The Grantors referred to herein as Grantors to WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Exhibit 10.4
EXECUTION COPY
SECURITY AGREEMENT
Dated December 28, 2004
From
The Grantors referred to herein
as Grantors
to
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Collateral Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section | Page | |||
Section 1. | Grant of Security | 2 | ||
Section 2. | Security for Obligations | 7 | ||
Section 3. | Grantors Remain Liable | 7 | ||
Section 4. | Delivery and Control of Security Collateral | 7 | ||
Section 5. | Maintaining the Account Collateral | 8 | ||
Section 6. | Investing of Amounts in the Cash Concentration Account, the Collateral Account and the L/C Collateral Account | 10 | ||
Section 7. | Release of Amounts | 10 | ||
Section 8. | Maintaining Electronic Chattel Paper, Transferable Records and Letter-of-Credit Rights and Giving Notice of Commercial Tort Claims | 11 | ||
Section 9. | Representations and Warranties | 11 | ||
Section 10. | Further Assurances | 15 | ||
Section 11. | As to Equipment and Inventory | 16 | ||
Section 12. | Insurance | 17 | ||
Section 13. | Post-Closing Changes; Bailees; Collections on Assigned Agreements, Receivables and Related Contracts | 18 | ||
Section 14. | As to Intellectual Property Collateral | 19 | ||
Section 15. | Voting Rights; Dividends; Etc. | 21 | ||
Section 16. | As to the Assigned Agreements | 21 | ||
Section 17. | As to Letter-of-Credit Rights | 22 | ||
Section 18. | Transfers and Other Liens; Additional Shares | 23 | ||
Section 19. | Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact | 23 | ||
Section 20. | Collateral Agent May Perform | 23 | ||
Section 21. | The Collateral Agents Duties | 23 | ||
Section 22. | Remedies | 24 | ||
Section 23. | Indemnity and Expenses | 26 | ||
Section 24. | Amendments; Waivers; Additional Grantors; Etc. | 26 | ||
Section 25. | Notices, Etc. | 27 | ||
Section 26. | Continuing Security Interest; Assignments under the Credit Agreement | 27 | ||
Section 27. | Release; Termination | 27 | ||
Section 28. | Execution in Counterparts | 28 | ||
Section 29. | The Mortgages | 28 | ||
Section 30. | Governing Law | 28 |
Schedules I | - | Location, Chief Executive Office, Place Where Agreements Are Maintained, Type Of Organization, Jurisdiction Of Organization And Organizational Identification Number | ||
Schedule II | - | Pledged Equity and Pledged Debt | ||
Schedule III | - | Assigned Agreements | ||
Schedule IV | - | Locations of Equipment and Inventory | ||
Schedule V | - | Changes in Name, Location, Etc. | ||
Schedule VI | - | Patents, Trademarks and Trade Names, Copyrights and IP Agreements | ||
Schedule VII | - | Commercial Tort Claims | ||
Schedule VIII | - | Letters of Credit |
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Exhibits | ||||
Exhibit A | - | Form of Security Agreement Supplement | ||
Exhibit B | - | Form of Account Control Agreement (Deposit Account/Securities Account) | ||
Exhibit C | - | Form of Consent and Agreement | ||
Exhibit D | - | Form of Securities Account Control Agreement | ||
Exhibit E | - | Form of Commodity Account Control Agreement | ||
Exhibit F | - | Form of Intellectual Property Security Agreement | ||
Exhibit G | - | Form of Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement | ||
Exhibit H | - | Form of Consent to Assignment of Letter of Credit Rights |
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SECURITY AGREEMENT
SECURITY AGREEMENT dated December 28, 2004 made by LANDRYS RESTAURANTS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), the other Persons listed on the signature pages hereof and the Additional Grantors (as defined in Section 24) (the Borrower, the Persons so listed and the Additional Grantors being, collectively, the Grantors), to WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as collateral agent (in such capacity, together with any successor collateral agent appointed pursuant to Article VII of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the Collateral Agent) for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS.
The Borrower has entered into a Credit Agreement dated as of December 28, 2004 (said Agreement, as it may hereafter be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, being the Credit Agreement) with the Lender Parties and the Agents (each as defined therein).
Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Grantors are entering into this Agreement in order to grant to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in the Collateral (as hereinafter defined).
Each Grantor is the owner of the shares of stock or other Equity Interests (the Initial Pledged Equity) set forth opposite such Grantors name on and as otherwise described in Part I of Schedule II hereto and issued by the Persons named therein and of the indebtedness (the Initial Pledged Debt) set forth opposite such Grantors name on and as otherwise described in Part II of Schedule II hereto and issued by the obligors named therein.
Each Grantor may, from time to time, have security entitlements (the Pledged Security Entitlements) with respect to financial assets (the Pledged Financial Assets) that are credited from time to time to its securities accounts (each, a Securities Account).
Each Grantor may, from time to time, have rights in and to commodity contracts (the Pledged Commodity Contracts) that are carried from time to time in its commodities accounts (each, a Commodity Account).
The Borrower has opened a collateral deposit account, Account No. 2000022994286 (the Collateral Account), with the Collateral Agent at its office at 301 South College Street, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28288 in the name of the Collateral Agent and under the sole control and dominion of the Collateral Agent and subject to the terms of this Agreement.
The Borrower has opened a l/c collateral deposit account, Account No. 2000022994273 (the L/C Collateral Account), with the Collateral Agent at its office at 301 South College Street, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28288, in the name of the Collateral Agent and under the sole control and dominion of the Collateral Agent and subject to the terms of this Agreement.
The Borrower has opened or may hereafter open a cash concentration deposit account (the Cash Concentration Account) with Collateral Agent at its office at 301 South College Street, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28288, in the name of the Borrower and under the sole dominion and control of the Collateral Agent and subject to the terms of this Agreement.
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Each Grantor has opened and in the future may open other deposit accounts (the Other Deposit Accounts) with banks, in the name of the Borrower and subject to the terms of this Agreement.
The Borrower is the beneficiary under certain letters of credit.
It is a condition precedent to the making of Advances and the issuance of Letters of Credit by the Lender Parties under the Credit Agreement and the entry into Secured Hedge Agreements by the Hedge Banks from time to time that the Grantors shall have granted the assignment and security interest and made the pledge and assignment contemplated by this Agreement.
Each Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and the Secured Hedge Agreements.
Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used in this Agreement as defined in the Credit Agreement. Further, unless otherwise defined in this Agreement or in the Credit Agreement, terms defined in Article 8 or 9 of the UCC (as defined below) and/or in the Federal Book Entry Regulations (as defined below) are used in this Agreement as such terms are defined in such Article 8 or 9 and/or the Federal Book Entry Regulations. UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, from time to time, in the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority. The term Federal Book Entry Regulations means (a) the federal regulations contained in Subpart B (Treasury/Reserve Automated Debt Entry System (TRADES)) governing book-entry securities consisting of U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds and Subpart D (Additional Provisions) of 31 C.F.R. Part 357, 31 C.F.R. § 357.2, § 357.10 through § 357.15 and § 357.40 through § 357.45 and (b) to the extent substantially identical to the federal regulations referred to in clause (a) above (as in effect from time to time), the federal regulations governing other book-entry securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and in order to induce the Lender Parties to make Advances and issue Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement and to induce the Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Hedge Agreements from time to time, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties as follows:
Section 1. Grant of Security. Each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, such Grantors right, title and interest in and to the following, in each case, as to each type of property described below, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, wherever located, and whether now or hereafter existing or arising (collectively, the Collateral):
(a) all equipment in all of its forms, including, without limitation, all machinery, tools, motor vehicles, vessels, aircraft, furniture and fixtures, and all parts thereof and all accessions thereto and all software related thereto, including, without limitation, software that is embedded in and is part of the equipment (any and all such property being the Equipment);
(b) all inventory in all of its forms, including, without limitation, (i) all raw materials, work in process, finished goods and materials used or consumed in the manufacture, production, preparation or shipping thereof, (ii) goods in which such Grantor has an interest in mass or a joint or other interest or right of any kind (including, without limitation, goods in which such Grantor has an interest or right as consignee) and (iii) goods that are returned to or repossessed or stopped
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in transit by such Grantor), and all accessions thereto and products thereof and documents therefor, and all software related thereto, including, without limitation, software that is embedded in and is part of the inventory (any and all such property being the Inventory);
(c) all accounts (including, without limitation, health-care-insurance receivables), chattel paper (including, without limitation, tangible chattel paper and electronic chattel paper), instruments (including, without limitation, promissory notes), deposit accounts, letter-of-credit rights, general intangibles (including, without limitation, payment intangibles) and other obligations of any kind, whether or not arising out of or in connection with the sale or lease of goods or the rendering of services and whether or not earned by performance, and all rights now or hereafter existing in and to all supporting obligations and in and to all security agreements, mortgages, Liens, leases, letters of credit and other contracts securing or otherwise relating to the foregoing property (any and all of such accounts, chattel paper, instruments, deposit accounts, letter-of-credit rights, general intangibles and other obligations, to the extent not referred to in clause (d), (e) or (f) below, being the Receivables, and any and all such supporting obligations, security agreements, mortgages, Liens, leases, letters of credit and other contracts being the Related Contracts);
(d) the following (the Security Collateral):
(i) the Initial Pledged Equity and the certificates, if any, representing the Initial Pledged Equity, and all dividends, distributions, return of capital, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Initial Pledged Equity and all subscription warrants, rights or options issued thereon or with respect thereto;
(ii) the Initial Pledged Debt and the instruments, if any, evidencing the Initial Pledged Debt, and all interest, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Initial Pledged Debt;
(iii) all additional shares of stock and other Equity Interests of or in any issuer of the Initial Pledged Equity or any successor entity from time to time acquired by such Grantor in any manner (such shares and other Equity Interests, together with the Initial Pledged Equity, being the Pledged Equity), and the certificates, if any, representing such additional shares or other Equity Interests, and all dividends, distributions, return of capital, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such shares or other Equity Interests and all subscription warrants, rights or options issued thereon or with respect thereto;
