First Lien Collateral Agent. (1) The First Lien Collateral Agent shall have all the rights and protections provided in the Security Documents and the First Lien Credit Facility. (2) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 of the Indenture, neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral, for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness or sufficiency of the Security Documents, for the obtaining or maintaining of insurance on any Collateral, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any First Priority Lien, or for any defect or deficiency as to any such matters. Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent shall have any duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto and neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral. The Trustee and the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral, by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Trustee or the First Lien Collateral Agent in good faith. (3) Subject to the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, (i) the Trustee shall direct the First Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) except as directed by the Trustee as required or permitted by the Indenture and any other representatives or pursuant to the Security Documents, in each case, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, the Holders acknowledge that the First Lien Collateral Agent will not be obligated: (a) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any other Person; (b) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any First Priority Lien; or (c) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the First Priority Liens, Security Documents or Collateral. (4) The Holders agree that the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the rights, privileges, protections, immunities, indemnities and benefits provided to the First Lien Collateral Agent by the Security Documents and the First Lien Credit Facility. Furthermore, each Holder consents to the terms of and authorizes and directs the Trustee (in each of its capacities) and the First Lien Collateral Agent to enter into and perform the Intercreditor Agreements and Security Documents in each of its capacities thereunder. (5) If the Company (i) incurs First Lien Obligations at any time when the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement is not in effect or at any time when indebtedness constituting First Lien Obligations entitled to the benefit of an existing intercreditor agreement is concurrently retired and (ii) directs the Trustee to deliver to the First Lien Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate so stating and requesting the First Lien Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement (on substantially the same terms as the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the First Lien Obligations so incurred, the Holders acknowledge that the First Lien Collateral Agent is hereby authorized and directed to enter into such intercreditor agreement, bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder.
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Samples: First Supplemental Indenture (ADT, Inc.), Sixth Supplemental Indenture (ADT, Inc.), Sixth Supplemental Indenture (ADT, Inc.)
First Lien Collateral Agent. (1a) The First Lien Collateral Agent shall have all the rights and protections provided in the Security Documents and the First Lien Credit FacilityAgreement.
(2b) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 of the Indenture10.01, neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral, for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness or sufficiency of the Security Documents, for the obtaining or maintaining of insurance on any Collateral, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any First Priority Lien, or for any defect or deficiency as to any such matters. Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent shall have any duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto and neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral. The Trustee and the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral, by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Trustee or the First Lien Collateral Agent in good faith.
(3c) Subject to the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, (i) the Trustee shall direct the First Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) except as directed by the Trustee as required or permitted by the this Indenture and any other representatives or pursuant to the Security Documents, in each case, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, the Holders acknowledge that the First Lien Collateral Agent will not be obligated:
(ai) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any other Person;
(bii) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any First Priority Lien; or
(ciii) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the First Priority Liens, Security Documents or Collateral.
(4d) The Holders agree that the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the rights, privileges, protections, immunities, indemnities and benefits provided to the First Lien Collateral Agent by the Security Documents and the First Lien Credit FacilityAgreement. Furthermore, each Holder consents to the terms of and authorizes and directs the Trustee (in each of its capacities) and the First Lien Collateral Agent to enter into and perform the Intercreditor Agreements and Security Documents in each of its capacities thereunder.
(5e) If the Company Issuers (i) incurs incur First Priority Lien Obligations at any time when the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement is not in effect or at any time when indebtedness constituting First Priority Lien Obligations entitled to the benefit of an existing intercreditor agreement is concurrently retired and (ii) directs direct the Trustee to deliver to the First Lien Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate so stating and requesting the First Lien Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement (on substantially the same terms as the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the First Priority Lien Obligations so incurred, the Holders acknowledge that the First Lien Collateral Agent is hereby authorized and directed to enter into such intercreditor agreement, bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder.
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Samples: Indenture (ADT Inc.), Indenture (ADT Inc.), Indenture (ADT Inc.)
First Lien Collateral Agent. (1) The First Lien Collateral Agent shall have all the rights and protections provided in the Security Documents and the First Lien Credit Facility.
