PRIORITY OF LIENS; LIEN SUBORDINATION Clause Samples

The "Priority of Liens; Lien Subordination" clause establishes the order in which different liens on a property are recognized and paid in the event of a default or sale. It typically specifies that certain liens, such as those held by a lender, will take precedence over others, and may require some lienholders to agree that their claims are subordinate to those of another party. For example, a tenant’s leasehold interest or a contractor’s mechanic’s lien might be expressly subordinated to a mortgage lender’s lien. This clause is essential for clarifying the hierarchy of claims, thereby reducing disputes and ensuring that primary lenders or stakeholders have the first right to repayment or recovery from the property.
PRIORITY OF LIENS; LIEN SUBORDINATION. 3.1 No Liens Prohibited by Credit Agreement; No Liens Securing Subordinated Indebtedness Prior to Springing Lien Trigger Event a. So long as the Discharge of Senior Indebtedness has not occurred, none of the Obligors or other Credit Parties shall, or shall permit any of its or their Subsidiaries to, grant or permit, and (1) no Subordinated Debt Party shall accept or pursue, any Liens on any asset or property prohibited by or in violation of the Credit Agreement, to secure or facilitate the payment or collection of any Subordinated Indebtedness, and (2) no Senior Lender shall accept or pursue any Liens on any asset or property to secure or facilitate the payment or collection of any Senior Indebtedness without the Senior Lenders permitting the Subordinated Indebtedness to be secured thereby, with each such Lien to be subject to the provisions of this Agreement in all respects, including without limitation, the lien subordination and payment over provisions contained herein. b. So long as the Discharge of Senior Indebtedness has not occurred, none of the Obligors or other Credit Parties shall, or shall permit any of its or their Subsidiaries to, grant or permit, and no Subordinated Debt Party shall accept or pursue, any Liens on any asset or property which would constitute Collateral, to secure or facilitate the payment or collection of any Subordinated Indebtedness, unless (i) it first has granted, or concurrently therewith grants, a senior, first-priority Lien on such asset or property to secure the Senior Indebtedness and (ii) such Liens are expressly authorized under a Support Agreement and the Credit Agreement upon the occurrence of a Springing Lien Trigger Event, with each such Lien to be subject to the provisions of this Agreement in all respects, including without limitation, the lien subordination and payment over provisions contained herein. c. To the extent that the provisions of Sections 3.1(a) and (b) are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other right or remedy available to the Administrative Agent or the other Senior Lenders or any Subordinated Debt Party, as the case may be, (A) if it has not already done so, each applicable Obligor or other Credit Party, or related Subsidiary, shall immediately grant a senior, first-priority Lien on such asset or property to secure the Senior Indebtedness or a junior, second-priority Lien on such asset or property to secure the Subordinated Indebtedness (in all respects subject to the term...
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  • Priority of Liens (a) Notwithstanding (i) the date, time, method, manner, or order of grant, attachment, or perfection of any Liens granted to the ABL Collateral Agent or the ABL Secured Parties in respect of all or any portion of the Common Collateral or of any Liens granted to any New First Lien Collateral Agent or any New First Lien Secured Parties in respect of all or any portion of the Common Collateral, and regardless of how any such Lien was acquired (whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise), (ii) the order or time of filing or recordation of any document or instrument for perfecting the Liens in favor of the ABL Collateral Agent or any New First Lien Collateral Agent (or the ABL Secured Parties or any of the New First Lien Secured Parties) on any Common Collateral, (iii) any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code, the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable law, or of any of the ABL Documents or any of the New First Lien Documents, or (iv) whether the ABL Collateral Agent or any New First Lien Collateral Agent, in each case, either directly or through agents, holds possession of, or has control over, all or any part of the Common Collateral, the ABL Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the ABL Secured Parties, and the New First Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the New First Lien Secured Parties, hereby agree that: (1) any Lien in respect of all or any portion of the Common Collateral now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the New First Lien Collateral Agent or the New First Lien Secured Parties that secures all or any portion of the New First Lien Obligations shall in all respects be junior and subordinate to all Liens granted to the ABL Collateral Agent and the ABL Secured Parties on the Common Collateral; and (2) any Lien in respect of all or any portion of the Common Collateral now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the ABL Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured Party that secures all or any portion of the ABL Obligations shall in all respects be senior and prior to all Liens granted to the New First Lien Collateral Agent or the New First Lien Secured Parties on the Common Collateral. The New First Lien Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of itself and each New First Lien Secured Party, expressly agrees that any Lien purported to be granted on any Common Collateral as security for the ABL Obligations shall be deemed to be and shall be deemed to remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any New First Lien Obligations for all purposes regardless of whether the Lien purported to be granted is found to be improperly granted, improperly perfected, preferential, a fraudulent conveyance or legally or otherwise deficient in any manner. (b) The ABL Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of itself and the ABL Secured Parties, acknowledges and agrees that, concurrently herewith, the New First Lien Collateral Agent, for the benefit of itself and the New First Lien Secured Parties, has been granted Liens upon all of the Common Collateral in which the ABL Collateral Agent has been granted Liens and the ABL Collateral Agent hereby consents thereto. The subordination of Liens by the New First Lien Collateral Agent in favor of the ABL Collateral Agent as set forth herein shall not be deemed to subordinate the respective Liens of the New First Lien Collateral Agent or the New First Lien Secured Parties to Liens securing any other Obligations other than the ABL Obligations (subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and any Additional General Intercreditor Agreement).