(iv) all additional indebtedness from time to time owed to such Grantor by any obligor of the Initial Pledged Debt or any successor entity (such indebtedness, together with the Initial Pledged Debt, being the Pledged Debt) and the instruments, if any, evidencing such indebtedness, and all interest, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such indebtedness;
(v) the Securities Accounts, all Pledged Security Entitlements with respect to all Pledged Financial Assets from time to time credited to the Securities Accounts, and all Pledged Financial Assets, and all dividends, distributions, return of capital, interest, cash,
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instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such Pledged Security Entitlements or such Pledged Financial Assets and all subscription warrants, rights or options issued thereon or with respect thereto;
(vi) the Commodities Accounts, all Pledged Commodity Contracts from time to time carried in the Commodities Accounts, and all value, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such Pledged Commodity Contracts; and
(vii) all other investment property (including, without limitation, all (A) securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, (B) security entitlements, (C) securities accounts, (D) commodity contracts and (E) commodity accounts) in which such Grantor has now, or acquires from time to time hereafter, any right, title or interest in any manner, and the certificates or instruments, if any, representing or evidencing such investment property, and all dividends, distributions, return of capital, interest, distributions, value, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such investment property and all subscription warrants, rights or options issued thereon or with respect thereto;
(e) each of the agreements listed on Schedule III hereto, the IP Agreements (as hereinafter defined), and each Hedge Agreement to which such Grantor is now or may hereafter become a party, in each case as such agreements may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (collectively, the Assigned Agreements), including, without limitation, (i) all rights of such Grantor to receive moneys due and to become due under or pursuant to the Assigned Agreements, (ii) all rights of such Grantor to receive proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty with respect to the Assigned Agreements, (iii) claims of such Grantor for damages arising out of or for breach of or default under the Assigned Agreements and (iv) the right of such Grantor to terminate the Assigned Agreements, to perform thereunder and to compel performance and otherwise exercise all remedies thereunder (all such Collateral being the Agreement Collateral);
(f) the following (collectively, the Account Collateral):
(i) the Collateral Account, the L/C Collateral Account, the Cash Concentration Account and the Other Deposit Accounts and all funds and financial assets from time to time credited thereto (including, without limitation, all Cash Equivalents), all interest, dividends, distributions, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such funds and financial assets, and all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time representing or evidencing the Collateral Account, the L/C Collateral Account, the Cash Concentration Account and the Other Deposit Accounts;
(ii) all promissory notes, certificates of deposit, deposit accounts, checks and other instruments from time to time delivered to or otherwise possessed by the Collateral Agent for or on behalf of such Grantor, including, without limitation, those delivered or possessed in substitution for or in addition to any or all of the then existing Account Collateral; and
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(iii) all interest, dividends, distributions, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the then existing Account Collateral; and
(g) the following (collectively, the Intellectual Property Collateral):
(i) all patents, patent applications, utility models and statutory invention registrations, all inventions claimed or disclosed therein and all improvements thereto (Patents);
(ii) all trademarks, service marks, domain names, trade dress, logos, designs, slogans, trade names, business names, corporate names and other source identifiers, whether registered or unregistered (provided that no security interest shall be granted in United States intent-to-use trademark applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark applications under applicable federal law), together, in each case, with the goodwill symbolized thereby (Trademarks);
(iii) all copyrights, including, without limitation, copyrights in Computer Software (as hereinafter defined), internet web sites and the content thereof, whether registered or unregistered (Copyrights);
(iv) all computer software, programs and databases (including, without limitation, source code, object code and all related applications and data files), firmware and documentation and materials relating thereto, together with any and all maintenance rights, service rights, programming rights, hosting rights, test rights, improvement rights, renewal rights and indemnification rights and any substitutions, replacements, improvements, error corrections, updates and new versions of any of the foregoing (Computer Software);
(v) all confidential and proprietary information, including, without limitation, know-how, trade secrets, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, inventions, research and development information, databases and data, including, without limitation, technical data, financial, marketing and business data, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans and customer and supplier lists and information (collectively, Trade Secrets), and all other intellectual, industrial and intangible property of any type, including, without limitation, industrial designs and mask works;
(vi) all registrations and applications for registration for any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, those registrations and applications for registration set forth in Schedule VI hereto (as such Schedule VI may be supplemented from time to time by supplements to this Agreement, each such supplement being substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto (an IP Security Agreement Supplement) executed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent from time to time), together with all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals and reexaminations thereof;
(vii) all tangible embodiments of the foregoing, all rights in the foregoing provided by international treaties or conventions, all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and all other rights of any kind whatsoever of such Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto;
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(viii) all agreements, permits, consents, orders and franchises relating to the license, development, use or disclosure of any of the foregoing to which such Grantor, now or hereafter, is a party or a beneficiary, including, without limitation, the agreements set forth in Schedule VI hereto (IP Agreements); and
(ix) any and all claims for damages and injunctive relief for past, present and future infringement, dilution, misappropriation, violation, misuse or breach with respect to any of the foregoing, with the right, but not the obligation, to sue for and collect, or otherwise recover, such damages;
(h) all commercial tort claims described in Schedule VII hereto (collectively the Commercial Tort Claims Collateral);
(i) all books and records (including, without limitation, customer lists, credit files, printouts and other computer output materials and records) of such Grantor pertaining to any of the Collateral; and
(j) all proceeds of, collateral for, income, royalties and other payments now or hereafter due and payable with respect to, and supporting obligations relating to, any and all of the Collateral (including, without limitation, proceeds, collateral and supporting obligations that constitute property of the types described in clauses (a) through (i) of this Section 1 and this clause (j)) and, to the extent not otherwise included, all (A) payments under insurance (whether or not the Collateral Agent is the loss payee thereof), or any indemnity, warranty or guaranty, payable by reason of loss or damage to or otherwise with respect to any of the foregoing Collateral, (B) tort claims, including, without limitation, all commercial tort claims and (C) cash.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, (a) the security interest granted under this Section 1 shall not attach to any Equity Interests issued by any Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent that the granting of such security interest hereunder is prohibited by the terms of any financing arrangement of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and, to the extent granted hereunder, shall be subject to any Lien on such Equity Interests securing any such financing arrangement of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and (b) in no event shall the security interest granted under this Section 1 attach to (x) any lease, license, contract, property rights or agreement to which any Grantor is a party, or any of its rights or interests thereunder, if and to the extent that (and only to the extent that) and for so long as (but only for so long as) the grant of such security interest shall (I) give any other party to such lease, license, contract, property rights or agreement the right to terminate any material obligations thereunder, (II) constitute or result in the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any material right, title or interest of any Grantor therein or (III) constitute or result in a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, or a default under, any such lease, license, contract, property rights or agreement (other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to applicable law, including Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 and 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions)); or (y) any shares of stock in any Subsidiary organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (each, a Foreign Subsidiary) and acquired, owned or otherwise held by such Grantor which, when aggregated with all other shares of stock in such Foreign Subsidiary pledged by such Grantor, would result in more than 66% of the shares of stock and other Equity Interests in such Foreign Subsidiary entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.956 2(c)(2) promulgated under the Internal Revenue Code) being pledged to the Collateral Agent under this Agreement, provided that all of the shares of stock and other Equity Interests in such Foreign Subsidiary not entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.956-2(c)(2) promulgated under the Internal Revenue Code) shall be pledged by such Grantor hereunder. In the event that the security interest granted under this Section 1 does not attach to any lease, license, contract, property right or
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agreement to which any Grantor is a party, or any of its rights and interests thereunder, by reason of clause (x) above, such security interest shall immediately and automatically attach to the same, without any further action on the part of any party hereto, at such time as the conditions described above which caused the same to be excluded from such grant shall cease to apply thereto.
Section 2. Security for Obligations. This Agreement secures, in the case of each Grantor, the payment of all Obligations and obligations of such Grantor now or hereafter existing under the Loan Documents and the Secured Hedge Agreements, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, reimbursement obligations, interest, fees, premiums, penalties, indemnifications, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise (all such Obligations and obligations being the Secured Obligations).
Section 3. Grantors Remain Liable. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) each Grantor shall remain liable under the contracts and agreements included in such Grantors Collateral to the extent set forth therein to perform all of its duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (b) the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of the rights hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral and (c) no Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral by reason of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Secured Hedge Agreement, nor shall any Secured Party be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any Grantor thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder.
