SECURITY AGREEMENT
[Execution]
Exhibit (10.26)
Dated February 26, 2021
From
The Grantors referred to herein as Grantors
to
Bank of America, N.A. as Agent
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Section 1. |
Grant of Security |
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Section 2. |
Security for Obligations |
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Section 3. |
Grantors Remain Liable |
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Section 4. |
Delivery and Control of Security Collateral |
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Section 5. |
Delivery and Possession of LC Facility Cash Collateral |
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Section 6. |
Representations and Warranties |
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Section 7. |
Further Assurances. |
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Section 8. |
As to Equipment and Inventory |
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Section 9. |
Insurance |
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Section 10. |
Post-Closing Changes; Collections on Assigned Agreements and Receivables |
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Section 11. |
As to Intellectual Property Collateral |
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Section 12. |
Voting Rights; Dividends; Etc. |
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Section 13. |
As to the Assigned Agreements. |
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Section 14. |
As to Letter-of-Credit Rights and Commercial Tort Claims |
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Section 15. |
Transfers and Other Liens; Additional Shares |
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Section 16. |
Agent Appointed Attorney in Fact |
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Section 17. |
Agent May Perform |
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Section 18. |
The Agent’s Duties |
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Section 19. |
Remedies |
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Section 20. |
Grant of Intellectual Property License |
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Section 21. |
Indemnity and Expenses |
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Section 22. |
Amendments; Waivers; Additional Grantors; Etc. |
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Section 23. |
Confidentiality; Notices; References |
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Section 24. |
Continuing Security Interest; Assignments Under the Credit Agreement |
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Section 25. |
Release; Termination |
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Section 26. |
Execution in Counterparts |
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Section 27. |
Governing Law |
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Section 28. |
Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial |
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Section 29. |
Intercreditor Agreements |
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Schedules |
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Schedule I |
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Investment Property |
Schedule II |
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Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts |
Schedule III |
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Receivables and Agreement Collateral |
Schedule IV |
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Intellectual Property |
Schedule V |
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Legal Name, Trade Names, Location, Chief Executive Office, Type of Organization, Jurisdiction of Organization, Organizational Identification Number and Federal Employer Identification Number |
Schedule VI |
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Changes in Name, Location, Etc. |
Schedule VII |
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Letters of Credit |
Schedule VIII |
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Equipment Locations |
Schedule IX |
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Inventory Locations |
Schedule X |
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Commercial Tort Claims |
Schedule XI |
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Mergers and Acquisitions |
Schedule XII |
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Locations of Books and Records |
Schedule XIII |
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Filing Offices |
Schedule XIV |
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Other Actions |
Exhibits |
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Exhibit A |
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Form of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Exhibit B |
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Form of Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement |
Exhibit C |
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Form of Security Agreement Supplement |
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SECURITY AGREEMENT dated February 26, 2021 (as it may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), made by Xxxxxxx Kodak Company, a New Jersey corporation (“Borrower”, and the other Persons listed on the signature pages hereof, or which at any time execute and deliver a Security Agreement Supplement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the Borrower and such Persons so listed being, collectively, the “Grantors”), to Bank of America, N.A., as administrative and collateral agent (in such capacity, together with any successor Agent appointed pursuant to Article VIII of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined) and assigns, the “Agent”) for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
(1)Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Borrower and certain subsidiaries of the Borrower are entering into the Letter of Credit Facility Agreement, dated of even date herewith, by and among the Borrower, certain subsidiaries of the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time (the “Lenders”), Agent and Bank of America, N.A., as issuing bank (in such capacity, the “Issuing Bank”) (as it may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).
(2)Borrower is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes each other Grantor.
(3)Part I of Schedule I hereto lists all Equity Interests (other than Excluded Property) directly owned by such Grantor as of the date hereof (the “Initial Pledged Equity”). Each Grantor is the holder of the indebtedness owed to such Grantor as of the date hereof (the “Initial Pledged Debt”) set forth opposite such Grantor’s name on and as otherwise described in Part II of Schedule I hereto and issued by the obligors named therein.
(4)Each Grantor is the owner of the deposit accounts set forth opposite such Grantor’s name on Schedule II hereto (together with all deposit accounts now owned or hereafter acquired by the Grantors, the “Pledged Deposit Accounts”).
(5)Company is the owner of a XX Xxxx Collateral Account (as defined in the Credit Agreement) created in accordance with the Credit Agreement and subject to the security interest granted under this Agreement.
(6)It is a condition precedent to the issuance of Letters of Credit by the Issuing Bank under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have granted the security interest contemplated by this Agreement.
