Note Collateral Agent. (a) The Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Note Collateral Agent as its agent under this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Note Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Note Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Note Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 10.07. The provisions of this Section 10.07 are solely for the benefit of the Note Collateral Agent and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders nor any of the Issuers or Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 10.03. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, the Note Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Note Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder, any Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or the Co-Issuer, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise exist against the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Note Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Note Collateral Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which the Note Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article Six, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders. (b) The Note Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement by or through agents, sub-agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact, custodians, nominees or through its related Persons and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any such Persons that it selects with due care as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct. (c) None of the Note Collateral Agent, nor any of its respective related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith) or under or in connection with any Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by any Issuer or any Guarantor, Officer or related Person thereof, contained in this Indenture, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Note Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or for any failure of any Issuer, Guarantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Note Collateral Agent or any of its respective related Persons shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement or to inspect the properties, books, or records of any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka. (d) The Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex, electronic transmission or telephone message, statement, or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to any Issuer or Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Note Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this or any other Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with a request or consent of the Trustee and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders. (e) The Note Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Note Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or an Issuer or Guarantor referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Note Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article Six (subject to this Section 10.07); provided, however, that unless and until the Note Collateral Agent has received any such request, the Note Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable. (f) ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association and its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka and its Affiliates as though it was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association or its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may receive information regarding any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of any such Issuer, Guarantor, Absaloka or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association (or any successor Note Collateral Agent) to advance funds. (g) The Note Collateral Agent may resign at any time upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee and the Issuers, the Guarantors and Absaloka, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Note Collateral Agent. If the Note Collateral Agent resigns under this Indenture, the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Note Collateral Agent (as stated in the notice of resignation), the Note Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Issuer pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Note Collateral Agent, and the term “Note Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Note Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10.07 (and Section 10.08) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture. The Trustee shall initially act as Note Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Note Collateral Agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Security Documents or, if applicable, the Intercreditor Agreement, neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Note Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.
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Sources: Indenture (Westmoreland Energy LLC), Indenture (WESTMORELAND COAL Co)
Note Collateral Agent. (a) The Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Note Collateral Agent as its collateral agent under this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Note Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Note Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Note Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 10.07. The provisions of this Section 10.07 are solely for the benefit of the Note Collateral Agent and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders nor any of the Issuers or Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 10.031509. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, the Note Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Note Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder, any Issuer Holder or the Company or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or the Co-IssuerNote Guarantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise exist against the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Note Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Note Collateral Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which that the Note Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article SixVI, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.
(b) The Note Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Indenture, Indenture or the Note Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement by or through agents, sub-agents, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact, custodians, nominees or through its related Persons fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such dutiesduties and the Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney-in-fact appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Note Collateral Agent from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of the third and fourth sentences of Section 1509(a); and (ii) the Note Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by the Chairman of the Board, the President or any other officer or assistant officer of the Note Collateral Agent assigned by the Note Collateral Agent to administer its collateral agency functions, unless it is proved that the Note Collateral Agent was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Note Collateral Agent assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Note Collateral Agent makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes, except that the Note Collateral Agent represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Note Security Documents and perform its obligations hereunder. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible accountable for the negligence use or misconduct of any such Persons that it selects with due care as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) None application by the Company of the Note Collateral Agent, nor any of its respective related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith) or under or in connection with any Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by any Issuer or any Guarantor, Officer or related Person proceeds thereof, contained in this Indenture, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Note Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or for any failure of any Issuer, Guarantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Note Collateral Agent or any of its respective related Persons agents shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance by the Company or any Note Guarantor of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement Note Security Documents, or to inspect the properties, books, books or records of the Company or any Issuer, Guarantor or AbsalokaNote Guarantor.
(d) The Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex, electronic transmission or telephone message, statement, or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to any Issuer or Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Note Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this or any other Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with a request or consent of the Trustee and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e) The Note Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Note Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or an Issuer or Guarantor the Company referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Note Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article Six VI (subject to this Section 10.071509 and the Intercreditor Agreements); provided, however, that unless and until the Note Collateral Agent has received any such request, the Note Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements.
(fe) ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association A resignation or removal of the Note Collateral Agent and its respective Affiliates (and any appointment of a successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may make loans to, issue letters of credit for shall become effective only upon the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka and its Affiliates as though it was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association or its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may receive information regarding any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of any such Issuer, Guarantor, Absaloka or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association (or any successor Note Collateral Agent) to advance funds.
(g) ’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 1509(e). The Note Collateral Agent may resign in writing at any time upon thirty (30) days’ by so notifying the Company and the Trustee at least 30 days prior written notice to the Trustee and proposed date of resignation. The Company may remove the Issuers, the Guarantors and Absaloka, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Note Collateral AgentAgent if: (i) the Note Collateral Agent is removed as Trustee under this Indenture; (ii) the Note Collateral Agent fails to meet the requirements for being a Trustee under Section 709; or (iii) the Note Collateral Agent shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Note Collateral Agent or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Note Collateral or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation. If the Note Collateral Agent resigns under this Indentureor is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Note Collateral Agent for any reason, the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which Company shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), shall promptly appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Note Collateral Agent (as stated that complies with the eligibility requirements contained in the notice of resignation), the this Indenture. If a successor Note Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall does not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Issuer pursuant to the preceding sentence take office within thirty (30) 10 days after the intended effective date retiring Note Collateral Agent resigns or is removed, the retiring Note Collateral Agent, the Company or the Holders of resignation (as stated at least 10% in principal amount of the notice then outstanding principal amount of resignation) the Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Note Collateral Agent. A successor Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition deliver a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the written acceptance of its appointment as to the retiring Note Collateral Agent and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall become effective, and the successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent Note Collateral Agent shall succeed to have all the rights, powers and the duties of the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture and the Note Security Documents. The successor Note Collateral Agent shall mail a notice of its succession to the Trustee. The retiring Note Collateral Agent shall promptly transfer all property and assets held by it as Note Collateral Agent to the successor Note Collateral Agent, provided that all sums owing to the Note Collateral Agent hereunder have been paid. Notwithstanding replacement of the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 1509(e), the Company’s obligations under this Section 1509 and Section 1511 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Note Collateral Agent, and the term “Note Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Note Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10.07 (and Section 10.08) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture. .
(f) The Trustee shall initially act as Note Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Note Collateral Agents note collateral agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Note Security Documents or, if applicable, the Intercreditor AgreementDocuments, neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Note Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.
(g) The Note Collateral Agent, is authorized and directed to (i) enter into the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, (ii) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements and (iii) perform and observe its obligations under the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.
(h) The Trustee agrees that it shall not (and shall not be obliged to), and shall not instruct the Note Collateral Agent to, unless specifically requested to do so by a majority of the Holders and subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, take or cause to be taken any action to enforce its rights under this Indenture or against the Company and the Note Guarantors, including the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings, to foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral.
(i) The Note Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Company and the Note Guarantors or is cared for, protected or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Liens securing the Collateral have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all of any Grantor’s property constituting Collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Note Security Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture or any Note Security Document, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission or event related thereto, the Note Collateral Agent may act in any manner it may in good ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ appropriate, in its sole discretion and in accordance with this Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreements, and that the Note Collateral Agent shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever to the Trustee or any Holder as to any of the foregoing.
(j) The Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee, as applicable, are hereby directed and authorized to enter into any intercreditor agreement on behalf of, and binding with respect to, the Holders and their interest in designated assets, in connection with the incurrence of any Additional Obligations, including to clarify the respective rights of all parties in and to designated assets, including the Note Collateral Intercreditor Agreement. The Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee shall enter into the Note Collateral Intercreditor Agreement and any other intercreditor agreement at the request of the Company, provided that (in the case of such other intercreditor agreement) the Company will have delivered to the Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that such other intercreditor agreement complies with the provisions of this Indenture, the Notes and the other Note Security Documents. The Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee, as applicable, each agrees at the Company’s expense to execute and deliver any amendment to, waiver of, or supplement to any Note Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement authorized pursuant to Article IX.
(k) The Note Collateral Agent (i) shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, or for any error of judgment made in good faith by an authorized officer, unless it is proved that the Note Collateral Agent was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Note Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Company (and money held in trust by the Note Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law), and (iii) may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Note Collateral Agent shall not be construed to impose duties to act.
(l) If at any time the Trustee shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payment with respect to the Obligations arising under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payment received by the Trustee from the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) any payment from the Note Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article VI, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Note Collateral Agent, in kind, and with any such endorsement as may be required to negotiate the same to the Note Collateral Agent.
(m) The Trustee and the Note Collateral Agent are each Holder’s agents for the purpose of perfecting the Holders’ security interest in assets that can be perfected only by possession. Should the Trustee obtain possession of any such Collateral, upon request from the Company, the Trustee shall notify the Note Collateral Agent thereof, and shall deliver such Collateral to the Note Collateral Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Note Collateral Agent’s instructions.
(n) The Note Collateral Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with the Company and the Note Guarantors as though the Note Collateral Agent was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Note Collateral Agent and its Affiliates may receive information regarding the Company and the Note Guarantors (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of the Company or any Note Guarantor) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of the Note Collateral Agent to advance funds.
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Sources: Indenture (Unistrut International Holdings, LLC), Indenture (Unistrut International Holdings, LLC)
Note Collateral Agent. (a) The Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Note Collateral Agent as its collateral agent under this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Note Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Note Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Note Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 10.07. The provisions of this Section 10.07 are solely for the benefit of the Note Collateral Agent and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders nor any of the Issuers or Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 10.031209. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, the Note Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Note Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder, any Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer Holder or the Co-IssuerCompany, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise exist against the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Note Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Note Collateral Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which that the Note Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article SixVI, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.
(b) The Note Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement by or through agents, sub-agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact, custodians, nominees or through its related Persons and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any such Persons that it selects with due care as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) None of the Note Collateral Agent, nor any of its respective related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith) or under or in connection with any Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by any Issuer or any Guarantor, Officer or related Person thereof, contained in this Indenture, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Note Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or for any failure of any Issuer, Guarantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Note Collateral Agent or any of its respective related Persons shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement or to inspect the properties, books, or records of any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka.
