Other Liens Debtors will not create, permit or suffer to exist, and will defend the Collateral against and take such other action as is necessary to remove, any Lien on the Collateral except Permitted Liens, and will defend the right, title and interest of the Secured Party in and to the Collateral and in and to all Proceeds thereof against the claims and demands of all Persons whatsoever.
No Other Liens Each Pledgor covenants and agrees that it shall not (i) create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien or encumbrance on the Collateral (other than the Lien granted hereunder and Permitted Liens) and (ii) take any action which would have the effect of materially impairing the position or interests of the Pledgee hereunder except to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement. No Pledgor will, nor will it permit any of the related Issuing Entities (for so long as all or a portion of its related Capital Stock constitutes Collateral hereunder) to, without the prior written consent of the Pledgee, (i) enter into or permit to exist any arrangement or agreement (excluding the Secured Note Agreement and the other Secured Note Documents) which directly or indirectly prohibits such Pledgor or any of the related Issuing Entities from creating, assuming or incurring any Lien upon such Pledgor’s properties, revenues or assets whether now owned or hereafter acquired other than as permitted in the Secured Note Agreement, (ii) permit any Lien to exist on any of the Capital Stock of the related Issuing Entities (other than the Lien granted to the Pledgee hereunder and Permitted Liens), (iii) sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Capital Stock with respect to the Issuing Entities, regardless of whether such Capital Stock constitutes Collateral hereunder, other than in a transaction permitted under the Secured Note Agreement or (iv) except as otherwise permitted in the Secured Note Agreement, enter into any agreement, contract or arrangement (excluding the Secured Note Agreement and the other Secured Note Documents) restricting the ability of any Issuing Entity to pay or make dividends or distributions in cash or kind to the Pledgor or the Pledgee (to the extent the Pledgee is entitled hereunder to receive the payment of same), to make loans, advances or other payments of whatsoever nature to the Pledgor, or to make transfers or distributions of all or any part of its assets to the Pledgor or any Person owning or holding the Capital Stock with respect to such Issuing Entity; in each case other than (x) customary anti-assignment provisions contained in leases, permits, licensing agreements and other contracts entered into by the Pledgor or such Issuing Entity in the ordinary course of its business, (y) restrictions and conditions imposed by any laws, rules or regulations of any Governmental Authority, and (z) restrictions and conditions arising under the Secured Note Agreement and the other Secured Note Documents.
Liens Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:
(a) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Liens existing on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 7.01 and any renewals or extensions thereof, provided that the property covered thereby is not increased;
(c) Liens (other than Liens imposed under ERISA) for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;
(d) Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and repairmen or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person;
(e) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;
(f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting real property which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person;
(h) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money (or appeal or other surety bonds relating to such judgments) not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.01(h);
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(e); provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness and (ii) such Liens attach to such property concurrently with or within ninety days after the acquisition thereof;
(j) leases or subleases granted to others not interfering in any material respect with the business of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary;
(k) any interest of title of a lessor under, and Liens arising from UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings, registrations or agreements in foreign jurisdictions) relating to, leases permitted by this Agreement;
(l) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 7.02(a);
(m) normal and customary rights of setoff upon deposits of cash in favor of banks or other depository institutions;
(n) Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection; and Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Liens securing Indebtedness for borrowed money shall be permitted to encumber owned real property of the MLP and its Subsidiaries, except Liens created by the Collateral Documents.
Title; No Other Liens Except for the security interest granted to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement and the other Liens permitted to exist on the Collateral by the Credit Agreement, such Grantor owns each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others. No financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such as have been filed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, pursuant to this Agreement or as are permitted by the Credit Agreement.
Absence of Other Liens The Collateral is owned by the Grantors free and clear of any Lien, except for Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement. The Grantor has not filed or consented to the filing of (a) any financing statement or analogous document under the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable laws covering any Collateral, (b) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Collateral with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office or (c) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each case, for Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.