Common use of Release of Collateral or Guarantors Clause in Contracts

Release of Collateral or Guarantors. (a) Each Lender hereby consents to the automatic release and hereby directs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to release automatically, without further action(or, in the case of clause (b)(ii) below, release or subordinate) the following: (i) any Guarantor Subsidiary from its guaranty of any Obligation pursuant to Section 7.11 or if such Guarantor Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary (including as a result of its designation as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), and such Guarantor Subsidiary will be automatically released from its Obligations thereunder; provided that no such release shall occur if such Guarantor Subsidiary continues to be a guarantor in respect of any Incremental Equivalent Debt, any Permitted Ratio Debt, any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, any Material Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is Junior Financing or any Permitted Refinancing in respect of any of the foregoing; (ii) any Guarantor from its guaranty upon payment and satisfaction in full of all Loans, all other Obligations under the Credit Documents (excluding amounts in respect of indemnification, expense reimbursement, yield protection or tax gross-up and contingent obligations, in each case that are not then owing or as to which no claim has been asserted) and all Obligations arising under Secured Rate Contracts and Bank Product Agreements that the Administrative Agent has theretofore been notified in writing by the holder of such Obligations are then due and payable; (iii) any Lien held by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties against any Guarantor Subsidiary upon the release of such Guarantor Subsidiary from its guaranty pursuant to clause (i) above; and (iv) any Lien held by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties against (1) any Collateral that is sold, transferred, conveyed or otherwise disposed of by a Credit Party in a transaction permitted by the Credit Documents (including pursuant to a valid waiver or consent), (2) any property subject to a Lien permitted hereunder in reliance upon Section 6.1(d) and (3) all of the Collateral and all Credit Parties, upon (A) termination of all Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments (if any), (B) payment and satisfaction in full of all Loans, all other Obligations under the Credit Documents (excluding amounts in respect of indemnification, expense reimbursement, yield protection or tax gross-up and contingent obligations, in each case that are not then owing or as to which no claim has been asserted) and all Obligations arising under Secured Rate Contracts and Bank Product Agreements that the Administrative Agent has theretofore been notified in writing by the holder of such Obligations are then due and payable and (C) to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties of liability releases from the Credit Parties each in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent. (b) Each Lender hereby directs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, and each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent hereby agrees, upon receipt of reasonable notice from the Borrower, to execute and deliver or file such documents and to perform other actions reasonably necessary to release the guaranties and Liens when and as directed in this Section 9.10, subject to receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certification of the Borrower as to such matters as are reasonably required by the Administrative Agent. To the extent any Collateral is disposed of as permitted by this Section to any Person other than a Credit Party, such Collateral will be sold or disposed of free and clear of Liens created by the Credit Documents and the Administrative Agent will be authorized to take any actions deemed appropriate in order to effect the foregoing. (c) In the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Collateral Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) or any Lender 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 unless Required Lenders will otherwise agree in writing), at the direction of the Required Lenders, will 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 the Collateral Agent at such 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). Any release of guarantee obligations will be deemed subject to the provision that such guarantee obligations will be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby will be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or 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 Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. The Collateral Agent will not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into 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, nor will the Collateral Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

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Samples: Credit and Guaranty Agreement (Cohu Inc)

