Priorities and Agreements With Respect to Shared Collateral. ● Priority of Claims. ● Anything contained herein or in any of the Secured Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, and notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing any Series of Senior Lien Obligations granted on the Shared Collateral or the existence of any intervening third party Liens and notwithstanding any provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdictions, any applicable real estate laws, or any other circumstance whatsoever (but subject to Section 1.03), if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and (i) the Applicable Authorized Representative or any Senior Lien Secured Party is taking action to enforce rights in respect of any Shared Collateral, (ii) any distribution is made in respect of any Shared Collateral in any Bankruptcy Case or other Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of any Borrower or any other Grantor or (iii) any Senior Lien Secured Party receives any payment pursuant to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, any Senior/Junior Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement (other than this Agreement) with respect to any Shared Collateral, the proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any such Shared Collateral (including any amount paid under any title insurance policy or any insurance policy or in connection with any condemnation or eminent domain proceeding) by any Senior Lien Secured Party or received by the Applicable Authorized Representative or any Senior Lien Secured Party pursuant to any such intercreditor agreement with respect to such Shared Collateral (including any amount paid under any title insurance policy) and proceeds of any such distribution (subject, in the case of any such distribution, to the sentence immediately following) to which any Senior Lien Secured Parties are entitled under any intercreditor agreement (other than this Agreement) (all proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any Collateral and all proceeds of any such distribution being collectively referred to as “Proceeds”) shall be applied: • FIRST, subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, to the payment of all amounts owing to each Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such) pursuant to the terms of any Secured Credit Document; • SECOND, subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and Section 1.03, to the payment in full of the Senior Lien Obligations of each Series on a ratable basis in accordance with the terms of the applicable Secured Credit Documents and • THIRD, after payment of all Senior Lien Obligations, to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same pursuant to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, any Senior/Junior Intercreditor Agreement, or otherwise, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Shared Collateral for which a third party (other than a Senior Lien Secured Party) has a Lien or security interest that is junior in priority to the security interest of any Series of Senior Lien Obligations, after giving effect to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, any Senior/Junior Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement (other than this Agreement) with respect to any Shared Collateral, if applicable, but senior (as determined by appropriate legal proceedings in the case of any dispute) to the security interest of any other Series of Senior Lien Obligations (such third party an “Intervening Creditor”), the value of any Shared Collateral or Proceeds which are allocated to such Intervening Creditor shall be deducted on a ratable basis solely from the Shared Collateral or Proceeds to be distributed in respect of the Series of Senior Lien Obligations with respect to which such Impairment exists. • It is acknowledged that the Senior Lien Obligations of any Series may, subject to the limitations set forth in the then extant Secured Credit Documents, be increased, extended, renewed, replaced, restated, supplemented, restructured, repaid, refunded, Refinanced in accordance with Section 2.08 or otherwise amended or modified from time to time, all without affecting the priorities set forth in Section 2.01(a) or the provisions of this Agreement defining the relative rights of the Senior Lien Secured Parties of any Series. • Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing any Series of Senior Lien Obligations granted on the Shared Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, any applicable real estate laws, or any other applicable law or the Secured Credit Documents or any defect or deficiencies in the Liens securing the Senior Lien Obligations of any Series or any other circumstance whatsoever (but, in each case, subject to Section 1.03), each Senior Lien Secured Party hereby agrees that the Liens securing each Series of Senior Lien Obligations on any Shared Collateral shall be of equal priority. ● Actions with Respect to Shared Collateral; Prohibition on Contesting Liens. ● With respect to any Shared Collateral, (i) only the Applicable Authorized Representative shall act or refrain from acting with respect to the Shared Collateral (including with respect to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, any Senior/Junior Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement with respect to any Shared Collateral), (ii) the Applicable Authorized Representative shall not be required to follow any instructions with respect to such Shared Collateral (including with respect to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, any Senior/Junior Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement with respect to any Shared Collateral) from any Non-Controlling Authorized Representative (or any other Senior Lien Secured Party other than the Controlling Secured Parties) and (iii) no Non-Controlling Authorized Representative or other Senior Lien Secured Party (other than the Controlling Secured Parties) shall, or shall instruct the Applicable Authorized Representative to, commence any judicial or non-judicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator, administrator or similar official appointed for or over, attempt any action to take possession of, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce its security interest in or realize upon, or take any other action available to it in respect of, any Shared Collateral (including with respect to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, any Senior/Junior Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement with respect to any Shared Collateral), whether under any Senior Lien Security Document, applicable law or otherwise, it being agreed that only the Applicable Authorized Representative, acting on the instructions of the Controlling Secured Parties, if applicable, and in accordance with the applicable Senior Lien Security Documents, shall be entitled to take any such actions or exercise any such remedies with respect to Shared Collateral (and each Non-Controlling Authorized Representative and Non-Controlling Secured Parties shall be deemed to have waived any right, power, or remedy, whether under