ARTICLE X
COLLATERAL
Section 10.01 Grant of Security Interest. (a) In order to secure the full and punctual observance and performance when due of the Secured Obligations, (including any interest that accrues after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post filing or post petition interest or fees is allowed in such proceeding) payable by the Borrower to the Secured Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents, the Borrower hereby collaterally assigns, mortgages, pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a continuing security interest in and to, and a lien upon and right of set-off against, and agrees to transfer to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as and by way of a security interest having priority over all other security interests, with power of sale, all of the Borrower’s rights, titles and interests in the following collateral (the “Collateral”), whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising and wherever located:
(i) the Custody Account, all Financial Assets held therein or credited thereto, all Securities Entitlements in respect thereof, all amounts on deposit therein and all other assets, including all cash and all interests of the Borrower in any entity, indicated on the Custodian’s books and records as being credited to or recorded in the Custody Account;
(ii) all shares, limited liability company interests, limited partnership interests and other Equity Interests in all Investment Funds not held in or credited to the Custody Account, and all Financial Assets and Security Entitlements in respect thereof;
(iii) all Accounts (other than Excluded Accounts), Chattel Paper, Documents, General Intangibles, Instruments, Investment Property, Securities, Financial Assets, Security Entitlements, Money, Securities Accounts, Deposit Accounts, Goods, Commercial Tort Claims (including, without limitation, those Commercial Tort Claims listed on Appendix 3), Letters of Credit, Letter of Credit Rights, Farm Products, Fixtures, Supporting Obligations, time deposits of money (whether or not evidenced by certificates and all rights to receive interest on said deposits), oil, gas, minerals and other assets, wherever located, in which the Borrower now has or hereafter acquires any right or interest, together with all instruments evidencing the foregoing, and all interest, cash and other property and assets from time to time received, receivable (whether accrued or unpaid, due or not yet due) or otherwise distributed in respect thereof;
(iv) all books, records (including computer software and electronic records) and property of any kind constituting or relating to any of the foregoing and all powers and rights now owned or hereafter acquired under or with respect to any of the foregoing; and
(v) all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (whether such Proceeds arise before or after the commencement of any proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, by or against the Borrower or with respect to the Borrower);
provided that Collateral shall not include (I) any Excluded Account including (w) all rights accompanying any Excluded Account, (x) all Proceeds therefrom, (y) all present and future claims, demands, causes and choses in action in respect of any Excluded Account or and all proceeds of every kind and nature whatsoever in respect of any Excluded Account, all cash proceeds, accounts, notes, drafts, checks, deposit accounts, insurance proceeds, rights to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations, instruments and other property which at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of any Excluded Account and any substitutions or replacements therefor, and (z) all books and records related to any Excluded Account, or (II) any right, title, or interest in any of the property described in clauses (ii) to (iv) above or any license, contract, instrument, document, or other agreement or governing document relating to the property described in clause (ii) to (iv) above (a) that validly prohibits the creation of a security interest thereon or expressly requires the consent of any person other than the Borrower and its affiliates which consent has not been obtained as a condition to the creation of such security interest, or (b) to the extent that any law, rule or regulation applicable thereto prohibits the creation of a security interest thereon, but only, in each case, to the extent, and for so long as, such prohibition or requirement for consent is enforceable and in effect (collectively, the “Excluded Property”); provided, however, that Excluded Property shall not include any proceeds, products, substitutions, or replacements of any Excluded Property (unless such proceeds, products, substitutions, or replacements would themselves otherwise constitute Excluded Property). The security interest granted by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 10.01 is granted as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to, or transfer or in any way affect, any obligation or liability of the Borrower with respect to any of the Collateral or any transaction in connection therewith.
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