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Release of Collateral or Guarantors. (a) Each Lender hereby consents to the automatic release and hereby directs the Administrative Agent, and Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent hereby agrees, to release automatically, without further action(or(or, in the case of clause (b)(ii) belowSection 12.10(b)(ii), release or subordinate) the following: (ia) any Guarantor Subsidiary of Borrower from its guaranty of any Obligation of any Obligor if all of the Equity Interests in such Subsidiary owned by any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries are disposed of in an Asset Sale permitted under the Loan Documents (including pursuant to a waiver or consent), to the extent that, after giving effect to such Asset Sale, such Subsidiary would not be required to guaranty any Obligations pursuant to Section 7.11 or if such Guarantor Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary (including as a result of its designation as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), and such Guarantor Subsidiary will be automatically released from its Obligations thereunder8.12; provided that no such release shall occur if such Guarantor Subsidiary continues to be a guarantor in respect of any Incremental Equivalent Debt, any Permitted Ratio Debt, any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, any Material Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is Junior Financing or any Permitted Refinancing in respect of any of the foregoing;and (ii) any Guarantor from its guaranty upon payment and satisfaction in full of all Loans, all other Obligations under the Credit Documents (excluding amounts in respect of indemnification, expense reimbursement, yield protection or tax gross-up and contingent obligations, in each case that are not then owing or as to which no claim has been asserted) and all Obligations arising under Secured Rate Contracts and Bank Product Agreements that the Administrative Agent has theretofore been notified in writing by the holder of such Obligations are then due and payable; (iiib) any Lien held by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties against any Guarantor Subsidiary upon the release of such Guarantor Subsidiary from its guaranty pursuant to clause (i) above; and (iv) any Lien held by the Collateral Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties against (1i) any Collateral that is sold, transferred, conveyed or otherwise disposed of by a Credit Party an Obligor in a transaction an Asset Sale permitted by the Credit Loan Documents (including pursuant to a valid waiver or consent), to the extent all Liens required to be granted in such Collateral pursuant to Section 8.12 after giving effect to such Asset Sale have been granted, (2ii) any property subject to a Lien permitted hereunder described in reliance upon Section 6.1(d9.02(d) and (3iii) all of the Collateral and all Credit PartiesObligors, upon (A) termination of all Incremental Revolving Credit the Commitments (if any), and (B) payment and satisfaction in full of all Loans, Loans and all other Obligations under the Credit Documents (excluding amounts in respect of indemnification, expense reimbursement, yield protection or tax gross-up and other than contingent obligations, in each case indemnification obligations that are have not then owing or as to which no claim has yet been asserted) and all Obligations arising under Secured Rate Contracts and Bank Product Agreements that the Administrative Agent has theretofore been notified in writing by the holder of such Obligations are then due and payable and (C) to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties of liability releases from the Credit Parties each in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent. (b) payable. Each Lender hereby directs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, and each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent hereby agrees, upon receipt of reasonable advance notice from the Borrower, to execute and deliver or file such documents and to perform other actions reasonably necessary to release (or subordinate) the guaranties and Liens when and as directed in pursuant to this Section 9.1012.10 and deliver to Borrower, subject at the expense of Borrower, any portion of such Collateral so released pursuant to receipt by the Administrative Agent this Section 12.10 that is in possession of a certification of the Borrower as to such matters as are reasonably required by the Administrative Agent. To the extent In addition, in connection with any Collateral is disposed of as licenses permitted by under this Section to any Person other than a Credit PartyAgreement, such Collateral will be sold or disposed of free and clear of Liens created by the Credit Documents and the each Lender hereby authorizes Administrative Agent will be authorized to take any actions deemed appropriate negotiate and enter into non-disturbance and similar agreements in order form and substance reasonably satisfactory to effect the foregoingAdministrative Agent. (c) In the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Collateral Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) or any Lender 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 unless Required Lenders will otherwise agree in writing), at the direction of the Required Lenders, will 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 the Collateral Agent at such 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). Any release of guarantee obligations will be deemed subject to the provision that such guarantee obligations will be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby will be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or 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 Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. The Collateral Agent will not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into 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, nor will the Collateral Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

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Samples: Term Loan Agreement (EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)