(2) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 8.01 of the Indenture, neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral, for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness or sufficiency of the Security Documents, for the obtaining or maintaining of insurance on any Collateral, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any First Priority Lien, or for any defect or deficiency as to any such matters. Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent shall have any duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto and neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral. The Trustee and the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral, by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Trustee or the First Lien Collateral Agent in good faith.
(3) Subject to the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, (i) the Trustee shall direct the First Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) except as directed by the Trustee as required or permitted by the Indenture and any other representatives or pursuant to the Security Documents, in each case, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, the Holders acknowledge that the First Lien Collateral Agent will not be obligated:
(a) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any other Person;
(b) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any First Priority Lien; or
(c) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the First Priority Liens, Security Documents or Collateral.
(4) The Holders agree that the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the rights, privileges, protections, immunities, indemnities and benefits provided to the First Lien Collateral Agent by the Security Documents and the First Lien Credit Facility. Furthermore, each Holder consents to the terms of and authorizes and directs the Trustee (in each of its capacities) and the First Lien Collateral Agent to enter into and perform the Intercreditor Agreements and Security Documents in each of its capacities thereunder.
(5) If the Company (i) incurs First Lien Obligations at any time when the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement is not in effect or at any time when indebtedness constituting First Lien Obligations entitled to the benefit of an existing intercreditor agreement is concurrently retired and (ii) directs the Trustee to deliver to the First Lien Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate so stating and requesting the First Lien Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement (on substantially the same terms as the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the First Lien Obligations so incurred, the Holders acknowledge that the First Lien Collateral Agent is hereby authorized and directed to enter into such intercreditor agreement, bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder.
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Samples: First Supplemental Indenture (ADT, Inc.), First Supplemental Indenture (ADT, Inc.)
First Lien Collateral Agent. (1a) The First Lien Trustee and each of the holders of the Notes, by acceptance of the Notes, hereby designates and appoints the First Lien Collateral Agent as its agent under the Note Documents and the First Lien Trustee and each of the holders of the Notes, by acceptance of the Notes, hereby irrevocably authorizes the First Lien Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of the Note Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the First Lien Collateral Agent by the terms of the Note Documents, and consents and agrees to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and each First Lien Collateral Document, as the same may be in effect or may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their respective terms. The First Lien Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 13.08. The provisions of this Section 13.08 are solely for the benefit of the First Lien Collateral Agent and none of the First Lien Trustee, any of the holders of the Notes nor any of the Issuers or Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 13.03. Each holder of the Notes agrees that any action taken by the First Lien Collateral Agent in accordance with the provision of the Note Documents, and the exercise by the First Lien Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies set forth herein and therein shall be authorized and binding upon all holders of the Notes. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in the Note Documents, the duties of the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be ministerial and administrative in nature, and the First Lien Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Note Documents to which the First Lien Collateral Agent is a party, nor shall the First Lien Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any trust or other fiduciary relationship with the First Lien Trustee, any holder of the Notes or any Issuer or Guarantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into the Note Documents exist against the First Lien Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the First Lien Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) The First Lien Collateral Agent shall have all may perform any of its duties under the rights and protections provided in the Security Note Documents by or through receivers, agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact or with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates, and the First Lien Credit Facility.
(2) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 of the Indenture, neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys agents, advisors and attorneys-in-fact of such Person and its Affiliates, (a “Related Person”) and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in taking action in good faith and in accordance with the advice or agents will opinion of such counsel. The First Lien Collateral Agent shall not be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value negligence or protection misconduct of any Collateralreceiver, for the legalityagent, enforceabilityemployee, effectiveness attorney-in-fact or sufficiency Related Person that it selects as long as such selection was made with due care.
