DIP Liens. Subject to the Carve Out, the Obligations shall be secured by valid, binding, continuing enforceable, fully-perfected, non-avoidable, automatically and properly perfected Liens on, and security interests in (such liens and security interests, the “DIP Liens”), all present and after acquired property (whether tangible, intangible, real, personal or mixed) of the DIP Debtors wherever located, including, without limitation, all accounts, as-extracted collateral, deposit accounts, cash and cash equivalents, inventory, equipment, capital stock in subsidiaries of the DIP Debtors, and the proceeds thereof, investment property, instruments, chattel paper, real estate, leasehold rights and leasehold interests, contracts, patents, copyrights, trademarks and other general intangibles, and all products and proceeds thereof, including proceeds from any directors/officers’ insurance policies, and including (i) to the maximum extent permitted by law, all rights incident or appurtenant to the FCC Licenses and the right to receive all proceeds derived from or in connection with the sale, assignment or transfer of the FCC Licenses, (ii) the C-Band Payments and (iii) the Avoidance Proceeds (all such property, the “DIP Collateral”) as follows: (a) Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 364(c)(2), be secured by a valid, binding, continuing, enforceable, fully-perfected first priority senior security interest in and Lien upon all prepetition and postpetition property of the DIP Debtors, whether existing on the Petition Date or thereafter acquired, that, on or as of the Petition Date is not subject to valid, perfected and non-avoidable Liens (or perfected after the Petition Date to the extent permitted by Bankruptcy Code section 546(b)), including, without limitation, any unencumbered cash of the DIP Debtors (whether maintained with any Agent or otherwise) and any investment of such cash, accounts, inventory, good, contract rights, mineral rights, instruments, documents, chattel paper, patents, trademarks, copyrights, and licenses therefor, accounts receivable, receivables and receivables records, general intangible, payment intangibles, tax or other refunds, insurance proceeds, letters of credit, intercompany claims, contracts, owned real estate, real property leaseholds, fixtures, deposit accounts, commercial tort claims, securities accounts, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, supporting obligations, vehicles, machinery and equipment, real property, leases (and proceeds from the disposition thereof), all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each DIP Debtor, other equity or ownership interests, including equity interests in subsidiaries and non-wholly owned subsidiaries, money, investment property, causes of action (including the Avoidance Proceeds), and all cash and non-cash proceeds, rents, products, substitutions, accessions, profits and supporting obligations of any of the collateral described above, whether in existence on the Petition Date or thereafter created, acquired, or arising and wherever located, subject only to the Carve Out; (b) Pursuant to section 364(d)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, a valid, binding, continuing, enforceable, fully perfected first priority priming security interest and Lien (the “Priming Liens”) on all prepetition and postpetition property of the DIP Debtors of the same nature, scope, and type as the collateral securing the Prepetition Secured Debt (the “Prepetition Collateral”) whether in existence on the Petition Date or thereafter created, acquired, or arising and wherever located, that is subject to any of the Liens securing the obligations under the Prepetition Secured Debt (the “Prepetition Liens”), regardless of whether or not any Prepetition Liens on the assets are voided, avoided, invalidated, lapsed, or unperfected subject only to the Carve Out. The Priming Liens shall prime in all respects the Liens and security interests of the Prepetition Secured Parties, with respect to the Prepetition Secured Debt (including, without limitation, the Prepetition Liens and the Adequate Protection Liens granted to the Prepetition Secured Parties) (the “Primed Liens”). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Priming Liens (i) shall be subject and junior to the Carve Out in all respects, (ii) shall be senior in all respects to the Prepetition Liens and (iii) shall also be senior to the Adequate Protection Liens; (c) Pursuant to section 364(c)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, be secured by a valid, binding, continuing, enforceable, fully perfected junior priority security interest and Lien on all prepetition and postpetition property of the DIP Debtors to the extent that such assets are subject to valid, perfected and unavoidable Liens in favor of third parties that were in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date (other than the Primed Liens), or to valid and unavoidable Liens in favor of third parties that were in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date that were perfected subsequent to the Petition Date as permitted by Section 546(b) of the Bankruptcy Code (other than Primed Liens), which Liens shall be (a) junior and subordinate to any such valid, perfected, and non-avoidable Liens (other than Primed Liens) in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date and/or (b) any such valid and non-avoidable Liens in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date that are perfected subsequent to the Petition Date as permitted by section 546(b) of the Bankruptcy Code; provided that nothing in the foregoing shall limit the rights of the DIP Secured Parties under the DIP Documents to the extent any such Liens are not permitted thereunder; and (d) Pursuant to section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, all of the Obligations shall constitute allowed superpriority administrative expense claims against the DIP Debtors on a joint and several basis (without the need to file any proof of claim) with priority over any and all claims against the DIP Debtors, now existing or hereafter arising, of any kind whatsoever, including, without limitation, all administrative expenses of the kind specified in sections 503(b) and 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and any and all administrative expenses or other claims (“Administrative Expense Claims”) arising under sections 105, 326, 327, 328, 330, 331, 365, 503(b), 506(c), 507(a), 507(b), 726, 1113, or 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code (including the Adequate Protection Obligations), whether or not such expenses or claims may become secured by a judgment Lien or other non-consensual Lien, levy, or attachment, which allowed claims (the “DIP Superpriority Claims”) shall for purposes of section 1129(a)(9)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code be considered administrative expenses allowed under section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, and which DIP Superpriority Claims shall be payable from and have recourse to all prepetition and postpetition property of the DIP Debtors and all proceeds thereof (excluding claims and causes of action under sections 502(d), 544, 545, 547, 548, and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any other avoidance actions under the Bankruptcy Code (collectively, “Avoidance Actions”) but including any proceeds or property recovered, unencumbered, or otherwise, from Avoidance Actions, whether by judgment, settlement, or otherwise (“Avoidance Proceeds”)) in accordance with the other DIP Documents, subject only to the Carve Out. The DIP Superpriority Claims shall be entitled to the full protection of section 364(e) of the Bankruptcy Code if the Final DIP Order or any provision hereof is vacated, reversed, or modified, on appeal or otherwise;
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Samples: Superpriority Secured Debtor in Possession Credit Agreement (Intelsat S.A.), Superpriority Secured Debtor in Possession Credit Agreement (Intelsat S.A.), Superpriority Secured Debtor in Possession Credit Agreement (Intelsat S.A.)
