The Agents. (a) Each Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this Agreement, and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of any Borrower. (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover of this Agreement shall have any rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder in its capacity as such. (c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bank, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against any Agent. (d) Each of the Banks hereby exempts the Administrative Agent from the restrictions pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to any other applicable law, in each case to the extent legally possible to such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document as required pursuant to this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney to a party acting on its behalf, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable laws.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Deere & Co), Credit Agreement (Deere John Capital Corp), Credit Agreement (Deere & Co)
The Agents. (a) Each Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this Agreement, and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover of this Agreement shall have any rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bank, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each of the Banks hereby exempts the Administrative Agent from the restrictions pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to any other applicable law, in each case to the extent legally possible to such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document as required pursuant to this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney to a party acting on its behalf, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable laws.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Deere John Capital Corp), Credit Agreement (Deere & Co)
The Agents. (a) Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as each of the Administrative Agent of and the Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes such Bank under this Agreement, and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative such Agent by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction, each of the Administrative Lenders hereby grants to the Collateral Agent are commercial any required powers of attorney to execute and enforce any Collateral Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s behalf. Each of the banks serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in nature its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to invest and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent under the Loan Documents. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the general performance Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or operations other implied duties, regardless of any Borrower.
whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the applicable Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 8.02 or Section 8.02A) or, in the case of the Collateral Documents, the Required Secured Parties, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the banks serving as Agents or any of their respective Affiliates in any capacity. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 8.02 or Section 8.02A) or, in the case of the Collateral Documents, the Required Secured Parties, or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Company or a Lender, and the Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate (including any Borrowing Base Certificate), report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) qualification of (or lapse of any qualification of) any Account, Credit Card Receivable, Inventory or real property under the eligibility criteria set forth herein, other than eligibility criteria expressly referring to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to, or being determined by, the Collateral Agent, (iv) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (v) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the applicable Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary contrary, the Agents shall not be liable for, or be responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by the Borrowers, any Lender or any Issuing Bank as a result of, any such determination of the Credit Exposure, Excess Availability, the Borrowing Base or the component amounts of any thereof. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate (including any Borrowing Base Certificate), consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each of the Agents also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby agrees that (a) it has requested a copy of each Report prepared by or on behalf of any Agent; (b) the Agents (i) make no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the completeness or accuracy of any Report or any of the information contained therein or any inaccuracy or omission contained in or relating to any Report and (ii) shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report; (c) the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, and any Person performing any field examination will inspect only specific information regarding the Loan Parties and will rely significantly upon the Loan Parties’ books and records, as well as on representations of the Loan Parties’ personnel, and that the Agents undertake no obligation to update, correct or supplement the Reports; (d) it will keep all Reports confidential and strictly for its internal use and not share any Report with any other Person except as otherwise permitted pursuant to this Agreement; and (e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, it will pay and protect, and indemnify, defend and hold the Agents, each other Person preparing a Report and the Related Parties of any of the foregoing harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses and other amounts (including reasonable attorney fees) incurred by any of them as the direct or indirect result of any third parties hereto hereby agree who obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender. Each of the Agents may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each of the Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, either Agent ▇▇▇ resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders (or, in the case of the Collateral Agent, the Required Secured Parties) shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor. In addition, if either Agent is a Defaulting Lender due to it having had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business or custodian appointed for it, the Required Lenders shall have the right, by notice in writing to the Company and such Agent, to remove such Agent in its capacity as such and, with the consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld and except during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, when no consent shall be required), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders (or, in the case of the Collateral Agent, the Required Secured Parties) and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as an Agent by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Company to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After such Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 8.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that neither it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon any Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Syndication Agents, Agents and the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners Co-Documentation Agents (each as identified on the cover page of this Agreement shall have any rightsAgreement) (each of the foregoing, duties, responsibilities or liabilities in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere , a “Titled Person”), in this Agreementtheir capacities as such, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilitiesno rights, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bank, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilitiespowers, duties, liabilities, fiduciary relationships or obligations under any Loan Document or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) of the other documents related hereto. Each of the Banks Lenders hereby exempts (a) agrees to be bound by the Administrative Agent from the restrictions pursuant to section 181 provisions of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions Collateral Documents, including those terms thereof applicable to it pursuant the Collateral Agent and the provisions thereof authorizing the Required Secured Parties to approve amendments or modifications thereto or waivers thereof, and to control remedies thereunder, and (b) irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to (i) release any other applicable law, Liens on any Non-ABL Priority Collateral in each case to the extent legally possible to such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act accordance with an Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) release any Liens on any Collateral in accordance with the terms Collateral Documents, including any Liens on real property following the delivery of this a Real Property Exclusion Notice. Each of the Lenders hereby (a) authorizes and instructs the Collateral Agent to enter into an Intercreditor Agreement and/or if Indebtedness is incurred that is secured by ▇▇▇▇▇ contemplated by clause (b)(ix) or (b)(x) of Section 5.08 and (b) agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of such Intercreditor Agreement. It is understood and agreed by the parties hereto, that as part of its duties and functions, the Collateral Agent shall serve as the hypothecary representative for itself and for all present and future Secured Parties, as contemplated by Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec (the “CCQ”). For greater certainty, and without limiting the powers of the Collateral Agent, each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as hypothecary representative for all present and future Lenders, Issuing Banks and any other Secured Parties as contemplated under Article 2692 of the CCQ in order to hold the hypothecs granted under any Loan Document pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure performance of all or part of the Obligations (as required pursuant defined in each such Loan Document) and to exercise such powers and duties which are conferred upon the hypothecary representative thereunder. The appointment of the Collateral Agent as hypothecary representative shall be deemed to have been ratified and confirmed by each Person that accedes or has acceded to this Agreement and/or as a Lender or Issuing Bank after the date hereof. The Loan Parties hereby acknowledge the appointment of the Collateral Agent as the hypothecary representative of the Secured Parties as contemplated under Article 2692 of the CCQ. In the event of the resignation of the Collateral Agent and appointment of a successor Collateral Agent, such successor Collateral Agent shall also act as hypothecary representative without further act or formality being required to appoint such successor Collateral Agent as the successor hypothecary representative for the purposes of any then existing deeds of hypothec. The execution by the Collateral Agent as the hypothecary representative of the relevant deeds of hypothec or other relevant documentation prior to the date hereof is hereby ratified and confirmed by each Lender and Issuing Bank. In its capacity of hypothecary representative, the Collateral Agent shall (a) have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise, except as may be otherwise specifically restricted hereunder, all rights and remedies given to the hypothecary representative pursuant to any hypothec, applicable law or otherwise, (b) benefit from and be subject to all provisions hereof with respect to the Collateral Agent, mutatis mutandis, including, without limitation, all such provisions with respect to the liability or responsibility to and indemnification by the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and (c) be entitled to delegate from time to time any of its powers or duties under any deed of hypothec or other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney Document, on such terms and conditions as it may determine from time to a party acting on its behalf, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable lawstime.
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Sources: Amendment No. 2 to the Revolving Credit Agreement (Victoria's Secret & Co.), Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement (Bath & Body Works, Inc.)
The Agents. (a) Each Bank of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably designates appoints the Agents as its agents and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as authorizes the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this Agreement, and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, Agents to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent them by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations provisions of this Section 8.01 (other than as expressly provided herein) are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders and no Loan Party shall have any rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of the provisions of this Section 8.01 (other than as expressly provided herein). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any provision of any other Loan Document, each of the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Joint Bookrunners are named as such for recognition purposes only, and in their respective capacities as such shall have no duties, responsibilities or liabilities with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document; it being understood and agreed that each of the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agent and the Joint Bookrunners shall be entitled to all indemnification and reimbursement rights in favor of the Agents provided herein and in the other Loan Documents and all of the other benefits of this Section 8.01. Each of the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Joint Bookrunners, without consent of or notice to any party hereto, may assign any and all of its rights or obligations hereunder to any of its Affiliates. Without limitation of the foregoing, neither the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents nor the Joint Bookrunners in their respective capacities as such shall, by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, have any fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender, Loan Party or any other Person. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent are commercial and Collateral Agent shall have the same rights and powers in nature its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) neither Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers unless and until such Agent shall have received instructions from the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances, as provided in Section 9.02) and, upon receipt of such instructions from Required Lenders (or such other Lenders, as the case may be), such Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such instructions and shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Neither Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) under or in connection with any Loan Document or (ii) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction). Neither Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and neither Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by them, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through its respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agents and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. All of the rights, benefits, and privileges (including the exculpatory and indemnification provisions) of this paragraph and of Section 9.03 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities as sub-agent as if such sub-agent and Related Parties were named herein. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to each such sub-agent appointed by an Agent, (i) such sub-agent shall be a third-party beneficiary under this Agreement with respect to all such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) and shall have all of the rights and benefits of a third-party beneficiary, including an independent right of action to enforce such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) directly, without the consent or joinder of any other Person, against any or all of Loan Parties and the Lenders, (ii) such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) of such sub-agent shall not be modified or amended without the consent of such sub-agent, and (iii) such sub-agent shall only have obligations to the Administrative Agent and not to invest in the general performance any Loan Party, Lender or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreementother Person and no Loan Party, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover of this Agreement Lender or any other Person shall have any rights, dutiesdirectly or indirectly, responsibilities as a third-party beneficiary or liabilities otherwise, against such sub-agent. Each Lender, in proportion to its Applicable Aggregate Percentage, severally agrees to indemnify each Agent, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender, to the extent that such respective capacity Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender shall not have been reimbursed by any Loan Party (and without limiting its obligation to do so), for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender in exercising its powers, rights and remedies or performing its duties hereunder or under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder other Loan Documents or otherwise in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding such Agent in any provision way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the contrary elsewhere other Loan Documents; provided, that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Agent’s, Issuing Bank’s Swingline Lender’s, as applicable gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. If any indemnity furnished to any Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as applicable, be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as applicable, may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided, that in no event shall this Agreementsentence require any Lender to indemnify any Agent, no Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lender’s Applicable Aggregate Revolving Percentage thereof; and provided, further, that this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement described in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence. The Administrative Agent shall have the right to resign at any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bank, time by giving prior written notice thereof to the Lenders and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each of have the Banks hereby exempts right to appoint a financial institution to act as the Administrative Agent from and/or the restrictions pursuant Collateral Agent hereunder, subject to section 181 the reasonable satisfaction of the German Civil Code Borrower and the Required Lenders, and the Administrative Agent’s resignation shall become effective on the earlier of (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuchi) the acceptance of such successor Administrative Agent by the Borrower and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to the Required Lenders or (ii) the thirtieth day after such notice of resignation. Upon any other applicable lawsuch notice of resignation, in each case if a successor Administrative Agent has not already been appointed by the retiring Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days’ notice to the extent legally possible Borrower, to such Bankappoint a successor Administrative Agent subject to the reasonable satisfaction of the Borrower. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify If neither the Required Lenders nor the Administrative Agent accordingly andhave appointed a successor Administrative Agent, upon request then the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have succeeded to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided, that until a successor Administrative Agent is so appointed by Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, either act the Administrative Agent, by notice to the Borrower and Required Lenders, may retain its role as the Collateral Agent under any Security Document. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, that successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring the Administrative Agent and the retiring the Administrative Agent shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Administrative Agent all sums, securities and other items of Collateral held under the Security Documents, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in accordance connection with the terms performance of this Agreement and/or the duties of the successor Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Administrative Agent such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Administrative Agent of the security interests created under the Security Documents, whereupon such retiring the Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. Except as provided above, any other Loan Document resignation of Barclays Bank or its successor as required Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement and/or Section 8.01 shall also constitute the resignation of Barclays Bank or its successor as the Collateral Agent. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent hereunder. Any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Collateral Agent for all purposes hereunder. If Barclays Bank or its successor as Administrative Agent pursuant to this paragraph has resigned as Administrative Agent but retained its role as Collateral Agent and no successor Collateral Agent has become the Collateral Agent pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, Barclays Bank or its successor may resign as Collateral Agent upon notice to the Borrower and Required Lenders at any time. After any retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Document Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its respective Related Parties that at any time acted as a sub-agent in respect of any actions taken or grant omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting as Agent. Any resignation of Barclays Bank or its successor as the Administrative Agent pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall also constitute the resignation of Barclays Bank or its successor as the Swingline Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Section 8.01 shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Swingline Lender for all purposes hereunder. In such event (a) the Borrower shall prepay any outstanding Swingline Loans made by the retiring Administrative Agent in its capacity as Swingline Lender, (b) upon such prepayment, the retiring the Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender shall surrender any Swingline Note held by it to the Borrower for cancellation and (c) the Borrower shall issue, if so requested by the successor Administrative Agent and the Swingline Loan Lender, a special power of attorney new Swingline Note to a party acting on its behalfthe successor Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 the principal amount of the German Civil Code Swingline Loan then in effect and with other appropriate insertions. In addition to the foregoing, the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice thereof to Lenders and the Loan Parties. The Administrative Agent shall have the right to appoint a financial institution as Collateral Agent hereunder, subject to the reasonable satisfaction of the Borrower and the Required Lenders and the Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective on the earlier of (Bürgerliches Gesetzbucha) and/or the acceptance of such successor Collateral Agent by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or (b) the thirtieth day after such notice of resignation. Upon any other applicable laws.such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to appoint a successor Collateral Agent. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, the successor Collateral Age
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Healthsouth Corp), Credit Agreement (Healthsouth Corp)
The Agents. (a) Each Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this Agreement, and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover of this Agreement shall have any rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bank, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each of the Banks hereby exempts the Administrative Agent from the restrictions pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to any other applicable law, in each case to the extent legally possible to such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document as required pursuant to this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney to a party acting on its behalf, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable laws.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Deere & Co), Credit Agreement (Deere John Capital Corp)
The Agents. (a) Each Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this Agreement, and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover of this Agreement shall have any rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bank, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against any Agent..