(c) None of the Security Documents, for the obtaining or maintaining of insurance on any Collateral, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any First Priority Lien, or for any defect or deficiency as to any such matters. Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent or any of its respective Related Persons shall have (i) be liable for any duty action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with any Note Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment) or under or in connection with any First Lien Collateral Document or Intercreditor Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any Collateral in its possession of the First Lien Trustee or control any holder of the Notes for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or in the possession agreement made by any Issuer or control Guarantor or Affiliate of any agent Issuer or bailee Guarantor, or any income thereon Officer or as to preservation of rights against prior parties Related Person thereof, contained in this Indenture, or any other rights pertaining thereto and neither the Trustee nor Note Documents, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be responsible for filing under or in connection with, any financing of the Note Documents, or continuation statements the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection sufficiency of any security interest in of the CollateralNote Documents, or for any failure of any Issuer or Guarantor or any other party to any of the Note Documents to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Trustee and None of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any of its respective Related Persons shall be deemed under any obligation to have exercised reasonable care in the custody First Lien Trustee or any holder of the Collateral in its possession if Notes to ascertain or to inquire as to the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable observance or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value performance of any of the Collateralagreements contained in, by reason or conditions of, any of the act Note Documents or omission to inspect the properties, books, or records of any carrier, forwarding agency Issuer or other agent Guarantor or bailee selected by the Trustee any Affiliates of any Issuer or the First Lien Collateral Agent in good faithGuarantor.
(3) Subject to the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, (i) the Trustee shall direct the First Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) except as directed by the Trustee as required or permitted by the Indenture and any other representatives or pursuant to the Security Documents, in each case, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, the Holders acknowledge that the First Lien Collateral Agent will not be obligated:
(a) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any other Person;
(b) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any First Priority Lien; or
(c) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the First Priority Liens, Security Documents or Collateral.
(4d) The Holders agree that the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, in good faith upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, certification, telephone message, statement, or other communication, document or conversation (including those by telephone or e-mail) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the rightsproper Person or Persons, privilegesand upon advice and statements of legal counsel, protectionsindependent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the First Lien Collateral Agent. The First Lien Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, immunitiescertificate, indemnities and benefits provided statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document. The First Lien Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Note Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the First Lien Trustee as it determines. The First Lien Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under the Note Documents in accordance with a request, direction, instruction or consent of the First Lien Trustee.
(e) The First Lien Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Trust Officer of the First Lien Collateral Agent has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default or Event of Default is received by the Security Documents and the First Lien Credit Facility. Furthermore, each Holder consents to the terms of and authorizes and directs the Trustee (in each of its capacities) and the First Lien Collateral Agent to enter into and perform such notice references the Intercreditor Agreements Notes and Security Documents in each of its capacities thereunderthis Indenture.
(5f) If the Company (i) incurs The First Lien Obligations Collateral Agent may resign at any time when by notice to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement is not in effect or at any time when indebtedness constituting Trustee and the Issuers, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as First Lien Obligations entitled to the benefit of an existing intercreditor agreement is concurrently retired and (ii) directs the Trustee to deliver to Collateral Agent. If the First Lien Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate so stating and requesting resigns under this Indenture, the Issuers shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the First Lien Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement (on substantially as stated in the same terms as the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) in favor notice of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the First Lien Obligations so incurredresignation), the Holders acknowledge that the First Lien Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the First Lien Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuers (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is hereby authorized appointed and directed consented to enter into by the Issuers pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) retiring First Lien Collateral Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective (except in the case of the First Lien Collateral Agent holding collateral security on behalf of the holders of the Notes, the retiring the First Lien Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such intercreditor agreementcollateral security as nominee until such time as a successor collateral agent is appointed), bind and the Holders on holders of the terms set forth therein Notes shall assume and perform all of the duties of the First Lien Collateral Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the holders of the Notes appoint a successor collateral agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and observe duties of the retiring First Lien Collateral Agent, and the term “First Lien Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring First Lien Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring First Lien Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 13.08 (and Section 7.07) shall continue to inure to its obligations thereunderbenefit and the retiring First Lien Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the First Lien Collateral Agent under this Indenture.
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Samples: Exchange Agreement (Mallinckrodt PLC), Indenture (Mallinckrodt PLC)
First Lien Collateral Agent. (1a) The First Lien Collateral Agent shall have all the rights and protections provided in the Security Documents and the First Lien Credit FacilityDocuments.