DIP Liens. Subject to (a) As security for the Carve OutSenior DIP Obligations, immediately upon entry of this Interim Order, and effective as of the Petition Date, the Obligations shall be secured by Senior DIP Agent, for the benefit of itself and each of the other Senior DIP Secured Parties, is hereby granted continuing, valid, binding, continuing enforceable, fully-perfected, non-avoidable, avoidable and automatically and properly perfected Liens on, and security interests in and liens (such collectively, the “Senior DIP Liens”) on all DIP Collateral as collateral security for the prompt and complete performance and payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all of the Senior DIP Obligations. Subject in all respects to the priorities and relative rights set forth herein, as security for the Junior DIP Obligations, immediately upon entry of this Interim Order, and effective as of the Petition Date, the Junior DIP Agent, for the benefit of itself and each of the other Junior DIP Secured Parties, is hereby granted continuing, valid, binding, enforceable, non-avoidable and automatically and properly perfected security interests in and liens and security interests(collectively, the “Junior DIP Liens”, together with the Senior DIP Liens, the “DIP Liens”)) on all DIP Collateral as collateral security for the prompt and complete performance and payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all of the Junior DIP Obligations.
(b) The term “DIP Collateral” means, without limitation, all present assets and after acquired property properties (whether tangible, intangible, real, personal or mixed) of the DIP Debtors, whether now owned by or owing to, or hereafter acquired by, or arising in favor of, the Debtors wherever (including under any trade names, styles, or derivations thereof), and whether owned or consigned by or to, or leased from or to, the Debtors, and regardless of where located, including, without limitation, all accountsof the Debtors’ rights, title and interest in: (i) all Prepetition Collateral (including any Cash Collateral); (ii) all cash and cash equivalents; (iii) all funds in any deposit account, securities account or other account of the Debtors and all money, cash, cash equivalents, instruments and other property deposited therein or credited thereto from time to time; (iv) all accounts and other receivables; (v) all contract rights; (vi) all instruments, documents and chattel paper; (vii) all securities (whether or not marketable); (viii) all goods, as-extracted collateral, deposit accounts, cash and cash equivalents, inventoryfurniture, equipment, capital stock inventory and fixtures; (ix) all real property interests; (x) all interests in subsidiaries of the DIP Debtorsleaseholds, and the proceeds thereof(xi) all franchise rights; (xii) all patents, investment propertytradenames, instruments, chattel paper, real estate, leasehold rights and leasehold interests, contracts, patentstrademarks (other than intent-to-use trademarks), copyrights, trademarks and other general intangibles, licenses and all products and proceeds thereof, including proceeds from any directors/officers’ insurance policies, and including other intellectual property; (ixiii) to the maximum extent permitted by law, all rights incident or appurtenant to the FCC Licenses and the right to receive all proceeds derived from or in connection with the sale, assignment or transfer of the FCC Licenses, (ii) the C-Band Payments and (iii) the Avoidance Proceeds (all such property, the “DIP Collateral”) as follows:
(a) Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 364(c)(2), be secured by a valid, binding, continuing, enforceable, fully-perfected first priority senior security interest in and Lien upon all prepetition and postpetition property of the DIP Debtors, whether existing on the Petition Date or thereafter acquired, that, on or as of the Petition Date is not subject to valid, perfected and non-avoidable Liens (or perfected after the Petition Date to the extent permitted by Bankruptcy Code section 546(b)), including, without limitation, any unencumbered cash of the DIP Debtors (whether maintained with any Agent or otherwise) and any investment of such cash, accounts, inventory, good, contract rights, mineral rights, instruments, documents, chattel paper, patents, trademarks, copyrights, and licenses therefor, accounts receivable, receivables and receivables records, general intangible, payment intangibles, tax or other refunds, or insurance proceeds; (xiv) all equity interests, capital stock, limited liability company interests, partnership interests and financial assets; (xv) all investment property; (xvi) all supporting obligations; (xvii) all letters of credit, intercompany claims, contracts, owned real estate, real property leaseholds, fixtures, deposit accounts, credit issued to the Debtors and letter of credit rights; (xviii) commercial tort claims, securities accounts, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, supporting obligations, vehicles, machinery claims and equipment, real property, leases (and proceeds from the disposition thereof), all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each DIP Debtor, other equity or ownership interests, including equity interests in subsidiaries and non-wholly owned subsidiaries, money, investment property, causes of action (including the Avoidance Proceeds), and all cash substitutions; (xix) all books and non-cash proceeds, rents, products, substitutions, accessions, profits and supporting obligations of any of the collateral described above, whether in existence on the Petition Date or thereafter created, acquired, or arising and wherever located, subject only to the Carve Out;