(7)Each Grantor will derive substantial direct or indirect benefit from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(8)Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used in this Agreement as defined in the Credit Agreement. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. Further, unless
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otherwise defined in this Agreement or in the Credit Agreement, terms defined in Article 8 or 9 of the UCC (as defined below) are used in this Agreement (whether or not capitalized) as such terms are defined in such Article 8 or 9. “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 the 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and in order to induce the Agent, Lenders and Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties as follows:
Section 1.Grant of Security. Each Grantor hereby pledges and grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, and right of set off against, such Grantor’s 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 all machinery, tools, motor vehicles, vessels, aircraft and furniture (excepting all fixtures), and all parts thereof and all accessions thereto, including computer programs and supporting information that constitute equipment within the meaning of the UCC (any and all such property being the “Equipment”);
(b)all inventory in all of its forms, including (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 goods in which such Grantor has an interest or right as consignee) and (iii) goods that are returned to or repossessed or stopped in transit by such Grantor, and all accessions thereto and products thereof and documents therefor, including computer programs and supporting information that constitute inventory within the meaning of the UCC (any and all such property being the “Inventory”);
(c)(i) all accounts, instruments (including promissory notes), deposit accounts, chattel paper, general intangibles (including payment intangibles) and other obligations of any kind owing to the Grantors, 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 (any and all such instruments, deposit accounts, chattel paper, general intangibles and other obligations to the extent not referred to in clause (d), (e) or (f) below, being the “Receivables”), and all supporting obligations, security agreements, Liens, leases, letters of credit and other contracts owing to the Grantors or supporting the obligations owing to the Grantors under the Receivables (collectively, the “Related Contracts”), and (ii) all commercial tort claims now or hereafter described on Schedule X hereto;
(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
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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 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 equity interests (other than Excluded Property) from time to time acquired by such Grantor in any manner (such equity interests, together with the Initial Pledged Equity, being the “Pledged Equity”), and the certificates, if any, representing such additional 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 equity interests and all warrants, rights or options issued thereon or with respect thereto;
(iv)all additional indebtedness from time to time owed to such Grantor (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)all security entitlements or commodity contracts carried in, or from time to time credited to, as applicable, a securities account or commodity account, all financial assets, and all dividends, distributions, return of capital, 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 security entitlements or financial assets and all warrants, rights or options issued thereon with respect thereto; and
(vi)all other investment property (including all (A) securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, (B) security entitlements, (C) securities accounts, (D) commodity contracts and (E) commodity accounts, but excluding any equity interest excluded from the Pledged Equity) 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, 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 warrants, rights or options issued thereon or with respect thereto (“Investment Property”);
(e)each Hedging 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 (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
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compel performance and otherwise exercise all remedies thereunder (all such Collateral being the “Agreement Collateral”);
(f)the following (collectively, the “Account Collateral”):
(i)the Pledged Deposit Accounts and all cash, funds and financial assets from time to time credited thereto (including all cash equivalents), and all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time representing or evidencing the Pledged Deposit Accounts;
(ii)the XX Xxxx Collateral Account and all cash, funds and financial assets from time to time credited thereto (including, without limitation, the LC Facility Cash Collateral (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and all cash equivalents), and all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time representing or evidencing the the XX Xxxx Collateral Account;
(iii)all promissory notes, certificates of deposit, checks and other instruments from time to time delivered to or otherwise possessed by the Agent for or on behalf of such Grantor in substitution for or in addition to any or all of the then existing Account Collateral; and
(iv)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, uniform resource locators (“URLs”), domain names, trade dress, logos, designs, slogans, trade names, business names, corporate names and other source identifiers, whether registered or unregistered, together, in each case, with the goodwill symbolized thereby (“Trademarks”);
(iii)all copyrights, including copyrights in computer software, internet web sites and the content thereof, whether registered or unregistered (“Copyrights”); all confidential and proprietary information, including know-how, trade secrets, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, inventions, research and development information, databases and data, including 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 industrial designs and mask works;
(iv)except as set forth above, all registrations and applications for registration for any of the foregoing, including those registrations and applications for registration, together with all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals and reexaminations thereof;
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(v)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 (“IP Agreements”); and
(vi)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 xxx for and collect, or otherwise recover, such damages;
(h)all documents, all money and all letter-of-credit rights;
(i)all books and records and documents (including databases, customer lists, credit files, computer files, printouts, other computer output materials and records and other records) of the Grantors pertaining to any of the Grantors’ Collateral;
(j)all other property not otherwise described above (except for any property specifically excluded from any clause in this section, and any property specifically excluded from any defined term used in any clause of this section); and
(k)all proceeds of and payments under business interruption insurance; and
(l)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 proceeds, collateral and supporting obligations that constitute property of the types described in clauses (a) through (h) of this Section 1) and, to the extent not otherwise included, all (A) payments under insurance (whether or not the 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, and (B) cash and cash equivalents, including all Eligible Cash and US Cash;
provided, that, notwithstanding any of the other provisions set forth in this Section 1 or in any Loan Document, no Excluded Property shall constitute Collateral under this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, “Excluded Property” shall mean (1) any property to the extent that such grant of a security interest (x) is prohibited by any applicable Requirements of Law, (y) requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority pursuant to such applicable Requirement of Law or (z) is prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of or requires any consent not obtained under, any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document evidencing or giving rise to such property or, in the case of any Security Collateral (other than any of the foregoing issued by a Grantor), any applicable shareholder or similar agreement, except to the extent that such Requirement of Law or the term in such contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document or shareholder or similar agreement providing for such prohibition, breach, default or termination or requiring such consent is ineffective under applicable law, (2) any lease, license or other agreement or any property that is subject to a purchase money Lien or capital lease or similar arrangement (in each case permitted by the Credit Agreement and for so long as subject to such purchase money Lien, capital lease or similar arrangement), in each case to the extent that a grant of a Lien therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or such purchase money, capital lease or similar arrangement or create a right of termination in favor of any party thereto (other than a Loan
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Party), except to the extent that such lease, license or other agreement or other document providing for such violation or invalidation or termination right is ineffective under applicable law (it being understood that Excluded Property shall not include proceeds and Receivables in respect of the foregoing), (3) any United States trademark or service xxxx application filed on the basis of a Grantor’s “intent-to-use” such trademark or service xxxx pursuant to Section 1(b) the Xxxxxx Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, in each case, to the extent the inclusion in the Collateral of any such application would void, impair or invalidate any such application or any resulting registration, unless and until an Amendment to Allege Use or a Statement of Use under Section 1(c) or 1(d) of said Act is filed with and accepted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, (4) any property to the extent a security interest in such property would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower and the Agent, including any of the equity interests of any domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC, (5) any fee-owned real property and all leasehold interests in real property, (6) any Excluded Account, (7) any of the equity interests of any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary, each of which, as of the date hereof, is indicated on Part III of Schedule I hereto, and (8) any of the equity interests of any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary in excess of 65% of all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of such Material First- Tier Foreign Subsidiary entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.956-2). Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Loan Document, the Grantors shall not be required to perfect the Agent’s security interest in (i) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title to the extent a Lien thereon cannot be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement, (ii) Letter-of-Credit Rights, (iii) disbursement accounts and (iv) any property as to which the Agent shall agree in writing that the cost of obtaining a security interest or perfection thereof would be excessive in relation to the value of the security to be afforded thereby. For purposes of this Agreement, “Requirements of Law” shall mean, as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
Section 2.Security for Obligations. This Agreement secures, in the case of each Grantor, the payment of all obligations of such Grantor and the Subsidiaries of the Company now or hereafter existing under the Loan Documents, 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 being the “Secured Obligations”) owing to the Secured Parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement secures, as to each Grantor, the payment of all amounts that constitute part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by such Grantor or Subsidiary of the Company, as applicable, to any Secured Party under the Loan Documents but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving any of the Loan Parties and other Subsidiaries of the Company.
