Priority and Liens Sample Clauses
The "Priority and Liens" clause establishes the order in which claims or security interests against an asset will be recognized and enforced. In practice, this clause clarifies whether a party’s interest in collateral or property takes precedence over other existing or future claims, and may require parties to avoid actions that would create superior liens. Its core function is to provide certainty regarding the ranking of interests, thereby reducing disputes and protecting parties from unexpected losses due to subordinate or unrecognized claims.
Priority and Liens. At all times prior to the Exit Facility Conversion Date,
(a) Each Grantor hereby covenants, represents and warrants that upon entry of each DIP Order, the Obligations of such Grantor hereunder and under the other Loan Documents:
(i) pursuant to section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code and subject to the Carve-Out, shall at all times constitute an allowed Superpriority Claim (excluding any avoidance activity under the Bankruptcy Code (but including the proceeds therefrom));
(ii) pursuant to section 364(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code and subject to the Carve-Out, shall at all times be secured by first priority, valid, binding, enforceable and perfected security interests in, and Liens upon, all unencumbered tangible and intangible property of such Grantor, including any such property that is subject to valid and perfected Liens in existence on the Petition Date, which Liens are thereafter released or otherwise extinguished in connection with the satisfaction of the obligations secured by such Liens (excluding any avoidance actions under the Bankruptcy Code (but including the proceeds therefrom)).
(iii) pursuant to section 364(c)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code and subject to the Carve-Out, shall at all times be secured by junior, valid, binding, enforceable and perfected security interests in, and Liens upon, all (A) property of each of the Loan Parties’ estates that, on the Petition Date, was subject to a valid and perfected Lien (other than the Liens securing the Prepetition Indebtedness) or becomes subject to a valid Lien perfected (but not granted) after the Petition Date to the extent such post-Petition Date perfection in respect of prepetition claims is expressly permitted under the Bankruptcy Code (the “Permitted Prior Liens”), (B) property of each of the Grantors’ estates that is subject to valid rights of setoff, and (C) property of each of the Grantors’ estates that is subject to such other Liens as are expressly permitted under Sections 6.02(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) or (o) of the Credit Agreement (such Liens described in this clause (C), along with the Permitted Prior Liens, the “DIP Permitted Liens”); provided that the Liens granted under the Loan Documents shall not be subject or subordinate to (1) notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan Documents or the DIP Orders, any DIP Permitted Lien or security interest that is avoided and preserved for the benefit of the Grantors and their estates, (2) except as provided in the DIP Orders and...
Priority and Liens. (a) Subject to the Approval Order and the Security and Pledge Agreement, the Borrower and each of the Guarantors hereby covenants, represents and warrants that, upon entry of the Approval Order, the Obligations and the other Secured Obligations (including the obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantors in respect of any hedging obligations permitted hereunder and Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.03(viii), in each case owing to JPMCB, any other Lender or any of their respective banking Affiliates) and subject, in each of clauses (i) through (iv) below, to the Carve-Out:
(i) pursuant to Section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall at all times constitute allowed claims in the Cases having priority over any and all administrative expenses, diminution claims (including the Replacement Liens and Junior Adequate Protection Liens) and all other claims against the Borrower and the Guarantors, now existing or hereafter arising, of any kind whatsoever, including all administrative expenses of the kind specified in Sections 503(b) or 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code; provided, however, that such claims granted under the Approval Order in respect of Obligations under the Tranche A Facility and the Tranche B Loan shall be senior in priority to such claims granted under the Approval Order in respect of Obligations under the Tranche C Loan;
(ii) pursuant to Section 364(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall at all times be secured by a valid, binding, continuing, enforceable and fully-perfected first priority senior security interest in and Lien on all tangible and intangible property of the Borrower s and the Guarantors respective estates in the Cases that is not subject to valid, perfected, non-avoidable and enforceable Liens in existence on the Closing Date, including all present and future accounts receivable, inventory, general intangibles, chattel paper, real property, leaseholds, fixtures, machinery and equipment, deposit accounts, patents, copyrights, trademarks, tradenames, rights under license agreements and other intellectual property, capital stock of any Subsidiaries of the Borrower and Guarantors and on all cash and investments maintained in the Letter of Credit Account (but excluding (x) the Borrower s and the Guarantors rights in respect of avoidance actions under the Bankruptcy Code and (y) joint venture interests with respect to which a valid prohibition on pledging such interests or granting Liens thereon exists, it being understood that, notwithsta...
Priority and Liens. (i) The Lender’s Liens on the Postpetition Collateral shall be senior in priority to all other Liens on such collateral, other than Permitted Liens, subject only to the Carve-Out Expenses. The Lender and the Borrowers acknowledge and agree that the priority set forth in the preceding sentence shall be applicable irrespective of (A) anything to the contrary contained in any other document, filing or agreement related to the creation, attachment, perfection or existence of any security interest, (B) the time, place, order or method of attachment or perfection of any security interest, (C) the time or order of filing or recording of financing statements, deeds of trust or other documents, filed or recorded to perfect security interests or (D) any statutes, rules of law, or judicial interpretations to the contrary.
(ii) All Postpetition Debt shall constitute an allowed administrative expense of the Borrowers in the Chapter 11 Cases. Such administrative expense shall have Superpriority, subject only to the Carve-Out Expenses and shall at all times be senior to the rights of the Borrowers, the Borrowers’ estates, and any successor trustee or estate representative in the Chapter 11 Cases or any subsequent proceeding or case under the Bankruptcy Code.
