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This excerpt taken from the EYE 8-K filed Apr 3, 2007. 8.01 Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following: (a) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document; (b) Liens existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 8.01 and any renewals, refinancings or extensions thereof, provided that the property covered thereby is not changed and any renewal, refinancing or extension of the obligations secured or benefited thereby is permitted by Section 8.03(b); (c) Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP; (d) carriers, warehousemens, mechanics, materialmens, repairmens or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;
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(e) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with utilities, workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA; (f) deposits to secure the performance of utilities obligations, bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation), 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 affecting real property which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, do not secure Indebtedness, and which do not in any case individually or in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or individually or in the aggregate materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person; (h) Liens on goods the purchase price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit permitted hereunder issued for the account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; (i) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 9.01(h) or securing appeal or other surety bonds related to such judgments; (j) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03(f); provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness and (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost or fair market value, whichever is lower, of the property being acquired on the date of acquisition; provided that such Indebtedness may be incurred within 180 days after the acquisition of any such property; (k) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in accordance with Section 8.02(i) or 8.02(j), provided that such Liens were not created in contemplation of such merger, consolidation or investments and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or such Subsidiary or acquired by the Borrower or such Subsidiary; (l) any interest or title of a lessor or secured by a lessors interest under any lease permitted by this Agreement and any Liens arising from any financing statement filed in connection with such lease; (m) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods; (n) leases or subleases granted to others not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; (o) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03(d); provided that such Liens do not at any time encumber any property of the Borrower or any Guarantor; (p) other Liens securing Indebtedness permitted hereunder and other obligations not prohibited hereunder in an aggregate amount outstanding not exceeding $30,000,000 at any time;
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(q) Liens on Securitization Assets sold or transferred or purported to be sold or transferred to a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Permitted Securitization; (r) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business; and (iii) in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry; and (s) Liens (i) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 8.02 to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment, and (ii) consisting of an agreement to sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any property in a transaction permitted under Section 8.05, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or sale, disposition, transfer or lease, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien. |
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