Permitted Liens means, with respect to any Person:
Excepted Liens means: (a) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental --------------- charges or levies that are not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP in an account controlled by Administrative Agent; (b) Liens in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security, old age pension or public liability obligations that are not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP in an account controlled by Administrative Agent; (c) statutory landlord's liens, operators', vendors', carriers', warehousemen's, repairmen's, mechanics', suppliers', workers', materialmen's, construction or other like Liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business or incident to the exploration, development, operation and maintenance of Oil and Gas Properties each of which is in respect of obligations that have not been outstanding for more than 60 days and are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP; (d) contractual Liens which arise in the ordinary course of business under operating agreements, joint venture agreements, oil and gas partnership agreements, oil and gas leases, farm-out agreements, division orders, contracts for the sale, transportation or exchange of oil and natural gas, unitization and pooling declarations and agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, overriding royalty agreements, marketing agreements, processing agreements, net profits agreements, development agreements, gas balancing or deferred production agreements, injection, repressuring and recycling agreements, salt water or other disposal agreements, seismic or other geophysical permits or agreements, or other agreements that are usual and customary in the oil and gas business and are for claims that have not been outstanding for more than 60 days and are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP, provided that any such -------- Lien referred to in this clause does not materially impair the use of the Property covered by such Lien for the purposes for which such Property is held by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or materially impair the value of such Property subject thereto; (e) easements, restrictions, servitudes, permits, conditions, covenants, exceptions or reservations in any Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary for the purpose of roads, pipelines, transmission lines, transportation lines, distribution lines for the removal of gas, oil, coal or other minerals or timber, and other like purposes, or for the joint or common use of real estate, rights of way, facilities and equipment, which in the aggregate do not materially impair the use of such Property for the purposes of which such Property is held by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or materially impair the value of such Property subject thereto; and (f) Liens on cash or securities pledged to secure performance of tenders, surety and appeal bonds, government contracts, performance and return of money bonds, bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, regulatory obligations and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; provided, further that Liens described in clauses (a) through (d) shall remain -- "Excepted Liens" only for so long as no action to enforce such Lien has been commenced and no intention to subordinate the first priority Lien granted in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lender is to be hereby implied or expressed by the permitted existence of such Excepted Liens.
Permitted Encumbrances means:
Customary Permitted Liens means, with respect to any Person, any of the following Liens:
Junior Liens means Liens on the Collateral that are junior to the Liens thereon securing the Term B-1 Loans (and other Loan Obligations that are pari passu with the Term B-1 Loans) pursuant to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement (it being understood that Junior Liens are not required to be pari passu with other Junior Liens, and that Indebtedness secured by Junior Liens may have Liens that are senior in priority to, or pari passu with, or junior in priority to, other Liens constituting Junior Liens).
Permitted Prior Working Capital Lien means, with respect to any borrower under a Bank Loan, a security interest to secure a senior facility for such borrower and/or any of its parents and/or subsidiaries; provided that (i) such Bank Loan has a second priority lien on the collateral that is subject to the first priority lien of such senior facility (or a pari passu lien on such collateral), (ii) such senior facility is not secured by any other assets (other than a pari passu lien or a second priority lien, subject to the pari passu or first priority lien of the Bank Loan) and does not benefit from any standstill rights or other agreements (other than customary rights) with respect to any other assets and (iii) the maximum outstanding principal amount of such senior facility is not greater than 15% of the aggregate enterprise value of such borrower (as determined at the time of closing of the transaction, and thereafter an enterprise value for such borrower determined in a manner consistent with the valuation methodology applied in the valuation for such borrower as determined by the Advisor (so long as it has the necessary delegated authority) or the Borrower’s board of directors (or the appropriate committee thereof with the necessary delegated authority) in a commercially reasonable manner, including the use of an Approved Third-Party Appraiser in the case of Unquoted Investments).
Permitted Prior Liens means (a) Liens securing Priority Lien Obligations not exceeding the Priority Lien Cap, (b) Liens described in clauses (5), (6), (10) or (11) of the definition of "Permitted Liens" and (c) Liens that arise by operation of law and are not voluntarily granted, to the extent entitled by law to priority over the security interests created by the Security Documents.
Existing Liens means Liens on the property or assets of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries existing on the date of this Indenture securing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Liens incurred pursuant to clause (1) of Section 4.07 hereof).
Permitted Encumbrance means, with respect to any Mortgaged Property, such exceptions to title as are set forth in the title insurance policy or title commitment delivered with respect thereto, all of which exceptions must be acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
Excluded Perfection Assets means, collectively:
Permitted Collateral Liens means (a) in the case of Collateral other than Mortgaged Property, the Liens permitted under Section 6.01 and (b) in the case of Mortgaged Property, “Permitted Collateral Liens” shall mean the Liens described in clauses (a), (c), (d), (g), (h), (o), (p) and (u) of Section 6.01.
Senior Priority Obligations means the Original First Lien Obligations and any Additional Obligations constituting Senior Priority Debt.
Excluded Assets has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
First Priority Liens means all Liens that secure the First Priority Lien Obligations.
Second Priority Liens means all Liens on the Second Lien Collateral to secure the Second Lien Obligations, whether created under the Second Lien Security Documents or acquired by possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise.
First Priority Obligations means (a) with respect to the Existing First Priority Agreement, all “Obligations” of each Loan Party as defined in the Existing First Priority Agreement and (b) with respect to each other First Priority Agreement, all “Obligations” of each Loan Party as defined in such First Priority Agreement, and shall in any event include (i) all principal of and interest (including without limitation any Post-Petition Interest) and premium (if any) on all loans made or other indebtedness issued or incurred pursuant to such First Priority Agreement, (ii) all reimbursement obligations (if any) and interest thereon (including without limitation any Post-Petition Interest) with respect to any letter of credit or similar instruments issued pursuant to such First Priority Agreement, (iii) all Specified Swap Agreements, (iv) all Specified Cash Management Agreements and (v) all guarantee obligations, fees, expenses and other amounts payable from time to time pursuant to the applicable First Priority Documents, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency Proceeding. To the extent any payment with respect to any First Priority Obligation (whether by or on behalf of any Loan Party, as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent conveyance or a preference in any respect, set aside or required to be paid to a debtor in possession, any Second Priority Secured Party, receiver or similar Person, then the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall, for the purposes of this Agreement and the rights and obligations of the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties, be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred.
Liens means a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.