Common use of Guarantees and Collateral Clause in Contracts

Guarantees and Collateral. (a) In the event that there shall at any time exist any Principal European Subsidiary (other than a Consent Subsidiary) or any US Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary) that shall not be a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, Goodyear will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, deliver to the Collateral Agent such information as the Collateral Agent shall have reasonably requested and a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Principal European Subsidiary or US Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to which such Principal European Subsidiary or such US Subsidiary, as the case may be, will become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and, in the case of a Principal European Subsidiary, a European Facilities Guarantor and European Facilities Grantor, or in the case of such US Subsidiary, a US Guarantor, in each case as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; provided that if a Financial Officer of Goodyear shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear has determined (i) based upon the advice of French counsel, that the corporate benefit principles or other applicable law of the Republic of France would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary organized under the laws of the Republic of France from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, or (ii) based upon the advice of German counsel, that the applicable law of Germany would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Effective Date and organized under the laws of the Germany from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, such Principal European Subsidiary shall not be required to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Subsidiary will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (a) if (i) such Subsidiary shall have received an opinion of counsel in the applicable jurisdiction that, under circumstances referred to in such opinion, such action would subject its officers or directors to a material risk of personal liability and (ii) there shall be a material risk that the circumstances referred to in such opinion will occur. (b) In the event that any Grantor shall at any time directly own any Capital Stock of any J.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Revolving Credit Agreement (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co /Oh/), Revolving Credit Agreement (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co /Oh/)

Guarantees and Collateral. (a) In UCLP shall and it shall cause the event that there shall Borrower and each Guarantor to g▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇ pursuant to the Security Instruments on substantially all of its Properties located in the United States now owned or at any time exist any Principal European Subsidiary (other than hereafter acquired by it, the Borrower or a Consent Subsidiary) or any US Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary) that shall not be a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, Goodyear will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, deliver to the Collateral Agent such information as the Collateral Agent shall have reasonably requested and a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Principal European Subsidiary or US Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to which such Principal European Subsidiary or such US Subsidiary, as the case may be, will become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and, in the case of a Principal European Subsidiary, a European Facilities Guarantor and European Facilities Grantor, or in the case of such US Subsidiary, a US Guarantor, in each case as defined in the Guarantee including, without limitation, all Equipment, Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, General Intangibles, Instruments, and Collateral AgreementInventory; provided that if the foregoing shall not require the creation or perfection of pledges of, security interests in or mortgages on, with respect to (A) any real property that has a Financial Officer value of Goodyear less than $7,500,000, (B) any Property as provided on Schedule 8.07 or (C) any Property that in the judgment of the Administrative Agent, the cost of creating or perfecting such pledges, security interests or mortgages on such Property would be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, provided further that UCLP, the Borrower and any Guarantor will have ninety (90) days to perfect Liens on Property acquired in an acquisition. UCLP shall, and it shall have delivered a certificate promptly cause the GP and each Significant Domestic Subsidiary now existing or hereafter formed or acquired to, guarantee the Indebtedness pursuant to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear has determined execution and delivery of the Guaranty Agreement or a supplement thereto. UCLP shall cause to be pledged by the appropriate Person (i) based upon all of the advice Equity Interests of French counseleach Domestic Subsidiary (including, that without limitation, to the corporate benefit principles extent certificated, delivery of original stock certificates or other applicable law certificates evidencing the capital stock of such entity, together with an appropriate undated stock power for each certificate duly executed in blank by the Republic of France would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary organized under the laws of the Republic of France from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligationsregistered owner thereof), or (ii) based upon the advice of German counsel, that the applicable law of Germany would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Effective Date and organized under the laws 65% of the Germany from capital stock of each first tier Foreign Subsidiary (including, without limitation, to the extent certificated, delivery of original stock certificates or other certificates evidencing the capital stock of such Domestic Subsidiary or 65% of the capital stock of such Foreign Subsidiary, together with an appropriate undated stock power for each certificate duly authorizing a Guarantee of executed in blank by the registered owner thereof) and (iii) and execute and deliver such other additional documents and certificates as shall reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent. If there are no adverse tax consequences to UCLP, to UCLP’s partners or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, the Obligations, such Principal European Subsidiary shall not be required to become a party Collateral described above (and subject to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. Notwithstanding same limitations set forth above) will include Property located in jurisdictions outside the foregoingUnited States, no Subsidiary Foreign Subsidiaries will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (a) if (i) such Subsidiary shall have received an opinion included as Guarantors, and all of counsel in the applicable jurisdiction that, under circumstances referred to in such opinion, such action would subject its officers or directors to a material risk Equity Interest of personal liability and (ii) there shall Foreign Subsidiaries will be a material risk that the circumstances referred to in such opinion will occurpledged. (b) In the event that any Grantor shall at any time directly own any Capital Stock of any J.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Senior Secured Credit Agreement (Universal Compression Partners, L.P.), Senior Secured Credit Agreement (Universal Compression Partners, L.P.)

Guarantees and Collateral. (a) In the event that there shall at any time exist any Principal European Subsidiary (other than a Consent Subsidiary) or any US Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary) that shall not be a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, Goodyear will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, deliver to the Collateral Agent such information as the Collateral Agent shall have reasonably requested and a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Principal European Subsidiary or US Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to which such Principal European Subsidiary or such US Subsidiary, as the case may be, will become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and, in the case of a Principal European Subsidiary, a European Facilities Guarantor and European Facilities Grantor, or in the case of such US Subsidiary, a US Guarantor, in each case as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; provided that if a Financial Officer of Goodyear shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear has determined (i) based upon the advice of French counsel, that the corporate benefit principles or other applicable law of the Republic of France would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary organized under the laws of the Republic of France from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, or (ii) based upon the advice of German counsel, that the applicable law of Germany would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Effective Date and organized under the laws of the Germany from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, such Principal European Subsidiary shall not be required to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Subsidiary will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (a) if (i) such Subsidiary shall have received an opinion of counsel in the applicable jurisdiction that, under circumstances referred to in such opinion, such action would subject its officers or directors to a material risk of personal liability and (ii) there shall be a material risk that the circumstances referred to in such opinion will occur. (b) In the event that any Grantor shall at any time directly own any Capital Stock Equity Interests of any J.J.V. Subsidiary or any subsidiary of Luxembourg Finance (in each case other than (i) Equity Interests in any Subsidiary with consolidated assets not greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, 2002, or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), (ii) Equity Interests in any Special Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary and (iii) Equity Interests already pledged in accordance with this paragraph or Section 4.01), Goodyear will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, cause such Equity Interests to be pledged under a Security Agreement and, to the extent that the Collateral Agent determines that possession of any certificates representing any such Equity Interests would provide any benefit in respect of priority or otherwise under applicable law and requests delivery, cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any certificates representing such Equity Interests, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; provided, that no Grantor shall be required to pledge any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the Republic of France, the United Kingdom or the Republic of Slovenia if a Financial Officer of Goodyear shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear has determined, on the basis of reasonable inquiries in the jurisdiction of such Person, that such pledge would affect materially and adversely the ability of such Person to conduct its business in such jurisdiction. In the event that SAVA shall at any time become a Wholly Owned J.V. Subsidiary, or the provisions in its organizing documents or joint venture agreement prohibiting such pledge shall cease to be in effect, all the Equity Interests in SAVA held by the European J.V. or any of the J.V. Subsidiaries shall be pledged under a Security Agreement pursuant to the requirements of this Section. (c) In the event that any Grantor shall at any time own any Applicable Assets (other than Consent Assets and Applicable Assets already pledged, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered pursuant to any Security Agreement) consisting of real property with a book value of $10,000,000 or more, the European J.V. will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, cause such Applicable Assets to be mortgaged or otherwise encumbered pursuant to one or more Security Agreements reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and such Grantor to secure the Applicable Secured Obligations of such Grantor. In the event that, at the end of any fiscal quarter, the Grantors, taken together, shall own any Applicable Assets (other than Consent Assets, Equity Interests in Subsidiaries and Applicable Assets already pledged, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered pursuant to any Security Agreement) with an aggregate book value greater than $50,000,000 that shall not have been pledged, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered pursuant to the Security Agreements, the European J.V. will, promptly after the delivery of financial statements under Section 5.01(a) or (b) with respect to such fiscal quarter, notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days, (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, cause such Applicable Assets (other than assets that in the aggregate are not material) to be pledged, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered by the Grantors pursuant to one or more Security Agreements reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and each applicable Grantor to secure the Applicable Secured Obligations of the respective Grantors; provided, that if a Financial Officer of Goodyear shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear has determined (i) based upon the advice of French counsel, that the corporate benefit principles or other applicable law of the Republic of France would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary organized under the laws of the Republic of France from duly authorizing the creation or perfection of any such security interest, or (ii) based upon the advice of German counsel, that the applicable law of Germany would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Effective Date and organized under the laws of the Germany from duly authorizing the creation or perfection of any such security interest, such Principal European Subsidiary shall not be required to create or perfect such security interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Grantor will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (c) if (i) such Grantor shall have received an opinion of counsel in the applicable jurisdiction that, under circumstances referred to in such opinion, such action would subject its officers or directors to a material risk of personal liability and (ii) there shall be a material risk that the circumstances referred to in such opinion will occur.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Term Loan and Revolving Credit Agreement (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co /Oh/)