(d) The Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex, electronic transmission or telephone message, statement, or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to any Issuer or Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Note Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this or any other Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with a request or consent of the Trustee and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e) The Note Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Note Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or an Issuer or Guarantor referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Note Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article Six (subject to this Section 10.07); provided, however, that unless and until the Note Collateral Agent has received any such request, the Note Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.
(f) ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association and its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka and its Affiliates as though it was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association or its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may receive information regarding any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of any such Issuer, Guarantor, Absaloka or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association (or any successor Note Collateral Agent) to advance funds.
(g) The Note Collateral Agent may resign at any time upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee and the Issuers, the Guarantors and Absaloka, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Note Collateral Agent. If the Note Collateral Agent resigns under this Indenture, the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Note Collateral Agent (as stated in the notice of resignation), the Note Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Issuer pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Note Collateral Agent, and the term “Note Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Note Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10.07 (and Section 10.08) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture. The Trustee shall initially act as Note Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Note Collateral Agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Security Documents or, if applicable, the Intercreditor Agreement, neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Note Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.
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Sources: Indenture (Ambac Financial Group Inc), Rehabilitation Exit Support Agreement (Ambac Financial Group Inc)
Note Collateral Agent. (a) The Trustee hereby appoints The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. to act on its behalf as the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Note Collateral Agent as its agent under this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Note Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Note Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreement, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Note Collateral Agent Documents, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 10.07such. The provisions of this Section 10.07 1303 are solely for the benefit of the Note Collateral Agent and none of neither the Trustee, Trustee nor any of the Holders nor any of the Issuers or Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein. Each Holder agrees that any action taken by the Note Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Note Collateral Documents, and the exercise by the Note Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies set forth herein other than as expressly provided in Section 10.03and therein shall be authorized and binding upon all Holders. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, Indenture or the Security Documents and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Collateral Documents, the Note Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, responsibilities except those expressly set forth hereinin this Indenture or in the Note Collateral Documents to which it is party. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, nor and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper person. The Note Collateral Agent may also rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Note Collateral Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Trustee), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Note Collateral Agent:
(i) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(ii) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Note Collateral Documents that the Note Collateral Agent have or be deemed is required to have any fiduciary relationship with exercise; provided that the Trustee, any Holder, any Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or the Co-Issuer, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise exist against the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Indenturethat, the Security Documents in its opinion or the Intercreditor Agreement. Without limiting the generality opinion of the foregoing sentenceits counsel, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to may expose the Note Collateral Agent to liability or that is not intended contrary to connote any fiduciary Note Collateral Document or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead;
(iii) shall not, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except except as expressly otherwise provided set forth in this Indenture, the Note Collateral Agent shall Documents, have and may use its sole discretion with respect any duty to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which the Note Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article Sixdisclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any action so taken information relating to the Issuer or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.
(b) The Note Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement by or through agents, sub-agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact, custodians, nominees or through its related Persons and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any such Persons Affiliates that it selects with due care as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) None of the Note Collateral Agent, nor any of its respective related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith) or under or in connection with any Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by any Issuer or any Guarantor, Officer or related Person thereof, contained in this Indenture, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred is communicated to or provided for in, or received obtained by the Note Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or for any failure of any Issuer, Guarantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of Person serving as the Note Collateral Agent or any of its respective related Persons Affiliates in any capacity;
(iv) shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (A) with the consent or at the request of the Trustee, (B) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct or (C) in reliance on a certificate of an authorized officer of the Issuer stating that such action is permitted by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. The Note Collateral Agent shall be under deemed not to have knowledge of any obligation Event of Default unless and until written notice describing such Event of Default is given to the Note Collateral Agent by the Trustee or the Issuer; and
(v) shall not be responsible for or have any Holder duty to ascertain or to inquire as to into (A) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Note Collateral Document, (B) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (C) the performance or observance or performance of any of the covenants, agreements contained inor other terms or conditions set forth therein or the occurrence of any Event of Default, (D) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Note Collateral Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or conditions ofthe creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Note Collateral Documents, (E) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (F) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in any Note Collateral Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Note Collateral Agent. By accepting the Securities, each Holder will be deemed to have irrevocably agreed to the foregoing provisions of the prior paragraph and shall be bound by those agreements to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(b) Subject to the provisions of the applicable Note Collateral Document, each Holder, by its acceptance of the Securities, agrees that the Note Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver the Note Collateral Documents to which it is a party and all agreements, power of attorney, documents and instruments incidental thereto, and act in accordance with the terms thereof. The Note Collateral Agent shall hold (directly or through any agent or bailee) and is directed by each Holder to so hold, and shall be entitled to enforce on behalf of the Holders on the Collateral for their benefit, subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. Holders may not, individually or collectively, take any direct action to enforce any rights in their favor under the Note Collateral Documents. The Holders may only act by instruction to the Trustee, which shall instruct the Note Collateral Agent.
(c) If at any time or times the Trustee shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations arising under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payments received by the Security Documents Trustee from the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) payments from the Note Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article Five, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Note Collateral Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to the Note Collateral Agent such proceeds to be applied by the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreement or to inspect the properties, books, or records of any Issuer, Guarantor or AbsalokaAgreement.
(d) The Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled have no obligation whatsoever to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon the Trustee or any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex, electronic transmission of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists or telephone message, statement, or other document or conversation believed is owned by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to any Issuer or Guarantor)Guarantor or is cared for, independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Note Collateral Agent. The ’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all of the Issuer’s or any Guarantor’s property constituting Collateral has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure, or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities, and powers granted or available to the Note Collateral Agent shall be fully justified pursuant to this Indenture or any Note Collateral Documents, it being understood and agreed that in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence respect of the Trustee as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Note Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in actingCollateral, or in refraining from actingany act, under this omission, or any other Indentureevent related thereto, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with a request or consent of the Trustee and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e) The Note Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Note Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee no other duty or an Issuer or Guarantor referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Note Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article Six (subject to this Section 10.07); provided, however, that unless and until the Note Collateral Agent has received any such request, the Note Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.
(f) ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association and its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka and its Affiliates as though it was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association or its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may receive information regarding any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of any such Issuer, Guarantor, Absaloka or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information liability whatsoever to the Trustee or any Holder as to any of the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association (or any successor Note Collateral Agent) to advance fundsforegoing.
(ge) The Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or any Note Collateral Agent may resign at any time upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee and the Issuers, the Guarantors and Absaloka, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Note Collateral Agent. If the Note Collateral Agent resigns under this Indenture, the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Note Collateral Agent (as stated in the notice of resignation), the Note Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Issuer pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Note Collateral Agent, and the term “Note Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Note Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10.07 (and Section 10.08) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture. The Trustee shall initially act as Note Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Note Collateral Agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Security Documents or, if applicable, the Intercreditor AgreementDocument, neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other related Persons the Trustee shall be liable for failure to demandresponsible for, collect and neither makes any representation regarding, the validity, effectiveness or realize upon priority of any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Note Collateral Agent shall Documents or the security interests or Liens intended to be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result created thereby.
(f) The benefits, protections and indemnities of the exercise Trustee in Section 607 of such powers, and neither this Indenture shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Note Collateral Agent nor any of in its officerscapacity as such, directorsincluding, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure without limitation, the rights to act hereunder, except for its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faithreimbursement and indemnification.
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Sources: Indenture (Level 3 Parent, LLC), Indenture (Level 3 Parent, LLC)
Note Collateral Agent. (a) The Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Note Collateral Agent as its collateral agent under this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Note Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Note Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Note Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 10.07. The provisions of this Section 10.07 are solely for the benefit of the Note Collateral Agent and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders nor any of the Issuers or Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 10.031509. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, the Note Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Note Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder, any Issuer Holder or the Company or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or the Co-IssuerGuarantor, and no 185 1010271152v11010271152_5.doc implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise exist against the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Note Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Note Collateral Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which that the Note Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article SixVI, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.
(b) The Note Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement by or through agents, sub-agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact, custodians, nominees or through its related Persons and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any such Persons that it selects with due care as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) None of the Note Collateral Agent, nor any of its respective related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith) or under or in connection with any Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by any Issuer or any Guarantor, Officer or related Person thereof, contained in this Indenture, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Note Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or for any failure of any Issuer, Guarantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Note Collateral Agent or any of its respective related Persons shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement or to inspect the properties, books, or records of any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka.
(d) The Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex, electronic transmission or telephone message, statement, or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to any Issuer or Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Note Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this or any other Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with a request or consent of the Trustee and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e) The Note Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Note Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or an Issuer or Guarantor referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Note Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article Six (subject to this Section 10.07); provided, however, that unless and until the Note Collateral Agent has received any such request, the Note Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.
(f) ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association and its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka and its Affiliates as though it was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association or its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may receive information regarding any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of any such Issuer, Guarantor, Absaloka or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association (or any successor Note Collateral Agent) to advance funds.
(g) The Note Collateral Agent may resign at any time upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee and the Issuers, the Guarantors and Absaloka, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Note Collateral Agent. If the Note Collateral Agent resigns under this Indenture, the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Note Collateral Agent (as stated in the notice of resignation), the Note Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Issuer pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Note Collateral Agent, and the term “Note Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Note Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10.07 (and Section 10.08) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture. The Trustee shall initially act as Note Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Note Collateral Agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Security Documents or, if applicable, the Intercreditor Agreement, neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Note Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.
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Sources: Fifth Supplemental Indenture (Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc.)
Note Collateral Agent. (a) The Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Note Collateral Agent as its collateral agent under this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Note Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Note Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Note Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 10.07. The provisions of this Section 10.07 are solely for the benefit of the Note Collateral Agent and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders nor any of the Issuers or Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 10.031209. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, the Note Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Note Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder, any Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer Holder or the Co-IssuerCompany, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise exist against the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Note Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Note Collateral Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which that the Note Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article SixVI, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.
(ba) The Note Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Indenture, Indenture or the Note Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement by or through agents, sub-agents, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact, custodians, nominees or through its related Persons fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties, and the Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney-in-fact appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(b) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Note Collateral Agent from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of the third and fourth sentences of Section 1209(a); and (ii) the Note Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by the Note Collateral Agent, unless it is proved that the Note Collateral Agent was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Note Collateral Agent assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Note Collateral Agent makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes, except that the Note Collateral Agent represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture and the Note Security Documents and perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible accountable for the negligence use or misconduct of any such Persons that it selects with due care as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) None application by the Company of the Note Collateral Agent, nor any of its respective related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith) or under or in connection with any Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by any Issuer or any Guarantor, Officer or related Person proceeds thereof, contained in this Indenture, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Note Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or for any failure of any Issuer, Guarantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Note Collateral Agent or any of its respective related Persons agents shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance by the Company of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement Note Security Documents, or to inspect the properties, books, books or records of any Issuer, Guarantor or Absalokathe Company.
