the Secured Obligations of such Additional Guarantor;
(iii) cause such Additional Guarantor to deliver, to the extent required to be pledged hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, any and all certificates representing Equity Interests owned by such Loan Party accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank;
(iv) to the extent required by the Collateral Documents and subject to clause (d) below, take and cause such Additional Guarantor to take whatever action (including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties purported to be subject to the Collateral Documents Security Agreement Supplements, Mortgages and other security documents delivered pursuant to this Section 6.13, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms; and
(c) With respect to any Material Real PropertyProperty owned by any Subsidiary Guarantor (including any Additional Guarantor) or the Borrower, Holdings and the Guarantors, within 90 days after the Closing Date (or the joinder of such Additional Guarantor) or within 90 days after the acquisition of any other Material Real Property by a Loan Party (or in each case such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), the applicable Loan Party shall grant to the Administrative Agent a security interest in and deliver a mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a “Mortgage”) as additional security for the Obligations. Any such Mortgage in a mortgage Tax tax state shall be capped at the fair market value of the applicable property. The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by Law to perfect the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent. All Taxestaxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent such documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require, including to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after acquired Material Real Property real property (including, to the extent so required, a Title Policy, a Survey, a local counsel opinion (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), ) and to the extent existing and available, environmental assessment reports and (i) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination, (ii) in the event that such after acquired Material Real Property is located in a special flood hazard area, together with a notice executed by such Loan Party about such special flood hazard area status status, if applicable, in respect of such Mortgage Mortgage) and (iii) if the Loan Party notice described in the immediately preceding clause (ii) is required to be given and, to the extent flood insurance is required by any applicable Flood Insurance Lawsexisting and available, evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of a flood insurance policy in compliance in all material respects with the Flood Insurance Laws (including without limitation, in an amount required under the Flood Insurance Laws)). No later than 45 days prior to the date on which a Mortgage is to be executed by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide any Lenders notice of entry into such Mortgage (which notice may be delivered electronically and which notice shall be delivered promptly (and, in any event, within five Business Days) after the Administrative Agent has received notice from the Borrower of the intention to enter into such Mortgage (the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders, the “Mortgage Notification Date”)), together with copies of the deliverables specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and upon confirmation from each Lender that the flood insurance due diligence required to be conducted by such Lender has been completed and any other flood insurance requirements applicable to such Lender have been complied with, in each case under applicable Flood Insurance Laws, the relevant Loan Party may provide such Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if due to the Administrative Agent’s failure to deliver the notice to the Lenders set forth in this clause (c), a Mortgage cannot be executed within the time period set forth in clause (b) above, then (i) the Administrative Agent agrees that the extension of the deadline to execute such Mortgage to the date that is 45 days after the Mortgage Notification Date is reasonable and the Administrative Agent consents to such extension and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred due to the failure of the applicable Loan Party to execute such Mortgage within such original time periodenvironmental assessment reports.
(d) [Reserved].
(e) [Reserved].
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Loan Parties shall not be required to grant a security interest in any assets to the extent the grant or perfection of a security interest in such asset would be prohibited by applicable Law, (ii) no action outside of the United States shall be required in order to create or perfect any security interest in any assetasset located outside of the United States, and no foreign law security or pledge agreements or foreign intellectual property filing, search or schedule shall be required that is not governed by the Laws of the United Statesrequired, and (iii) the following Collateral shall not be required to be perfected (other than to the extent perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement): (A) assets requiring perfection through control agreements or other control arrangements, including in respect of any deposit, securities or commodities accounts (other than control of pledged capital stock and material intercompany notes, in each case to the extent otherwise constituting Collateral), (B) commercial tort claims in which the amount claimed is less than $3,000,000 individually, equity interests of Immaterial Subsidiaries and (C) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates the equity interests of title and letter of credit rights with a value of less than $3,000,000 (to the extent not constituting a supporting obligation) (it being understood that no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights other than the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or the equivalent thereof), (iv) promissory notes to the extent evidencing third-party debt for borrowed money in a principal amount (individually) of less than $3,000,000 shall not be required to be delivered and (v) share certificates of Immaterial Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries, non-wholly-owned Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Subsidiaries shall not be required to be delivered.
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Samples: Credit and Guaranty Agreement (Fidelity National Financial, Inc.)
Covenant to Guarantee Guaranteed Obligations and Give Security. (a) On the Closing Date, cause Cause all Loan Parties Restricted Domestic Subsidiaries other than Excluded Subsidiaries to guarantee the Guaranteed ObligationsObligations (each a “Subsidiary Guarantor”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Restricted Subsidiary that is a guarantor of any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness shall also be required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor.
(b) Upon (x) At the formation or acquisition end of any Subsidiaries of Holdings organized under the laws each fiscal quarter of the United States (or any state thereof) (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) or (y) any Excluded Subsidiary ceasing to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary (each, an “Additional Guarantor”)Borrower, the Borrower shall determine whether any Restricted Companies that are not currently Subsidiary Guarantors shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.13(a) to become Subsidiary Guarantors and whether any Loan Party owns any Material Real Property not currently subject to a Mortgage, and, within sixty (60) 60 days after the end of such formation, acquisition or cessation occurred fiscal quarter (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), notify will at the Administrative Agent andBorrower’s expense:
(i) cause any new Subsidiary Guarantors (each, an “Additional Guarantor Guarantor”) to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty substantially in the form of the Guaranty Supplement or such other form of guaranty or guaranty supplement to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, it being understood and agreed that each Loan Party Subsidiary that is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor on the Closing Date shall duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty on the Closing Date;
(ii) except during a Collateral Release Period, cause such Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Mortgages (subject to the time periods and other requirements of Section 6.13(c)), Security Agreement Supplements (including Perfection Certificates), Intellectual Property Security Agreements Agreement and other security documents, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Collateral Documents Security Agreement, Intellectual Property Security Agreement and other security documents in effect on the Closing Date), granting a Lien in substantially all of the assets that would constitute Collateral (in each case, other than any Excluded Asset) directly held by such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case securing the Secured Obligations of such Additional Guarantor;
(iii) except during a Collateral Release Period, cause such Additional Guarantor to deliver, to the extent required to be pledged hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, any and all certificates representing Equity Interests owned by such Loan Party accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank;