Guarantees and Collateral. (a) In the event that there shall at any time exist any Principal European Subsidiary (other than a Consent Subsidiary) or any US North American Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary) that shall not be a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be, the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent (including in such notice the information that would have been required to be set forth with respect to such Subsidiary in the 2018 Perfection Certificate if such Subsidiary had been one of the Grantors listed therein) and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, deliver to the Collateral Agent a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such North American Subsidiary, pursuant to which such North American Subsidiary will become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and a Subsidiary Guarantor and, if it elects to become a Grantor or if its Total Assets are greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, 2017, or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), a Grantor, in each case as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. (b) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall at any time directly own any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary (other than (i) Capital Stock in any Subsidiary with Total Assets not greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, Goodyear 2017, or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), (ii) Capital Stock in any Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary and (iii) Capital Stock already pledged in accordance with this paragraph), the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, deliver cause such Capital Stock to the Collateral Agent such information as the Collateral Agent shall have reasonably requested and a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Principal European Subsidiary or US Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to which such Principal European Subsidiary or such US Subsidiary, as the case may be, will become a party to be pledged under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement andand cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent (or its sub-agent for perfection) any certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in the case blank; provided, that (A) no Grantor shall be required to pledge more than 65% of a Principal European outstanding voting Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary, a European Facilities Guarantor and European Facilities Grantor, or (B) no Grantor shall be required to pledge any Capital Stock in the case of such US Subsidiary, a US Guarantor, in each case as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; provided that any Foreign Subsidiary if a Financial Officer of Goodyear shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear the Borrower has determined (i) based upon determined, on the advice basis of French counselreasonable inquiries in the jurisdiction of such Person, that such pledge would affect materially and adversely the corporate benefit principles or other applicable law ability of the Republic of France would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary organized under the laws of the Republic of France from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, or such Person to conduct its business in such jurisdiction and (iiC) based upon the advice of German counsel, that the applicable law of Germany would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Effective Date and organized under the laws of the Germany from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, such Principal European Subsidiary no Grantor shall not be required to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoingpledge any Capital Stock in Goodyear Argentina, no Subsidiary will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (a) if (i) such Subsidiary shall have received an opinion of counsel in the applicable jurisdiction thatGoodyear Canada, under circumstances referred to in such opinion, such action would subject its officers Goodyear Luxembourg or directors to a material risk of personal liability and (ii) there shall be a material risk that the circumstances referred to in such opinion will occurGoodyear Venezuela. (bc) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall at any time directly own any Capital Stock of any J.Material Foreign Subsidiary (other than Capital Stock already pledged in accordance with this paragraph and Capital Stock in any Consent Subsidiary), the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will take all such actions as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request and as shall be available under applicable law to cause such Capital Stock to be pledged under a Foreign Pledge Agreement and cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; provided, that (A) no Grantor shall be required to pledge more than 65% of outstanding voting Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary, (B) no Grantor shall be required to pledge any Capital Stock in any Person if a Financial Officer shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that the Borrower has determined, on the basis of reasonable inquiries in the jurisdiction of such Person, that such pledge would affect materially and adversely the ability of such Person to conduct its business in such jurisdiction and (C) no Grantor shall be required to pledge any Capital Stock in Goodyear Argentina, Goodyear Canada, Goodyear Luxembourg or Goodyear Venezuela. (d) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall at any time own any Material Intellectual Property (other than Material Intellectual Property as to which the actions required by this paragraph have already been taken), the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will file all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or other applicable personal property security law filings and recordations with the Patent and Trademark Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property Office as shall be required by law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed or recorded to perfect the Liens intended to be created on the Collateral (to the extent such Liens may be perfected by filings under the Uniform Commercial Code or other personal property security legislation as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction or by filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property Office); provided, that if the consents of Persons other than the Borrower and the Wholly Owned Subsidiaries would be required under applicable law or the terms of any agreement in order for a security interest to be created in any Material Intellectual Property under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be, a security interest shall not be required to be created in such Material Intellectual Property prior to the obtaining of such consents. (e) The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions, as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent in order to cause the security interests purported to be created by the Security Documents or required to be created under the terms of this Agreement to constitute valid security interests, perfected in accordance with this Agreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Second Lien Credit Agreement (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co /Oh/)