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 Grantor’s Collateral to perform all of its duties and obligations thereunder to the extent set forth therein to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (b) the exercise by the 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
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obligation or liability under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, 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) Subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, all certificates or instruments representing or evidencing Pledged Equity or Pledged Debt shall be promptly delivered to and held by or on behalf of the 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 reasonably satisfactory to the Agent except to the extent that such transfer or assignment is prohibited by applicable law. With respect to any Pledged Equity existing on the Closing Date, the transfer or assignment of which is subject to (x) certain corporate actions by the holders of or issuers of Initial Pledged Equity issued by Foreign Subsidiaries which have not occurred as of the Closing Date despite the Grantors’ use of commercially reasonable efforts to cause such corporate actions to occur prior to the Closing Date or (y) governmental approvals or consents which have not been obtained as of the Closing Date despite the Grantors’ use of commercially reasonable efforts to cause such approvals or consents to be obtained prior to the Closing Date, the Grantors shall cause such corporate actions to occur or shall obtain such approvals or consents within 45 days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably agree).
(b)With respect to any Security Collateral representing interests in which any Grantor has any right, title or interest and that constitutes an uncertificated security, such Grantor will use commercially reasonable efforts (or in the case of a wholly-owned Subsidiary, take all actions necessary) to cause (i) the issuers of such Security Collateral and (ii) any securities intermediary which is the holder of any such Security Collateral, to cause the Agent to have and retain, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, Control over such Security Collateral. Without limiting the foregoing, such Grantor will, with respect to any such Security Collateral held with a securities intermediary, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such securities intermediary to enter into a control agreement with the Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, giving the Agent Control, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements.
(c)With respect to any securities or commodity account and any Security Collateral that constitutes a security entitlement (other than a security entitlement which is an uncertificated security, which for the avoidance of doubt shall be subject to the preceding Section 4(b)), within 60 days after the Closing Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably agree), the relevant Grantor will cause the securities intermediary with respect to such security or commodity account or security entitlement to identify in its records the Agent as the entitlement holder thereof or enter into a control agreement with the Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, giving the Agent Control, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements.
(d)Subject to the Intercreditor Agreements and upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall cause the Security Collateral to be registered in the name of the Agent or such of its nominees as the Agent shall direct, subject only to the revocable rights specified in Section 12(a). In addition, the Agent shall have the right upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default to convert Security Collateral consisting of financial assets credited to any securities account or the XX Xxxx Collateral Account
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to Security Collateral consisting of financial assets held directly by the Agent, and to convert Security Collateral consisting of financial assets held directly by the Agent to Security Collateral consisting of financial assets credited to any securities or commodity account or the XX Xxxx Collateral Account.
(e)Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor will notify each issuer of Security Collateral granted by it hereunder that such Security Collateral is subject to the security interest granted hereunder.
Section 5.Delivery and Possession of LC Facility Cash Collateral. Any LC Facility Cash Collateral required to be deposited by Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be deposited in the XX Xxxx Collateral Account by federal funds wire transfer (or other means reasonably acceptable to Agent). The LC Facility Cash Collateral shall be held in and released from the XX Xxxx Collateral Account pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement, any other Loan Document and the relevant documentation establishing the XX Xxxx Collateral Account.
Section 6.Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor represents and warrants as follows:
(a)Such Grantor’s exact legal name, chief executive office, type of organization, jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number and Federal Employer Identification Number as of the date hereof is set forth in Schedule V hereto. Within the five years preceding the date hereof, such Grantor has not changed its legal name, chief executive office, type of organization, jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number or Federal Employer Identification Number from those set forth in Schedule V hereto except as set forth in Schedule VI hereto. Each of the trade names owned and used by the any Grantor in the operation of its business (e.g. billing, advertising, etc.) are set forth in Schedule V hereto.
(b)Since the date of four (4) months prior to the date hereof, each Grantor has made or entered into only the mergers and acquisitions set forth on Schedule XI hereto.
(c)The books and records of each Grantor pertaining to accounts, contract rights, inventory, and other assets are located at the addresses indicated for each Grantor on Schedule XII hereto.
(d)Such Grantor is the legal and beneficial owner of the Collateral and has rights in, the power to transfer, or a valid right to use, the Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a security interest hereunder, free and clear of any Lien, claim, option or right of others, except for the security interest created under this Agreement or Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement, and has full power and authority to grant to the Agent the security interest in such Collateral granted hereunder pursuant to the terms hereof. 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 exist on the date of this Agreement, have been filed in favor of the Agent relating to the Loan Documents or are otherwise permitted under the Credit Agreement.
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(e)When financing statements naming such Grantor as debtor and the Agent as secured party and providing a description of the Collateral with respect to which such Grantor has purported to grant a security interest hereunder have been filed in the appropriate offices against such Grantor in the locations listed on Schedule XIII, the Agent will have a fully perfected and, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, first priority security interest (except as enforceability may be affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditor’s rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing), subject only to Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement, in that Collateral of the Grantor in which a security interest may be perfected by filing of an initial financing statement in the appropriate office against such Grantor; provided that (i) the filing of Intellectual Property security agreements with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect the security interest of the Agent in respect of any registered U.S. Patents, U.S. Patent applications, registered or applied for U.S. Trademarks and registered or applied for U.S. Copyrights, (ii) additional filings may be necessary to perfect the Agent’s security interest in any registered U.S. Patents, U.S. Patent applications, registered or applied for U.S. Trademarks and registered or applied for U.S. Copyrights acquired by such Grantor after the date hereof, and (iii) upon completion of the filings referred to in this Section 6(e) and the other actions specified on Schedule XIV, the security interests granted pursuant to this Agreement will constitute valid perfected security interests in all of the Collateral (other than Excluded Property) in favor of the Agent as collateral security for the Secured Obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall require any Grantor to make any filings or take any other actions to record or perfect the Agent’s Lien on and security interest in any Intellectual Property outside the United States (or to reimburse the Agent for the same).