any agreement or any applicable law (including in equity) to the contrary). Notwithstanding the equal priority of the Liens, the Applicable Authorized Representative (acting on the instructions of the Controlling Secured Parties) may deal with the Shared Collateral as if such Applicable Authorized Representative had a senior Lien on such Collateral. No Non-Controlling Authorized Representative or Non-Controlling Secured Party will (and each Non-Controlling Authorized Representative and Non-Controlling Secured Party shall be deemed to have waived any right to) contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the Administrative Agent, the Applicable Authorized Representative or Controlling Secured Party or any other exercise by the Administrative Agent, Applicable Authorized Representative or Controlling Secured Party of any rights and remedies (including any non-judicial foreclosure) relating to the Shared Collateral, or to cause the Applicable Authorized Representative to do so on any ground, including in the case of non-judicial foreclosure of any personal property collateral, that such foreclosure will not result in a commercially reasonable disposition of the Collateral. The foregoing shall not be construed to limit the rights and priorities of any Senior Lien Secured Party, Administrative Agent or other Authorized Representative with respect to any Collateral not constituting Shared Collateral. • Each of the Authorized Representatives agrees that it will not accept any Lien on any collateral for the benefit of any Series of Senior Lien Obligations (other than funds deposited for the discharge or defeasance of any Additional Senior Lien Document) other than as permitted by the Senior Lien Security Documents and by executing this Agreement (or a Joinder Agreement), each Authorized Representative and the Series of Senior Lien Secured Parties for which it is acting hereunder agree to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the other Senior Lien Security Documents applicable to it. • Each of the Senior Lien Secured Parties agrees that it will not (and hereby waives any right to) question or contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the perfection, priority, validity, attachment or enforceability of a Lien held by or on behalf of any of the Senior Lien Secured Parties in all or any part of the Collateral, or the provisions of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any of the Administrative Agent or any Authorized Representative to enforce this Agreement.
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Priorities and Agreements With Respect to Shared Collateral. ● A. Priority of Claims.
1. ● Anything contained herein or in any of the Secured Credit First Lien Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, and notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing any Series of Senior Lien Obligations granted on the Shared Collateral or the existence of any intervening third party Liens and notwithstanding any provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdictions, any applicable real estate laws, or any other circumstance whatsoever (but subject to Section 1.03)II.A.2 and II.K.2, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and (i) the Applicable Authorized Representative or any Senior Lien Secured Party Collateral Agent is taking action to enforce rights in respect of any Shared Collateral, (ii) or any distribution is made in respect of any Shared Collateral in any Bankruptcy Case or other Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of any Borrower Grantor or any other Grantor or (iii) any Senior First Lien Secured Party Claimholder receives any payment pursuant to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, any Senior/Junior Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement (other than this Agreement) or otherwise with respect to any Shared Collateral, the proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any such Shared Collateral (including any amount paid under any title insurance policy or any insurance policy or in connection with any condemnation or eminent domain proceeding) Equity Release Proceeds received by any Senior First Lien Secured Party Claimholder or received by the Applicable Authorized Representative Collateral Agent or any Senior First Lien Secured Party Claimholder pursuant to any such intercreditor agreement or otherwise with respect to such Shared Collateral (including any amount paid under any title insurance policy) and proceeds of any such distribution (subject, in the case of any such distribution, to the sentence immediately followingfollowing clause THIRD below) to which any Senior the First Lien Secured Parties Obligations are entitled under any intercreditor agreement (other than this Agreement) or otherwise (all proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any Collateral comprising either Shared Collateral or Equity Release Proceeds and all proceeds of any such distribution and any proceeds of any insurance covering the Shared Collateral received by the Applicable Collateral Agent and not returned to any Grantor under any First Lien Document being collectively referred to as “Proceeds”) ), shall be applied: • applied by the Applicable Collateral Agent in the following order:
a. FIRST, subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, to the payment of all amounts owing to each Authorized Collateral Agent (in its capacity as such) and each Representative (in its capacity as such) secured by such Shared Collateral or, in the case of Equity Release Proceeds, secured by the Underlying Assets, including all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by each Collateral Agent (in its capacity as such) and each Representative (in its capacity as such) in connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, any other First Lien Document or any of the First Lien Obligations, including all court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, and any other reasonable costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other First Lien Document and all fees and indemnities owing to such Collateral Agents and Representatives, ratably to each such Collateral Agent and Representative in accordance with the amounts payable to it pursuant to the terms of any Secured Credit Documentthis clause FIRST; • b. SECOND, subject to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement II.A.2 and Section 1.03II.K.2, to the extent Proceeds remain after the application pursuant to preceding clause (i), to each Representative for the payment in full of the Senior other First Lien Obligations of each Series on a ratable basis in accordance with the terms of the applicable Secured Credit Documents and • THIRD, after payment of all Senior Lien Obligations, to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same pursuant to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, any Senior/Junior Intercreditor Agreement, or otherwise, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any secured by such Shared Collateral for which a third party (other than a Senior Lien Secured Party) has a Lien or security interest that is junior in priority