Guarantees and Collateral. (a) In the event that there shall at any time exist any Principal European Subsidiary (other than a Consent Subsidiary) or any US North American Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary) that shall not be a party to the Guarantee and Collateral AgreementAgreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, Goodyear as the case may be, the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent (including in such notice the information that would have been required to be set forth with respect to such Subsidiary in the Perfection Certificate if such Subsidiary had been one of the Grantors listed therein) and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, deliver to the Collateral Agent such information as the Collateral Agent shall have reasonably requested and a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral AgreementAgreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Principal European Subsidiary or US North American Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to which such Principal European North American Subsidiary or such US Subsidiary, as the case may be, will become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement a Subsidiary Guarantor and, in if it elects to become an ABL Facilities Grantor or if its consolidated assets are greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, 2002, or if later, as of the case end of a Principal European Subsidiarythe most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), a European Facilities Guarantor and European an ABL Facilities Grantor, or in the case of such US Subsidiary, a US Guarantor, in each case as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; provided that if a Financial Officer of Goodyear shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear has determined (i) based upon the advice of French counsel, that the corporate benefit principles or other applicable law of the Republic of France would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary organized under the laws of the Republic of France from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, or (ii) based upon the advice of German counsel, that the applicable law of Germany would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Effective Date and organized under the laws of the Germany from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, such Principal European Subsidiary shall not be required to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Subsidiary will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (a) if (i) such Subsidiary shall have received an opinion of counsel in the applicable jurisdiction that, under circumstances referred to in such opinion, such action would subject its officers or directors to a material risk of personal liability and (ii) there shall be a material risk that the circumstances referred to in such opinion will occur. (b) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall at any time directly own any Capital Stock Material Trademarks (other than Material Trademarks as to which the actions required by this paragraph have already been taken), the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will file all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or other applicable personal property security law filings and recordations with the Patent and Trademark Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property Office as shall be required by law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed or recorded to perfect the Liens intended to be created on the ABL Facilities Collateral (to the extent such Liens may be perfected by filings under the Uniform Commercial Code or other personal property security legislation as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction or by filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property Office); provided, that if the consents of Persons other than the Borrower and the Wholly Owned Subsidiaries would be required under applicable law or the terms of any J.agreement in order for a security interest to be created in any Material Trademark under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be, a security interest shall not be required to be created in such Material Trademark prior to the obtaining of such consents. The Borrower will endeavor in good faith to obtain any consents required to permit any security interest in Material Trademarks to be created under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be. (c) The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions, as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent in order to cause the security interests purported to be created by the Security Documents or required to be created under the terms of this Agreement to constitute valid security interests, perfected in accordance with this Agreement. (d) During the period of 45 days after the Original Effective Date, the Borrower will endeavor in good faith to obtain any consents of third parties required in order for each North American Subsidiary listed on Part II of Schedule 1.01A to execute the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as an ABL Guarantor and, if its consolidated assets are greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, 2002, or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), an ABL Facilities Grantor and perform its obligations thereunder and shall advise the Collateral Agent in writing whether such consents have been obtained, and if such consents have been obtained, will cause such North American Subsidiary to execute the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as provided in paragraph (a) above. (e) The Borrower will, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Restatement Effective Date, cause the Obligations to be secured by (i) Mortgages (which shall be junior in priority to the Mortgages securing the US Term Facility Obligations, the US Revolving Facility Obligations and the US Miscellaneous Obligations, as such terms are defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) on all the Mortgaged Properties, with the aggregate amount of the Indebtedness under this Agreement, the US Term Facility Agreement and the US Revolving Facility Agreement that is secured by such Mortgaged Properties being limited to the extent required in order that the Indebtedness under the Indentures will not be required to be ratably secured, and (ii) perfected pledges (which shall be junior in priority to the pledges securing the US Term Facility Obligations, the US Revolving Facility Obligations and the US Miscellaneous Obligations) of all Equity Interests in Foreign Subsidiaries that are subject to the US Facilities Foreign Pledge Agreements (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) or that are pledged under the Luxembourg Finance Pledge Agreement (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) to secure the US Term Facility Obligations, the US Revolving Facility Obligations and the US Miscellaneous Obligations. To the extent the Collateral Agent and the Borrower so determine, the requirements of this paragraph may be satisfied by the amendment of existing mortgages and pledge agreements to create the Liens required to be created hereunder.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Term Loan and Revolving Credit Agreement (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co /Oh/)

Guarantees and Collateral. (a) In It shall and it shall cause each Subsidiary Guarantor to g▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇ pursuant to the event that there shall Security Instruments on substantially all of its Properties located in the United States now owned or at any time exist any Principal European hereafter acquired by it or a Subsidiary (other than a Consent Subsidiary) or any US Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary) that shall not be a party Guarantor, including, without limitation, all Equipment, Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, General Intangibles, Instruments, Inventory, the real property related to the Guarantee and Collateral AgreementUS Borrowers’ chief executive offices located at 4▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, Goodyear will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, deliver to the Collateral Agent such information as the Collateral Agent shall have reasonably requested and a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Principal European Subsidiary or US Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to which such Principal European Subsidiary or such US Subsidiary, as the case may be, will become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and, in the case of a Principal European Subsidiary, a European Facilities Guarantor and European Facilities Grantor, or in the case of such US Subsidiary, a US Guarantor, in each case as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇; provided that if the foregoing shall not require the creation or perfection of pledges of, security interests in or mortgages on, with respect to (A) any real property that has a Financial Officer value of Goodyear shall less than $7,500,000, (B) the GP Interests and IDRs, (C) any Property as provided on Schedule 9.09 or (D) any Property that in the judgment of the Administrative Agent, the cost of creating or perfecting such pledges, security interests or mortgages on such Property would be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, provided further that it and any Subsidiary Guarantor will have delivered a certificate ninety (90) days to perfect Liens on real Property acquired in an acquisition (subject to the Administrative Agent certifying limitations set forth above). It shall promptly cause each Significant Domestic Subsidiary now existing or hereafter formed or acquired to, guarantee the Indebtedness pursuant to the execution and delivery of the Guaranty Agreement or a supplement thereto. UCI will guarantee the Indebtedness pursuant to the execution and delivery of the Guaranty Agreement or a supplement thereto on or before the date that Goodyear has determined Holdings becomes the sole Borrower pursuant to Section 2.14. Holdings shall cause to be pledged by the appropriate Person (i) based upon the advice of French counsel, that the corporate benefit principles or other applicable law all of the Republic certificated Capital Stock of France would prohibit each Domestic Subsidiary (excluding any Principal European ABS Subsidiary organized under involved in the laws of the Republic of France from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the ObligationsABS Facility), or (ii) based upon all LP Units and Subordinated Units in UCLP, the advice of German counsel, that Capital Stock in the applicable law of Germany would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary formed or acquired after General Partner and the Effective Date and organized under Capital Stock in the laws owners of the Germany from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any General Partner and (iii) 65% of the Obligations, such Principal European Subsidiary shall not be required to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Subsidiary will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (a) if (i) such Subsidiary shall have received an opinion of counsel in the applicable jurisdiction that, under circumstances referred to in such opinion, such action would subject its officers or directors to a material risk of personal liability and (ii) there shall be a material risk that the circumstances referred to in such opinion will occur. (b) In the event that any Grantor shall at any time directly own any certificated Capital Stock of any J.each first tier Foreign Subsidiary (including, without limitation, to the extent certificated, delivery of original stock certificates or other certificates evidencing the Capital Stock of such Domestic Subsidiary or 65% of the Capital Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary, together with an appropriate undated stock power for each certificate duly executed in blank by the registered owner thereof) and execute and deliver such other additional documents and certificates as shall reasonably be requested by the US Administrative Agent.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Senior Secured Credit Agreement (Universal Compression Holdings Inc)