(f)All of such Grantor’s locations where Equipment and Inventory having a value in excess of $1,000,000 is located as of the date hereof are specified in Schedule VIII and Schedule IX hereto, respectively (other than Collateral in transit in the ordinary course of business, in use or on display at any trade show, conference or similar event in the ordinary course of business, maintained with customers (or otherwise on the premises of customers) and consignees in the ordinary course of business or in the possession of employees in the ordinary course of business). Such Grantor has exclusive possession and control of its Inventory, other than Inventory stored at any leased premises or third party warehouse.
(g)None of the Receivables or Agreement Collateral is evidenced by a promissory note or other instrument in excess of $3,750,000 that has not been delivered to the Agent. All such Receivables or Agreement Collateral valued in excess of $3,750,000 is listed on Schedule III attached hereto.
(h)Subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, all Security Collateral consisting of certificated securities and instruments with an aggregate fair market value in excess of $10,000,000 for all such Security Collateral of the Grantors have been delivered to the Agent.
(i)If such Grantor is an issuer of Security Collateral, such Grantor confirms that it has received notice of the security interest granted hereunder.
(j)The Pledged Equity pledged by such Grantor hereunder has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable (to the extent such concepts are
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applicable), provided that the foregoing representation and warranty, insofar as it relates to the Pledged Equity issued by a Person other than a Subsidiary of a Grantor, is made to the knowledge of the Grantors. Each interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership wholly-owned by such Grantor, pledged hereunder and represented by a certificate is a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC and is governed by Article 8 of the UCC and each such interest shall at all times hereafter be represented by a certificate. Each interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership controlled by such Grantor, pledged hereunder and not represented by a certificate either (1) is not a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC and is not governed by Article 8 of the UCC and such Grantor shall at no time elect to treat any such interest as a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC or issue any certificate representing such interest or (2) is a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC and is governed by Article 8 of the UCC and, with respect to any such Pledged Equity having a value in excess of $1,000,000, such Grantor shall have entered into a control agreement with the issuer of such “security” and the Agent to establish Control with respect to such “security.” 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 and, if evidenced by any promissory notes, such promissory notes have been delivered to the Agent, and is not in default.
(k)The Initial Pledged Equity in Foreign Subsidiaries pledged by such Grantor constitutes, as of the date hereof, 65% of the issued and outstanding equity interests entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.956-1) of the issuers thereof indicated on Part I of Schedule I hereto, each of which is a Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary. The Initial Pledged Debt constitutes all of the outstanding Debt for Borrowed Money owed to such Grantor by the issuers thereof.
(l)Such Grantor has no Investment Property with a market value in excess of $1,000,000 as of the date hereof, other than the Investment Property listed on Part IV of Schedule I hereto.
(m)The Assigned Agreements to which such Grantor is a party have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Grantor and, to such Grantor’s knowledge, any material Assigned Agreements are in full force and effect and are binding upon and enforceable against all parties thereto in accordance with their terms.
(n)Such Grantor has no deposit accounts or securities accounts as of the date hereof, other than the deposit accounts and securities accounts listed on Schedule II hereto (other than deposit accounts or securities accounts that have less than $750,000 in the aggregate on deposit).
(o)Such Grantor is not a beneficiary or assignee under any letter of credit with a stated amount in excess of $2,500,000 and issued by a United States financial institution as of the date hereof, other than the letters of credit described in Schedule VII hereto.
(p)This Agreement creates in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a valid security interest in the Collateral granted by such Grantor under this Agreement, securing the payment of the Secured Obligations except to the extent that Control or possession by the Agent is required for the creation of the security interest; all filings and other actions necessary to perfect the security interest in the Collateral granted by such Grantor have been duly made or
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taken and are in full force and effect other than (i) actions necessary to perfect the Agent’s security interest with respect to Collateral evidenced by a certificate of title or Collateral consisting of vessels or aircraft and (ii) actions necessary to transfer and prior approval of or filings with any governmental entity required in connection with any interest in Pledged Equity.
(q)No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority 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, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, the first priority nature of such security interest in Collateral), except for (A) the filing of financing and continuation statements under the UCC, (B) the recordation of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement with respect to certain registered Intellectual Property Collateral attached thereto, and the actions described in Section 4 with respect to the Security Collateral, (C) subject to certain corporate actions by the holders or issuers of Non-U.S. Initial Pledged Equity which have not occurred as of the Effective Date, necessary to transfer or assign, (D) the governmental filings required to be made or approvals obtained prior to the creation of a security interest in any Pledged Equity issued by a non-US Person and any filings or approvals required prior to realizing on any such Pledged Equity, and (E) the Control of certain assets as provided in Sections 9-104, 9-105, 9-106 and 9-107 of the UCC, or (iii) the exercise by the 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 as set forth above and 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.
(r)The Inventory that has been produced or distributed by such Grantor has been produced in compliance with all requirements of applicable law except where the failure to so comply would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(s)As to itself and its Intellectual Property Collateral:
(i)The operation of such Grantor’s business as currently conducted or as 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 as are not expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii)Such Grantor is the exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in and to Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights contained in the Intellectual Property Collateral, except as set forth in Schedule IV Part I hereto with respect to co-ownership of certain Patents, and such Grantor is entitled to use all such Intellectual Property Collateral in accordance with applicable law, subject to the terms of the IP Agreements.
(iii)The Intellectual Property Collateral set forth on Schedule IV Part I hereto includes all of the registered patents, patent applications, domain names, trademark registrations and applications, copyright registrations and applications owned by such Grantor as of the date set forth therein.