(d) The Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex, electronic transmission or telephone message, statement, or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to any Issuer or Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Note Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this or any other Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with a request or consent of the Trustee and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(ec) The Note Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Note Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or an Issuer or Guarantor the Company referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Note Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article Six VI (subject to this Section 10.071209); provided, however, that unless and until the Note Collateral Agent has received any such request, the Note Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.
(fd) ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association A resignation or removal of the Note Collateral Agent and its respective Affiliates (and any appointment of a successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may make loans to, issue letters of credit for shall become effective only upon the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka and its Affiliates as though it was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association or its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may receive information regarding any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of any such Issuer, Guarantor, Absaloka or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association (or any successor Note Collateral Agent) to advance funds.
(g) ’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 1209(e). The Note Collateral Agent may resign in writing at any time upon thirty (30) days’ by so notifying the Company and the Trustee at least 30 days prior written notice to the proposed date of resignation. The Note Collateral Agent may be removed at any time by the Holders of 331/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, delivered to the Trustee and to the Issuers, Company. The Company may remove the Guarantors and Absaloka, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Note Collateral AgentAgent if: (i) the Note Collateral Agent is removed as Trustee under this Indenture; (ii) the Note Collateral Agent fails to meet the requirements for being a Trustee under Section 709; or (iii) the Note Collateral Agent shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Note Collateral Agent or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Collateral or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation. If the Note Collateral Agent resigns under this Indentureor is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Note Collateral Agent for any reason, the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which Company shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), shall promptly appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Note Collateral Agent (as stated that complies with the eligibility requirements contained in the notice of resignation), the this Indenture. If a successor Note Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall does not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Issuer pursuant to the preceding sentence take office within thirty (30) 10 days after the intended effective date retiring Note Collateral Agent resigns or is removed, the retiring Note Collateral Agent, the Company or the Holders of resignation (as stated at least 10.0% in principal amount of the notice then-outstanding principal amount of resignation) the Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Note Collateral Agent. A successor Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition deliver a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the written acceptance of its appointment as to the retiring Note Collateral Agent and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall become effective, and the successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent Note Collateral Agent shall succeed to have all the rights, powers and the duties of the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture and the Note Security Documents. The successor Note Collateral Agent shall mail a notice of its succession to the Trustee. The retiring Note Collateral Agent shall promptly transfer all property and assets held by it as Note Collateral Agent to the successor Note Collateral Agent, provided that all sums owing to the Note Collateral Agent hereunder have been paid. Notwithstanding replacement of the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 1209(e), the Company’s obligations under this Section 1209 and Section 1211 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Note Collateral Agent, and the term “Note Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Note Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10.07 (and Section 10.08) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture. .
(e) The Trustee shall initially act as Note Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Note Collateral Agents note collateral agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Note Security Documents or, if applicable, the Intercreditor AgreementDocuments, neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Note Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.
(f) The Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee, as applicable, are authorized and directed to (i) enter into the Note Security Documents, (ii) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Note Security Documents and (iii) perform and observe its obligations under the Note Security Documents. The Note Collateral Agent and Trustee are hereby authorized to take any action contemplated by the preceding sentence, and any such amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of, or supplements, or other modifications to the Note Security Documents shall be effective notwithstanding the provisions of Article IX. It is hereby expressly acknowledged and agreed that in doing so the Trustee and the Note Collateral Agent are not responsible for the terms or contents of such agreements, or for the validity or enforceability thereof, or the sufficiency thereof for any purpose. Whether or not so expressly stated therein, in entering into, or taking (or forbearing from) any action under or pursuant to, any Note Security Documents, the Trustee and Note Collateral Agent each shall have all of the rights, immunities, indemnities and other protections granted to it under this Indenture (in addition to those that may be granted to it under the terms of such other agreement or agreements). The Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee, as applicable, each agrees at the Company’s expense to execute and deliver any amendment to, waiver of, or supplement to any Note Security Document authorized pursuant to Article IX.
(g) The Trustee agrees that it shall not (and shall not be obliged to), and shall not instruct the Note Collateral Agent to, unless specifically requested to do so by a majority of the Holders, take or cause to be taken any action to enforce its rights under this Indenture or against the Company, including the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings, to foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral.
(h) Neither the Note Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall have any obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Company or is cared for, protected or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Liens securing the Collateral have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all of any Grantor’s (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) property constituting Collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Note Security Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture or any Note Security Document, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission or event related thereto, the Note Collateral Agent may act in any manner it may in good ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ appropriate, in its sole discretion and in accordance with this Indenture, and that the Note Collateral Agent shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever to the Trustee or any Holder as to any of the foregoing.
(i) The Note Collateral Agent (i) shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, or for any error of judgment made in good faith by an authorized officer, unless it is proved that the Note Collateral Agent was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Note Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Company (and money held in trust by the Note Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law), and (iii) may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Note Collateral Agent shall not be construed to impose duties to act.
(j) If at any time the Trustee shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payment with respect to the Obligations arising under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payment received by the Trustee from the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) any payment from the Note Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article VI, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Note Collateral Agent, in kind, and with any such endorsement as may be required to negotiate the same to the Note Collateral Agent.
(k) The Trustee and the Note Collateral Agent are each Holder’s agents for the purpose of perfecting the Holders’ security interest in assets that can be perfected only by possession. Should the Trustee obtain possession of any such Collateral, upon request from the Company, the Trustee shall notify the Note Collateral Agent thereof, and shall deliver such Collateral to the Note Collateral Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Note Collateral Agent’s instructions.
(l) The Note Collateral Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with the Company as though the Note Collateral Agent was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Note Collateral Agent and its Affiliates may receive information regarding the Company (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of the Company) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of the Note Collateral Agent to advance funds.
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Note Collateral Agent. (a) The Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Note Collateral Agent as its collateral agent under this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Note Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Note Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Note Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 10.07. The provisions of this Section 10.07 are solely for the benefit of the Note Collateral Agent and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders nor any of the Issuers or Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 10.031509. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, the Note Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Note Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder, any Issuer Holder or the Company or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or the Co-IssuerGuarantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise exist against the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Note Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Note Collateral Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which that the Note Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article SixVI, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.
(b) The Note Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Indenture, Indenture or the Note Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement by or through agents, sub-agents, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact, custodians, nominees or through its related Persons fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such dutiesduties and the Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney-in-fact appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Note Collateral Agent from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of the third and fourth sentences of Section 1509(a); and (ii) the Note Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by the Chairman of the Board, the President or any other officer or assistant officer of the Note Collateral Agent assigned by the Note Collateral Agent to administer its collateral agency functions, unless it is proved that the Note Collateral Agent was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Note Collateral Agent assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Note Collateral Agent makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes, except that the Note Collateral Agent represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Note Security Documents and perform its obligations hereunder. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible accountable for the negligence use or misconduct of any such Persons that it selects with due care as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) None application by the Company of the Note Collateral Agent, nor any of its respective related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith) or under or in connection with any Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by any Issuer or any Guarantor, Officer or related Person proceeds thereof, contained in this Indenture, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Note Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or for any failure of any Issuer, Guarantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Note Collateral Agent or any of its respective related Persons agents shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement Note Security Documents, or to inspect the properties, books, books or records of the Company or any Issuer, Guarantor or AbsalokaSubsidiary ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.
(d) The Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex, electronic transmission or telephone message, statement, or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to any Issuer or Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Note Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this or any other Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with a request or consent of the Trustee and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e▇) The Note Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Note Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or an Issuer or Guarantor the Company referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Note Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article Six VI (subject to this Section 10.071509 and the Intercreditor Agreements); provided, however, that unless and until the Note Collateral Agent has received any such request, the Note Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements.
(fe) ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association A resignation or removal of the Note Collateral Agent and its respective Affiliates (and any appointment of a successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may make loans to, issue letters of credit for shall become effective only upon the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka and its Affiliates as though it was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association or its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may receive information regarding any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of any such Issuer, Guarantor, Absaloka or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association (or any successor Note Collateral Agent) to advance funds.
(g) ’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 1509(e). The Note Collateral Agent may resign in writing at any time upon thirty (30) days’ by so notifying the Company and the Trustee at least 30 days prior written notice to the Trustee and proposed date of resignation. The Company may remove the Issuers, the Guarantors and Absaloka, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Note Collateral AgentAgent if: (i) the Note Collateral Agent is removed as Trustee under this Indenture; (ii) the Note Collateral Agent fails to meet the requirements for being a Trustee under Section 709; or (iii) the Note Collateral Agent shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Note Collateral Agent or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Note Collateral or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation. If the Note Collateral Agent resigns under this Indentureor is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Note Collateral Agent for any reason, the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which Company shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), shall promptly appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Note Collateral Agent (as stated that complies with the eligibility requirements contained in the notice of resignation), the this Indenture. If a successor Note Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall does not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Issuer pursuant to the preceding sentence take office within thirty (30) 10 days after the intended effective date retiring Note Collateral Agent resigns or is removed, the retiring Note Collateral Agent, the Company or the Holders of resignation (as stated at least 10% in principal amount of the notice then outstanding principal amount of resignation) the Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Note Collateral Agent. A successor Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition deliver a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the written acceptance of its appointment as to the retiring Note Collateral Agent and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall become effective, and the successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent Note Collateral Agent shall succeed to have all the rights, powers and the duties of the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture and the Note Security Documents. The successor Note Collateral Agent shall mail a notice of its succession to the Trustee. The retiring Note Collateral Agent shall promptly transfer all property and assets held by it as Note Collateral Agent to the successor Note Collateral Agent, provided that all sums owing to the Note Collateral Agent hereunder have been paid. Notwithstanding replacement of the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 1509(e), the Company’s obligations under this Section 1509 and Section 1511 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Note Collateral Agent, and the term “Note Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Note Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10.07 (and Section 10.08) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture. .
