Obligor The word "Obligor" means without limitation any and all persons obligated to pay money or to perform some other act under the Collateral.
Security and Financial Indebtedness (a) No Security or Quasi-Security exists over all or any of the present or future assets of any member of the Group other than as permitted by this Agreement. (b) No member of the Group has any Financial Indebtedness outstanding other than as permitted by this Agreement.
Financial Indebtedness (a) No Obligor shall (and the Company shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) incur (or agree to incur) or have outstanding any Financial Indebtedness. (b) Paragraph (a) above does not apply to: (i) Financial Indebtedness referred to in paragraph (b) of Clause 23.6 (Loans and guarantees); (ii) Financial Indebtedness arising under the Finance Documents; (iii) any Financial Indebtedness of a company which becomes a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement, where the Financial Indebtedness is incurred prior to the date on which that company becomes a member of the Group if: (A) the Financial Indebtedness was not incurred in contemplation of the acquisition of that company; (B) the Financial Indebtedness is repaid, prepaid or cancelled in full within [***] of that company becoming a member of the Group; (iv) any Financial Indebtedness permitted under Clause 23.19 (Hedging); (v) any Financial Indebtedness to the extent covered by a guarantee, bond or letter of credit issued under an Ancillary Facility; (vi) Permitted Existing Financial Indebtedness; (vii) Financial Indebtedness arising from the issuance or issuances of one or more convertible or regular bonds with an aggregate maximum subscription amount not exceeding EUR [***] provided that: (A) any such bond issued is unsecured; (B) any such bond ranks pari passu with, or subordinated to the Facilities; and (C) the proceeds are applied in accordance with Clause 9.5 (Capital Market Issue Proceeds) and Clause 9.8 (Application of Capital Market Issue Proceeds); and (viii) any Financial Indebtedness (other than falling within paragraph (g) of the definition of Financial Indebtedness) provided that any Financial Indebtedness referred to in paragraphs (h) or (j) of the definition of Financial Indebtedness shall only be counted once for this purpose) not falling within paragraphs (i) to (vi) above, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of which across the Group does not at any time exceed [***] (or its equivalent in another currency or currencies).
Additional Borrowers (a) The Parent may from time to time designate one or more wholly-owned Subsidiaries of Parent organized in the United States as an Additional Borrower by delivering to the Agent: (i) all documentation and other customary information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act, that the Agent or any Lender has reasonably requested, including, if such Subsidiary qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Subsidiary, without any written objection submitted by any Lender or the Agent within five (5) Business Days of its receipt of such documentation and other information; (ii) solely to the extent such Subsidiary is not already a Loan Party, (A) all documents, joinders, supplements, updated schedules, instruments, certificates and agreements and all other actions and information, then required by or in respect of such Subsidiary by Section 5.11 or by the Guaranty and Security Agreement (without giving effect to any grace periods for delivery of such items, the updating of such information or the taking of such actions), (B) a customary opinion of counsel of such Subsidiary and (C) a customary secretary’s certificate attaching such documents as were delivered by the existing Borrowers on the Closing Date; (iii) promissory notes in respect of such Subsidiary in its capacity as Additional Borrower in favor of any Lender requesting such promissory notes, in form and substance consistent with the notes (if any) provided by the existing Borrowers as of the Closing Date; and (iv) a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent whereby such Subsidiary becomes party hereto as a Borrower. (b) The designation of any wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent organized in the United States as an Additional Borrower shall only be effective two (2) Business Days following the delivery of the documents set forth in, and satisfaction of the requirements of, Section 2.2(a).
Foreign Subsidiaries Security If following a change in the relevant sections of the Code or the regulations, rules, revenue rulings, notices or other official pronouncements issued or promulgated thereunder, counsel for Silgan reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent does not within 30 days after a request from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders deliver a written opinion or other evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by Silgan or another US Credit Party which has not already had all of its stock pledged pursuant to the US Pledge Agreement (other than of any Excluded Entity (as defined in the US Pledge Agreement)) that (i) a pledge of 66-2/3% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of capital stock of such Foreign Subsidiary entitled to vote to secure the Obligations of the US Credit Parties (as opposed to the Obligations of a Foreign Credit Party, including, for this purpose, any guaranty of such Obligations by a US Credit Party), (ii) the entering into by such Foreign Subsidiary of a pledge agreement substantially in the form of the US Pledge Agreement to secure the Obligations of the US Borrowers and of such Foreign Subsidiary under the US Borrowers/Subsidiaries Guaranty and (iii) the entering into by such Foreign Subsidiary of a guaranty in substantially the form of the US Borrowers/Subsidiaries Guaranty guaranteeing the Obligations of the US Borrowers, in any such case could reasonably be expected to cause the undistributed earnings of such Foreign Subsidiary as determined for US Federal income tax purposes to be treated as a deemed dividend to such Foreign Subsidiary’s United States parent for Federal income tax purposes, then, except during a Collateral Release Period, (A) in the case of a failure to deliver the evidence described in clause (i) above, that portion of such Foreign Subsidiary’s outstanding capital stock so issued by such Foreign Subsidiary not theretofore pledged pursuant to the US Pledge Agreement to secure the Obligations of the US Credit Parties shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors pursuant to the US Pledge Agreement, (B) in the case of a failure to deliver the evidence described in clause (ii) above, such Foreign Subsidiary shall execute and deliver the US Pledge Agreement (or another pledge agreement in substantially similar form, if needed, including by amending or otherwise modifying the comparable Foreign Security Document), granting to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors a security interest in all of such Foreign Subsidiary’s capital stock or the capital stock directly owned by such Foreign Subsidiary in the Material Subsidiaries of such Foreign Subsidiary organized in the same jurisdiction as such Foreign Subsidiary, as the case may be, and securing the Obligations of the US Borrowers and, in the event the US Borrowers/Subsidiaries Guaranty shall have been executed by such Foreign Subsidiary, the obligations of such Foreign Subsidiary thereunder, and (C) in the case of a failure to deliver the evidence described in clause (iii) above, such Foreign Subsidiary shall execute and deliver the US Borrowers/Subsidiaries Guaranty (or another guaranty in substantially similar form, if needed), guaranteeing the Obligations of the US Borrowers, in each case to the extent that the entering into of the US Pledge Agreement or the US Borrowers/Subsidiaries Guaranty (or substantially similar documents) is permitted by the laws of the respective foreign jurisdiction (after complying with any “whitewash” or other applicable proceedings) and with all documents delivered pursuant to this Section 8.10 to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
