Rights in Collateral; Priority of Liens Borrower and each other Loan Party own the property granted by it as Collateral under the Collateral Documents, free and clear of any and all Liens in favor of third parties. Upon the proper filing of UCC financing statements, and the taking of the other actions required by the Required Lenders, the Liens granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents will constitute valid and enforceable first, prior and perfected Liens on the Collateral in favor of Agent, for the ratable benefit of Agent and Lenders.
Relative Priorities Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing the Second Priority Obligations granted on the Collateral or of any Liens securing the First Priority Obligations granted on the Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the UCC, or any other applicable law or the Second Priority Loan Documents or any defect or deficiencies in, or failure to perfect, the Liens securing the First Priority Obligations or the Second Priority Obligations or any other circumstance whatsoever, the Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second Priority Creditors, hereby agrees that:
(a) so long as the Discharge of First Priority Obligations has not occurred, any Lien on the Collateral securing any First Priority Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the First Priority Agent or any First Priority Creditors or any agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Collateral securing any Second Priority Obligations; and
(b) so long as the Discharge of First Priority Obligations has not occurred, any Lien on the Collateral securing any Second Priority Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the Second Priority Agent, any Second Priority Creditors, any agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Collateral securing any First Priority Obligations. All Liens on the Collateral securing any First Priority Obligations shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Collateral securing any Second Priority Obligations for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any First Priority Obligations are subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the Borrowers, any other Grantor or any other Person.
Lien Priority Any Lien created hereunder or by any other Loan Document shall at any time fail to constitute a valid and perfected Lien on any of the Collateral purported to be secured thereby, subject to no prior or equal Lien, other than Permitted Liens which are permitted to have priority in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Lien Priorities Notwithstanding (a) the date, manner or order of filing, recordation, or perfection of the security interests or liens granted in favor of Moriah and the Notes Collateral Agent, (b) any provisions of the UCC, or any applicable law or decision, (c) the provisions of the Moriah Loan Agreements, Noteholder Agreements or any contract between any of the Creditors on one hand, and the Borrower or any affiliate thereof, on the other hand, or (d) whether either Moriah or the Notes Collateral Agent holds possession of all or any part of the Collateral, the following, as between Moriah and the Notes Collateral Agent, shall be the relative priority of the security interests and liens of Moriah and the Notes Collateral Agent in the Collateral:
(a) Moriah shall have a first and prior security interest to the extent set forth herein in all Accounts and Inventory as defined in the Section 9-102 of the UCC. The Notes Collateral Agent shall have a second and subordinate security interest in the foregoing property and interests in such property; provided, that, any amount of the Moriah Claim in excess of the Maximum Moriah Debt at any time outstanding (together with the interest on such excess) shall not be entitled to the benefit of the priority of the security interest of Moriah provided for in this Section 2.1(a).
(b) The Notes Collateral Agent shall have a first and prior security interest in the remainder of the Collateral that is the subject of the Noteholder Agreements and Moriah shall have a second and subordinate security interest in such Notes Collateral whether now owned or hereafter created by any Loan Party. Neither Moriah nor the Notes Collateral Agent shall contest the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of any lien or security interest heretofore granted to the other Party or granted in connection herewith or contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding any failure of a Party to perfect its security interests in any Collateral or any other defect in any security interests or obligations owing to such Party, the priority and rights as between the parties hereto shall be as set forth herein.
Collateral Protection Expenses Preservation of Collateral (a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Agent may discharge taxes and other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on any of the Collateral, make repairs thereto and pay any necessary filing fees. Each Grantor agrees to reimburse the Agent on demand for any and all expenditures so made. The Agent shall have no obligation to any Grantor to make any such expenditures, nor shall the making thereof relieve any Grantor of any default.