(f) The Trustee shall initially act as Note Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Note Collateral Agents note collateral agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Note Security Documents or, if applicable, the Intercreditor AgreementDocuments, neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Note Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.
(g) The Note Collateral Agent, is authorized and directed to (i) enter into the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, (ii) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements and (iii) perform and observe its obligations under the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.
(h) The Trustee agrees that it shall not (and shall not be obliged to), and shall not instruct the Note Collateral Agent to, unless specifically requested to do so by a majority of the Holders and subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, take or cause to be taken any action to enforce its rights under this Indenture or against the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, including the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings, to foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral.
(i) The Note Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors or is cared for, protected or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Liens securing the Collateral have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all of any Grantor’s property constituting Collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Note Security Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture or any Note Security Document, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission or event related thereto, the Note Collateral Agent may act in any manner it may in good ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ appropriate, in its sole discretion and in accordance with this Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreements, and that the Note Collateral Agent shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever to the Trustee or any Holder as to any of the foregoing.
(j) The Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee, as applicable, are hereby directed and authorized to enter into any intercreditor agreement on behalf of, and binding with respect to, the Holders and their interest in designated assets, in connection with the incurrence of any Additional Obligations, including to clarify the respective rights of all parties in and to designated assets, including the Base Intercreditor Agreement and the Cash Flow Intercreditor Agreement. The Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee shall enter into the Base Intercreditor Agreement, the Cash Flow Intercreditor Agreement and any other intercreditor agreement at the request of the Company, provided that (in the case of such other intercreditor agreement) the Company will have delivered to the Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that such other intercreditor agreement complies with the provisions of this Indenture, the Notes and the other Note Security Documents. The Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee, as applicable, each agrees at the Company’s expense to execute and deliver any amendment to, waiver of, or supplement to any Note Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement authorized pursuant to Article IX.
(k) The Note Collateral Agent (i) shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, or for any error of judgment made in good faith by an authorized officer, unless it is proved that the Note Collateral Agent was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Note Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Company (and money held in trust by the Note Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law), and (iii) may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Note Collateral Agent shall not be construed to impose duties to act.
(l) If at any time the Trustee shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payment with respect to the Obligations arising under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payment received by the Trustee from the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) any payment from the Note Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article VI, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Note Collateral Agent, in kind, and with any such endorsement as may be required to negotiate the same to the Note Collateral Agent.
(m) The Trustee and the Note Collateral Agent are each Holder’s agents for the purpose of perfecting the Holders’ security interest in assets that can be perfected only by possession. Should the Trustee obtain possession of any such Collateral, upon request from the Company, the Trustee shall notify the Note Collateral Agent thereof, and shall deliver such Collateral to the Note Collateral Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Note Collateral Agent’s instructions.
(n) The Note Collateral Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors as though the Note Collateral Agent was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Note Collateral Agent and its Affiliates may receive information regarding the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of the Note Collateral Agent to advance funds.
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Note Collateral Agent. (a) The Trustee hereby appoints The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. to act on its behalf as the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Note Collateral Agent as its agent under this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Note Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Note Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreement, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Note Collateral Agent Documents, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 10.07such. The provisions of this Section 10.07 13.05 are solely for the benefit of the Note Collateral Agent and none of neither the Trustee, Trustee nor any of the Holders nor any of the Issuers or Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein. Each Holder agrees that any action taken by the Note Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Note Collateral Documents, and the exercise by the Note Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies set forth herein other than as expressly provided in Section 10.03and therein shall be authorized and binding upon all Holders. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, Indenture or the Security Documents and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Collateral Documents, the Note Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, responsibilities except those expressly set forth hereinin this Indenture or in the Note Collateral Documents to which it is party. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, nor and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper person. The Note Collateral Agent may also rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Note Collateral Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Trustee), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Note Collateral Agent:
(i) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(ii) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Note Collateral Documents that the Note Collateral Agent have or be deemed is required to have any fiduciary relationship with exercise; provided that the Trustee, any Holder, any Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or the Co-Issuer, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise exist against the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Indenturethat, the Security Documents in its opinion or the Intercreditor Agreement. Without limiting the generality opinion of the foregoing sentenceits counsel, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to may expose the Note Collateral Agent to liability or that is not intended contrary to connote any fiduciary Note Collateral Document or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead;
(iii) shall not, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except except as expressly otherwise provided set forth in this Indenture, the Note Collateral Agent shall Documents, have and may use its sole discretion with respect any duty to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which the Note Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article Sixdisclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any action so taken information relating to the Issuer or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.
(b) The Note Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement by or through agents, sub-agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact, custodians, nominees or through its related Persons and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any such Persons Affiliates that it selects with due care as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) None of the Note Collateral Agent, nor any of its respective related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith) or under or in connection with any Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by any Issuer or any Guarantor, Officer or related Person thereof, contained in this Indenture, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred is communicated to or provided for in, or received obtained by the Note Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or for any failure of any Issuer, Guarantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of Person serving as the Note Collateral Agent or any of its respective related Persons Affiliates in any capacity;
(iv) shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (A) with the consent or at the request of the Trustee, (B) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct or (C) in reliance on a certificate of an authorized officer of the Issuer stating that such action is permitted by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. The Note Collateral Agent shall be under deemed not to have knowledge of any obligation Event of Default unless and until written notice describing such Event of Default is given to the Note Collateral Agent by the Trustee or the Issuer; and
(v) shall not be responsible for or have any Holder duty to ascertain or to inquire as to into (A) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Note Collateral Document, (B) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (C) the performance or observance or performance of any of the covenants, agreements contained inor other terms or conditions set forth therein or the occurrence of any Event of Default, (D) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Note Collateral Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or conditions ofthe creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Note Collateral Documents, (E) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (F) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in any Note Collateral Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Note Collateral Agent. By accepting the Securities, each Holder will be deemed to have irrevocably agreed to the foregoing provisions of the prior paragraph and shall be bound by those agreements to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(b) Subject to the provisions of the applicable Note Collateral Document, each Holder, by its acceptance of the Securities, agrees that the Note Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver the Note Collateral Documents to which it is a party and all agreements, power of attorney, documents and instruments incidental thereto, and act in accordance with the terms thereof. The Note Collateral Agent shall hold (directly or through any agent or bailee) and is directed by each Holder to so hold, and shall be entitled to enforce on behalf of the Holders on the Collateral for their benefit, subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. Holders may not, individually or collectively, take any direct action to enforce any rights in their favor under the Note Collateral Documents. The Holders may only act by instruction to the Trustee, which shall instruct the Note Collateral Agent.
(c) If at any time or times the Trustee shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, setoff or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations arising under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payments received by the Security Documents Trustee from the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) payments from the Note Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article Five, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Note Collateral Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to the Note Collateral Agent such proceeds to be applied by the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreement or to inspect the properties, books, or records of any Issuer, Guarantor or AbsalokaAgreement.
(d) The Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled have no obligation whatsoever to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon the Trustee or any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex, electronic transmission of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists or telephone message, statement, or other document or conversation believed is owned by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to any Issuer or Guarantor)Guarantor or is cared for, independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Note Collateral Agent. The ’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all of the Issuer’s or any Guarantor’s property constituting Collateral has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure, or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities, and powers granted or available to the Note Collateral Agent shall be fully justified pursuant to this Indenture or any Note Collateral Documents, it being understood and agreed that in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence respect of the Trustee as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Note Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in actingCollateral, or in refraining from actingany act, under this omission, or any other Indentureevent related thereto, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with a request or consent of the Trustee and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e) The Note Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Note Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee no other duty or an Issuer or Guarantor referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Note Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article Six (subject to this Section 10.07); provided, however, that unless and until the Note Collateral Agent has received any such request, the Note Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.
(f) ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association and its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka and its Affiliates as though it was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association or its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may receive information regarding any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of any such Issuer, Guarantor, Absaloka or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information liability whatsoever to the Trustee or any Holder as to any of the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association (or any successor Note Collateral Agent) to advance fundsforegoing.
(ge) The Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or any Note Collateral Agent may resign at any time upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee and the Issuers, the Guarantors and Absaloka, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Note Collateral Agent. If the Note Collateral Agent resigns under this Indenture, the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Note Collateral Agent (as stated in the notice of resignation), the Note Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Issuer pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Note Collateral Agent, and the term “Note Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Note Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10.07 (and Section 10.08) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture. The Trustee shall initially act as Note Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Note Collateral Agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Security Documents or, if applicable, the Intercreditor AgreementDocument, neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other related Persons the Trustee shall be liable for failure to demandresponsible for, collect and neither makes any representation regarding, the validity, effectiveness or realize upon priority of any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Note Collateral Agent shall Documents or the security interests or Liens intended to be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result created thereby.
(f) The benefits, protections and indemnities of the exercise Trustee in Section 6.07 of such powers, and neither this Indenture shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Note Collateral Agent nor any of in its officerscapacity as such, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure including the rights to act hereunder, except for its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faithreimbursement and indemnification.
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Note Collateral Agent. (a) The Trustee hereby appoints The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. to act on its behalf as the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Note Collateral Agent as its agent under this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Note Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Note Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreement, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Note Collateral Agent Documents, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 10.07such. The provisions of this Section 10.07 1303 are solely for the benefit of the Note Collateral Agent and none of neither the Trustee, Trustee nor any of the Holders nor any of the Issuers or Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein. Each Holder agrees that any action taken by the Note Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Note Collateral Documents, and the exercise by the Note Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies set forth herein other than as expressly provided in Section 10.03and therein shall be authorized and binding upon all Holders. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, Indenture or the Security Documents and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Collateral Documents, the Note Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, responsibilities except those expressly set forth hereinin this Indenture or in the Note Collateral Documents to which it is party. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, nor and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper person. The Note Collateral Agent may also rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Note Collateral Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Trustee), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Note Collateral Agent:
(i) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(ii) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Note Collateral Documents that the Note Collateral Agent have or be deemed is required to have any fiduciary relationship with exercise; provided that the Trustee, any Holder, any Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or the Co-Issuer, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise exist against the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Indenturethat, the Security Documents in its opinion or the Intercreditor Agreement. Without limiting the generality opinion of the foregoing sentenceits counsel, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to may expose the Note Collateral Agent to liability or that is not intended contrary to connote any fiduciary Note Collateral Document or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead;
(iii) shall not, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except except as expressly otherwise provided set forth in this Indenture, the Note Collateral Agent shall Documents, have and may use its sole discretion with respect any duty to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which the Note Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article Sixdisclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any action so taken information relating to the Issuer or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.