(iii) Subject to entry of the Final Order, the Borrowers irrevocably waive any right they may have to surcharge any of the Lender’s collateral including Postpetition Collateral, pursuant to Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise. Except for Permitted Liens, and subject to the Carve-Out Expenses, no other claim having a priority superior to or pari passu with that granted to the Lender hereby and by the Interim Order and the Final Order shall be granted or approved or allowed while any obligations under this Agreement remain outstanding.
Priority and Liens. The Borrower and each of the Guarantors hereby ------------------ covenants, represents and warrants that, upon entry of the Interim Order, the Obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantors hereunder and under the Loan Documents and in respect of Indebtedness owed to Chase and its banking Affiliates permitted by Section 6.03(vi): (i) pursuant to Section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall at all times constitute allowed administrative expense claims in the Cases having priority over all administrative expenses of the kind specified in Sections 503(b) or 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (ii) pursuant to Section 364(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall at all times be secured by a perfected first priority Lien on all cash maintained in the Letter of Credit Account and any direct investments of the funds contained therein, subject only to (x) in the event of the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the payment of allowed and unpaid professional fees and disbursements incurred by the Borrower, the Guarantors and any statutory committees appointed in the Cases in an aggregate amount not in excess of $5,000,000 and (y) the payment of unpaid fees pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ss. 1930 and to the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court (collectively, the "Carve-Out"), provided --------- -------- that following the Termination Date, amounts in the Letter of Credit Account shall not be subject to the Carve-Out. The Banks agree that so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred, the Borrower and the Guarantors shall be permitted to pay compensation and reimbursement of expenses allowed and payable under 11 U.S.C. ss. 330 and 11 U.S.C. ss. 331, as the same may be due and payable, and the same shall not reduce the Carve-Out.
Priority and Liens. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, upon entry of the DIP Orders and the delivery and execution of this Agreement, the Obligations shall at all times be secured and perfected pursuant to, and have the superpriority claims and liens as set forth in, the DIP Orders and herein.
Priority and Liens. (a) Each of the Loan Parties hereby covenants and agrees that the Secured Obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder and under the Loan Documents, the U.S. Guaranteed Obligations and the Canadian Guaranteed Obligations of each of the Loan Parties as follows:
(i) With respect to the Secured Obligations of the U.S. Loan Parties and the Canadian Borrower:
(A) in the U.S. Cases pursuant to Section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, such Secured Obligations shall at all times constitute an allowed Superpriority Claim and be payable from and have recourse to all pre-petition and post-petition property of the estates of the U.S. Loan Parties and the Canadian Borrower and all proceeds thereof (including, upon entry of the Final Order, any proceeds of Avoidance Actions), and which Superpriority Claim shall be senior to the Superpriority Claim granted to the Pre-Petition Agent and the Pre-Petition Secured Lenders pursuant to Section 2.24(d) below;
(B) in the U.S. Cases pursuant to Section 364(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, such Secured Obligations shall at all times be secured by a perfected first priority Lien on all unencumbered property of the U.S. Loan Parties and the Canadian Borrower (including, upon entry of the Final Order, any proceeds of Avoidance Actions) and on all cash maintained in any Collateral Account and any investments of the funds contained therein, provided that amounts in the Collateral Accounts shall not be subject to the Carve-Out or the CCAA Charges;
(C) in the U.S. Cases pursuant to Section 364(c)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, such Secured Obligations shall be secured by a perfected junior Lien upon all property of the U.S. Loan Parties and the Canadian Borrower that is subject to valid and perfected Liens in existence on the Filing Date or that is subject to valid Liens in existence on the Filing Date that are perfected subsequent to the Filing Date as permitted by Section 546(b) of the Bankruptcy Code (other than certain property that is subject to the existing Liens that secure obligations under the Pre-Petition Credit Agreement, which liens shall be primed by the liens to be granted to the Administrative Agent described in the following clause (D));
(D) in the U.S. Cases pursuant to Section 364(d)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, such Secured Obligations shall be secured by a perfected first priority, senior priming Lien on all of the property of the U.S. Loan Parties and the Canadian Borrower (including, without limitation, cash, inventory, receiv...
Priority and Liens. The Credit Parties hereby covenant, represent and warrant that, upon entry of the DIP Order, the Secured Obligations of the Credit Parties hereunder and under the other Credit Documents and the DIP Order, shall have the priority and liens set forth in the DIP Order and the Intercreditor Agreement, subject to the Carve-Out as described therein.
Priority and Liens. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, upon entry of the Interim Order (and when entered, the Final Order) and the delivery and execution of this Agreement, the Obligations shall at all times be secured and perfected pursuant to, and have the super-priority claims and Liens in all of the DIP Collateral (as defined in the applicable Order), but in any case, excluding any Excluded Assets, now existing or hereafter acquired, as set forth in the Orders and herein.
Priority and Liens. The Borrower hereby covenants, represents and warrants that, upon entry of the Interim Order (or the Final Order, as applicable), and as to all Obligations, such Obligations: (i) pursuant to Section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall at all times constitute allowed Superpriority Claims in the Bankruptcy Proceeding and (ii) pursuant to Section 364(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall at all times be secured by a perfected first priority Lien on all Collateral maintained in the Cash Collateral Account and any investments of the funds contained therein.
Priority and Liens. The Borrower and each Guarantor acknowledge and agree that, upon entry of the DIP Order and the delivery and execution of this Agreement, the Obligations shall at all times be secured and perfected pursuant to, and have the DIP Superpriority Claims and DIP Liens as set forth in, the DIP Order.