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Common use of DIP Liens Clause in Contracts

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;

Appears in 7 contracts

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.)