(b) Pursuant to section 364(d)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, a valid, binding, continuing, enforceable, fully perfected first priority priming security interest and Lien (the “Priming Liens”) on all prepetition and postpetition property of the DIP Debtors of the same nature, scope, and type as the collateral securing the Prepetition Secured Debt (the “Prepetition Collateral”) whether in existence on the Petition Date or thereafter created, acquired, or arising and wherever located, that is subject to any of the Liens securing the obligations under the Prepetition Secured Debt (the “Prepetition Liens”), regardless of whether or not any Prepetition Liens on the assets are voided, avoided, invalidated, lapsed, or unperfected subject only to the Carve Out. The Priming Liens shall prime in all respects the Liens and security interests of the Prepetition Secured Parties, with respect to the Prepetition Secured Debt records (including, without limitation, the Prepetition Liens customers lists, credit files, computer programs, printouts and the Adequate Protection Liens granted to the Prepetition Secured Partiesother computer materials and records); (xxi) (the “Primed Liens”). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Priming Liens (i) shall be subject and junior to the Carve Out in all respects, (ii) shall be senior in all respects to the Prepetition Liens and (iii) shall also be senior to the Adequate Protection Liens;
(c) Pursuant to section 364(c)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, be secured by a valid, binding, continuing, enforceable, fully perfected junior priority security interest and Lien on all prepetition and postpetition property of the DIP Debtors to the extent that not covered by the foregoing, all other assets or properties of the Debtors, whether tangible, intangible, real, personal or mixed; (xxii) all oil reserves; (xxiii) all proceeds and products of each of the foregoing clauses (i)-(xxii) and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and rents, profits and products of, each of the foregoing, including any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to such assets are subject Debtor from time to valid, perfected time with respect to any of the foregoing; and unavoidable Liens (xxiv) all proceeds or property recovered in favor of third parties that were in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date (other than the Primed Liens), or to valid and unavoidable Liens in favor of third parties that were in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date that were perfected subsequent to the Petition Date as permitted by Section 546(b) connection with actions under chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code (other than Primed Liens), which Liens shall be (a) junior and subordinate to any such valid, perfected, and non-avoidable Liens (other than Primed Liens) in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date and/or (b) any such valid and non-avoidable Liens in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date that are perfected subsequent to the Petition Date as permitted by section 546(b) of the Bankruptcy Code; provided that nothing in the foregoing shall limit the rights of the DIP Secured Parties under the DIP Documents to the extent any such Liens are not permitted thereunder; and
(d) Pursuant to section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, all of the Obligations shall constitute allowed superpriority administrative expense claims against the DIP Debtors on a joint and several basis (without the need to file any proof of claim) with priority over any and all claims against the DIP Debtors, now existing or hereafter arising, of any kind whatsoever, including, without limitation, all administrative expenses of the kind specified in sections 503(b) and 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and any and all administrative expenses or other claims (“Administrative Expense Claims”) arising under sections 105, 326, 327, 328, 330, 331, 365, 503(b), 506(c), 507(a), 507(b), 726, 1113, or 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code (including the Adequate Protection Obligations), whether or not such expenses or claims may become secured by a judgment Lien or other non-consensual Lien, levy, or attachment, which allowed claims (the “DIP Superpriority Claims”) shall for purposes of section 1129(a)(9)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code be considered administrative expenses allowed under section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, and which DIP Superpriority Claims shall be payable from and have recourse to all prepetition and postpetition property of the DIP Debtors and all proceeds thereof (excluding claims and causes of action under sections 502(d), 544, 545, 547, 548, and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any other avoidance actions under the Bankruptcy Code (collectively, “Avoidance Actions”), provided, that (x) but including any the DIP Liens on proceeds or and property recovered, unencumbered, or otherwise, from recovered in connection with Avoidance Actions, whether by judgment, settlement, or otherwise (“Avoidance Proceeds”)) in accordance with the other DIP Documents, subject Actions shall attach only to the Carve Out. The DIP Superpriority Claims shall be entitled to the full protection of section 364(e) upon entry of the Bankruptcy Code if Final Order and (y) the Final DIP Order or Collateral shall not include any provision hereof is vacated, reversed, or modified, on appeal or otherwise;property that would have been Excluded Property (as defined in the Senior DIP Credit Agreement) prior to giving effect to this Interim Order.