(d) Each of the Banks hereby exempts the Administrative Agent from the restrictions pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to any other applicable law, in each case to the extent legally possible to such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document as required pursuant to this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney to a party acting on its behalf, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable laws.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Deere & Co), Credit Agreement (Deere John Capital Corp)
The Agents. (a) Each Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this Agreement, and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover of this Agreement shall have any rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bank, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each of the Banks hereby exempts the Administrative Agent from the restrictions pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to any other applicable law, in each case to the extent legally possible to such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document as required pursuant to this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney to a party acting on its behalf, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable laws.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Deere & Co), Credit Agreement (Deere John Capital Corp)
The Agents. (a) Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as each of the Administrative Agent of and the Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes such Bank under this Agreement, and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative such Agent by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction, each of the Administrative Lenders hereby grants to the Collateral Agent are commercial any required powers of attorney to execute and enforce any Collateral Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s behalf. Each of the banks serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in nature its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to invest and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent under the Loan Documents. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the general performance Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or operations other implied duties, regardless of any Borrower.
whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the applicable Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 8.02 or Section 8.02A) or, in the case of the Collateral Documents, the Required Secured Parties, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the banks serving as Agents or any of their respective Affiliates in any capacity. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 8.02 or Section 8.02A) or, in the case of the Collateral Documents, the Required Secured Parties, or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Company or a Lender, and the Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate (including any Borrowing Base Certificate), report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) qualification of (or lapse of any qualification of) any Account, Credit Card Receivable, Inventory or real property under the eligibility criteria set forth herein, other than eligibility criteria expressly referring to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to, or being determined by, the Collateral Agent, (iv) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (v) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the applicable Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary contrary, the Agents shall not be liable for, or be responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by the Borrowers, any Lender or any Issuing Bank as a result of, any such determination of the Credit Exposure, Excess Availability, the Borrowing Base or the component amounts of any thereof. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate (including any Borrowing Base Certificate), consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each of the Agents also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby agrees that (a) it has requested a copy of each Report prepared by or on behalf of any Agent; (b) the Agents (i) make no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the completeness or accuracy of any Report or any of the information contained therein or any inaccuracy or omission contained in or relating to any Report and (ii) shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report; (c) the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, and any Person performing any field examination will inspect only specific information regarding the Loan Parties and will rely significantly upon the Loan Parties’ books and records, as well as on representations of the Loan Parties’ personnel, and that the Agents undertake no obligation to update, correct or supplement the Reports; (d) it will keep all Reports confidential and strictly for its internal use and not share any Report with any other Person except as otherwise permitted pursuant to this Agreement; and (e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, it will pay and protect, and indemnify, defend and hold the Agents, each other Person preparing a Report and the Related Parties of any of the foregoing harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses and other amounts (including reasonable attorney fees) incurred by any of them as the direct or indirect result of any third parties hereto hereby agree who obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender. Each of the Agents may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each of the Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders (or, in the case of the Collateral Agent, the Required Secured Parties) shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor. In addition, if either Agent is a Defaulting Lender due to it having had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business or custodian appointed for it, the Required Lenders shall have the right, by notice in writing to the Company and such Agent, to remove such Agent in its capacity as such and, with the consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld and except during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, when no consent shall be required), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders (or, in the case of the Collateral Agent, the Required Secured Parties) and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as an Agent by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Company to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After such Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 8.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that neither it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon any Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Syndication Agents, Agents and the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners Co-Documentation Agents (each as identified on the cover page of this Agreement shall have any rightsAgreement) (each of the foregoing, duties, responsibilities or liabilities in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere , a “Titled Person”), in this Agreementtheir capacities as such, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilitiesno rights, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bank, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilitiespowers, duties, liabilities, fiduciary relationships or obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against under any Agent.
(d) Each of the Banks hereby exempts the Administrative Agent from the restrictions pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to any other applicable law, in each case to the extent legally possible to such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document as required pursuant to this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney to a party acting on its behalf, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 any of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable lawsdocuments related hereto.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Revolving Credit Agreement (Victoria's Secret & Co.)
The Agents. (a) Each Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as In order to expedite the Administrative Agent of such Bank under transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Persons named in the heading of this Agreement (and their successors) are hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent and London Agent under the Loan Documents on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank. Each of the Lenders, each assignee of any Lender and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, Agents to take such action actions on its their behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations Agents are hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender or the Issuing Bank its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Company of any Event of Default of which the Administrative Agent are commercial has actual knowledge acquired in nature connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by the Company or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents as received by the Administrative Agent. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the Agents and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunder and without any duty to invest account therefor to the Lenders or Issuing Bank. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the general performance Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or operations other implied duties, regardless of any Borrower.
whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover of this Agreement Agents shall not have any rightsduty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, dutiesexcept discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that such Agent is required to exercise as directed upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, responsibilities or liabilities as the Agent shall believe in such respective capacity good faith to be necessary, under this Agreement nor the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), provided that the Agent shall any such Person have the authority not be required to take any action hereunder that, in its capacity as such.
opinion, could expose the Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulation, and (c) Notwithstanding except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, Agents shall not have any provision duty to disclose, and Agents shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the contrary Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates thereof that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Agents shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. Agents shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Company, and Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory or sender thereof). Each Agent also may rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory or sender thereof), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After the Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, no Agent any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Agents or the Lenders on the Effective Date. None of the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents or the Documentation Agents shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bank, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into under this Agreement or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each of the Banks hereby exempts the Administrative Agent from the restrictions pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to any other applicable law, in each case to the extent legally possible to such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document (except in its capacity, as required pursuant to this Agreement and/or applicable, as a Lender or as Agents or Issuing Bank), but all such other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney to a party acting on its behalf, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 Persons shall have the benefit of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable lawsindemnities provided for hereunder.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Credit Agreement (Waters Corp /De/)
The Agents. (a) Each Bank of the Lenders hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase BankCitibank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this Agreement, its administrative agent and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase BankCitibank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, to take such action actions on its behalf under behalf, including execution of the provisions of this Agreement other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, and Citibank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment. The motivations Citibank, N.A. or an Affiliate or designee thereof shall also act as the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents (for purposes of this Article VIII and Sections 9.03 and 2.14, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be collectively referred to as the “Agents”), and each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes Citibank, N.A. (and Citibank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment) and each such Affiliate and designee to act as the agent of such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Article VIII for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything Agent, shall be entitled to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover benefits of all provisions of this Agreement Article VIII and Article IX (including Section 9.03), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. The banks serving as the Agents hereunder shall have any rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities the same rights and powers in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder in its their capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding Lenders as any provision other Lender and may exercise the same as though they were not an Agent, and such banks and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to the contrary elsewhere and generally engage in this Agreement, no any kind of business with Irish Holdco or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if they were not an Agent hereunder. The Agents shall not have any duties or responsibilities, obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the respective Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Irish Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by any bank serving as an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Agents shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02 or elsewhere in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Agents shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the respective Agent by Irish Holdco, the Borrower or a Lender, and no Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. The Agents shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by them to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Agents also may rely upon any statement made to them orally or by telephone and believed by them to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Irish Holdco, the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by them, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Agents may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the respective Agent. The Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all their duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agents and any such sub- agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Borrower and any Additional Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with the consent of the Borrower and any Additional Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), provided that no consent of the Borrower or any Additional Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing) to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower and any Additional Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower, any Additional Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Collateral Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Borrower and any Additional Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with the consent of the Borrower and any Additional Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Borrower or any Additional Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing) to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Collateral Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Collateral Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Collateral Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower and any Additional Borrower to a successor Collateral Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Collateral Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Collateral Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Lead Arranger, a Co-Documentation Agent or a Co-Syndication Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any BankLender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as a Lead Arranger, Co-Documentation Agent and/or Co-Syndication Agent, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Agents in the preceding paragraph. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities Lender shall be read into this Agreement liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each set forth herein in case of the Banks hereby exempts Agents) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Agents shall have the Administrative Agent from exclusive right on behalf of the restrictions Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to section 181 the terms of this Agreement. In their respective capacities, the Agents are “representatives” of the German Civil Code Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Agents to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuchother than the Agents) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Agents for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Agents are hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Collateral Agent to release or, as applicable, subordinate any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent upon any Collateral and to enter into non-disturbance or similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to any other applicable lawagreements, in each case case, in connection with any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(b)(xvi)(ii) and any other Indebtedness described in Section 9.13, in connection with dispositions of assets permitted under Section 6.02 or, other than with respect to lien release, in connection with licensing or sub-licensing transactions permitted under Sections 6.02 and 6.03, all as described further therein. Upon request by the extent legally possible Collateral Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to such Bankrelease or subordinate particular types or items of Collateral and enter into non-disturbance or similar agreements pursuant hereto. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the The Administrative Agent accordingly andand the Collateral Agent are authorized to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement (and any amendments, upon request amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of or supplements to or other modifications to, and extensions, restructuring, renewals, replacements of, such agreements) in connection with the Administrative Agentincurrence by any Loan Party of any Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt, either act in accordance Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, or any other Indebtedness permitted by the terms of this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document as required pursuant to this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document be secured by the Collateral on a pari passu or grant a special power of attorney to a party acting on its behalfjunior priority secured basis, in each case in order to permit such Indebtedness to be secured by a manner valid, perfected Lien (with such priority as may be designated by Irish Holdco or relevant Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent such priority is permitted by the Loan Documents), and the parties hereto acknowledge that each Intercreditor Agreement is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuchif entered into) and/or any other applicable laws.binding upon
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The Agents. (a) Each Bank of the Lenders hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase BankCitibank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this Agreement, its administrative agent and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase BankCitibank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, to take such action actions on its behalf under behalf, including execution of the provisions of this Agreement other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, and Citibank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment. The motivations Citibank, N.A. or an Affiliate or designee thereof shall also act as the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents (for purposes of this Article VIII and Sections 9.03 and 2.14, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be collectively referred to as the “Agents”), and each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes Citibank, N.A. (and Citibank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment) and each such Affiliate and designee to act as the agent of such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Article VIII for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything Agent, shall be entitled to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover benefits of all provisions of this Agreement Article VIII and Article IX (including Section 9.03), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. The banks serving as the Agents hereunder shall have any rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities the same rights and powers in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder in its their capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding Lenders as any provision other Lender and may exercise the same as though they were not an Agent, and such banks and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to the contrary elsewhere and generally engage in this Agreement, no any kind of business with Irish Holdco or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if they were not an Agent hereunder. The Agents shall not have any duties or responsibilities, obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the respective Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Irish Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by any bank serving as an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Agents shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02 or elsewhere in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Agents shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the respective Agent by Irish Holdco, the Borrower or a Lender, and no Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. The Agents shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by them to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Agents also may rely upon any statement made to them orally or by telephone and believed by them to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Irish Holdco, the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by them, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Agents may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the respective Agent. The Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all their duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agents and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Borrower and any Additional Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with the consent of the Borrower and any Additional Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), provided that no consent of the Borrower or any Additional Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing) to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower and any Additional Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower, any Additional Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Collateral Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Borrower and any Additional Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with the consent of the Borrower and any Additional Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Borrower or any Additional Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing) to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Collateral Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Collateral Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Collateral Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower and any Additional Borrower to a successor Collateral Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Collateral Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Collateral Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Lead Arranger, an Amendment No. 1 Arranger, an Amendment No. 2 Arranger, an Amendment No. 3 Arranger, an Amendment No. 4 Arranger, a Co-Documentation Agent or a Co-Syndication Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any BankLender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as a Lead Arranger, Amendment No. 1 Arranger, Amendment ▇▇. ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇. ▇ Arranger, Amendment No. 4 Arranger, Co-Documentation Agent and/or Co-Syndication Agent, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Agents in the preceding paragraph. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities Lender shall be read liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Agents) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Agents shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In their respective capacities, the Agents are “representatives” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Agents to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Agents) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Agents for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Agents are hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Collateral Agent to release or, as applicable, subordinate any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent upon any Collateral and to enter into non-disturbance or similar agreements, in each case, in connection with any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(b)(xvi)(ii) and any other Indebtedness described in Section 9.13, in connection with dispositions of assets permitted under Section 6.02 or, other than with respect to lien release, in connection with licensing or sub-licensing transactions permitted under Sections 6.02 and 6.03, all as described further therein. Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release or subordinate particular types or items of Collateral and enter into non-disturbance or similar agreements pursuant hereto. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement (and any amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of or supplements to or other modifications to, and extensions, restructuring, renewals, replacements of, such agreements) in connection with the incurrence by any Loan Party of any Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt, Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, or any other Indebtedness permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be secured by the Collateral on a pari passu or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each of the Banks hereby exempts the Administrative Agent from the restrictions pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to any other applicable lawjunior priority secured basis, in each case in order to permit such Indebtedness to be secured by a valid, perfected Lien (with such priority as may be designated by Irish Holdco or relevant Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent legally possible such priority is permitted by the Loan Documents), and the parties hereto acknowledge that each Intercreditor Agreement is (if entered into) binding upon them. Each Lender (a) understands, acknowledges and agrees that Liens may be created on the Collateral pursuant to such Bank. A Bank the documentation relating to any Indebtedness incurred as permitted by this Agreement which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act is (in accordance with the terms hereof) to be secured thereby, on a pari passu, or junior, secured basis to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations, which Liens securing any such other Indebtedness shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this the relevant Intercreditor Agreement and/or any other Loan Document executed and delivered as required pursuant hereby, (b) hereby agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to this the provisions of the respective Intercreditor Agreement and/or (if entered into) and (c) hereby authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement (and any amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of or supplements to or other modifications to, such other agreements) in connection with the incurrence by any Loan Document or grant a special power Party of attorney to a party acting on its behalfany secured Indebtedness as contemplated above, in order to permit such Indebtedness to be secured by a manner that valid, perfected Lien (with such priority as may be designated by the Applicable Borrower or relevant Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent such priority is not prohibited pursuant permitted by the Loan Documents), and to section 181 of subject the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable lawsLiens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations to the provisions thereof.