(b) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under each contract or agreement comprised in the Collateral to be observed or performed by such Grantor thereunder. The Agent shall not have any obligation or liability under any such contract or agreement by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Agent of any payment relating to any of the Collateral, nor shall the Agent be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any such contract or agreement, to make inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Agent in respect of the Collateral or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any such contract or agreement, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to the Agent or to which the Agent may be entitled at any time or times. The Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safe keeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Sections 9-207 and 9-208 of the UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with such Collateral in the same manner as the Agent deals with similar property for its own account.
(c) Each Grantor shall, to the extent reasonably necessary to preserve and maintain the Intellectual Property Collateral and the interest of the Agent therein, diligently pursue legal or other action to enforce the Intellectual Property Collateral and any licenses thereof.
Authority of Administrative Agent to Release Collateral and Liens Each Lender and the Issuing Bank hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to release any collateral that is permitted to be sold or released pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents. Each Lender and the Issuing Bank hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver to the Borrower, at the Borrower’s sole cost and expense, any and all releases of Liens, termination statements, assignments or other documents reasonably requested by the Borrower in connection with any sale or other disposition of Property to the extent such sale or other disposition is permitted by the terms of Section 9.12 or is otherwise authorized by the terms of the Loan Documents.
Title, Perfection and Priority Such Grantor has good and valid rights in or the power to transfer the Collateral and title to the Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a security interest hereunder, free and clear of all Liens except for Liens permitted under Section 4.1(e), and has full power and authority to grant to the Collateral Agent the security interest in such Collateral pursuant hereto. When financing statements have been filed in the appropriate offices against such Grantor in the locations listed on Exhibit H, the Collateral Agent will have a fully perfected first priority security interest in that Collateral of the Grantor in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, subject only to Liens permitted under Section 4.1(e).
Construction or Rehabilitation of Mortgaged Property No Mortgage Loan was made in connection with the construction or rehabilitation of a Mortgaged Property or facilitating the trade-in or exchange of a Mortgaged Property;
Preservation of Collateral Following the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default, in addition to the rights and remedies set forth in Section 11.1 hereof, Agent: (a) may at any time take such steps as Agent deems necessary to protect Agent’s interest in and to preserve the Collateral, including the hiring of such security guards or the placing of other security protection measures as Agent may deem appropriate; (b) may employ and maintain at any of any Borrower’s premises a custodian who shall have full authority to do all acts necessary to protect Agent’s interests in the Collateral; (c) may lease warehouse facilities to which Agent may move all or part of the Collateral; (d) may use any Borrower’s owned or leased lifts, hoists, trucks and other facilities or equipment for handling or removing the Collateral; and (e) shall have, and is hereby granted, a right of ingress and egress to the places where the Collateral is located, and may proceed over and through any of Borrowers’ owned or leased property. Each Borrower shall cooperate fully with all of Agent’s efforts to preserve the Collateral and will take such actions to preserve the Collateral as Agent may direct. All of Agent’s expenses of preserving the Collateral, including any expenses relating to the bonding of a custodian, shall be charged to Borrowers’ Account as a Revolving Advance maintained as a Domestic Rate Loan and added to the Obligations.
Creation, Perfection and Priority of Liens The execution and delivery of the Collateral Documents by Loan Parties and Sponsors, together with (i) the actions taken on or prior to the date hereof pursuant to subsections 4.1, 4.2, 6.8 and 6.9 and (ii) the delivery to Administrative Agent of any Pledged Collateral not delivered to Administrative Agent at the time of execution and delivery of the applicable Collateral Document (all of which Pledged Collateral has been so delivered) are effective to create in favor of Administrative Agent for the benefit of Lenders, as security for the respective Secured Obligations (as defined in the applicable Collateral Document in respect of any Collateral), a valid and perfected First Priority Lien on all of the Collateral, and all filings and other actions necessary or desirable to perfect and maintain the perfection and First Priority status of such Liens have been duly made or taken and remain in full force and effect, other than the filing of any UCC financing statements or Mortgages delivered to Administrative Agent for filing or recording, as applicable (but not yet filed or recorded) and the periodic filing of UCC continuation statements in respect of UCC financing statements filed by or on behalf of Administrative Agent.
