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.
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Sources: 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.
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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.
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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 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 Canadian Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks. Each of the Lenders, each assignee of any Lender and each 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 the provisions of this Agreement such Lender or assignee or 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 Canadian Administrative Agent are hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender or 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 this Agreement. 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 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, bad faith 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, 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 Banks and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Company shall have the right, with the terms consent of the Required Lenders (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor; provided, that if a Default has occurred and is continuing, the Required Lenders, and not the Company, shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint such 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 Banks, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York or Toronto 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 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 behalfrelated agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. It is agreed that the Syndication Agent shall, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or any other applicable lawsits capacity as such, have no duties or responsibilities under this Agreement.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Molson Coors Brewing Co), Credit Agreement (Molson Coors Brewing 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 & Co), Credit Agreement (Deere John Capital Corp)
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, London Agent and Canadian Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and each Bank assignee of any Lender 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 such Lender or assignee 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 other Agents are hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, and by the Borrowers with respect to clause (c) below, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders 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 its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Company of any Default or 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 Borrower 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 invest and generally engage in any kind of business with any of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries or other Affiliates 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 covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities Agent shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against liable for the failure to disclose, any Agent.
(d) Each information relating to any of the Banks hereby exempts Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the Administrative institution serving as Agent from or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the restrictions pursuant to section 181 of consent or at 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 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, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein, (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, either act 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. 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 terms 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, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Company (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 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, 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 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 agrees (a) to reimburse the Agents, on demand, in the amount of its pro rata share (based on the amount of its Loans and available Commitments hereunder) of any expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders by the Agents, including counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, that shall not have been reimbursed by the Company or any other Borrower and (b) to indemnify and hold harmless each Agent and any of its Related Parties, on demand, in the amount of such pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in its capacity as Agent or any of them in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement and/or or any other Loan Document as required pursuant to or action taken or omitted by it or any of them under this Agreement and/or or any other Loan Document, to the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by the Company or any other Borrower; provided that no Lender shall be liable to an Agent or any such other indemnified Person for any portion of such liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are determined to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent, and any of its Related Parties or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents. 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 grant a special power of attorney to a party acting on its behalf, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or Lenders identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement or elsewhere herein as a “syndication agent” or “documentation agent” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable lawsto all Lenders as such.
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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 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 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. (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 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. (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.
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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 of the Lenders, on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that are Secured Parties, and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints (i) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this Agreement, and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes (ii) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Collateral Agent, (the Administrative Agent for such Bankand the Collateral Agent being referred to individually as an “Agent” and collectively as the “Agents”), and authorizes the 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 such Agent by the terms of this AgreementAgreement or by the terms of any other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature Agents and the Lenders (including the Issuing Bank), and the Loan Parties shall not to invest in the general performance or operations have rights as a third party beneficiary of any Borrower.
of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” as used herein or in any other Loan Documents (bor any similar term) Notwithstanding anything with reference to the contrary contained in this Agreementany Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, the parties hereto hereby agree that neither the Co-Syndication Agentssuch term is used as a matter of market custom, the Lead Arrangers nor the Bookrunners on the cover of this Agreement and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Each bank serving as an Agent 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.
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 and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. None of the Agents shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein or in the other 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) no Agent 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 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) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreementexcept as expressly set forth herein, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilitiesduty to disclose, except those expressly set forth hereinand shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Loan Party or any fiduciary relationship of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity; provided, however, that Agents shall give Lenders immediate written notice of any action taken or notice received or given by any of them pursuant to the Prudential Intercreditor Agreement. 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 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any BankDefault unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by a Borrower or a Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities Agent shall be read 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 otherwise exist against any Agent.