(2b) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 of the Indenturehereof, neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral, for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness or sufficiency of the Security Documents, for the obtaining or maintaining of insurance on any Collateral, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any First Priority Lien, or for any defect or deficiency as to any such matters. Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent shall have any duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto and neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral. The Trustee and the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral, by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Trustee or the First Lien Collateral Agent in good faith.
(3c) Subject to the Security Documents and the Intercreditor AgreementsDocuments, (i) the Trustee shall direct the First Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) from time to time. Subject to the Security Documents, except as directed by the Trustee as required or permitted by the this Sixth Supplemental Indenture and any other representatives or pursuant to the Security Documents, in each case, subject to the Intercreditor Agreementsrepresentatives, the Holders acknowledge that the First Lien Collateral Agent will not be obligated:
(ai) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any other Person;
(bii) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any First Priority Lien; or
(ciii) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the First Priority Liens, Security Documents or Collateral.
(4) The Holders agree that the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the rights, privileges, protections, immunities, indemnities and benefits provided to the First Lien Collateral Agent by the Security Documents and the First Lien Credit Facility. Furthermore, each Holder consents to the terms of and authorizes and directs the Trustee (in each of its capacities) and the First Lien Collateral Agent to enter into and perform the Intercreditor Agreements and Security Documents in each of its capacities thereunder.
(5d) If the Company Issuer (i) incurs First Lien ABL Obligations at any time when the First Lien no Intercreditor Agreement is not in effect or at any time when indebtedness Indebtedness constituting First Lien ABL Obligations entitled to the benefit of an existing intercreditor agreement the Intercreditor Agreements is concurrently retired retired, and (ii) directs the Trustee to deliver to the First Lien Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate so stating and requesting the First Lien Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement (on substantially the same terms as the First Lien Intercreditor AgreementAgreements in effect on the Issue Date) in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the First Lien ABL Obligations so incurred, the Holders acknowledge that the First Lien Collateral Agent is hereby authorized and directed to enter into such intercreditor agreement, bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder.
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First Lien Collateral Agent. (1a) The First Lien Collateral Agent shall have all the rights and protections provided in the Security Documents and the First Lien Credit FacilityAgreement.
(2b) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 of the Indenture10.01, neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral, for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness or sufficiency of the Security Documents, for the obtaining or maintaining of insurance on any Collateral, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any First Priority Lien, or for any defect or deficiency as to any such matters. Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent shall have any duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto and neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral. The Trustee and the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral, by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Trustee or the First Lien Collateral Agent in good faith.
(3c) Subject to the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, (i) the Trustee shall direct the First Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) except as directed by the Trustee as required or permitted by the this Indenture and any other representatives or pursuant to the Security Documents, in each case, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, the Holders acknowledge that the First Lien Collateral Agent will not be obligated:
(ai) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any other Person;
(bii) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any First Priority Lien; or
(ciii) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the First Priority Liens, Security Documents or Collateral.
(4d) The Holders agree that the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the rights, privileges, protections, immunities, indemnities and benefits provided to the First Lien Collateral Agent by the Security Documents and the First Lien Credit FacilityAgreement. Furthermore, each Holder consents to the terms of and authorizes and directs the Trustee (in each of its capacities) and the First Lien Collateral Agent to enter into and perform the Intercreditor Agreements and Security Documents in each of its capacities thereunder.
(5e) If Prime Borrower or the Company Issuer (i) incurs First Priority Lien Obligations at any time when the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement is not in effect or at any time when indebtedness constituting First Priority Lien Obligations entitled to the benefit of an existing intercreditor agreement is concurrently retired and (ii) directs the Trustee to deliver to the First Lien Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate so stating and requesting the First Lien Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement (on substantially the same terms as the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the First Priority Lien Obligations so incurred, the Holders acknowledge that the First Lien Collateral Agent is hereby authorized and directed to enter into such intercreditor agreement, bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder.
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Samples: Indenture (ADT Inc.)
