Collateral; Grant of Lien and Security Interest. (i) Pursuant to the Interim Order and (when applicable) the Final Order and in accordance with the terms thereof (and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein), as security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise) of the Obligations, the Borrower hereby assigns, pledges, and grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (subject, in each case, to the Carve Out and the RCT Reclamation Support Carve Out): (A) a fully-perfected first priority senior security interest in and Lien upon, pursuant to section 364(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, all prepetition and postpetition property of the Borrower, whether existing on the Petition Date or thereafter acquired that, on or as of the Petition Date, is not subject to valid, perfected, and non-avoidable Liens, including, without limitation, all real and personal property, inventory, plant, fixtures, machinery, equipment, the RCT L/C Collateral Accounts, the General L/C Collateral Accounts, cash, any investment of such cash, accounts receivable, other rights to payment whether arising before or after the Petition Date (including, without limitation, post-petition intercompany claims of the Borrower), deposit accounts, investment property, supporting obligations, minerals, oil, gas, and as-extracted collateral, causes of action (including those arising under section 549 of the Bankruptcy Code and any related action under section 550 of the Bankruptcy Code), royalty interests, chattel paper, contracts, general intangibles, documents, instruments, interests in leaseholds, letter of credit rights, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, other intellectual property, Stock and Stock Equivalents of Subsidiaries, books and records pertaining to the foregoing, and to the extent not otherwise included, all proceeds, products, offspring, and profits of any and all of the foregoing (the “Unencumbered Property”); provided that the Unencumbered Property shall exclude the Borrower’s Avoidance Actions, but subject only to, and effective upon, entry of the Final Order, shall include any proceeds or property recovered, unencumbered, or otherwise the subject of successful Avoidance Actions, whether by judgment, settlement, or otherwise; (B) a fully-perfected first priority senior priming security interest in and Lien upon, pursuant to section 364(d)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, all prepetition and postpetition property of the Borrower, whether existing on the Petition Date or thereafter acquired, that is subject to valid, perfected, and non-avoidable Liens currently held by any of the Prepetition Secured Creditors (as defined in the Interim Cash Collateral Order and (when applicable) the Final Cash Collateral Order), excluding the “Deposit L/C Loan Collateral Account” to the extent of the “Deposit L/C Obligations” (each as defined in the Prepetition Credit Agreement); provided that such security interests and Liens shall be senior in all respects to the interests in such property of any of the Prepetition Secured Creditors arising from current and future Liens of any of the Prepetition Secured Creditors (including, without limitation, Adequate Protection Liens) (as defined in the Interim Cash Collateral Order and (when applicable) the Final Cash Collateral Order), but shall not be senior to any valid, perfected, and non-avoidable interests of other parties arising out of Liens, if any, on such property existing immediately prior to the Petition Date, including the Liens securing the Tex-La Indebtedness, or to any valid, perfected, and non-avoidable interests in such property arising out of Liens to which the Liens of any of the Prepetition Secured Creditors become subject subsequent to the Petition Date as permitted by section 546(b) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (C) a fully-perfected junior security interest in and Lien upon, pursuant to section 364(c)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, all prepetition and postpetition property of the Borrower (other than the property described in clauses (A) and (B) of this Section 14.1(a)(i), as to which the Liens and security interests in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, will be as described in such clauses), whether existing on the Petition Date or thereafter acquired, that is subject to valid, perfected, and non-avoidable Liens in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date, or to any valid and non-avoidable Liens in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date that are perfected subsequent to the Petition Date as permitted by section 546(b) of the Bankruptcy Code (in each case, other than the Adequate Protection Liens (as defined in the Interim Cash Collateral Order and (when applicable) the Final Cash Collateral Order)); provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 14.1(a)(i), the Collateral shall exclude Excluded Collateral. (ii) The security interests and Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral shall be effective immediately upon the entry of the Interim Order and subject, only in the event of the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to the Carve Out, the RCT Reclamation Support Carve Out and the terms and conditions set forth in the Interim Order and (when applicable) the Final Order. Such Liens and security interests and their priority shall remain in effect until the Obligations (except for Hedging Obligations in respect of any Secured Hedging Agreement and/or any Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement, Cash Management Obligations in respect of Secured Cash Management Agreements and Contingent Obligations) have been indefeasibly paid in full, in cash, all Commitments have been terminated, and all Letters of Credit have been cancelled (or all such Letters of Credit have been fully cash collateralized or otherwise back-stopped, in each case to the satisfaction of the applicable Letter of Credit Issuers). (iii) Subject only to the prior payment of the Carve Out and the RCT Reclamation Support Carve Out, no costs or expenses of administration which have been or may be incurred in the Cases or any Successor Cases (as defined in the Orders) or in any other proceedings related thereto, and no priority claims, are or will be senior to, or pari passu with, any claim of any Secured Party or the Collateral Agent against any Credit Party.