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The Agents. (a) Each Bank of the Lenders hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase BankCitibank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this Agreement, its administrative agent and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase BankCitibank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, to take such action actions on its behalf under behalf, including execution of the provisions of this Agreement other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, and Citibank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment. The motivations Citibank, N.A. or an Affiliate or designee thereof shall also act as the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents (for purposes of this Article VIII and Sections 9.03 and 2.14, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be collectively referred to as the “Agents”), and each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes Citibank, N.A. (and Citibank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment) and each such Affiliate and designee to act as the agent of such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Article VIII for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything Agent, shall be entitled to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover benefits of all provisions of this Agreement Article VIII and Article IX (including Section 9.03), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. The banks serving as the Agents hereunder shall have any rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities the same rights and powers in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder in its their capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding Lenders as any provision other Lender and may exercise the same as though they were not an Agent, and such banks and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to the contrary elsewhere and generally engage in this Agreement, no any kind of business with Irish Holdco or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if they were not an Agent hereunder. The Agents shall not have any duties or responsibilities, obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the respective Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Irish Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by any bank serving as an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Agents shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02 or elsewhere in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Agents shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the respective Agent by Irish Holdco, a Borrower or a Lender, and no Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. The Agents shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by them to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Agents also may rely upon any statement made to them orally or by telephone and believed by them to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Irish Holdco, Irish Intermediate Holdco, Irish New Intermediate Holdco or the Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by them, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Agents may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the respective Agent. The Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all their duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agents and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with the consent of the Borrowers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), provided that no consent of the Borrowers shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing) to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Collateral Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with the consent of the Borrowers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Borrowers shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing) to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Collateral Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Collateral Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Collateral Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Collateral Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After the Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Collateral Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Collateral Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Lead Arranger, a Co-Documentation Agent or a Co-Syndication Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any BankLender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as a Lead Arranger, Co-Documentation Agent and/or Co-Syndication Agent, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Agents in the preceding paragraph. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities Lender shall be read liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Agents) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Agents shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In their respective capacities, the Agents are “representatives” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Agents to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Agents) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Agents for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Agents are hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Collateral Agent to release or, as applicable, subordinate any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent upon any Collateral and to enter into non-disturbance or similar agreements, in each case, in connection with any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(b)(xvi)(ii) and any other Indebtedness described in Section 9.13, in connection with dispositions of assets permitted under Section 6.02 or, other than with respect to lien release, in connection with licensing or sub-licensing transactions permitted under Sections 6.02 and 6.03, all as described further therein. Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release or subordinate particular types or items of Collateral and enter into non-disturbance or similar agreements pursuant hereto. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement (and any amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of or supplements to or other modifications to, and extensions, restructuring, renewals, replacements of, such agreements) in connection with the incurrence by any Loan Party of any Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt, Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, or any other Indebtedness permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be secured by the Collateral on a pari passu or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each of the Banks hereby exempts the Administrative Agent from the restrictions pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to any other applicable lawjunior priority secured basis, in each case in order to permit such Indebtedness to be secured by a valid, perfected Lien (with such priority as may be designated by Irish Holdco or relevant Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent legally possible such priority is permitted by the Loan Documents), and the parties hereto acknowledge that each Intercreditor Agreement is (if entered into) binding upon them. Each Lender (a) understands, acknowledges and agrees that Liens may be created on the Collateral pursuant to such Bank. A Bank the documentation relating to any Indebtedness incurred as permitted by this Agreement which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act is (in accordance with the terms hereof) to be secured thereby, on a pari passu, or junior, secured basis to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations, which Liens securing any such other Indebtedness shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this the relevant Intercreditor Agreement and/or any other Loan Document executed and delivered as required pursuant hereby, (b) hereby agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to this the provisions of the respective Intercreditor Agreement and/or (if entered into) and (c) hereby authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement (and any amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of or supplements to or other modifications to, such other agreements) in connection with the incurrence by any Loan Document or grant a special power Party of attorney to a party acting on its behalfany secured Indebtedness as contemplated above, in order to permit such Indebtedness to be secured by a manner that valid, perfected Lien (with such priority as may be designated by the Borrowers or relevant Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent such priority is not prohibited pursuant permitted by the Loan Documents), and to section 181 of subject the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable lawsLiens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations to the provisions thereof.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders (a) Each Bank including in its capacity as a potential counterparty under a Secured Swap Agreement or a provider of Secured Cash Management Services), Secured Parties and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. JPMCB as the Administrative Agent of and Collateral Agent (and JPMCB hereby accepts such Bank under this Agreement, appointment) and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, and the Collateral Agent to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreementhereof, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Except, in each case, as set forth in the sixth paragraph of this Article, the provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, and no Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. Each Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and of the Guarantees of the Obligations provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed to the provisions of this Article. The motivations Person serving as the Agent (which for purposes of this Article shall mean the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of any Borrower.
(bCollateral Agent) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover of this Agreement hereunder shall have any rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder same rights and powers in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding a Lender as any provision other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Lenders or the Issuing Banks. The Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, obligations except those expressly set forth hereinherein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent: (a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.2 or in the other Loan Documents); provided that the Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any fiduciary relationship of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.2) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision). The Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any BankDefault unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and no implied covenantsthe Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations warranty or liabilities shall be read into representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or otherwise exist against any Agent.
other Loan Document, (dii) Each the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the Banks hereby exempts covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agent. Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. The Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. The Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Agent. The Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. The Administrative Agent shall have the right to resign at any time by giving prior written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall have the right to appoint a financial institution to act as the Administrative Agent from and/or the restrictions pursuant Collateral Agent hereunder, subject to section 181 the reasonable satisfaction of the German Civil Code Borrower and the Required Lenders, and the Administrative Agent’s resignation shall become effective on the earliest of (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuchi) 30 days after delivery of the notice of resignation, (ii) the acceptance of such successor Administrative Agent by the Borrower and similar restrictions applicable the Required Lenders or (iii) such other date, if any, agreed to it pursuant to by the Borrower and the Required Lenders. Upon any other applicable lawsuch notice of resignation, if a successor Administrative Agent has not already been appointed by the retiring Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in each case consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If neither the extent legally possible to such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify Required Lenders nor the Administrative Agent accordingly andhave appointed a successor Administrative Agent, upon request the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have succeeded to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided that, until a successor Administrative Agent is so appointed by the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, either act any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent in accordance its role as the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks under any of the Loan Documents shall continue to be held by the retiring Collateral Agent as nominee until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed. Any successor Administrative Agent shall be a bank with an office in the United States or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, that successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent shall promptly (x) transfer to such successor Administrative Agent all sums, securities and other items of Collateral held under the Collateral Documents, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the terms performance of the duties of the successor Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents, and (y) execute and deliver to such successor Administrative Agent such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Administrative Agent of the security interests created under the Collateral Documents, whereupon such retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. Except as provided above, any resignation of JPMCB or its successor as the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Article shall also constitute the resignation of JPMCB or its successor as the Collateral Agent. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Article IX shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder and while it continues to hold any collateral security as nominee until a successor Collateral Agent is appointed. Any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to this Article IX shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Collateral Agent for all purposes hereunder. In addition to the foregoing, the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving prior written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Grantors. The Administrative Agent shall have the right to appoint a financial institution as the Collateral Agent hereunder, subject to the reasonable satisfaction of the Borrower and the Required Lenders and the Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective on the earliest of (i) 30 days after delivery of the notice of resignation, (ii) the acceptance of such successor Collateral Agent by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or (iii) such other date, if any, agreed to by the Required Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent and in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor Collateral Agent. Until a successor Collateral Agent is so appointed by the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, any collateral security held by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders and/or the Issuing Banks under any of the Loan Documents shall continue to be held by the retiring Collateral Agent as nominee until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, that successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, and the retiring Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall promptly (x) transfer to such successor Collateral Agent all sums, securities and other items of Collateral held hereunder or under the Collateral Documents, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, and (y) execute and deliver to such successor Collateral Agent or otherwise authorize the filing of such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Collateral Agent of the security interests created under the Collateral Documents, whereupon such retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the Collateral Documents. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Agreement and/or and the Collateral Documents shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under this Agreement or the Collateral Documents while it was the Collateral Agent hereunder and while it continues to hold any collateral security as nominee until a successor Collateral Agent is appointed. Any resignation of JPMCB or its successor as the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Article IX shall also constitute the resignation of JPMCB or its successor as Swing Line Lender and Issuing Bank, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to this Section shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become successor Swing Line Lender and Issuing Bank for all purposes hereunder. In such event (i) the Borrower shall prepay any outstanding Swing Line Loans made by the retiring Administrative Agent in its capacity as Swing Line Lender, (ii) upon such prepayment, the retiring Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender shall surrender any Swing Line Note held by it to the Borrower for cancellation, and (iii) the Borrower shall issue, if so requested by successor Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender, a new Swing Line Note to the successor Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender, in the principal amount of the Swing Line Sublimit then in effect and with other appropriate insertions. After such resignation of JPMCB as an Issuing Bank hereunder, JPMCB shall remain a party hereto to the extent that Letters of Credit issued by it remain outstanding and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document as required pursuant or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Arranger nor any Joint Bookrunner shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement and/or such or any of the other Loan Document Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or grant a special power Lender hereunder. Each Secured Party hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, on behalf of attorney to a party acting on its behalf, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 and for the benefit of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable laws.Secured Parties, to be the agent for and representative of the Secured Parties with respect to the Guaranty, the Collateral and the Collatera
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The Agents. (a) Each Bank of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably designates appoints the Agents as its agents and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as authorizes the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this Agreement, and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, Agents to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent them by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations provisions of this Section 8.01 (other than as expressly provided herein) are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders and no Loan Party shall have any rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of the provisions of this Section 8.01 (other than as expressly provided herein). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any provision of any other Loan Document, each of the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Joint Bookrunners are named as such for recognition purposes only, and in their respective capacities as such shall have no duties, responsibilities or liabilities with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document; it being understood and agreed that each of the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agent and the Joint Bookrunners shall be entitled to all indemnification and reimbursement rights in favor of the Agents provided herein and in the other Loan Documents and all of the other benefits of this Section 8.01. Each of the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Joint Bookrunners, without consent of or notice to any party hereto, may assign any and all of its rights or obligations hereunder to any of its Affiliates. Without limitation of the foregoing, neither the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents nor the Joint Bookrunners in their respective capacities as such shall, by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, have any fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender, Loan Party or any other Person. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent are commercial and Collateral Agent shall have the same rights and powers in nature its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) neither Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers unless and until such Agent shall have received instructions from the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances, as provided in Section 9.02) and, upon receipt of such instructions from Required Lenders (or such other Lenders, as the case may be), such Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such instructions and shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Neither Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) under or in connection with any Loan Document or (ii) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction). Neither Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and neither Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by them, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through its respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agents and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. All of the rights, benefits, and privileges (including the exculpatory and indemnification provisions) of this paragraph and of Section 9.03 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities as sub-agent as if such sub-agent and Related Parties were named herein. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to each such sub-agent appointed by an Agent, (i) such sub-agent shall be a third-party beneficiary under this Agreement with respect to all such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) and shall have all of the rights and benefits of a third-party beneficiary, including an independent right of action to enforce such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) directly, without the consent or joinder of any other Person, against any or all of Loan Parties and the Lenders, (ii) such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) of such sub-agent shall not be modified or amended without the consent of such sub-agent, and (iii) such sub-agent shall only have obligations to the Administrative Agent and not to invest in the general performance any Loan Party, Lender or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreementother Person and no Loan Party, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover of this Agreement Lender or any other Person shall have any rights, dutiesdirectly or indirectly, responsibilities as a third-party beneficiary or liabilities otherwise, against such sub-agent. Each Lender, in proportion to its Applicable Aggregate Percentage, severally agrees to indemnify each Agent, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender, to the extent that such respective capacity Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender shall not have been reimbursed by any Loan Party (and without limiting its obligation to do so), for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender in exercising its powers, rights and remedies or performing its duties hereunder or under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder other Loan Documents or otherwise in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding such Agent in any provision way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the contrary elsewhere other Loan Documents; provided, that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Agent’s, Issuing Bank’s Swingline Lender’s, as applicable gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. If any indemnity furnished to any Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as applicable, be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as applicable, may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided, that in no event shall this Agreementsentence require any Lender to indemnify any Agent, no Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lender’s Applicable Aggregate Revolving Percentage thereof; and provided, further, that this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement described in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence. The Administrative Agent shall have the right to resign at any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bank, time by giving prior written notice thereof to the Lenders and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each of have the Banks hereby exempts right to appoint a financial institution to act as the Administrative Agent from and/or the restrictions pursuant Collateral Agent hereunder, subject to section 181 the reasonable satisfaction of the German Civil Code Borrower and the Required ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, and the Administrative Agent’s resignation shall become effective on the earlier of (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuchi) the acceptance of such successor Administrative Agent by the Borrower and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to the Required Lenders or (ii) the thirtieth day after such notice of resignation. Upon any other applicable lawsuch notice of resignation, in each case if a successor Administrative Agent has not already been appointed by the retiring Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right, upon 5 Business Days’ notice to the extent legally possible Borrower, to such Bankappoint a successor Administrative Agent subject to the reasonable satisfaction of the Borrower. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify If neither the Required ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ nor the Administrative Agent accordingly andhave appointed a successor Administrative Agent, upon request then the Required ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be deemed to have succeeded to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided, that until a successor Administrative Agent is so appointed by Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, either act the Administrative Agent, by notice to the Borrower and Required Lenders, may retain its role as the Collateral Agent under any Security Document. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, that successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring the Administrative Agent and the retiring the Administrative Agent shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Administrative Agent all sums, securities and other items of Collateral held under the Security Documents, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in accordance connection with the terms performance of this Agreement and/or the duties of the successor Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Administrative Agent such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Administrative Agent of the security interests created under the Security Documents, whereupon such retiring the Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. Except as provided above, any other Loan Document resignation of Barclays Bank or its successor as required Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement and/or Section 8.01 shall also constitute the resignation of Barclays Bank or its successor as the Collateral Agent. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent hereunder. Any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Collateral Agent for all purposes hereunder. If Barclays Bank or its successor as Administrative Agent pursuant to this paragraph has resigned as Administrative Agent but retained its role as Collateral Agent and no successor Collateral Agent has become the Collateral Agent pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, Barclays Bank or its successor may resign as Collateral Agent upon notice to the Borrower and Required Lenders at any time. After any retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Document Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its respective Related Parties that at any time acted as a sub-agent in respect of any actions taken or grant omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting as Agent. In no event shall a special power Disqualified Institution be appointed an Agent hereunder. Any resignation of attorney Barclays Bank or its successor as the Administrative Agent pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall also constitute the resignation of Barclays Bank or its successor as the Swingline Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to this Section 8.01 shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Swingline Lender for all purposes hereunder. In such event (a) the Borrower shall prepay any outstanding Swingline Loans made by the retiring Administrative Agent in its capacity as Swingline Lender, (b) upon such prepayment, the retiring Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender shall surrender any Note for the Swingline Loan held by it to the Borrower for cancellation and (c) the Borrower shall issue, if so requested by the successor Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender, a party acting on its behalfnew Note for the Swingline Loan to the successor Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 the principal amount of the German Civil Code Swingline Loan then in effect and with other appropriate insertions. In addition to the foregoing, the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice thereof to Lenders and the Loan Parties. The Administrative Agent shall have the right to appoint a financial institution as Collateral Agent hereunder, subject to the reasonable satisfaction of the Borrower and the Required Lenders and the Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective on the earlier of (Bürgerliches Gesetzbucha) and/or the acceptance of such successor Collateral Agent by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or (b) the thirtieth day after such notice of resignation. Upon any other applicable laws.such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, upon 5 Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to appoint a successor Collateral Agent. Upon the acceptance of any appointme
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The Agents. (a) Each Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as In order to expedite the Administrative Agent of such Bank under transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Persons named in the heading of this Agreement (and their successors) are hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent and London Agent under the Loan Documents on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank. Each of the Lenders, each assignee of any Lender and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, Agents to take such action actions on its their behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations Agents are hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender or the Issuing Bank its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Company of any Event of Default of which the Administrative Agent are commercial has actual knowledge acquired in nature connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by the Company or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents as received by the Administrative Agent. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the Agents and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunder and without any duty to invest account therefor to the Lenders or Issuing Bank. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the general performance Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or operations other implied duties, regardless of any Borrower.
whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover of this Agreement Agents shall not have any rightsduty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, dutiesexcept discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that such Agent is required to exercise as directed upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, responsibilities or liabilities as the Agent shall believe in such respective capacity good faith to be necessary, under this Agreement nor the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents), provided that the Agent shall any such Person have the authority not be required to take any action hereunder that, in its capacity as such.
opinion, could expose the Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, rule or regulation, and (c) Notwithstanding except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, Agents shall not have any provision duty to disclose, and Agents shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the contrary Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates thereof that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Agents shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. Agents shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Company, and Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory or sender thereof). Each Agent also may rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the signatory or sender thereof), and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. After the Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, no Agent any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Agents or the Lenders on the Effective Date. None of the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents or the Documentation Agents shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bank, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into under this Agreement or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each of the Banks hereby exempts the Administrative Agent from the restrictions pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to any other applicable law, in each case to the extent legally possible to such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document (except in its capacity, as required pursuant to this Agreement and/or applicable, as a Lender or as Agents or Issuing Bank), but all such other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney to a party acting on its behalf, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 Persons shall have the benefit of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable lawsindemnities provided for hereunder.
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The Agents. (a) Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably designates appoints Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch as its administrative agent and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent of such authorizes Deutsche Bank under this Agreement, and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, AG New York Branch to take such action actions on its behalf under behalf, including execution of the provisions of this Agreement other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch hereby accepts such appointment. The motivations Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch or an Affiliate or designee thereof shall also act as the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents (for purposes of this Article VIII and Section 9.03, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be collectively referred to as the “Agents”), and each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch (and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch hereby accepts such appointment) and each such Affiliate and designee to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Bank for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Article VIII for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything Agent, shall be entitled to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover benefits of all provisions of this Agreement Article VIII and Article IX (including Section 9.03), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. The banks serving as the Agents hereunder shall have any rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder same rights and powers in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding a Lender as any provision other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such banks and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the contrary elsewhere in this AgreementParent, no the Irish Holdco or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if they were not an Agent hereunder. The Agents shall not have any duties or responsibilities, obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the respective Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Parent, the Irish Holdco or any of their respective Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by any bank serving as an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Agents shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02 or elsewhere in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Agents shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the respective Agent by the Irish Holdco, the Irish Sub Holdco, the Lux Holdco, a Borrower or a Lender, and no Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. The Agents shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Agents also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Parent, the Irish Holdco, the Irish Sub Holdco, the Lux Holdco or the Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Agents may perform any and all its duties and exercise their rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the respective Agent. The Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agents and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrowers. Any such resignation by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender, as applicable, in which case the resigning Administrative Agent (x) shall not be required to issue any further Letters of Credit or make any additional Swingline Loans hereunder and (y) shall maintain all of its rights as Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as the case may be, with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it, or Swingline Loans made by it, prior to the date of such resignation. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with the consent of the Borrowers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), provided that no consent of the Borrowers shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h), (i), (j) or (k) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing) to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Collateral Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with the consent of the Borrowers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Borrowers shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h), (i), (j) or (k) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing) to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Collateral Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Collateral Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Collateral Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Collateral Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After the Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Collateral Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Collateral Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Lead Arranger, a Documentation Agent or a Syndication Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any BankLender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as a Lead Arranger, Documentation Agent and/or Syndication Agent, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Agents in the preceding paragraph. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities Lender shall be read into this Agreement liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each set forth herein in case of the Banks hereby exempts Agents) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Agents shall have the Administrative Agent from exclusive right on behalf of the restrictions Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to any other applicable law, in each case to the extent legally possible to such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or Agreement. In their respective capacities, the Agents are “representatives” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Agents to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Agents) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any other Loan Document Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Agents for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as required pursuant to this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document or grant collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Agents are hereby authorized, and hereby granted a special power of attorney attorney, to a party acting execute and deliver on its behalf, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 behalf of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or Secured Parties any other applicable laws.Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and
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The Agents. (a) Each Bank of the Lenders hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase BankCitibank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this Agreement, its administrative agent and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase BankCitibank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, to take such action actions on its behalf under behalf, including execution of the provisions of this Agreement other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, and Citibank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment. The motivations Citibank, N.A. or an Affiliate or designee thereof shall also act as the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents (for purposes of this Article VIII and Sections 9.03 and 2.14, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be collectively referred to as the “Agents”), and each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes Citibank, N.A. (and Citibank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment) and each such Affiliate and designee to act as the agent of such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Article VIII for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything Agent, shall be entitled to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover benefits of all provisions of this Agreement Article VIII and Article IX (including Section 9.03), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. The banks serving as the Agents hereunder shall have any rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities the same rights and powers in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder in its their capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding Lenders as any provision other Lender and may exercise the same as though they were not an Agent, and such banks and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to the contrary elsewhere and generally engage in this Agreement, no any kind of business with Irish Holdco or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if they were not an Agent hereunder. The Agents shall not have any duties or responsibilities, obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the respective Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Irish Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by any bank serving as an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Agents shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02 or elsewhere in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Agents shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the respective Agent by Irish Holdco, the Borrower or a Lender, and no Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. The Agents shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by them to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Agents also may rely upon any statement made to them orally or by telephone and believed by them to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Irish Holdco, the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by them, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Agents may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the respective Agent. The Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all their duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agents and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Borrower and any Additional Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with the consent of the Borrower and any Additional Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), provided that no consent of the Borrower or any Additional Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing) to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower and any Additional Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower, any Additional Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Collateral Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Borrower and any Additional Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with the consent of the Borrower and any Additional Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Borrower or any Additional Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing) to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Collateral Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Collateral Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Collateral Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower and any Additional Borrower to a successor Collateral Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Collateral Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Collateral Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Lead Arranger, an Amendment No. 1 Arranger, an Amendment No. 2 Arranger, an Amendment No. 3 Arranger, a Co-Documentation Agent or a Co-Syndication Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any BankLender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as a Lead Arranger, Amendment No. 1 Arranger, Amendment No. 2 Arranger, Amendment No. 3 Arranger, Co-Documentation Agent and/or Co-Syndication Agent, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Agents in the preceding paragraph. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities Lender shall be read liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Agents) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Agents shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In their respective capacities, the Agents are “representatives” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Agents to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Agents) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Agents for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Agents are hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Collateral Agent to release or, as applicable, subordinate any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent upon any Collateral and to enter into non-disturbance or similar agreements, in each case, in connection with any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(b)(xvi)(ii) and any other Indebtedness described in Section 9.13, in connection with dispositions of assets permitted under Section 6.02 or, other than with respect to lien release, in connection with licensing or sub-licensing transactions permitted under Sections 6.02 and 6.03, all as described further therein. Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release or subordinate particular types or items of Collateral and enter into non-disturbance or similar agreements pursuant hereto. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement (and any amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of or supplements to or other modifications to, and extensions, restructuring, renewals, replacements of, such agreements) in connection with the incurrence by any Loan Party of any Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt, Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, or any other Indebtedness permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be secured by the Collateral on a pari passu or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each of the Banks hereby exempts the Administrative Agent from the restrictions pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to any other applicable lawjunior priority secured basis, in each case in order to permit such Indebtedness to be secured by a valid, perfected Lien (with such priority as may be designated by Irish Holdco or relevant Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent legally possible such priority is permitted by the Loan Documents), and the parties hereto acknowledge that each Intercreditor Agreement is (if entered into) binding upon them. Each Lender (a) understands, acknowledges and agrees that Liens may be created on the Collateral pursuant to such Bank. A Bank the documentation relating to any Indebtedness incurred as permitted by this Agreement which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act is (in accordance with the terms hereof) to be secured thereby, on a pari passu, or junior, secured basis to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations, which Liens securing any such other Indebtedness shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this the relevant Intercreditor Agreement and/or any other Loan Document executed and delivered as required pursuant hereby, (b) hereby agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to this the provisions of the respective Intercreditor Agreement and/or (if entered into) and (c) hereby authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement (and any amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of or supplements to or other modifications to, such other agreements) in connection with the incurrence by any Loan Document or grant a special power Party of attorney to a party acting on its behalfany secured Indebtedness as contemplated above, in order to permit such Indebtedness to be secured by a manner that valid, perfected Lien (with such priority as may be designated by the Applicable Borrower or relevant Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent such priority is not prohibited pursuant permitted by the Loan Documents), and to section 181 of subject the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable lawsLiens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations to the provisions thereof.
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The Agents. (a) Each Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as In order to expedite the Administrative Agent of such Bank under transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Persons named in the heading of this Agreement are hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent and London Agent on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank. Each of the Lenders, each assignee of any Lender and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, Agents to take such action actions on its behalf under of such Lender or assignee or the provisions of this Agreement Issuing Bank and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations Administrative Agent and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the London Agent are hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender or the Issuing Bank its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Company of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent are commercial has actual knowledge acquired in nature connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by the Company or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents as received by the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement in the event that all the capital stock of such Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of to a Person other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company in a transaction not prohibited by Section 6.04. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the Agents and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to invest and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the general performance Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Agent shall be subject to any fiduciary or operations other implied duties, regardless of any Borrower.
whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover of this Agreement no Agent shall have any rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority duty to take any discretionary action hereunder or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that such Agent is required to exercise upon receipt of notice in its capacity writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as such.
shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02), and (c) Notwithstanding any provision to except as expressly set forth in the contrary elsewhere in this AgreementLoan Documents, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bankduty to disclose, and no implied Agent shall be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the institution serving as Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by a Borrower (in which case such Agent shall give written notice to each other Lender), and no Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, functionsagreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein, responsibilities(iv) the validity, dutiesenforceability, obligations effectiveness or liabilities genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be read into this Agreement entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or otherwise exist against other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and in good faith believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub- agents appointed by such Agent.
(d) . Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the Banks hereby exempts preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. In taking any discretionary action hereunder, or in determining whether any provision hereof is applicable to any event, transaction or circumstance, the Administrative Agent from may, in its discretion, but shall not be required (unless required by any other express provision hereof) to, communicate such proposed action or determination to the restrictions pursuant Lenders prior to section 181 of taking or making the German Civil Code same, and shall be entitled (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant subject to any other otherwise applicable lawrequirement of Section 10.02(b)), in each case to the extent legally possible to absence of any contrary communication received from any Lender within a reasonable period of time specified in such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of communication from the Administrative Agent, either act to assume that such proposed action or determination is satisfactory to such Lender. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in accordance this paragraph, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with (so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing) the terms consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York or London, as applicable, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After the Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Agreement and/or Article and Section 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The institutions named as required pursuant to Syndication Agent and as Co- Documentation Agents in the heading of this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney to a party acting on its behalfshall not, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 their capacities as such, have any duties or responsibilities of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable lawskind under this Agreement.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Coors Adolph Co)
The Agents. (a) Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as each of the Administrative Agent of and the Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes such Bank under this Agreement, and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative such Agent by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction, each of the Administrative Lenders hereby grants to the Collateral Agent are commercial any required powers of attorney to execute and enforce any Collateral Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s behalf. Each of the banks serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in nature its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to invest and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent under the Loan Documents. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the general performance Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or operations other implied duties, regardless of any Borrower.
whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the applicable Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 8.02 or Section 8.02A) or, in the case of the Collateral Documents, the Required Secured Parties, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the banks serving as Agents or any of their respective Affiliates in any capacity. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 8.02 or Section 8.02A) or, in the case of the Collateral Documents, the Required Secured Parties, or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Company or a Lender, and the Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate (including any Borrowing Base Certificate), report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) qualification of (or lapse of any qualification of) any Account, Credit Card Receivable, Inventory or real property under the eligibility criteria set forth herein, other than eligibility criteria expressly referring to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to, or being determined by, the Collateral Agent, (iv) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (v) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the applicable Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary contrary, the Agents shall not be liable for, or be responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by the Borrowers, any Lender or any Issuing Bank as a result of, any such determination of the Credit Exposure, Excess Availability, the Borrowing Base or the component amounts of any thereof. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate (including any Borrowing Base Certificate), consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each of the Agents also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby agrees that (a) it has requested a copy of each Report prepared by or on behalf of any Agent; (b) the Agents (i) make no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the completeness or accuracy of any Report or any of the information contained therein or any inaccuracy or omission contained in or relating to any Report and (ii) shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report; (c) the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, and any Person performing any field examination will inspect only specific information regarding the Loan Parties and will rely significantly upon the Loan Parties’ books and records, as well as on representations of the Loan Parties’ personnel, and that the Agents undertake no obligation to update, correct or supplement the Reports; (d) it will keep all Reports confidential and strictly for its internal use and not share any Report with any other Person except as otherwise permitted pursuant to this Agreement; and (e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, it will pay and protect, and indemnify, defend and hold the Agents, each other Person preparing a Report and the Related Parties of any of the foregoing harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses and other amounts (including reasonable attorney fees) incurred by any of them as the direct or indirect result of any third parties hereto hereby agree who obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender. Each of the Agents may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each of the Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders (or, in the case of the Collateral Agent, the Required Secured Parties) shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor. In addition, if either Agent is a Defaulting Lender due to it having had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business or custodian appointed for it, the Required Lenders shall have the right, by notice in writing to the Company and such Agent, to remove such Agent in its capacity as such and, with the consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld and except during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, when no consent shall be required), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders (or, in the case of the Collateral Agent, the Required Secured Parties) and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as an Agent by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Company to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After such Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 8.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that neither it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon any Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Syndication Agents, Agents and the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners Co-Documentation Agents (each as identified on the cover page of this Agreement shall have any rightsAgreement) (each of the foregoing, duties, responsibilities or liabilities in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere , a “Titled Person”), in this Agreementtheir capacities as such, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilitiesno rights, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bank, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilitiespowers, duties, liabilities, fiduciary relationships or obligations under any Loan Document or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) of the other documents related hereto. Each of the Banks Lenders hereby exempts (a) agrees to be bound by the Administrative Agent from the restrictions pursuant to section 181 provisions of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions Collateral Documents, including those terms thereof applicable to it pursuant the Collateral Agent and the provisions thereof authorizing the Required Secured Parties to approve amendments or modifications thereto or waivers thereof, and to control remedies thereunder, and (b) irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to (i) release any other applicable law, Liens on any Non-ABL Priority Collateral in each case to the extent legally possible to such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act accordance with an Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) release any Liens on any Collateral in accordance with the terms Collateral Documents, including any Liens on real property following the delivery of this a Real Property Exclusion Notice. Each of the Lenders hereby (a) authorizes and instructs the Collateral Agent to enter into an Intercreditor Agreement and/or any other Loan Document as required pursuant to this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney to a party acting on its behalf, in a manner if Indebtedness is incurred that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code secured by Liens contemplated by clause (Bürgerliches Gesetzbucha)(viii), (a)(ix), (a)(x), (b)(ix), (b)(x) and/or any other applicable laws.or (b)(xi) of
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Sources: Amendment and Restatement Agreement (L Brands, Inc.)
