Guarantees of the Notes. (a) The obligations of the Issuers pursuant to the Notes, including any repurchase obligation resulting from a Change of Control, are hereby unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured basis, by the Parent Guarantor and each Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) of the Company that guarantees the Company’s obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement (a “Senior Obligation Guarantor”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time any non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) that is a Senior Obligation Guarantor, but is not, pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, required to be a Guarantor (a “Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantor”) constitutes, either alone or together with all other Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors at such time (considered for this purpose as a single subsidiary and determined on a combined or consolidated basis, as applicable), a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, then the Company shall within 20 days cause one or more Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors to become Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of this section such that, after giving effect to all such additional Guarantors, no Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantor that is not a Guarantor, either alone or together with all other Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors that are not Guarantors at such time (considered for this purpose as a single subsidiary and determined as provided above), shall constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company. (b) Upon the occurrence of the Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of the obligations of the Company under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement that is, pursuant to the first paragraph of this section, required thereby to provide a Guarantee, the Company will cause each such Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) to execute a Supplemental Indenture, satisfactory in form and substance to the Trustee, pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary will become a Guarantor. (c) Each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on in respect of the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuers whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Guarantor, and that each such Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article 10 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation. (d) Each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuers of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuers or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any Guarantor; (v) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of such Guarantor, except as provided in Section 10.02(b). (e) Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Guarantors, if applicable, such that such Guarantor’s obligations would be less than the full amount claimed. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuers first be used and depleted as payment of the Issuers’ or such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by such Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Issuers be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Guarantor. (f) Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations. (g) Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01(b), 10.02 and 10.06, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity. (h) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuers to pay the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Issuers to the Holders and the Trustee. (i) Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of any Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article 6, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 10.01. (j) Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01. (k) Upon request of the Trustee, each Guarantor shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
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Guarantees of the Notes. (a) The obligations of the Issuers pursuant to the Notes, including any repurchase obligation resulting from a Change of Control, are hereby unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured basis, by the Parent Guarantor and each Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) of the Company that guarantees the Company’s obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement (a “Senior Obligation Guarantor”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time any non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) that is a Senior Obligation Guarantor, but is not, pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, required to be a Guarantor (a “Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantor”) constitutes, either alone or together with all other Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors at such time (considered for this purpose as a single subsidiary Subsidiary and determined on a combined or consolidated basis, as applicable), a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, then the Company shall within 20 days cause one or more Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors to become Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of this section such that, after giving effect to all such additional Guarantors, no Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantor that is not a Guarantor, either alone or together with all other Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors that are not Guarantors at such time (considered for this purpose as a single subsidiary Subsidiary and determined as provided above), shall constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company.
(b) Upon the occurrence of the Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of the obligations of the Company under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement that is, pursuant to the first paragraph of this section, required thereby to provide a Guarantee, the Company will cause each such Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) to execute a Supplemental Indenture, satisfactory in form and substance to the Trustee, pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary will become a Guarantor.
(c) Each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on in respect of the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuers whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Guarantor, and that each such Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article 10 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.
(d) Each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuers of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuers or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any Guarantor; (v) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of such Guarantor, except as provided in Section 10.02(b).
(e) Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Guarantors, if applicable, such that such Guarantor’s obligations would be less than the full amount claimed. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuers first be used and depleted as payment of the Issuers’ or such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by such Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Issuers be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Guarantor.
(f) Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.
(g) Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01(b), 10.02 and 10.06, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
(h) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuers to pay the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Issuers to the Holders and the Trustee.
(i) Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of any Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article 6, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 10.01.
(j) Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01.
(k) Upon request of the Trustee, each Guarantor shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
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Guarantees of the Notes. (a) The obligations of the Issuers pursuant to the Notes, including any repurchase obligation resulting from a Change of Control, are hereby unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured basis, by the Parent Guarantor and each Wholly Owned Restricted Each Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) of the Company that guarantees the Company’s obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement (a “Senior Obligation Guarantor”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time any non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) that is a Senior Obligation Guarantor, but is not, pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, required to be a Guarantor (a “Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantor”) constitutes, either alone or together with all other Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors at such time (considered for this purpose as a single subsidiary and determined on a combined or consolidated basis, as applicable), a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, then the Company shall within 20 days cause one or more Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors to become Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of this section such that, after giving effect to all such additional Guarantors, no Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantor that is not a Guarantor, either alone or together with all other Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors that are not Guarantors at such time (considered for this purpose as a single subsidiary and determined as provided above), shall constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company.