Release of Collateral or Guarantors. (a) Each Lender hereby consents to the automatic release and hereby directs Administrative Agent to release (or, in the case of clause (b)(ii) below, release or subordinate), and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to shall release automatically, without further action(or(or, in the case of clause (b)(ii) below, release or subordinate) the following: (ia) any Guarantor Subsidiary of the Borrower (and, in the case of (iv), each Guarantor) from its guaranty of any Obligation (i) if all or substantially all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary owned by any Loan Party are sold or transferred in a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents (including pursuant to Section 7.11 a waiver or consent), (ii) if all or substantially all the property of such Guarantor Subsidiary ceases owned by any Loan Party are sold or transferred in a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents (including pursuant to a waiver or consent) and such Subsidiary is concurrently wound up or otherwise no longer required to be a Guarantor hereunder, (iii) if the Borrower, at its option, otherwise causes any Excluded Subsidiary to become a Guarantor and subsequently wants such Subsidiary to be released from its guaranty; provided, that the designation of any such Loan Party as an Excluded Subsidiary (including other than for the purpose of avoiding any adverse tax consequences to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as a result of its any changes following the time such Excluded Subsidiary initially became a Guarantor) shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower therein at the date of designation as in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with amount equal to the terms fair market value of this Agreement), the net assets of such Loan Party (and such Guarantor Subsidiary will designation shall only be automatically released from its Obligations thereunder; provided that no permitted to the extent such release shall occur if such Guarantor Subsidiary continues to be a guarantor in respect of any Incremental Equivalent Debt, any Permitted Ratio Debt, any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, any Material Indebtedness of Investment is permitted under Section 7.7) and the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is Junior Financing or any Permitted Refinancing in respect shall have delivered a certificate of any of the foregoing; (ii) any Guarantor from its guaranty upon payment and satisfaction in full of all Loans, all other Obligations under the Credit Documents (excluding amounts in respect of indemnification, expense reimbursement, yield protection or tax gross-up and contingent obligations, in each case that are not then owing or as a Responsible Officer to which no claim has been asserted) and all Obligations arising under Secured Rate Contracts and Bank Product Agreements that the Administrative Agent certifying that such Subsidiary has theretofore been notified in writing become an Excluded Subsidiary and, with respect to any Loan Party, that such designation is permitted hereunder and entered into for a bona fide business purpose (as determined by the holder Borrower in good faith) and (iv) upon the Discharge of such Obligations are then due and payable;Obligations; and (iiib) any Lien held by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties against any Guarantor Subsidiary upon the release of such Guarantor Subsidiary from its guaranty pursuant to clause (i) above; and (iv) any Lien held by the Collateral Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties against (1i) any Collateral that is sold, transferred, conveyed or otherwise disposed of by a Credit Loan Party to a Person other than a Loan Party in a transaction permitted by the Credit Loan Documents (including pursuant to a valid waiver or consent), (2ii) any property Property subject to a Lien permitted hereunder in reliance upon Section 6.1(d7.3(h) and and/or Section 7.3(l) (3to the extent the relevant Lien is of the type described in Section 7.3(h)), (iii) all of the Collateral and all Credit Loan Parties, upon (A) termination the Discharge of all Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments (if any), Obligations and (B) payment and satisfaction in full of all Loans, all other Obligations under the Credit Documents (excluding amounts in respect of indemnification, expense reimbursement, yield protection or tax gross-up and contingent obligations, in each case that are not then owing or as to which no claim has been asserted) and all Obligations arising under Secured Rate Contracts and Bank Product Agreements that the Administrative Agent has theretofore been notified in writing by the holder of such Obligations are then due and payable and (C) to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties of liability releases from the Credit Loan Parties each in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, (iv) any Property ceases to constitute Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and the Loan Parties shall have delivered a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the Administrative Agent. Agent certifying that such Property is no longer Collateral and/or (bv) if such Property is owned by a Loan Party, upon the release of such Loan Party from its Guaranty in accordance with Section 9.10(a). Each Lender hereby directs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, and each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent hereby hxxxxx agrees, upon receipt of reasonable advance notice from the Borrower, to execute and deliver or file such documents and to perform other actions reasonably necessary at the Borrower’s expense to release the guaranties and Liens Lxxxx when and as directed in this Section 9.10, subject to receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certification of the Borrower as to such matters as are reasonably required by the Administrative Agent. To the extent any Collateral is disposed of as permitted by this Section to any Person other than a Credit Party, such Collateral will be sold or disposed of free and clear of Liens created by the Credit Documents and the Administrative Agent will be authorized to take any actions deemed appropriate in order to effect the foregoing. (c) In the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Collateral Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) or any Lender 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 unless Required Lenders will otherwise agree in writing), at the direction of the Required Lenders, will 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 the Collateral Agent at such 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). Any release of guarantee obligations will be deemed subject to the provision that such guarantee obligations will be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby will be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or 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 Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. The Collateral Agent will not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into 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, nor will the Collateral Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc.)