  • Creation, Perfection and Priority of Liens The execution and delivery of the Collateral Documents by Loan Parties, together with (i) the actions taken to date pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement and subsections 4.1I, 6.8 and 6.9 hereof and (ii) the delivery to Collateral Agent of any Pledged Collateral not delivered to Collateral Agent at the time of execution and delivery of the applicable Collateral Document (all of which Pledged Collateral has been so delivered) are effective to create or to continue in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries, as security for the respective Secured Obligations, a valid First Priority Lien on all of the Collateral (except as indicated in the applicable Collateral Document), and all filings and other actions necessary or desirable to perfect and maintain the perfection and First Priority status of such Liens have been duly made or taken and remain in full force and effect, other than the filing of any UCC financing statements and PTO filings delivered to Collateral Agent on the Effective Date for filing (but not yet filed), the periodic filing of UCC continuation statements in respect of UCC financing statements filed by or on behalf of Collateral Agent and the amendments or modifications to the Mortgages described in subsection 6.9(D) or permitted alternatives thereto.

  • Priority of Lien Transfer Agent consents to the granting of the security interest in the Pledged Shares. Transfer Agent will not agree with any third party that Transfer Agent will comply with instructions concerning the Pledged Shares originated by such third party without the prior written consent of Secured Party and Debtor.

  • Perfection and Priority of Liens Receipt by the Administrative Agent of the following, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent: (i) searches of Uniform Commercial Code filings in the jurisdiction of formation of each Loan Party or where a filing would need to be made in order to perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Collateral, copies of the financing statements on file in such jurisdictions and evidence that no Liens exist other than Permitted Liens; (ii) UCC financing statements for each appropriate jurisdiction as is necessary, in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, to perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Collateral; (iii) all certificates evidencing any certificated Equity Interests pledged to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Pledge Agreements, together with duly executed in blank and undated stock powers (or equivalent documents in any applicable jurisdiction) and other customary deliverables in connection with security over Equity Interests attached thereto; (iv) evidence (in a form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) that no restrictions on the transfer of any shares which are charged pursuant to the Pledge Agreements exist in the Organization Documents of the issuer of such shares save as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent; (v) searches of ownership of, and Liens on, the Intellectual Property of each Loan Party in the appropriate governmental offices; (vi) duly executed notices of grant of security interest in the form required by the Security Agreement as are necessary, in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, to perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Intellectual Property of the Loan Parties; (vii) subject to Section 7.21, in the case of any personal property Collateral located at a premises leased by a Loan Party, such Collateral Access Agreements as may be reasonably required by the Administrative Agent; (viii) such Deposit Account Control Agreements as shall be necessary to cause the Loan Parties to be in compliance with Section 7.16; and (ix) a duly executed promissory note with respect to the obligations under the Intercompany Irish Credit Facility, together with a duly executed in blank allonge.

  • Lien Subordination Lender agrees that the Liens granted to it hereunder in Third Party Equipment shall be subordinate to the Liens of current and future lenders providing equipment financing and equipment lessors for equipment and other personal property acquired by Borrower after the date hereof (“Third Party Equipment”); provided that such Liens are confined solely to the equipment so financed and the proceeds thereof and are Permitted Liens. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Obligations hereunder shall not be subordinate in right of payment to any obligations to other lenders, equipment lenders or equipment lessors and Lender’s rights and remedies hereunder in the Collateral which does not constitute Third Party Equipment shall not in any way be subordinate to the rights and remedies of any such lenders or equipment lessors. So long as no Event of Default has occurred which has not been waived by Lender, Lender agrees to execute and deliver such agreements and documents as may be reasonably requested by Borrower from time to time which set forth the lien subordination described in this Section 4.8 and are reasonably acceptable to Lender. Lender shall have no obligation to execute any agreement or document which would impose obligations, restrictions or lien priority on Lender which are less favorable to Lender than those described in this Section 4.8.