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Samples: Restructuring Support Agreement (California Resources Corp), Junior Secured Debtor in Possession Credit Agreement (California Resources Corp)
DIP Liens. Subject to As security for the Carve OutDIP Obligations, effective and perfected upon the date of this Order and without the necessity of the execution by the Loan Party Debtors (or recordation or other filing) of security agreements, control agreements, pledge agreements, financing statements, mortgages or other similar documents, or the possession or control by the DIP Agent of any property, the Obligations shall be secured by valid, binding, continuing enforceable, fully-perfected, non-avoidable, automatically and properly perfected Liens on, and following security interests in and liens upon all property identified in clauses (a), (b) and (c) below (collectively referred to as the “DIP Collateral”) are hereby granted to the DIP Agent, for its own benefit and the benefit of the DIP Lenders, subject only to the Carve-Out (all such liens and security interestsinterests granted to the DIP Agent, for its benefit and for the benefit of the DIP Lenders, pursuant to this Order and the DIP Loan Documents, the “DIP Liens”), all present and after acquired property (whether tangible, intangible, real, personal or mixed) of the DIP Debtors wherever located, including, without limitation, all accounts, as-extracted collateral, deposit accounts, cash and cash equivalents, inventory, equipment, capital stock in subsidiaries of the DIP Debtors, and the proceeds thereof, investment property, instruments, chattel paper, real estate, leasehold rights and leasehold interests, contracts, patents, copyrights, trademarks and other general intangibles, and all products and proceeds thereof, including proceeds from any directors/officers’ insurance policies, and including (i) to the maximum extent permitted by law, all rights incident or appurtenant to the FCC Licenses and the right to receive all proceeds derived from or in connection with the sale, assignment or transfer of the FCC Licenses, (ii) the C-Band Payments and (iii) the Avoidance Proceeds (all such property, the “DIP Collateral”) as follows:):
(a) Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 364(c)(2), be secured by a valid, binding, continuing, enforceable, fully-perfected first priority senior security interest in and First Lien upon all prepetition and postpetition property of the DIP Debtors, whether existing on the Petition Date or thereafter acquired, that, on or as of the Petition Date is not subject to valid, perfected and non-avoidable Liens (or perfected after the Petition Date to the extent permitted by Bankruptcy Code section 546(b)), including, without limitation, any unencumbered cash of the DIP Debtors (whether maintained with any Agent or otherwise) and any investment of such cash, accounts, inventory, good, contract rights, mineral rights, instruments, documents, chattel paper, patents, trademarks, copyrights, and licenses therefor, accounts receivable, receivables and receivables records, general intangible, payment intangibles, tax or other refunds, insurance proceeds, letters of credit, intercompany claims, contracts, owned real estate, real property leaseholds, fixtures, deposit accounts, commercial tort claims, securities accounts, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, supporting obligations, vehicles, machinery and equipment, real property, leases (and proceeds from the disposition thereof), all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each DIP Debtor, other equity or ownership interests, including equity interests in subsidiaries and non-wholly owned subsidiaries, money, investment property, causes of action (including the Avoidance Proceeds), and all cash and non-cash proceeds, rents, products, substitutions, accessions, profits and supporting obligations of any of the collateral described above, whether in existence on the Petition Date or thereafter created, acquired, or arising and wherever located, subject only to the Carve Out;
(b) Unencumbered Property. Pursuant to section 364(d)(1364(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, a valid, binding, continuing, enforceable, fully fully-perfected first priority priming lien on, and security interest in, all tangible and Lien (the “Priming Liens”) on all intangible prepetition and postpetition property in which the Loan Party Debtors have an interest, whether existing on or as of the DIP Debtors of the same nature, scope, and type as the collateral securing the Prepetition Secured Debt (the “Prepetition Collateral”) whether in existence on the Petition Date or thereafter created, acquired, or arising and wherever located, that is subject to any of the Liens securing the obligations under the Prepetition Secured Debt (the “Prepetition Liens”), regardless of whether or not any Prepetition Liens on the assets are voided, avoided, invalidated, lapsed, or unperfected subject only to the Carve Out. The Priming Liens shall prime in all respects the Liens and security interests of the Prepetition Secured Parties, with respect to the Prepetition Secured Debt (including, without limitation, the Prepetition Liens and the Adequate Protection Liens granted to the Prepetition Secured Parties) (the “Primed Liens”). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Priming Liens (i) shall be subject and junior to the Carve Out in all respects, (ii) shall be senior in all respects to the Prepetition Liens and (iii) shall also be senior to the Adequate Protection Liens;