Release of Collateral or Guarantors. (a) Each Lender Secured Party hereby consents to the automatic release and hereby directs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to release automatically, without further action(or(or, in the case of clause (b)(ii) below, release or subordinate) the following: (a) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower from its guaranty of any Obligation if (i) such Restricted Subsidiary becomes an Excluded Subsidiary or (ii) all of the Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary owned by any Guarantor Credit Party is sold or transferred in a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents (including pursuant to a waiver or consent), to the extent that, after giving effect to such transaction, such Restricted Subsidiary would, in each case not be required to guaranty any Obligations pursuant to Section 5.13; andprovided that in the case of the release of a Restricted Subsidiary from its guaranty of any Obligation pursuant to Section 7.11 or if such Guarantor Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary (including as a result of its designation as no longer being a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, (A) such Disposition must be (i) for fair market value, (ii) to a Person that is not a Credit Party or an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms Affiliate of this Agreement), a Credit Party and such Guarantor Subsidiary will be automatically released from its Obligations thereunder; provided that no (iii) for a legitimate business purpose and (B) such release shall occur not be effected if such Guarantor Subsidiary continues to be a guarantor in respect an Event of any Incremental Equivalent Debt, any Permitted Ratio Debt, any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, any Material Indebtedness of the Borrower Default then exists or any Subsidiary that is Junior Financing or any Permitted Refinancing in respect of any of the foregoing;would result therefrom; and (ii) any Guarantor from its guaranty upon payment and satisfaction in full of all Loans, all other Obligations under the Credit Documents (excluding amounts in respect of indemnification, expense reimbursement, yield protection or tax gross-up and contingent obligations, in each case that are not then owing or as to which no claim has been asserted) and all Obligations arising under Secured Rate Contracts and Bank Product Agreements that the Administrative Agent has theretofore been notified in writing by the holder of such Obligations are then due and payable; (iiib) any Lien held by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties against any Guarantor Subsidiary upon the release of such Guarantor Subsidiary from its guaranty pursuant to clause (i) above; and (iv) any Lien held by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties against (1i) any Collateral that is (x) sold, transferred, conveyed or otherwise disposed of by a Credit Party to a Person other than a Credit Party or an Affiliate of a Credit Party in a transaction permitted by the Credit Loan Documents (including pursuant to a valid waiver or consent)) or (y) held by a Credit Party that becomes an Excluded Subsidiary, in each case, to the extent all Liens required to be granted in such Collateral pursuant to Section 5.13 after giving effect to such transaction have been granted, (2ii) any property Property subject to a Lien permitted hereunder in reliance upon Section 6.1(d6.1(h) or 6.1(i) and (3iii) all of the Collateral and all Credit Parties, upon (A) termination the occurrence of all Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments (if any), the Facility Termination Date and (B) payment and satisfaction in full of all Loans, all other Obligations under the Credit Documents (excluding amounts in respect of indemnification, expense reimbursement, yield protection or tax gross-up and contingent obligations, in each case that are not then owing or as to which no claim has been asserted) and all Obligations arising under Secured Rate Contracts and Bank Product Agreements that the Administrative Agent has theretofore been notified in writing by the holder of such Obligations are then due and payable and (C) to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties of liability releases from the Credit Parties each in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. (b) . Each Lender hereby directs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, and each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent hereby xxxxxx agrees, upon receipt of reasonable advance notice from the Borrower, to execute and deliver or file such documents and to perform other actions reasonably necessary at the Borrower’s expense to release the guaranties and Liens when and as directed in this Section 9.10, subject to receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certification of the Borrower as to such matters as are reasonably required by the Administrative Agent. To the extent any Collateral is disposed of as permitted by this Section to any Person other than a Credit Party, such Collateral will be sold or disposed of free and clear of Liens created by the Credit Documents and the Administrative Agent will be authorized to take any actions deemed appropriate in order to effect the foregoing. (c) In the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Collateral Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) or any Lender 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 unless Required Lenders will otherwise agree in writing), at the direction of the Required Lenders, will 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 the Collateral Agent at such 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). Any release of guarantee obligations will be deemed subject to the provision that such guarantee obligations will be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby will be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or 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 Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. The Collateral Agent will not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into 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, nor will the Collateral Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

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Samples: Credit Agreement (Addus HomeCare Corp)

