SECTION 7.02. LIENS. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any Property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
(a) Liens created under the Security Documents;
(b) any Lien on any property or asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the Restatement Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 7.02,provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secured on the Restatement Effective Date and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
(c) inchoate Liens imposed by any Governmental Authority for ad valorem taxes, assessments or charges not yet due or (in the case of property taxes and assessments not exceeding $2,000,000 in the aggregate more than 90 days overdue) or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Company or the affected Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;
(d) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens, and vendors’ Liens imposed by statute or common law not securing the repayment of Indebtedness, arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and Liens securing judgments (including, without limitation,pre-judgment attachments) but only to the extent for an amount and for a period not resulting in an Event of Default under Section 8(j) hereof;
(e) pledges or deposits under worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation;
(f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, tenders, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases (other than capital leases), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(g) easements, rights of way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, restrictions on the use of Property or minor imperfections in title thereto which, in the aggregate, are not material in amount, and which do not, in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of the Property of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(h) additional Liens upon real and/or personal Property created after the Restatement Effective Date,provided that the aggregate amount of obligations secured thereby shall not exceed $40,000,000;
(i) Liens consisting of bankers’ liens and rights of setoff, in each case, arising by operation of law, and Liens on documents presented in letters of credit drawings;
(j) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,provided that (i) such Liens secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01(k), (ii) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (iv) such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
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