(c) Pursuant to section 364(c)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, be secured by a valid, binding, continuing, enforceable, fully perfected junior priority security interest and Lien on all prepetition and postpetition property of the DIP Debtors to the extent that such assets are subject to valid, perfected perfected, non-avoidable and unavoidable Liens in favor of third parties that were enforceable liens in existence immediately prior to on or as of the Petition Date or valid liens perfected (other than the Primed Liens), or to valid and unavoidable Liens in favor of third parties that were in existence immediately prior to but not granted) after the Petition Date that were perfected subsequent to the Petition Date as extent such post-petition perfection is expressly permitted by Section 546(b) of the Bankruptcy Code (other than Primed Lienscollectively, the “Unencumbered Property”), which Liens shall be (a) junior including without limitation, any and subordinate to any such validall unencumbered cash, perfectedaccounts receivable, inventory, general intangibles, contracts, securities, chattel paper, owned real estate, real property leaseholds, fixtures, machinery, equipment, deposit accounts, patents, copyrights, trademarks, tradenames, rights under license agreements and non-avoidable Liens (other than Primed Liens) in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date and/or (b) any such valid and non-avoidable Liens in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date that are perfected subsequent to the Petition Date as permitted by section 546(b) intellectual property, capital stock of the Bankruptcy Code; provided that nothing in the foregoing shall limit the rights subsidiaries of the DIP Secured Parties under Loan Party Debtors and the DIP Documents to the extent any such Liens are not permitted thereunder; and
(d) Pursuant to section 364(c)(1) proceeds of the Bankruptcy Code, all of the Obligations foregoing; provided further that the Unencumbered Property shall constitute allowed superpriority administrative expense claims against the DIP Debtors on a joint and several basis (without the need to file not include any proof of claim) with priority over any and all claims against the DIP Debtors, now existing or hereafter arising, of any kind whatsoever, including, without limitation, all administrative expenses Avoidance Actions of the kind specified in sections 503(b) Loan Party Debtors and 507(b) any assets upon which security may not be lawfully granted, but subject to the entry of the Bankruptcy Code and any and all administrative expenses or other claims (“Administrative Expense Claims”) arising under sections 105Final Order, 326, 327, 328, 330, 331, 365, 503(b), 506(c), 507(a), 507(b), 726, 1113, or 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code (including the Adequate Protection Obligations), whether or not such expenses or claims may become secured by a judgment Lien or other non-consensual Lien, levy, or attachment, which allowed claims (the “DIP Superpriority Claims”) Unencumbered Property shall for purposes of section 1129(a)(9)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code be considered administrative expenses allowed under section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, and which DIP Superpriority Claims shall be payable from and have recourse to all prepetition and postpetition property of the DIP Debtors and all proceeds thereof (excluding claims and causes of action under sections 502(d), 544, 545, 547, 548, and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any other avoidance actions under the Bankruptcy Code (collectively, “Avoidance Actions”) but including include any proceeds or property recovered, unencumbered, or otherwise, from recovered in respect of any successful Avoidance Actions, whether by judgment, settlement, or otherwise (“Avoidance Proceeds”)) in accordance with the other DIP Documents, subject only to the Carve Out. The DIP Superpriority Claims shall be entitled to the full protection of section 364(e) Actions of the Bankruptcy Code if the Final DIP Order or any provision hereof is vacated, reversed, or modified, on appeal or otherwise;Loan Party Debtors.
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DIP Liens. Subject to (a) As security for the Carve OutSenior DIP Obligations, immediately upon entry of this Interim Order, and effective as of the Petition Date, the Obligations shall be secured by Senior DIP Agent, for the benefit of itself and each of the other Senior DIP Secured Parties, is hereby granted continuing, valid, binding, continuing enforceable, fully-perfected, non-avoidable, avoidable and automatically and properly perfected Liens on, and security interests in and liens (such collectively, the “Senior DIP Liens”) on all DIP Collateral as collateral security for the prompt and complete performance and payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all of the Senior DIP Obligations. Subject in all respects to the priorities and relative rights set forth herein, as security for the Junior DIP Obligations, immediately upon entry of this Interim Order, and effective as of the Petition Date, the Junior DIP Agent, for the benefit of itself and each of the other Junior DIP Secured Parties, is hereby granted continuing, valid, binding, enforceable, non-avoidable and automatically and properly perfected security interests in and liens and security interests(collectively, the “Junior DIP Liens”, together with the Senior DIP Liens, the “DIP Liens”)) on all DIP Collateral as collateral security for the prompt and complete performance and payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all of the Junior DIP Obligations.