(iv) except during a Collateral Release Period, to the extent required by the Collateral Documents and subject to clause (d) below, take and cause such Additional Guarantor to take whatever action (including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties purported to be subject to the Collateral Documents Security Agreement Supplements, Mortgages and other security documents delivered pursuant to this Section 6.13, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms; and
(c) With Except during a Collateral Release Period, with respect to any Material Real PropertyProperty owned by any Subsidiary Guarantor (including any Additional Guarantor) or the Borrower, Holdings and the Guarantors, within 90 days after the Closing Date (or the joinder of such Additional Guarantor) or within 90 days after the acquisition of any other Material Real Property by a Loan Party (or in each case such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), the applicable Loan Party shall grant to the Administrative Agent a security interest in and deliver a mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a “Mortgage”) ), as additional security for the Obligations. Any such Mortgage in a mortgage Tax tax state shall be capped at the fair market value of the applicable property. The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by Law to perfect the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent. All Taxestaxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent such documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require, including to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after after-acquired Material Real Property real property (including, to the extent so required, a Title Policy, a Survey, a local counsel opinion (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), and to the extent existing and available, environmental assessment reports and (i) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination, (ii) in the event that such after after-acquired Material Real Property real property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notice executed by such Loan Party about such special flood hazard area status in respect of such Mortgage and (iii) if the Loan Party notice described in the immediately preceding clause (ii) is required to be given and, to the extent flood insurance is required by any applicable Flood Insurance Laws, evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of a flood insurance policy in compliance in all material respects with the Flood Insurance Laws (including without limitation, in an amount required under the Flood Insurance Laws)). No later than 45 days prior to the date on which a Mortgage is to be executed by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide any Designated Lenders notice of entry into such Mortgage (which notice may be delivered electronically and which notice shall be delivered promptly (and, in any event, within five Business Days) after the Administrative Agent has received notice from the Borrower of the intention to enter into such Mortgage (the date of delivery of such notice to the Designated Lenders, the “Mortgage Notification Date”)), together with copies of the deliverables specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and upon confirmation from each Lender that the flood insurance due diligence required to be conducted by such Lender has been completed and any other flood insurance requirements applicable to such Lender have been complied with, in each case under applicable Flood Insurance Laws, the relevant Loan Party may provide such Mortgageabove. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if due to the Administrative Agent’s failure to deliver the notice to the Designated Lenders set forth in this clause (c), a Mortgage cannot be executed within the time period set forth in clause (b) above, then (i) the Administrative Agent agrees that the extension of the deadline to execute such Mortgage to the date that is 45 days after the Mortgage Notification Date is reasonable and the Administrative Agent consents to such extension and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred due to the failure of the applicable Loan Party to execute such Mortgage within such original time period.
(d) [Reserved].
(e) [Reserved].
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Loan Parties shall not be required to grant a security interest in any assets to the extent the grant or perfection of a security interest in such asset would be prohibited by applicable Law, (ii) no action outside of the United States shall be required in order to create or perfect any security interest in any assetasset located outside of the United States, and no foreign law security or pledge agreements or foreign intellectual property filing, search or schedule shall be required that is not governed by the Laws of the United Statesrequired, and (iii) the following Collateral shall not be required to be perfected (other than to the extent perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement): (A) assets requiring perfection through control agreements or other control arrangements, including in respect of any deposit, securities or commodities accounts (other than control of pledged capital stock and material intercompany notes, in each case to the extent otherwise constituting Collateral).
(e) Upon the occurrence of a Collateral Release Date, (B) commercial tort claims notwithstanding anything to the contrary in which the amount claimed is less than $3,000,000 individuallyCollateral Documents, (C) motor vehicles and other assets the security interests on the Collateral granted thereby shall terminate, subject to certificates automatic reinstatement at the end (if any) of title the related Collateral Release Period. At the request and letter expense of credit rights with a value of less than $3,000,000 (the Borrower, the Administrative Agent will promptly execute and deliver to the extent not constituting Borrower such documents as the Borrower shall reasonably request to evidence such termination and release. If at any time after any Collateral Release Date, a supporting obligationCollateral Trigger Date shall occur, then the security interests on the Collateral granted by the Collateral Documents shall automatically reinstate, and the Borrower will, and will cause each Guarantor to, promptly and no later than the time periods specified herein, execute and take such further action, to (i) (it being understood that no actions shall be required to affirm the grant of such security interests and evidence and re-perfect a such security interest in letter of credit rights other than the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or the equivalent thereof), (iv) promissory notes to the extent evidencing third-party debt for borrowed money in a principal amount (individually) of less than $3,000,000 shall not be required to be delivered and on all Collateral and (vii) share certificates affirm the Guarantee of Immaterial Subsidiariesthe Secured Obligations, Unrestricted Subsidiariesin each case, non-wholly-owned Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Subsidiaries shall not be required to be deliveredas the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
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Covenant to Guarantee Guaranteed Obligations and Give Security. (a) On Cause the Closing Date, cause all Loan Parties following Restricted Subsidiaries to guarantee the Guaranteed ObligationsObligations (each a “Subsidiary Guarantor”): such Restricted Subsidiaries as shall constitute (x) at least 95% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries (excluding, for the purposes of such calculation, (1) all Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but including any Subsidiaries that were, at one time, designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but have been redesignated as Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 6.14, (2) all Prohibited Restricted Subsidiaries described in the following sentence for so long as the relevant Indebtedness remains outstanding and (3) any Securitization Vehicle) for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 and (y) at least 95% of the Total Assets of the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries (excluding, for the purposes of such calculation, (1) all Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but including any Subsidiaries that were, at one time, designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but have been redesignated as Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 6.14, (2) all Prohibited Restricted Subsidiaries described in the following sentence for so long as the relevant Indebtedness remains outstanding and (3) any Securitization Vehicle) as of the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is a guarantor of any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness shall also be required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) no Subsidiary shall be required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor if such Subsidiary is a Foreign Subsidiary or a Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary and (iii) no Restricted Subsidiary that is prohibited from guaranteeing the Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to documents governing any Indebtedness assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition and not incurred in contemplation thereof (each, a “Prohibited Restricted Subsidiary”) shall be required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor for so long as such Indebtedness remains outstanding.
