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• Collateral Security (a) The Obligations shall be secured by (a) a perfected first-priority security interest (subject to Permitted Liens entitled to priority under Applicable Law) in all Collateral, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement to which each Borrower is a party to the extent perfected by the filing of UCC financing statements; (b) a pledge of 100% of the capital stock or other Equity Interests of such Borrowers (other than the Parent) and of the Non-Borrower Subsidiaries (other than the Foreign Subsidiaries) to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Pledge Agreement; and (c) a pledge of the capital stock or other Equity Interests of each Foreign Subsidiary (provided that not more than 65% of the total voting power of all outstanding capital stock or other Equity Interest of any such first-tier Foreign Subsidiary of a Borrower shall be required to be so pledged and no Equity Interests of any non-first-tier Foreign Subsidiary shall be provided to be so pledged); provided that the Borrowers hereby agree, upon the request of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, to deliver, as promptly as practicable, but in any event within ninety (90) days after request therefor, or such other later time, if any, to which the Administrative Agent may agree, (i) certificates of titles for all or substantially all vehicles, trucks, trailers, tractors, automobiles and any other equipment covered by certificates of title owned by a Borrower (collectively, “Motor Vehicles”) with the Administrative Agent listed as lienholder therein (subject to a limited power of attorney in favor of the Parent to dispose of titled equipment) and, if required by the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers shall retain Corporation Service Company (or other similar company satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent pursuant to which Corporation Service Company (or such other company) will agree to act as agent for the Secured Parties with respect to the perfection of security interests in the Motor Vehicles; and (ii) mortgages with respect to Real Property and to take such other steps and make such other deliveries as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent (including, without limitation, the delivery of legal opinions, Consulting Engineer’s reports, surveys, title insurance, environmental assessment reports, flood hazard certifications, evidence of flood insurance, if required, and a certification of the name and address of each real estate recording office where a mortgage on the real estate on which any Collateral consisting of fixtures may be located would be recorded) so as to provide the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected first-priority security interest in such assets, provided that to the extent that any lease of (or operating/management agreement with respect to) Real Property prohibits assignment of such lease (or operating/management agreement) without the consent of the lessor or another party thereunder, the Borrowers shall not be required to grant a mortgage on the leasehold interest under such lease, but in such event, the Borrowers agree to diligently and in good faith use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the consent (which consent shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) of the applicable lessor or other party to such leasehold mortgage (and, upon the receipt of such consent, the Borrowers shall promptly grant such leasehold mortgage and comply with the other provisions of this Section 10.15 with respect thereto). (b) In the event any Borrower disposes of any assets or Equity Interests as permitted under, and in compliance with, Section 7.04(b) (including any amendment thereof or consent thereunder), or in the event that the Parent designates any Borrower as an Excluded Subsidiary or a Non-Borrower Subsidiary hereunder and no Default would result from such designation, and so long as such Borrower (or the Parent, in the case of designating a Borrower as an Excluded Subsidiary hereunder) shall have provided the Administrative Agent with such certifications or documents, if any, as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, the Administrative Agent will, at the Borrowers’ sole cost and expense, and without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent, execute and deliver all such forms, releases, discharges, assignments, termination statements, and similar documents as the Borrowers may reasonably request in order to release such Person from its Obligations under the Loan Documents and to release the Liens granted to the Administrative Agent with respect to such assets, Equity Interests or Borrower, as applicable.

• Agents under Collateral Documents and Guaranty Each Secured Party hereby further authorizes Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, on behalf of and for the benefit of Secured Parties, to be the agent for and representative of Secured Parties with respect to the Guaranty, the Collateral and the Collateral Documents; provided that neither Administrative Agent nor Collateral Agent shall owe any fiduciary duty, duty of loyalty, duty of care, duty of disclosure or any other obligation whatsoever to any holder of Obligations with respect to any Hedge Agreement. Subject to Section 10.5, without further written consent or authorization from any Secured Party, Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable may execute any documents or instruments necessary to (i) in connection with a sale or disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement, release any Lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of such sale or other disposition of assets or to which Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 10.5) have otherwise consented or (ii) release any Guarantor from the Guaranty pursuant to Section 7.12 or with respect to which Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 10.5) have otherwise consented. Collateral Agent further declares that it holds all Australian Collateral acquired by the Collateral Agent after the date hereof on trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties from time to time (it being understood that the provisions of this Section 9 apply to Collateral Agent in its capacity as trustee of such trust).

