Collateral Agent (a) The provisions of Section 9 that apply to the Administrative Agent shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the Collateral Agent and to any successor Collateral Agent, as applicable; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to appoint a successor to itself as Collateral Agent and without the consent of any Lender. (b) The Collateral Agent is authorized on behalf of all the Lenders, without the necessity of any notice to or further consent from the Lenders, from time to time to take any action with respect to any Collateral or the Loan Documents which may be necessary to perfect and maintain a perfected security interest in and Liens upon the Collateral granted pursuant to the Loan Documents. Except for the safe custody of any Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duty as to any Collateral, as to ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, trades or other matters relative to any Collateral, whether or not the Collateral Agent is deemed to have knowledge of such matters, or as to taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral (including the filing of UCC Financing and Continuation Statements). The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised appropriate and due care in the custody and preservation of any Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which other collateral agents accord similar property. (c) Each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, in its capacity as an agent under the Intercreditor Agreement, shall be entitled to all right, privileges, protections, immunities, benefits and indemnities provided to the Administrative Agent under this Section 9.