Expenses; Taxes; Attorneys’ Fees The Borrowers will pay, not later than 15 days after receipt of a reasonably detailed invoice therefor, all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of each Agent (and, in the case of clauses (d), (e), (f), (j), (k) and (l) below, each Lender), regardless of whether the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, including, without limitation, reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, costs, client charges and expenses of counsel for each Agent (and, in the case of clauses (d), (e), (f), (j), (k) and (l) below, each Lender, provided that the obligation to reimburse expenses of counsel shall be limited to one law firm for each Agent and, in the event of a conflict of interest, one additional law firm, together with one additional counsel in each applicable jurisdiction), accounting, due diligence, periodic field audits, physical counts, valuations, investigations, searches and filings, monitoring of assets, appraisals of Collateral, the rating of the Loans, title searches and reviewing environmental assessments, miscellaneous disbursements, examination, travel, lodging and meals, arising from or relating to: (a) the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery, performance and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the preparation of any additional Loan Documents pursuant to Section 7.01(b) or the review of any of the agreements, instruments and documents referred to in Section 7.01(f)), (b) any requested amendments, waivers or consents to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents whether or not such documents become effective or are given, (c) the preservation and protection of the Agents’ or any of the Lenders’ rights under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (d) the defense of any claim or action asserted or brought against any Agent or any Lender by any Person that arises from or relates to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Agents’ or the Lenders’ claims against any Loan Party, or any and all matters in connection therewith, (e) the commencement or defense of, or intervention in, any court proceeding arising from or related to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (f) the filing of any petition, complaint, answer, motion or other pleading by any Agent or any Lender, or the taking of any action in respect of the Collateral or other security, in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (g) the protection, collection, lease, sale, taking possession of or liquidation of, any Collateral or other security in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (h) any attempt to enforce any Lien or security interest in any Collateral or other security in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (i) any attempt to collect from any Loan Party, (j) all liabilities and costs arising from or in connection with the past, present or future operations of any Loan Party involving any damage to real or personal property or natural resources or harm or injury alleged to have resulted from any Release of Hazardous Materials on, upon or into such property, (k) any Environmental Liabilities and Costs incurred in connection with the investigation, removal, cleanup and/or remediation of any Hazardous Materials present or arising out of the operations of any facility of any Loan Party, (l) any Environmental Liabilities and Costs incurred in connection with any Environmental Lien, (m) [intentionally deleted], or (n) the receipt by any Agent or any Lender of any advice from any accountants, auditors, appraisers, advisors or consultants with respect to any of the foregoing; provided, however, the foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, that no Loan Party shall have any obligation to any Agent or any Lender under this Section 12.04 with respect to any Environmental Liabilities and Costs to the extent excluded from the obligations pursuant to Section 12.16(b) or with respect to any other obligations to the extent that such obligations (i) are caused by the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) arise from any dispute between or among any agent or any Lender, on the one hand, and ACON and/or the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates, on the other hand, to the extent that ACON and/or the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates prevails in such dispute, as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, and (iii) any dispute solely among the Agents and Lenders and not involving the Loan Parties. Without limitation of the foregoing or any other provision of any Loan Document: (x) the Borrowers agree to pay all stamp, document, transfer, recording or filing taxes or fees and similar impositions now or hereafter determined by any Agent or any Lender to be payable in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and the Borrowers agree to save each Agent and each Lender harmless from and against any and all present or future claims, liabilities or losses with respect to or resulting from any omission to pay or delay in paying any such taxes, fees or impositions, (y) the Borrowers agree to pay all broker fees that may become due in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (z) if the Borrowers fail to perform any covenant or agreement contained herein or in any other Loan Document, any Agent may itself perform or cause performance of such covenant or agreement, and the expenses of such Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be reimbursed not later than 15 days after receipt of a reasonably detailed invoice therefor. The obligations of the Borrowers under this Section 12.04 shall survive the repayment of the Obligations and discharge of any Liens granted under the Loan Documents.
Taxes; Charges Each Borrower shall pay before any fine, penalty, interest or cost may be added thereto, and shall not enter into any agreement to defer, any real estate taxes and assessments, franchise taxes and charges, and other governmental charges that may become a Lien upon any Individual Property or become payable during the term of the Loans (the “Taxes”), and will promptly furnish the Administrative Agent with evidence of such payment; however, each Borrower’s compliance with Sections 5.8(1) and 5.9(2) of this Agreement relating to impounds for taxes and assessments shall, with respect to payment of such taxes and assessments, be deemed compliance with this Section 8.2. No Borrower shall suffer or permit the joint assessment of any Individual Property with any other real property constituting a separate tax lot or with any other real or personal property. Each Borrower shall pay when due all claims and demands of mechanics, materialmen, laborers and others which, if unpaid, might result in a Lien on any Individual Property; however, so long as no Event of Default (following any required notice from the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers and following the expiration of any applicable cure period) shall exist, a Borrower may contest the validity of such claims and demands or Taxes so long as (a) such Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that it intends to contest such claim or demand or Taxes, (b) such Borrower provides the Administrative Agent with cash or an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a financial institution satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to 110% of the contested amount or such other security satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion (including an endorsement to the Administrative Agent’s title insurance policy insuring against such claim or demand) assuring the discharge of such Borrower’s obligations for such claims and demands or payment of Taxes, including interest and penalties, and (c) such Borrower is diligently contesting the same by appropriate legal proceedings in good faith and at its own expense and concludes such contest or obtains a stay thereof prior to the thirtieth (30th) day preceding the date on which any Individual Property is scheduled to be sold for non-payment. In the event that any Borrower is contesting any Taxes in accordance with this Section 8.2, the Administrative Agent shall not pay such Taxes as required pursuant to Section 5.9(2) hereof provided that such Borrower provides the Administrative Agent with (i) a written request to cease payment of Taxes and (ii) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Taxes are being contested in accordance with this Section 8.2.