Guarantees and Collateral. (a) In UCLP shall and it shall cause the event that there shall Borrower and each Guarantor to ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇ pursuant to the Security Instruments on substantially all of its Properties located in the United States now owned or at any time exist any Principal European Subsidiary (other than hereafter acquired by it, the Borrower or a Consent Subsidiary) or any US Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary) that shall not be a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, Goodyear will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, deliver to the Collateral Agent such information as the Collateral Agent shall have reasonably requested and a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Principal European Subsidiary or US Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to which such Principal European Subsidiary or such US Subsidiary, as the case may be, will become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and, in the case of a Principal European Subsidiary, a European Facilities Guarantor and European Facilities Grantor, or in the case of such US Subsidiary, a US Guarantor, in each case as defined in the Guarantee including, without limitation, all Equipment, Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, General Intangibles, Instruments, and Collateral AgreementInventory; provided that if the foregoing shall not require the creation or perfection of pledges of, security interests in or mortgages on, with respect to (A) any real property that has a Financial Officer value of Goodyear less than $7,500,000, (B) any Property as provided on Schedule 8.07 or (C) any Property that in the judgment of the Administrative Agent, the cost of creating or perfecting such pledges, security interests or mortgages on such Property would be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, provided further that UCLP, the Borrower and any Guarantor will have ninety (90) days to perfect Liens on Property acquired in an acquisition. UCLP shall, and it shall have delivered a certificate promptly cause the GP and each Significant Domestic Subsidiary now existing or hereafter formed or acquired to, guarantee the Indebtedness pursuant to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear has determined execution and delivery of the Guaranty Agreement or a supplement thereto. UCLP shall cause to be pledged by the appropriate Person (i) based upon all of the advice Equity Interests of French counseleach Domestic Subsidiary (including, that without limitation, to the corporate benefit principles extent certificated, delivery of original stock certificates or other applicable law certificates evidencing the capital stock of such entity, together with an appropriate undated stock power for each certificate duly executed in blank by the Republic of France would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary organized under the laws of the Republic of France from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligationsregistered owner thereof), or (ii) based upon the advice of German counsel, that the applicable law of Germany would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Effective Date and organized under the laws 65% of the Germany from capital stock of each first tier Foreign Subsidiary (including, without limitation, to the extent certificated, delivery of original stock certificates or other certificates evidencing the capital stock of such Domestic Subsidiary or 65% of the capital stock of such Foreign Subsidiary, together with an appropriate undated stock power for each certificate duly authorizing a Guarantee of executed in blank by the registered owner thereof) and (iii) and execute and deliver such other additional documents and certificates as shall reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent. If there are no adverse tax consequences to UCLP, to UCLP’s partners or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, the Obligations, such Principal European Subsidiary shall not be required to become a party Collateral described above (and subject to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. Notwithstanding same limitations set forth above) will include Property located in jurisdictions outside the foregoingUnited States, no Subsidiary Foreign Subsidiaries will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (a) if (i) such Subsidiary shall have received an opinion included as Guarantors, and all of counsel in the applicable jurisdiction that, under circumstances referred to in such opinion, such action would subject its officers or directors to a material risk Equity Interest of personal liability and (ii) there shall Foreign Subsidiaries will be a material risk that the circumstances referred to in such opinion will occurpledged. (b) In the event that any Grantor shall at any time directly own any Capital Stock of any J.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Senior Secured Credit Agreement (Exterran Partners, L.P.)

Guarantees and Collateral. (a) In the event that there shall at any time exist any Principal European Subsidiary (other than a Consent Subsidiary) or any US North American Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary) that shall not be a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be, the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent (including in such notice the information that would have been required to be set forth with respect to such Subsidiary in the Perfection Certificate if such Subsidiary had been one of the Grantors listed therein) and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, deliver to the Collateral Agent a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such North American Subsidiary, pursuant to which such North American Subsidiary will become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and a Subsidiary Guarantor and, if it elects to become a Grantor or if its Total Assets are greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, 2004, or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), a Grantor, in each case as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. (b) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall at any time directly own any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary (other than (i) Equity Interests in any Subsidiary with Total Assets not greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, Goodyear 2004, or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), (ii) Equity Interests in any Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary and (iii) Equity Interests already pledged in accordance with this paragraph or Section 4.01(l)), the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, deliver cause such Equity Interests to the Collateral Agent such information as the Collateral Agent shall have reasonably requested and a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Principal European Subsidiary or US Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to which such Principal European Subsidiary or such US Subsidiary, as the case may be, will become a party to be pledged under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement andand cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any certificates representing such Equity Interests, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in the case blank; provided, that (A) no Grantor shall be required to pledge more than 65% of a Principal European Subsidiary, a European Facilities Guarantor outstanding voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary and European Facilities Grantor, or (B) no Grantor shall be required to pledge any Equity Interests in the case of such US Subsidiary, a US Guarantor, in each case as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; provided that any Foreign Subsidiary if a Financial Officer of Goodyear shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear the Borrower has determined (i) based upon determined, on the advice basis of French counselreasonable inquiries in the jurisdiction of such Person, that such pledge would affect materially and adversely the corporate benefit principles or other applicable law ability of the Republic of France would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary organized under the laws of the Republic of France from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, or (ii) based upon the advice of German counsel, that the applicable law of Germany would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Effective Date and organized under the laws of the Germany from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, such Principal European Subsidiary shall not be required Person to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Subsidiary will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (a) if (i) such Subsidiary shall have received an opinion of counsel in the applicable jurisdiction that, under circumstances referred to conduct its business in such opinion, such action would subject its officers or directors to a material risk of personal liability and (ii) there shall be a material risk that the circumstances referred to in such opinion will occurjurisdiction. (bc) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall at any time directly own any Capital Stock Equity Interests of any J.Material Foreign Subsidiary (other than Equity Interests already pledged in accordance with this paragraph and Equity Interests in any Consent Subsidiary), the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will take all such actions as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request and as shall be available under applicable law to cause such Equity Interests to be pledged under a Foreign Pledge Agreement and cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any certificates representing such Equity Interests, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; provided, that (A) no Grantor shall be required to pledge more than 65% of outstanding voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary and (B) no Grantor shall be required to pledge any Equity Interests in any Person if a Financial Officer shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that the Borrower has determined, on the basis of reasonable inquiries in the jurisdiction of such Person, that such pledge would affect materially and adversely the ability of such Person to conduct its business in such jurisdiction. (d) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall at any time own any Material Intellectual Property (other than Material Intellectual Property as to which the actions required by this paragraph have already been taken), the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will file all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or other applicable personal property security law filings and recordations with the Patent and Trademark Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property Office as shall be required by law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed or recorded to perfect the Liens intended to be created on the Collateral (to the extent such Liens may be perfected by filings under the Uniform Commercial Code or other personal property security legislation as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction or by filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property Office); provided, that if the consents of Persons other than the Borrower and the Wholly Owned Subsidiaries would be required under applicable law or the terms of any agreement in order for a security interest to be created in any Material Intellectual Property under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be, a security interest shall not be required to be created in such Material Intellectual Property prior to the obtaining of such consents. The Borrower will endeavor in good faith to obtain any consents required to permit any security interest in Material Intellectual Property to be created under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be. (e) The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions, as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent in order to cause the security interests purported to be created by the Security Documents or required to be created under the terms of this Agreement to constitute valid security interests, perfected in accordance with this Agreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: First Lien Credit Agreement (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co /Oh/)