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(iv)The issued Patents and registered Trademarks contained in the Intellectual Property Collateral have not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable in whole or part, and to the knowledge of the Company, are valid and enforceable, except to the extent Grantor has ceased use of any such registered Trademarks, and except as would not be reasonably expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v)Such Grantor has made or performed all filings, recordings and other acts and has paid all required fees and taxes, as deemed necessary by Grantor in its reasonable business discretion, to maintain and protect its interest in each and every material item of Intellectual Property Collateral owned by such Grantor in full force and effect.
(vi)No claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any Intellectual Property Collateral or the validity of effectiveness of any such Intellectual Property Collateral, nor does the Company know of any valid basis for any such claim, except, in either case, for such claims that in the aggregate are not reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any Person except for such claims and infringements that, in the aggregate, are not reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents will not result in the termination or impairment (other than impairment contemplated by the Loan Documents) of any of the Intellectual Property Collateral.
(vii)Except as set forth on Schedule IV Part II hereto, with respect to each IP Agreement that is not Excluded Property: (A) to the knowledge of the Company, such IP Agreement is valid and binding and in full force and effect; (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 within the six months immediately preceding the date of this Agreement; (D) within the six months immediately preceding the date of this Agreement, such Grantor has not received any notice of a breach or default under such IP Agreement, which breach or default has not been cured; and (E) neither such Grantor nor, to such Grantor’s knowledge, 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 or modification under such IP Agreement, in each case as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(viii)To the Company’s knowledge, none of the material 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 within the past two years.
(ix)This Agreement is effective to create a valid and continuing Lien and, upon filing of appropriate financing statements in the offices listed on Schedule XIII and appropriate releases (which releases have been filed or will be filed substantially simultaneously with the entering into of this Agreement) and Intellectual Property security agreements with the United States Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (to the extent a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a security agreement,
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financing statement or analogous document in the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as applicable), fully perfected and, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, first priority security interests in favor of the Agent on such Grantor’s U.S. Patents, U.S. Trademarks and U.S. Copyrights and such perfected security interests are enforceable as such as against any and all creditor of and purchasers from such Grantor.
(t)The Collateral is not subject to any restrictions relative to the transfer thereof and Grantors have the right to pledge, transfer and deliver and grant a security interest in and right of setoff against the Collateral free and clear of any liens, encumbrances or restrictions. The Collateral is not subject to set off, counterclaim, defense, allowance or adjustment or to dispute, objection or complaint.
(u)The Collateral is duly and validly pledged to Agent and no consent or approval of any governmental or regulatory authority, nor any consent or approval of any other third party, was or is necessary to the validity and enforceability of this Agreement.
(v)Each Grantor waives: (i) all rights to require Agent to proceed against any other person, entity or collateral or to exercise any remedy, (ii) the defense of the statute of limitations in any action upon any of the Obligations, (iii) any right of subrogation or interest in the Obligations or the Collateral, (iv) any rights to notice of any kind or nature whatsoever, unless specifically required in this Agreement or non-waivable under any applicable law, and (v) to the extent permissible, its rights under Section 9-112 and 9-207 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
(a)Each Grantor agrees that from time to time, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement at the expense of such Grantor and at the reasonable request of the Agent, such Grantor will promptly execute and deliver, or otherwise authenticate, all further instruments and documents, and take all further action that may be reasonably necessary or desirable, or that the Agent may reasonably 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 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, at the reasonable request of the Agent, promptly with respect to the Collateral of such Grantor: (i) xxxx conspicuously each document included in Inventory, each chattel paper included in Receivables each Assigned Agreement and, at the request of the Agent, each of its records pertaining to such Collateral with a legend, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, indicating that such document, Assigned Agreement or Collateral is subject to the security interest granted hereby; if any such Collateral shall be evidenced by a promissory note or other instrument or chattel paper, deliver and pledge to the 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 Agent; (iii) file such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, and such other instruments or notices, as may be reasonably necessary or desirable, or as the Agent may reasonably request, in order to perfect and preserve the security interest granted or purported to be granted by such Grantor hereunder; (iv) prepare, sign, and file for recordation in any intellectual property registry, appropriate evidence of the lien and security interest granted herein in any Intellectual Property in the name of such Grantor as debtor; and (v) deliver to the Agent evidence that all other actions that the Agent may deem reasonably necessary
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or desirable in order to perfect and protect the security interest granted or purported to be granted by such Grantor under this Agreement has been taken.
(b)Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Agent to file one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto in the applicable UCC filing office, including 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 the United States, or any real property or fixtures, regardless of whether any particular asset described in such financing statements falls within the scope of the UCC. A photocopy or other reproduction of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement where permitted by law. Each Grantor ratifies its authorization for the Agent to have filed such financing statements, continuation statements or amendments filed prior to the date hereof.
(c)Each Grantor will furnish to the 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 Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.
Section 8.As to Equipment and Inventory. (a) Each Grantor will keep its Equipment having a value in excess of $1,000,000 and Inventory having a value in excess of $1,000,000 (other than Inventory sold in the ordinary course of business) at the locations therefor specified in Schedule VIII and Schedule IX, respectively, or, upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Agent (or such lesser time as may be agreed by the Agent), at such other places designated by such Grantor in such notice. Schedule VIII and Schedule IX respectively set forth whether each such location is owned, leased or operated by third parties, and, if leased or operated by third parties, their names and addresses.
