Pledge Clauses Clause Samples
A Pledge Clause establishes that a party offers specific assets as collateral to secure the fulfillment of an obligation, typically a debt or loan. In practice, this means that if the pledging party defaults on their obligation, the secured party has the right to take possession of and potentially sell the pledged assets, such as equipment, inventory, or securities, to recover the owed amount. The core function of a Pledge Clause is to reduce the lender's risk by providing a tangible guarantee, thereby encouraging lending and clarifying the consequences of non-performance.
Pledge Clauses. Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party other than () this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and () any agreements governing any purchase money Liens or Capital Lease Obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby).
Pledge Clauses. Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits, limits or imposes any condition upon the ability of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired other than (a) this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Senior Notes Indenture, Incremental Equivalent Debt, the Overnight Facility, a Replacement Facility and other agreements governing such Indebtedness, (b) any agreements governing any purchase money Liens or Capital Lease Obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby), (c) any agreement governing any Junior Indebtedness so long as the restrictions set forth therein are no more restrictive than the corresponding provisions in the Loan Documents, (d) any restrictions with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into in connection with the Disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary, (e) any agreement of a Foreign Subsidiary governing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred or permitted to exist under Section 8.2 and (f) customary restrictions in leases, subleases, licenses or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby so long as such restrictions may relate to the assets subject thereto, (g) customary restrictions contained in Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.2 (provided that such restrictions do not restrict the Liens securing the Obligations), (h) restrictions arising in connection with cash or other deposits permitted under Sections 8.3 or 8.7 and limited to such cash or deposit, (i) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business, (j) restrictions arising by reason of applicable Law, rule, regulation or order or the terms of any license, authorization, concession or permit, (k) customary restrictions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted hereunder and applicable solely to such joint venture or the Capital Stock of such joint venture or in organizational documents of entities in which Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owns a minority interest applicable to such entity and the Capital Stock of such entity, and (l) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net w...
Pledge Clauses. Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party (without regard to the amount of such obligations), other than (a) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) any agreements governing any purchase money Liens or Capital Lease Obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby) and (c) pursuant to Contractual Obligations assumed in connection with Investments (but not created in contemplation thereof) so long as the maximum aggregate liabilities of Holdings and its Subsidiaries pursuant thereto do not exceed $2,000,000 at any time.
Pledge Clauses. Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of any Group Member to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party other than (a) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) any agreements governing any purchase money Liens or Capital Lease Obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby), (c) any agreement governing Indebtedness of a Specified Joint Venture; provided that, in the case of this clause (c), such prohibitions or limitations contained therein do not extend to any other Group Member and (d) the 2020 Indenture or the 2021 Indenture and any refinancing thereof permitted by Section 7.2(m); provided that the provisions of any such refinancing that prohibit or limit the ability of any Group Member to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party are at least as favorable to the Secured Parties as those contained in the 2020 Indenture or the 2021 Indenture, as applicable.
Pledge Clauses. No Loan Party shall, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of any Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure its Obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, other than (i) this Agreement and the other Loan Document, (ii) restrictions and conditions applicable to property or assets being sold pursuant to Section 6.4, (iii) restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement evidencing a Permitted Lien, and (iv) customary restrictions and conditions in real property leases, equipment leases and in-bound licenses of Intellectual Property.