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• Covenants and Additional Agreements 5.1. ACCESS; CONFIDENTIALITY.

• Negative undertakings The Borrowers jointly and severally undertake with each Creditor that, from the date of this Agreement and so long as any moneys are owing under the Security Documents and while all or any part of the Total Commitment remains outstanding, they will not, without the prior written consent of the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks): 8.3.1 Negative pledge permit any Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) to subsist, arise or be created or extended over all or any part of their respective present or future undertakings, assets, rights or revenues to secure or prefer any present or future Indebtedness or other liability or obligation of any Relevant Party or any other person;

• Covenants and Undertakings The Customer hereby irrevocably and unconditionally covenants and undertakes as follows: (a) it shall promptly, after the occurrence thereof, give notice to the Bank of any Event of Default or event which with the passing of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Event of Default, including the nature thereof and the steps being taken by the Customer to remedy or mitigate the effect of the Event of Default; (b) it will not use any Account or carry out any Investments or Transactions for the purposes of money laundering, terrorist financing, drug trafficking or other illegal purposes or from funds/assets being proceeds of a predicate offence or obtained from other illicit, criminal or illegal activities, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere; (c) it shall forward to the Bank such information or documents that the Bank may require from time to time, including but not limited to (where the Customer is a corporation) a copy of its audited financial statements immediately after they are issued but in any event within 5 months after the close of each of the Customer’s financial year; (d) it further undertakes to notify the Bank immediately in the event that any order or warrant is issued against the Customer or any of its assets or (where the Customer is a trustee of the Trust) any of the assets of the Trust under the applicable AML/CFT laws and regulations; (e) it shall obtain all the requisite regulatory and governmental approvals (if any) in connection with each Agreement, deliver a copy of the same to the Bank, including without limitation, the requisite exchange controls approvals to purchase foreign currencies to make a payment in respect of the Facilities or Indebtedness (if such approvals are required); (f) it shall notify the Bank forthwith in writing of any changes in the information supplied in or in connection with the Agreement (including without limitation, information relating to itself or any Authorised Persons, and any change of address or of any appointment or revocation of the authority of any Authorised Persons); (g) it shall notify the bank forthwith in writing of any or any intended, threatened or pending Insolvency Event in respect of any Obligor or (where the Customer is a trustee of the Trust) the Trust, or Associated Company; (h) it shall be solely and fully responsible for the Customer’s tax affairs, filings, duties and obligations (including but not limited to its own tax filings and tax duties and obligations in the country of its residence/ incorporation or to any country which might consider it to be liable for taxes). The Customer shall ensure the accuracy of all information it provides to any tax authorities or governmental authorities (whether pursuant to any law, regulatory requirement, guidelines, directives or otherwise). The Customer hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Bank shall not be responsible for the accuracy of such information whether provided by the Customer or not, including without limitation, any omission by the Customer to answer correctly and fully to its tax duties in the country of its residence/incorporation or to any country which might consider it as being liable for taxes; and (i) it shall at all times comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. In particular but without limitation, the Customer acknowledges that it shall be responsible for ensuring that it complies with any applicable position reporting regulations.

• Limitation on Negative Pledge Clauses Enter into with any Person any agreement, other than this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, which prohibits or limits the ability of such Borrower to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than (i) this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or (ii) except as may occur under agreements entered into in the ordinary course of such Borrower’s business and which are not otherwise prohibited by any Requirement of Law.

• Certain Negative Covenants So long as any Recovery Bonds are Outstanding, the Issuer shall not: (a) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture and the other Basic Documents, sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or assets of the Issuer, including those included in the Recovery Bond Collateral, unless directed to do so by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Article V; (b) claim any credit on, or make any deduction from the principal or premium, if any, or interest payable in respect of, the Recovery Bonds (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments under the Code or other tax laws) or assert any claim against any present or former Holder by reason of the payment of the taxes levied or assessed upon any part of the Recovery Bond Collateral; (c) terminate its existence or dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part, except in a transaction permitted by Section 3.10; (i) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture or the other Basic Documents to be impaired, or permit the Lien of this Indenture and the Series Supplement to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or discharged, or permit any Person to be released from any covenants or obligations with respect to the Recovery Bonds under this Indenture except as may be expressly permitted hereby, (ii) permit any Lien (other than the Lien of this Indenture or of the Series Supplement) to be created on or extend to or otherwise arise upon or burden the Recovery Bond Collateral or any part thereof or any interest therein or the proceeds thereof (other than tax liens arising by operation of law with respect to amounts not yet due), or (iii) permit the Lien of this Indenture or of the Series Supplement not to constitute a valid first priority perfected security interest in the Recovery Bond Collateral; (e) elect to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes or otherwise take any action, file any tax return, or make any election inconsistent with the treatment of the Issuer, for purposes of federal taxes and, to the extent consistent with applicable State tax law, State income and franchise tax purposes, as a disregarded entity that is not separate from the sole owner of the Issuer; (f) change its name, identity or structure or the location of its chief executive office, unless at least ten (10) Business Days’ prior to the effective date of any such change the Issuer delivers to the Indenture Trustee (with copies to the Rating Agencies) such documents, instruments or agreements, executed by the Issuer, as are necessary to reflect such change and to continue the perfection of the security interest of this Indenture and the Series Supplement; (g) take any action which is subject to a Rating Agency Condition without satisfying the Rating Agency Condition; (h) except to the extent permitted by applicable law, voluntarily suspend or terminate its filing obligations with the SEC as described in Section 3.07(g); or (i) issue any recovery bonds under the Wildfire Financing Law or any similar law (other than the Recovery Bonds).