(b)Each Grantor will pay promptly when due all property and other taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon, and all claims (including claims for labor, materials and supplies) against, its Equipment and Inventory, except to the extent payment thereof is not required by Section 5.01(b) of the Credit Agreement. In producing its Inventory, each Grantor will comply with all requirements of applicable law, except where the failure to so comply will not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 9.Insurance. (a) Each Grantor will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, at its own expense, maintain, insurance with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations in such amounts and covering such risks as is usually carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in the same general areas in which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary operates; provided, that, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may self-insure to the extent consistent with prudent business practice. Each policy of each Grantor for liability insurance shall provide for all losses to be paid on behalf of the Agent and such Grantor as their interests may appear, and each policy for property damage insurance shall provide for all losses to be paid, in accordance with the Credit Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Lender loss payee provisions which were requested pursuant to clause (iv) below, directly to the Agent. Each such policy shall in addition (i) name such Grantor and the Agent as insured parties thereunder (without any representation or warranty by or obligation upon the Agent) as their interests may appear, (ii) provide that (A) there shall be no recourse against the Agent for payment of premiums or other amounts with respect thereto and (B) if agreed by the insurer (which agreement such Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain), at least 10 days’ prior
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written notice of cancellation or of lapse shall be given to the Agent by the insurer, and (iv) contain such other customary lender loss payee provisions as the Agent shall reasonably request. Each Grantor will, if so requested by the Agent, deliver to the Agent certificates of insurance evidencing such insurance and, as often as the Agent may reasonably request, a report of a reputable insurance broker or the insurer with respect to such insurance. Further, each Grantor will, at the request of the Agent, duly execute and deliver instruments of assignment of such insurance policies to comply with the requirements of Section 1(l) and cause the insurers to acknowledge notice of such assignment. Each Grantor will, if so requested by the Agent, deliver to the Agent certificates of insurance evidencing such insurance and, as often as the Agent may reasonably request, a report of a reputable insurance broker or the insurer with respect to such insurance. Further, each Grantor will, at the request of the Agent, duly execute and deliver instruments of assignment of such insurance policies to comply with the requirements of Section 1(k) and 1(l) and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the insurers to acknowledge notice of such assignment.
(b)In case of any loss involving damage to Equipment or Inventory when subsection (c) of this Section 9 is not applicable, the applicable Grantor, to the extent determined to be in the business interest of such 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 or, if such Grantor determines not to repair or replace such Equipment or Inventory, treat the loss or damage as a disposition under Section 5.02(e)(vii) of the ABL Credit Facility Agreement.
Section 10.Post-Closing Changes; Collections on Assigned Agreements and Receivables. (a) If any Grantor changes its name, type of organization, jurisdiction of organization or organizational identification number from those set forth in Schedule V of this Agreement it will give written notice to the Agent within 15 days of such change and will take all action reasonably required by the Agent for the purpose of perfecting or protecting the security interest granted by this Agreement. Each Grantor will hold and preserve its records relating to the Collateral, including the Assigned Agreements and Related Contracts, and will permit representatives of the Agent at any time during normal business hours to inspect and make abstracts from such records and other documents to the extent provided in Section 5.01(e) of the ABL Credit Facility Agreement. If any Grantor does not have an organizational identification number and later obtains one, it will promptly notify the Agent of such organizational identification number.
(b)Agent shall have the right at any time or times, in Agent’s name or in the name of a nominee of Agent, to verify the validity, amount or any other matter relating to any Receivables or other Collateral, by mail, telephone, facsimile transmission or otherwise (provided any visits shall be done during normal business hours and at times to be mutually agreed). Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (b), each Grantor, at its own expense and in the ordinary course of business undertaken in a commercially reasonable manner and consistent with applicable law, will continue to collect, adjust, settle, compromise the amount or payment of, all amounts due or to become due such Grantor under the Assigned Agreements and Receivables. In connection with such collections, adjustments, settlements, compromises and other exercises of rights, such Grantor may take (and, at the Agent’s direction upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, will take) such action as such Grantor (or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent) may deem necessary or advisable; provided, that,
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the Agent shall have the right at any time, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and upon written notice to such Grantor of its intention to do so, to notify the Obligors under any Assigned Agreements and Receivables of the assignment of such Assigned Agreements to the Agent and to direct such Obligors to make payment of all amounts due or to become due to such Grantor thereunder directly to the Agent and, upon such notification and at the expense of such Grantor, to enforce collection of any such Assigned Agreements and Receivables, 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 and Receivables, including those set forth in Section 9-607 of the UCC. After receipt by any Grantor of the notice from the Agent referred to in the proviso to the preceding sentence, (i) all amounts and proceeds (including instruments) received by such Grantor in respect of the Assigned Agreements and Receivables of such Grantor shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall be segregated from other funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith paid over to the Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary indorsement) to be deposited in the Agent’s Account and applied as provided in Section 19(b) of this Agreement, and (ii) such Grantor will not adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment of any Receivable or amount due on any Assigned Agreement, release wholly or partly any Obligor thereof or allow any credit or discount thereon other than credits or discounts given in the ordinary course of business.
(c)No Grantor will authorize the filing of any financing statement naming it as debtor covering all or any portion of the Collateral owned by it, except for financing statements (i) naming the Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties as the secured party, and (ii) in respect to other Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement. Each Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement naming the Agent as secured party without the prior written consent of the Agent, subject to such Grantor’s rights under the UCC.
Section 11.As to Intellectual Property Collateral. (a) With respect to each item of its Intellectual Property Collateral material to the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, each Grantor agrees to take, at its expense, commercially reasonable steps as determined in Grantor’s reasonable discretion, including in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other Governmental Authority, to (i) maintain (in accordance with the exercise of such Grantor’s reasonable business discretion) 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 (in accordance with the exercise of such Grantor’s reasonable business discretion) of each patent, trademark, or copyright registration or application, now or hereafter included in such Intellectual Property Collateral of such Grantor, including 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, and the participation in interference, reexamination, opposition, cancellation, infringement and misappropriation proceedings, in each case except where the failure to so file, register or maintain is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Grantor shall, without the written consent of the Agent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, discontinue use of any material Trademark or otherwise abandon any such material Intellectual Property Collateral unless such Grantor shall have determined that such use or the pursuit or maintenance of such Intellectual Property Collateral is
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no longer material to the conduct of such Grantor’s business.
(b)Until the termination of the Credit Agreement, each Grantor agrees to provide to the Agent, concurrently with any delivery of Financial Statements pursuant to Section 5.01(h)(ii) of the Credit Agreement, an updated Schedule of its registered U.S. Patents, U.S. Patent applications, registered or applied for U.S. Trademarks and registered or applied for U.S. Copyrights.