(b) Upon (x) At the formation or acquisition end of any Subsidiaries of Holdings organized under the laws each fiscal quarter of the United States (or any state thereof) (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) or (y) any Excluded Subsidiary ceasing to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary (each, an “Additional Guarantor”)Company, the Borrower Company shall determine whether any Restricted Companies that are not currently Subsidiary Guarantors shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.12(a) to become Subsidiary Guarantors and, within sixty (60) 60 days after the end of such formation, acquisition or cessation occurred fiscal quarter (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), notify will at the Administrative Agent andCompany’s expense:
(i) cause Cause any new Subsidiary Guarantors (each, an “Additional Guarantor Guarantor”) to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty substantially in the form of the Guaranty Supplement Exhibit G (either directly or via a guaranty supplement) or such other form of guaranty or guaranty supplement to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the BorrowerCompany, it being understood and agreed that each Loan Party Subsidiary that is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor on the Original Closing Date shall duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty on the Original Closing Date; provided that in connection with any acquisition of any Restricted Company, if any Subsidiary that is not already a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.12(a) to become a Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company shall, in each case at the Company’s expense and within 30 days of being so required, cause such Subsidiary to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty;
(ii) cause Cause such Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Mortgages (subject to the time periods and other requirements of Section 6.13(c)), Security a Pledge Agreement Supplements (including Perfection Certificates), Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other security documentsSupplement, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Collateral Documents Pledge Agreement and other security documents in effect on the Closing Restatement Effective Date), granting a Lien in substantially all of the assets that would constitute Collateral (in each case, other than any Excluded Asset) Equity Interests directly held by such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case securing the Secured Obligations of such Additional Guarantor; provided that (A) no more than 65% of the voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that are held directly by a Loan Party shall be required to be pledged to support the Secured Obligations (except to the extent such Equity Interests are pledged to support obligations under any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness); (B) no Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary which have been pledged to secure Indebtedness of such Additional Guarantor assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition that is secured by a Lien permitted by Section 7.01(p) shall be required to be pledged, but only for so long as such Lien is in effect; (C) no Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that are held directly by a Foreign Subsidiary shall be required to be pledged to support the Secured Obligations (except to the extent such Equity Interests are pledged to support obligations under any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness); (D) Equity Interests in any Joint Venture which cannot be pledged without the consent of any third party (and which such consent has not been obtained) shall not be required to be pledged to support the Secured Obligations to the extent such restriction is enforceable; and (E) Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be required to be pledged to support the Secured Obligations if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that the costs of obtaining the security interest in such Equity Interests are unreasonably excessive in relation to the benefit to the Secured Parties of the security to be afforded thereby;
(iii) cause Cause such Additional Guarantor to deliver, to the extent required to be pledged hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, any and all certificates representing Equity Interests owned by such Loan Party Restricted Subsidiary accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank;; and
(iv) to the extent required by the Collateral Documents and subject to clause (d) below, take Take and cause such Additional Guarantor to take whatever action (including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties purported to be subject to the Collateral Documents Pledge Agreement Supplements and other security documents delivered pursuant to this Section 6.136.12, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms; and.
(c) With respect to any Material Real Property, within 90 [Reserved].
(d) Within 45 days after the Closing Date reasonable request therefor by the Administrative Agent, or within 90 days after the acquisition of any other Material Real Property (or in each case such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), the applicable Loan Party shall grant Borrowers shall, at the Borrowers’ expense, deliver to the Administrative Agent a security interest in and deliver a mortgagesigned copy of an opinion, deed of trust or deed to secure debt in a form reasonably satisfactory addressed to the Administrative Agent (a “Mortgage”) as additional security and the other Secured Parties, of counsel for the Obligations. Any such Mortgage in a mortgage Tax state shall be capped at the fair market value of the applicable property. The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by Law to perfect the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent. All Taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver Parties reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to such documents matters set forth in Section 6.12(b) in respect of foreign Equity Interests as the Administrative Agent shall may reasonably require, including to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after acquired Material Real Property request.
(including, to the extent so required, a Title Policy, a Survey, a local counsel opinion (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), and to the extent existing and available, environmental assessment reports and (ie) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination, (ii) in the event that such after acquired Material Real Property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notice executed by such Loan Party about such special flood hazard area status in respect of such Mortgage and (iii) if the Loan Party notice described in the immediately preceding clause (ii) is required to be given and, to the extent flood insurance is required by any applicable Flood Insurance Laws, evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of a flood insurance policy in compliance in all material respects with the Flood Insurance Laws (including without limitation, in an amount required under the Flood Insurance Laws)). No later than 45 days prior to the date on which a Mortgage is to be executed by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide any Lenders notice of entry into such Mortgage (which notice may be delivered electronically and which notice shall be delivered promptly (and, in any event, within five Business Days) after the Administrative Agent has received notice from the Borrower of the intention to enter into such Mortgage (the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders, the “Mortgage Notification Date”)), together with copies of the deliverables specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and upon confirmation from each Lender that the flood insurance due diligence required to be conducted by such Lender has been completed and any other flood insurance requirements applicable to such Lender have been complied with, in each case under applicable Flood Insurance Laws, the relevant Loan Party may provide such Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if due to the extent that the Company shall determine at any time that certain Restricted Subsidiaries that are not required to be Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.12(a) above are parties to a Subsidiary Guaranty and/or a Pledge Agreement, the Company shall be entitled to give notice to that effect to the Administrative Agent’s failure Agent whereupon such Restricted Subsidiaries shall no longer be deemed to deliver the notice to the Lenders set forth in this clause (c), a Mortgage cannot be executed within the time period set forth in clause (b) above, then (i) the Administrative Agent agrees that the extension of the deadline to execute such Mortgage to the date that is 45 days after the Mortgage Notification Date is reasonable Subsidiary Guarantors and the Administrative Agent consents to shall promptly release each such extension Restricted Subsidiary from its Subsidiary Guaranty and any applicable Pledge Agreement (ii) no Default or Event and release any liens granted on any Collateral of Default shall be deemed to have occurred due to the failure of the applicable Loan Party to execute such Mortgage within such original time periodRestricted Subsidiary).
(d) [Reserved].
(e) [Reserved].
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Loan Parties shall not be required to grant a security interest in any assets to the extent the grant or perfection of a security interest in such asset would be prohibited by applicable Law, (ii) no action outside of the United States shall be required in order to create or perfect any security interest in any asset, and no security or pledge agreements or intellectual property filing, search or schedule shall be required that is not governed by the Laws of the United States, (iii) the following Collateral shall not be required to be perfected (other than to the extent perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement): (A) assets requiring perfection through control agreements or other control arrangements, including in respect of any deposit, securities or commodities accounts (other than control of pledged capital stock and material intercompany notes, in each case to the extent otherwise constituting Collateral), (B) commercial tort claims in which the amount claimed is less than $3,000,000 individually, (C) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and letter of credit rights with a value of less than $3,000,000 (to the extent not constituting a supporting obligation) (it being understood that no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights other than the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or the equivalent thereof), (iv) promissory notes to the extent evidencing third-party debt for borrowed money in a principal amount (individually) of less than $3,000,000 shall not be required to be delivered and (v) share certificates of Immaterial Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries, non-wholly-owned Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Subsidiaries shall not be required to be delivered.
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Samples: Amendment and Restatement Agreement (Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.)
Covenant to Guarantee Guaranteed Obligations and Give Security. (a) On the Closing Date, cause Cause all Loan Parties Restricted Domestic Subsidiaries other than Excluded Subsidiaries to guarantee the Guaranteed ObligationsObligations (each a “Subsidiary Guarantor”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Restricted Subsidiary that is a guarantor of any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness shall also be required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor.