Guarantees and Collateral. (a) In the event that there shall at any time exist any Principal European Subsidiary (other than a Consent Subsidiary) or any US Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary) that shall not be a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, Goodyear will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, deliver to the Collateral Agent such information as the Collateral Agent shall have reasonably requested and a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Principal European Subsidiary or US Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to which such Principal European Subsidiary or such US Subsidiary, as the case may be, will become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and, in the case of a Principal European Subsidiary, a European Facilities Subsidiary Guarantor and European Facilities GrantorGrantor (as each such term is defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), or in the case of such US Subsidiary, a US Guarantor, in each case Subsidiary Guarantor (as such term is defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement); provided that if a Financial Officer of Goodyear shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear has determined (i) based upon the advice of French counsel, that the corporate benefit principles or other applicable law of the Republic of France would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary organized under the laws of the Republic of France from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, or (ii) based upon the advice of German counsel, that the applicable law of the Federal Republic of Germany would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Effective Date and organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, such Principal European Subsidiary shall not be required to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Subsidiary will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (a) if (i) such Subsidiary shall have received an opinion of counsel in the applicable jurisdiction that, under circumstances referred to in such opinion, such action would subject its officers or directors to a material risk of personal liability and (ii) there shall be a material risk that the circumstances referred to in such opinion will occur. (b) In the event that any Grantor shall at any time directly own any Capital Stock of any J.J.V. Subsidiary (in each case other than (i) Capital Stock in any Subsidiary with Total Assets not greater than $10,000,000 as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), (ii) Capital Stock in any Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary and (iii) Capital Stock already pledged in accordance with this paragraph or Section 4.01), Goodyear will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, cause such Capital Stock to be pledged under a Security Agreement and, to the extent that the Collateral Agent determines that possession of any certificates representing any such Capital Stock would provide any benefit in respect of priority or otherwise under applicable law and requests delivery, cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; provided, that no Grantor shall be required to pledge any Capital Stock in any Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the Republic of France, the United Kingdom or the Republic of Slovenia if a Financial Officer of Goodyear shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear has determined, on the basis of reasonable inquiries in the jurisdiction of such Person, that such pledge would affect materially and adversely the ability of such Person to conduct its business in such jurisdiction. In the event that the tire manufacturing facilities of SAVA shall at any time be held by any Person other than SAVA, all the Capital Stock in such other Person shall be pledged under a Security Agreement. (c) In the event that: (A) any Grantor shall at any time own any Applicable Assets (other than Consent Assets and Applicable Assets already pledged, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered pursuant to any Security Agreement) consisting of real property with a book value of $10,000,000 or more, the European J.V. will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, cause such Applicable Assets to be mortgaged or otherwise encumbered pursuant to one or more Security Agreements reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and such Grantor to secure the Applicable Secured Obligations of such Grantor. (B) at the end of any fiscal quarter, the Grantors, taken together, shall own any Applicable Assets or any assets that would be Applicable Assets if held by another Grantor (other than Consent Assets, Capital Stock in Subsidiaries and Applicable Assets already pledged, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered pursuant to any Security Agreement to secure the Applicable Secured Obligations of the respective Grantors), with an aggregate book value greater than $50,000,000 that shall not have been pledged, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered pursuant to the Security Agreements to secure the Applicable Secured Obligations of the respective Grantors, the European J.V. will, promptly after the delivery of financial statements under Section 5.01(a) or (b) with respect to such fiscal quarter, notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, cause such Applicable Assets (other than assets that in the aggregate are not material) to be pledged, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered by the Grantors pursuant to one or more Security Agreements reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and each applicable Grantor to secure the Applicable Secured Obligations of the respective Grantors; or (C) any Grantors, taken together, shall transfer the ownership of any assets that for such Grantors are Applicable Assets (other than (i) Consent Assets, (ii) any transfer of inventory in the ordinary course of business in connection with the sale thereof to be held on a short-term basis by the transferee and (iii) any transfer in the ordinary course of business of cash or other financial assets) to one or more J.V. Subsidiaries for which such assets are not Applicable Assets with an aggregate book value greater than $30,000,000, the European J.V. will, as soon as practicable in advance of such transfer (but in any event promptly following the occurrence of such transfer if prior notice is not practicable), notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, cause such Applicable Assets (other than assets that in the aggregate are not material) to be pledged, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered by such J.V. Subsidiary or J.V. Subsidiaries pursuant to one or more Security Agreements reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and each applicable J.V. Subsidiary to secure, in the case of each such asset, the Applicable Secured Obligations of the Grantor that transferred such asset to such J.V. Subsidiary; provided, that, in each case under this paragraph (c), if a Financial Officer of Goodyear shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear has determined (i) based upon the advice of French counsel, that the corporate benefit principles or other applicable law of the Republic of France would prohibit any Grantor or J.V. Subsidiary, as the case may be, organized under the laws of the Republic of France from duly authorizing the creation or perfection of any such security interest, or (ii) based upon the advice of German counsel, that the applicable law of the Federal Republic of Germany would prohibit any Grantor or J.V. Subsidiary, as the case may be, organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany from duly authorizing the creation or perfection of any such security interest, such Grantor or J.V. Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall not be required to create or perfect such security interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Grantor or J.V. Subsidiary will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (c) with respect to any asset (other than Capital Stock, any other asset subject to the Lien of any Security Document pledging Capital Stock as of the Effective Date, or any bank account) if the perfection of a Lien on such asset is governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than The Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany, Luxembourg, the Republic of France or the United Kingdom (and, for the avoidance of doubt, any such asset shall not constitute an “Applicable Asset” and shall not count toward the dollar baskets in this paragraph (c)). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Grantor or J.V. Subsidiary will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (c) if (i) in the case of a Grantor, it shall have received an opinion of counsel in the applicable jurisdiction that, under circumstances referred to in such opinion, such action would subject its officers or directors to a material risk of personal liability and there shall be a material risk that the circumstances referred to in such opinion will occur, or (ii) the total costs (including taxes) of any such action would be disproportionate to the benefit obtained by the beneficiaries of such action. In the event that any Grantor that is organized under German law as a Kommanditgesellschaft (a “KG”) shall, at any time, be party to or enter into any kind of lease arrangement pursuant to which it leases property, plant and equipment with a value of more than $10,000,000 to one of its Affiliates that is organized under German law as a Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung (a “GmbH”), such KG will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, assign all rights that it has to terminate such lease arrangement (and, if such right does not exist in such lease, amend such lease so that it shall be terminable at the election of the lessor at any time upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default) to the Collateral Agent under a Security Agreement reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and such Grantor to secure the Applicable Secured Obligations of such Grantor.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Revolving Credit Agreement (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co /Oh/)