(b) The Note Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement by or through agents, sub-agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact, custodians, nominees or through its related Persons and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any such Persons Affiliates that it selects with due care as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) None of the Note Collateral Agent, nor any of its respective related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith) or under or in connection with any Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by any Issuer or any Guarantor, Officer or related Person thereof, contained in this Indenture, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred is communicated to or provided for in, or received obtained by the Note Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or for any failure of any Issuer, Guarantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of Person serving as the Note Collateral Agent or any of its respective related Persons Affiliates in any capacity;
(iv) shall not be under liable for any obligation to action taken or not taken by it (A) with the Trustee consent or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to at the observance or performance of any request of the agreements contained inTrustee, (B) in the absence of its own gross negligence or conditions of, this Indenture, willful misconduct or (C) in reliance on a certificate of an authorized officer of the Security Documents or Issuer stating that such action is permitted by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement or to inspect the properties, books, or records of any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka.
(d) The Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex, electronic transmission or telephone message, statement, or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to any Issuer or Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Note Collateral AgentAgreement. The Note Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing deemed not to take have knowledge of any action under this Indenture, Event of Default unless and until written notice describing such Event of Default is given to the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Note Collateral Agent by the Trustee or the Issuer; and
(v) shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (A) any statement, warranty or representation made in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from actingconnection with any Note Collateral Document, under this (B) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (C) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth therein or the occurrence of any Event of Default, (D) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Note Collateral Document or any other Indentureagreement, the Security Documents instrument or document, or the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with a request creation, perfection or consent priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Trustee and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e) The Note Collateral Agent shall not Documents, (E) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (F) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in any Note Collateral Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Note Collateral Agent. By accepting the Securities, each Holder will be deemed to have knowledge or notice irrevocably agreed to the foregoing provisions of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Note Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or an Issuer or Guarantor referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Note Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article Six (subject to this Section 10.07); provided, however, that unless and until the Note Collateral Agent has received any such request, the Note Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.
(f) ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association and its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka and its Affiliates as though it was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association or its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may receive information regarding any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of any such Issuer, Guarantor, Absaloka or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association (or any successor Note Collateral Agent) to advance funds.
(g) The Note Collateral Agent may resign at any time upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee and the Issuers, the Guarantors and Absaloka, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Note Collateral Agent. If the Note Collateral Agent resigns under this Indenture, the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Note Collateral Agent (as stated in the notice of resignation), the Note Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Issuer pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Note Collateral Agent, and the term “Note Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Note Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10.07 (and Section 10.08) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture. The Trustee shall initially act as Note Collateral Agent paragraph and shall be authorized to appoint co-Note Collateral Agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Security Documents or, if applicable, the Intercreditor Agreement, neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard bound by those agreements to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Note Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faithfullest extent permitted by law.
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Sources: Indenture (Level 3 Parent, LLC)
Note Collateral Agent. (a) The Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Note Collateral Agent as its collateral agent under this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Note Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Note Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Note Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 10.07. The provisions of this Section 10.07 are solely for the benefit of the Note Collateral Agent and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders nor any of the Issuers or Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 10.031509. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, the Note Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Note Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder, any Issuer Holder or the Company or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or the Co-IssuerGuarantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise exist against the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Note Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Note Collateral Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which that the Note Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article SixVI, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.
(b) The Note Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Indenture, Indenture or the Note Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement by or through agents, sub-agents, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact, custodians, nominees or through its related Persons fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such dutiesduties and the Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney-in-fact appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Note Collateral Agent from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of the third and fourth sentences of Section 1509(a); and (ii) the Note Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by the Chairman of the Board, the President or any other officer or assistant officer of the Note Collateral Agent assigned by the Note Collateral Agent to administer its collateral agency functions, unless it is proved that the Note Collateral Agent was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Note Collateral Agent assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Note Collateral Agent makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes, except that the Note Collateral Agent represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Note Security Documents and perform its obligations hereunder. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible accountable for the negligence use or misconduct of any such Persons that it selects with due care as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) None application by the Company of the Note Collateral Agent, nor any of its respective related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith) or under or in connection with any Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by any Issuer or any Guarantor, Officer or related Person proceeds thereof, contained in this Indenture, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Note Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or for any failure of any Issuer, Guarantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Note Collateral Agent or any of its respective related Persons agents shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement Note Security Documents, or to inspect the properties, books, books or records of the Company or any Issuer, Guarantor or AbsalokaSubsidiary Guarantor.
(d) The Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex, electronic transmission or telephone message, statement, or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to any Issuer or Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Note Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this or any other Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with a request or consent of the Trustee and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e) The Note Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Note Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or an Issuer or Guarantor the Company referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Note Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article Six VI (subject to this Section 10.071509 and the Intercreditor Agreements); provided, however, that unless and until the Note Collateral Agent has received any such request, the Note Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements.
(fe) ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association A resignation or removal of the Note Collateral Agent and its respective Affiliates (and any appointment of a successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may make loans to, issue letters of credit for shall become effective only upon the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka and its Affiliates as though it was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association or its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may receive information regarding any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of any such Issuer, Guarantor, Absaloka or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association (or any successor Note Collateral Agent) to advance funds.
(g) ’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 1509(e). The Note Collateral Agent may resign in writing at any time upon thirty (30) days’ by so notifying the Company and the Trustee at least 30 days prior written notice to the Trustee and proposed date of resignation. The Company may remove the Issuers, the Guarantors and Absaloka, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Note Collateral AgentAgent if: (i) the Note Collateral Agent is removed as Trustee under this Indenture; (ii) the Note Collateral Agent fails to meet the requirements for being a Trustee under Section 709; or (iii) the Note Collateral Agent shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Note Collateral Agent or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Note Collateral or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation. If the Note Collateral Agent resigns under this Indentureor is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Note Collateral Agent for any reason, the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which Company shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), shall promptly appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Note Collateral Agent (as stated that complies with the eligibility requirements contained in the notice of resignation), the this Indenture. If a successor Note Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall does not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Issuer pursuant to the preceding sentence take office within thirty (30) 10 days after the intended effective date retiring Note Collateral Agent resigns or is removed, the retiring Note Collateral Agent, the Company or the Holders of resignation (as stated at least 10% in principal amount of the notice then outstanding principal amount of resignation) the Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Note Collateral Agent. A successor Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition deliver a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the written acceptance of its appointment as to the retiring Note Collateral Agent and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall become effective, and the successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent Note Collateral Agent shall succeed to have all the rights, powers and the duties of the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture and the Note Security Documents. The successor Note Collateral Agent shall send a notice of its succession to the Trustee. The retiring Note Collateral Agent shall promptly transfer all property and assets held by it as Note Collateral Agent to the successor Note Collateral Agent, provided that all sums owing to the Note Collateral Agent hereunder have been paid. Notwithstanding replacement of the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 1509(e), the Company’s obligations under this Section 1509 and Section 1511 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Note Collateral Agent, and the term “Note Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Note Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10.07 (and Section 10.08) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture. .
(f) The Trustee shall initially act as Note Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Note Collateral Agents note collateral agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Note Security Documents or, if applicable, the Intercreditor AgreementDocuments, neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Note Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.
(g) The Note Collateral Agent, is authorized and directed to (i) enter into the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, (ii) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements and (iii) perform and observe its obligations under the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.
(h) The Trustee agrees that it shall not (and shall not be obliged to), and shall not instruct the Note Collateral Agent to, unless specifically requested to do so by a majority of the Holders and subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, take or cause to be taken any action to enforce its rights under this Indenture or against the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, including the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings, to foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral.
(i) The Note Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors or is cared for, protected or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Liens securing the Collateral have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all of any Grantor’s property constituting Collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Note Security Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture or any Note Security Document, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission or event related thereto, the Note Collateral Agent may act in any manner it may in good ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ appropriate, in its sole discretion and in accordance with this Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreements, and that the Note Collateral Agent shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever to the Trustee or any Holder as to any of the foregoing.
(j) The Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee, as applicable, are hereby directed and authorized to enter into any intercreditor agreement on behalf of, and binding with respect to, the Holders and their interest in designated assets, in connection with the incurrence of any Additional Obligations, including to clarify the respective rights of all parties in and to designated assets, including the Base Intercreditor Agreement and the Cash Flow Intercreditor Agreement. The Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee shall enter into the Base Intercreditor Agreement, the Cash Flow Intercreditor Agreement and any other intercreditor agreement at the request of the Company, provided that (in the case of such other intercreditor agreement) the Company will have delivered to the Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that such other intercreditor agreement complies with the provisions of this Indenture, the Notes and the other Note Security Documents. The Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee, as applicable, each agrees at the Company’s expense to execute and deliver any amendment to, waiver of, or supplement to any Note Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement authorized pursuant to Article IX.
(k) The Note Collateral Agent (i) shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, or for any error of judgment made in good faith by an authorized officer, unless it is proved that the Note Collateral Agent was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Note Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Company (and money held in trust by the Note Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law), and (iii) may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Note Collateral Agent shall not be construed to impose duties to act.
(l) If at any time the Trustee shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payment with respect to the Obligations arising under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payment received by the Trustee from the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) any payment from the Note Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article VI, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Note Collateral Agent, in kind, and with any such endorsement as may be required to negotiate the same to the Note Collateral Agent.
(m) The Trustee and the Note Collateral Agent are each Holder’s agents for the purpose of perfecting the Holders’ security interest in assets that can be perfected only by possession. Should the Trustee obtain possession of any such Collateral, upon request from the Company, the Trustee shall notify the Note Collateral Agent thereof, and shall deliver such Collateral to the Note Collateral Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Note Collateral Agent’s instructions.
(n) The Note Collateral Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors as though the Note Collateral Agent was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Note Collateral Agent and its Affiliates may receive information regarding the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of the Note Collateral Agent to advance funds.
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Sources: Indenture (Hd Supply, Inc.)
