Common use of Rights to Pledge Clause in Contracts

Rights to Pledge. Each Party shall have the right to pledge, mortgage, charge, grant any security interest in, or otherwise encumber all or part of its interest in its respective payload (and, in the case of ViaSat, the Common Elements), Deliverables, work-in-process under the Satellite Contract and such Party’s rights under this Agreement and the agreements contemplated hereby, provided that: (a) such Party shall remain liable for all obligations hereunder; (b) the encumbrance shall be subject to any necessary approvals or restrictions of any relevant governmental authority or telecommunications administration; and (c) any financing by Loral of the Loral Payload shall be structured so as not to interfere with or preclude any financing by ViaSat of the other portions of the Satellite and shall include intercreditor arrangements on terms reasonably satisfactory to ViaSat and its creditors that shall facilitate such financing by ViaSat, provided that, subject to the foregoing, ViaSat shall work cooperatively with Loral and Telesat and use reasonable efforts to accommodate their current and planned financing requirements with respect to the Loral Payload; and (d) satisfactory arrangements as agreed between the Parties (including a Party’s lenders) shall have been made to recognize and protect the rights of the other Party and its lenders under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents. Each of the Parties acknowledges and agrees that the other Party, in the course of the negotiation of this Agreement, used all commercially reasonable efforts to avoid any restriction on its ability to pledge its assets for any purpose, and that those negotiations resulted in the foregoing provisions.