Common use of Rights of Contribution with Respect to Obligations Clause in Contracts

Rights of Contribution with Respect to Obligations. (a) To the extent that any payment is made on the Obligations by or on behalf of any Guarantor or Grantor (each, an "Obligor") under or pursuant to this Guaranty or the Pledge Agreement (an "Obligor Payment") which, taking into account all other Obligor Payments then previously or concurrently made by any other Obligor, exceeds the amount which otherwise would have been paid by or attributable to such Obligor if each Obligor had paid the aggregate Obligations satisfied by such Obligor Payment in the same proportion as such Obligor's "Allocable Amount" (as defined below) (as determined immediately prior to such Obligor Payment) bore to the aggregate Allocable Amounts of each of the Obligors as determined immediately prior to the making of such Obligor Payment, then, following payment in full in cash of the Obligations and the termination or expiration of all Commitments, such Obligor shall be entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from, and be reimbursed by, each other Obligor for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their respective Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Obligor Payment. (b) As of any date of determination, the "Allocable Amount" of any Obligor shall be equal to the maximum amount of the claim which could then be recovered from such Obligor with respect to the Obligations without rendering such claim voidable or avoidable under Section 548 of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law. (c) This Section 3 is intended only to define the relative rights of the Obligors, and nothing set forth in this Section 3 is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the Obligors to pay any amounts as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Guaranty or the Pledge Agreement. (d) The parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and indemnification hereunder shall constitute assets of the Guarantors and the other Obligors to which such contribution and indemnification is owing. (e) The rights of the indemnifying Obligors against other Obligors with respect to any payments on the Obligations shall be exercisable upon the full payment of the Obligations in cash and the termination or expiry of the Commitments.

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Sources: Guaranty (Consumers Energy Co)

Rights of Contribution with Respect to Obligations. (a) To the extent that any payment is made on the Obligations by or on behalf of any Guarantor or Grantor (each, an "ObligorOBLIGOR") under or pursuant to this Guaranty or the any Pledge Agreement (an "Obligor PaymentOBLIGOR PAYMENT") which, taking into account all other Obligor Payments then previously or concurrently made by any other Obligor, exceeds the amount which otherwise would have been paid by or attributable to such Obligor if each Obligor had paid the aggregate Obligations satisfied by such Obligor Payment in the same proportion as such Obligor's "Allocable Amount" (as defined below) (as determined immediately prior to such Obligor Payment) bore to the aggregate Allocable Amounts of each of the Obligors as determined immediately prior to the making of such Obligor Payment, then, following payment in full in cash of the Obligations and the termination or expiration of all Commitments, such Obligor shall be entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from, and be reimbursed by, each other Obligor for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their respective Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Obligor Payment. (b) As of any date of determination, the "Allocable AmountALLOCABLE AMOUNT" of any Obligor shall be equal to the maximum amount of the claim which could then be recovered from such Obligor with respect to the Obligations without rendering such claim voidable or avoidable under Section 548 of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law. (c) This Section 3 is intended only to define the relative rights of the Obligors, and nothing set forth in this Section 3 is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the Obligors to pay any amounts as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Guaranty or the any Pledge Agreement. (d) The parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and indemnification hereunder shall constitute assets of the Guarantors and the other Obligors to which such contribution and indemnification is owing. (e) The rights of the indemnifying Obligors against other Obligors with respect to any payments on the Obligations shall be exercisable upon the full payment of the Obligations in cash and the termination or expiry of the Commitments.

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Sources: Guaranty (Consumers Energy Co)

Rights of Contribution with Respect to Obligations. (a) To the extent that any payment is made on the Obligations by or on behalf of any Guarantor or Grantor (each, an "Obligor") under or pursuant to this Guaranty or the any Pledge Agreement (an "Obligor Payment") which, taking into account all other Obligor Payments then previously or concurrently made by any other Obligor, exceeds the amount which otherwise would have been paid by or attributable to such Obligor if each Obligor had paid the aggregate Obligations satisfied by such Obligor Payment in the same proportion as such Obligor's "Allocable Amount" (as defined below) (as determined immediately prior to such Obligor Payment) bore to the aggregate Allocable Amounts of each of the Obligors as determined immediately prior to the making of such Obligor Payment, then, following payment in full in cash of the Obligations and the termination or expiration of all Commitments, such Obligor shall be entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from, and be reimbursed by, each other Obligor for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their respective Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Obligor Payment. (b) As of any date of determination, the "Allocable Amount" of any Obligor shall be equal to the maximum amount of the claim which could then be recovered from such Obligor with respect to the Obligations without rendering such claim voidable or avoidable under Section 548 of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law. (c) This Section 3 is intended only to define the relative rights of the Obligors, and nothing set forth in this Section 3 is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the Obligors to pay any amounts as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Guaranty or the any Pledge Agreement. (d) The parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and indemnification hereunder shall constitute assets of the Guarantors and the other Obligors to which such contribution and indemnification is owing. (e) The rights of the indemnifying Obligors against other Obligors with respect to any payments on the Obligations shall be exercisable upon the full payment of the Obligations in cash and the termination or expiry of the Commitments.

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Sources: Guaranty (Consumers Energy Co)