other Loan Document, (dii) Each 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 Banks hereby exempts covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into 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 Administrative Agent. 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 from shall not (x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or Participant or prospective Lender or Participant is a Disqualified Institution 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 Disqualified Institution. 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 restrictions pursuant proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to section 181 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 any Loan Party), 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 including its duties, rights and powers under any Loan Documents in respect of the German Civil Code Collateral or any portion thereof. Each Agent 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 foregoing, each Agent (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuchincluding the Administrative Agent) acting under or in respect of the Collateral, shall act for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank as appropriate hereunder (unless otherwise provided herein or in any other Loan Documents) and similar restrictions applicable shall be entitled to the exculpations, privileges, indemnities and other protections provided for the benefit of the Agent herein or therein. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this paragraph, any Agent may resign at any time by providing the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrowers with 30 days written notice. Upon any such notification, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, with the consent of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, which consent (i) shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned and (ii) shall not be required at any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. If no successor shall have been so 76 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 with the consent of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, which consent (i) shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned and (ii) shall not be required at any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. 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 as such. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After any Agent’s resignation, 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 pursuant to any other applicable lawwas acting as Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in each case the event no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Administrative Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the extent legally possible Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrowers, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such resignation stated in such notice, (a) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, provided that, solely for purposes of maintaining any security interest granted to such Bank. A Bank which cannot grant such exemption shall notify the Administrative Agent accordingly under any Security Document for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to be vested with such security interest as collateral agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and, upon request in the case of any Collateral in the possession of the Administrative Agent, either act shall continue to hold such Collateral, in each case until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed and accepts such appointment in accordance with this paragraph (it being understood and agreed that the retiring Administrative Agent shall have no duty or obligation to take any further action under any Security Document, including any action required to maintain the perfection of any such security interest), and (b) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, provided that (i) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (ii) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Administrative Agent shall also directly be given or made to each Lender and the Issuing Bank. Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agent’s resignation from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article, Section 2.16(d) and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, 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 and in respect of the matters referred to in the proviso under clause (a) above. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and 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 and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. 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 or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers and the Documentation Agent shall not 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 Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as Joint Bookrunner, Joint Lead Arranger or Documentation Agent, as applicable, as it makes with respect to the Agents in the preceding paragraph. 77 The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no Lender shall be 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 Administrative Agent 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 and/or Agreement. In its capacity, the Collateral Agent is a “representative” of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term “secured party” as defined in the UCC. Each Lender authorizes the Collateral Agent to enter into each of the Security 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 Collateral Agent) shall have the right individually to seek to realize upon the security granted by any Security Document, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties upon the terms of the Security Documents. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Collateral Agent is 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 Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations (including by accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Loan Document as required pursuant Party is subject, or (b) at any other sale, foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any applicable law. In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Obligations owed to this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney the Secured Parties shall be entitled to a party acting on its behalfbe, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 and shall be, credit bid by the Administrative Agent at the direction of the German Civil Code Required Lenders on a ratable basis (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuchwith Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis that shall vest upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) and/or for the asset or assets so purchased (or for the equity interests or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are issued in connection with such purchase). In connection with any other applicable laws.such bid (i) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles and to assign any successful credit bid to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles (ii) each of the Secured Part
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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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Sources: Credit Agreement (Waters Corp /De/)
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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Sources: Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement (Pinterest, Inc.)
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 Canadian Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks. Each of the Lenders, each assignee of any Lender and each 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 the provisions of this Agreement such Lender or assignee or 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 Canadian Administrative Agent are hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender or 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 this Agreement. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term "agent" herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent and the Canadian Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties. With respect to the Loans made by it under this Agreement, 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, own securities of, 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 under the Loan Documents and without any duty to invest account therefor to the Lenders. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the general performance Loan Documents, and their duties under the Loan Documents shall be administrative in nature. 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 rightsduty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, duties, responsibilities except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that such Agent is required to exercise upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or liabilities such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents); provided that such respective capacity under this Agreement nor Agent shall any such Person have the authority not be required to take any action hereunder that, in its capacity as such.
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) 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, or as such Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence, bad faith 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, 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 or the occurrence of any Default, 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 other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise exist against authenticated 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. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, each Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Bank unless such Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. 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 of 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 of its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article 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 Banks hereby exempts 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 Banks and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Company shall have the right, with the terms consent of the Required Lenders (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor; provided, that if a Default has occurred and is continuing, the Required Lenders, and not the Company, shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint such successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Company (or, if applicable, 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 (but shall not be obligated to), 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 Toronto 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. 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 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 other Loan Document actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting 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 lawsAgent.
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The Agents. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints (a) Each Bank hereby irrevocably designates the entity named as Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and appoints JPMorgan Chase Bankits successors to serve as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (b) the entity named as London Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors as London Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, N.A. as and authorizes the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this Agreement, and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative London 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 Agent or the London Agent, as applicable, by the terms of this Agreementthe Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations Any Person serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender or an Issuing Bank as any other Lender or Issuing Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, 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 such Person were not an Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks. No Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and the duties of the Administrative Agents hereunder shall be administrative in nature. 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 (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to either Agent are commercial in nature and is not intended to invest in the general performance connote any fiduciary or operations other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any Borrower.