(b) The term “DIP Collateral” means, without limitation, all present assets and after acquired property properties (whether tangible, intangible, real, personal or mixed) of the DIP Debtors, whether now owned by or owing to, or hereafter acquired by, or arising in favor of, the Debtors wherever (including under any trade names, styles, or derivations thereof), and whether owned or consigned by or to, or leased from or to, the Debtors, and regardless of where located, including, without limitation, all accountsof the Debtors’ rights, title and interest in: (i) all Prepetition Collateral (including any Cash Collateral); (ii) all cash and cash equivalents; (iii) all funds in any deposit account, securities account or other account of the Debtors and all money, cash, cash equivalents, instruments and other property deposited therein or credited thereto from time to time; (iv) all accounts and other receivables; (v) all contract rights; (vi) all instruments, documents and chattel paper; (vii) all securities (whether or not marketable); (viii) all goods, as-extracted collateral, deposit accounts, cash and cash equivalents, inventoryfurniture, equipment, capital stock inventory and fixtures; (ix) all real property interests; (x) all interests in subsidiaries of the DIP Debtorsleaseholds, and the proceeds thereof(xi) all franchise rights; (xii) all patents, investment propertytradenames, instruments, chattel paper, real estate, leasehold rights and leasehold interests, contracts, patentstrademarks (other than intent-to-use trademarks), copyrights, trademarks and other general intangibles, licenses and all products and proceeds thereof, including proceeds from any directors/officers’ insurance policies, and including other intellectual property; (ixiii) to the maximum extent permitted by law, all rights incident or appurtenant to the FCC Licenses and the right to receive all proceeds derived from or in connection with the sale, assignment or transfer of the FCC Licenses, (ii) the C-Band Payments and (iii) the Avoidance Proceeds (all such property, the “DIP Collateral”) as follows:
(a) Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 364(c)(2), be secured by a valid, binding, continuing, enforceable, fully-perfected first priority senior security interest in and Lien upon all prepetition and postpetition property of the DIP Debtors, whether existing on the Petition Date or thereafter acquired, that, on or as of the Petition Date is not subject to valid, perfected and non-avoidable Liens (or perfected after the Petition Date to the extent permitted by Bankruptcy Code section 546(b)), including, without limitation, any unencumbered cash of the DIP Debtors (whether maintained with any Agent or otherwise) and any investment of such cash, accounts, inventory, good, contract rights, mineral rights, instruments, documents, chattel paper, patents, trademarks, copyrights, and licenses therefor, accounts receivable, receivables and receivables records, general intangible, payment intangibles, tax or other refunds, or insurance proceeds; (xiv) all equity interests, capital stock, limited liability company interests, partnership interests and financial assets; (xv) all investment property; (xvi) all supporting obligations; (xvii) all letters of credit, intercompany claims, contracts, owned real estate, real property leaseholds, fixtures, deposit accounts, credit issued to the Debtors and letter of credit rights; (xviii) commercial tort claims, securities accounts, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, supporting obligations, vehicles, machinery claims and equipment, real property, leases (and proceeds from the disposition thereof), all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each DIP Debtor, other equity or ownership interests, including equity interests in subsidiaries and non-wholly owned subsidiaries, money, investment property, causes of action (including the Avoidance Proceeds), and all cash substitutions; (xix) all books and non-cash proceeds, rents, products, substitutions, accessions, profits and supporting obligations of any of the collateral described above, whether in existence on the Petition Date or thereafter created, acquired, or arising and wherever located, subject only to the Carve Out;
(b) Pursuant to section 364(d)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, a valid, binding, continuing, enforceable, fully perfected first priority priming security interest and Lien (the “Priming Liens”) on all prepetition and postpetition property of the DIP Debtors of the same nature, scope, and type as the collateral securing the Prepetition Secured Debt (the “Prepetition Collateral”) whether in existence on the Petition Date or thereafter created, acquired, or arising and wherever located, that is subject to any of the Liens securing the obligations under the Prepetition Secured Debt (the “Prepetition Liens”), regardless of whether or not any Prepetition Liens on the assets are voided, avoided, invalidated, lapsed, or unperfected subject only to the Carve Out. The Priming Liens shall prime in all respects the Liens and security interests of the Prepetition Secured Parties, with respect to the Prepetition Secured Debt records (including, without limitation, the Prepetition Liens customers lists, credit files, computer programs, printouts and the Adequate Protection Liens granted to the Prepetition Secured Partiesother computer materials and records); (xxi) (the “Primed Liens”). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Priming Liens (i) shall be subject and junior to the Carve Out in all respects, (ii) shall be senior in all respects to the Prepetition Liens and (iii) shall also be senior to the Adequate Protection Liens;
(c) Pursuant to section 364(c)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, be secured by a valid, binding, continuing, enforceable, fully perfected junior priority security interest and Lien on all prepetition and postpetition property of the DIP Debtors to the extent that not covered by the foregoing, all other assets or properties of the Debtors, whether tangible, intangible, real, personal or mixed; (xxii) all oil reserves; (xxiii) all proceeds and products of each of the foregoing clauses (i)-(xxii) and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and rents, profits and products of, each of the foregoing, including any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to such assets are subject Debtor from time to valid, perfected time with respect to any of the foregoing; and unavoidable Liens (xxiv) all proceeds or property recovered in favor of third parties that were in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date (other than the Primed Liens), or to valid and unavoidable Liens in favor of third parties that were in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date that were perfected subsequent to the Petition Date as permitted by Section 546(b) connection with actions under chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code (other than Primed Liens), which Liens shall be (a) junior and subordinate to any such valid, perfected, and non-avoidable Liens (other than Primed Liens) in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date and/or (b) any such valid and non-avoidable Liens in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date that are perfected subsequent to the Petition Date as permitted by section 546(b) of the Bankruptcy Code; provided that nothing in the foregoing shall limit the rights of the DIP Secured Parties under the DIP Documents to the extent any such Liens are not permitted thereunder; and
(d) Pursuant to section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, all of the Obligations shall constitute allowed superpriority administrative expense claims against the DIP Debtors on a joint and several basis (without the need to file any proof of claim) with priority over any and all claims against the DIP Debtors, now existing or hereafter arising, of any kind whatsoever, including, without limitation, all administrative expenses of the kind specified in sections 503(b) and 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and any and all administrative expenses or other claims (“Administrative Expense Claims”) arising under sections 105, 326, 327, 328, 330, 331, 365, 503(b), 506(c), 507(a), 507(b), 726, 1113, or 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code (including the Adequate Protection Obligations), whether or not such expenses or claims may become secured by a judgment Lien or other non-consensual Lien, levy, or attachment, which allowed claims (the “DIP Superpriority Claims”) shall for purposes of section 1129(a)(9)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code be considered administrative expenses allowed under section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, and which DIP Superpriority Claims shall be payable from and have recourse to all prepetition and postpetition property of the DIP Debtors and all proceeds thereof (excluding claims and causes of action under sections 502(d), 544, 545, 547, 548, and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any other avoidance actions under the Bankruptcy Code (collectively, “Avoidance Actions”), provided, that (x) but including any the DIP Liens on proceeds or and property recovered, unencumbered, or otherwise, from recovered in connection with Avoidance Actions, whether by judgment, settlement, or otherwise (“Avoidance Proceeds”)) in accordance with the other DIP Documents, subject Actions shall attach only to the Carve Out. The DIP Superpriority Claims shall be entitled to the full protection of section 364(e) upon entry of the Bankruptcy Code if Final Order and (y) the Final DIP Order or any provision hereof is vacated, reversed, or modified, on appeal or otherwise;Collateral shall not include Excluded Property (as defined in the Senior DIP Credit Agreement).