(b) Upon the occurrence of the Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of the obligations of the Company under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement that is, pursuant to the first paragraph of this section, required thereby to provide a Guarantee, the Company will cause each such Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) to execute a Supplemental Indenture, satisfactory in form and substance to the Trustee, pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary will become a Guarantor.
(c) Each Guarantor hereby jointly fully, unconditionally and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, jointly and severally with each other Subsidiary Guarantor, to each Holder of the Notes and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturitymaturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or and interest on in respect of the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Issuers Issuer under this Indenture and (including interest accruing after the Notes and (iifiling of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuers whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations”). Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees (to the extent permitted by law) that the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Guarantorit, and that each such Guarantor shall it will remain bound under this Article 10 11 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Guarantor Obligation.
(db) Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuers Issuer of any of the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuers or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any Guarantor; (v) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of such Guarantor, except as provided in Section 10.02(b).
(e) Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Guarantors, if applicable, such that such Guarantor’s obligations would be less than the full amount claimed. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuers first be used and depleted as payment of the Issuers’ or such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by such Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Issuers be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Guarantor.
(f) Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance payment when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations.
(gc) Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01(b), 10.02 and 10.06Section 11.02, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reasonreason (other than payment of the Guarantor Obligations in full), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations Guarantor Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (a) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuer or any other person under this Indenture, the Notes Notes, the Security Documents or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents or any other agreement, ; (d) the release of any security held by any waiver Holder or modification the Trustee for the Guarantor Obligations or any of them; (e) the failure of any thereofHolder or the Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other Subsidiary Guarantor, or (f) any change in the ownership of the Issuer; (g) by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligationsGuarantor Obligations, or (h) by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Subsidiary Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any such Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
(hd) Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that its Guarantee herein shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guarantor Obligations or such Subsidiary Guarantor is released from its Guarantee in compliance with Section 4.16(c). Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Guarantor Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or otherwise.
(e) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuers Issuer to pay any of the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation Guarantor Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby promises to and shallwill, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Trustee for its benefit and for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, Guarantor Obligations then due and owing and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations then due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations including interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding). Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuers Issuer first be used and depleted as payment of the Issuer’s or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations hereunder prior to the Holders and the Trusteeany amounts being claimed from or paid by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.
(if) Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between itsuch Subsidiary Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the TrusteeHolders, on the other hand, (ix) the maturity of the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 this Indenture for the purposes of any its Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby, hereby and (iiy) in the event of any such declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article 6Guarantor Obligations, such Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such the Subsidiary Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 10.01.
(j) Guarantee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder the Holders in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01Section.
(kg) Upon request This Article 11 shall be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee, each Guarantor the Holders and the Collateral Trustee and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder, the Trustee, or the Collateral Trustee the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Notes shall execute automatically extend to and deliver be vested in such further instruments transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose conditions of this Indenture.
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Guarantees of the Notes. (a) The obligations of the Issuers pursuant to the Notes, including any repurchase obligation resulting from a Change of Control, are hereby unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured unsecured, subordinated basis, by the Parent Guarantor and each Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) of the Company that guarantees the Company’s obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement (a “Senior Obligation Guarantor”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time any non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) that is a Senior Obligation Guarantor, but is not, pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, required to be a Guarantor (a “Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantor”) constitutes, either alone or together with all other Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors at such time (considered for this purpose as a single subsidiary and determined on a combined or consolidated basis, as applicable), a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, then the Company shall within 20 days cause one or more Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors to become Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of this section such that, after giving effect to all such additional Guarantors, no Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantor that is not a Guarantor, either alone or together with all other Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors that are not Guarantors at such time (considered for this purpose as a single subsidiary and determined as provided above), shall constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company.
(b) Upon the occurrence of the Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of the obligations of the Company under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement that is, pursuant to the first paragraph of this section, required thereby to provide a Guarantee, the Company will cause each such Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) to execute a Supplemental Indenture, satisfactory in form and substance to the Trustee, pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary will become a Guarantor.
(c) Each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on in respect of the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuers whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Guarantor, and that each such Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article 10 11 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.
(dc) Each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuers of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuers or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any Guarantor; (v) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of such Guarantor, except as provided in Section 10.02(b11.02(b).