applicable law, and that such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties), (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 to exercise any discretionary power, dutiesexcept discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that an Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, responsibilities or liabilities as such 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 an 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 such Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, and (c) Notwithstanding except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any provision duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the contrary Company, any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of the Company that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as an 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, or as such 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 wilful misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment). Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to such Agent by the Company, a Lender or an Issuing Bank, and the Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made or deemed 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 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 this Agreementany Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to an Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Agent shall have any duties liability arising from any confirmation of the Revolving Credit Exposure or responsibilitiesthe component amounts thereof. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, except those expressly 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, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth hereinin the Loan Documents for being the signatory, sender or any fiduciary relationship with any Bankauthenticator thereof). Each Agent also shall be entitled to rely, and no implied covenantsshall not incur any liability for relying, functionsupon 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 maker thereof), responsibilitiesand 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), dutiesindependent accountants and other experts selected by it, obligations and shall not be liable for any action taken or liabilities not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article 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. No Agent shall be read into responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agent except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that such Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agent. Subject to the terms of this Agreement paragraph, each Agent may resign at any time from its capacity as such. In connection with such resignation, such Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders (in the case of a resignation by the Administrative Agent) or otherwise exist against any Agent.
(d) Each of the Banks hereby exempts the Administrative Agent from (in the restrictions pursuant case of a resignation by the London Agent) shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to section 181 appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) Lenders and similar restrictions applicable to it pursuant to any other applicable lawthe Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, in each the case of a successor 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 or with an office in accordance London, in the case of a successor to the London Agent, or, in each case, an Affiliate of any such bank. If any Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to Company and such Agent remove such Agent in its capacity as such and, in consultation with the terms Company, appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of this Agreement and/or its appointment as Administrative Agent or London Agent, as applicable, hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Agent, as the case may be, and such retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other 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 by the Company and such successor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event (a) no successor Agent to a retiring Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company or (b) no successor to a removed Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment by the day that is 30 days following of the issuance of a notice of removal, the removal shall become effective on such 30th day, and on the date of effectiveness of such resignation or removal, as the case may be, (i) the retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and (ii) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Agent; provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the retiring or removed Agent for the account of any Person other than such Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the retiring or removed Agent shall also directly be given or made to the other Agent and each Lender and each Issuing Bank. Following the effectiveness of an Agent’s resignation or removal from its capacity as required such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed 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 and Issuing Bank irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to determine (it being understood that such determination will be made jointly with the Company), in connection with any Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary becoming a Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement, the terms and conditions of any limitations to be set forth in the Guarantee Agreement (or the Supplement referred to therein) with respect to such Subsidiary as contemplated by the definition of the term “Designated Subsidiary”. Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents, the Arrangers or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and/or Agreement. Each Lender and Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agents, the Arrangers or any other Lender or Issuing Bank, 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, any other Loan Document or grant a special power of attorney any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to a party acting on this Agreement, or delivering its behalf, in a manner that is not prohibited signature page to an Assignment and Assumption or an Accession Agreement pursuant to section 181 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, any Agent or the Lenders on the Effective Date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, none of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or Arrangers or any Person named on the cover page of this Agreement as a Syndication Agent shall have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other applicable lawsLoan Document (except in its capacity, as applicable, as a Lender or an Issuing Bank), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agents, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and none of the Company or any other Loan Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Verisign Inc/Ca)
The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ai) Each Bank GSCP is hereby irrevocably designates appointed to act as the Syndication Agent, and appoints JPMorgan (ii) Chase Bank, N.A. is hereby appointed to act as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent on behalf of such the Lenders and the Fronting Bank under (for purposes of this AgreementArticle VIII, the Syndication Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are referred to collectively as the "Agents"). Each of the Lenders and each Bank assignee of any such Lender 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 Fronting Bank and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to the Administrative Agent Agents by the terms and provisions hereof and of this Agreementthe other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders and the Fronting Bank, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and the Fronting Bank all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments in respect of Letter of Credit Disbursements and all other amounts due to the Lenders and the Fronting Bank hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender or the Fronting Bank its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Borrower 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 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 distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by 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 Borrower pursuant to 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 as received by the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, either act the Agents are hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the terms provisions of this Agreement and/or and the Security Documents. In the event that any party other than the Lenders and the Agents shall participate in all or any portion of the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents, all rights and remedies in respect of such Collateral shall be controlled by the Collateral Agent. The Syndication Agent, 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. As of the Closing Date, all the obligations of the Syndication Agent, shall terminate. Chase Securities Inc. shall have no obligations under this Agreement. None of the Agents nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable as such for any action taken or omitted by any of them except for its or his own gross negligence or wilful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by the Borrower or any other Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. The Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Required Lenders and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. Neither the Agents nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall have any responsibility to the Borrower or any other Loan Party on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender or the Fronting Bank of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender or the Fronting Bank on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Fronting Bank or the Borrower or any other Loan Party of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document as required or in connection herewith or therewith. Each of the Agents may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through agents or employees and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that none of the Agents shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and/or such unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Required Lenders. The Lenders further acknowledge and agree that so long as an Agent shall make any determination to be made by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document or grant a special power in good faith, such Agent shall have no liability in respect of attorney such determination 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 lawsperson.
