Common use of Excess Cash Account; Cash Collateral Account Clause in Contracts

Excess Cash Account; Cash Collateral Account. (a) The Company shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, cash in the Excess Cash Account at the times and in the amounts required by Section 5.09 of the Credit Agreement. Amounts deposited in the Excess Cash Account shall be held therein as Collateral for the Secured Obligations, provided that the Collateral Agent shall, to the extent required by (and otherwise on the terms set forth in) the proviso to Section 5.09 of the Credit Agreement, release and pay over to the Company free of the Transaction Liens such amounts as provided in such proviso. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent may, at the direction of the Majority Lenders, apply funds in the Excess Cash Account in accordance with Section 6.02. (b) Amounts deposited in the Cash Collateral Account shall be held therein, subject to the following provisions : (i) If any Letter of Credit is drawn, in whole or in part, and not reimbursed by the applicable Borrower within the period specified in Section 2.04(e) of the Credit Agreement, the Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit may request, whereupon the Collateral Agent shall within three Business Days after receipt of such request, direct the Depository Bank to promptly distribute to such Issuing Bank an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the amount of the LC Disbursement in respect of such Letter of Credit that has not been reimbursed by or on behalf of such Borrower and (y) the total amount available in the Cash Collateral Account at such time. (ii) Upon the request of the Company at a time when no Event of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall direct the Depository Bank to distribute any funds in the Cash Collateral Account (other than, prior to the Final Payment Date, funds deposited in the Cash Collateral Account pursuant to Section 2.09(c) or (d) of the Credit Agreement) to the Company (or to the Company’s designee) to be used by the Company for general corporate purposes, or to be used by such designee for any lawful purpose. (iii) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent may, at the direction of the Majority Lenders, apply funds in the Cash Collateral Account in accordance with Section 6.02. (c) If any Letter of Credit, or any portion thereof, has terminated, expired or otherwise been released or satisfied undrawn and, as a result, the total amount of funds in the Cash Collateral Account, as of such date, exceeds 105% of the aggregate amount of LC Exposure, as of such date, then (i) the Collateral Agent shall, upon any request therefor from the Company, direct the Depository Bank to transfer such excess of funds on deposit in the Cash Collateral Account (any such amount, “Unused Cash Collateral”) into the Collateral Account; and (ii) such Unused Cash Collateral shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.09 of the Credit Agreement and Section 6.02.

Appears in 7 contracts

Samples: Security Agreement (Anr Pipeline Co), Security Agreement (El Paso CGP Co), Security Agreement (El Paso Natural Gas Co)

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Excess Cash Account; Cash Collateral Account. (a) The Company shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, cash in the Excess Cash Account at the times and in the amounts required by Section 5.09 of the Credit Agreement. Amounts deposited in the Excess Cash Account shall be held therein as Collateral for the Secured Obligations, provided that the Collateral Agent shall, to the extent required by (and otherwise on the terms set forth in) the proviso to Section 5.09 of the Credit Agreement, release and pay over to the Company free of the Transaction Liens such amounts as provided in such proviso. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent may, at the direction of the Majority Lenders, apply funds in the Excess Cash Account in accordance with Section 6.02. (b) Amounts deposited in the Cash Collateral Account shall be held therein, subject to the following provisions : (i) If any Letter of Credit is drawn, in whole or in part, and not reimbursed by the applicable Borrower within the period specified in Section 2.04(e) of the Credit Agreement, the Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit may request, whereupon the Collateral Agent shall within three Business Days after receipt of such request, direct the Depository Bank to promptly distribute to such Issuing Bank an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the amount of the LC Disbursement in respect of such Letter of Credit that has not been reimbursed by or on behalf of such Borrower and (y) the total amount available in the Cash Collateral Account at such time. (ii) Upon the request of the Company at a time when no Event of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall direct the Depository Bank to distribute any funds in the Cash Collateral Account (other than, prior to the Final Payment Date, funds deposited in the Cash Collateral Account pursuant to Section 2.09(c) or (d) of the Credit Agreement) to the Company (or to the Company’s designee) to be used by the Company for general corporate purposes, or to be used by such designee for any lawful purpose. (iii) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent may, at the direction of the Majority Lenders, apply funds in the Cash Collateral Account in accordance with Section 6.02. (c) If any Letter of Credit, or any portion thereof, has terminated, expired or otherwise been released or satisfied undrawn and, as a result, the total amount of funds in the Cash Collateral Account, as of such date, exceeds 105% of the aggregate amount of LC Exposure, as of such date, then (i) the Collateral Agent shall, upon any request therefor from the Company, direct the Depository Bank to transfer such excess of funds on deposit in the Cash Collateral Account (any such amount, “Unused Cash Collateral”) into the Collateral Account; and (ii) such Unused Cash Collateral shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.09 of the Credit Agreement and Section 6.02.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Security Agreement (El Paso Corp/De), Security Agreement (Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co), Security Agreement (El Paso Natural Gas Co)

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