(ed) Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Guarantors, if applicable, such that such Guarantor’s obligations would be less than the full amount claimed. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuers first be used and depleted as payment of the Issuers’ or such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by such Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Issuers be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Guarantor.
(fe) Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.
(f) The Guarantee of each Guarantor is, to the extent and in the manner set forth in Article 12, subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all Obligations on all Senior Debt of the relevant Guarantor and is made subject to such provisions of this Indenture.
(g) Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01(b)8.01, 10.02 8.02, 11.02 and 10.0611.07, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
(h) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuers to pay the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Issuers to the Holders and the Trustee.
(i) Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed ObligationsObligations and all obligations to which the Guaranteed Obligations are subordinated as provided in Article 12. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of any Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article 6, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 10.0111.01.
(j) Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.0111.01.
(k) Upon request of the Trustee, each Guarantor shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
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Sources: Indenture (Rural Metro Corp /De/)
Guarantees of the Notes. (axxiii) The obligations of the Issuers pursuant to the Notes, including any repurchase obligation resulting from a Change of Control, are hereby unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured unsecured, subordinated basis, by the Parent Guarantor and each Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) of the Company that guarantees the Company’s 's obligations under the Senior Secured a Credit Agreement (a “"Senior Obligation Guarantor”"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time any non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) that is a Senior Obligation Guarantor, Guarantor but is not, pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, required to be a Guarantor (a “"Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantor”") constitutes, either alone or together with all other Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors at such time (considered for this purpose as a single subsidiary and determined on a combined or consolidated basis, as applicable), a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, then the Company shall within 20 days cause one or more Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors to become Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of this section such that, after giving effect to all such additional Guarantors, no Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantor that is not a Guarantor, either alone or together with all other Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors that are not Guarantors at such time (considered for this purpose as a single subsidiary and determined as provided above), shall constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company.
(ba) Upon the occurrence of the Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of the obligations of the Company under the Senior Secured a Credit Agreement that is, pursuant to the first paragraph of this section, required thereby to provide a Note Guarantee, the Company will cause each such Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) to execute a Supplemental IndentureNote Guarantee or Guarantee Supplement, satisfactory in form and substance to the TrusteeTrustee (and with such documentation relating thereto as the Trustee may require, including, without limitation, opinions of counsel as to the enforceability of such guarantee), pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary will become a Guarantor; provided, however, that the guarantee provided by any Guarantor in respect of a Credit Agreement shall be senior to its Note Guarantee pursuant to subordination provisions substantially as contained in Article 12 hereof.
(cb) Each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on in respect of the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuers whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “"Guaranteed Obligations”"). Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Guarantor, and that each such Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article 10 11 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.
(dc) Each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuers of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuers or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any Guarantor; (v) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of such Guarantor, except as provided in Section 10.02(b11.02(b).
(ed) Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Guarantors, if applicable, such that such Guarantor’s 's obligations would be less than the full amount claimed. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuers first be used and depleted as payment of the Issuers’ ' or such Guarantor’s 's obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by such Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Issuers be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Guarantor.
(fe) Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.
(f) The Guarantee of each Guarantor is, to the extent and in the manner set forth in Article 12, subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all Senior Debt of the relevant Guarantor and is made subject to such provisions of this Indenture.
(g) Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01(b), 10.02 11.02 and 10.0611.07, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
(h) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuers to pay the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Issuers to the Holders and the Trustee.
(i) Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed ObligationsObligations and all obligations to which the Guaranteed Obligations are subordinated as provided in Article 12. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of any Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article 6, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 10.0111.01.
(j) Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ ' fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.0111.01.
(k) Upon request of the Trustee, each Guarantor shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
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Guarantees of the Notes. (a) The obligations of the Issuers pursuant to the Notes, including any repurchase obligation resulting from a Change of Control, are hereby unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured basis, by the Parent Guarantor and each Wholly Owned Restricted Each Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) of the Company that guarantees the Company’s obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement (a “Senior Obligation Guarantor”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time any non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) that is a Senior Obligation Guarantor, but is not, pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, required to be a Guarantor (a “Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantor”) constitutes, either alone or together with all other Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors at such time (considered for this purpose as a single subsidiary and determined on a combined or consolidated basis, as applicable), a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, then the Company shall within 20 days cause one or more Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors to become Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of this section such that, after giving effect to all such additional Guarantors, no Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantor that is not a Guarantor, either alone or together with all other Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors that are not Guarantors at such time (considered for this purpose as a single subsidiary and determined as provided above), shall constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company.