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Sources: Credit Agreement (Volume Services America Holdings Inc)
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 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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Sources: Indenture (Avis Budget Group, Inc.)
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 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, London Agent and Canadian Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and each Bank assignee of any Lender 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 such Lender or assignee 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 other Agents are hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, and by the Borrowers with respect to clause (c) below, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders 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 its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Company of any Default or 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 Borrower 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 invest and generally engage in any kind of business with any of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries or other Affiliates 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 covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities Agent shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against liable for the failure to disclose, any Agent.
(d) Each information relating to any of the Banks hereby exempts Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the Administrative institution serving as Agent from or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the restrictions pursuant to section 181 of consent or at 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 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, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein, (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, either act 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. 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 terms 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, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, 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. In addition, if any 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 (a) no successor to a retiring Agent 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, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank or (b) no successor to a removed Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days following the issuance of a notice of removal, the removal shall become effective on such 30th day and on such date the Required Lenders shall succeed as Agent to such removed Agent. 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 or removed Agent, as the case may be, and such retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After the Agent’s resignation or removal, as the case may be, hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Agent, as the case may be. 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 agrees (a) to reimburse the Agents, on demand, in the amount of its pro rata share (based on the amount of its Loans and available Commitments hereunder) of any expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders by the Agents, including counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, that shall not have been reimbursed by the Company or any other Borrower and (b) to indemnify and hold harmless each Agent and any of its Related Parties, on demand, in the amount of such pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in its capacity as Agent or any of them in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement and/or or any other Loan Document as required pursuant to or action taken or omitted by it or any of them under this Agreement and/or or any other Loan Document, to the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by the Company or any other Borrower; provided that no Lender shall be liable to an Agent or any such other indemnified Person for any portion of such liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are determined to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent, and any of its Related Parties or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents. 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 grant a special power of attorney to a party acting on its behalf, in a manner that is not prohibited pursuant to section 181 related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. None of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and/or Lenders identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement or elsewhere herein as a “syndication agent” or “documentation agent” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable lawsto all Lenders as such.
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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 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, 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 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 the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints (i) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Administrative Agent of such Bank under this AgreementAgent, and each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes (ii) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Collateral Agent, and (iii) ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A., as Documentation Agent, (the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Documentation Agent, for such Bankpurposes of this Article being referred to individually as an "Agent" and collectively as the "Agents"), and authorizes the 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 such Agent by the terms of this AgreementAgreement or by the terms of any other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The motivations of Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Documentation Agent shall undertake such responsibilities with respect to the credits extended under this Agreement as agreed to from time to time between the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and the Documentation Agent. The Documentation Agent shall 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 rightsother right, dutiespower, responsibilities obligation, liability, responsibility or liabilities in such respective capacity duty under this Agreement nor other than those applicable to each Lender as a lender. Each bank serving as an Agent shall any such Person have the authority to take any action hereunder same rights and powers in its capacity as such.
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 and generally engage in any kind of business with any Credit Party or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. None of the Agents shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein or in the other 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) no Agent 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 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) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreementexcept as expressly set forth herein, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilitiesduty to disclose, except those expressly set forth hereinand shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Credit Party or any fiduciary relationship of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity; provided, however, that Agents shall give Lenders immediate written notice of any action taken or notice received or given by any of them pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement. 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 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any BankDefault unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Borrowers or a Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities Agent shall be read 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 otherwise exist against any Agent.
other Loan Document, (dii) Each 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 Banks hereby exempts covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document. The Administrative Agent from shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into the restrictions pursuant satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to section 181 confirm receipt of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and similar restrictions applicable items expressly required to it pursuant be delivered 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. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, either act 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. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Credit Party), 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 terms advice of this Agreement and/or 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 including, without limitation, its duties, rights and powers under any Loan Documents in respect of the Collateral or any portion thereof. Each Agent 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 foregoing, each Agent (including but not limited to the Administrative Agent) acting under or in respect of the Collateral, shall act for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank as appropriate hereunder (unless otherwise provided herein or in any other Loan Document Documents) and shall be entitled to the exculpations, privileges, indemnities and other protections provided for the benefit of the Agent herein or therein. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as required pursuant provided in this paragraph, any 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, in consultation with the Borrowers, 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 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 as such. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After any Agent's resignation, 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 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 and/or such or any other Loan Document Document, any related agreement 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 lawsdocument furnished hereunder or thereunder.
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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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