Section 4. Delivery and Control of Security Collateral. (a) All certificates or instruments representing or evidencing Security Collateral shall be delivered to and held by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent pursuant hereto and shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, provided that the Grantors shall not be required to deliver instruments evidencing Pledged Debt so long as the aggregate principal amount of all such Pledged Debt as to which such instruments have not been delivered (for all Grantors, taken as a whole) does not exceed $1,000,000. If a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, at any time in its discretion and without notice to any Grantor, (i) to transfer to or to register in the name of the Collateral Agent or any of its nominees any or all of the Security Collateral, subject only to the revocable rights specified in Section 15(a), (ii) to exchange certificates or instruments representing or evidencing Security Collateral for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations and (iii) to convert Security Collateral consisting of financial assets credited to any Securities Account to Security Collateral consisting of financial assets held directly by the Collateral Agent, and to convert Security Collateral consisting of financial assets held directly by the Collateral Agent to Security Collateral consisting of financial assets credited to a Securities Account.
(b) With respect to any Security Collateral in which any Grantor has any right, title or interest and that constitutes an uncertificated security, such Grantor will cause the issuer thereof either (i) to register the Collateral Agent as the registered owner of such security or (ii) to agree in an authenticated record with such Grantor and the Collateral Agent that if a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or of an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such issuer will comply with instructions with respect to such security originated by the Collateral Agent without further consent of such Grantor, such authenticated record to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. With respect to any Security Collateral in which any Grantor has any right, title or interest and that is not an uncertificated security, upon the request of the Collateral Agent, such Grantor will notify each such issuer of Pledged Equity that such Pledged Equity is subject to the security interest granted hereunder.
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(c) With respect to any Security Collateral in which any Grantor has any right, title or interest and that constitutes a security entitlement in which the Collateral Agent is not the entitlement holder, such Grantor will, upon request of the Collateral Agent during the continuance of a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default, cause the securities intermediary with respect to such security entitlement either (i) to identify in its records the Collateral Agent as the entitlement holder of such security entitlement against such securities intermediary or (ii) to agree in an authenticated record with such Grantor and the Collateral Agent that if a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or of an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such securities intermediary will comply with entitlement orders (that is, notifications communicated to such securities intermediary directing transfer or redemption of the financial asset to which such Grantor has a security entitlement) originated by the Collateral Agent without further consent of such Grantor, such authenticated record to be in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (such agreement being a Securities Account Control Agreement).
(d) With respect to any Security Collateral in which any Grantor has any right, title or interest and that constitutes a commodity contract, such Grantor shall, upon request of the Collateral Agent during the continuance of a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default, cause the commodity intermediary with respect to such commodity contract to agree in an authenticated record with such Grantor and the Collateral Agent that if a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or of an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such commodity intermediary will apply any value distributed on account of such commodity contract as directed by the Collateral Agent without further consent of such Grantor, such authenticated record to be in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (such agreement being a Commodity Account Control Agreement, and all such authenticated records, together with all Securities Account Control Agreements being, collectively, Security Control Agreements).
(e) No Grantor will change or add any securities intermediary or commodity intermediary that maintains any securities account or commodity account in which any of the Collateral is credited or carried, or change or add any such securities account or commodity account, in each case without first complying with the above provisions of this Section 4 in order to perfect the security interest granted hereunder in such Collateral.
(f) Upon the request of the Collateral Agent at any time after a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or of an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such Grantor will notify each such issuer of Pledged Debt that such Pledged Debt is subject to the security interest granted hereunder and shall deliver to the Collateral Agent all instruments evidencing such Pledged Debt.
Section 5. Maintaining the Account Collateral. So long as any Advance or any other Obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall remain unpaid, any Letter of Credit shall be outstanding, any Secured Hedge Agreement shall be in effect or any Lender Party shall have any Commitment:
(a) Upon request of the Collateral Agent during the continuance of a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default, (i) the Borrower shall open the Cash Concentration Account (if not previously opened), (ii) the Grantors will provide a schedule (the Account Collateral Schedule) listing all the Other Deposits Accounts of the Grantors and (iii) each Grantor will maintain all Account Collateral only with the Collateral Agent or with banks (the Pledged Account Banks) that have agreed, in a record authenticated
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by the Grantor, the Collateral Agent and the Pledged Account Banks, to (A) comply with instructions originated by the Collateral Agent directing the disposition of funds in the Account Collateral without the further consent of the Grantor and (B) waive or subordinate in favor of the Collateral Agent all claims of the Pledged Account Banks (including, without limitation, claims by way of a security interest, lien or right of setoff or right of recoupment) to the Account Collateral, which authenticated record shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, or shall otherwise be in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (the Account Control Agreement).
(b) Upon request of the Collateral Agent during the continuance of a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default, each Grantor will (i) immediately instruct each Person obligated at any time to make any payment to such Grantor for any reason (an Obligor) to make such payment to an Other Deposit Account or a Cash Concentration Account and (ii) deposit in an Other Deposit Account or the Cash Concentration Account or pay to the Collateral Agent for deposit in the Cash Concentration Account, at the end of each Business Day, all proceeds of Collateral and all other cash of such Grantor.
(c) Upon request of the Collateral Agent during the continuance of a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default, each Grantor will instruct each Pledged Account Bank to transfer to the Cash Concentration Account, at the end of each Business Day, in same day funds, an amount equal to the credit balance of each Other Deposit Account in such Pledged Account Bank. If any Grantor shall fail to give any such instructions to any Pledged Account Bank, the Collateral Agent may do so without further notice to any Grantor.
(d) Each Grantor agrees that it will not, during the continuance of a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default, add any bank that maintains a deposit account for such Grantor or open any new deposit account with any then existing Pledged Account Bank unless (i) the Collateral Agent shall have received at least 10 days prior written notice of such additional bank or such new deposit account and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have received, in the case of a bank or Pledged Account Bank that is not the Collateral Agent, an Account Control Agreement authenticated by such new bank and such Grantor, or a supplement to an existing Account Control Agreement with such then existing Pledged Account Bank, covering such new deposit account (and, upon the receipt by the Collateral Agent of such Account Control Agreement or supplement, the Account Collateral Schedule shall be automatically amended to include such Other Deposit Account). Each Grantor agrees that it will not, during the continuance of a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default, terminate any bank as a Pledged Account Bank or terminate any Account Collateral, except that the Grantor may terminate an Other Deposit Account, and terminate a bank as a Pledged Account Bank with respect to such Other Deposit Account, if it gives the Collateral Agent at least 10 days prior written notice of such termination (and, upon such termination, the Account Collateral Schedule shall be automatically amended to delete such Pledged Account Bank and Other Deposit Account).
(e) If a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, upon any termination by a Grantor of any Other Deposit Account by such Grantor, or any Pledged Account Bank with respect thereto, such Grantor will immediately (i) transfer all funds and property held in such terminated Other Deposit Account to another Other Deposit Account listed in the Account Collateral Schedule or to the Cash Concentration Account and (ii) notify all Obligors that were making payments to such Other Deposit Account to make all future payments to another Other Deposit Account listed in the Account Collateral Schedule or to the Cash Concentration Account, in each case so that the
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Collateral Agent shall have a continuously perfected security interest in such Account Collateral, funds and property. Each Grantor agrees to terminate any or all Account Collateral and Account Control Agreements upon request by the Collateral Agent.
(f) So long as no Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or Event of Default exists, the Borrower may draw checks on, and otherwise withdraw amounts from, the Cash Concentration Account and any of the Other Deposit Accounts.
(g) During the continuance of a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall have sole right to direct the disposition of funds with respect to each of the Cash Concentration Account, the Collateral Account, the L/C Collateral Account and the Other Deposit Accounts; and it shall be a term and condition of each of the Cash Concentration Account, the Collateral Account, the L/C Collateral Account and the Other Deposit Accounts, notwithstanding any term or condition to the contrary in any other agreement relating to the Cash Concentration Account, the Collateral Account, the L/C Collateral Account or the Other Deposit Accounts, as the case may be, that no amount (including, without limitation, interest on Cash Equivalents credited thereto) will be paid or released to or for the account of, or withdrawn by or for the account of, the Borrower or any other Person from the Cash Concentration Account, the Collateral Account, the L/C Collateral Account or the Other Deposit Accounts, as the case may be.
(h) If a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent may, at any time and without notice to, or consent from, the Grantor, (i) transfer, or direct the transfer of, funds from the Account Collateral to satisfy the Grantors obligations under the Loan Documents and (ii) transfer, or direct the transfer of, funds from the Other Deposit Accounts to the Cash Concentration Account or from the Other Deposit Accounts and the Cash Concentration Account to the Collateral Account.
Section 6. Investing of Amounts in the Cash Concentration Account, the Collateral Account and the L/C Collateral Account. The Collateral Agent will, subject to the provisions of Sections 5, 7 and 23, from time to time (a) invest, or direct the applicable Pledged Account Bank to invest, amounts received with respect to the Cash Concentration Account, the Collateral Account and the L/C Collateral Account in such Cash Equivalents credited to (A) the Cash Concentration Account, the Collateral Account and the L/C Collateral Account, respectively, as the Borrower may select and the Collateral Agent may approve or (B) in the case of Cash Equivalents consisting of Securities Collateral, a securities account in which the Collateral Agent is the securities intermediary or a securities account subject to a Securities Account Control Agreement, and (b) invest interest paid on the Cash Equivalents referred to in clause (a) above, and reinvest other proceeds of any such Cash Equivalents that may mature or be sold, in each case in such Cash Equivalents credited in the same manner. Interest and proceeds that are not invested or reinvested in Cash Equivalents as provided above shall be deposited and held in the relevant Cash Concentration Account, Collateral Account or L/C Collateral Account.