(b) Upon (x) At the formation or acquisition end of any Subsidiaries of Holdings organized under the laws each fiscal quarter of the United States (or any state thereof) (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) or (y) any Excluded Subsidiary ceasing to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary (each, an “Additional Guarantor”)Borrower, the Borrower shall determine whether any Restricted Companies that are not currently Subsidiary Guarantors shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.13(a) to become Subsidiary Guarantors and whether any Loan Party owns any Material Real Property not currently subject to a Mortgage, and, within sixty (60) 60 days after the end of such formation, acquisition or cessation occurred fiscal quarter (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), notify will at the Administrative Agent andBorrower’s expense:
(i) cause any new Subsidiary Guarantors (each, an “Additional Guarantor Guarantor”) to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty substantially in the form of the Guaranty Supplement or such other form of guaranty or guaranty supplement to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, it being understood and agreed that each Loan Party Subsidiary that is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor on the Closing Date shall duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty on the Closing Date; provided that in connection with any acquisition of any Restricted Company, if any acquired Subsidiary that is not already a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.13 (a) to become a Subsidiary Guarantor, the Borrower shall, in each case at the Borrower’s expense and within thirtysixty days of being so required (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), cause such Subsidiary to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Guaranty Supplement;
(ii) cause such Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Mortgages (subject to the time periods and other requirements of Section 6.13(c)), Security Agreement Supplements (including Perfection Certificates), Intellectual Property Security Agreements Agreement and other security documents, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Collateral Documents Security Agreement, Intellectual Property Security Agreement and other security documents in effect on the Closing Date), granting a Lien in substantially all of the assets that would constitute Collateral (in each case, other than any Excluded Asset) directly held by such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case securing the Secured Obligations of such Additional Guarantor;
(iii) cause such Additional Guarantor to deliver, to the extent required to be pledged hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, any and all certificates representing Equity Interests owned by such Loan Party accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank;
(iv) to the extent required by the Collateral Documents and subject to clause (d) below, take and cause such Additional Guarantor to take whatever action (including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties purported to be subject to the Collateral Documents Security Agreement Supplements, Mortgages and other security documents delivered pursuant to this Section 6.13, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms; and
(c) With respect to any Material Real PropertyProperty owned by any Subsidiary Guarantor (including any Additional Guarantor) or the Borrower, Holdings and the Guarantors, within 90 days after the Closing Date (or the joinder of such Additional Guarantor) or within 90 days after the acquisition of any other Material Real Property by a Loan Party (or in each case such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), the applicable Loan Party shall grant to the Administrative Agent a security interest in and deliver a mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a “Mortgage”) as additional security for the Obligations. Any such Mortgage in a mortgage Tax tax state shall be capped at the fair market value of the applicable property. The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by Law to perfect the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent. All Taxestaxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent such documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require, including to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after acquired Material Real Property real property (including, to the extent so required, a Title Policy, a Survey, a local counsel opinion (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), and to the extent existing and available, environmental assessment reports and (i) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination, (iitogether with(ii) in the event that such after acquired Material Real Property real property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notice executed by such Loan Party about such special flood hazard area status status, if applicable, in respect of such Mortgage Mortgage) and to the extent existing and available, environmental assessment reports.and (iii) if the Loan Party notice described in the immediately preceding clause (ii) is required to be given and, to the extent flood insurance is required by any applicable Flood Insurance Laws, evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of a flood insurance policy in compliance in all material respects with the Flood Insurance Laws (including without limitation, in an amount required under the Flood Insurance Laws)). No later than 45 days prior to the date on which a Mortgage is to be executed by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide any Designated Lenders notice of entry into such Mortgage (which notice may be delivered electronically and which notice shall be delivered promptly (and, in any event, within five Business Days) after the Administrative Agent has received notice from the Borrower of the intention to enter into such Mortgage (the date of delivery of such notice to the Designated Lenders, the “Mortgage Notification Date”)), together with copies of the deliverables specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and upon confirmation from each Lender that the flood insurance due diligence required to be conducted by such Lender has been completed and any other flood insurance requirements applicable to such Lender have been complied with, in each case under applicable Flood Insurance Laws, the relevant Loan Party may provide such Mortgageabove. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if due to the Administrative Agent’s failure to deliver the notice to the Designated Lenders set forth in this clause (c), a Mortgage cannot be executed within the time period set forth in clause (b) above, then (i) the Administrative Agent agrees that the extension of the deadline to execute such Mortgage to the date that is 45 days after the Mortgage Notification Date is reasonable and the Administrative Agent consents to such extension and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred due to the failure of the applicable Loan Party to execute such Mortgage within such original time period.
(d) [Reserved].
(e) [Reserved].
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Loan Parties shall not be required to grant a security interest in any assets to the extent the grant or perfection of a security interest in such asset would be prohibited by applicable Law, (ii) no action outside of the United States shall be required in order to create or perfect any security interest in any assetasset located outside of the United States, and no foreign law security or pledge agreements or foreign intellectual property filing, search or schedule shall be required that is not governed by the Laws of the United Statesrequired, and (iii) the following Collateral shall not be required to be perfected (other than to the extent perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement): (A) assets requiring perfection through control agreements or other control arrangements, including in respect of any deposit, securities or commodities accounts (other than control of pledged capital stock and material intercompany notes, in each case to the extent otherwise constituting Collateral), (B) commercial tort claims in which the amount claimed is less than $3,000,000 individually, equity interests of Immaterial Subsidiaries and (C) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates the equity interests of title and letter of credit rights with a value of less than $3,000,000 (to the extent not constituting a supporting obligation) (it being understood that no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights other than the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or the equivalent thereof), (iv) promissory notes to the extent evidencing third-party debt for borrowed money in a principal amount (individually) of less than $3,000,000 shall not be required to be delivered and (v) share certificates of Immaterial Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries, non-wholly-owned Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Subsidiaries shall not be required to be delivered.
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Samples: Credit and Guaranty Agreement (Black Knight Financial Services, Inc.)
Covenant to Guarantee Guaranteed Obligations and Give Security. (a) On the Closing Date, cause all Closing Date Loan Parties to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations.