(b) Upon the occurrence of the Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of the obligations of the Company under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement that is, pursuant to the first paragraph of this section, required thereby to provide a Guarantee, the Company will cause each such Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) to execute a Supplemental Indenture, satisfactory in form and substance to the Trustee, pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary will become a Guarantor.
(c) Each Guarantor hereby jointly fully, unconditionally and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, jointly and severally with each other Subsidiary Guarantor, to each Holder of the Notes and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturitymaturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or and interest on in respect of the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Issuers Issuer under this Indenture and (including interest accruing after the Notes and (iifiling of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuers whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations”). Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees (to the extent permitted by law) that the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Guarantorit, and that each such Guarantor shall it will remain bound under this Article 10 11 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Guarantor Obligation.
(db) Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuers Issuer of any of the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuers or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any Guarantor; (v) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of such Guarantor, except as provided in Section 10.02(b).
(e) Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Guarantors, if applicable, such that such Guarantor’s obligations would be less than the full amount claimed. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuers first be used and depleted as payment of the Issuers’ or such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by such Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Issuers be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Guarantor.
(f) Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance payment when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations.
(gc) Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01(b), 10.02 and 10.06Section 11.02, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reasonreason (other than payment of the Guarantor Obligations in full), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations Guarantor Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (a) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuer or any other person under this Indenture, the Notes Notes, the Security Documents or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement or any other agreement, ; (d) the release of any security held by any waiver Holder or modification the Trustee for the Guarantor Obligations or any of them; (e) the failure of any thereofHolder or the Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other Subsidiary Guarantor, or (f) any change in the ownership of the Issuer; (g) by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligationsGuarantor Obligations, or (h) by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Subsidiary Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any such Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
(hd) Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that its Guarantee herein shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guarantor Obligations or such Subsidiary Guarantor is released from its Guarantee in compliance with Section 4.16(c). Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Guarantor Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or otherwise.
(e) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuers Issuer to pay any of the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation Guarantor Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby promises to and shallwill, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Trustee for its benefit and for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, Guarantor Obligations then due and owing and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations then due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations including interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding). Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuers Issuer first be used and depleted as payment of the Issuer’s or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations hereunder prior to the Holders and the Trusteeany amounts being claimed from or paid by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.
(if) Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between itsuch Subsidiary Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the TrusteeHolders, on the other hand, (ix) the maturity of the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 this Indenture for the purposes of any its Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby, hereby and (iiy) in the event of any such declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article 6Guarantor Obligations, such Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such the Subsidiary Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 10.01.
(j) Guarantee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder the Holders in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01Section.
(kg) Upon request This Article 11 shall be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee, each Guarantor the Holders and the Collateral Trustee and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder, the Trustee, or the Collateral Trustee the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Notes shall execute automatically extend to and deliver be vested in such further instruments transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose conditions of this Indenture.
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Sources: Indenture (GeoEye, Inc.)
Guarantees of the Notes. (a) The obligations of the Issuers pursuant to the Notes, including any repurchase obligation resulting from a Change of Control, are hereby unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured basis, by the Parent Guarantor and each Wholly Owned Restricted Each Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) of the Company that guarantees the Company’s obligations under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement (a “Senior Obligation Guarantor”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time any non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) that is a Senior Obligation Guarantor, but is not, pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, required to be a Guarantor (a “Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantor”) constitutes, either alone or together with all other Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors at such time (considered for this purpose as a single subsidiary and determined on a combined or consolidated basis, as applicable), a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, then the Company shall within 20 days cause one or more Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors to become Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of this section such that, after giving effect to all such additional Guarantors, no Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantor that is not a Guarantor, either alone or together with all other Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors that are not Guarantors at such time (considered for this purpose as a single subsidiary and determined as provided above), shall constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company.
(b) Upon the occurrence of the Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of the obligations of the Company under the Senior Secured Credit Agreement that is, pursuant to the first paragraph of this section, required thereby to provide a Guarantee, the Company will cause each such Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) to execute a Supplemental Indenture, satisfactory in form and substance to the Trustee, pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary will become a Guarantor.
(c) Each Guarantor hereby jointly fully, unconditionally and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, jointly and severally with each other Subsidiary Guarantor, to each Holder of the Notes and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturitymaturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or and interest on in respect of the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Issuers Issuer under this Indenture and (including interest accruing after the Notes and (iifiling of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuers whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations”). Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees (to the extent permitted by law) that the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Guarantorit, and that each such Guarantor shall it will remain bound under this Article 10 11 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Guarantor Obligation.