Section 7. Release of Amounts. So long as no Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent will pay and release, or direct the applicable Pledged Account Bank to pay and release, to the Borrower or at its order or, at the request of the Borrower, to the Administrative Agent to be applied to the Obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents, such amount, if any, as is then on deposit in the Collateral Account or the L/C Collateral Account, as the case may be, in each case to the extent permitted to be released under the terms of the Credit Agreement.
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Section 8. Maintaining Electronic Chattel Paper, Transferable Records and Letter-of-Credit Rights and Giving Notice of Commercial Tort Claims. So long as any Advance or any other Obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall remain unpaid, any Letter of Credit shall be outstanding (to the extent that cash collateral has not been provided therefor pursuant to the Credit Agreement and otherwise on terms acceptable to the Collateral Agent), any Secured Hedge Agreement shall be in effect or any Lender Party shall have any Commitment:
(a) Each Grantor will use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain all (i) electronic chattel paper so that the Collateral Agent has control of the electronic chattel paper in the manner specified in Section 9-105 of the UCC and (ii) all transferable records so that the Collateral Agent has control of the transferable records in the manner specified in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as in effect in the jurisdiction governing such transferable record (UETA);
(b) Each Grantor will use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain all letter-of-credit rights assigned to the Collateral Agent, including, without limitation, all letter-of-credit rights associated with the letters of credit described in Schedule, so that the Collateral Agent has control of such letter-of-credit rights in the manner specified in Section 9-107 of the UCC, provided that the provisions of this Section 8(b) shall not apply to letters of credit the aggregate face amount (for all Grantors, taken as a whole) of which does not exceed $1,000,000; and
(c) Each Grantor will give notice to the Collateral Agent, not more than five Business Days after such Grantor has obtained actual knowledge thereof, of any commercial tort claim for which a complaint has been or is likely to be filed by or on behalf of such Grantor and which exceeds $1,000,000, and will immediately execute or otherwise authenticate a supplement to this Agreement, and otherwise take all necessary action, to subject such commercial tort claim to the first priority security interest created under this Agreement.
Section 9. Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Such Grantors exact legal name, as defined in Section 9-503(a) of the UCC, is correctly set forth in Schedule 1 hereto. Such Grantor has only the trade names, domain names and marks listed on Schedule VI hereto. Such Grantor is located (within the meaning of Section 9-307 of the UCC) and has its chief executive office and the office in which it maintains the original copies of each Assigned Agreement and Related Contract to which such Grantor is a party and all originals of all chattel paper that evidence Receivables of such Grantor, in the state or jurisdiction set forth in Schedule I hereto. The information set forth in Schedule I hereto with respect to such Grantor is true and accurate in all respects. Since December 28, 1999, such Grantor has not changed its name, location, chief executive office, place where it maintains its agreements, type of organization, jurisdiction of organization or organizational identification number from those set forth in Schedule I hereto except as disclosed in Schedule V hereto.
(b) All of the Equipment and Inventory of such Grantor are located at the places specified therefor in Schedule IV hereto, as such Schedule IV may be amended from time to time pursuant to Section 11(a), other than (i) Equipment or Inventory with an aggregate value (for all Grantors, taken as a whole) of less than $1,000,000, (ii) Inventory in transit, (iii) Equipment or Inventory transferred pursuant to a disposition permitted under the Credit Agreement, (iv) mobile goods, (v) Equipment moved for repair or refurbishment, and (vi) Inventory temporarily stored at warehouses or other similar third party locations in the ordinary course of such Grantors business. All Security Collateral consisting of certificated securities and instruments have been
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delivered to the Collateral Agent. Original copies of each Assigned Agreement and all originals of all chattel paper that evidence Receivables have been delivered to the Collateral Agent, in each case to the extent that delivery thereof to the Collateral Agent is required under Section 4. None of the Receivables or Agreement Collateral is evidenced by a promissory note or other instrument that has not been delivered to the Collateral Agent, except to the extent that such delivery is not required by Section 4 hereof.
(c) Such Grantor is the legal and beneficial owner of the Collateral of such Grantor free and clear of any Lien, claim, option or right of others, except for the security interest created under this Agreement or permitted under the Credit Agreement. No effective financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering all or any part of such Collateral or listing such Grantor or any trade name of such Grantor as debtor is on file in any recording office, except such as may have been filed in favor of the Collateral Agent relating to the Loan Documents or as otherwise permitted under the Credit Agreement.
(d) Such Grantor has exclusive possession and control of the Equipment and Inventory other than Inventory stored at any leased premises or warehouse.
(e) The Pledged Equity pledged by such Grantor hereunder has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable. With respect to the Pledged Equity that is an uncertificated security, such Grantor has caused the issuer thereof either (i) to register the Collateral Agent as the registered owner of such security or (ii) to agree in an authenticated record with such Grantor and the Collateral Agent that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default, such issuer will comply with instructions with respect to such security originated by the Collateral Agent without further consent of such Grantor. If such Grantor is an issuer of Pledged Equity, such Grantor confirms that it has received notice of such security interest. The Pledged Debt pledged by such Grantor hereunder has been duly authorized, authenticated or issued and delivered, is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the issuers thereof, is evidenced by one or more promissory notes (which notes have been delivered to the Collateral Agent) and is not in material default.
(f) The Initial Pledged Equity pledged by such Grantor constitutes the percentage of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the issuers thereof indicated on Schedule II hereto. The Initial Pledged Debt constitutes all of the outstanding indebtedness owed to such Grantor by the issuers thereof and is outstanding in the principal amount indicated on Schedule II hereto.
(g) All of the investment property owned by such Grantor is listed on Schedule II hereto.
(h) The Assigned Agreements to which such Grantor is a party, true and complete copies of which (other than the Hedge Agreements) have been furnished to each Secured Party, have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all parties thereto, have not been amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, are in full force and effect and are binding upon and enforceable against all parties thereto in accordance with their terms. There exists no material default under any Assigned Agreement to which such Grantor is a party by any party thereto.
(i) [Intentionally Omitted].
(j) Except for letters of credit the aggregate face amount (for all Grantors taken as a whole) does not exceed $1,000,000, such Grantor is not a beneficiary or assignee under any letter
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of credit other than the letters of credit described in Schedule VIII hereto, as such Schedule VIII may be amended from time to time, and legal, binding and enforceable Consents to Assignment of Letter of Credit Rights, in the form of the Consent to Assignment of Letter of Credit Rights attached hereto as Exhibit H, are in effect for each such letter of credit.
(k) All filings and other actions (including, without limitation, actions necessary to obtain control of Collateral as provided in Sections 9-104, 9-105, 9-106 and 9-107 of the UCC) necessary to perfect the security interest in the Collateral of such Grantor created under this Agreement have been duly made or taken and are in full force and effect (other than (i) the UCC financing statements that will be filed concurrently with or immediately following the Closing Date, (ii) the recordation of the Intellectual Property Security Agreements referred to in Section 14(f) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office (which agreements have been delivered to the Collateral Agent for recording), (iii) the indication of the security interest of the Collateral Agent on certificates of title with respect to Collateral the ownership of which is evidenced by a certificate of title, and (iv) other than actions that may be required to perfect the security interest with respect to Intellectual Property Collateral created under the laws of jurisdictions outside of the United States), and this Agreement creates in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a valid and, together with such filings and other actions, perfected first priority (subject to, in the case of Equity Interests issued by any Unrestricted Subsidiary in which a security interest is granted hereunder, any Lien on such Equity Interests securing any financing arrangement of such Unrestricted Subsidiary) security interest in the Collateral of such Grantor, securing the payment of the Secured Obligations, subject to Liens permitted under the Loan Documents.
(l) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body or any other third party is required for (i) the grant by such Grantor of the security interest granted hereunder or for the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by such Grantor, (ii) the perfection or maintenance of the security interest created hereunder (including the first priority (subject to such exceptions as set forth in Section 9(k)(iv) with respect to Equity Interests issued by Unrestricted Subsidiaries) nature of such security interest), except for (A) the filing of financing and continuation statements under the UCC, which financing statements have been filed or will be duly filed immediately after the Closing Date, (B) the recordation of the Intellectual Property Security Agreements referred to in Section 14(f) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office, which agreements have been delivered to the Collateral Agent for recordation and are in full force and effect, (C) the indication of the security interest of the Collateral Agent on certificates of title with respect to Collateral the ownership of which is evidenced by a certificate of title, and (D) the taking of appropriate actions under applicable foreign law with respect to such Grantors rights in Intellectual Property Collateral created under the laws of jurisdictions outside of the United States, or (iii) the exercise by the Collateral Agent of its voting or other rights provided for in this Agreement or the remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, except (A) as may be required in connection with the disposition of any portion of the Security Collateral by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally, (B) customary procedures required by applicable law in connection with the foreclose or otherwise realization of a security interest, and (C) customary restrictions (to the extent enforceable under applicable law) on the assignability of certain contract rights.
(m) The Inventory that has been produced or distributed by such Grantor has been produced in compliance with all requirements of applicable law, including, without limitation, the Fair Labor Standards Act, except to the extent that any noncompliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(n) As to itself and its Intellectual Property Collateral:
(i) The operation of such Grantors business as currently conducted or as presently contemplated to be conducted and the use of the Intellectual Property Collateral in connection therewith do not conflict with, infringe, misappropriate, dilute, misuse or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of any third party except to the extent such infringement, misappropriation, dilution, misuse or violation would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) Such Grantor is the exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in and to the Intellectual Property Collateral, and is entitled to use all Intellectual Property Collateral subject only to the terms of the IP Agreements.