First Lien Collateral Agent. (1a) The First Lien Trustee and each of the holders of the Notes, by acceptance of the Notes, hereby designates and appoints the First Lien Collateral Agent as its agent under the Note Documents and the First Lien Trustee and each of the holders of the Notes, by acceptance of the Notes, hereby irrevocably authorizes the First Lien Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of the Note Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the First Lien Collateral Agent by the terms of the Note Documents, and consents and agrees to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and each First Lien Collateral Document, as the same may be in effect or may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their respective terms. The First Lien Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 13.08. The provisions of this Section 13.08 are solely for the benefit of the First Lien Collateral Agent and none of the First Lien Trustee, any of the holders of the Notes nor any of the Issuers or Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 13.03. Each holder of the Notes agrees that any action taken by the First Lien Collateral Agent in accordance with the provision of the Note Documents, and the exercise by the First Lien Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies set forth herein and therein shall be authorized and binding upon all holders of the Notes. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in the Note Documents, the duties of the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be ministerial and administrative in nature, and the First Lien Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Note Documents to which the First Lien Collateral Agent is a party, nor shall the First Lien Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any trust or other fiduciary relationship with the First Lien Trustee, any holder of the Notes or any Issuer or Guarantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into the Note Documents exist against the First Lien Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the First Lien Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) The First Lien Collateral Agent shall have all may perform any of its duties under the rights and protections provided in the Security Note Documents by or through receivers, agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact or with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates, and the First Lien Credit Facility.
(2) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 of the Indenture, neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys agents, advisors and attorneys-in-fact of such Person and its Affiliates, (a “Related Person”) and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in taking action in good faith and in accordance with the advice or agents will opinion of such counsel. The First Lien Collateral Agent shall not be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value negligence or protection misconduct of any Collateralreceiver, for the legalityagent, enforceabilityemployee, effectiveness attorney-in-fact or sufficiency Related Person that it selects as long as such selection was made with due care.
(c) None of the Security Documents, for the obtaining or maintaining of insurance on any Collateral, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any First Priority Lien, or for any defect or deficiency as to any such matters. Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent or any of its respective Related Persons shall have (i) be liable for any duty action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with any Note Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment) or under or in connection with any First Lien Collateral Document or Intercreditor Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any Collateral in its possession of the First Lien Trustee or control any holder of the Notes for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or in the possession agreement made by any Issuer or control Guarantor or Affiliate of any agent Issuer or bailee Guarantor, or any income thereon Officer or as to preservation of rights against prior parties Related Person thereof, contained in this Indenture, or any other rights pertaining thereto and neither the Trustee nor Note Documents, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be responsible for filing under or in connection with, any financing of the Note Documents, or continuation statements the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection sufficiency of any security interest in of the CollateralNote Documents, or for any failure of any Issuer or Guarantor or any other party to any of the Note Documents to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Trustee and None of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any of its respective Related Persons shall be deemed under any obligation to have exercised reasonable care in the custody First Lien Trustee or any holder of the Collateral in its possession if Notes to ascertain or to inquire as to the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable observance or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value performance of any of the Collateralagreements contained in, by reason or conditions of, any of the act Note Documents or omission to inspect the properties, books, or records of any carrier, forwarding agency Issuer or other agent Guarantor or bailee selected by the Trustee any Affiliates of any Issuer or the First Lien Collateral Agent in good faithGuarantor.
(3) Subject to the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, (i) the Trustee shall direct the First Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) except as directed by the Trustee as required or permitted by the Indenture and any other representatives or pursuant to the Security Documents, in each case, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, the Holders acknowledge that the First Lien Collateral Agent will not be obligated:
(a) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any other Person;
(b) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any First Priority Lien; or
(c) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the First Priority Liens, Security Documents or Collateral.
(4d) The Holders agree that the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, in good faith upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, certification, telephone message, statement, or other communication, document or conversation (including those by telephone or e-mail) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the rightsproper Person or Persons, privilegesand upon advice and statements of legal counsel, protectionsindependent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the First Lien Collateral Agent. The First Lien Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, immunitiescertificate, indemnities and benefits provided statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document. The First Lien Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Note Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the First Lien Trustee as it determines. The First Lien Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under the Note Documents in accordance with a request, direction, instruction or consent of the First Lien Trustee.
