Covenant to Guarantee Obligations (a) If at any time on or after the Closing Date, (i) any Subsidiary is or becomes (x) the issuer or co-issuer of, or borrower or guarantor under, any series of U.S. debt securities or any U.S. syndicated credit facility, (y) the guarantor of any series of debt securities or any syndicated credit facilities of Parent or (z) the issuer or co-issuer of, or borrower or guarantor under, any series of debt securities or any syndicated credit facility other than as described in clauses (x) and (y), but only to the extent that, in each case, such Subsidiary is not an Excluded Person or (ii) any Person is or becomes a direct or indirect parent entity of the Company that holds any material assets (other than the Equity Interests of the Company or a parent entity of the Company) or owes any material liabilities, whether by formation, acquisition, redomiciliation or otherwise, Parent shall, at Parent’s expense, as soon as reasonably practicable (and in no event more than 30 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent shall agree)) following (A) in the case of clause (i)(z) above, a written request from the Administrative Agent therefor and (B) otherwise, such Person becoming issuer, co-issuer, borrower or guarantor or such formation, acquisition or redomiciliation, as applicable, to cause such Person to (i) become a Guarantor by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a Joinder Agreement and (ii) upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent such other customary documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, which in any event will not require the delivery of any documentation other than those that are substantially similar to the applicable documents delivered under Sections 3.01(d), (e), (g) and (h) (and appropriate local counsel opinions substantially similar in scope to those delivered on the Closing Date, if applicable).
(b) At any time after the Closing Date, Parent and the Administrative Agent may agree that any Subsidiary of Parent may guarantee the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder by delivering to such Guarantor and the Administrative Agent such customary documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent including, without limitation, favorable opinions of counsel to such Subsidiary or Parent.
Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security Upon (i) the formation or acquisition by any Loan Party of any new direct or indirect Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary), (ii) pursuant to Section 1.09, the addition of any Borrower which was not a Loan Party immediately prior to such addition, (iii) a Subsidiary of any Loan Party ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary or (iv) the acquisition by any Loan Party of any asset (including real property) in respect of which the Collateral and Guaranty Requirements have not theretofore been satisfied (any of the foregoing items set forth in clauses (i) through (iv), a “Collateral and Guaranty Compliance Event”) the Borrowers shall, at the Borrowers’ expense, cause the Collateral and Guaranty Requirements applicable thereto to be satisfied (x) with respect to (i) any Guaranty Agreement or any supplement thereto, (ii) Liens on Collateral that may be created by the execution and delivery of a customary personal property security or pledge agreement or any supplement thereto, (iii) Liens on Collateral that may under applicable law be perfected by the filing of financing statements under the UCC or by filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United Stated Copyright Office (or by the making of similar filings in any applicable jurisdiction) and (iv) the perfection of security interests in the capital stock of Holding’s Subsidiaries with respect to which a Lien may be perfected by delivery of certificated securities, within thirty (30) days (as such time may be extended by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) of such Collateral and Guaranty Compliance Event and (y) with respect to the creation or perfection of Liens on any other Collateral or any other provision of the Collateral and Guaranty Requirements, within sixty (60) days of such Collateral and Guaranty Compliance Event (or, in the case of clause (h) and (i) (and, to the extent related to such clauses, clause (l) and (m)) of the definition of Collateral and Guaranty Requirements, within ninety (90) days of such Collateral and Guaranty Compliance Event) (as any such time period may be extended by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, no Subsidiary of Holdings listed on Schedule 6.11 shall be required to satisfy the Collateral and Guaranty Requirements prior to the date that is ninety (90) days after the Third Restatement Date (on which date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree) the Collateral and Guaranty Requirements shall be required with respect to such Subsidiaries to the same extent otherwise applicable thereto).
Credit Agreement; Guarantee and Collateral Agreement The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) this Agreement, executed and delivered by the Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and each Person listed on Schedule 1.1A and (ii) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
Continuing Security Interest: Assignments under Credit Agreement This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the Obligations have been paid in full in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the Commitments have expired or have been terminated, (b) be binding upon each Grantor, and their respective successors and assigns, and (c) inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, Agent, and its successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c), any Lender may, in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Lender herein or otherwise. Upon payment in full of the Secured Obligations in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the expiration or termination of the Commitments, the Security Interest granted hereby shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to Grantors or any other Person entitled thereto. At such time, Agent will authorize the filing of appropriate termination statements to terminate such Security Interests. No transfer or renewal, extension, assignment, or termination of this Agreement or of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any other instrument or document executed and delivered by any Grantor to Agent nor any additional Advances or other loans made by any Lender to Borrower, nor the taking of further security, nor the retaking or re-delivery of the Collateral to Grantors, or any of them, by Agent, nor any other act of the Lender Group or the Bank Product Providers, or any of them, shall release any Grantor from any obligation, except a release or discharge executed in writing by Agent in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement. Agent shall not by any act, delay, omission or otherwise, be deemed to have waived any of its rights or remedies hereunder, unless such waiver is in writing and signed by Agent and then only to the extent therein set forth. A waiver by Agent of any right or remedy on any occasion shall not be construed as a bar to the exercise of any such right or remedy which Agent would otherwise have had on any other occasion.