to the security interest of any Series of Senior Lien Obligationsor, after giving effect to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, any Senior/Junior Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement (other than this Agreement) with respect to any Shared Collateral, if applicable, but senior (as determined by appropriate legal proceedings in the case of any dispute) Equity Release Proceeds, secured by the Underlying Assets, and, if the amount of such Proceeds are insufficient to pay in full the security interest of any other Series of Senior Lien Obligations (such third party an “Intervening Creditor”), the value of any Shared Collateral or Proceeds which are allocated to such Intervening Creditor shall be deducted on a ratable basis solely from the Shared Collateral or Proceeds to be distributed in respect of the Series of Senior Lien Obligations with respect to which such Impairment exists. • It is acknowledged that the Senior First Lien Obligations of any Series may, subject to the limitations set forth in the then extant Secured Credit Documents, be increased, extended, renewed, replaced, restated, supplemented, restructured, repaid, refunded, Refinanced in accordance with Section 2.08 or otherwise amended or modified from time to time, all without affecting the priorities set forth in Section 2.01(a) or the provisions of this Agreement defining the relative rights of the Senior Lien Secured Parties of any Series. • Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing any Series of Senior Lien Obligations granted on the Shared Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, any applicable real estate laws, or any other applicable law or the Secured Credit Documents or any defect or deficiencies in the Liens securing the Senior Lien Obligations of any Series or any other circumstance whatsoever (but, in each case, subject to Section 1.03), each Senior Lien Secured Party hereby agrees that the Liens securing each Series of Senior Lien Obligations on any Shared Collateral so secured then such Proceeds shall be allocated among the Representatives of equal priority. ● Actions with Respect to Shared Collateral; Prohibition on Contesting Liens. ● With respect to any Shared Collateral, (i) only the Applicable Authorized Representative shall act or refrain from acting with respect to the Shared Collateral (including with respect to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, any Senior/Junior Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement with respect to any Shared Collateral), (ii) the Applicable Authorized Representative shall not be required to follow any instructions with respect to each Series secured by such Shared Collateral (including with respect to the ABL Intercreditor Agreementor, any Senior/Junior Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement with respect to any Shared Collateral) from any Non-Controlling Authorized Representative (or any other Senior Lien Secured Party other than the Controlling Secured Parties) and (iii) no Non-Controlling Authorized Representative or other Senior Lien Secured Party (other than the Controlling Secured Parties) shall, or shall instruct the Applicable Authorized Representative to, commence any judicial or non-judicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator, administrator or similar official appointed for or over, attempt any action to take possession of, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce its security interest in or realize upon, or take any other action available to it in respect of, any Shared Collateral (including with respect to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, any Senior/Junior Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement with respect to any Shared Collateral), whether under any Senior Lien Security Document, applicable law or otherwise, it being agreed that only the Applicable Authorized Representative, acting on the instructions of the Controlling Secured Parties, if applicable, and in accordance with the applicable Senior Lien Security Documents, shall be entitled to take any such actions or exercise any such remedies with respect to Shared Collateral (and each Non-Controlling Authorized Representative and Non-Controlling Secured Parties shall be deemed to have waived any right, power, or remedy, whether under any agreement or any applicable law (including in equity) to the contrary). Notwithstanding the equal priority of the Liens, the Applicable Authorized Representative (acting on the instructions of the Controlling Secured Parties) may deal with the Shared Collateral as if such Applicable Authorized Representative had a senior Lien on such Collateral. No Non-Controlling Authorized Representative or Non-Controlling Secured Party will (and each Non-Controlling Authorized Representative and Non-Controlling Secured Party shall be deemed to have waived any right to) contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the Administrative Agent, the Applicable Authorized Representative or Controlling Secured Party or any other exercise by the Administrative Agent, Applicable Authorized Representative or Controlling Secured Party of any rights and remedies (including any non-judicial foreclosure) relating to the Shared Collateral, or to cause the Applicable Authorized Representative to do so on any ground, including in the case of non-judicial foreclosure Equity Release Proceeds, secured by the Underlying Assets, pro rata according to the amounts of any personal property collateral, that such foreclosure will not result in a commercially reasonable disposition of the Collateral. The foregoing shall not be construed to limit the rights and priorities of any Senior Lien Secured Party, Administrative Agent or other Authorized Representative with respect to any Collateral not constituting Shared Collateral. • Each of the Authorized Representatives agrees that it will not accept any Lien on any collateral for the benefit of any Series of Senior First Lien Obligations (other than funds deposited for the discharge or defeasance of any Additional Senior Lien Document) other than as permitted by the Senior Lien Security Documents and by executing this Agreement (or a Joinder Agreement), owing to each Authorized such respective Representative and the Series of Senior other First Lien Secured Parties Claimholders represented by it for which it is acting hereunder agree to be bound distribution by the provisions of this Agreement and the other Senior such Representative in accordance with its respective First Lien Security Documents applicable to it. • Each of the Senior Lien Secured Parties agrees that it will not (and hereby waives any right to) question or contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the perfection, priority, validity, attachment or enforceability of a Lien held by or on behalf of any of the Senior Lien Secured Parties in all or any part of the Collateral, or the provisions of this AgreementDocuments; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any of the Administrative Agent or any Authorized Representative to enforce this Agreement.and
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