Guarantees and Collateral. (a) In the event that there shall at any time exist any Principal European Subsidiary (other than a Consent Subsidiary) or any US Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary) that shall not be a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, Goodyear the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent (including in such notice the information that would have been required to be set forth with respect to such Subsidiary in the Perfection Certificate if such Subsidiary had been one of the Grantors listed therein) and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, deliver to the Collateral Agent a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Domestic Subsidiary, pursuant to which such Domestic Subsidiary will become a party to and a US Guarantor and, if it elects to become a US Facilities Grantor or if its consolidated assets are greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, 2002, or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), a US Facilities Grantor, in each case as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. (b) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall at any time directly own any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary (other than (i) Equity Interests in any Subsidiary with consolidated assets not greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, 2002, or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), (ii) Equity Interests in any Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary and (iii) Equity Interests already pledged in accordance with this paragraph or Section 4.01(l)), the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, deliver cause such Equity Interests to the Collateral Agent such information as the Collateral Agent shall have reasonably requested and a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Principal European Subsidiary or US Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to which such Principal European Subsidiary or such US Subsidiary, as the case may be, will become a party to be pledged under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement andand cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any certificates representing such Equity Interests, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in the case blank; provided, that (A) no Grantor shall be required to pledge more than 65% of a Principal European Subsidiary, a European Facilities Guarantor outstanding voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary and European Facilities Grantor, or (B) no Grantor shall be required to pledge any Equity Interests in the case of such US Subsidiary, a US Guarantor, in each case as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; provided that any Foreign Subsidiary if a Financial Officer of Goodyear shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear the Borrower has determined (i) based upon determined, on the advice basis of French counselreasonable inquiries in the jurisdiction of such Person, that such pledge would affect materially and adversely the corporate benefit principles or other applicable law ability of the Republic of France would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary organized under the laws of the Republic of France from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, or (ii) based upon the advice of German counsel, that the applicable law of Germany would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Effective Date and organized under the laws of the Germany from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, such Principal European Subsidiary shall not be required Person to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Subsidiary will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (a) if (i) such Subsidiary shall have received an opinion of counsel in the applicable jurisdiction that, under circumstances referred to conduct its business in such opinion, such action would subject its officers or directors to a material risk of personal liability and (ii) there shall be a material risk that the circumstances referred to in such opinion will occur.jurisdiction.. (bc) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall at any time directly own any Capital Stock Equity Interests of any J.Material Foreign Subsidiary (other than Equity Interests already pledged in accordance with this paragraph and Equity Interests in any Consent Subsidiary), the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will take all such actions as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request and as shall be available under applicable law to cause such Equity Interests to be pledged under a Foreign Pledge Agreement and cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any certificates representing such Equity Interests, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; provided, that (A) no Grantor shall be required to pledge more than 65% of outstanding voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary and (B) no Grantor shall be required to pledge any Equity Interests in any Person if a Financial Officer shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that the Borrower has determined, on the basis of reasonable inquiries in the jurisdiction of such Person, that such pledge would affect materially and adversely the ability of such Person to conduct its business in such jurisdiction. (d) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall at any time own any Material Intellectual Property (other than Material Intellectual Property as to which the actions required by this paragraph have already been taken), the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will file all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and recordations with the Patent and Trademark Office as shall be required by law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed or recorded to perfect the Liens intended to be created on the US Facilities Collateral (to the extent such Liens may be perfected by filings under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction or by filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office); provided, that if the consents of Persons other than the Borrower and the Wholly Owned Subsidiaries would be required under applicable law or the terms of any agreement in order for a security interest to be created in any Material Intellectual Property under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, a security interest shall not be required to be created in such Material Intellectual Property prior to the obtaining of such consents. The Borrower will endeavor in good faith to obtain any consents required to permit any security interest in Material Intellectual Property to be created under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. (e) The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions, as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent in order to cause the security interests purported to be created by the Security Documents or required to be created under the terms of this Agreement to constitute valid security interests, perfected in accordance with this Agreement. (f) During the period of 45 days after the Effective Date, the Borrower will endeavor in good faith to obtain any consents of third parties required in order for each Domestic Subsidiary listed on Part II of Schedule 1.01A to execute the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as a US Guarantor and, if its consolidated assets are greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, 2002, or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), a US Facilities Grantor and perform its obligations thereunder, or in order for Equity Interests of each such Subsidiary to be pledged under the Security Documents, as the case may be, and shall advise the Collateral Agent in writing whether such consents have been obtained, and if such consents have been obtained, will cause such Domestic Subsidiary to execute the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as provided in paragraph (a) above or cause the Equity Interests of each such Domestic Subsidiary to be pledged under the Security Documents, as provided in paragraph (b) above, as the case may be.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Term Loan Agreement (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co /Oh/)

Guarantees and Collateral. (a) In the event that there shall at any time exist any Principal European Subsidiary (other than a Consent Subsidiary) or any US North American Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary) that shall not be a party to the Guarantee and Collateral AgreementAgreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, Goodyear as the case may be, the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent (including in such notice the information that would have been required to be set forth with respect to such Subsidiary in the Perfection Certificate if such Subsidiary had been one of the Grantors listed therein) and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, deliver to the Collateral Agent such information as the Collateral Agent shall have reasonably requested and a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral AgreementAgreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Principal European Subsidiary or US North American Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to which such Principal European North American Subsidiary or such US Subsidiary, as the case may be, will become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement a Subsidiary Guarantor and, in if it elects to become an ABL Facilities Grantor or if its consolidated assets are greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, 2002, or if later, as of the case end of a Principal European Subsidiarythe most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), a European Facilities Guarantor and European an ABL Facilities Grantor, or in the case of such US Subsidiary, a US Guarantor, in each case as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; provided that if a Financial Officer of Goodyear shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear has determined (i) based upon the advice of French counsel, that the corporate benefit principles or other applicable law of the Republic of France would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary organized under the laws of the Republic of France from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, or (ii) based upon the advice of German counsel, that the applicable law of Germany would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Effective Date and organized under the laws of the Germany from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, such Principal European Subsidiary shall not be required to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Subsidiary will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (a) if (i) such Subsidiary shall have received an opinion of counsel in the applicable jurisdiction that, under circumstances referred to in such opinion, such action would subject its officers or directors to a material risk of personal liability and (ii) there shall be a material risk that the circumstances referred to in such opinion will occur. (b) In the event that the Borrower or any other Grantor shall at any time directly own any Capital Stock Material Trademarks (other than Material Trademarks as to which the actions required by this paragraph have already been taken), the Borrower will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will file all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or other applicable personal property security law filings and recordations with the Patent and Trademark Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property Office as shall be required by law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed or recorded to perfect the Liens intended to be created on the ABL Facilities Collateral (to the extent such Liens may be perfected by filings under the Uniform Commercial Code or other personal property security legislation as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction or by filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property Office); provided, that if the consents of Persons other than the Borrower and the Wholly Owned Subsidiaries would be required under applicable law or the terms of any J.agreement in order for a security interest to be created in any Material Trademark under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be, a security interest shall not be required to be created in such Material Trademark prior to the obtaining of such consents. The Borrower will endeavor in good faith to obtain any consents required to permit any security interest in Material Trademarks to be created under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreements, as the case may be. (c) The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions, as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent in order to cause the security interests purported to be created by the Security Documents or required to be created under the terms of this Agreement to constitute valid security interests, perfected in accordance with this Agreement. (d) During the period of 45 days after the Effective Date, the Borrower will endeavor in good faith to obtain any consents of third parties required in order for each North American Subsidiary listed on Part II of Schedule 1.01A to execute the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as an ABL Guarantor and, if its consolidated assets are greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, 2002, or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), an ABL Facilities Grantor and perform its obligations thereunder and shall advise the Collateral Agent in writing whether such consents have been obtained, and if such consents have been obtained, will cause such North American Subsidiary to execute the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as provided in paragraph (a) above.