(b) Upon (xx)(A) the formation or acquisition of any Subsidiaries of Holdings the Borrower (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) organized under the laws of the United States (or any state thereof) (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) ), including, without limitation, upon the formation of any Subsidiary that is a Delaware Divided LLC, or (yB) any Excluded Subsidiary ceasing to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary, or (y) the designation by the Borrower, at its election, of any Excluded Subsidiary as a Subsidiary Guarantor (each, an “Additional Guarantor”), the Borrower shall within sixty (60) days after such formation, acquisition acquisition, cessation or cessation designation occurred (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), notify the Administrative Agent; provided, that (a) solely in the case of any such designation of a non-U.S. Excluded Subsidiary as an Additional Guarantor (a “Non-U.S. Discretionary Guarantor”), consent of the Administrative Agent and:shall be required prior to the addition of any Non-U.S. Discretionary Guarantor, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned (it being understood that such consent may be withheld if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that such Non-U.S. Discretionary Guarantor is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction (i) where the amount and enforceability of the contemplated guarantee that may be entered into by a Person organized in the relevant jurisdiction is materially and adversely limited by applicable law or contractual limitations, (ii) where the security interests (and the enforceability thereof) that may be granted with respect to assets (or various classes of assets) located in the relevant jurisdiction are materially and adversely limited by applicable law or (iii) that is not a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or is the target of any Sanctions; provided, that no such consent shall be required for the addition of any Additional 135
(i) cause any Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty substantially in the form of the Guaranty Supplement attached to the Guaranty Agreement or such other form of guaranty or guaranty supplement to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, it being understood and agreed that each Closing Date Loan Party shall duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty on the Closing Date;
; (ii) cause such Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Mortgages (subject to the time periods and other requirements of Section 6.13(c))Agent, Security Agreement Supplements (including including, with respect to any U.S. Loan Party, Perfection Certificates), Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other security documents, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Collateral Documents in effect on the Closing Date), granting a Lien in substantially all of the assets that would constitute Collateral (in each case, other than any Excluded Asset) directly held by such Restricted SubsidiaryAdditional Guarantor, in each case securing the Secured Obligations of such Additional Guarantor;
; (iii) cause such Additional Guarantor to deliver, to the extent required to be pledged hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, any and all certificates representing Equity Interests owned by such Loan Party accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank;
; (iv) to the extent required by the Collateral Documents and subject to clause (d) belowDocuments, take and cause such Additional Guarantor to take whatever action (including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties (other than any Excluded Asset) purported to be subject to the Collateral Documents delivered pursuant to this Section Section 6.13, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms; and
and (c) With respect to any Material Real Property, within 90 days after the Closing Date or within 90 days after the acquisition of any other Material Real Property (or in each case such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), the applicable Loan Party shall grant to the Administrative Agent a security interest in and deliver a mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a “Mortgage”) as additional security for the Obligations. Any such Mortgage in a mortgage Tax state shall be capped at the fair market value of the applicable property. The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by Law to perfect the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent. All Taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent such documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require, including to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after acquired Material Real Property (including, to the extent so required, a Title Policy, a Survey, a local counsel opinion (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), and to the extent existing and available, environmental assessment reports and (i) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination, (ii) in the event that such after acquired Material Real Property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notice executed by such Loan Party about such special flood hazard area status in respect of such Mortgage and (iii) if the Loan Party notice described in the immediately preceding clause (ii) is required to be given and, to the extent flood insurance is required by any applicable Flood Insurance Laws, evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of a flood insurance policy in compliance in all material respects with the Flood Insurance Laws (including without limitation, in an amount required under the Flood Insurance Laws)). No later than 45 days prior to the date on which a Mortgage is to be executed by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide any Lenders notice of entry into such Mortgage (which notice may be delivered electronically and which notice shall be delivered promptly (and, in any event, within five Business Days) after the Administrative Agent has received notice from the Borrower of the intention to enter into such Mortgage (the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders, the “Mortgage Notification Date”)), together with copies of the deliverables specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and upon confirmation from each Lender that the flood insurance due diligence required to be conducted by such Lender has been completed and any other flood insurance requirements applicable to such Lender have been complied with, in each case under applicable Flood Insurance Laws, the relevant Loan Party may provide such Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if due to the Administrative Agent’s failure to deliver the notice to the Lenders set forth in this clause (c), a Mortgage cannot be executed within the time period set forth in clause (b) above, then (i) the Administrative Agent agrees that the extension of the deadline to execute such Mortgage to the date that is 45 days after the Mortgage Notification Date is reasonable and the Administrative Agent consents to such extension and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred due to the failure of the applicable Loan Party to execute such Mortgage within such original time period[reserved].
(d) [Reservedreserved].
(e) [Reservedreserved].
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Loan Parties shall not be required to grant a security interest in any assets to the extent the grant or perfection of a security interest in such asset would be prohibited by applicable Law, (ii) unless agreed to by the Borrower, no action outside of the United States shall be required in order to create or perfect any security interest in any asset, and no security or pledge agreements or intellectual property filing, search or schedule shall be required that is not governed by the Laws of the United States, (iii) the following Collateral shall not be required to be perfected (other than to the extent perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement): (A) assets requiring perfection through control agreements or other control arrangements, including in respect of any deposit, securities or commodities accounts (other than control of pledged capital stock and material intercompany notes, in each case to the extent otherwise constituting Collateral), (B) commercial tort claims in which the amount claimed is less than $3,000,000 individually, (C) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and letter of credit rights with a value of less than $3,000,000 (to the extent not constituting a supporting obligation) (it being understood that no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights other than the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or the equivalent thereof), (iv) promissory notes to the extent evidencing third-party debt for borrowed money in a principal amount (individually) of less than $3,000,000 shall not be required to be delivered and (v) share certificates of Immaterial Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries, non-wholly-owned Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Subsidiaries shall not be required to be delivered.136
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Covenant to Guarantee Guaranteed Obligations and Give Security. (a) On the Closing Date, cause all Closing Date Loan Parties to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations.