The Agents. (a) Each Bank hereby irrevocably designates Certain Duties and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Responsibilities of the Administrative Agent of Agents:
(1) the Agents undertake to perform such Bank under this Agreement, duties and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform only such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained specifically set forth in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover of this Agreement shall have any rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any BankIndenture, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, covenants or obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist Indenture against any Agent.. No Agent shall be under any fiduciary duty or other obligation towards, or have any relationship of agency or trust, for or with any person other than the Issuer. The Paying Agent shall not be required to make any payments to any holder of a Note if under any laws or regulations affecting the Paying Agent, such payment is not permitted;
(d2) no provision of this Indenture shall require an Agent to take any action or fail to take any action that may cause it to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it believes in its absolute discretion that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to it;
(3) the Agents may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties including but not limited to any instruction provided to it by the Issuer or, as the case may be, the Trustee. Each Agent may refrain, without liability, from acting under any instructions that it determines, in its sole discretion, are equivocal, unclear or conflicting. Except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or as required by law, the Agents shall be entitled to treat the Holder of any Note as the absolute owner thereof for all and shall not be required to obtain any proof thereof or as to the identity of the Banks hereby exempts bearer or holder;
(4) the Administrative Agents may consult with counsel and the written advice (including by email) of such counsel and any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) The rights, powers, duties and obligations and actions of each Agent under this Indenture are several and not joint or joint and several;
(6) The Issuer and the Agents acknowledge and agree that in the event of a Default or Event of Default, the Trustee may, by notice in writing to the Issuer and the Agents, require that the Agents act as agents of, and take instructions exclusively from, the Trustee. Prior to receiving such written notice from the restrictions pursuant to section 181 Trustee, the Agents shall be the agents of the German Civil Code Issuer and need have no concern for the interests of the Holders;
(Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch7) Any obligation the Agents may have to publish a notice to Holders of Global Notes on behalf of the Issuer will be met upon delivery of the notice to Euroclear and/or Clearstream, as applicable, if and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant so long as any Notes are represented by one or more Global Notes and ownership of book-entry interests therein are shown on the records of Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable;
(8) In the event that instructions given to any other applicable lawAgent are not reasonably clear, then such Agent shall be entitled to seek clarification from the Issuer by written request promptly and in each case any event within one Business Day of receipt by such Agent of such instructions. If an Agent has sought clarification in accordance with this clause (8), then such Agent shall be entitled to take no action until such clarification is provided, and shall not incur any liability for not taking any action pending receipt of such clarification;
(9) The Issuer hereby authorizes and directs the Paying Agent to make from funds so paid to the extent legally possible to such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify Paying Agent payment of all amounts due on the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request Notes in accordance with the terms of the Administrative Agent, either act Notes and this Indenture. No Agent shall be required to make any payment under this Indenture unless and until it has received the full amount to be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or Indenture. To the extent that an Agent has made a payment for which it did not receive the full amount, the Issuer will reimburse the Agent the full amount of any shortfall. If any payment provided hereunder is made late but otherwise in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Paying Agent shall nevertheless make payments in respect of the Notes as aforesaid following receipt by the Paying Agent of the necessary funds;
(10) The Agents shall act solely as agents of the Issuer and shall have no fiduciary or other Loan Document obligation towards, or have any relationship of agency or trust, for or with any Person other than the Issuer, except as required pursuant expressly stated elsewhere in this Indenture;
(11) The Issuer shall notify each Agent in the event that it determines that any payment to this Agreement and/or be made by an Agent under the Notes is a payment which could be subject to FATCA Withholding if such other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney payment were made to a party acting on its behalf, in a manner recipient that is not prohibited pursuant generally unable to section 181 receive payments free from FATCA Withholding, and the extent to which the relevant payment is so treated; provided, however, that the Issuer’s obligation under this clause (11) shall apply only to the extent that such payments are so treated by virtue of characteristics of the German Civil Code Issuer, the Notes, or both;
(Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch12) and/or In the event that the Issuer determines in its sole discretion that deduction or withholding for or on account of any other applicable laws.Tax will be required by Applicable Law in connection with any payment due to any of the Agents on any Notes, then the Issuer will be entitled to redirect or reorganize any such payment in any way that it sees fit in order that the payment may be made without such deduction or withholding; provided that any such redirected or reorganized payment is made through a recognized institution of international standing and otherwise made in accordance with this Indenture and the Applicable Law. The Issuer will promptly notify the Agents and the Trustee of any such redirection or reorganization. To the extent the Trustee or the Paying Agent is required to withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of any Tax, the Issuer shall give notice thereof to the Paying Agent and the Trustee as soon as it becomes aware of such requirement and shall give to the Paying Agent and Trustee such information as the Paying Agent or Trustee requires to enable it to make such deduction or withholding;
(13) For the purposes of this Section 7.13(a), the following definitions apply:
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders (aincluding in any Lender’s other capacity hereunder), the Issuing Bank and each of the Other Secured Counterparties (each of the foregoing referred to as the “Lenders” for purposes of this Article 10) Each Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Senior Funding, N.A. Inc. as each of the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this Agreement, and Collateral Agent and authorizes each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative any Agent by the terms of this AgreementAgreement or any other Loan Document, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders to (i) execute any and all documents (including any release) with respect to the Collateral, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document, (ii) negotiate, enforce or settle any claim, action or proceeding affecting the Lenders in their capacity as such, at the discretion of the Required Lenders, which negotiation, enforcement or settlement will be binding upon each Lender and (iii) to approve or disapprove of any transaction described in Section 6.03. Except, in each case, as set forth in the sixth paragraph of this Article, the provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, and the Borrower shall not have rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions. The motivations of Person serving as the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in and/or the general performance or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover of this Agreement Collateral Agent hereunder shall have any rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder same rights and powers in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding a Lender as any provision other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as an Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Lenders. Neither Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither Agent: (a) shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that such Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 11.02 or in the other Loan Documents); provided that such Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (c) shall, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, nor shall it be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Neither Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 11.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Agents shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and such Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article 4 or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent and each Arranger shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent and each Arranger may also rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. Each Agent and each Arranger may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States; provided that, in the event that such successor or Administrative Agent appointed by the Required Lenders is not one of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Senior Funding, Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sachs Bank USA or ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities LLC, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bankof their respective affiliates, and so long as no implied covenantsEvent of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, functionsthe Borrower shall have the right to consent to such successor Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, responsibilitiesthen the retiring Administrative Agent may, dutieson behalf of the Lenders, obligations appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as either Administrative Agent or liabilities Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (as applicable), and the retiring Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (as applicable) shall be read discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Article). The fees payable by the Borrower to any successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 11.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon either Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Arrangers shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each of the Banks hereby exempts other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or a Lender hereunder. The Borrower, any Lender and any Affiliate of a Lender may from time to time designate a qualifying agreement as a Secured Agreement upon written notice (a “Designation Notice”) to the Administrative Agent from the restrictions Borrower and such Lender and such Affiliate, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. No Other Secured Counterparty that obtains the benefits of any Loan Document or any Collateral by virtue of this paragraph shall have any right in connection with the management or release of the Collateral or of the obligations of any Obligor under the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 10 to the contrary, no Agent shall be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under Secured Agreements. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Other Secured Counterparty shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and agreed to be bound by the Loan Documents as a Secured Party thereunder, subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph. Further, each Secured Party hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent:
(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon satisfaction of any conditions to release specified in any Collateral Document, (ii) that is disposed of or to be disposed of as part of or in connection with any disposition permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document to any Person other than an Obligor, (iii) subject to Section 11.02, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, (iv) owned by a Guarantor upon release of such Guarantor from its obligations under this Agreement, or (v) as expressly provided in the Collateral Documents;
(b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations hereunder if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder; and
(c) upon request of the Borrower, to take such actions as shall be required to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to the Collateral Agent to the holder of a Lien permitted by Section 6.02 or to enter into any intercreditor agreement with the holder of any such Lien. Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations hereunder pursuant to section 181 this paragraph. In each case as specified in this Article 10, the Collateral Agent will, at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Obligor such documents as such Obligor may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) assignment and similar restrictions applicable to it security interest granted pursuant to any other applicable lawthe Loan Documents, or to release such Guarantor from its obligations hereunder, in each case to the extent legally possible to such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or Article 10. Anything contained in any other Loan Document as required pursuant to this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney to a party acting on its behalf, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Lender and each other Secured Party hereby agree that no Secured Party (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuchother than the Collateral Agent) and/or shall have any other applicable lawsright individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the Collateral Documents may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent. Any such release of Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise shall be deemed subject to the provision that such Guaranteed Obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
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The Agents. (a) Each Bank of the Lenders hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase BankCitibank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this Agreement, its administrative agent and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase BankCitibank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, to take such action actions on its behalf under behalf, including execution of the provisions of this Agreement other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, and Citibank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment. The motivations Citibank, N.A. or an Affiliate or designee thereof shall also act as the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents (for purposes of this Article VIII and Sections 9.03 and 2.14, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be collectively referred to as the “Agents”), and each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes Citibank, N.A. (and Citibank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment) and each such Affiliate and designee to act as the agent of such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Article VIII for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything Agent, shall be entitled to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover benefits of all provisions of this Agreement Article VIII and Article IX (including Section 9.03), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. The banks serving as the Agents hereunder shall have any rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities the same rights and powers in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder in its their capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding Lenders as any provision other Lender and may exercise the same as though they were not an Agent, and such banks and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to the contrary elsewhere and generally engage in this Agreement, no any kind of business with Irish Holdco or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if they were not an Agent hereunder. The Agents shall not have any duties or responsibilities, obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the respective Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Irish Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by any bank serving as an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Agents shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02 or elsewhere in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Agents shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the respective Agent by Irish Holdco, the Borrower or a Lender, and no Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. The Agents shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by them to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Agents also may rely upon any statement made to them orally or by telephone and believed by them to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Irish Holdco, the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by them, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Agents may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the respective Agent. The Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all their duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agents and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Borrower and any Additional Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with the consent of the Borrower and any Additional Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), provided that no consent of the Borrower or any Additional Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing) to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower and any Additional Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower, any Additional Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Collateral Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Borrower and any Additional Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with the consent of the Borrower and any Additional Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Borrower or any Additional Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing) to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Collateral Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Collateral Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Collateral Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower and any Additional Borrower to a successor Collateral Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Collateral Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Collateral Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Lead Arranger, a Amendment No. 1 Arranger, a Co-Documentation Agent or a Co-Syndication Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any BankLender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as a Lead Arranger, Amendment No. 1 Arranger, Co-Documentation Agent and/or Co-Syndication Agent, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Agents in the preceding paragraph. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities Lender shall be read liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Agents) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Agents shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In their respective capacities, the Agents are “representatives” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Agents to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Agents) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Agents for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Agents are hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Collateral Agent to release or, as applicable, subordinate any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent upon any Collateral and to enter into non-disturbance or similar agreements, in each case, in connection with any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(b)(xvi)(ii) and any other Indebtedness described in Section 9.13, in connection with dispositions of assets permitted under Section 6.02 or, other than with respect to lien release, in connection with licensing or sub-licensing transactions permitted under Sections 6.02 and 6.03, all as described further therein. Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release or subordinate particular types or items of Collateral and enter into non-disturbance or similar agreements pursuant hereto. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement (and any amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of or supplements to or other modifications to, and extensions, restructuring, renewals, replacements of, such agreements) in connection with the incurrence by any Loan Party of any Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt, Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, or any other Indebtedness permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be secured by the Collateral on a pari passu or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each of the Banks hereby exempts the Administrative Agent from the restrictions pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to any other applicable lawjunior priority secured basis, in each case in order to permit such Indebtedness to be secured by a valid, perfected Lien (with such priority as may be designated by Irish Holdco or relevant Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent legally possible such priority is permitted by the Loan Documents), and the parties hereto acknowledge that each Intercreditor Agreement is (if entered into) binding upon them. Each Lender (a) understands, acknowledges and agrees that Liens may be created on the Collateral pursuant to such Bank. A Bank the documentation relating to any Indebtedness incurred as permitted by this Agreement which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act is (in accordance with the terms hereof) to be secured thereby, on a pari passu, or junior, secured basis to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations, which Liens securing any such other Indebtedness shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this the relevant Intercreditor Agreement and/or any other Loan Document executed and delivered as required pursuant hereby, (b) hereby agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to this the provisions of the respective Intercreditor Agreement and/or (if entered into) and (c) hereby authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement (and any amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of or supplements to or other modifications to, such other agreements) in connection with the incurrence by any Loan Document or grant a special power Party of attorney to a party acting on its behalfany secured Indebtedness as contemplated above, in order to permit such Indebtedness to be secured by a manner that valid, perfected Lien (with such priority as may be designated by the Applicable Borrower or relevant Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent such priority is not prohibited pursuant permitted by the Loan Documents), and to section 181 of subject the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable lawsLiens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations to the provisions thereof.