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Sources: Senior Secured Debtor in Possession Credit Agreement (Energy Future Competitive Holdings Co LLC)
Collateral; Grant of Lien and Security Interest. (i) Pursuant to the Interim Order and (when applicable) the Final Order and in accordance with the terms thereof (and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein), as security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise) of the Obligations, the Borrower each Grantor hereby assigns, pledges, and grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (subject, in each case, to the Carve Out and the RCT Reclamation Support Carve Out):
(A) a fully-perfected first priority senior security interest in and Lien upon, pursuant to section 364(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, all prepetition and postpetition property of the Borrowersuch Grantor, whether existing on the Petition Date or thereafter acquired that, on or as of the Petition Date, is not subject to valid, perfected, and non-avoidable Liens, including, without limitation, all real and personal property, inventory, plant, fixtures, machinery, equipment, the RCT L/C Collateral Accounts, the General L/C Collateral Accounts, cash, any investment of such cash, accounts receivable, other rights to payment whether arising before or after the Petition Date (including, without limitation, post-petition intercompany claims of the Borrowersuch Grantor), deposit accounts, investment property, supporting obligations, minerals, oil, gas, and as-extracted collateral, causes of action (including those arising under section 549 of the Bankruptcy Code and any related action under section 550 of the Bankruptcy Code), royalty interests, chattel paper, contracts, general intangibles, documents, instruments, interests in leaseholds, letter of credit rights, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, other intellectual property, Stock and Stock Equivalents of Subsidiaries, books and records pertaining to the foregoing, and to the extent not otherwise included, all proceeds, products, offspring, and profits of any and all of the foregoing (the “Unencumbered Property”); provided that the Unencumbered Property shall exclude the Borrower’s Grantors’ Avoidance Actions, but subject only to, and effective upon, entry of the Final Order, shall include any proceeds or property recovered, unencumbered, or otherwise the subject of successful Avoidance Actions, whether by judgment, settlement, or otherwise;
(B) a fully-perfected first priority senior priming security interest in and Lien upon, pursuant to section 364(d)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, all prepetition and postpetition property of the Borrowersuch Grantor, whether existing on the Petition Date or thereafter acquired, that is subject to valid, perfected, and non-avoidable Liens currently held by any of the Prepetition Secured Creditors (as defined in the Interim Cash Collateral Order and (when applicable) the Final Cash Collateral Order), excluding the “Deposit L/C Loan Collateral Account” to the extent of the “Deposit L/C Obligations” (each as defined in the Prepetition Credit Agreement); provided that such security interests and Liens shall be senior in all respects to the interests in such property of any of the Prepetition Secured Creditors arising from current and future Liens of any of the Prepetition Secured Creditors (including, without limitation, Adequate Protection Liens) (as defined in the Interim Cash Collateral Order and (when applicable) the Final Cash Collateral Order), but shall not be senior to any valid, perfected, and non-avoidable interests of other parties arising out of Liens, if any, on such property existing immediately prior to the Petition Date, including the Liens liens securing the Tex-La Indebtedness, or to any valid, perfected, and non-avoidable interests in such property arising out of Liens to which the Liens of any of the Prepetition Secured Creditors become subject subsequent to the Petition Date as permitted by section 546(b) of the Bankruptcy Code; and
(C) a fully-perfected junior security interest in and Lien upon, pursuant to section 364(c)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, all prepetition and postpetition property of the Borrower such Grantor (other than the property described in clauses (A) and (B) of this Section 14.1(a)(i), as to which the Liens and security interests in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, will be as described in such clauses), whether existing on the Petition Date or thereafter acquired, that is subject to valid, perfected, and non-avoidable Liens in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date, or to any valid and non-avoidable Liens in existence immediately prior to the Petition Date that are perfected subsequent to the Petition Date as permitted by section 546(b) of the Bankruptcy Code (in each case, other than the Adequate Protection Liens (as defined in the Interim Cash Collateral Order and (when applicable) the Final Cash Collateral Order)); provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 14.1(a)(i), the Collateral shall exclude Excluded Collateral.
(ii) The security interests and Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral shall be effective immediately upon the entry of the Interim Order and subject, only in the event of the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to the Carve Out, the RCT Reclamation Support Carve Out and the terms and conditions set forth in the Interim Order and (when applicable) the Final Order. Such Liens and security interests and their priority shall remain in effect until the Obligations (except for Hedging Obligations in respect of any Secured Hedging Agreement and/or any Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement, Cash Management Obligations in respect of Secured Cash Management Agreements and Contingent Obligations) have been indefeasibly paid in full, in cash, all Commitments have been terminated, and all Letters of Credit have been cancelled (or all such Letters of Credit have been fully cash collateralized or otherwise back-stopped, in each case to the satisfaction of the applicable Letter of Credit Issuers).
(iii) Subject only to the prior payment of the Carve Out and the RCT Reclamation Support Carve Out, no costs or expenses of administration which have been or may be incurred in the Cases or any Successor Cases (as defined in the Orders) or in any other proceedings related thereto, and no priority claims, are or will be senior to, or pari passu with, any claim of any Secured Party or the Collateral Agent against any Credit Party.;
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Sources: Senior Secured Debtor in Possession Credit Agreement (Energy Future Competitive Holdings Co LLC)