(db) Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuers Issuer of any of the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuers or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any Guarantor; (v) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of such Guarantor, except as provided in Section 10.02(b).
(e) Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Guarantors, if applicable, such that such Guarantor’s obligations would be less than the full amount claimed. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuers first be used and depleted as payment of the Issuers’ or such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by such Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Issuers be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Guarantor.
(f) Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance payment when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations.
(gc) Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01(b), 10.02 and 10.06Section 11.02, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reasonreason (other than payment of the Guarantor Obligations in full), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations Guarantor Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (a) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuer or any other person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreementagreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (c) any rescission, by any waiver waiver, amendment or modification of any thereofof the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (d) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other Subsidiary Guarantor, or (e) any change in the ownership of the Issuer; (f) by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligationsGuarantor Obligations, or (g) by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Subsidiary Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any such Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
(hd) Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that its Guarantee herein shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guarantor Obligations or such Subsidiary Guarantor is released from its Guarantee in compliance with Section 4.16(c). Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Guarantor Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or otherwise.
(e) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuers Issuer to pay any of the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation Guarantor Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby promises to and shallwill, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Trustee for its benefit and for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, Guarantor Obligations then due and owing and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations then due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations including interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding). Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuers Issuer first be used and depleted as payment of the Issuer’s or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations hereunder prior to the Holders and the Trusteeany amounts being claimed from or paid by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.
(if) Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between itsuch Subsidiary Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the TrusteeHolders, on the other hand, (ix) the maturity of the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 this Indenture for the purposes of any its Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations guaranteed hereby, hereby and (iiy) in the event of any such declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article 6Guarantor Obligations, such Guaranteed Guarantor Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such the Subsidiary Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 10.01.
(j) Guarantee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder the Holders in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01Section.
(kg) Upon request This Article 11 shall be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Trusteesuccessors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, each Guarantor in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Notes shall execute automatically extend to and deliver be vested in such further instruments transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose conditions of this Indenture.
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Sources: Purchase Agreement (GeoEye, Inc.)
Guarantees of the Notes. (a) The obligations of the Issuers pursuant to the Notes, including any repurchase obligation resulting from a Change of Control, are hereby unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured basis, by the Parent Guarantor and each Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) of the Company that guarantees the Company’s 's obligations under the Senior Secured a Credit Agreement (a “"Senior Obligation Guarantor”"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time any non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) that is a Senior Obligation Guarantor, Guarantor but is not, pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, required to be a Guarantor (a “"Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantor”") constitutes, either alone or together with all other Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors at such time (considered for this purpose as a single subsidiary and determined on a combined or consolidated basis, as applicable), a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, then the Company shall within 20 days cause one or more Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors to become Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of this section such that, after giving effect to all such additional Guarantors, no Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantor that is not a Guarantor, either alone or together with all other Non-Wholly Owned Senior Obligation Guarantors that are not Guarantors at such time (considered for this purpose as a single subsidiary and determined as provided above), shall constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company.
(b) Upon the occurrence of the Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary of the obligations of the Company under the Senior Secured a Credit Agreement that is, pursuant to the first paragraph of this section, required thereby to provide a Note Guarantee, the Company will cause each such Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) to execute a Supplemental IndentureNote Guarantee or Guarantee Supplement, satisfactory in form and substance to the TrusteeTrustee (and with such documentation relating thereto as the Trustee may require, including, without limitation, opinions of counsel as to the enforceability of such guarantee), pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary will become a Guarantor.
(c) Each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on in respect of the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuers whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “"Guaranteed Obligations”"). Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Guarantor, and that each such Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article 10 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.
(d) Each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuers of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuers or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any Guarantor; (v) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of such Guarantor, except as provided in Section 10.02(b).
(e) Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Guarantors, if applicable, such that such Guarantor’s 's obligations would be less than the full amount claimed. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuers first be used and depleted as payment of the Issuers’ ' or such Guarantor’s 's obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by such Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Issuers be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Guarantor.
(f) Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.
(g) Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01(b), 10.02 and 10.06, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
(h) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuers to pay the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Issuers to the Holders and the Trustee.
(i) Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of any Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article 6, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 10.01.
(j) Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ ' fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01.
(k) Upon request of the Trustee, each Guarantor shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
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