• Collateral; Security Interest (a) Pursuant to the Custodial Agreement, the Custodian shall hold the Mortgage Loan Documents and the Pledged Securities as exclusive bailee, agent and securities intermediary, within the meaning of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code, for the benefit of Agent on behalf of Lender pursuant to terms of the Custodial Agreement and shall deliver Trust Receipts (as defined in the Custodial Agreement) to Agent each to the effect, inter alia, that it has reviewed such Mortgage Loan Documents in the manner and to the extent required by the Custodial Agreement and identifying any deficiencies in such Mortgage Loan Documents as so reviewed. (b) All of Borrower's right, title and interest in, to and under each of the following items of property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, now existing or hereafter created and wherever located, is hereinafter referred to as the "COLLATERAL": (i) all Mortgage Loans; (ii) all Mortgage Loan Documents, including, without limitation, all promissory notes and all Servicing Records, Servicing Agreements and any other collateral pledged or otherwise relating to such Mortgage Loans, together with all files, documents, instruments, surveys, certificates, correspondence, appraisals, computer programs (subject to any restrictions on transfer under any related licensing agreement), computer storage media, accounting records and other books and records relating thereto, including electronic records; (iii) all mortgage guaranties and insurance (issued by governmental agencies or otherwise) and any mortgage insurance certificate or other document evidencing such mortgage guaranties or insurance relating to any Mortgage Loan and all claims and payments thereunder; (iv) all other insurance policies and insurance proceeds relating to any Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property; (v) all Interest Rate Protection Agreements, relating to or constituting any and all of the foregoing; (vi) all Cash Collateral; (vii) all Pledged Securities;

• Collateral and Security Documents The due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium and interest on the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether on a Payment Date, at the Maturity Date, or by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium and interest on the Notes to the Holders or the Indenture Trustee under this Indenture, the Notes and the other Security Documents, and all other amounts in respect of the Secured Obligations according to the terms hereunder or thereunder, shall be secured by a security interest in the Collateral as provided in the Security Documents, which define the terms of the Liens that secure the Secured Obligations. The Issuer hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Indenture Trustee holds the Collateral in trust for the benefit of the Holders, pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, consents and agrees (subject to Section 4.11) to the terms of the Security Documents (including the provisions providing for the possession, use, release and foreclosure of Collateral) as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with their respective terms and this Indenture, and authorizes and directs the Indenture Trustee to enter into the Security Documents and, subject to the provisions of this Indenture, to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance herewith and therewith. The Issuer shall take any and all actions reasonably required to cause the Security Documents to create and maintain at all times, as security for the Secured Obligations of the Issuer hereunder, a valid and enforceable perfected Lien on all of the Collateral, in favor of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Holders under the Security Documents. The Issuer hereby covenant (A) to perform and observe its obligations under the Security Documents and (B) take any and all commercially reasonable actions (including without limitation the covenants set forth in the Security Documents and in this Article 9) required to cause the Security Documents to create and maintain, as security for the Secured Obligations contained in this Indenture, the Notes and the other Security Documents, valid and enforceable, perfected (except as expressly provided herein or therein) security interests in and on all the Collateral, in favor of the Indenture Trustee, superior to and prior to the rights of all third Persons, and subject to no other Liens, in each case, except as expressly permitted herein or therein. The Issuer shall do or cause to be done, at its sole cost and expense, all such actions and things as may be necessary, or as may be required by the provisions of the Security Documents, to confirm to the Indenture Trustee the security interests in the Collateral contemplated hereby and by the Security Documents, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the Collateral available for the security and benefit of this Indenture and of the Notes secured hereby, according to the intent and purpose herein and therein expressed.

• Security Documents (a) The Collateral Agreement and the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement are effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties), in each case, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. As of the Closing Date, in the case of the Pledged Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement and the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, when certificates or promissory notes, as applicable, representing such Pledged Collateral and required to be delivered under the applicable Security Document are delivered to the Collateral Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement (other than the Intellectual Property), when financing statements and other filings specified in the Perfection Certificate are filed in the offices specified in the Perfection Certificate, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and, subject to Section 9-315 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations to the extent perfection can be obtained by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, in each case prior and superior in right to the Lien of any other person (except (x) Liens having priority by operation of law and (y) in the case of Collateral other than certificated securities and instruments of which the Collateral Agent has possession, Permitted Liens). (b) When the Collateral Agreement or an ancillary document thereunder is properly filed and recorded in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, and, with respect to Collateral in which a security interest cannot be perfected by such filings, upon the proper filing of the financing statements referred to in clause (a) above, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties thereunder in the United States Intellectual Property included in the Collateral (but, in the case of the United States registered copyrights included in the Collateral, only to the extent such United States registered copyrights are listed in such ancillary document filed with the United States Copyright Office) listed in such ancillary document, in each case prior and superior in right to the Lien of any other person, except for Permitted Liens (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a Lien on registered trademarks and patents, trademark and patent applications and registered copyrights acquired by the Loan Parties after the Closing Date). (c) The Mortgages, if any, executed and delivered on the Closing Date are, and the Mortgages executed and delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.10 shall be, effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) legal, valid and enforceable Liens on all of the Loan Parties’ rights, titles and interests in and to the Mortgaged Property thereunder and the proceeds thereof, and when such Mortgages are filed or recorded in the proper real estate filing or recording offices, and all relevant mortgage taxes and recording charges are duly paid, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have valid Liens with record notice to third parties on, and security interests in, all rights, titles and interests of the Loan Parties in such Mortgaged Property and, to the extent applicable, subject to Section 9-315 of the Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to the Lien of any other person, except for Permitted Liens. (d) Notwithstanding anything herein (including this Section 3.17) or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, (i) each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that licensing by the Gaming Authorities may be required to enforce and/or exercise or foreclose upon certain security interests and such enforcement and/or exercise or foreclosure may be otherwise limited by the Gaming Laws and (ii) neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party makes any representation or warranty as to the effects of perfection or non-perfection, the priority or the enforceability of any pledge of or security interest in any Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary, or as to the rights and remedies of the Agents or any Lender with respect thereto, under foreign law.