Note Collateral Agent. (a) The Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Note Collateral Agent as its collateral agent under this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Note Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Note Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Note Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 10.07. The provisions of this Section 10.07 are solely for the benefit of the Note Collateral Agent and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders nor any of the Issuers or Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 10.031509. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, the Note Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Note Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder, any Issuer Holder or the Company or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or the Co-IssuerGuarantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise exist against the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Note Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Note Collateral Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which the Note Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article Six, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.
(b) The Note Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement by or through agents, sub-agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact, custodians, nominees or through its related Persons and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any such Persons that it selects with due care as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) None of the Note Collateral Agent, nor any of its respective related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith) or under or in connection with any Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by any Issuer or any Guarantor, Officer or related Person thereof, contained in this Indenture, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Note Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or for any failure of any Issuer, Guarantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Note Collateral Agent or any of its respective related Persons shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement or to inspect the properties, books, or records of any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka.
(d) The Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex, electronic transmission or telephone message, statement, or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to any Issuer or Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Note Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this or any other Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with a request or consent of the Trustee and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e) The Note Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Note Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or an Issuer or Guarantor referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Note Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article Six (subject to this Section 10.07); provided, however, that unless and until the Note Collateral Agent has received any such request, the Note Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.
(f) ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association and its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka and its Affiliates as though it was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association or its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may receive information regarding any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of any such Issuer, Guarantor, Absaloka or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association (or any successor Note Collateral Agent) to advance funds.
(g) The Note Collateral Agent may resign at any time upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee and the Issuers, the Guarantors and Absaloka, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Note Collateral Agent. If the Note Collateral Agent resigns under this Indenture, the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Note Collateral Agent (as stated in the notice of resignation), the Note Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Issuer pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Note Collateral Agent, and the term “Note Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Note Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10.07 (and Section 10.08) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture. The Trustee shall initially act as Note Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Note Collateral Agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Security Documents or, if applicable, the Intercreditor Agreement, neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Note Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.any
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Sources: Secured Notes Indenture (Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc.)
Note Collateral Agent. (a) The Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Note Collateral Agent as its collateral agent under this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Note Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Note Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Note Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 10.07. The provisions of this Section 10.07 are solely for the benefit of the Note Collateral Agent and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders nor any of the Issuers or Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 10.031509. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, the Note Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Note Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder, any Issuer Holder or the Company or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or the Co-IssuerGuarantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise exist against the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Note Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Note Collateral Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which that the Note Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article SixVI, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.
(b) The Note Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Indenture, Indenture or the Note Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement by or through agents, sub-agents, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact, custodians, nominees or through its related Persons fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such dutiesduties and the Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney-in-fact appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Note Collateral Agent from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of the third and fourth sentences of Section 1509(a); and (ii) the Note Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by the Chairman of the Board, the President or any other officer or assistant officer of the Note Collateral Agent assigned by the Note Collateral Agent to administer its collateral agency functions, unless it is proved that the Note Collateral Agent was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Note Collateral Agent assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Note Collateral Agent makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes, except that the Note Collateral Agent represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Note Security Documents and perform its obligations hereunder. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible accountable for the negligence use or misconduct of any such Persons that it selects with due care as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) None application by the Company of the Note Collateral Agent, nor any of its respective related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith) or under or in connection with any Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by any Issuer or any Guarantor, Officer or related Person proceeds thereof, contained in this Indenture, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Note Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or for any failure of any Issuer, Guarantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Note Collateral Agent or any of its respective related Persons agents shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement Note Security Documents, or to inspect the properties, books, books or records of the Company or any Issuer, Guarantor or AbsalokaSubsidiary Guarantor.
(d) The Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex, electronic transmission or telephone message, statement, or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to any Issuer or Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Note Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this or any other Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with a request or consent of the Trustee and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e) The Note Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Note Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or an Issuer or Guarantor the Company referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Note Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article Six VI (subject to this Section 10.071509 and the Intercreditor Agreements); provided, however, that unless and until the Note Collateral Agent has received any such request, the Note Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements.
(fe) ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association A resignation or removal of the Note Collateral Agent and its respective Affiliates (and any appointment of a successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may make loans to, issue letters of credit for shall become effective only upon the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka and its Affiliates as though it was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association or its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may receive information regarding any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of any such Issuer, Guarantor, Absaloka or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association (or any successor Note Collateral Agent) to advance funds.
(g) ’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 1509(e). The Note Collateral Agent may resign in writing at any time upon thirty (30) days’ by so notifying the Company and the Trustee at least 30 days prior written notice to the Trustee and proposed date of resignation. The Company may remove the Issuers, the Guarantors and Absaloka, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Note Collateral AgentAgent if: (i) the Note Collateral Agent is removed as Trustee under this Indenture; (ii) the Note Collateral Agent fails to meet the requirements for being a Trustee under Section 709; or (iii) the Note Collateral Agent shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Note Collateral Agent or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Note Collateral or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation. If the Note Collateral Agent resigns under this Indentureor is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Note Collateral Agent for any reason, the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which Company shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), shall promptly appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Note Collateral Agent (as stated that complies with the eligibility requirements contained in the notice of resignation), the this Indenture. If a successor Note Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall does not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Issuer pursuant to the preceding sentence take office within thirty (30) 10 days after the intended effective date retiring Note Collateral Agent resigns or is removed, the retiring Note Collateral Agent, the Company or the Holders of resignation (as stated at least 10% in principal amount of the notice then outstanding principal amount of resignation) the Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Note Collateral Agent. A successor Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition deliver a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the written acceptance of its appointment as to the retiring Note Collateral Agent and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall become effective, and the successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent Note Collateral Agent shall succeed to have all the rights, powers and the duties of the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture and the Note Security Documents. The successor Note Collateral Agent shall mail a notice of its succession to the Trustee. The retiring Note Collateral Agent shall promptly transfer all property and assets held by it as Note Collateral Agent to the successor Note Collateral Agent, provided that all sums owing to the Note Collateral Agent hereunder have been paid. Notwithstanding replacement of the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 1509(e), the Company’s obligations under this Section 1509 and Section 1511 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Note Collateral Agent, and the term “Note Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Note Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10.07 (and Section 10.08) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture. .
(f) The Trustee shall initially act as Note Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Note Collateral Agents note collateral agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Note Security Documents or, if applicable, the Intercreditor AgreementDocuments, neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Note Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.
(g) The Note Collateral Agent, is authorized and directed to (i) enter into the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, (ii) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements and (iii) perform and observe its obligations under the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.
(h) The Trustee agrees that it shall not (and shall not be obliged to), and shall not instruct the Note Collateral Agent to, unless specifically requested to do so by a majority of the Holders and subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, take or cause to be taken any action to enforce its rights under this Indenture or against the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, including the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings, to foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral.
(i) The Note Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors or is cared for, protected or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Liens securing the Collateral have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all of any Grantor’s property constituting Collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Note Security Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture or any Note Security Document, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission or event related thereto, the Note Collateral Agent may act in any manner it may in good ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ appropriate, in its sole discretion and in accordance with this Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreements, and that the Note Collateral Agent shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever to the Trustee or any Holder as to any of the foregoing.
(j) The Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee, as applicable, are hereby directed and authorized to enter into any intercreditor agreement on behalf of, and binding with respect to, the Holders and their interest in designated assets, in connection with the incurrence of any Additional Obligations, including to clarify the respective rights of all parties in and to designated assets, including the Base Intercreditor Agreement and the Cash Flow Intercreditor Agreement. The Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee shall enter into the Base Intercreditor Agreement, the Cash Flow Intercreditor Agreement and any other intercreditor agreement at the request of the Company, provided that (in the case of such other intercreditor agreement) the Company will have delivered to the Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that such other intercreditor agreement complies with the provisions of this Indenture, the Notes and the other Note Security Documents. The Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee, as applicable, each agrees at the Company’s expense to execute and deliver any amendment to, waiver of, or supplement to any Note Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement authorized pursuant to Article IX.
(k) The Note Collateral Agent (i) shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, or for any error of judgment made in good faith by an authorized officer, unless it is proved that the Note Collateral Agent was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Note Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Company (and money held in trust by the Note Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law), and (iii) may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Note Collateral Agent shall not be construed to impose duties to act.
(l) If at any time the Trustee shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payment with respect to the Obligations arising under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payment received by the Trustee from the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) any payment from the Note Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article VI, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Note Collateral Agent, in kind, and with any such endorsement as may be required to negotiate the same to the Note Collateral Agent.
(m) The Trustee and the Note Collateral Agent are each Holder’s agents for the purpose of perfecting the Holders’ security interest in assets that can be perfected only by possession. Should the Trustee obtain possession of any such Collateral, upon request from the Company, the Trustee shall notify the Note Collateral Agent thereof, and shall deliver such Collateral to the Note Collateral Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Note Collateral Agent’s instructions.
(n) The Note Collateral Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors as though the Note Collateral Agent was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Note Collateral Agent and its Affiliates may receive information regarding the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of the Note Collateral Agent to advance funds.
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Sources: Indenture (Hd Supply, Inc.)
Note Collateral Agent. (a) The Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Note Collateral Agent as its agent under this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Note Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Note Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Note Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 10.07. The provisions of this Section 10.07 are solely for the benefit of the Note Collateral Agent and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders nor any of the Issuers or Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 10.03. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, the Note Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Note Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder, any Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or the Co-Issuer, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise exist against the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Note Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Note Collateral Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which the Note Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article Six, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.
(b) The Note Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement by or through agents, sub-agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact, custodians, nominees or through its related Persons and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any such Persons that it selects with due care as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) None of the Note Collateral Agent, nor any of its respective related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith) or under or in connection with any Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by any Issuer or any Guarantor, Officer or related Person thereof, contained in this Indenture, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Note Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or for any failure of any Issuer, Guarantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Note Collateral Agent or any of its respective related Persons shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement or to inspect the properties, books, or records of any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka.
(d) The Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex, electronic transmission or telephone message, statement, or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to any Issuer or Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Note Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this or any other Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with a request or consent of the Trustee and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e) The Note Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Note Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or an Issuer or Guarantor referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Note Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article Six (subject to this Section 10.07); provided, however, that unless and until the Note Collateral Agent has received any such request, the Note Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.