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The Agents. (a) Each Bank of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably designates appoints the Agents as its agents and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as authorizes the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this Agreement, and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, Agents to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent them by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations provisions of this Section 8.01 (other than as expressly provided herein) are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders and no Loan Party shall have any rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of the provisions of this Section 8.01 (other than as expressly provided herein). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any provision of any other Loan Document, each of the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Joint Bookrunners are named as such for recognition purposes only, and in their respective capacities as such shall have no duties, responsibilities or liabilities with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document; it being understood and agreed that each of the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agent and the Joint Bookrunners shall be entitled to all indemnification and reimbursement rights in favor of the Agents provided herein and in the other Loan Documents and all of the other benefits of this Section 8.01. Each of the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Joint Bookrunners, without consent of or notice to any party hereto, may assign any and all of its rights or obligations hereunder to any of its Affiliates. Without limitation of the foregoing, neither the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents nor the Joint Bookrunners in their respective capacities as such shall, by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, have any fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender, Loan Party or any other Person. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent are commercial and Collateral Agent shall have the same rights and powers in nature its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) neither Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers unless and until such Agent shall have received instructions from the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances, as provided in Section 9.02) and, upon receipt of such instructions from Required Lenders (or such other Lenders, as the case may be), such Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such instructions and shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Neither Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) under or in connection with any Loan Document or (ii) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction). Neither Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and neither Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by them, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through its respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agents and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. All of the rights, benefits, and privileges (including the exculpatory and indemnification provisions) of this paragraph and of Section 9.03 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities as sub-agent as if such sub-agent and Related Parties were named herein. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to each such sub-agent appointed by an Agent, (i) such sub-agent shall be a third-party beneficiary under this Agreement with respect to all such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) and shall have all of the rights and benefits of a third-party beneficiary, including an independent right of action to enforce such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) directly, without the consent or joinder of any other Person, against any or all of Loan Parties and the Lenders, (ii) such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) of such sub-agent shall not be modified or amended without the consent of such sub-agent, and (iii) such sub-agent shall only have obligations to the Administrative Agent and not to invest in the general performance any Loan Party, Lender or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreementother Person and no Loan Party, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover of this Agreement Lender or any other Person shall have any rights, dutiesdirectly or indirectly, responsibilities as a third-party beneficiary or liabilities otherwise, against such sub-agent. Each Lender, in proportion to its Applicable Aggregate Percentage, severally agrees to indemnify each Agent, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender, to the extent that such respective capacity Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender shall not have been reimbursed by any Loan Party (and without limiting its obligation to do so), for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender in exercising its powers, rights and remedies or performing its duties hereunder or under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder other Loan Documents or otherwise in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding such Agent in any provision way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the contrary elsewhere other Loan Documents; provided, that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Agent’s, Issuing Bank’s Swingline Lender’s, as applicable gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. If any indemnity furnished to any Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as applicable, be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as applicable, may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided, that in no event shall this Agreementsentence require any Lender to indemnify any Agent, no Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lender’s Applicable Aggregate Revolving Percentage thereof; and provided, further, that this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement described in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence. The Administrative Agent shall have the right to resign at any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bank, time by giving prior written notice thereof to the Lenders and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each of have the Banks hereby exempts right to appoint a financial institution to act as the Administrative Agent from and/or the restrictions pursuant Collateral Agent hereunder, subject to section 181 the reasonable satisfaction of the German Civil Code Borrower and the Required Lenders, and the Administrative Agent’s resignation shall become effective on the earlier of (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuchi) the acceptance of such successor Administrative Agent by the Borrower and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to the Required Lenders or (ii) the thirtieth day after such notice of resignation. Upon any other applicable lawsuch notice of resignation, in each case if a successor Administrative Agent has not already been appointed by the retiring Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days’ notice to the extent legally possible Borrower, to such Bankappoint a successor Administrative Agent subject to the reasonable satisfaction of the Borrower. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify If neither the Required Lenders nor the Administrative Agent accordingly andhave appointed a successor Administrative Agent, upon request then the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have succeeded to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided, that until a successor Administrative Agent is so appointed by Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, either act the Administrative Agent, by notice to the Borrower and Required Lenders, may retain its role as the Collateral Agent under any Security Document. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, that successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring the Administrative Agent and the retiring the Administrative Agent shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Administrative Agent all sums, securities and other items of Collateral held under the Security Documents, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in accordance connection with the terms performance of this Agreement and/or the duties of the successor Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Administrative Agent such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Administrative Agent of the security interests created under the Security Documents, whereupon such retiring the Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. Except as provided above, any other Loan Document resignation of Barclays Bank or its successor as required Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement and/or Section 8.01 shall also constitute the resignation of Barclays Bank or its successor as the Collateral Agent. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent hereunder. Any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Collateral Agent for all purposes hereunder. If Barclays Bank or its successor as Administrative Agent pursuant to this paragraph has resigned as Administrative Agent but retained its role as Collateral Agent and no successor Collateral Agent has become the Collateral Agent pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, Barclays Bank or its successor may resign as Collateral Agent upon notice to the Borrower and Required Lenders at any time. After any retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Document Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its respective Related Parties that at any time acted as a sub-agent in respect of any actions taken or grant omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting as Agent. In no event shall a special power Disqualified Institution be appointed an Agent hereunder. Any resignation of attorney Barclays Bank or its successor as the Administrative Agent pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall also constitute the resignation of Barclays Bank or its successor as the Swingline Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Section 8.01 shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Swingline Lender for all purposes hereunder. In such event (a) the Borrower shall prepay any outstanding Swingline Loans made by the retiring Administrative Agent in its capacity as Swingline Lender, (b) upon such prepayment, the retiring the Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender shall surrender any Swingline Note held by it to the Borrower for cancellation and (c) the Borrower shall issue, if so requested by the successor Administrative Agent and the Swingline Loan Lender, a party acting on its behalfnew Swingline Note to the successor Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 the principal amount of the German Civil Code Swingline Loan then in effect and with other appropriate insertions. In addition to the foregoing, the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice thereof to Lenders and the Loan Parties. The Administrative Agent shall have the right to appoint a financial institution as Collateral Agent hereunder, subject to the reasonable satisfaction of the Borrower and the Required Lenders and the Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective on the earlier of (Bürgerliches Gesetzbucha) and/or the acceptance of such successor Collateral Agent by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or (b) the thirtieth day after such notice of resignation. Upon any other applicable laws.such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to appoint a successor Collateral Agent. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral
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The Agents. (a) Each Bank Subject to the following sentence, each Lender hereby ---------- irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase BankFNBB, N.A. ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (▇▇▇) and Paribas as the Administrative Agent agents of such Bank Lender under this Agreementeach of the Loan Documents in which FNBB, ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (▇▇▇) and Paribas is named as agent, and each Bank such Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase BankFNBB, N.A. ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (▇▇▇) and Paribas, as the Administrative Agent agents for such BankLender, to take such action on its behalf of each Lender under the provisions of this Agreement the Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover of this Agreement shall have any rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreementthe Loan Documents, no Agent the Agents shall not have any duties or responsibilities, responsibilities except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents, or nor any fiduciary relationship with any BankLender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement the Loan Documents or otherwise exist against the Agents.
(i) The Agents may execute any of their duties under the Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Agents shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by them with reasonable care.
(ii) As between the Agents, and subject to all other provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 12.2 hereof), all action to be undertaken, powers to be exercised, and duties to be performed under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be under taken upon the concurrence of a majority of FNBB, Paribas and Paribas (Can) acting together, and BofA and BACan acting together. Any Person dealing with the Agents may conclusively rely on any instrument, document, or agreement executed by any Agent and need not inquire into such Agent's authority to so act.
(c) Neither the Agents nor any of their officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by them or such Person under or in connection with the Loan Documents (except for their or such Person's own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) responsible in any manner to any Lender for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any officer thereof contained in the Loan Documents or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agents under or in connection with the Loan Documents, or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of the Loan Documents or for any failure of any of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents. The Agents shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, the Loan Documents, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
(d) Each The Agents shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any note, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation reasonably believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Credit Parties), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Agents. The Agents may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a Written Notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Agents.
(e) The Agents shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under the Loan Documents unless they shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Banks hereby exempts Majority Lenders as they deem appropriate or they shall first be indemnified to their satisfaction by the Administrative Agent Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by them by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under the restrictions pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to any other applicable law, Loan Documents in each case to the extent legally possible to such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon accordance with a request of the Administrative Agent, either act in accordance with Majority Lenders (or where required by the terms of this Agreement and/or Agreement, the Lenders, the CAN Majority Lenders or the US Majority Lenders), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Notes.
(f) The Agents shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder, other than nonpayment of principal or interest on the Loans, unless the Agents shall have received notice from a Lender or one of the Credit Parties referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a "notice of default." In the event that the Agents receive such a notice, or if the Agents have actual knowledge of a Default or an Event of Default, the Agents shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders. The Agents shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be directed by the Majority Lenders; provided, that unless and until the Agents shall have received such directions, the Agents may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as they shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.
(g) Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Agents nor any of their officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Agents here inafter taken, including any review of the affairs of any of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Agents to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Agents that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of each of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, and made its own decision to make its loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, liabilities, assets, properties and condition (financial or otherwise) and creditworthiness of each of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Agents hereunder, the Agents shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, financial and other condition or credit worthiness of any of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries which may come into the possession of the Agents or any of their officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.
(h) Each Lender agrees to indemnify the Agents in their capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Credit Parties and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), ratably according to such Lender's aggregate Commitment percentage set forth opposite its name on Schedule 1-a hereto from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time (including without limitation at any time following the payment of the Notes) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Agents in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan Document Documents, any instruments or documents relating to the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Agents under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from an Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section 12.13(h) shall survive the payment of the Notes and the Lender Debt.
(i) The Agents and their Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Credit Parties as required pursuant though the Agents were not the Agents hereunder. With respect to its pro rata share of the Loans made or renewed by it and any Note issued to it, the Agents shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney to a party acting on as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agents. The terms "Lender" and "Lenders" shall include the Agents in its behalf, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable lawsindividual capacity.
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The Agents. (a) Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably designates appoints Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch as its administrative agent and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent of such authorizes Deutsche Bank under this Agreement, and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, AG New York Branch to take such action actions on its behalf under behalf, including execution of the provisions of this Agreement other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch hereby accepts such appointment. The motivations Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch or an Affiliate or designee thereof shall also act as the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents (for purposes of this Article VIII and Section 9.03, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be collectively referred to as the “Agents”), and each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch (and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch hereby accepts such appointment) and each such Affiliate and designee to act as the agent of such Lender and the Issuing Bank for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Article VIII for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything Agent, shall be entitled to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover benefits of all provisions of this Agreement Article VIII and Article IX (including Section 9.03), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. The banks serving as the Agents hereunder shall have any rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder same rights and powers in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding a Lender as any provision other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such banks and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the contrary elsewhere in this AgreementParent, no the Irish Holdco or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if they were not an Agent hereunder. The Agents shall not have any duties or responsibilities, obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the respective Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Parent, the Irish Holdco or any of their respective Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by any bank serving as an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Agents shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02 or elsewhere in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Agents shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the respective Agent by the Irish Holdco, the Irish Sub Holdco, the Lux Holdco, a Borrower or a Lender, and no Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. The Agents shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Agents also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Parent, the Irish Holdco, the Irish Sub Holdco, the Lux Holdco or the Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Agents may perform any and all its duties and exercise their rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the respective Agent. The Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agents and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrowers. Any such resignation by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall also constitute its resignation as an Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender, as applicable, in which case the resigning Administrative Agent (x) shall not be required to issue any further Letters of Credit or make any additional Swingline Loans hereunder and (y) shall maintain all of its rights as Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as the case may be, with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it, or Swingline Loans made by it, prior to the date of such resignation. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with the consent of the Borrowers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), provided that no consent of the Borrowers shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h), (i), (j) or (k) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing) to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Collateral Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with the consent of the Borrowers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Borrowers shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h), (i), (j) or (k) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing) to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Collateral Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Collateral Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Collateral Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Collateral Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After the Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Collateral Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Collateral Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Lead Arranger, a Documentation Agent or a Syndication Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any BankLender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as a Lead Arranger, Documentation Agent and/or Syndication Agent, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Agents in the preceding paragraph. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities Lender shall be read liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Agents) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Agents shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In their respective capacities, the Agents are “representatives” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Agents to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Agents) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Agents for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Agents are hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Collateral Agent to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent upon any Collateral as described in Section 9.13. Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant hereto. The Agents are hereby authorized to execute and deliver any documents necessary or appropriate to create and perfect the rights of pledge for the benefit of the Secured Parties including a right of pledge with respect to the entitlements to profits, the balance left after winding up and the voting rights of the Irish Holdco as ultimate parent of any subsidiary of the Borrowers which is organized under the laws of the Netherlands and the Equity Interests of which are pledged in connection herewith (a “Dutch Pledge”). Without prejudice to the provisions of this Agreement or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each and the other Loan Documents, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Banks hereby exempts Irish Holdco or any relevant Subsidiary as will be described in any Dutch Pledge (the Administrative Agent from “Parallel Debt”), including that any payment received by the restrictions pursuant to section 181 Agents in respect of the Parallel Debt will - conditionally upon such payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application - be deemed a satisfaction of a pro rata portion of the corresponding amounts of the Obligations, and any payment to the Secured Parties in satisfaction of the Obligations shall - conditionally upon such payment not subsequently being avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, preference, liquidation or similar laws of general application - be deemed as satisfaction of the corresponding amount of the Parallel Debt. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, for purposes of a Dutch Pledge, any resignation by an Agent is not effective until its rights under the Parallel Debt are assigned to the successor Agent. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree for the purposes of taking and ensuring the continuing validity of German Civil Code law governed pledges (Bürgerliches GesetzbuchPfandrechte) with the creation of parallel debt obligations of the Irish Holdco or any relevant Subsidiary as will be further described in a separate German law governed parallel debt undertaking. The Collateral Agent shall (i) hold such parallel debt undertaking as fiduciary agent (Treuhaender) and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant (ii) administer and hold as fiduciary agent (Treuhaender) any pledge created under a German law governed Collateral Document which is created in favor of any Secured Party or transferred to any other applicable lawSecured Party due to its accessory nature (Akzessorietaet), in each case to in its own name and for the extent legally possible to such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request account of the Administrative Agent, either act in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document as required pursuant to this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney to a party acting on its behalf, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable laws.t
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders (aincluding in any Lender’s other capacity hereunder and in its capacity under a Secured Swap Agreement) Each Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Senior Funding, N.A. Inc. as each of the Administrative Agent of and Collateral Agent (and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Senior Funding, Inc. hereby accepts such Bank under this Agreement, appointment) and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, and the Collateral Agent to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent by the terms of this AgreementAgreement or any other Loan Document, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are commercial in nature hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders to (i) execute any and not to invest in the general performance or operations of all documents (including any Borrower.