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Samples: Restructuring Support Agreement (California Resources Corp)
DIP Liens. Subject and subordinate to the Carve OutCarve-Out in all respects, as set forth in this Interim Order and effective immediately upon entry of this Interim Order, pursuant to, as applicable, sections 361, 362, 364(c)(2), 364(c)(3), and 364(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Obligations shall be secured by DIP Agent, for the benefit of itself and the DIP Lenders, is hereby granted, in order to secure the DIP Obligations, continuing, valid, binding, continuing enforceable, fully-perfected, non-avoidable, and automatically and properly perfected Liens on, and postpetition security interests in and liens on (such liens and security interestscollectively, the “DIP Liens”)) all real and personal property, all present whether now existing or hereafter arising and after acquired property (whether tangible, intangible, real, personal or mixed) of the DIP Debtors wherever located, includingtangible or intangible, without limitation, all accounts, as-extracted collateral, deposit accounts, cash and cash equivalents, inventory, equipment, capital stock in subsidiaries of each of the DIP Debtors, and the proceeds thereof, investment property, instruments, chattel paper, real estate, leasehold rights and leasehold interests, contracts, patents, copyrights, trademarks and other general intangibles, and all products and proceeds thereof, including proceeds from any directors/officers’ insurance policies, and including Debtors (i) to the maximum extent permitted by law, all rights incident or appurtenant to the FCC Licenses and the right to receive all proceeds derived from or in connection with the sale, assignment or transfer of the FCC Licenses, (ii) the C-Band Payments and (iii) the Avoidance Proceeds (all such property, the “DIP Collateral”) as follows:
(a) Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 364(c)(2), be secured by a valid, binding, continuing, enforceable, fully-perfected first priority senior security interest in and Lien upon all prepetition and postpetition property of the DIP Debtors, whether existing on the Petition Date or thereafter acquired, that, on or as of the Petition Date is not subject to valid, perfected and non-avoidable Liens (or perfected after the Petition Date to the extent permitted by Bankruptcy Code section 546(b)), including, without limitationlimitation (a) all cash, any unencumbered cash of the DIP Debtors (whether maintained with any Agent or otherwise) and any investment of such cashequivalents, deposit accounts, securities accounts, accounts, inventoryother receivables (including credit card receivables), goodchattel paper, contract rights, mineral rightsinventory (wherever located), instruments, documents, chattel papersecurities (whether or not marketable) and investment property (including, patents, trademarks, copyrights, and licenses therefor, accounts receivable, receivables and receivables records, general intangible, payment intangibles, tax or other refunds, insurance proceeds, letters of credit, intercompany claims, contracts, owned real estate, real property leaseholds, fixtures, deposit accounts, commercial tort claims, securities accounts, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, supporting obligations, vehicles, machinery and equipment, real property, leases (and proceeds from the disposition thereof)without limitation, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each DIP DebtorDebtor (other than Ultimate Holdings), other equity or ownership interests, including equity interests in subsidiaries and non-wholly wholly-owned subsidiaries), moneyhedge agreements, investment furniture, fixtures, equipment (including documents of title), goods, franchise rights, trade names, trademarks, servicemarks, copyrights, patents, license rights, intellectual property, causes general intangibles (including, for the avoidance of action (including the Avoidance Proceedsdoubt, payment intangibles), and all cash and non-cash proceeds, rents, products, substitutions, accessions, profits and supporting obligations of any of the collateral described above, whether in existence on the Petition Date or thereafter created, acquired, or arising and wherever located, subject only rights to the Carve Out;
(b) Pursuant to section 364(d)(1) payment of the Bankruptcy Code, a valid, binding, continuing, enforceable, fully perfected first priority priming security interest and Lien (the “Priming Liens”) on all prepetition and postpetition property of the DIP Debtors of the same nature, scope, and type as the collateral securing the Prepetition Secured Debt (the “Prepetition Collateral”) whether in existence on the Petition Date or thereafter created, acquired, or arising and wherever located, that is subject to any of the Liens securing the obligations under the Prepetition Secured Debt (the “Prepetition Liens”), regardless of whether or not any Prepetition Liens on the assets are voided, avoided, invalidated, lapsed, or unperfected subject only to the Carve Out. The Priming Liens shall prime in all respects the Liens and security interests of the Prepetition Secured Parties, with respect to the Prepetition Secured Debt money (including, without limitation, tax refunds and any other extraordinary payments), supporting obligations, guarantees, letter of credit rights, commercial tort claims, causes of action, and all substitutions, indemnification rights, all present and future intercompany debt, leases other than nonresidential real property leases, fee interests in real property owned by the Prepetition Liens Debtors, books and the Adequate Protection Liens granted records related to the Prepetition Secured Partiesforegoing, and accessions and proceeds of the foregoing, wherever located, including insurance or other proceeds; (b) (the “Primed Liens”). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Priming Liens (i) shall be subject all owned real property interests and junior to the Carve Out in all respects, (ii) shall be senior in all respects to the Prepetition Liens and (iii) shall also be senior to the Adequate Protection Liens;