(f) ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association and its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka and its Affiliates as though it was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association or its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may receive information regarding any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of any such Issuer, Guarantor, Absaloka or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association (or any successor Note Collateral Agent) to advance funds.
(g) The Note Collateral Agent may resign at any time upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee and the Issuers, the Guarantors and Absaloka, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Note Collateral Agent. If the Note Collateral Agent resigns under this Indenture, the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Note Collateral Agent (as stated in the notice of resignation), the Note Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Issuer pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Note Collateral Agent, and the term “Note Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Note Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10.07 (and Section 10.08) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture. The Trustee shall initially act as Note Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Note Collateral Agents as necessary in its sole discretion. In the event the Trustee and the Note Collateral Agent shall at any time not be the same Person, the Note Collateral Agent shall take such actions under the Security Documents as are requested by the Trustee and as are not inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of any Security Document. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Security Documents or, if applicable, the Intercreditor AgreementDocuments, neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Note Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.
(b) The Trustee, as Note Collateral Agent, is authorized and directed to (i) enter into the Security Documents, (ii) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Security Documents and (iii) perform and observe its obligations under the Security Documents.
(c) If the Company, Holdings or any Guarantor (i) Incurs Priority Lien Obligations at any time when no intercreditor agreement is in effect or at any time when Indebtedness constituting Priority Lien Obligations entitled to the benefit of an existing Intercreditor Agreement is concurrently retired, and (ii) delivers to the Note Collateral Agent an Officers’ Certificate so stating and requesting the Note Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement (on substantially the same terms as the Intercreditor Agreement in effect on the Issue Date) in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the Priority Lien Obligations so Incurred, the Note Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such intercreditor agreement, bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder.
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Note Collateral Agent. (a) The Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Note Collateral Agent as its collateral agent under this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Note Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Note Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Note Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 10.07. The provisions of this Section 10.07 are solely for the benefit of the Note Collateral Agent and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders nor any of the Issuers or Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 10.031509. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, the Note Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Note Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder, any Issuer Holder or the Company or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or the Co-IssuerGuarantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise exist against the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Note Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Note Collateral Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which that the Note Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article SixVI, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.
(b) The Note Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Indenture, Indenture or the Note Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement by or through agents, sub-agents, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact, custodians, nominees or through its related Persons fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such dutiesduties and the Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney-in-fact appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Note Collateral Agent from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of the third and fourth sentences of Section 1509(a); and (ii) the Note Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by the Note Collateral Agent, unless it is proved that the Note Collateral Agent was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Note Collateral Agent assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Note Collateral Agent makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes, except that the Note Collateral Agent represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Note Security Documents and perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible accountable for the negligence use or misconduct of any such Persons that it selects with due care as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) None application by the Company of the Note Collateral Agent, nor any of its respective related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith) or under or in connection with any Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by any Issuer or any Guarantor, Officer or related Person proceeds thereof, contained in this Indenture, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Note Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or for any failure of any Issuer, Guarantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Note Collateral Agent or any of its respective related Persons agents shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement Note Security Documents, or to inspect the properties, books, books or records of the Company or any Issuer, Guarantor or AbsalokaSubsidiary Guarantor.
(d) The Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex, electronic transmission or telephone message, statement, or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to any Issuer or Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Note Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this or any other Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with a request or consent of the Trustee and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e) The Note Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Note Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or an Issuer or Guarantor the Company referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Note Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article Six VI (subject to this Section 10.071509 and the Intercreditor Agreements); provided, however, that unless and until the Note Collateral Agent has received any such request, the Note Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements.
(fe) ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association A resignation or removal of the Note Collateral Agent and its respective Affiliates (and any appointment of a successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may make loans to, issue letters of credit for shall become effective only upon the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka and its Affiliates as though it was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association or its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may receive information regarding any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of any such Issuer, Guarantor, Absaloka or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association (or any successor Note Collateral Agent) to advance funds.
(g) ’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 1509(e). The Note Collateral Agent may resign in writing at any time upon thirty (30) days’ by so notifying the Company and the Trustee at least 30 days prior written notice to the Trustee and proposed date of resignation. The Company may remove the Issuers, the Guarantors and Absaloka, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Note Collateral AgentAgent if: (i) the Note Collateral Agent is removed as Trustee under this Indenture; (ii) the Note Collateral Agent fails to meet the requirements for being a Trustee under Section 709; or (iii) the Note Collateral Agent shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Note Collateral Agent or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Note Collateral or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation. If the Note Collateral Agent resigns under this Indentureor is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Note Collateral Agent for any reason, the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which Company shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), shall promptly appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Note Collateral Agent (as stated that complies with the eligibility requirements contained in the notice of resignation), the this Indenture. If a successor Note Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall does not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Issuer pursuant to the preceding sentence take office within thirty (30) 10 days after the intended effective date retiring Note Collateral Agent resigns or is removed, the retiring Note Collateral Agent, the Company or the Holders of resignation (as stated at least 10% in principal amount of the notice then outstanding principal amount of resignation) the Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Note Collateral Agent. A successor Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition deliver a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the written acceptance of its appointment as to the retiring Note Collateral Agent and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall become effective, and the successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent Note Collateral Agent shall succeed to have all the rights, powers and the duties of the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture and the Note Security Documents. The successor Note Collateral Agent shall mail a notice of its succession to the Trustee. The retiring Note Collateral Agent shall promptly transfer all property and assets held by it as Note Collateral Agent to the successor Note Collateral Agent, provided that all sums owing to the Note Collateral Agent hereunder have been paid. Notwithstanding replacement of the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 1509(e), the Company’s obligations under this Section 1509 and Section 1511 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Note Collateral Agent, and the term “Note Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Note Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10.07 (and Section 10.08) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture. .
(f) The Trustee shall initially act as Note Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Note Collateral Agents note collateral agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Note Security Documents or, if applicable, the Intercreditor AgreementDocuments, neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Note Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.
(g) The Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee, as applicable, are authorized and directed to (i) enter into the Note Security Documents and the Base Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) execute and deliver any other Intercreditor Agreement, and any amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of or supplements to or other modifications to the Note Security Documents, the Base Intercreditor Agreement and any other Intercreditor Agreement, and to make or consent to any filings or take any other actions in connection therewith, as may be reasonably determined by the Company to be necessary or reasonably desirable for any Lien on the Collateral permitted under this Indenture to secure any Indebtedness to become a valid perfected Lien (with such priority as may be designated by the Company, to the extent that such priority is permitted by this Indenture), (iii) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Note Security Documents and any applicable Intercreditor Agreement and (iv) perform and observe its obligations under the Note Security Documents and any applicable Intercreditor Agreement. The Note Collateral Agent and Trustee are hereby authorized to take any action contemplated by the preceding sentence, and any such amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of or supplements to or other modifications to the Note Security Documents or any Intercreditor Agreement shall be effective notwithstanding the provisions of Article IX. The Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee shall enter into the Base Intercreditor Agreement and any other Intercreditor Agreement at the written request of the Company, provided that (in the case of such other Intercreditor Agreement) the Company will have delivered to the Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that such other Intercreditor Agreement complies with the provisions of this Indenture, the Notes and the other Note Security Documents. It is hereby expressly acknowledged and agreed that, in doing so, the Trustee and the Note Collateral Agent are not responsible for the terms or contents of such agreements, or for the validity or enforceability thereof, or the sufficiency thereof for any purpose. Whether or not so expressly stated therein, in entering into, or taking (or forbearing from) any action under or pursuant to, any applicable Intercreditor Agreement or any Note Security Documents, the Trustee and Note Collateral Agent each shall have all of the rights, immunities, indemnities and other protections granted to it under this Indenture (in addition to those that may be granted to it under the terms of such other agreement or agreements). The Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee, as applicable, each agrees at the Company’s expense to execute and deliver any amendment to, waiver of, or supplement to any Note Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement authorized pursuant to Article IX.
(h) The Trustee agrees that it shall not (and shall not be obliged to), and shall not instruct the Note Collateral Agent to, unless specifically requested to do so by a majority of the Holders and subject to any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, take or cause to be taken any action to enforce its rights under this Indenture or against the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, including the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings, to foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral.
(i) Neither the Note Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall have any obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors or is cared for, protected or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Liens securing the Collateral have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all of any Grantor’s (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) property constituting Collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Note Security Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture or any Note Security Document, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission or event related thereto, the Note Collateral Agent may act in any manner it may in good ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ appropriate, in its sole discretion and in accordance with this Indenture and any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, and that the Note Collateral Agent shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever to the Trustee or any Holder as to any of the foregoing.
(j) The Note Collateral Agent (i) shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, or for any error of judgment made in good faith by an authorized officer, unless it is proved that the Note Collateral Agent was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Note Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Company (and money held in trust by the Note Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law), and (iii) may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Note Collateral Agent shall not be construed to impose duties to act.
(k) If at any time the Trustee shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payment with respect to the Obligations arising under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payment received by the Trustee from the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) any payment from the Note Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article VI, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Note Collateral Agent, in kind, and with any such endorsement as may be required to negotiate the same to the Note Collateral Agent.
(l) The Trustee and the Note Collateral Agent are each Holder’s agents for the purpose of perfecting the Holders’ security interest in assets that can be perfected only by possession. Should the Trustee obtain possession of any such Collateral, upon request from the Company, the Trustee shall notify the Note Collateral Agent thereof, and shall deliver such Collateral to the Note Collateral Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Note Coll
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Note Collateral Agent. (a) The Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Note Collateral Agent as its collateral agent under this Indenture, the Indenture and Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Note Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Note Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Note Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 10.071409. The provisions of this Section 10.07 1409 are solely for the benefit of the Note Collateral Agent and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders nor the Issuers or any of the Issuers or Subsidiary Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 10.031402. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, the Note Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Note Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder, any Issuer Holder or the Issuers or any Subsidiary of the Issuer or the Co-IssuerGuarantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise exist against the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Note Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Note Collateral Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which the Note Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, including the exercise of remedies of the Trustee pursuant to Article SixVI, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.