• Collateral Subject to the terms of the applicable Collateral Documents, to secure the payment and performance of the Obligations hereunder, pursuant to a Collateral Account Pledge, a Security Agreement, the related financing statements and the other related documents, the Guarantor shall grant, and shall pledge and/or assign by way of security, to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of each of the Secured Parties, as applicable, a first priority, security interest and Xxxx in and on its interests in the following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising: (i) any and all Unfunded Capital Commitments of the Investors, whether now or hereafter committed, including but not limited to the right to draw down Investor Capital Contributions on such Unfunded Capital Commitments from such Investors and to issue Investor Capital Calls with respect thereto; (ii) to the extent relating to the Unfunded Capital Commitments of the Investors constituting Collateral in clause (i) above, (x) the Constituent Documents, (y) the Subscription Agreements and Side Letters, if any, of such Investors and (z) any and all guaranties of such Investors’ obligations under the Constituent Documents and Subscription Agreements including but not limited to, in each case of clauses (x), (y) and (z), any and all representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements of such Investors or guarantors contained therein, any and all duties and obligations of such Investors or guarantors thereunder and any and all rights to compel performance and enforce the provisions thereof against such Investors or guarantors and otherwise pursue remedies against such Investors or guarantors with respect thereto; (iii) any and all agreements, instruments and other documents of every kind or description to the extent evidencing or supporting obligations under any of the foregoing Collateral and any and all security and other property with respect to such Collateral; (iv) each Collateral Account, including but not limited to any and all funds and financial assets on deposit therein or credited thereto; and (v) any and all proceeds of any of the foregoing Collateral including, without limitation, all of the records of the Guarantor concerning any of the foregoing Collateral; excluding (A) any funds properly withdrawn from a Collateral Account (or that could be withdrawn pursuant to the Credit Agreement if deposited or credited to a Collateral Account) to the extent used, pursuant to the terms of the Guarantor’s Governing Documents, to purchase Portfolio Investments (other than Permitted Investments deposited in or credited to any such account), to make payments or distributions to Investors in accordance with the terms hereof or for any other purpose permitted under the Guarantor’s Governing Documents and this Credit Agreement, and (B) the proceeds of such withdrawn funds (the items in (A) and (B), collectively “Excluded Proceeds”). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document (i) the term “Collateral” shall not include the Unfunded Capital Commitments of the SOX Insiders, including but not limited to the right to draw down Investor Capital Contributions on such Unfunded Capital Commitments, or any other interests of the SOX Insiders, if any, unless so elected by the Guarantor in its discretion, (ii) the term “Collateral” shall not include any Portfolio Investment, any Portfolio Assets or any Excluded Proceeds, (iii) the term “Collateral” shall not include any collateral posted or received in connection with the Swap Agreements, (iv) the Collateral may be subject to Permitted Liens, (v) a Borrower or the Guarantor may maintain other bank accounts or securities accounts in addition to the Collateral Accounts that will not be considered “Collateral” and such other accounts shall not be subject to control agreements or other restrictions and (vi) the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties shall not have any Lien on any property that is not “Collateral”, except in connection with any Swap Agreement, as provided therein.

• Pledge of Additional Securities Collateral Each Pledgor shall, upon obtaining any Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes of any person, accept the same in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and forthwith deliver to the Administrative Agent a pledge amendment, duly executed by such Pledgor, in substantially the form of Exhibit 2 annexed hereto (each, a "Pledge Amendment"), and the certificates and other documents required under Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 hereof in respect of the additional Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes which are to be pledged pursuant to this Agreement, and confirming the attachment of the Lien hereby created on and in respect of such additional Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes. Each Pledgor hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to attach each Pledge Amendment to this Agreement and agrees that all Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes listed on any Pledge Amendment delivered to the Administrative Agent shall for all purposes hereunder be considered Pledged Collateral.