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Sources: Term Loan and Revolving Credit Agreement (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co /Oh/)

Guarantees and Collateral. (a) In the event that there shall at any time exist any Principal European Subsidiary (other than a Consent Subsidiary) or any US Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary) that shall not be a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, Goodyear will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, deliver to the Collateral Agent such information as the Collateral Agent shall have reasonably requested and a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Principal European Subsidiary or US Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to which such Principal European Subsidiary or such US Subsidiary, as the case may be, will become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and, in the case of a Principal European Subsidiary, a European Facilities Guarantor and European Facilities Grantor, or in the case of such US Subsidiary, a US Guarantor, in each case as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; provided that if a Financial Officer of Goodyear shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear has determined (i) based upon the advice of French counsel, that the corporate benefit principles or other applicable law of the Republic of France would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary organized under the laws of the Republic of France from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, or (ii) based upon the advice of German counsel, that the applicable law of Germany would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Effective Date and organized under the laws of the Germany from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, such Principal European Subsidiary shall not be required to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Subsidiary will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (a) if (i) such Subsidiary shall have received an opinion of counsel in the applicable jurisdiction that, under circumstances referred to in such opinion, such action would subject its officers or directors to a material risk of personal liability and (ii) there shall be a material risk that the circumstances referred to in such opinion will occur. (b) In the event that any Grantor shall at any time directly own any Capital Stock Equity Interests of any J.J.V. Subsidiary (in each case other than (i) Equity Interests in any Subsidiary with Total Assets not greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, 2004, or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), (ii) Equity Interests in any Special Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary and (iii) Equity Interests already pledged in accordance with this paragraph or Section 4.01), Goodyear will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, cause such Equity Interests to be pledged under a Security Agreement and, to the extent that the Collateral Agent determines that possession of any certificates representing any such Equity Interests would provide any benefit in respect of priority or otherwise under applicable law and requests delivery, cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any certificates representing such Equity Interests, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; provided, that no Grantor shall be required to pledge any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the Republic of France, the United Kingdom or the Republic of Slovenia if a Financial Officer of Goodyear shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear has determined, on the basis of reasonable inquiries in the jurisdiction of such Person, that such pledge would affect materially and adversely the ability of such Person to conduct its business in such jurisdiction. In the event that the tire manufacturing facilities of SAVA shall at any time be held by any Person other than SAVA, all the Equity Interests in such other Person shall be pledged under a Security Agreement. (c) In the event that any Grantor shall at any time own any Applicable Assets (other than Consent Assets and Applicable Assets already pledged, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered pursuant to any Security Agreement) consisting of real property with a book value of $10,000,000 or more, the European J.V. will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, cause such Applicable Assets to be mortgaged or otherwise encumbered pursuant to one or more Security Agreements reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and such Grantor to secure the Applicable Secured Obligations of such Grantor. In the event that, at the end of any fiscal quarter, the Grantors, taken together, shall own any Applicable Assets (other than Consent Assets, Equity Interests in Subsidiaries and Applicable Assets already pledged, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered pursuant to any Security Agreement) with an aggregate book value greater than $50,000,000 that shall not have been pledged, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered pursuant to the Security Agreements, the European J.V. will, promptly after the delivery of financial statements under Section 5.01(a) or (b) with respect to such fiscal quarter, notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days, (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, cause such Applicable Assets (other than assets that in the aggregate are not material) to be pledged, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered by the Grantors pursuant to one or more Security Agreements reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and each applicable Grantor to secure the Applicable Secured Obligations of the respective Grantors; provided, that if a Financial Officer of Goodyear shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear has determined (i) based upon the advice of French counsel, that the corporate benefit principles or other applicable law of the Republic of France would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary organized under the laws of the Republic of France from duly authorizing the creation or perfection of any such security interest, or (ii) based upon the advice of German counsel, that the applicable law of Germany would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Effective Date and organized under the laws of the Germany from duly authorizing the creation or perfection of any such security interest, such Principal European Subsidiary shall not be required to create or perfect such security interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Grantor will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (c) if (i) such Grantor shall have received an opinion of counsel in the applicable jurisdiction that, under circumstances referred to in such opinion, such action would subject its officers or directors to a material risk of personal liability and (ii) there shall be a material risk that the circumstances referred to in such opinion will occur. In the event that any Grantor that is organized under German law as a Kommanditgesellschaft (a “KG”) shall, at any time, be party to or enter into any kind of lease arrangement pursuant to which it leases PP&E with a value of more than $10,000,000 to one of its Affiliates that is organized under German law as a Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung (a “GmbH”), such KG will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, assign all rights that it has to terminate such lease arrangement (and, if such right does not exist in such lease, amend such lease so that it shall be terminable at the election of the lessor at any time upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default) to the Collateral Agent under a Security Agreement reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent to secure the Applicable Secured Obligations of such Grantor.

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Sources: Term Loan and Revolving Credit Agreement (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co /Oh/)

Guarantees and Collateral. All documents and instruments required to create the Guarantees and to create and perfect the Agent’s security interests in the Collateral shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrowers and Guarantors and, if applicable, be in proper form for filing (aor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Agent shall have been made for the execution, delivery and filing of such documents and instruments substantially concurrently with the consummation of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Acquisition) In (it being understood that, to the event that there shall at extent any time exist security interest in any Principal European Subsidiary Collateral is not or cannot be provided and/or perfected on the Sixth Amendment Effective Date (other than (1) the pledge and perfection of the security interest in the certificated equity interests of the Administrative Borrower and each of its existing, direct wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Consent Subsidiary) or any US Subsidiary and a Material Subsidiary and (2) other than an Excluded Subsidiary assets pursuant to which a lien may be perfected solely by the filing of a financing statement under the UCC or Consent Subsidiaryother applicable law) that after the Administrative Borrower’s use of commercially reasonable efforts to do so or without undue burden or expense, then the provision and/or perfection of a security interest in such Collateral shall not be constitute a party condition to the Guarantee occurrence of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date and Collateral Agreementthe availability of the extensions of credit to be made under the Amended ABL Credit Agreement on the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, Goodyear will promptly notify but instead shall be required to be delivered or perfected within 90 days after the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days Sixth Amendment Effective Date (or such longer period as may be reasonable under mutually agreed by the circumstances) after such notification, deliver to Administrative Borrower and the Collateral Agent such information as the Collateral Agent shall have reasonably requested and a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Principal European Subsidiary or US Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to which such Principal European Subsidiary or such US Subsidiary, as the case may be, will become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and, in the case of a Principal European Subsidiary, a European Facilities Guarantor and European Facilities Grantor, or in the case of such US Subsidiary, a US Guarantor, in each case as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral AgreementAgent; provided that if a Financial Officer of Goodyear shall have any certificated equity interests required to be delivered a certificate to pursuant hereto and not delivered on the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear has determined (i) based upon the advice of French counsel, that the corporate benefit principles or other applicable law of the Republic of France would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary organized under the laws of the Republic of France from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, or (ii) based upon the advice of German counsel, that the applicable law of Germany would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Sixth Amendment Effective Date and organized under the laws of the Germany from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, such Principal European Subsidiary shall not be required to become a party to be delivered within five Business Days after the Guarantee Sixth Amendment Effective Date (or such longer period as may be mutually agreed by the Administrative Borrower and Collateral Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Subsidiary will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (a) if (i) such Subsidiary shall have received an opinion of counsel in the applicable jurisdiction that, under circumstances referred to in such opinion, such action would subject its officers or directors to a material risk of personal liability and (ii) there shall be a material risk that the circumstances referred to in such opinion will occur. (b) In the event that any Grantor shall at any time directly own any Capital Stock of any J.Agent)));

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Sources: Abl Credit Agreement (WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.)