(brelease) Notwithstanding anything with respect to the contrary contained Collateral, as contemplated by and in this Agreement, accordance with the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document and (ii) 91 negotiate, enforce or settle any claim, action or proceeding affecting the Lenders in their capacity as such, at the discretion of the Required Lenders, which negotiation, enforcement or settlement will be binding upon each Lender. Except, in each case, as set forth in the sixth paragraph of this Article, the provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, and the Borrower shall not have rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent hereunder shall have any rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder same rights and powers in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding a Lender as any provision other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as an Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Lenders. No Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, obligations except those expressly set forth hereinherein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Agent: (a) shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that such Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02 or in the other Loan Documents); provided that such Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (c) shall, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, nor shall it be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any fiduciary relationship of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Agents shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any BankDefault unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and no implied covenantssuch Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations warranty or liabilities shall be read into representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or otherwise exist against any Agent.
other Loan Document, (dii) Each the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the Banks hereby exempts covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article 4 or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. 92 Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent may also rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions hereof relating to Disqualified Institutions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not ý(x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or Participant or prospective Lender or Participant is a Disqualified ýInstitution or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any ýDisqualified Institution.ý Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States; provided that, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower shall have the right to consent to such successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (such consent not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as either Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (as applicable), and the retiring Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (as applicable) shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Article). Any Syndication Agent or Documentation Agent may resign at any time by giving prior written notice thereof to Lenders and the Obligors, whereupon all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning Syndication Agent or Documentation Agent, as applicable, hereunder shall automatically be assumed by, and inure to the benefit of, Administrative Agent, without any further act by such Syndication Agent or Documentation Agent, as applicable, the Administrative Agent or any Lender. The fees payable by the Borrower to any successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon either Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Arranger shall not have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or a Lender hereunder. No Lender Counterparty that obtains the benefits of any Loan Document or any Collateral shall have any right in connection with the management or release of the Collateral or of the obligations of any Obligor under the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 9 to the contrary, no Agent shall be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under Secured Swap Agreements. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Lender Counterparty shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and agreed to be bound by the Loan Documents as a Secured Party thereunder, subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph. Further, each Secured Party hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent:
(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon satisfaction of any conditions to release specified in any Collateral Document, (ii) that is disposed of or to be disposed of as part of or in connection with any disposition permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document to any Person other than an Obligor, (iii) subject to Section 10.02, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders or Lenders, as applicable, (iv) owned by a Guarantor upon release of such Guarantor from its obligations under this Agreement, or (v) as expressly provided in the Collateral Documents;
(b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations hereunder if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder; and
(c) upon request of the Borrower, to take such actions as shall be required to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to the Collateral Agent to the holder of a Lien permitted by Section 6.02 or to enter into any intercreditor agreement with the holder of any such Lien. Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations hereunder pursuant to this paragraph. In each case as specified in this Article 9, the Collateral Agent will, at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Obligor such documents as such Obligor may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the restrictions assignment and security interest granted pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions applicable Loan Documents or any Secured Swap Agreement, or to it pursuant to release such Guarantor from its obligations hereunder or any other applicable lawSecured Swap Agreement, in each case to the extent legally possible to such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act in accordance with the terms of this Article 9. Anything contained in any of the Loan Documents or any Secured Swap Agreement and/or to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Lender and each other Secured Party hereby agree that (i) no Secured Party (other than the Collateral Agent) shall have any other Loan Document as required right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Guarantees set forth in Article 7 hereof, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the Collateral Documents may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement and/or a public or private sale or other disposition, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney to a party acting on its behalfdisposition and the Collateral Agent, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 as agent for and representative of the German Civil Code Secured Parties (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuchbut not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) and/or shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Collateral Agent at such sale or other applicable laws.disposition. Any such release of Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise shall be deemed subject to the provision that such Guaranteed Obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. The Arra
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The Agents. (a) Each Bank of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably designates appoints the Agents as its agents and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as authorizes the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this Agreement, and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, Agents to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent them by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations provisions of this Section 8.01 (other than as expressly provided herein) are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders and no Loan Party shall have any rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of the provisions of this Section 8.01 (other than as expressly provided herein). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any provision of any other Loan Document, each of the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Joint Bookrunners are named as such for recognition purposes only, and in their respective capacities as such shall have no duties, responsibilities or liabilities with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document; it being understood and agreed that each of the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agent and the Joint Bookrunners shall be entitled to all indemnification and reimbursement rights in favor of the Agents provided herein and in the other Loan Documents and all of the other benefits of this Section 8.01. Each of the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Joint Bookrunners, without consent of or notice to any party hereto, may assign any and all of its rights or obligations hereunder to any of its Affiliates. Without limitation of the foregoing, neither the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents nor the Joint Bookrunners in their respective capacities as such shall, by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, have any fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender, Loan Party or any other Person. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent are commercial and Collateral Agent shall have the same rights and powers in nature its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) neither Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers unless and until such Agent shall have received instructions from the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances, as provided in Section 9.02) and, upon receipt of such instructions from Required Lenders (or such other Lenders, as the case may be), such Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such instructions and shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Neither Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) under or in connection with any Loan Document or (ii) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction). Neither Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and neither Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by them, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through its respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agents and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. All of the rights, benefits, and privileges (including the exculpatory and indemnification provisions) of this paragraph and of Section 9.03 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities as sub-agent as if such sub-agent and Related Parties were named herein. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to each such sub-agent appointed by an Agent, (i) such sub-agent shall be a third-party beneficiary under this Agreement with respect to all such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) and shall have all of the rights and benefits of a third-party beneficiary, including an independent right of action to enforce such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) directly, without the consent or joinder of any other Person, against any or all of Loan Parties and the Lenders, (ii) such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) of such sub-agent shall not be modified or amended without the consent of such sub-agent, and (iii) such sub-agent shall only have obligations to the Administrative Agent and not to invest in the general performance any Loan Party, Lender or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreementother Person and no Loan Party, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover of this Agreement Lender or any other Person shall have any rights, dutiesdirectly or indirectly, responsibilities as a third-party beneficiary or liabilities otherwise, against such sub-agent. Each Lender, in proportion to its Applicable Aggregate Percentage, severally agrees to indemnify each Agent, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender, to the extent that such respective capacity Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender shall not have been reimbursed by any Loan Party (and without limiting its obligation to do so), for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender in exercising its powers, rights and remedies or performing its duties hereunder or under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder other Loan Documents or otherwise in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding such Agent in any provision way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the contrary elsewhere other Loan Documents; provided, that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Agent's, Issuing Bank's Swingline Lender's, as applicable gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. If any indemnity furnished to any Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as applicable, be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as applicable, may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided, that in no event shall this Agreementsentence require any Lender to indemnify any Agent, no Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lender's Applicable Aggregate Revolving Percentage thereof; and provided, further, that this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement described in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence. The Administrative Agent shall have the right to resign at any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bank, time by giving prior written notice thereof to the Lenders and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each of have the Banks hereby exempts right to appoint a financial institution to act as the Administrative Agent from and/or the restrictions pursuant Collateral Agent hereunder, subject to section 181 the reasonable satisfaction of the German Civil Code Borrower and the Required Lenders, and the Administrative Agent's resignation shall become effective on the earlier of (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuchi) the acceptance of such successor Administrative Agent by the Borrower and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to the Required Lenders or (ii) the thirtieth day after such notice of resignation. Upon any other applicable lawsuch notice of resignation, in each case if a successor Administrative Agent has not already been appointed by the retiring Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days' notice to the extent legally possible Borrower, to such Bankappoint a successor Administrative Agent subject to the reasonable satisfaction of the Borrower. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify If neither the Required Lenders nor the Administrative Agent accordingly andhave appointed a successor Administrative Agent, upon request then the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have succeeded to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided, that until a successor Administrative Agent is so appointed by Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, either act the Administrative Agent, by notice to the Borrower and Required Lenders, may retain its role as the Collateral Agent under any Security Document. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, that successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring the Administrative Agent and the retiring the Administrative Agent shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Administrative Agent all sums, securities and other items of Collateral held under the Security Documents, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in accordance connection with the terms performance of this Agreement and/or the duties of the successor Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Administrative Agent such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Administrative Agent of the security interests created under the Security Documents, whereupon such retiring the Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. Except as provided above, any other Loan Document resignation of Barclays Bank or its successor as required Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement and/or Section 8.01 shall also constitute the resignation of Barclays Bank or its successor as the Collateral Agent. After any retiring Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent hereunder. Any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Collateral Agent for all purposes hereunder. If Barclays Bank or its successor as Administrative Agent pursuant to this paragraph has resigned as Administrative Agent but retained its role as Collateral Agent and no successor Collateral Agent has become the Collateral Agent pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, Barclays Bank or its successor may resign as Collateral Agent upon notice to the Borrower and Required Lenders at any time. After any retiring Agent's resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Document Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its respective Related Parties that at any time acted as a sub-agent in respect of any actions taken or grant omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting as Agent. Any resignation of Barclays Bank or its successor as the Administrative Agent pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall also constitute the resignation of Barclays Bank or its successor as the Swingline Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Section 8.01 shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Swingline Lender for all purposes hereunder. In such event (a) the Borrower shall prepay any outstanding Swingline Loans made by the retiring Administrative Agent in its capacity as Swingline Lender, (b) upon such prepayment, the retiring the Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender shall surrender any Swingline Note held by it to the Borrower for cancellation and (c) the Borrower shall issue, if so requested by the successor Administrative Agent and the Swingline Loan Lender, a special power of attorney new Swingline Note to a party acting on its behalfthe successor Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 the principal amount of the German Civil Code Swingline Loan then in effect and with other appropriate insertions. In addition to the foregoing, the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving 30 days' prior written notice thereof to Lenders and the Loan Parties. The Administrative Agent shall have the right to appoint a financial institution as Collateral Agent hereunder, subject to the reasonable satisfaction of the Borrower and the Required Lenders and the Collateral Agent's resignation shall become effective on the earlier of (Bürgerliches Gesetzbucha) and/or the acceptance of such successor Collateral Agent by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or (b) the thirtieth day after such notice of resignation. Upon any other applicable laws.such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days' notice to the Administrative Agent, to appoint a successor Collateral Agent. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, the successor Collateral Age
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The Agents. (a) Each Bank of the Lenders hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase BankCitibank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this Agreement, its administrative agent and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase BankCitibank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, to take such action actions on its behalf under behalf, including execution of the provisions of this Agreement other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, and Citibank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment. The motivations Citibank, N.A. or an Affiliate or designee thereof shall also act as the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents (for purposes of this Article VIII and Sections 9.03 and 2.14, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be collectively referred to as the “Agents”), and each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes Citibank, N.A. (and Citibank, N.A. hereby accepts such appointment) and each such Affiliate and designee to act as the agent of such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Article VIII for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything Agent, shall be entitled to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover benefits of all provisions of this Agreement Article VIII and Article IX (including Section 9.03), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto. The banks serving as the Agents hereunder shall have any rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities the same rights and powers in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder in its their capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding Lenders as any provision other Lender and may exercise the same as though they were not an Agent, and such banks and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to the contrary elsewhere and generally engage in this Agreement, no any kind of business with Irish Holdco or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if they were not an Agent hereunder. The Agents shall not have any duties or responsibilities, obligations except those expressly set forth hereinin the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the respective Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Irish Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by any bank serving as an Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Agents shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02 or elsewhere in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Agents shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the respective Agent by Irish Holdco, the Borrower or a Lender, and no Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. The Agents shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by them to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Agents also may rely upon any statement made to them orally or by telephone and believed by them to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Irish Holdco, the Subsidiary Guarantors or the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by them, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Agents may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the respective Agent. The Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all their duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agents and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Borrower and any Additional Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with the consent of the Borrower and any Additional Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), provided that no consent of the Borrower or any Additional Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing) to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower and any Additional Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower, any Additional Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Collateral Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Borrower and any Additional Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with the consent of the Borrower and any Additional Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no consent of the Borrower or any Additional Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h), (i) or (j) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing) to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Collateral Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Collateral Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Collateral Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower and any Additional Borrower to a successor Collateral Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Collateral Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Collateral Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Lead Arranger, aan Amendment No. 1 Arranger, an Amendment No. 2 Arranger, a Co-Documentation Agent or a Co-Syndication Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any BankLender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as a Lead Arranger, Amendment No. 1 Arranger, Amendment No. 2 Arranger, Co-Documentation Agent and/or Co-Syndication Agent, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Agents in the preceding paragraph. The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities Lender shall be read liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Agents) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Agents shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. In their respective capacities, the Agents are “representatives” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code. Each Lender authorizes the Agents to enter into each of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and to take all action contemplated by such documents. Each Lender agrees that no Secured Party (other than the Agents) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Collateral Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Agents for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Collateral Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Agents are hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties. The Lenders hereby authorize the Collateral Agent to release or, as applicable, subordinate any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent upon any Collateral and to enter into non-disturbance or similar agreements, in each case, in connection with any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(b)(xvi)(ii) and any other Indebtedness described in Section 9.13, in connection with dispositions of assets permitted under Section 6.02 or, other than with respect to lien release, in connection with licensing or sub-licensing transactions permitted under Sections 6.02 and 6.03, all as described further therein. Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release or subordinate particular types or items of Collateral and enter into non-disturbance or similar agreements pursuant hereto. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement (and any amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of or supplements to or other modifications to, and extensions, restructuring, renewals, replacements of, such agreements) in connection with the incurrence by any Loan Party of any Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt, Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, or any other Indebtedness permitted by the terms of this Agreement to be secured by the Collateral on a pari passu or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each of the Banks hereby exempts the Administrative Agent from the restrictions pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to any other applicable lawjunior priority secured basis, in each case in order to permit such Indebtedness to be secured by a valid, perfected Lien (with such priority as may be designated by Irish Holdco or relevant Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent legally possible such priority is permitted by the Loan Documents), and the parties hereto acknowledge that each Intercreditor Agreement is (if entered into) binding upon them. Each Lender (a) understands, acknowledges and agrees that Liens may be created on the Collateral pursuant to such Bank. A Bank the documentation relating to any Indebtedness incurred as permitted by this Agreement which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act is (in accordance with the terms hereof) to be secured thereby, on a pari passu, or junior, secured basis to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations, which Liens securing any such other Indebtedness shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this the relevant Intercreditor Agreement and/or any other Loan Document executed and delivered as required pursuant hereby, (b) hereby agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to this the provisions of the respective Intercreditor Agreement and/or (if entered into) and (c) hereby authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement (and any amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of or supplements to or other modifications to, such other agreements) in connection with the incurrence by any Loan Document or grant a special power Party of attorney to a party acting on its behalfany secured Indebtedness as contemplated above, in order to permit such Indebtedness to be secured by a manner that valid, perfected Lien (with such priority as may be designated by the Applicable Borrower or relevant Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent such priority is not prohibited pursuant permitted by the Loan Documents), and to section 181 of subject the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable lawsLiens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations to the provisions thereof.