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Release of Collateral or Guarantors. (a) Each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby consents to the automatic release and hereby directs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to release automatically, without further action(or(or, in the case of clause (b)(ii) below, release or subordinate) the following: (i) any Guarantor Subsidiary from its guaranty of any Obligation pursuant to Section 7.11 or if upon such Guarantor Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary (including as a result of its designation as becoming an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement)Excluded Subsidiary, and such Guarantor Subsidiary will be automatically released from its Obligations thereunder; provided, however, that the release of any Guarantor Subsidiary from its obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as a result of it becoming an Excluded Subsidiary of the type described in clause (h) of the definition thereof (and which clause is the only basis on which such Guarantor Subsidiary would constitute an Excluded Subsidiary) shall only be permitted if at the time such Guarantor Subsidiary becomes an Excluded Subsidiary of such type (1) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (2) after giving Pro Forma effect to such release and the consummation of the transaction that causes (or, in the absence of this proviso, would cause) such Subsidiary to be an Excluded Subsidiary of such type, the Company is deemed to have made a new Investment in such Subsidiary for purposes of Section 6.6 (as if such Subsidiary were then newly acquired) in an amount equal to (I) the fair market value of such Subsidiary as of the date that it becomes such an Excluded Subsidiary (as reasonably determined by the Company in good faith), times (II) the percentage of the total Capital Stock of such Subsidiary then issued and outstanding that is retained by the Credit Parties on such date, and such Investment is permitted pursuant to Section 6.6 (other than Section 6.6(k)) at such time, (3) the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary then issued and outstanding that is not retained by Credit Parties on such date shall be owned by a Person that is not a Credit Party or an Affiliate of a Credit Party, (4) the transaction pursuant to which such Guarantor Subsidiary became an Excluded Subsidiary of such type was (i) not entered into in contemplation of the release provision set forth in this Section 9.10(a) and (ii) a bona fide joint venture or otherwise not prohibited pursuant to Section 6.8 and (5) a Responsible Officer of the Company certifies to the Administrative Agent compliance with preceding clauses (1) through (4); provided further, that no such release shall occur if such Guarantor Subsidiary continues to be a guarantor in respect of any Incremental Equivalent Debt, any Permitted Ratio Debt, any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, any Material Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is Junior Financing or any Permitted Refinancing in respect of any of the foregoing; (ii) any Guarantor from its guaranty upon payment and satisfaction in full of all Loans, all other Obligations under the Credit Documents (excluding amounts in respect of indemnification, expense reimbursement, yield protection or tax gross-up and contingent obligations, in each case that are not then owing or as to which no claim has been asserted) and all Obligations arising under Secured Rate Contracts and Bank Product Agreements that the Administrative Agent has theretofore been notified in writing by the holder of such Obligations are then due and payable; (iii) any Lien held by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties against any Guarantor Subsidiary upon the release of such Guarantor Subsidiary from its guaranty pursuant to clause (i) above; and; (iviii) any Lien held by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties against (1) any Collateral that is sold, transferred, conveyed or otherwise disposed of by a Credit Party in a transaction permitted by the Credit Documents (including pursuant to a valid waiver or consent), (2) any property subject to a Lien permitted hereunder in reliance upon Section 6.1(d) and (3) all of the Collateral and all Credit Parties, upon (A) termination of all Incremental the Revolving Credit Commitments (if any)Commitments, (B) payment and satisfaction in full of all Loans, all obligations to reimburse the Issuing Banks for drawings honored under Letters of Credit, all other Obligations under the Credit Documents (excluding amounts in respect of indemnification, expense reimbursement, yield protection or tax gross-up and contingent obligations, in each case that are not then owing or obligations as to which no claim has been asserted) and all Obligations arising under Secured Rate Contracts and Bank Product Agreements that the Administrative Agent has theretofore been notified in writing by the holder of such Obligations are then due and payable payable, (C) deposit of cash collateral with respect to all contingent Obligations (or, as an alternative to cash collateral, in the case of any Letter of Credit Obligation, receipt by the Administrative Agent of a back-up letter of credit) in amounts and on terms and conditions and with parties satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Issuing Bank and each Indemnitee that is, or may be, owed such Obligations (excluding contingent Obligations (other than obligations to reimburse the Issuing Banks for drawings honored under Letters of Credit) as to which no claim has been asserted), and, in the case of this clause (3), the Collateral Documents, the guarantees made herein, the Liens and all other security interests granted thereunder will automatically terminate, and (CD) to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties of liability releases from the Credit Parties each in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; (iv) any Lien held by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties against any Credit Party against accounts receivable sold pursuant to a Permitted Supplier Financing Arrangement; and (v) the releases contemplated by Section 10.28. (b) Each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby directs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, and each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent hereby agrees, upon receipt of reasonable advance notice from the BorrowerCompany, to execute and deliver or file such documents and to perform other actions reasonably necessary to release the guaranties and Liens when and as directed in this Section 9.10, subject to receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certification of the Borrower Company as to such matters as are reasonably required by the Administrative Agent. To the extent any Collateral is disposed of as permitted by this Section to any Person other than a Credit Party, such Collateral will be sold or disposed of free and clear of Liens created by the Credit Documents and the Administrative Agent will be authorized to take any actions deemed appropriate in order to effect the foregoing. (c) In the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Collateral Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders) or any Lender 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 unless Required Lenders will otherwise agree in writing), at the direction of the Required Lenders, will 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 the Collateral Agent at such 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). Any release of guarantee obligations will be deemed subject to the provision that such guarantee obligations will be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby will be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower Company or 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 Company or Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. The Collateral Agent will not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into 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, nor will the Collateral Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

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Samples: Credit and Guaranty Agreement (KAMAN Corp)

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