• Collateral Documents and Guaranty (a) The Secured Parties irrevocably authorize the Collateral Agent, at its option and in its discretion, (i) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Credit Document (v) upon termination of all Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than Remaining Obligations) and the expiration, termination or Cash Collateralization of all Letters of Credit, (w) that is sold or otherwise disposed of or to be sold or otherwise disposed of as part of or in connection with any sale or other disposition permitted under the Credit Documents to any Person other than a Credit Party (provided that if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers shall provide a certification that such disposition is permitted by this Agreement), (x) subject to Section 10.5, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the requisite lenders under this Agreement, (y) if the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Guarantor, upon release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guaranty pursuant to clause (iii) below or (z) to the extent the property subject to such Lien becomes an Excluded Asset; (ii) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Credit Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 6.2(f) or 6.2(g); and (iii) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted under the Credit Documents. Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.10(a). If any Collateral is disposed of as permitted by Section 6.9 to any Person other than a Credit Party, such Collateral shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Credit Documents and the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall, at the expense of the Borrowers, take any and all actions reasonably requested by the Borrowers to effect the foregoing (provided that if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers shall provide a certification that such disposition is permitted by this Agreement). (b) Anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, each Credit Party, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Secured Party hereby agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under any of the Credit Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, for the benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the Collateral Documents may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure or similar enforcement action by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition (including pursuant to Section 363(k), Section 1129(b)(2)(a)(ii) or otherwise of the Bankruptcy Code), the Collateral Agent (or any Lender, except with respect to a “credit bid” pursuant to Section 363(k), Section 1129(b)(2)(a)(ii) or otherwise of the Bankruptcy Code) may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition and the Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities) shall be entitled, upon instructions from Required Lenders, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale or disposition, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Collateral Agent at such sale or other disposition. (c) Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into (including any representation or warranty regarding) the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Collateral Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Credit Party in connection therewith, and neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral. (d) No Secured Swap Contract or Cash Management Obligation will create (or be deemed to create) in favor of any Eligible Counterparty or Cash Management Bank, as applicable, that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Guarantor under the Credit Documents except as expressly provided in Section 8.3 and Section 10.5(d)(iv). By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Eligible Counterparty and each Cash Management Bank shall be deemed to have appointed the Collateral Agent as its agent and agreed to be bound by the Credit Documents as a Secured Party, subject to the limitations set forth in this clause (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 9 to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Cash Management Obligations or Obligations arising under Secured Swap Contracts unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Eligible Counterparty, as the case may be.

• Collateral Documents and Guaranties Each Lender (which term shall include, for purposes of this Section 8.6, any Hedge Agreement Counterparty) hereby further authorizes Administrative Agent, on behalf of and for the benefit of Lenders, to enter into each Collateral Document as secured party and to be the agent for and representative of Lenders under each Guaranty, and each Lender agrees to be bound by the terms of each Collateral Document and the Guaranties; provided that Administrative Agent shall not (a) enter into or consent to any material amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision contained in any Collateral Document or the Guaranties or (b) release any Collateral (except as otherwise expressly permitted or required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the applicable Collateral Document), in each case without the prior consent of Requisite Lenders (or, if required pursuant to Section 9.6, all Lenders); provided further, however, that, without further written consent or authorization from Lenders, Administrative Agent may execute any documents or instruments necessary to (i) release any Lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of a sale or other disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement or to which Requisite Lenders have otherwise consented, (ii) release any Subsidiary Guarantor from the Subsidiary Guaranty if all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor is sold to any Person (other than an Affiliate of Company) pursuant to a sale or other disposition permitted hereunder or to which Requisite Lenders have otherwise consented or (iii) subordinate the Liens of Administrative Agent, on behalf of Secured Parties, to any Liens permitted by clause (v) of Section 6.2(a); provided that, in the case of a sale or other disposition of such item of Collateral or stock referred to in subdivision (i) or (ii), the requirements of Section 9.14 are satisfied. Anything contained in any of the Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, (A) no Lender shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral under any Collateral Document or to enforce any Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Collateral Documents and the Guaranties may be exercised solely by Administrative Agent for the benefit of Lenders in accordance with the terms thereof and (B) in the event of a foreclosure by Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale, Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless Requisite Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by Administrative Agent at such sale.

• Initial Collateral Custodian The role of Collateral Custodian with respect to the Required Loan Documents shall be conducted by the Person designated as Collateral Custodian hereunder from time to time in accordance with this Section 11.01. The Administrative Agent hereby designates and appoints the Collateral Custodian to act as its agent and hereby authorizes the Collateral Custodian to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly granted to the Collateral Custodian by this Agreement. The Collateral Custodian hereby accepts such agency appointment to act as Collateral Custodian pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, until its resignation or removal as Collateral Custodian pursuant to the terms hereof.