(iii) The Intellectual Property Collateral set forth on Schedule VI hereto includes all of the patents, patent applications, domain names, trademark registrations and applications, copyright registrations and applications and IP Agreements owned by such Grantor.
(iv) The Intellectual Property Collateral is subsisting and has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable in whole or part, and to the best of such Grantors knowledge, is valid and enforceable. Such Grantor is not aware of any uses of any item of Intellectual Property Collateral that would be reasonably expected to lead to such item becoming invalid or unenforceable.
(v) Except as set forth on Schedule VI, such Grantor has made or performed all filings, recordings and other acts and has paid all required fees and taxes to maintain and protect its interest in each and every item of Intellectual Property Collateral in full force and effect throughout the world, and to protect and maintain its interest therein including, without limitation, recordations of any of its interests in the Patents and Trademarks with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and recordation of any of its interests in the Copyrights with the U.S. Copyright Office. Such Grantor has used proper statutory notice in connection with its use of each patent, trademark and copyright in the Intellectual Property Collateral except to the extent the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(vi) To the Grantors knowledge, no claim, action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding has been asserted or is pending or threatened against such Grantor (A) based upon or challenging or seeking to deny or restrict the Grantors rights in or use of any of the Intellectual Property Collateral, (B) alleging that the Grantors rights in or use of the Intellectual Property Collateral or that any services provided by, processes used by, or products manufactured or sold by, such Grantor infringe, misappropriate, dilute, misuse or otherwise violate any patent, trademark, copyright or any other proprietary right of any third party, or (C) alleging that the Intellectual Property Collateral is being licensed or sublicensed in violation or contravention of the terms of any license or other agreement. No Person is engaging in any activity that infringes, misappropriates, dilutes, misuses or otherwise violates the Intellectual Property Collateral or the Grantors rights in or use thereof that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule VI hereto, such Grantor has not granted any license, release, covenant not to sue, non-assertion assurance, or other right to any Person with respect to any part of the Intellectual Property Collateral. The
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consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not result in the termination or impairment of any of the Intellectual Property Collateral.
(vii) With respect to each IP Agreement: (A) such IP Agreement is valid and binding and in full force and effect and represents the entire agreement between the respective parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof; (B) such IP Agreement will not cease to be valid and binding and in full force and effect on terms identical to those currently in effect as a result of the rights and interest granted herein, nor will the grant of such rights and interest constitute a breach or default under such IP Agreement or otherwise give any party thereto a right to terminate such IP Agreement; (C) such Grantor has not received any notice of termination or cancellation under such IP Agreement; (D) such Grantor has not received any notice of a breach or default under such IP Agreement, which breach or default has not been cured; (E) such Grantor has not granted to any other third party any rights, adverse or otherwise, under such IP Agreement; and (F) neither such Grantor nor any other party to such IP Agreement is in breach or default thereof in any material respect, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a breach or default or permit termination, modification or acceleration under such IP Agreement, except, in each case, to the extent that the foregoing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(viii) To the best of such Grantors knowledge, (A) none of the Trade Secrets of such Grantor has been used, divulged, disclosed or appropriated to the detriment of such Grantor for the benefit of any other Person other than such Grantor; (B) no employee, independent contractor or agent of such Grantor has misappropriated any trade secrets of any other Person in the course of the performance of his or her duties as an employee, independent contractor or agent of such Grantor; and (C) no employee, independent contractor or agent of such Grantor is in default or breach of any term of any employment agreement, non-disclosure agreement, assignment of inventions agreement or similar agreement or contract relating in any way to the protection, ownership, development, use or transfer of such Grantors Intellectual Property Collateral, except, in each case, to the extent that the foregoing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ix) No Grantor or Intellectual Property Collateral is subject to any outstanding consent, settlement, decree, order, injunction, judgment or ruling restricting the use of any Intellectual Property Collateral or that would impair the validity or enforceability of such Intellectual Property Collateral.
(o) To the actual knowledge of such Grantor, such Grantor does not have any commercial tort claims (as defined in Section 9-102(13) of the UCC) for which a complaint has been or is likely to be filed by or on behalf of such Grantor in an amount in excess of $1,000,000, other than those listed in Schedule VII hereto.
Section 10. Further Assurances. (a) Each Grantor agrees that from time to time, at the expense of such Grantor, such Grantor will promptly execute and deliver, or otherwise authenticate, all further instruments and documents, and take all further action that may be necessary or desirable, or that the Collateral Agent may request, in order to perfect and protect any pledge or security interest granted or purported to be granted by such Grantor hereunder or to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral of such Grantor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor will promptly with respect to Collateral of such Grantor: (i)
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at the request of the Collateral Agent during the continuance of a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default, mark conspicuously each document included in Inventory, each chattel paper included in Receivables, each Related Contract, each Assigned Agreement and, at the request of the Collateral Agent, each of its records pertaining to such Collateral with a legend, in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, indicating that such document, chattel paper, Related Contract, Assigned Agreement or Collateral is subject to the security interest granted hereby; (ii) if any such Collateral shall be evidenced by a promissory note or other instrument or chattel paper, deliver and pledge to the Collateral Agent hereunder such note or instrument or chattel paper duly indorsed and accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, provided that this clause (ii) shall not apply to notes, instruments and chattel paper so long as the aggregate principal amount (for all Grantors, taken as a whole) of all such notes, instruments and chattel papers does not exceed $1,000,000; (iii) execute or authenticate and file such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Collateral Agent may request, in order to perfect and preserve the security interest granted or purported to be granted by such Grantor hereunder; (iv) deliver and pledge to the Collateral Agent for benefit of the Secured Parties certificates representing Security Collateral that constitutes certificated securities, accompanied by undated stock or bond powers executed in blank; (v) except as otherwise provided herein, take all action necessary to ensure that the Collateral Agent has control of Collateral consisting of deposit accounts, electronic chattel paper, investment property, letter-of-credit rights and transferable records as provided in Sections 9-104, 9-105, 9-106 and 9-107 of the UCC and in Section 16 of UETA; (vi) take all action to ensure that the Collateral Agents security interest is noted on any certificate of ownership related to any Collateral evidenced by a certificate of ownership; (vii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Collateral Agent to be the beneficiary under all letters of credit that constitute Collateral, with the exclusive right to make all draws under such letters of credit, and with all rights of a transferee under Section 5-114(e) of the UCC; and (viii) deliver to the Collateral Agent evidence that all other action that the Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary or desirable in order to perfect and protect the security interest created by such Grantor under this Agreement has been taken.
(b) Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to file one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, including, without limitation, one or more financing statements indicating that such financing statements cover all assets or all personal property (or words of similar effect) of such Grantor, in each case without the signature of such Grantor, and regardless of whether any particular asset described in such financing statements falls within the scope of the UCC or the granting clause of this Agreement. A photocopy or other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing statement covering the Collateral or any part thereof shall be sufficient as a financing statement where permitted by law. Each Grantor ratifies its authorization for the Collateral Agent to have filed such financing statements, continuation statements or amendments filed prior to the date hereof.
(c) Each Grantor will furnish to the Collateral Agent from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral of such Grantor and such other reports in connection with such Collateral as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.
Section 11. As to Equipment and Inventory. (a) Each Grantor will keep the Equipment and Inventory of such Grantor (other than (i) Equipment or Inventory with an aggregate value (for all Grantors, taken as a whole) of less than $1,000,000, (ii) Inventory in transit, (iii) Equipment or Inventory transferred pursuant to a disposition permitted under the Credit Agreement, (iv) mobile goods, (v) Equipment moved for repair or refurbishment in the ordinary course of such Grantors business, and (vi) Inventory temporarily stored at warehouses or other similar third party locations) at the places therefor specified in Section 9(b) or, upon 10 Business Days prior written notice to the Collateral Agent, at such
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other places designated by the Grantor in such notice. Upon the giving of such notice, Schedule IV shall be automatically amended to add any new locations specified in the notice.
(b) Each Grantor will cause the Equipment of such Grantor to be maintained and preserved in the same condition, repair and working order as when new, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and will forthwith, or in the case of any loss or damage to any of such Equipment as soon as practicable after the occurrence thereof, make or cause to be made all repairs, replacements and other improvements in connection therewith that are necessary or desirable to such end, except when the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Grantor will promptly furnish to the Collateral Agent a statement respecting any loss or damage exceeding $1,000,000 to any of the Equipment or Inventory of such Grantor.