(c)In the event that any Grantor becomes aware that any item of Intellectual Property Collateral is being infringed or misappropriated by a third party, such Grantor shall take such commercially reasonable actions determined in its reasonable discretion, at its expense, to protect or enforce such Intellectual Property Collateral, including suing for infringement or misappropriation and for an injunction against such infringement or misappropriation.
(d)Each Grantor shall take all reasonable steps which it deems appropriate under the circumstances to preserve and protect each item of its material Trademarks included in the Intellectual Property Collateral, including maintaining substantially the quality of any and all products or services used or provided in connection with any such Trademarks, consistent with the general quality of the products and services as of the date hereof, and taking steps reasonably necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any such Trademarks use such consistent standards of quality.
(e)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 A hereto or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent (an “Intellectual Property Security Agreement”), for recording the security interest granted hereunder to the 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.
(f)Each entity which executes a Security Agreement Supplement as Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Agent with such written notice, or otherwise authenticate, an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent (an “IP Security Agreement Supplement”) covering such 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 Intellectual Property.
Section 12.Voting Rights; Dividends; Etc. So long as no 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.
(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 Loan Documents; provided, that, any and all dividends, interest and other distributions paid or payable in
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the form of instruments or certificates in respect of, or in exchange for, any Security Collateral, shall be promptly delivered to the Agent to hold as Security Collateral (to the extent it is not Excluded Property) and shall, if received by such Grantor, be received in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties, be segregated from the other property or funds of such Grantor and be promptly delivered to the Agent as Security Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary indorsement).
(iii)The 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)Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i)All rights of each Grantor (A) to exercise or refrain from exercising the voting and other consensual rights that it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 12(a)(i) shall, upon notice to such Grantor by the Agent, cease and (B) to receive the dividends, interest and other distributions that it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 12(a)(ii) shall automatically cease, and all such rights shall, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, thereupon become vested in the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, 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 12(b) shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall be segregated from other funds of such Grantor and shall be promptly paid over to the Agent as Security Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary indorsement).
Section 13.As to the Assigned Agreements.
(a)Each Grantor will at its expense:
(i)perform and observe in all material respects all terms and provisions of the Assigned Agreements to be performed or observed by it to the extent consistent with its past practice or reasonable business judgment, 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 Agent; and
(ii)furnish to the Agent promptly upon receipt thereof copies of all notices of defaults relating to agreements involving monetary liability of or to any Person in an amount in excess of $5,000,000 received by such Grantor under or pursuant to the Assigned Agreements to which it is a party, and from time to time (A) furnish to the Agent such information and reports regarding the Assigned Agreements and such other Collateral of such Grantor as the Agent may reasonably request and (B) upon request of the Agent, make to each other party to any
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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 hereby consents on its behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries to the assignment and pledge to the Agent for benefit of the Secured Parties of each Assigned Agreement to which it is a party by any other Grantor hereunder.
(c)Each Grantor agrees, upon the reasonable request of Agent, to instruct each other party to each Assigned Agreement to which it is a party, that all payments due or to become due under or in connection with such Assigned Agreement will be made directly to a Pledged Deposit Account.
(d)All moneys received or collected pursuant to subsection (c) above shall be (i) released to the applicable Grantor on the terms set forth in the Credit Agreement so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or (ii) if any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, applied as provided in Section 19(b).
Section 14.As to Letter-of-Credit Rights and Commercial Tort Claims. (a) Except as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement and this Agreement, each Grantor, by granting a security interest in its Receivables consisting of letter-of-credit rights to the Agent, hereby assigns to the Agent such 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. Upon request of the Agent, each Grantor will promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the issuer of each letter-of-credit with a stated amount in excess of $2,500,000 and each nominated person (as defined in Section 5-102 of the UCC) (if any) with respect thereto to consent to such assignment of the proceeds thereof pursuant to a consent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and deliver written evidence of such consent to the Agent.
(b)Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor will, promptly upon request by the Agent, (i) notify (and such Grantor hereby authorizes the 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 Agent hereunder and any payments due or to become due in respect thereof are to be made directly to the Agent or its designee and (ii) arrange for the Agent to become the transferee beneficiary of letter of credit.
(c)In the event that any Grantor hereafter acquires or has any commercial tort claim that has been filed with any court in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate, it shall, promptly after such claim has been filed with such court, deliver a supplement to Schedule X hereto, identifying such new commercial tort claim.
Section 15.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.
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(b)Subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement and this Agreement, 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 or its Affiliates, and (ii) pledge hereunder, promptly upon its acquisition (directly or indirectly) thereof, any and all additional equity interests or other securities as required by Section 5.01(i) of the Credit Agreement from time to time acquired by such Grantor in any manner.
Section 16.Agent Appointed Attorney in Fact. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent such Grantor’s 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 Agent’s discretion, to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including:
(a)to obtain, an upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, adjust insurance required to be paid to the Agent pursuant to Section 9,
(b)upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, to ask for, demand, collect, xxx 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)upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to receive, indorse and collect any drafts or other instruments, documents and chattel paper, in connection with clause (a) or (b) above,
(d)upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default to file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings that the Agent may deem 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 Agent with respect to any of the Collateral;
(e)upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, to use any Intellectual Property or IP Agreements (solely pursuant to the terms thereof) that are not Excluded Property of such Grantor, including any labels, Patents, Trademarks, trade names, URLs, domain names, industrial designs, Copyrights, or advertising matter, in preparing for sale, advertising for sale, or selling Inventory or other Collateral;
(f)to take or cause to be taken all actions necessary to perform or comply or cause performance or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, including actions to pay or discharge taxes or Liens (other than Permitted Liens) levied or placed upon or threatened against the Collateral, the legality or validity thereof and the amounts necessary to discharge the same to be determined by Agent in its sole discretion, any such payments made by Agent to become obligations of such Grantor to Agent, due and payable immediately without demand;
(g)(i) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, generally to sell, transfer, lease, license, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and (ii) to do, at Agent’s option and such Grantor’s expense, at any time or from time to time, all acts and things that Agent deems reasonably necessary to protect, preserve or
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realize upon the Collateral and Agent’s security interest therein in order to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do;
(h)upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, to repair, alter, or supply goods, if any, necessary to fulfill in whole or in part the purchase order of any Person obligated to the Borrower or such other Grantor in respect of any Account of the Borrower or such other Grantor; and
(i)upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to take exclusive possession of all locations where the Borrower or other Grantor conducts its business or has rights of possession, with prompt notice to the Borrower or any Grantor and to use such locations to store, process, manufacture, sell, use, and liquidate or otherwise dispose of items that are Collateral, without obligation to pay rent or other compensation for the possession or use of any location.
