Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its capital stock or any other interest or participation in its profits owned by Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or pay any Indebtedness owed to Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) make loans or advances to Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (c) transfer any of its properties or assets to Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of: (i) Requirements of Law; (ii) this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the ABL Credit Agreement, the Unsecured Notes Indenture, the Secured Notes Indenture and the other definitive documentation entered into in connection with any of the foregoing; (iii) any Refinancing Note/Loan Documents; (iv) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing any leasehold interest of Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (v) customary provisions restricting assignment of any licensing agreement (in which Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is the licensee) or other contract entered into by Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; (vi) restrictions on the transfer of any asset pending the close of the sale of such asset; (vii) any agreement or instrument governing Indebtedness assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, to the extent the relevant encumbrance or restriction was not agreed to or adopted in connection with, or in anticipation of, the respective Permitted Acquisition and does not apply to Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower, or the properties of any such Person, other than the Persons or the properties acquired in such Permitted Acquisition; (viii) encumbrances or restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business; (ix) any agreement or instrument relating to Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary incurred pursuant to Section 10.04 to the extent such encumbrance or restriction only applies to such Foreign Subsidiary and any Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary; (x) an agreement effecting a refinancing, replacement or substitution of Indebtedness issued, assumed or incurred pursuant to an agreement or instrument referred to in clause (vii) above; provided that the provisions relating to such encumbrance or restriction contained in any such refinancing, replacement or substitution agreement are no less favorable to Borrower or the Lenders in any material respect than the provisions relating to such encumbrance or restriction contained in the agreements or instruments referred to in such clause (vii); (xi) restrictions on the transfer of any asset subject to a Lien permitted by Section 10.01; (xii) restrictions and conditions imposed by the terms of the documentation governing any Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, which Indebtedness is permitted by Section 10.04; (xiii) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted under Section 10.05 and applicable solely to such joint venture; (xiv) on or after the execution and delivery thereof, (i) the Permitted Junior Debt Documents, (ii) the Permitted Pari Passu Notes Documents and (iii) the Permitted Pari Passu Loan Documents; (xv) negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebtedness for borrowed money permitted under Section 10.04 but only if such negative pledge or restriction expressly permits Liens for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent and the Secured Creditors with respect to the credit facilities established hereunder and the Obligations under the Credit Documents on a senior basis and without a requirement that such holders of such Indebtedness be secured by such Liens securing the Obligations under the Credit Documents equally and ratably or on a junior basis; and (xvi) restrictions and conditions under the terms of the documentation governing any Qualified Securitization Transaction or a Receivables Facility that, in each case, permitted by Section 10.04, are necessary or advisable, in the good faith determination of Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, to effect such Qualified Securitization Transaction or such Receivables Facility.
Certain Waivers Each Guarantor waives (a) any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of the Borrower or any other guarantor, or the cessation from any cause whatsoever (including any act or omission of any Secured Party) of the liability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party; (b) any defense based on any claim that such Guarantor’s obligations exceed or are more burdensome than those of the Borrower or any other Loan Party; (c) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting any Guarantor’s liability hereunder; (d) any right to proceed against the Borrower or any other Loan Party, proceed against or exhaust any security for the Secured Obligations, or pursue any other remedy in the power of any Secured Party whatsoever; (e) any benefit of and any right to participate in any security now or hereafter held by any Secured Party; and (f) to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all other defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by applicable Law limiting the liability of or exonerating guarantors or sureties. Each Guarantor expressly waives all setoffs and counterclaims and all presentments, demands for payment or performance, notices of nonpayment or nonperformance, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and all other notices or demands of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the Secured Obligations, and all notices of acceptance of this Guaranty or of the existence, creation or incurrence of new or additional Secured Obligations.