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The Agents. (a) Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as each of the Administrative Agent of and the Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes such Bank under this Agreement, and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative such Agent by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction, each of the Administrative Lenders hereby grants to the Collateral Agent are commercial any required powers of attorney to execute and enforce any Collateral Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s behalf. Each of the banks serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in nature its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to invest and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent under the Loan Documents. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the general performance Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or operations other implied duties, regardless of any Borrower.
whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the applicable Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 8.02 or Section 8.02A) or, in the case of the Collateral Documents, the Required Secured Parties, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the banks serving as Agents or any of their respective Affiliates in any capacity. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 8.02 or Section 8.02A) or, in the case of the Collateral Documents, the Required Secured Parties, or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Company or a Lender, and the Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate (including any Borrowing Base Certificate), report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) qualification of (or lapse of any qualification of) any Account, Credit Card Receivable, Inventory or real property under the eligibility criteria set forth herein, other than eligibility criteria expressly referring to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to, or being determined by, the Collateral Agent, (iv) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (v) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the applicable Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary contrary, the Agents shall not be liable for, or be responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by the Borrowers, any Lender or any Issuing Bank as a result of, any such determination of the Credit Exposure, Excess Availability, the Borrowing Base or the component amounts of any thereof. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate (including any Borrowing Base Certificate), consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each of the Agents also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby agrees that (a) it has requested a copy of each Report prepared by or on behalf of any Agent; (b) the Agents (i) make no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the completeness or accuracy of any Report or any of the information contained therein or any inaccuracy or omission contained in or relating to any Report and (ii) shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report; (c) the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, and any Person performing any field examination will inspect only specific information regarding the Loan Parties and will rely significantly upon the Loan Parties’ books and records, as well as on representations of the Loan Parties’ personnel, and that the Agents undertake no obligation to update, correct or supplement the Reports; (d) it will keep all Reports confidential and strictly for its internal use and not share any Report with any other Person except as otherwise permitted pursuant to this Agreement; and (e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, it will pay and protect, and indemnify, defend and hold the Agents, each other Person preparing a Report and the Related Parties of any of the foregoing harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses and other amounts (including reasonable attorney fees) incurred by any of them as the direct or indirect result of any third parties hereto hereby agree who obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender. Each of the Agents may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each of the Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders (or, in the case of the Collateral Agent, the Required Secured Parties) shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor. In addition, if either Agent is a Defaulting Lender due to it having had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business or custodian appointed for it, the Required Lenders shall have the right, by notice in writing to the Company and such Agent, to remove such Agent in its capacity as such and, with the consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld and except during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, when no consent shall be required), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders (or, in the case of the Collateral Agent, the Required Secured Parties) and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as an Agent by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Company to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After such Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 8.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that neither it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Lender and any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon any Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Syndication Agents, Agents and the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners Co-Documentation Agents (each as identified on the cover page of this Agreement shall have any rightsAgreement) (each of the foregoing, duties, responsibilities or liabilities in such respective capacity under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere , a “Titled Person”), in this Agreementtheir capacities as such, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilitiesno rights, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bank, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilitiespowers, duties, liabilities, fiduciary relationships or obligations under any Loan Document or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) of the other documents related hereto. Each of the Banks Lenders hereby exempts (a) agrees to be bound by the Administrative Agent from the restrictions pursuant to section 181 provisions of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions Collateral Documents, including those terms thereof applicable to it pursuant the Collateral Agent and the provisions thereof authorizing the Required Secured Parties to approve amendments or modifications thereto or waivers thereof, and to control remedies thereunder, and (b) irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to (i) release any other applicable law, Liens on any Non-ABL Priority Collateral in each case to the extent legally possible to such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, either act accordance with an Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) release any Liens on any Collateral in accordance with the terms Collateral Documents, including any Liens on real property following the delivery of this a Real Property Exclusion Notice. Each of the Lenders hereby (a) authorizes and instructs the Collateral Agent to enter into an Intercreditor Agreement and/or if Indebtedness is incurred that is secured by Liens contemplated by clause (b)(ix) or (b)(x) of Section 5.08 and (b) agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of such Intercreditor Agreement. It is understood and agreed by the parties hereto, that as part of its duties and functions, the Collateral Agent shall serve as the hypothecary representative for itself and for all present and future Secured Parties, as contemplated by Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec (the “CCQ”). For greater certainty, and without limiting the powers of the Collateral Agent, each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as hypothecary representative for all present and future Lenders, Issuing Banks and any other Secured Parties as contemplated under Article 2692 of the CCQ in order to hold the hypothecs granted under any Loan Document pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure performance of all or part of the Obligations (as required pursuant defined in each such Loan Document) and to exercise such powers and duties which are conferred upon the hypothecary representative thereunder. The appointment of the Collateral Agent as hypothecary representative shall be deemed to have been ratified and confirmed by each Person that accedes or has acceded to this Agreement and/or as a Lender or Issuing Bank after the date hereof. The Loan Parties hereby acknowledge the appointment of the Collateral Agent as the hypothecary representative of the Secured Parties as contemplated under Article 2692 of the CCQ. In the event of the resignation of the Collateral Agent and appointment of a successor Collateral Agent, such successor Collateral Agent shall also act as hypothecary representative without further act or formality being required to appoint such successor Collateral Agent as the successor hypothecary representative for the purposes of any then existing deeds of hypothec. The execution by the Collateral Agent as the hypothecary representative of the relevant deeds of hypothec or other relevant documentation prior to the date hereof is hereby ratified and confirmed by each Lender and Issuing Bank. In its capacity of hypothecary representative, the Collateral Agent shall (a) have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise, except as may be otherwise specifically restricted hereunder, all rights and remedies given to the hypothecary representative pursuant to any hypothec, applicable law or otherwise, (b) benefit from and be subject to all provisions hereof with respect to the Collateral Agent, mutatis mutandis, including, without limitation, all such provisions with respect to the liability or responsibility to and indemnification by the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and (c) be entitled to delegate from time to time any of its powers or duties under any deed of hypothec or other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney Document, on such terms and conditions as it may determine from time to a party acting on its behalf, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable lawstime.
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Sources: Revolving Credit Agreement (Victoria's Secret & Co.)
The Agents. (a) Each Bank of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably designates appoints the Agents as its agents and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as authorizes the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this Agreement, and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent for such Bank, Agents to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent them by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations provisions of this Section 8.01 (other than as expressly provided herein) are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders and no Loan Party shall have any rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of the provisions of this Section 8.01 (other than as expressly provided herein). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any provision of any other Loan Document, each of the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Joint Bookrunners are named as such for recognition purposes only, and in their respective capacities as such shall have no duties, responsibilities or liabilities with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document; it being understood and agreed that each of the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agent and the Joint Bookrunners shall be entitled to all indemnification and reimbursement rights in favor of the Agents provided herein and in the other Loan Documents and all of the other benefits of this Section 8.01. Each of the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Joint Bookrunners, without consent of or notice to any party hereto, may assign any and all of its rights or obligations hereunder to any of its Affiliates. Without limitation of the foregoing, neither the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents nor the Joint Bookrunners in their respective capacities as such shall, by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, have any fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender, Loan Party or any other Person. The bank serving as the Administrative Agent are commercial and Collateral Agent shall have the same rights and powers in nature its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) neither Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers unless and until such Agent shall have received instructions from the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances, as provided in Section 9.02) and, upon receipt of such instructions from Required Lenders (or such other Lenders, as the case may be), such Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such instructions and shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Neither Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) under or in connection with any Loan Document or (ii) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction). Neither Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and neither Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by them, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through its respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agents and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. All of the rights, benefits, and privileges (including the exculpatory and indemnification provisions) of this paragraph and of Section 9.03 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities as sub-agent as if such sub-agent and Related Parties were named herein. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to each such sub-agent appointed by an Agent, (i) such sub-agent shall be a third-party beneficiary under this Agreement with respect to all such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) and shall have all of the rights and benefits of a third-party beneficiary, including an independent right of action to enforce such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) directly, without the consent or joinder of any other Person, against any or all of Loan Parties and the Lenders, (ii) such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) of such sub-agent shall not be modified or amended without the consent of such sub-agent, and (iii) such sub-agent shall only have obligations to the Administrative Agent and not to invest in the general performance any Loan Party, Lender or operations of any Borrower.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreementother Person and no Loan Party, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agents, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover of this Agreement Lender or any other Person shall have any rights, dutiesdirectly or indirectly, responsibilities as a third-party beneficiary or liabilities otherwise, against such sub-agent. Each Lender, in proportion to its Applicable Aggregate Revolving Percentage, severally agrees to indemnify each Agent, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender, to the extent that such respective capacity Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender shall not have been reimbursed by any Loan Party (and without limiting its obligation to do so), for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender in exercising its powers, rights and remedies or performing its duties hereunder or under this Agreement nor shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder other Loan Documents or otherwise in its capacity as such.
(c) Notwithstanding such Agent in any provision way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the contrary elsewhere other Loan Documents; provided, that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Agent’s, Issuing Bank’s Swingline Lender’s, as applicable gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. If any indemnity furnished to any Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as applicable, be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as applicable, may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided, that in no event shall this Agreementsentence require any Lender to indemnify any Agent, no Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lender’s Applicable Aggregate Revolving Percentage thereof; and provided, further, that this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Agent, Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement described in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence. The Administrative Agent shall have the right to resign at any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Bank, time by giving prior written notice thereof to the Lenders and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each of have the Banks hereby exempts right to appoint a financial institution to act as the Administrative Agent from and/or the restrictions pursuant Collateral Agent hereunder, subject to section 181 the reasonable satisfaction of the German Civil Code Borrower and the Required Lenders, and the Administrative Agent’s resignation shall become effective on the earlier of (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuchi) the acceptance of such successor Administrative Agent by the Borrower and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to the Required Lenders or (ii) the thirtieth day after such notice of resignation. Upon any other applicable lawsuch notice of resignation, in each case if a successor Administrative Agent has not already been appointed by the retiring Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days’ notice to the extent legally possible Borrower, to such Bankappoint a successor Administrative Agent subject to the reasonable satisfaction of the Borrower. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify If neither the Required Lenders nor the Administrative Agent accordingly andhave appointed a successor Administrative Agent, upon request then the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have succeeded to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided, that until a successor Administrative Agent is so appointed by Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, either act the Administrative Agent, by notice to the Borrower and Required Lenders, may retain its role as the Collateral Agent under any Security Document. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, that successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring the Administrative Agent and the retiring the Administrative Agent shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Administrative Agent all sums, securities and other items of Collateral held under the Security Documents, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in accordance connection with the terms performance of this Agreement and/or the duties of the successor Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Administrative Agent such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Administrative Agent of the security interests created under the Security Documents, whereupon such retiring the Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. Except as provided above, any other Loan Document resignation of Barclays Bank or its successor as required Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement and/or Section 8.01 shall also constitute the resignation of Barclays Bank or its successor as the Collateral Agent. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent hereunder. Any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to this paragraph shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Collateral Agent for all purposes hereunder. If Barclays Bank or its successor as Administrative Agent pursuant to this paragraph has resigned as Administrative Agent but retained its role as Collateral Agent and no successor Collateral Agent has become the Collateral Agent pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, Barclays Bank or its successor may resign as Collateral Agent upon notice to the Borrower and Required Lenders at any time. After any retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Document Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its respective Related Parties that at any time acted as a sub-agent in respect of any actions taken or grant omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting as Agent. Any resignation of Barclays Bank or its successor as the Administrative Agent pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall also constitute the resignation of Barclays Bank or its successor as the Swingline Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Section 8.01 shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Swingline Lender for all purposes hereunder. In such event (a) the Borrower shall prepay any outstanding Swingline Loans made by the retiring Administrative Agent in its capacity as Swingline Lender, (b) upon such prepayment, the retiring the Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender shall surrender any Swingline Note held by it to the Borrower for cancellation and (c) the Borrower shall issue, if so requested by the successor Administrative Agent and the Swingline Loan Lender, a special power of attorney new Swingline Note to a party acting on its behalfthe successor Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 the principal amount of the German Civil Code Swingline Loan then in effect and with other appropriate insertions. In addition to the foregoing, the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice thereof to Lenders and the Loan Parties. The Administrative Agent shall have the right to appoint a financial institution as Collateral Agent hereunder, subject to the reasonable satisfaction of the Borrower and the Required Lenders and the Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective on the earlier of (Bürgerliches Gesetzbucha) and/or the acceptance of such successor Collateral Agent by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or (b) the thirtieth day after such notice of resignation. Upon any other applicable laws.such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to appoint a successor Collateral Agent. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, the successor Coll
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Healthsouth Corp)