(e) The First Lien Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Trust Officer of the First Lien Collateral Agent has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default or Event of Default is received by the Security Documents and the First Lien Credit Facility. Furthermore, each Holder consents to the terms of and authorizes and directs the Trustee (in each of its capacities) and the First Lien Collateral Agent to enter into and perform such notice references the Intercreditor Agreements Notes and Security Documents in each of its capacities thereunderthis Indenture.
(5f) If the Company (i) incurs The First Lien Obligations Collateral Agent may resign at any time when by notice to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement is not in effect or at any time when indebtedness constituting Trustee and the Issuers, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as First Lien Obligations entitled to the benefit of an existing intercreditor agreement is concurrently retired and (ii) directs the Trustee to deliver to Collateral Agent. If the First Lien Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate so stating and requesting resigns under this Indenture, the Issuers shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the First Lien Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement (on substantially as stated in the same terms as the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) in favor notice of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the First Lien Obligations so incurredresignation), the Holders acknowledge that the First Lien Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the First Lien Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuers (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is hereby authorized appointed and directed consented to enter into by the Issuers pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the resigning First Lien Collateral Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective (except in the case of the First Lien Collateral Agent holding collateral security on behalf of the holders of the Notes, the retiring the First Lien Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such intercreditor agreementcollateral security as nominee until such time as a successor collateral agent is appointed), bind and the Holders on holders of the terms set forth therein Notes shall assume and perform all of the duties of the First Lien Collateral Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the holders of the Notes appoint a successor collateral agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and observe duties of the retiring First Lien Collateral Agent, and the term “First Lien Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring First Lien Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring First Lien Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 13.08 (and Section 7.07) shall continue to inure to its obligations thereunderbenefit and the retiring First Lien Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the First Lien Collateral Agent under this Indenture.
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Samples: Indenture (Mallinckrodt PLC)
First Lien Collateral Agent. (1a) The First Lien Collateral Agent shall have all the rights and protections provided in the Security Documents and the First Lien Credit FacilityDocuments.
(2b) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 of the Indenturehereof, neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for the existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral, for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness or sufficiency of the Security Documents, for the obtaining or maintaining of insurance on any Collateral, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any First Priority Lien, or for any defect or deficiency as to any such matters. Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent shall have any duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto and neither the Trustee nor the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral. The Trustee and the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral, by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Trustee or the First Lien Collateral Agent in good faith.
(3c) Subject to the Security Documents and the Intercreditor AgreementsDocuments, (i) the Trustee shall direct the First Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) from time to time. Subject to the Security Documents, except as directed by the Trustee as required or permitted by the this Tenth Supplemental Indenture and any other representatives or pursuant to the Security Documents, in each case, subject to the Intercreditor Agreementsrepresentatives, the Holders acknowledge that the First Lien Collateral Agent will not be obligated:
(ai) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any other Person;
(bii) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any First Priority Lien; or
(ciii) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the First Priority Liens, Security Documents or Collateral.
(4) The Holders agree that the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the rights, privileges, protections, immunities, indemnities and benefits provided to the First Lien Collateral Agent by the Security Documents and the First Lien Credit Facility. Furthermore, each Holder consents to the terms of and authorizes and directs the Trustee (in each of its capacities) and the First Lien Collateral Agent to enter into and perform the Intercreditor Agreements and Security Documents in each of its capacities thereunder.
(5d) If the Company Issuer (i) incurs First Lien ABL Obligations at any time when the First Lien no Intercreditor Agreement is not in effect or at any time when indebtedness Indebtedness constituting First Lien ABL Obligations entitled to the benefit of an existing intercreditor agreement the Intercreditor Agreements is concurrently retired retired, and (ii) directs the Trustee to deliver to the First Lien Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate so stating and requesting the First Lien Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement (on substantially the same terms as the First Lien Intercreditor AgreementAgreements in effect on the Issue Date) in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the First Lien ABL Obligations so incurred, the Holders acknowledge that the First Lien Collateral Agent is hereby authorized and directed to enter into such intercreditor agreement, bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder.
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