• Negative Pledge (i) The Issuer will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, issue, assume or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money secured by a mortgage, pledge, lien or other encumbrance of any nature (mortgages, pledges, liens and other encumbrances being hereinafter called “mortgage” or “mortgages”) upon any property of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, or upon any shares of stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, without in any such case effectively providing, concurrently with the issuance, assumption or guarantee of any such indebtedness for borrowed money, that the Notes (together with, if the Issuer shall so determine, any other indebtedness of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary ranking equally with the Notes then existing or thereafter created) shall be secured equally and ratably with such indebtedness for borrowed money; provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to: (1) mortgages existing on 1 August, 2006; (2) mortgages to secure the payment of all or part of the purchase price of such property (other than property acquired for lease to a Person other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) upon the acquisition of such property by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary or to secure any indebtedness for borrowed money incurred or guaranteed by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary prior to, at the time of, or within 60 days after the later of the acquisition, completion of construction or commencement of full operation of such property, which indebtedness for borrowed money is incurred or guaranteed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof or construction thereof or improvements thereon; provided, however, that in the case of any such acquisition, construction or improvement, the mortgage shall not apply to any property theretofore owned by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, other than, in the case of any such construction or improvement, any theretofore unimproved real property on which the property so constructed, or the improvement, is located; (3) mortgages on the property of a Restricted Subsidiary on the date it became a Restricted Subsidiary; (4) mortgages securing indebtedness for borrowed money of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Issuer or to another Restricted Subsidiary; (5) mortgages on property of a corporation existing at the time such corporation is merged into or consolidated with the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of a purchase, lease or other acquisition of the properties of a corporation or firm as an entirety or substantially as an entirety by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary; (6) any replacement or successive replacement in whole or in part of any mortgage referred to in the foregoing clauses (1) to (5), inclusive; provided, however, that the principal amount of the indebtedness for borrowed money secured by the mortgage shall not be increased and the principal repayment schedule and maturity of such indebtedness shall not be extended and (i) such replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the property which secured the mortgage so replaced (plus improvements and construction on such property), or (ii) if the property which secured the mortgage so replaced has been destroyed, condemned or damaged and pursuant to the terms of the mortgage other property has been substituted therefor, then such replacement shall be limited to all or part of such substituted property; or (7) liens created by or resulting from any litigation or other proceeding which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, including liens arising out of judgments or awards against the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to which the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary is in good faith prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review; or liens incurred by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of obtaining a stay or discharge in the course of any litigation or other proceeding to which the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary is a party; or (8) liens for taxes or assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due or delinquent, or which can thereafter be paid without penalty, or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; landlord’s liens on property held under lease; and any other liens or charges incidental to the conduct of the business of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or the ownership of the property and assets of any of them which were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit and which do not, in the opinion of the Issuer, materially impair the use of such property in the operation of the business of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary or the value of such property for the purposes of such business. (ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Condition 3(c), the Issuer and any one or more Restricted Subsidiaries may issue, assume or guarantee indebtedness for borrowed money secured by mortgages which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions in an aggregate amount which, together with all the other outstanding indebtedness for borrowed money of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by mortgages which is not listed in clauses (1) through (8) of subsection (i) of this Condition 3(c), does not at the time exceed 12 1/2 per cent. of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as determined by reference to the audited consolidated financial statements of the Issuer as of the end of the fiscal year preceding the date of determination. (iii) For the purposes of this Condition 3(c) only, “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means the total amount of assets (less depreciation and valuation reserves and other reserves and items deductible from the gross book value of specific asset amounts under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States) which under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States would be included on a balance sheet of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, after deducting therefrom (i) all liability items except indebtedness (whether incurred, assumed or guaranteed) for borrowed money maturing by its terms more than one year from the date of creation thereof or which is extendible or renewable at the sole option of the obligor in such manner that it may become payable more than one year from the date of creation thereof, shareholders’ equity and reserves for deferred income taxes, (ii) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortised debt discount and expense and other like intangibles, which in each case would be so included on such balance sheet, and (iii) amounts invested in, or equity in the net assets of, Non-Restricted Subsidiaries.