proceeds of leased real property; (c) Pursuant to actions brought under section 364(c)(3) 549 of the Bankruptcy Code, be secured by a valid, binding, continuing, enforceable, fully perfected junior priority security interest and Lien on all prepetition and postpetition property Code to recover any post-petition transfer of DIP Collateral; (d) the proceeds of any avoidance actions brought pursuant to chapter 5 of the DIP Debtors to the extent that such assets are subject to valid, perfected and unavoidable Liens in favor of third parties that were in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date (other than the Primed Liens), Bankruptcy Code or to valid and unavoidable Liens in favor of third parties that were in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date that were perfected subsequent to the Petition Date as permitted by Section 546(bsection 724(a) of the Bankruptcy Code (other than Primed Liens), which Liens shall be (a) junior and subordinate to any such valid, perfected, and non-avoidable Liens (other than Primed Liens) in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date and/or (b) any such valid and non-avoidable Liens in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date that are perfected subsequent to the Petition Date as permitted by section 546(b) of the Bankruptcy Code; provided that nothing in the foregoing shall limit the rights of the DIP Secured Parties under the DIP Documents to the extent any such Liens are not permitted thereunder; and
(d) Pursuant to section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, all of the Obligations shall constitute allowed superpriority administrative expense claims against the DIP Debtors on a joint and several basis (without the need to file any proof of claim) with priority over any and all claims against the DIP Debtors, now existing or hereafter arising, of any kind whatsoever, including, without limitation, all administrative expenses of the kind specified in sections 503(b) and 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and any and all administrative expenses or other claims (“Administrative Expense Claims”) arising under sections 105, 326, 327, 328, 330, 331, 365, 503(b), 506(c), 507(a), 507(b), 726, 1113, or 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code (including the Adequate Protection Obligations), whether or not such expenses or claims may become secured by a judgment Lien or other non-consensual Lien, levy, or attachment, which allowed claims (the “DIP Superpriority Claims”) shall for purposes of section 1129(a)(9)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code be considered administrative expenses allowed under section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, and which DIP Superpriority Claims shall be payable from and have recourse to all prepetition and postpetition property of the DIP Debtors and all proceeds thereof (excluding claims and causes of action under sections 502(d), 544, 545, 547, 548, and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any other avoidance actions under the Bankruptcy Code or applicable state law equivalents (collectively, the “Avoidance Actions”) but including any proceeds or property recovered, unencumbered, or otherwise, from Avoidance Actions, whether by judgment, settlement, or otherwise (“Avoidance Action Proceeds”), but not the actions themselves; (d) the proceeds of any exercise of the Debtors’ rights under section 506(c) and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code; and (e) all DIP Collateral that was not otherwise subject to valid, perfected, enforceable, and unavoidable liens on the Petition Date; provided that the DIP Collateral shall not include (and the DIP Liens shall not extend to) (w) funds held in accordance with the other Borrowing Base Account (if any), provided DIP Collateral shall include the Debtors’ reversionary interest in such funds (x) any “Excluded Property” (as defined in the DIP Documents), (y) any nonresidential real property leases (although the DIP Collateral shall include the proceeds of any such leases) or (z) the Professional Fees Account (as defined herein) and all funds held therein, which shall constitute “Excluded Property” under this Interim Order and the DIP Documents, subject only except to the Carve Out. The extent of the Debtors’ reversionary interest, if any, in funds held in the Professional Fees Account, after all Professional Fees benefitting from the Carve-Out have been indefeasibly paid in full, in cash; provided further that neither the DIP Superpriority Claims Funding Account (as defined in the DIP Credit Agreement) nor the Operating Account (as defined in the DIP Credit Agreement) shall be entitled subject to the full protection of section 364(e) any lien in favor of the Bankruptcy Code if the Final DIP Order or Prepetition Secured Parties, including with respect to any provision hereof is vacated, reversed, or modified, on appeal or otherwise;lien granted as adequate protection.
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