No New Liens; Non-Collateral Assets. (a) So long as the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has not occurred, the parties hereto agree that the Parent shall not, and shall not permit any other Grantor or Subsidiary to, (i) grant or permit any additional Liens, or take any action to perfect any Liens, on any asset or property to secure any Second-Lien Obligation unless it has also granted or contemporaneously grants to the First-Lien Agent a Lien on such asset or property to secure the First-Lien Obligations and has taken or is contemporaneously taking all actions to perfect such Liens in favor of the First-Lien Agent or (ii) grant or permit any additional Liens, or take any action to perfect any Liens, on any asset or property to secure any First-Lien Obligation unless it has also granted or contemporaneously grants to the Second-Lien Agent a Lien on such asset or property to secure the Second-Lien Obligations and has taken or is contemporaneously taking all actions to perfect such Liens in favor of the Second-Lien Agent; provided that the Parent shall provide notice to each Agent if the First-Lien Agent or the Second-Lien Agent has been granted a security interest or becomes perfected with respect to any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure the First-Lien Obligations or the Second-Lien Obligations, as applicable, and in such event, the Parent or such other Grantor or Subsidiary, as applicable, shall contemporaneously grant such additional Liens, or take such additional action as is necessary to perfect any Liens so granted, in favor of the First-Lien Agent or the Second-Lien Agent, as applicable. To the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other rights and remedies available to the First-Lien Agent and the other First-Lien Creditors, the Second-Lien Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Second-Lien Claimholders, and each other Second-Lien Claimholder (by its acceptance of the benefits of the Second-Lien Loan Documents), shall, without the need for any further consent of any other Person and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Second-Lien Loan Document hold and be deemed to have held such Lien for the benefit of the First-Lien Agent as security for the First-Lien Obligations (and all amounts received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a result of the Liens granted in contravention of this Section 2.3 shall be subject to Section 4.2). All proceeds of such additional Collateral shall in any event be applied in accordance with this Agreement. It is acknowledged and agreed that certain actions with respect to the perfection of Collateral in favor of the First-Lien Agent may be completed by the Grantors after the date hereof as agreed in the First-Lien Credit Documents, and until such time, there shall not be a breach of this Agreement as a result of the Second-Lien Agent but not the First-Lien Agent, being perfected.
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Samples: Subordination Agreement (Kior Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (Kior Inc)
No New Liens; Non-Collateral Assets. (a) So long as the Discharge of First-Lien Obligations has not occurred, the parties hereto agree that the Parent shall not, and shall not permit any other Grantor or Subsidiary to, (i) grant or permit any additional Liens, or take any action to perfect any Liens, on any asset or property to secure any Second-Lien Obligation unless it has also granted or contemporaneously grants to the First-Lien Agent Agents a Lien on such asset or property to secure the First-Lien Obligations and has taken or is contemporaneously taking all actions to perfect such Liens in favor of the First-Lien Agent Agents or (ii) grant or permit any additional Liens, or take any action to perfect any Liens, on any asset or property to secure any First-Lien Obligation unless it has also granted or contemporaneously grants to the Second-Lien Agent a Lien on such asset or property to secure the Second-Lien Obligations and has taken or is contemporaneously taking all actions to perfect such Liens in favor of the Second-Lien Agent; provided that the Parent shall provide notice to each Agent if the a First-Lien Agent or the Second-Lien Agent has been granted a security interest or becomes perfected with respect to any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure the any First-Lien Obligations or the Second-Lien Obligations, as applicable, and in such event, the Parent or such other Grantor or Subsidiary, as applicable, shall contemporaneously grant such additional Liens, or take such additional action as is necessary to perfect any Liens so granted, in favor of the a First-Lien Agent Agents or the Second-Lien Agent, as applicable. To the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other rights and remedies available to the First-Lien Agent Agents and the other First-Lien Creditors, the Second-Lien Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Second-Lien Claimholders, and each other Second-Lien Claimholder (by its acceptance of the benefits of the Second-Lien Loan Documents), shall, without the need for any further consent of any other Person and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Second-Lien Loan Document hold and be deemed to have held such Lien for the benefit of the First-Lien Agent as security for the First-Lien Obligations (and all amounts received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a result of the Liens granted in contravention of this Section 2.3 shall be subject to Section 4.2). All proceeds of such additional Collateral shall in any event be applied in accordance with this Agreement. It is acknowledged and agreed that certain actions with respect to the perfection of Collateral in favor of the First-Lien Agent Agents may be completed by the Grantors after the date hereof as agreed in the First-Lien Credit Documents, and until such time, there shall not be a breach of this Agreement as a result of the Second-Lien Agent but not the a First-Lien Agent, being perfected.
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Samples: Subordination Agreement (Kior Inc), Subordination Agreement (Kior Inc)
No New Liens; Non-Collateral Assets. (a) So long as the Discharge of First-First Lien Obligations has not occurred, the parties hereto agree that the Company and the Parent shall not, and shall not permit any other Grantor or Subsidiary to, (i) grant or permit any additional Liens, or take any action to perfect any Liens, on any asset or property to secure any Second-Second Lien Obligation unless it has also granted or contemporaneously grants to the First-First Lien Agent a Lien on such asset or property to secure the First-First Lien Obligations and has taken or is contemporaneously taking all actions to perfect such Liens in favor of the First-Lien Agent or (ii) grant or permit any additional Liens, or take any action to perfect any Liens, on any asset or property to secure any First-Lien Obligation unless it has also granted or contemporaneously grants to the Second-Lien Agent a Lien on such asset or property to secure the Second-Lien Obligations and has taken or is contemporaneously taking all actions to perfect such Liens in favor of the Second-First Lien Agent; provided that the Company or the Parent shall provide notice to each the Second Lien Collateral Agent if the First-Lien Agent or the Second-First Lien Agent has been granted a security interest or becomes perfected with respect to any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure se- cure the First-Lien Obligations or the Second-First Lien Obligations, as applicable, and in such event, the Company, the Parent or such other Grantor or Subsidiary, as applicable, shall contemporaneously grant such additional Liens, or take such additional action (other than delivery of possession of any Collateral or control over any Collateral that is not required to be subject to control pursuant to Second Lien Security Documents) as is necessary to perfect any Liens so granted, in favor of the First-Second Lien Agent or the Second-Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable. To the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other rights and remedies available to the First-First Lien Agent and the other First-First Lien Creditors, the Second-Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Second-Second Lien Claimholders, and each other Second-Second Lien Claimholder (by its acceptance of the benefits of the Second-Second Lien Loan Documents), shall, without the need for any further consent of any other Person and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Second-Second Lien Loan Document (x) hold and be deemed to have held such Lien for the benefit of the First-First Lien Agent as security for the First-First Lien Obligations (and all amounts received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a result of the Liens granted in contravention of this Section 2.3 shall be subject to Section 4.2)) and (y) at the request of the First Lien Agent, either assign such Lien to the First Lien Agent to secure the First Lien Obligations (in which case the Second Lien Collateral Agent will retain a second-priority lien on such assets subject to the terms of this Agreement) or release such Lien. All proceeds of such additional Collateral shall in any event be applied in accordance with this Agreement. It is acknowledged and agreed that certain actions with respect to the perfection of Collateral in favor of the First-Lien Agent may be completed by the Grantors after the date hereof as agreed in the First-Lien Credit Documents, and until such time, there shall not be a breach of this Agreement as a result of the Second-Lien Agent but not the First-Lien Agent, being perfected.
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