• No Negative Pledges (a) No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, to create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual prohibition or limitation on the ability of any such Subsidiary to pay dividends or make any other distribution on any of such Subsidiary’s Stock or Stock Equivalents or to pay fees, including management fees, or make other payments and distributions to a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, assume or become subject to any Contractual Obligation prohibiting the existence of any Lien upon any of its assets in favor of the Agent, whether now owned or hereafter acquired. Notwithstanding the foregoing two sentences, the following encumbrances or restrictions shall be permitted: (i) encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (A) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (B) Indebtedness permitted by Section 5.5(d); (C) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest; (D) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into by a Subsidiary of a Borrower in the Ordinary Course of Business; (E) any holder of a Permitted Lien restricting the transfer of the property subject thereto; (F) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any property permitted under Section 5.2 pending the consummation of such sale; (G) in the case of a Joint Venture, restrictions in such person’s Organization Documents or pursuant to any joint venture agreement or stockholders agreements solely to the extent of the Stock or Stock Equivalents of or property held in the subject Joint Venture and (H) any agreement in effect on the Closing Date as set forth on Schedule 5.16; or (ii) any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments or refinancings that are otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents of the agreements referred to in clause (i) above; provided that such amendments or refinancings are no more restrictive with respect to such encumbrances and restrictions than those prior to such amendment or refinancing. (b) No Borrower (other than ITG) shall issue any Stock or Stock Equivalents (i) if such issuance would result in an Event of Default under subsection 7.1(m) and (ii) unless such Stock and Stock Equivalents are pledged to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as security for the Obligations, on substantially the same terms and conditions as the Stock and Stock Equivalents of the Borrowers pledged to the Agent as of the Closing Date.

• Negative Pledges Holdings and Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, agree or covenant with any Person to restrict in any way its ability to grant any Lien on its assets in favor of the Lenders, other than pursuant to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, any Additional Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, any Additional Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement contemplated by this Agreement, and except that this Section 10.10 shall not apply to: (i) any covenants contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Documents or that exist on the Closing Date; (ii) covenants existing under the ABL Credit Documents and the Secured Notes Indenture, each as in effect on the Closing Date (or as amended in a manner consistent with any amendment to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents), and the other definitive documentation entered into in connection with any of the foregoing; (iii) the covenants contained in any Refinancing Term Loans, any Refinancing Note/Loan Documents, any Permitted Pari Passu Notes Documents, Permitted Pari Passu Loan Documents, any Permitted Junior Debt, any documentation governing ABL Term Incremental Equivalent Debt, any documentation governing ABL Term Refinancing Debt, any documentation governing a Qualified Securitization Transaction or Receivables Facility (in each case, so long as same do not restrict the granting of Liens to secure Indebtedness pursuant to this Agreement); (iv) covenants and agreements made in connection with any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement but only if such covenant or agreement applies solely to the specific asset or assets to which such Lien relates; (v) customary provisions in leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses and other contracts restricting the right of assignment thereof; (vi) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures that are applicable solely to such joint venture; (vii) restrictions imposed by law; (viii) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to any sale of assets or Equity Interests pending such sale; provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Person or property that is to be sold; (ix) contractual obligations binding on a Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary first becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such contractual obligations were not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary; (x) negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebtedness for borrowed money entered into after the Closing Date and otherwise permitted under Section 10.04 but only if such negative pledge or restriction expressly permits Liens for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent and the Secured Creditors with respect to the credit facilities established hereunder and the Obligations under the Credit Documents on a senior basis and without a requirement that such holders of such Indebtedness be secured by such Liens securing the Obligations under the Credit Documents equally and ratably or on a junior basis; (xi) restrictions on any Foreign Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of any Indebtedness of such Foreign Subsidiary permitted to be incurred hereunder; (xii) restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; and (xiii) any restrictions on Liens imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (ix), (x) and (xi) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of Xxxxxxxx, not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

• Negative Pledges, Restrictive Agreements, etc Each of the Borrowers will not, and will not permit any of its respective Subsidiaries to, enter into any agreement (excluding (i) any restrictions existing under the Loan Documents or, in the case of clauses (a)(i) and (b), any other agreements in effect on the date hereof, (ii) in the case of clauses (a)(i) and (b), any restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement which has been entered into in connection with the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Securities or assets of such Subsidiary pursuant to a transaction otherwise permitted hereby, (iii) in the case of clause (a), restrictions in respect of Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted by Section 7.2.3, but only to the extent such restrictions apply to the assets encumbered thereby, (iv) in the case of clause (a), restrictions under the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture or (v) any restrictions existing under any agreement that amends, refinances or replaces any agreement containing the restrictions referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above; provided, that the terms and conditions of any such agreement referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) are not materially less favorable to the Lenders or materially more restrictive to any Obligor a party thereto than those under the agreement so amended, refinanced or replaced) prohibiting (a) the (i) creation or assumption of any Lien upon its properties, revenues or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or (ii) ability of WWI or any other Obligor to amend or otherwise modify this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or (b) the ability of any Subsidiary to make any payments, directly or indirectly, to the Borrowers by way of dividends, advances, repayments of loans or advances, reimbursements of management and other intercompany charges, expenses and accruals or other returns on investments, or any other agreement or arrangement which restricts the ability of any such Subsidiary to make any payment, directly or indirectly, to the Borrowers.

• Additional Negative Pledges Customer will not, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any contractual obligation which may restrict or inhibit IBM Credit's rights or ability to sell or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or any part thereof after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.