Guarantees and Collateral. (a) In the event that there shall at any time exist any Principal European Subsidiary (other than a Consent Subsidiary) or any US Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary) that shall not be a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, Goodyear will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, deliver to the Collateral Agent such information as the Collateral Agent shall have reasonably requested and a supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in substantially the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Principal European Subsidiary or US Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to which such Principal European Subsidiary or such US Subsidiary, as the case may be, will become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and, in the case of a Principal European Subsidiary, a European Facilities Guarantor and European Facilities Grantor, or in the case of such US Subsidiary, a US Guarantor, in each case as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; provided that if a Financial Officer of Goodyear shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear has determined (i) based upon the advice of French counsel, that the corporate benefit principles or other applicable law of the Republic of France would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary organized under the laws of the Republic of France from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, or (ii) based upon the advice of German counsel, that the applicable law of Germany would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Effective Date and organized under the laws of the Germany from duly authorizing a Guarantee of any of the Obligations, such Principal European Subsidiary shall not be required to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Subsidiary will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (a) if (i) such Subsidiary shall have received an opinion of counsel in the applicable jurisdiction that, under circumstances referred to in such opinion, such action would subject its officers or directors to a material risk of personal liability and (ii) there shall be a material risk that the circumstances referred to in such opinion will occur. (b) In the event that any Grantor shall at any time directly own any Capital Stock of any J.J.V. Subsidiary (in each case other than (i) Capital Stock in any Subsidiary with Total Assets not greater than $10,000,000 as of December 31, 2010, or if later, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), (ii) Capital Stock in any Excluded Subsidiary or Consent Subsidiary and (iii) Capital Stock already pledged in accordance with this paragraph or Section 4.01), Goodyear will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, cause such Capital Stock to be pledged under a Security Agreement and, to the extent that the Collateral Agent determines that possession of any certificates representing any such Capital Stock would provide any benefit in respect of priority or otherwise under applicable law and requests delivery, cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; provided, that no Grantor shall be required to pledge any Capital Stock in any Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the Republic of France, the United Kingdom or the Republic of Slovenia if a Financial Officer of Goodyear shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear has determined, on the basis of reasonable inquiries in the jurisdiction of such Person, that such pledge would affect materially and adversely the ability of such Person to conduct its business in such jurisdiction. In the event that the tire manufacturing facilities of SAVA shall at any time be held by any Person other than SAVA, all the Capital Stock in such other Person shall be pledged under a Security Agreement. (c) In the event that: (A) any Grantor shall at any time own any Applicable Assets (other than Consent Assets and Applicable Assets already pledged, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered pursuant to any Security Agreement) consisting of real property with a book value of $10,000,000 or more, the European J.V. will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, cause such Applicable Assets to be mortgaged or otherwise encumbered pursuant to one or more Security Agreements reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and such Grantor to secure the Applicable Secured Obligations of such Grantor. (B) at the end of any fiscal quarter, the Grantors, taken together, shall own any Applicable Assets or any assets that would be Applicable Assets if held by another Grantor (other than Consent Assets, Capital Stock in Subsidiaries and Applicable Assets already pledged, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered pursuant to any Security Agreement to secure the Applicable Secured Obligations of the respective Grantors), with an aggregate book value greater than $50,000,000 that shall not have been pledged, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered pursuant to the Security Agreements to secure the Applicable Secured Obligations of the respective Grantors, the European J.V. will, promptly after the delivery of financial statements under Section 5.01(a) or (b) with respect to such fiscal quarter, notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days, (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, cause such Applicable Assets (other than assets that in the aggregate are not material) to be pledged, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered by the Grantors pursuant to one or more Security Agreements reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and each applicable Grantor to secure the Applicable Secured Obligations of the respective Grantors; or (C) any Grantors, taken together, shall transfer the ownership of any assets that for such Grantors are Applicable Assets (other than (i) Consent Assets, (ii) any transfer of inventory in the ordinary course of business in connection with the sale thereof to be held on a short-term basis by the transferee and (iii) any transfer in the ordinary course of business of cash or other financial assets) to one or more J.V. Subsidiaries for which such assets are not Applicable Assets with an aggregate book value greater than $30,000,000, the European J.V. will, as soon as practicable in advance of such transfer (but in any event promptly following the occurrence of such transfer if prior notice is not practicable), notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days, (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, cause such Applicable Assets (other than assets that in the aggregate are not material) to be pledged, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered by such J.V. Subsidiary or J.V. Subsidiaries pursuant to one or more Security Agreements reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and each applicable J.V. Subsidiary to secure, in the case of each such asset, the Applicable Secured Obligations of the Grantor that transferred such asset to such J.V. Subsidiary; provided, that if a Financial Officer of Goodyear shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that Goodyear has determined (i) based upon the advice of French counsel, that the corporate benefit principles or other applicable law of the Republic of France would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary organized under the laws of the Republic of France from duly authorizing the creation or perfection of any such security interest, or (ii) based upon the advice of German counsel, that the applicable law of Germany would prohibit any Principal European Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Effective Date and organized under the laws of the Germany from duly authorizing the creation or perfection of any such security interest, such Principal European Subsidiary shall not be required to create or perfect such security interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no J.V. Subsidiary will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (c) with respect to any asset (other than Capital Stock, any other asset subject to the Lien of any Security Document pledging Capital Stock as of the Effective Date, or any bank account) if the perfection of a Lien on such asset is governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than The Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany, Luxembourg, the Republic of France or the United Kingdom (and, for the avoidance of doubt, any such asset shall not constitute an “Applicable Asset” and shall not count toward the dollar baskets in this paragraph (c)). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no J.V. Subsidiary will be required to take any action pursuant to this paragraph (c) if (i) such J.V. Subsidiary is a Grantor and shall have received an opinion of counsel in the applicable jurisdiction that, under circumstances referred to in such opinion, such action would subject its officers or directors to a material risk of personal liability and there shall be a material risk that the circumstances referred to in such opinion will occur, or (ii) the total costs (including taxes) of any such action would be disproportionate to the benefit obtained by the beneficiaries of such action. In the event that any Grantor that is organized under German law as a Kommanditgesellschaft (a “KG”) shall, at any time, be party to or enter into any kind of lease arrangement pursuant to which it leases PP&E with a value of more than $10,000,000 to one of its Affiliates that is organized under German law as a Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung (a “GmbH”), such KG will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and will, within 30 days (or such longer period as may be reasonable under the circumstances) after such notification, assign all rights that it has to terminate such lease arrangement (and, if such right does not exist in such lease, amend such lease so that it shall be terminable at the election of the lessor at any time upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default) to the Collateral Agent under a Security Agreement reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent to secure the Applicable Secured Obligations of such Grantor.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Revolving Credit Agreement (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co /Oh/)