Section 5.15. Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. To the knowledge of the Borrower, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries own, without restriction, free and clear of all Liens other than Liens permitted by Section 7.01, license or possess the right to use all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, technology, software, know-how database rights, design rights and other intellectual property rights, whether owned or licensed (collectively, “IP Rights”) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, except to the extent such failure to own, license or have such IP Rights or the existence of such Liens, in each case, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Borrower, no IP Rights, advertising, product, process, method, substance, part or other material used by any Loan Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted infringes upon any rights held by any Person except for such infringements, individually or in the aggregate, which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation regarding any IP Rights, is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against any Loan Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.16. Solvency. On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions and the related transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, Holdings and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.
Section 5.17. USA Patriot Act; OFAC; FCPA.
(a) To the extent applicable, each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries is in compliance, in all material respects, with (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto and (ii) the USA Patriot Act.
(b) None of Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any director or officer of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary is subject to or the target of any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Borrower will not use the proceeds of the Loans or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Person for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person subject to or the target of any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC, to the extent prohibited by sanctions.
(c) No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (“FCPA”), as amended.
Section 5.18. Security Documents. Except as otherwise contemplated hereby or under any other Loan Documents, the provisions of the Collateral Documents, together with such filings and other actions required to be taken hereby or by the applicable Collateral Documents (including the delivery to Administrative Agent of any Pledged Debt and any Pledged Equity required to be delivered pursuant to the applicable Collateral Documents), are effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid, enforceable and first-priority perfected Lien on all right, title and interest of the respective Loan Parties in the Collateral described therein subject to the Enforcement Qualifications and Liens permitted by Section 7.01.
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