(ba) Upon (xx)(A) the formation or acquisition of any Subsidiaries of Holdings the Borrower (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) organized under the laws of the United States (or any state thereof) (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) ), including, without limitation, upon the formation of any Subsidiary that is a Delaware Divided LLC, or (yB) any Excluded Subsidiary ceasing to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary, or (y) the designation by the Borrower, at its election, of any Excluded Subsidiary as a Subsidiary Guarantor (each, an “Additional Guarantor”), the Borrower shall within sixty (60) days after such formation, acquisition acquisition, cessation or cessation designation occurred (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), notify the Administrative Agent; provided, that (a) solely in the case of any such designation of a non-U.S. Excluded Subsidiary as an Additional Guarantor (a “Non-U.S. Discretionary Guarantor”), consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required prior to the addition of any Non-U.S. Discretionary Guarantor, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned (it being understood that such consent may be withheld if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that such Non-U.S. Discretionary Guarantor is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction (i) where the amount and enforceability of the contemplated guarantee that may be entered into by a Person organized in the relevant jurisdiction is materially and adversely limited by applicable law or contractual limitations, (ii) where the security interests (and the enforceability thereof) that may be granted with respect to assets (or various classes of assets) located in the relevant jurisdiction are materially and adversely limited by applicable law or (iii) that is not a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or is the target of any Sanctions; provided, that no such consent shall be required for the addition of any Additional Guarantor organized under the laws of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) and (b) the Administrative Agent shall have received at least two Business Days prior to such Non-U.S. Discretionary Guarantor becoming an Additional Guarantor all documentation and other information in respect of such Non-U.S. Discretionary Guarantor as has been reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in writing that is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the USA PATRIOT Act (and, upon any request made by a Lender to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent will provide the Lenders with all such information made available to it in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of this Agreement); and:
(i) cause any Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty substantially in the form of the Guaranty Supplement attached to the Guaranty Agreement or such other form of guaranty or guaranty supplement to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, it being understood and agreed that each Closing Date Loan Party shall duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty on the Closing Date;
(ii) cause such Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Mortgages (subject to the time periods and other requirements of Section 6.13(c))Agent, Security Agreement Supplements (including including, with respect to any U.S. Loan Party, Perfection Certificates), Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other security documents, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Collateral Documents in effect on the Closing Date), granting a Lien in substantially all of the assets that would constitute Collateral (in each case, other than any Excluded Asset) directly held by such Restricted SubsidiaryAdditional Guarantor, in each case securing the Secured Obligations of such Additional Guarantor;
(iii) cause such Additional Guarantor to deliver, to the extent required to be pledged hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, any and all certificates representing Equity Interests owned by such Loan Party accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank;
(iv) to the extent required by the Collateral Documents and subject to clause (d) belowDocuments, take and cause such Additional Guarantor to take whatever action (including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties (other than any Excluded Asset) purported to be subject to the Collateral Documents delivered pursuant to this Section Section 6.13, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms; and
(b) [reserved].
(c) With respect to any Material Real Property, within 90 days after the Closing Date or within 90 days after the acquisition of any other Material Real Property (or in each case such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), the applicable Loan Party shall grant to the Administrative Agent a security interest in and deliver a mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a “Mortgage”) as additional security for the Obligations. Any such Mortgage in a mortgage Tax state shall be capped at the fair market value of the applicable property. The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by Law to perfect the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent. All Taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent such documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require, including to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after acquired Material Real Property (including, to the extent so required, a Title Policy, a Survey, a local counsel opinion (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), and to the extent existing and available, environmental assessment reports and (i) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination, (ii) in the event that such after acquired Material Real Property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notice executed by such Loan Party about such special flood hazard area status in respect of such Mortgage and (iii) if the Loan Party notice described in the immediately preceding clause (ii) is required to be given and, to the extent flood insurance is required by any applicable Flood Insurance Laws, evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of a flood insurance policy in compliance in all material respects with the Flood Insurance Laws (including without limitation, in an amount required under the Flood Insurance Laws)). No later than 45 days prior to the date on which a Mortgage is to be executed by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide any Lenders notice of entry into such Mortgage (which notice may be delivered electronically and which notice shall be delivered promptly (and, in any event, within five Business Days) after the Administrative Agent has received notice from the Borrower of the intention to enter into such Mortgage (the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders, the “Mortgage Notification Date”)), together with copies of the deliverables specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and upon confirmation from each Lender that the flood insurance due diligence required to be conducted by such Lender has been completed and any other flood insurance requirements applicable to such Lender have been complied with, in each case under applicable Flood Insurance Laws, the relevant Loan Party may provide such Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if due to the Administrative Agent’s failure to deliver the notice to the Lenders set forth in this clause (c), a Mortgage cannot be executed within the time period set forth in clause (b) above, then (i) the Administrative Agent agrees that the extension of the deadline to execute such Mortgage to the date that is 45 days after the Mortgage Notification Date is reasonable and the Administrative Agent consents to such extension and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred due to the failure of the applicable Loan Party to execute such Mortgage within such original time period[reserved].
(d) [Reservedreserved].
(e) [Reserved].
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Loan Parties shall not be required to grant a security interest in any assets to the extent the grant or perfection of a security interest in such asset would be prohibited by applicable Law, (ii) unless agreed to by the Borrower, no action outside of the United States shall be required in order to create or perfect any security interest in any asset, and no security or pledge agreements or intellectual property filing, search or schedule shall be required that is not governed by the Laws of the United States, (iii) the following Collateral shall not be required to be perfected (other than to the extent perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement): (A) assets requiring perfection through control agreements or other control arrangements, including in respect of any deposit, securities or commodities accounts (other than control of pledged capital stock and material intercompany notes, in each case to the extent otherwise constituting Collateral), ) and (B) commercial tort claims in which the amount claimed is less than $3,000,000 individually, (C) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and letter of credit rights with a value of less than $3,000,000 (to the extent not constituting a supporting obligation) (it being understood that no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights other than the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or the equivalent thereof)rights, (iv) promissory notes to the extent evidencing third-party debt for borrowed money in a principal amount (individually) of less than $3,000,000 20,000,000 shall not be required to be delivered and (v) share certificates of Immaterial Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries, non-wholly-owned Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Subsidiaries shall not be required to be delivered.
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Covenant to Guarantee Guaranteed Obligations and Give Security. (ai) On the Closing Date, cause all Closing Date Loan Parties to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations.