(b) The Note Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Indenture, Indenture or the Note Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement by or through agents, sub-agents, employees, employees or attorneys-in-fact, custodians, nominees or through its related Persons fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any such Persons agent, employee or attorney-in-fact that it selects with due care as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) None of the Note Collateral Agent, nor Agent or any of its respective related Persons agents or employees shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, or bad faith) or under or in connection with any Note Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct or bad faithmisconduct), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by any Issuer the Issuers or any Subsidiary Guarantor, Officer or related Person thereof, contained in this or any Indenture, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Note Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this or any other Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or any other Indenture or the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, or for any failure of the Issuers or any Issuer, Subsidiary Guarantor or any other party to this Indenture, Indenture or the Note Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Note Collateral Agent or any of its respective related Persons agents or employees shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, or any other Indenture or the Note Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement or to inspect the properties, books, books or records of the Issuers or any Issuer, Guarantor or AbsalokaSubsidiary Guarantor.
(d) The Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusivelyrely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex, electronic transmission telex or telephone message, statement, statement or other document or conversation believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Issuers or any Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, or any other Indenture or the Note Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Note Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this or any other Indenture, Indenture or the Note Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with a request or consent of the Trustee and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e) The Note Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Note Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or an Issuer or Guarantor the Issuers referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Note Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article Six VI (subject to this Section 10.071409 and the In- tercreditor Agreements); provided, however, that unless and until the Note Collateral Agent has received any such request, the Note Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.
(f) ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association and its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka and its Affiliates as though it was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association or its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may receive information regarding any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of any such Issuer, Guarantor, Absaloka or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association (or any successor Note Collateral Agent) to advance funds.
(g) The Note Collateral Agent may resign at any time upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee and the Issuers, the Guarantors and Absaloka, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Note Collateral Agent. If the Note Collateral Agent resigns under this Indenture, the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Note Collateral Agent (as stated in the notice of resignation), the Note Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Issuer pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Note Collateral Agent, and the term “Note Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Note Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10.07 (and Section 10.08) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture. The Trustee shall initially act as Note Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Note Collateral Agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Security Documents or, if applicable, the Intercreditor Agreement, neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Note Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faithAgreements.
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Note Collateral Agent. (a) The Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Note Collateral Agent as its collateral agent under this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and the Trustee and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Note Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Note Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Note Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 10.07. The provisions of this Section 10.07 are solely for the benefit of the Note Collateral Agent and none of the Trustee, any of the Holders nor any of the Issuers or Guarantors shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions contained herein other than as expressly provided in Section 10.031209. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, the Note Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Note Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder, any Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer Holder or the Co-IssuerCompany, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, Indenture and the Note Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise exist against the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action which is contrary to applicable law or any provision of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Note Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Note Collateral Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which that the Note Collateral Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture and the Intercreditor AgreementNote Security Documents, including the exercise of remedies pursuant to Article SixVI, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Trustee and the Holders.
(b) The Note Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties under this Indenture, Indenture or the Note Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement by or through agents, sub-agents, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact, custodians, nominees or through its related Persons fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties, and the Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney-in-fact appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Note Collateral Agent from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of the third and fourth sentences of Section 1209(a); and (ii) the Note Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by the Note Collateral Agent, unless it is proved that the Note Collateral Agent was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Note Collateral Agent assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Note Collateral Agent makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes, except that the Note Collateral Agent represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture and the Note Security Documents and perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The Note Collateral Agent shall not be responsible accountable for the negligence use or misconduct of any such Persons that it selects with due care as long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) None application by the Company of the Note Collateral Agent, nor any of its respective related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith) or under or in connection with any Security Document or Intercreditor Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by any Issuer or any Guarantor, Officer or related Person proceeds thereof, contained in this Indenture, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Note Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or for any failure of any Issuer, Guarantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Note Collateral Agent or any of its respective related Persons agents shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance by the Company of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Security Documents Indenture or the Intercreditor Agreement Note Security Documents, or to inspect the properties, books, books or records of any Issuer, Guarantor or Absalokathe Company.
(d) The Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex, electronic transmission or telephone message, statement, or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to any Issuer or Guarantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Note Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this or any other Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with a request or consent of the Trustee and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e) The Note Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Note Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or an Issuer or Guarantor the Company referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Note Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article Six VI (subject to this Section 10.071209); provided, however, that unless and until the Note Collateral Agent has received any such request, the Note Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable.
(fe) ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association A resignation or removal of the Note Collateral Agent and its respective Affiliates (and any appointment of a successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may make loans to, issue letters of credit for shall become effective only upon the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka and its Affiliates as though it was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association or its respective Affiliates (and any successor Note Collateral Agent and its affiliates) may receive information regarding any Issuer, Guarantor or Absaloka or its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of any such Issuer, Guarantor, Absaloka or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association (or any successor Note Collateral Agent) to advance funds.
(g) ’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 1209(e). The Note Collateral Agent may resign in writing at any time upon thirty (30) days’ by so notifying the Company and the Trustee at least 30 days prior written notice to the proposed date of resignation. The Note Collateral Agent may be removed at any time by the Holders of 331/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, delivered to the Trustee and to the Issuers, Company. The Company may remove the Guarantors and Absaloka, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Note Collateral AgentAgent if: (i) the Note Collateral Agent is removed as Trustee under this Indenture; (ii) the Note Collateral Agent fails to meet the requirements for being a Trustee under Section 709; or (iii) the Note Collateral Agent shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Note Collateral Agent or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Collateral or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation. If the Note Collateral Agent resigns under this Indentureor is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Note Collateral Agent for any reason, the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which Company shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), shall promptly appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Note Collateral Agent (as stated that complies with the eligibility requirements contained in the notice of resignation), the this Indenture. If a successor Note Collateral Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Trustee, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which shall does not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default), a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Issuer pursuant to the preceding sentence take office within thirty (30) 10 days after the intended effective date retiring Note Collateral Agent resigns or is removed, the retiring Note Collateral Agent, the Company or the Holders of resignation (as stated at least 10.0% in principal amount of the notice then-outstanding principal amount of resignation) the Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Note Collateral Agent. A successor Note Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition deliver a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the written acceptance of its appointment as to the retiring Note Collateral Agent and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall become effective, and the successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent Note Collateral Agent shall succeed to have all the rights, powers and the duties of the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture and the Note Security Documents. The successor Note Collateral Agent shall mail a notice of its succession to the Trustee. The retiring Note Collateral Agent shall promptly transfer all property and assets held by it as Note Collateral Agent to the successor Note Collateral Agent, provided that all sums owing to the Note Collateral Agent hereunder have been paid. Notwithstanding replacement of the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 1209(e), the Company’s obligations under this Section 1209 and Section 1211 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Note Collateral Agent, and the term “Note Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Note Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Note Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 10.07 (and Section 10.08) shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Note Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Note Collateral Agent under this Indenture. .
(f) The Trustee shall initially act as Note Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Note Collateral Agents note collateral agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Note Security Documents or, if applicable, the Intercreditor AgreementDocuments, neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Note Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Note Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.
(g) The Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee, as applicable, are authorized and directed to (i) enter into the Note Security Documents, (ii) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Note Security Documents and (iii) perform and observe its obligations under the Note Security Documents. The Note Collateral Agent and Trustee are hereby authorized to take any action contemplated by the preceding sentence, and any such amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of, or supplements, or other modifications to the Note Security Documents shall be effective notwithstanding the provisions of Article IX. It is hereby expressly acknowledged and agreed that in doing so the Trustee and the Note Collateral Agent are not responsible for the terms or contents of such agreements, or for the validity or enforceability thereof, or the sufficiency thereof for any purpose. Whether or not so expressly stated therein, in entering into, or taking (or forbearing from) any action under or pursuant to, any Note Security Documents, the Trustee and Note Collateral Agent each shall have all of the rights, immunities, indemnities and other protections granted to it under this Indenture (in addition to those that may be granted to it under the terms of such other agreement or agreements). The Note Collateral Agent and the Trustee, as applicable, each agrees at the Company’s expense to execute and deliver any amendment to, waiver of, or supplement to any Note Security Document authorized pursuant to Article IX.
(h) The Trustee agrees that it shall not (and shall not be obliged to), and shall not instruct the Note Collateral Agent to, unless specifically requested to do so by a majority of the Holders, take or cause to be taken any action to enforce its rights under this Indenture or against the Company, including the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings, to foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any security interest in, any of the Collateral.
(i) Neither the Note Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall have any obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by the Company or is cared for, protected or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Liens securing the Collateral have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all of any Grantor’s (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) property constituting Collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Note Security Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture or any Note Security Document, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission or event related thereto, the Note Collateral Agent may act in any manner it may in good ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ appropriate, in its sole discretion and in accordance with this Indenture, and that the Note Collateral Agent shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever to the Trustee or any Holder as to any of the foregoing.
(j) The Note Collateral Agent (i) shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, or for any error of judgment made in good faith by an authorized officer, unless it is proved that the Note Collateral Agent was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Note Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Company (and money held in trust by the Note Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law), and (iii) may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Note Collateral Agent shall not be construed to impose duties to act.
(k) If at any time the Trustee shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payment with respect to the Obligations arising under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payment received by the Trustee from the Note Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) any payment from the Note Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article VI, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Note Collateral Agent, in kind, and with any such endorsement as may be required to negotiate the same to the Note Collateral Agent.
(l) The Trustee and the Note Collateral Agent are each Holder’s agents for the purpose of perfecting the Holders’ security interest in assets that can be perfected only by possession. Should the Trustee obtain possession of any such Collateral, upon request from the Company, the Trustee shall notify the Note Collateral Agent thereof, and shall deliver such Collateral to the Note Collateral Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Note Collateral Agent’s instructions.
(m) The Note Collateral Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with the Company as though the Note Collateral Agent was not the Note Collateral Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Trustee. The Trustee and the Holders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Note Collateral Agent and its Affiliates may receive information regarding the Company (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of the Company) and acknowledge that the Note Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to the Trustee or the Holders. Nothing herein shall impose or imply any obligation on the part of the Note Collateral Agent to advance funds.
(n) If, following the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Note Collateral Agent shall be directed to take any action on behalf of the Secured Parties regarding the exercise of any voting or consent rights, or similar actions with respect to the Collateral (including, but not limited to, warrants, options, tenders, options to tender or non-mandatory puts or calls), it must receive specific Corporate Action Instructions from the majority of the Secured Parties. Absent the Note Collateral Agent’s timely receipt of such Corporate Action Instructions, the Note Collateral Agent shall not be liable for failure to take any action relati
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