Continuing Security Interest; Assignments under the Credit Agreement This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the latest of (i) the payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations, (ii) the Termination Date and (iii) the termination or expiration of all Letters of Credit and all Secured Hedge Agreements, (b) be binding upon each Grantor, its successors and assigns and (c) inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent hereunder, to the benefit of the Secured Parties and their respective successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c), any Lender Party may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, all or any portion of its Commitments, the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes, if any, held by it) to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Lender Party herein or otherwise, in each case as provided in Section 8.07 of the Credit Agreement.
Release of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, upon request of the Borrower in connection with any Disposition of Property permitted by the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Lender, or any affiliate of any Lender that is a party to any Specified Hedge Agreement) take such actions as shall be required to release its security interest in any Collateral being Disposed of in such Disposition, and to release any guarantee obligations under any Loan Document of any Person being Disposed of in such Disposition, to the extent necessary to permit consummation of such Disposition in accordance with the Loan Documents.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or any other Loan Document, when all Obligations (other than obligations in respect of any Specified Hedge Agreement) have been paid in full, all Commitments have terminated or expired and no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding, upon request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Lender, or any affiliate of any Lender that is a party to any Specified Hedge Agreement) take such actions as shall be required to release its security interest in all Collateral, and to release all guarantee obligations under any Loan Document, whether or not on the date of such release there may be outstanding Obligations in respect of Specified Hedge Agreements. Any such release of guarantee obligations shall be deemed subject to the provision that such guarantee obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
Litigation and Contingent Obligations There is no litigation, arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry pending or, to the knowledge of any of their officers, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or which seeks to prevent, enjoin or delay the making of any Loans. Other than any liability incident to any litigation, arbitration or proceeding which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower has no material contingent obligations not provided for or disclosed in the financial statements referred to in Section 5.4.
Guaranty Each Guarantor hereby absolutely and unconditionally, jointly and severally guarantees, as primary obligor and as a guaranty of payment and performance and not merely as a guaranty of collection, prompt payment when due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, upon acceleration, demand or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of any and all Secured Obligations (for each Guarantor, subject to the proviso in this sentence, its “Guaranteed Obligations”); provided that (a) the Guaranteed Obligations of a Guarantor shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor and (b) the liability of each Guarantor individually with respect to this Guaranty shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render its obligations hereunder subject to avoidance under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States or any comparable provisions of any applicable state law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Guaranteed Obligations shall include any such indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities, or portion thereof, which may be or hereafter become unenforceable or compromised or shall be an allowed or disallowed claim under any proceeding or case commenced by or against any debtor under any Debtor Relief Laws. The Administrative Agent’s books and records showing the amount of the Obligations shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding, and shall be binding upon each Guarantor, and conclusive for the purpose of establishing the amount of the Secured Obligations. This Guaranty shall not be affected by the genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Secured Obligations or any instrument or agreement evidencing any Secured Obligations, or by the existence, validity, enforceability, perfection, non-perfection or extent of any collateral therefor, or by any fact or circumstance relating to the Secured Obligations which might otherwise constitute a defense to the obligations of the Guarantors, or any of them, under this Guaranty, and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to any or all of the foregoing.
Continuing Agreement, Transfer of Secured Obligations This Agreement is a continuing agreement and shall (a) subject to Section 5.3, remain in full force and effect until the Discharge of ABL Obligations shall have occurred, (b) be binding upon the Parties and their successors and assigns, and (c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Parties and their respective successors, transferees and assigns. Nothing herein is intended, or shall be construed to give, any other Person any right, remedy or claim under, to or in respect of this Agreement or any Common Collateral. All references to any Grantor shall include any Grantor as debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Grantor in any Insolvency Proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c), the ABL Collateral Agent, any ABL Secured Party, the New First Lien Collateral Agent and any New First Lien Secured Party may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of the ABL Obligations or the New First Lien Obligations, as applicable, to any other Person (other than the Company, any Grantor or any Affiliate of the Company or any Grantor and any Subsidiary of the Company or any Grantor), and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the rights and obligations in respect thereof granted to the ABL Collateral Agent, the New First Lien Collateral Agent, any ABL Secured Party or any New First Lien Secured Party, as the case may be, herein or otherwise. The ABL Secured Parties and the New First Lien Secured Parties may continue, at any time and without notice to the other parties hereto, to extend credit and other financial accommodations, lend monies and provide Indebtedness to, or for the benefit of, any Grantor on the faith hereof.
Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee The guarantee in this Article IV is a guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Obligations whenever arising.