(bii) Upon (xx)(A) the formation or acquisition of any Subsidiaries of Holdings the Borrower (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) organized under the laws of the United States (or any state thereof) (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) ), including, without limitation, upon the formation of any Subsidiary that is a Delaware Divided LLC, or (yB) any Excluded Subsidiary ceasing to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary, or (y) the designation by the Borrower, at its election, of any Excluded Subsidiary as a Subsidiary Guarantor (each, an “Additional Guarantor”), the Borrower shall within sixty (60) days after such formation, acquisition acquisition, cessation or cessation designation occurred (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), notify the Administrative Agent; provided, that (a) solely in the case of any such designation of a non-U.S. Excluded Subsidiary as an Additional Guarantor (a “Non-U.S. Discretionary Guarantor”), consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required prior to the addition of any Non-U.S. Discretionary Guarantor, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned (it being understood that such consent may be withheld if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that such Non-U.S. Discretionary Guarantor is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction (i) where the amount and enforceability of the contemplated guarantee that may be entered into by a Person organized in the relevant jurisdiction is materially and adversely limited by applicable law or contractual limitations, (ii) where the security interests (and the enforceability thereof) that may be granted with respect to assets (or various classes of assets) located in the relevant jurisdiction are materially and adversely limited by applicable law or (iii) that is not a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or is the target of any Sanctions; provided, that no such consent shall be required for the addition of any Additional Guarantor organized under the laws of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) and (b) the Administrative Agent shall have received at least two Business Days prior to such Non-U.S. Discretionary Guarantor becoming an Additional Guarantor all documentation and other information in respect of such Non-U.S. Discretionary Guarantor as has been reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in writing that is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the USA PATRIOT Act (and, upon any request made by a Lender to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent will provide the Lenders with all such information made available to it in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of this Agreement); and:
(i) cause any Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty substantially in the form of the Guaranty Supplement attached to the Guaranty Agreement or such other form of guaranty or guaranty supplement to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, it being understood and agreed that each Closing Date Loan Party shall duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty on the Closing Date;
(ii) cause such Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Mortgages (subject to the time periods and other requirements of Section 6.13(c))Agent, Security Agreement Supplements (including including, with respect to any U.S. Loan Party, Perfection Certificates), Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other security documents, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Collateral Documents in effect on the Closing Date), granting a Lien in substantially all of the assets that would constitute Collateral (in each case, other than any Excluded Asset) directly held by such Restricted SubsidiaryAdditional Guarantor, in each case securing the Secured Obligations of such Additional Guarantor;
(iii) cause such Additional Guarantor to deliver, to the extent required to be pledged hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, any and all certificates representing Equity Interests owned by such Loan Party accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank;
(iv) to the extent required by the Collateral Documents and subject to clause (d) belowDocuments, take and cause such Additional Guarantor to take whatever action (including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties (other than any Excluded Asset) purported to be subject to the Collateral Documents delivered pursuant to this Section Section 6.13, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms; and
(c) With respect to any Material Real Property, within 90 days after the Closing Date or within 90 days after the acquisition of any other Material Real Property (or in each case such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), the applicable Loan Party shall grant to the Administrative Agent a security interest in and deliver a mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a “Mortgage”) as additional security for the Obligations. Any such Mortgage in a mortgage Tax state shall be capped at the fair market value of the applicable property. The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by Law to perfect the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent. All Taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent such documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require, including to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after acquired Material Real Property (including, to the extent so required, a Title Policy, a Survey, a local counsel opinion (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), and to the extent existing and available, environmental assessment reports and (i) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination, (ii) in the event that such after acquired Material Real Property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notice executed by such Loan Party about such special flood hazard area status in respect of such Mortgage and (iii) if the Loan Party notice described in the immediately preceding clause (ii) is required to be given and, to the extent flood insurance is required by any applicable Flood Insurance Laws, evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of a flood insurance policy in compliance in all material respects with the Flood Insurance Laws (including without limitation, in an amount required under the Flood Insurance Laws)). No later than 45 days prior to the date on which a Mortgage is to be executed by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide any Lenders notice of entry into such Mortgage (which notice may be delivered electronically and which notice shall be delivered promptly (and, in any event, within five Business Days) after the Administrative Agent has received notice from the Borrower of the intention to enter into such Mortgage (the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders, the “Mortgage Notification Date”)), together with copies of the deliverables specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and upon confirmation from each Lender that the flood insurance due diligence required to be conducted by such Lender has been completed and any other flood insurance requirements applicable to such Lender have been complied with, in each case under applicable Flood Insurance Laws, the relevant Loan Party may provide such Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if due to the Administrative Agent’s failure to deliver the notice to the Lenders set forth in this clause (c), a Mortgage cannot be executed within the time period set forth in clause (b) above, then (i) the Administrative Agent agrees that the extension of the deadline to execute such Mortgage to the date that is 45 days after the Mortgage Notification Date is reasonable and the Administrative Agent consents to such extension and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred due to the failure of the applicable Loan Party to execute such Mortgage within such original time period.
(d) [Reservedreserved].
(eiv) [Reservedreserved].
(fv) [reserved].
(vi) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Loan Parties shall not be required to grant a security interest in any assets to the extent the grant or perfection of a security interest in such asset would be prohibited by applicable Law, (ii) unless agreed to by the Borrower, no action outside of the United States shall be required in order to create or perfect any security interest in any asset, and no security or pledge agreements or intellectual property filing, search or schedule shall be required that is not governed by the Laws of the United States, (iii) the following Collateral shall not be required to be perfected (other than to the extent perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement): (A) assets requiring perfection through control agreements or other control arrangements, including in respect of any deposit, securities or commodities accounts (other than control of pledged capital stock and material intercompany notes, in each case to the extent otherwise constituting Collateral), ) and (B) commercial tort claims in which the amount claimed is less than $3,000,000 individually, (C) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and letter of credit rights with a value of less than $3,000,000 (to the extent not constituting a supporting obligation) (it being understood that no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights other than the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or the equivalent thereof)rights, (iv) promissory notes to the extent evidencing third-party debt for borrowed money in a principal amount (individually) of less than $3,000,000 20,000,000 shall not be required to be delivered and (v) share certificates of Immaterial Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries, non-wholly-owned Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Subsidiaries shall not be required to be delivered.
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Covenant to Guarantee Guaranteed Obligations and Give Security. (a) On Cause the Closing Date, cause all Loan Parties following Restricted Subsidiaries to guarantee the Guaranteed ObligationsObligations (each a “Subsidiary Guarantor”): such Restricted Subsidiaries as shall constitute (x) at least 95% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries (excluding, for the purposes of such calculation, (1) all Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but including any Subsidiaries that were, at one time, designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but have been redesignated as Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 6.14, (2) all Prohibited Restricted Subsidiaries described in the following sentence for so long as the relevant Indebtedness remains outstanding and (3) any Securitization Vehicle) for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 and (y) at least 95% of the Total Assets of the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries (excluding, for the purposes of such calculation, (1) all Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but including any Subsidiaries that were, at one time, designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, but have been redesignated as Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 6.14, (2) all Prohibited Restricted Subsidiaries described in the following sentence for so long as the relevant Indebtedness remains outstanding and (3) any Securitization Vehicle) as of the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any Restricted Subsidiary that is a guarantor of any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness shall also be required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) no Subsidiary shall be required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor if such Subsidiary is a Foreign Subsidiary or a Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary and (iii) no Restricted Subsidiary that is prohibited from guaranteeing the Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to documents governing any Indebtedness assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition and not incurred in contemplation thereof (each, a “Prohibited Restricted Subsidiary”) shall be required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor for so long as such Indebtedness remains outstanding.