(c) Each Grantor will pay promptly when due all property and other taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon, and all claims (including, without limitation, claims for labor, materials and supplies) against, the Equipment and Inventory of such Grantor, except to the extent payment thereof is not required by Section 5.01(b) of the Credit Agreement or would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. In producing its Inventory, each Grantor will comply with all requirements of applicable law, including, without limitation, the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Section 12. Insurance. (a) Each Grantor will, at its own expense, maintain insurance with respect to the Equipment and Inventory of such Grantor in such amounts, against such risks, in such form and with such insurers, as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent from time to time. Each policy of each Grantor for liability insurance shall provide for all losses to be paid on behalf of the Collateral Agent and such Grantor as their interests may appear, and each policy for property damage insurance shall provide for all losses (except for losses of less than $15,000,000 per occurrence so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) to be paid directly to the Collateral Agent to be held as Collateral (but subject to Section 12(c)) or, to the extent required under and in accordance with the Credit Agreement, to be applied in mandatory prepayments of the Advances. Each such policy shall in addition (i) name such Grantor and the Collateral Agent as insured parties thereunder (without any representation or warranty by or obligation upon the Collateral Agent) as their interests may appear, (ii) contain the agreement by the insurer that any loss thereunder shall be payable to the Collateral Agent notwithstanding any action, inaction or breach of representation or warranty by such Grantor, (iii) provide that there shall be no recourse against the Collateral Agent for payment of premiums or other amounts with respect thereto and (iv) provide that at least 10 days prior written notice of cancellation or of lapse shall be given to the Collateral Agent by the insurer. Each Grantor will, if so requested by the Collateral Agent, deliver to the Collateral Agent original or duplicate policies of such insurance and, as often as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, a report of a reputable insurance broker with respect to such insurance. Further, each Grantor will, at the request of the Collateral Agent, duly execute and deliver instruments of assignment of such insurance policies to comply with the requirements of Section 11 and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the insurers to acknowledge notice of such assignment.
(b) Reimbursement under any liability insurance maintained by any Grantor pursuant to this Section 12 may be paid directly to the Person who shall have incurred liability covered by such insurance. In case of any loss involving damage to Equipment or Inventory when subsection (c) of this Section 12 is not applicable, the applicable Grantor will make or cause to be made the necessary repairs to or replacements of such Equipment or Inventory, and any proceeds of insurance properly received by or released to such Grantor shall be used by such Grantor, except as otherwise required hereunder or by the Credit Agreement, to pay or as reimbursement for the costs of such repairs or replacements.
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(c) So long as no Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all insurance payments received by the Collateral Agent in connection with any loss, damage or destruction of any Inventory or Equipment will be released by the Collateral Agent to the applicable Grantor, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and such other terms and conditions with respect to the release thereof as the Collateral Agent may reasonably require. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default, all insurance payments in respect of such Equipment or Inventory shall be paid to the Collateral Agent and shall, in the Collateral Agents sole discretion, (i) be released to the applicable Grantor as set forth in the first sentence of this subsection (c) or (ii) be held as additional Collateral hereunder or applied as specified in Section 22(b).
Section 13. Post-Closing Changes; Bailees; Collections on Assigned Agreements, Receivables and Related Contracts. (a) No Grantor will change its name, type of organization, jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number or location from those set forth in Section 9(a) of this Agreement without first giving at least 15 days prior written notice to the Collateral Agent and taking all action reasonably required by the Collateral Agent for the purpose of perfecting or protecting the security interest granted by this Agreement. Except as otherwise specified herein, no Grantor will change the location of the Equipment and Inventory or the place where it keeps the originals of the Assigned Agreements and Related Contracts to which such Grantor is a party and all originals of all chattel paper that evidence Receivables of such Grantor from the locations therefor specified in Sections 9 (a) and 9(b) without first giving the Collateral Agent 30 days prior written notice of such change. No Grantor will become bound by a security agreement authenticated by another Person (determined as provided in Section 9-203(d) of the UCC) without giving the Collateral Agent 15 days prior written notice thereof and taking all action reasonably required by the Collateral Agent to ensure that the perfection and first priority nature of the Collateral Agents security interest in the Collateral will be maintained. Each Grantor will hold and preserve its records relating to the Collateral, including, without limitation, the Assigned Agreements and Related Contracts, and will permit representatives of the Collateral Agent at any time during normal business hours upon reasonable prior notice to inspect and make abstracts from such records and other documents in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement. If the Grantor does not have an organizational identification number and later obtains one, it will forthwith notify the Collateral Agent of such organizational identification number.
(b) During the continuance of a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or Event of Default, if any Collateral (with an aggregate value of $1,000,000 or more) is at any time in the possession or control of a warehouseman, bailee or agent, each Grantor owning such Collateral (or any portion thereof) will (i) notify such warehouseman, bailee or agent of the security interest created hereunder, (ii) instruct such warehouseman, bailee or agent to hold all such Collateral solely for the Collateral Agents account subject only to the Collateral Agents instructions (which shall permit such Collateral to be removed by such Grantor in the ordinary course of business until the Collateral Agent notifies such warehouseman, bailee or agent that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts, to cause such warehouseman, bailee or agent to authenticate a record acknowledging that it holds possession of such Collateral for the Collateral Agents benefit and shall act solely on the instructions of the Collateral Agent without the further consent of the Grantor or any other Person, and (iv) make such authenticated record available to the Collateral Agent.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (c), each Grantor will continue to collect, at its own expense, all amounts due or to become due such Grantor under the Assigned Agreements, Receivables and Related Contracts. In connection with such collections, such Grantor may take (and, at the Collateral Agents direction, during the continuance of a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or Event of Default, will take) such commercially reasonable action as such Grantor or the Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary or advisable to enforce collection of the
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Assigned Agreements, Receivables and Related Contracts; provided, however, that the Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time when a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or Event of Default exists and is continuing, upon written notice to such Grantor of its intention to do so, to notify the Obligors under any Assigned Agreements, Receivables and Related Contracts of the assignment of such Assigned Agreements, Receivables and Related Contracts to the Collateral Agent and to direct such Obligors to make payment of all amounts due or to become due to such Grantor thereunder directly to the Collateral Agent and, upon such notification and at the expense of such Grantor, to enforce collection of any such Assigned Agreements, Receivables and Related Contracts, to adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment thereof, in the same manner and to the same extent as such Grantor might have done, and to otherwise exercise all rights with respect to such Assigned Agreements, Receivables and Related Contracts, including, without limitation, those set forth set forth in Section 9-607 of the UCC. After receipt by any Grantor of the notice from the Collateral Agent referred to in the proviso to the preceding sentence, (i) all amounts and proceeds (including, without limitation, instruments) received by such Grantor in respect of the Assigned Agreements, Receivables and Related Contracts of such Grantor shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent hereunder, shall be segregated from other funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith paid over to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary indorsement) to be deposited in the Collateral Account and either (A) released to such Grantor on the terms set forth in Section 7 so long as no Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement and no Event of Default shall be continuing or (B) if any Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or Event of Default shall be continuing, applied as provided in Section 22(b) and (ii) such Grantor will not adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment of any Receivable or amount due on any Assigned Agreement or Related Contract, release wholly or partly any Obligor thereof, or allow any credit or discount thereon. No Grantor will permit or consent to the subordination of its right to payment under any of the Assigned Agreements, Receivables and Related Contracts to any other indebtedness or obligations of the Obligor thereof.
Section 14. As to Intellectual Property Collateral. (a) With respect to each item of its Intellectual Property Collateral, each Grantor agrees to take, at its expense, all necessary steps, including, without limitation, in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other governmental authority, to (i) maintain the validity and enforceability of such Intellectual Property Collateral and maintain such Intellectual Property Collateral in full force and effect, and (ii) pursue the registration and maintenance of each patent, trademark, or copyright registration or application, now or hereafter included in such Intellectual Property Collateral of such Grantor, including, without limitation, the payment of required fees and taxes, the filing of responses to office actions issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office or other governmental authorities, the filing of applications for renewal or extension, the filing of affidavits under Sections 8 and 15 of the U.S. Trademark Act, the filing of divisional, continuation, continuation-in-part, reissue and renewal applications or extensions, the payment of maintenance fees and the participation in interference, reexamination, opposition, cancellation, infringement and misappropriation proceedings, unless such Grantor has determined in accordance with reasonable business judgment, that such material Intellectual Property Collateral is no longer useful or of any material economic value. No Grantor shall, without the written consent of the Collateral Agent, discontinue use of or otherwise abandon any Intellectual Property Collateral, or abandon any right to file an application for patent, trademark, or copyright, unless such Grantor shall have previously determined that such use or the pursuit or maintenance of such Intellectual Property Collateral is no longer desirable in the conduct of such Grantors business and that the loss thereof would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such Grantor will give prompt notice of any such abandonment to the Collateral Agent.
(b) Each Grantor agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Agent if such Grantor becomes aware (i) that any item of the Intellectual Property Collateral may have become abandoned, placed in the public domain, invalid or unenforceable, or of any adverse determination or development regarding such
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Grantors ownership of any of the Intellectual Property Collateral or its right to register the same or to keep and maintain and enforce the same, or (ii) of any adverse determination or the institution of any proceeding (including, without limitation, the institution of any proceeding in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or any court) regarding any item of the Intellectual Property Collateral.
(c) In the event that any Grantor becomes aware that any item of the Intellectual Property Collateral is being infringed or misappropriated by a third party, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent and shall take such actions, at its expense, as such Grantor or, if a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or Event of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent deems reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to protect or enforce such Intellectual Property Collateral, including, without limitation, suing for infringement or misappropriation and for an injunction against such infringement or misappropriation.
(d) Each Grantor shall use proper statutory notice in connection with its use of each item of its Intellectual Property Collateral. No Grantor shall do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its Intellectual Property Collateral may lapse or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain, except as permitted in Section 14(a).
(e) Each Grantor shall take all commercially reasonable steps which it or, if a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or Event of Default is continuing, the Collateral Agent deems reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to preserve and protect each item of its Intellectual Property Collateral, including, without limitation, maintaining the quality of any and all products or services used or provided in connection with any of the Trademarks, consistent with the quality of the products and services as of the date hereof, and taking all steps necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any of the Trademarks use such consistent standards of quality.
