Shared Security Agent. Citicorp International Limited will initially act as Shared Security Agent under the Security Documents in respect of the security over the Collateral. Citicorp International Limited, acting in its capacity as such, shall have such duties with respect to the Collateral pledged, assigned or granted pursuant to the Security Documents as are set forth in this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement. Under certain circumstances, Citicorp International Limited as the Trustee and as the Shared Security Agent may have obligations under the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement that are in conflict with the interests of the holders of the Notes and/or of holders of Permitted Pari Passu Secured Indebtedness. The Trustee and the Shared Security Agent will be under no obligation to exercise any rights or powers conferred under the Indenture or any of the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement for the benefit of the holders, unless such holders and/or holders of Permitted Pari Passu Secured Indebtedness have offered to the Trustee and the Shared Security Agent indemnity and/or security satisfactory to the Trustee and the Shared Security Agent against any loss, liability or expense. (a) The Company and each of the Holders, by acceptance of any Note or Subsidiary Guarantee, hereby designate and appoint the Shared Security Agent under the Security Documents in respect of the security over the Collateral, and authorizes and directs the Trustee to appoint an intercreditor agent under and pursuant to the terms of any Intercreditor Agreement referred to in Section 4.22(b). The Trustee shall incur no liability in respect of such appointment and shall not be responsible for the acts or omissions of the intercreditor agent. The Shared Security Agent shall have all the duties, rights and protections provided in the Security Documents and no implied duties shall be read against the Shared Security Agent. (b) The Shared Security Agent shall hold the benefit of all Collateral under the Security Documents as, and for purposes of enforcing the provisions of the Security Documents relating to the Collateral, all rights and claims under the Security Documents relating to the Collateral shall be vested in it as an agent for the Holders. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, the Shared Security Agent shall not assume any obligation or fiduciary duty towards or relationship of trust for or with any of the holders of the Notes or any other person. (c) Subject to Sections 7.01, 7.02 and 10.03(d), as applicable, neither the Trustee nor the Shared Security Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for the title, ownership, existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral, for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness, adequacy or sufficiency of the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency, registration or protection of any Lien, or for any defect or deficiency as to any such matters. In addition, the Shared Security Agent’s ability to foreclose on the Collateral may be subject to lack of perfection, the consent of third parties, prior Liens and practical problems associated with the realization of the Shared Security Agent’s Liens on the Collateral and neither the Trustee nor the Shared Security Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for any failure to demand, collect, foreclose or realize upon or otherwise enforce any of the Liens or Security Documents or delay in doing so. (d) The Shared Security Agent or the Trustee: (i) may refrain from acting in accordance with the Security Documents or any instructions and requests until it has received to its satisfaction: (i) such compensation for its services to be rendered, (ii) it has been instructed in writing and (iii) such payment, security and/or indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with the instruction or request; (ii) may consult with or otherwise engage (at the cost and expense of the Company) legal counsel in connection with any matter arising under this Indenture or any Security Document and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel; and (iii) may refuse to act on any notice, direction or instruction from the Holders which, in the Shared Security Agent’s or the Trustee’s opinion to be determined in its sole and absolute discretion, (i) is contrary to law or the provisions of this Indenture or the Security Documents or (ii) may expose the Shared Security Agent or the Trustee to liability (unless it shall have been indemnified and/or secured to its satisfaction for such liability by the Holders giving such notice, direction or instruction).
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Samples: Indenture (Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.), Indenture (Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.), Indenture (Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.)
Shared Security Agent. Citicorp International Limited will initially act as Shared Security Agent under the Security Documents in respect of the security over the Collateral. Citicorp International Limited, acting in its capacity as such, shall have such duties with respect to the Collateral pledged, assigned or granted pursuant to the Security Documents as are set forth in this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement. Under certain circumstances, Citicorp International Limited as the Trustee and as the Shared Security Agent may have obligations under the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement that are in conflict with the interests of the holders of the Notes and/or of holders of Permitted Pari Passu Secured Indebtedness. The Trustee and the Shared Security Agent will be under no obligation to exercise any rights or powers conferred under the Indenture or any of the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement for the benefit of the holders, unless such holders and/or holders of Permitted Pari Passu Secured Indebtedness have offered to the Trustee and the Shared Security Agent indemnity and/or security satisfactory to the Trustee and the Shared Security Agent against any loss, liability or expense.
(a) The Company and each of the Holders, by acceptance of any Note or Subsidiary Guarantee, hereby designate and appoint the Shared Security Agent under the Security Documents in respect of the security over the Collateral, and authorizes and directs the Trustee to appoint an intercreditor agent under and pursuant to the terms of any Intercreditor Agreement referred to in Section 4.22(b). The Trustee shall incur no liability in respect of such appointment and shall not be responsible for the acts or omissions of the intercreditor agent. The Shared Security Agent shall have all the duties, rights and protections provided in the Security Documents and no implied duties shall be read against the Shared Security Agent.
(b) The Shared Security Agent shall hold the benefit of all Collateral under the Security Documents as, and for purposes of enforcing the provisions of the Security Documents relating to the Collateral, all rights and claims under the Security Documents relating to the Collateral shall be vested in it as an agent for the Holders. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, the Shared Security Agent shall not assume any obligation or fiduciary duty towards or relationship of trust for or with any of the holders of the Notes or any other person.
(c) Subject to Sections 7.01, 7.02 and 10.03(d10.04(d), as applicable, neither the Trustee nor the Shared Security Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for the title, ownership, existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral, for the legality, enforceability, effectiveness, adequacy or sufficiency of the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency, registration or protection of any Lien, or for any defect or deficiency as to any such matters. In addition, the Shared Security Agent’s ability to foreclose on the Collateral may be subject to lack of perfection, the consent of third parties, prior Liens and practical problems associated with the realization of the Shared Security Agent’s Liens on the Collateral and neither the Trustee nor the Shared Security Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, attorneys or agents will be responsible or liable for any failure to demand, collect, foreclose or realize upon or otherwise enforce any of the Liens or Security Documents or delay in doing so.
(d) The Shared Security Agent or the Trustee:
(i) may refrain from acting in accordance with the Security Documents or any instructions and requests until it has received to its satisfaction: (i) such compensation for its services to be rendered, (ii) it has been instructed in writing and (iii) such payment, security and/or indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in complying with the instruction or request;
(ii) may consult with or otherwise engage (at the cost and expense of the Company) legal counsel in connection with any matter arising under this Indenture or any Security Document and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel; and
(iii) may refuse to act on any notice, direction or instruction from the Holders which, in the Shared Security Agent’s or the Trustee’s opinion to be determined in its sole and absolute discretion, (i) is contrary to law or the provisions of this Indenture or the Security Documents or (ii) may expose the Shared Security Agent or the Trustee to liability (unless it shall have been indemnified and/or secured to its satisfaction for such liability by the Holders giving such notice, direction or instruction).
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