(b) Upon (x) At the formation or acquisition end of any Subsidiaries of Holdings organized under the laws each fiscal quarter of the United States (or any state thereof) (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) or (y) any Excluded Subsidiary ceasing to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary (each, an “Additional Guarantor”)Company, the Borrower Company shall determine whether any Restricted Companies that are not currently Subsidiary Guarantors shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.12(a) to become Subsidiary Guarantors and, within sixty (60) 60 days after the end of such formation, acquisition or cessation occurred fiscal quarter (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), notify will at the Administrative Agent andCompany’s expense:
(i) cause Cause any new Subsidiary Guarantors (each, an “Additional Guarantor Guarantor”) to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a guaranty substantially in the form of the Guaranty Supplement Exhibit G (either directly or via a guaranty supplement) or such other form of guaranty or guaranty supplement to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the BorrowerCompany, it being understood and agreed that each Loan Party Subsidiary that is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor on the Original Closing Date shall duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty on the Original Closing Date; provided that in connection with any acquisition of any Restricted Company, if any Subsidiary that is not already a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.12(a) to become a Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company shall, in each case at the Company’s expense and within 30 days of being so required, cause such Subsidiary to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty;
(ii) cause Cause such Additional Guarantor to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent Mortgages (subject to the time periods and other requirements of Section 6.13(c)), Security a Pledge Agreement Supplements (including Perfection Certificates), Intellectual Property Security Agreements and other security documentsSupplement, as specified by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (consistent with the Collateral Documents Pledge Agreement and other security documents in effect on the Closing Second Restatement Effective Date), granting a Lien in substantially all of the assets that would constitute Collateral (in each case, other than any Excluded Asset) Equity Interests directly held by such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case securing the Secured Obligations of such Additional Guarantor; provided that (A) no more than 65% of the voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that are held directly by a Loan Party shall be required to be pledged to support the Secured Obligations (except to the extent such Equity Interests are pledged to support obligations under any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness); (B) no Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary which have been pledged to secure Indebtedness of such Additional Guarantor assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition that is secured by a Lien permitted by Section 7.01(p) shall be required to be pledged, but only for so long as such Lien is in effect; (C) no Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that are held directly by a Foreign Subsidiary shall be required to be pledged to support the Secured Obligations (except to the extent such Equity Interests are pledged to support obligations under any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness); (D) Equity Interests in any Joint Venture which cannot be pledged without the consent of any third party (and which such consent has not been obtained) shall not be required to be pledged to support the Secured Obligations to the extent such restriction is enforceable; and (E) Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be required to be pledged to support the Secured Obligations if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that the costs of obtaining the security interest in such Equity Interests are unreasonably excessive in relation to the benefit to the Secured Parties of the security to be afforded thereby;
(iii) cause Cause such Additional Guarantor to deliver, to the extent required to be pledged hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, any and all certificates representing Equity Interests owned by such Loan Party Restricted Subsidiary accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank;; and
(iv) to the extent required by the Collateral Documents and subject to clause (d) below, take Take and cause such Additional Guarantor to take whatever action (including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent to vest in the Administrative Agent (or in any representative of the Administrative Agent designated by it) valid and subsisting Liens on the properties purported to be subject to the Collateral Documents Pledge Agreement Supplements and other security documents delivered pursuant to this Section 6.136.12, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms; and.
(c) With respect to any Material Real Property, within 90 [Reserved].
(d) Within 45 days after the Closing Date reasonable request therefor by the Administrative Agent, or within 90 days after the acquisition of any other Material Real Property (or in each case such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), the applicable Loan Party shall grant Borrowers shall, at the Borrowers’ expense, deliver to the Administrative Agent a security interest in and deliver a mortgagesigned copy of an opinion, deed of trust or deed to secure debt in a form reasonably satisfactory addressed to the Administrative Agent (a “Mortgage”) as additional security and the other Secured Parties, of counsel for the Obligations. Any such Mortgage in a mortgage Tax state shall be capped at the fair market value of the applicable property. The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by Law to perfect the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent. All Taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver Parties reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to such documents matters set forth in Section 6.12(b) in respect of foreign Equity Interests as the Administrative Agent shall may reasonably require, including to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after acquired Material Real Property request.
(including, to the extent so required, a Title Policy, a Survey, a local counsel opinion (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), and to the extent existing and available, environmental assessment reports and (ie) a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination, (ii) in the event that such after acquired Material Real Property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notice executed by such Loan Party about such special flood hazard area status in respect of such Mortgage and (iii) if the Loan Party notice described in the immediately preceding clause (ii) is required to be given and, to the extent flood insurance is required by any applicable Flood Insurance Laws, evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of a flood insurance policy in compliance in all material respects with the Flood Insurance Laws (including without limitation, in an amount required under the Flood Insurance Laws)). No later than 45 days prior to the date on which a Mortgage is to be executed by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide any Lenders notice of entry into such Mortgage (which notice may be delivered electronically and which notice shall be delivered promptly (and, in any event, within five Business Days) after the Administrative Agent has received notice from the Borrower of the intention to enter into such Mortgage (the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders, the “Mortgage Notification Date”)), together with copies of the deliverables specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and upon confirmation from each Lender that the flood insurance due diligence required to be conducted by such Lender has been completed and any other flood insurance requirements applicable to such Lender have been complied with, in each case under applicable Flood Insurance Laws, the relevant Loan Party may provide such Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if due to the extent that the Company shall determine at any time that certain Restricted Subsidiaries that are not required to be Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.12(a) above are parties to a Subsidiary Guaranty and/or a Pledge Agreement, the Company shall be entitled to give notice to that effect to the Administrative Agent’s failure Agent whereupon such Restricted Subsidiaries shall no longer be deemed to deliver the notice to the Lenders set forth in this clause (c), a Mortgage cannot be executed within the time period set forth in clause (b) above, then (i) the Administrative Agent agrees that the extension of the deadline to execute such Mortgage to the date that is 45 days after the Mortgage Notification Date is reasonable Subsidiary Guarantors and the Administrative Agent consents to shall promptly release each such extension Restricted Subsidiary from its Subsidiary Guaranty and any applicable Pledge Agreement (ii) no Default or Event and release any liens granted on any Collateral of Default shall be deemed to have occurred due to the failure of the applicable Loan Party to execute such Mortgage within such original time periodRestricted Subsidiary).
(d) [Reserved].
(e) [Reserved].
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Loan Parties shall not be required to grant a security interest in any assets to the extent the grant or perfection of a security interest in such asset would be prohibited by applicable Law, (ii) no action outside of the United States shall be required in order to create or perfect any security interest in any asset, and no security or pledge agreements or intellectual property filing, search or schedule shall be required that is not governed by the Laws of the United States, (iii) the following Collateral shall not be required to be perfected (other than to the extent perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement): (A) assets requiring perfection through control agreements or other control arrangements, including in respect of any deposit, securities or commodities accounts (other than control of pledged capital stock and material intercompany notes, in each case to the extent otherwise constituting Collateral), (B) commercial tort claims in which the amount claimed is less than $3,000,000 individually, (C) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and letter of credit rights with a value of less than $3,000,000 (to the extent not constituting a supporting obligation) (it being understood that no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights other than the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or the equivalent thereof), (iv) promissory notes to the extent evidencing third-party debt for borrowed money in a principal amount (individually) of less than $3,000,000 shall not be required to be delivered and (v) share certificates of Immaterial Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries, non-wholly-owned Subsidiaries and Persons that are not Subsidiaries shall not be required to be delivered.
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Samples: Credit Agreement (Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.)