(f) With respect to its Intellectual Property Collateral, each Grantor agrees to execute or otherwise authenticate an agreement, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit F hereto or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (an Intellectual Property Security Agreement), for recording the security interest granted hereunder to the Collateral Agent in such Intellectual Property Collateral with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other governmental authorities necessary to perfect the security interest hereunder in such Intellectual Property Collateral.
(g) Each Grantor agrees that should it obtain an ownership interest in any item of the type set forth in Section 1(g) that is not on the date hereof a part of the Intellectual Property Collateral (After-Acquired Intellectual Property) (i) the provisions of this Agreement shall automatically apply thereto, and (ii) any such After-Acquired Intellectual Property and, in the case of trademarks, the goodwill symbolized thereby, shall automatically become part of the Intellectual Property Collateral subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement with respect thereto. At the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, each Grantor shall give prompt written notice to the Collateral Agent identifying the After-Acquired Intellectual Property acquired during such fiscal quarter, and such Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent with such written notice, or otherwise authenticate, an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (an IP Security Agreement Supplement) covering such After-Acquired Intellectual Property which IP Security Agreement Supplement shall be recorded with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other governmental authorities necessary to perfect the security interest hereunder in such After-Acquired Intellectual Property.
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Section 15. Voting Rights; Dividends; Etc. (a) So long as no Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(i) Each Grantor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the Security Collateral of such Grantor or any part thereof for any purpose; provided, however, that such Grantor will not exercise or refrain from exercising any such right if such action would have a material adverse effect on the value of the Security Collateral or any part thereof.
(ii) Each Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest and other distributions paid in respect of the Security Collateral of such Grantor if and to the extent that the payment thereof is not otherwise prohibited by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
(iii) The Collateral Agent will execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to each Grantor all such proxies and other instruments as such Grantor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to exercise the voting and other rights that it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (i) above and to receive the dividends or interest payments that it is authorized to receive and retain pursuant to paragraph (ii) above.
(b) During the continuance of a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default:
(i) All rights of each Grantor (x) to exercise or refrain from exercising the voting and other consensual rights that it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 15(a)(i) shall, upon notice to such Grantor by the Collateral Agent, cease and (y) to receive the dividends, interest and other distributions that it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 15(a)(ii) shall automatically cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise or refrain from exercising such voting and other consensual rights and to receive and hold as Security Collateral such dividends, interest and other distributions.
(ii) All dividends, interest and other distributions that are received by any Grantor contrary to the provisions of paragraph (i) of this Section 15(b) shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, shall be segregated from other funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith paid over to the Collateral Agent as Security Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary indorsement).
(iii) The Collateral Agent shall be authorized to send to each Securities Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary as defined in and under any Security Control Agreement a Notice of Exclusive Control as defined in and under such Security Control Agreement.
Section 16. As to the Assigned Agreements. (a) Each Grantor will at its expense (unless the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and except to the extent otherwise permitted in the Loan Documents):
(i) perform and observe all terms and provisions of the Assigned Agreements to be performed or observed by it, maintain the Assigned Agreements to which it is a party in full force and effect, enforce the Assigned Agreements to which it is a party in accordance with the terms thereof and take all such action to such end as may be requested from time to time by the Collateral Agent; and
(ii) if a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) under the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (A) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each party to the Assigned Agreements listed on Schedule III hereto to which such Grantor is a party
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other than the Grantors to execute and deliver to such Grantor a consent, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, to the assignment of the Agreement Collateral to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement, (B) furnish to the Collateral Agent promptly upon receipt thereof copies of all notices, requests and other documents received by such Grantor under or pursuant to the Assigned Agreements to which it is a party, and (C) from time to time (1) furnish to the Collateral Agent such information and reports regarding the Assigned Agreements and such other Collateral of such Grantor as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (2) upon request of the Collateral Agent make to each other party to any Assigned Agreement to which it is a party such demands and requests for information and reports or for action as such Grantor is entitled to make thereunder.
(b) Each Grantor agrees that it will not, except to the extent otherwise permitted under the Loan Documents or the to the extent such action would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(i) cancel or terminate any Assigned Agreement to which it is a party or consent to or accept any cancellation or termination thereof;
(ii) amend, amend and restate, supplement or otherwise modify any such Assigned Agreement or give any consent, waiver or approval thereunder;
(iii) waive any default under or breach of any such Assigned Agreement; or
(iv) take any other action in connection with any such Assigned Agreement that would impair the value of the interests or rights of such Grantor thereunder or that would impair the interests or rights of any Secured Party.
(c) Each Grantor hereby consents on its behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries to the assignment and pledge to the Collateral Agent for benefit of the Secured Parties of each Assigned Agreement to which it is a party by any other Grantor hereunder.
Section 17. As to Letter-of-Credit Rights. (a) Each Grantor, by granting a security interest in its Receivables consisting of letter-of-credit rights to the Collateral Agent, intends to (and hereby does) assign to the Collateral Agent its rights (including its contingent rights) to the proceeds of all Related Contracts consisting of letters of credit of which it is or hereafter becomes a beneficiary or assignee. Each Grantor will promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the issuer of each letter of credit and each nominated person (if any) with respect thereto to consent to such assignment of the proceeds thereof in substantially the form of the Consent to Assignment of Letter of Credit Rights attached hereto as Exhibit H or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and deliver written evidence of such consent to the Collateral Agent, provided that so long as no Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement and an Event of Default has occurring and is continuing, this Section 17 shall not apply to letters of credit the aggregate face amount of which does not exceed $1,000,000 (for all Grantors taken as a whole).
(b) Upon the occurrence of a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default, each Grantor will, promptly upon request by the Collateral Agent, (i) notify (and such Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to notify) the issuer and each nominated person with respect to each of the Related Contracts consisting of letters of credit that the proceeds thereof have been assigned to the Collateral Agent hereunder and any payments due or to become due in respect thereof are to be made directly to the Collateral Agent or its designee and (ii) arrange for the Collateral Agent to become the transferee beneficiary of such letter of credit.
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Section 18. Transfers and Other Liens; Additional Shares. (a) Each Grantor agrees that it will not (i) sell, assign or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any of the Collateral, other than sales, assignments and other dispositions of Collateral, and options relating to Collateral, permitted under the terms of the Credit Agreement, or (ii) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any of the Collateral of such Grantor except for the pledge, assignment and security interest created under this Agreement and Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement.
(b) Each Grantor agrees that it will (i) cause each issuer of the Pledged Equity pledged by such Grantor not to issue any Equity Interests or other securities in addition to or in substitution for the Pledged Equity issued by such issuer, except to such Grantor, and (ii) pledge hereunder, immediately upon its acquisition (directly or indirectly) thereof, any and all additional Equity Interests or other securities of each issuer of the Pledged Equity.
Section 19. Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent such Grantors attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or otherwise, from time to time, in the Collateral Agents discretion, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or an Event of Default, to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation:
(a) to obtain and adjust insurance required to be paid to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 12,
(b) to ask for, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compromise, receive and give acquittance and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in respect of any of the Collateral,
(c) to receive, indorse and collect any drafts or other instruments, documents and chattel paper, in connection with clause (a) or (b) above, and
(d) to file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings that the Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral or otherwise to enforce compliance with the terms and conditions of any Assigned Agreement or the rights of the Collateral Agent with respect to any of the Collateral.
Section 20. Collateral Agent May Perform. If any Grantor fails to perform any agreement contained herein, the Collateral Agent may, but without any obligation to do so and without notice, itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, and the expenses of the Collateral Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by such Grantor under Section 23.
Section 21. The Collateral Agents Duties. (a) The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect the Secured Parties interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. Except for the safe custody of any Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral, as to ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any Collateral, whether or not any Secured Party has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters, or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any Collateral in its
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possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property.
(b) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Collateral Agent may from time to time, when the Collateral Agent deems it to be necessary, appoint one or more subagents (each a Subagent) for the Collateral Agent hereunder with respect to all or any part of the Collateral. In the event that the Collateral Agent so appoints any Subagent with respect to any Collateral, (i) the assignment and pledge of such Collateral and the security interest granted in such Collateral by each Grantor hereunder shall be deemed for purposes of this Security Agreement to have been made to such Subagent, in addition to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as security for the Secured Obligations of such Grantor, (ii) such Subagent shall automatically be vested, in addition to the Collateral Agent, with all rights, powers, privileges, interests and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder with respect to such Collateral, and (iii) the term Collateral Agent, when used herein in relation to any rights, powers, privileges, interests and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to such Collateral, shall include such Subagent; provided, however, that no such Subagent shall be authorized to take any action with respect to any such Collateral unless and except to the extent expressly authorized in writing by the Collateral Agent.
Section 22. Remedies. If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(a) The Collateral Agent may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) and also may: (i) require each Grantor to, and each Grantor hereby agrees that it will at its expense and upon request of the Collateral Agent forthwith, assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by the Collateral Agent and make it available to the Collateral Agent at a place and time to be designated by the Collateral Agent that is reasonably convenient to both parties; (ii) without notice except as specified below, sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any of the Collateral Agents offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and upon such other terms as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable; (iii) occupy any premises owned or leased by any of the Grantors where the Collateral or any part thereof is assembled or located for a reasonable period in order to effectuate its rights and remedies hereunder or under law, without obligation to such Grantor in respect of such occupation; and (iv) exercise any and all rights and remedies of any of the Grantors under or in connection with the Collateral, or otherwise in respect of the Collateral, including, without limitation, (A) any and all rights of such Grantor to demand or otherwise require payment of any amount under, or performance of any provision of, the Assigned Agreements, the Receivables, the Related Contracts and the other Collateral, (B) withdraw, or cause or direct the withdrawal, of all funds with respect to the Account Collateral and (C) exercise all other rights and remedies with respect to the Assigned Agreements, the Receivables, the Related Contracts and the other Collateral, including, without limitation, those set forth in Section 9-607 of the UCC. Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten days notice to such Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned.
(b) Any cash held by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent and all cash proceeds received by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from, or other
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realization upon all or any part of the Collateral may, in the discretion of the Collateral Agent, be held by the Collateral Agent as collateral for, and/or then or at any time thereafter applied (after payment of any amounts payable to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 23) in whole or in part by the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties against, all or any part of the Secured Obligations, in the order of priority specified in Section 2.11(f) of the Credit Agreement. Any surplus of such cash or cash proceeds held by or on the behalf of the Collateral Agent and remaining after payment in full of all the Secured Obligations shall be paid over to the applicable Grantor or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive such surplus.
(c) All payments received by any Grantor under or in connection with any Assigned Agreement or otherwise in respect of the Collateral shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, shall be segregated from other funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith paid over to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary indorsement).
(d) The Collateral Agent may, without notice to any Grantor except as required by law and at any time or from time to time, charge, set-off and otherwise apply all or any part of the Secured Obligations against any funds held with respect to the Account Collateral or in any other deposit account.
(e) In the event of any sale or other disposition of any of the Intellectual Property Collateral of any Grantor, the goodwill symbolized by any Trademarks subject to such sale or other disposition shall be included therein, and such Grantor shall supply to the Collateral Agent or its designee such Grantors know-how and expertise, and documents and things relating to any Intellectual Property Collateral subject to such sale or other disposition, and such Grantors customer lists and other records and documents relating to such Intellectual Property Collateral and to the manufacture, distribution, advertising and sale of products and services of such Grantor.
(f) If the Collateral Agent shall determine to exercise its right to sell all or any of the Security Collateral of any Grantor pursuant to this Section 22, each Grantor agrees that, upon request of the Collateral Agent, such Grantor will, at its own expense:
(i) execute and deliver, and cause each issuer of such Security Collateral contemplated to be sold and the directors and officers thereof to execute and deliver, all such instruments and documents, and do or cause to be done all such other acts and things, as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Collateral Agent, advisable to register such Security Collateral under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended from time to time, the Securities Act), to cause the registration statement relating thereto to become effective and to remain effective for such period as prospectuses are required by law to be furnished and to make all amendments and supplements thereto and to the related prospectus that, in the opinion of the Collateral Agent, are necessary or advisable, all in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission applicable thereto;
(ii) use its best efforts to qualify the Security Collateral under the state securities or Blue Sky laws and to obtain all necessary governmental approvals for the sale of such Security Collateral, as requested by the Collateral Agent;
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(iii) cause each such issuer of such Security Collateral to make available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, an earnings statement that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act;
(iv) provide the Collateral Agent with such other information and projections as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Collateral Agent, advisable to enable the Collateral Agent to effect the sale of such Security Collateral; and
(v) do or cause to be done all such other acts and things as may be necessary to make such sale of such Security Collateral or any part thereof valid and binding and in compliance with applicable law.
(g) The Collateral Agent is authorized, in connection with any sale of the Security Collateral pursuant to this Section 22, to deliver or otherwise disclose to any prospective purchaser of the Security Collateral: (i) any registration statement or prospectus, and all supplements and amendments thereto, prepared pursuant to subsection (f)(i) above; (ii) any information and projections provided to it pursuant to subsection (f)(iv) above; and (iii) any other information in its possession relating to such Security Collateral.
(h) Each Grantor acknowledges the impossibility of ascertaining the amount of damages that would be suffered by the Secured Parties by reason of the failure by such Grantor to perform any of the covenants contained in subsection (f) above and, consequently, agrees that, if such Grantor shall fail to perform any of such covenants, it will pay, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, an amount equal to the value of the Security Collateral on the date the Collateral Agent shall demand compliance with subsection (f) above.
Section 23. Indemnity and Expenses. (a) Each Grantor agrees to indemnify, defend and save and hold harmless each Secured Party and each of their Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (each, an Indemnified Party) from and against, and shall pay on demand, any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) that may be incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party, in each case arising out of or in connection with or resulting from this Agreement (including, without limitation, enforcement of this Agreement), except to the extent such claim, damage, loss, liability or expense is found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnified Partys gross negligence or willful misconduct or breach in bad faith of its obligations hereunder.
(b) Each Grantor will, within five Business Days after demand, pay to the Collateral Agent the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, that the Collateral Agent may incur in connection with (i) the administration of this Agreement, (ii) the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or the sale of, collection from or other realization upon, any of the Collateral of such Grantor, (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties hereunder or (iv) the failure by such Grantor to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.
Section 24. Amendments; Waivers; Additional Grantors; Etc. (a) No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and no consent to any departure by any Grantor herefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Collateral Agent, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise, and no
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delay in exercising any right hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.
(b) Upon the execution and delivery, or authentication, by any Person of a security agreement supplement in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto (each a Security Agreement Supplement), (i) such Person shall be referred to as an Additional Grantor and shall be and become a Grantor hereunder, and each reference in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to Grantor shall also mean and be a reference to such Additional Grantor, and each reference in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to Collateral shall also mean and be a reference to the Collateral of such Additional Grantor, and (ii) the supplemental schedules I-VIII attached to each Security Agreement Supplement shall be incorporated into and become a part of and supplement Schedules I-VIII, respectively, hereto, and the Collateral Agent may attach such supplemental schedules to such Schedules; and each reference to such Schedules shall mean and be a reference to such Schedules as supplemented pursuant to each Security Agreement Supplement.
Section 25. Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be either (i) in writing (including telegraphic, telecopier or telex communication) and mailed, telegraphed, telecopied, telexed or otherwise delivered or (ii) by electronic mail (if electronic mail addresses are designated as provided below) confirmed immediately in writing, in the case of the Borrower or the Collateral Agent, addressed to it at its address specified in the Credit Agreement and, in the case of each Grantor other than the Borrower, addressed to it at its address set forth opposite such Grantors name on the signature pages hereto or on the signature page to the Security Agreement Supplement pursuant to which it became a party hereto; or, as to any party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties. All such notices and other communications shall, when mailed, telegraphed, telecopied, telexed, sent by electronic mail or otherwise, be effective when deposited in the mails, delivered to the telegraph company, telecopied, confirmed by telex answerback, sent by electronic mail and confirmed in writing, or otherwise delivered (or confirmed by a signed receipt), respectively, addressed as aforesaid; except that notices and other communications to the Collateral Agent shall not be effective until received by the Collateral Agent. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or of any Security Agreement Supplement or Schedule hereto shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart thereof.
Section 26. Continuing Security Interest; Assignments under the Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the latest of (i) the payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations, (ii) the Termination Date and (iii) the termination, expiration or cash collateralization (on terms acceptable to the Collateral Agent) of all Letters of Credit and the termination or expiration of all Secured Hedge Agreements, (b) be binding upon each Grantor, its successors and assigns and (c) inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder, to the benefit of the Secured Parties and their respective successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c), any Lender Party may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, all or any portion of its Commitments, the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes, if any, held by it) to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Lender Party herein or otherwise, in each case as provided in Section 8.07 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 27. Release; Termination. (a) Upon any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of any item of Collateral of any Grantor in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents (other than sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business), the Collateral Agent will, at such Grantors expense, execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to
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evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted hereby; provided, however, that (i) at the time of such request and such release no Default under Section 6.01(a) or (f) under the Credit Agreement and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) such Grantor shall have delivered to the Collateral Agent, at least ten Business Days prior to the date of the proposed release, a written request for release describing the item of Collateral and the terms of the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition in reasonable detail, including, without limitation, the price thereof and any expenses in connection therewith, together with a form of release for execution by the Collateral Agent and a certificate of such Grantor to the effect that the transaction is in compliance with the Loan Documents and as to such other matters as the Collateral Agent may request and (iii) the proceeds of any such sale, lease, transfer or other disposition required to be applied, or any payment to be made in connection therewith, in accordance with Section 2.06 of the Credit Agreement shall, to the extent so required, be paid or made to, or in accordance with the instructions of, the Collateral Agent when and as required under Section 2.06 of the Credit Agreement.
(b) Upon the latest of (i) the payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations, (ii) the Termination Date and (iii) the termination or expiration (or cash collateralization on terms acceptable to the Collateral Agent) of all Letters of Credit and all Secured Hedge Agreements, the pledge and security interest granted hereby shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the applicable Grantor. Upon any such termination, the Collateral Agent will, at the applicable Grantors expense, execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.
Section 28. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement.
Section 29. The Mortgages. In the event that any of the Collateral hereunder is also subject to a valid and enforceable Lien under the terms of any Mortgage and the terms of such Mortgage are inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, then with respect to such Collateral, the terms of such Mortgage shall be controlling in the case of fixtures and real estate leases, letting and licenses of, and contracts and agreements relating to the lease of, real property, and the terms of this Agreement shall be controlling in the case of all other Collateral.
Section 30. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
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