Section 17.Agent May Perform. If any Grantor fails to perform any agreement contained herein, the Agent may, but without any obligation to do so, upon notice to the Company of at least five Business Days in advance and if the Company fails to cure within such period, itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, and the expenses of the Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by such Grantor under Section 21.
Section 18.The Agent’s Duties. (a) The powers conferred on the 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 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 Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any Collateral in its 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 Agent may from time to time, when the Agent deems it to be necessary, appoint one or more of its Affiliates (or, with the consent of the Company, any other Persons) subagents (each a “Subagent”) for the Agent hereunder with respect to all or any part of the Collateral. In the event that the 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 Agreement to have been made to such Subagent, in addition to the Agent, for the 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 Agent, with all rights, powers, privileges, interests and remedies of the Agent hereunder with respect to such Collateral, and (iii) the term “Agent,” when used herein in relation to any rights, powers, privileges, interests and remedies of the 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 Agent.
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Section 19.Remedies. If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and such Event of Default has resulted in the acceleration of the Secured Obligations, which acceleration has not been rescinded or otherwise terminated:
(a)The 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 Agent forthwith, assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by the Agent and make it available to the Agent at a place and time to be designated by the Agent that is reasonably convenient to both parties; (ii) subject to applicable law, 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 Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and upon such other terms as the Agent may deem commercially reasonable; (iii) occupy, consistent with Section 5.01(e) of the Credit Agreement, on a non-exclusive basis 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 (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 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 and the other Collateral, including 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 of the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The 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. Each Grantor agrees that (A) the internet shall constitute a “place” for purposes of Section 9-610(b) of the UCC and (B) to the extent notification of sale shall be required by law, notification by mail of the URL where a sale will occur and the time when a sale will commence at least ten (10) days prior to the sale shall constitute a reasonable notification for purposes of Section 9-611(b) of the UCC.
(b)Any cash held by or on behalf of the Agent and all cash proceeds received by or on behalf of the Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral may, in the discretion of the Agent, be held by the Agent as collateral for, and/or then or at any time thereafter shall be applied in whole or in part by the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties against, all or any part of the Secured Obligations, in accordance with Section 6.04 of the Credit Agreement.
(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 Agent, shall be segregated from other funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith paid over to the Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary indorsement).
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(d)Subject to the provisions of Section 9.06 of the Credit Agreement, the 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 Agent or its designee, documents and things relating to any Intellectual Property Collateral subject to such sale or other disposition, and such Grantor’s 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)In each case under this Agreement in which the Agent takes any action with respect to the Collateral, including proceeds, the Agent shall provide to the Company such records and information regarding the possession, control, sale and any receipt of amounts with respect to such Collateral as may be reasonably requested by the Company as a basis for the preparation of the company’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
In addition to all of the rights and remedies set forth in this Agreement, the Agent shall have the right at any time to apply funds in the XX Xxxx Collateral Account in accordance with Section 2.03 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 20.Grant of Intellectual Property License. For the purpose of enabling Agent, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to exercise rights and remedies under Section 19 hereof at such time as Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, and for no other purpose, each Grantor hereby grants to Agent, to the extent assignable, an irrevocable, non-exclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor), subject, in the case of Trademarks, to sufficient rights to quality control and inspection in favor of such Grantor to avoid the risk of invalidation of such Trademarks, to use, assign, license or sublicense any of the Intellectual Property, including any labels, Patents, Trademarks, trade names, URLs, domain names, industrial designs, Copyrights, and advertising matter, now owned or hereafter acquired, developed or created by such Grantor, wherever the same may be located. Such license shall include access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer programs used for the compilation or printout hereof, solely to the extent such Grantor has all rights necessary to provide such access.
Section 21.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, trustees, 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 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 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 Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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(b)Each Grantor will upon demand pay to the Agent the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, that the Agent may incur in connection with (i) the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or the sale of, collection from or other realization upon, any of the Collateral of such Grantor, (ii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Agent or the other Secured Parties hereunder or (iii) the failure by such Grantor to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.
Section 22.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 Agent and, with respect to any amendment, the Company on behalf of the Grantors, 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 Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise, and no 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 by any Person of a security agreement supplement in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (each a “Security Agreement Supplement”), 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, each reference in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to the “Collateral” shall also mean and be a reference to the Collateral granted by such Additional Grantor and each reference in this Agreement to a Schedule shall also mean and be a reference to the schedules attached to such Security Agreement Supplement.
Section 23.Confidentiality; Notices; References. (a) The confidentiality provisions of Section 9.09 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to all information received by the Agent or any Lender under this Agreement.
(b)All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be delivered as provided in Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement.
(c)The definitions of certain terms used in this Agreement are set forth in the following locations:
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Section 22(b) |
Agreement |
Preamble |
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Assigned Agreements |
Section 1(e) |
Borrower |
Preamble |
Collateral |
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Copyrights |
Section 1 (g)(iii) |
Credit Agreement |
Recitals (1) |
Equipment |
Section 1(a) |
Excluded Property |
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Grantor, Grantors |
Preamble |
Indemnified Party |
Section 21(a) |
Initial Pledged Equity |
Recitals (4) |
Initial Pledged Debt |
Recitals (5) |
Intellectual Property Collateral |
Section 1(g) |
Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Section 11(e) |
Inventory |
Section 1(b) |
Intercreditor Agreements |
Section 29 |
Investment Property |
Section 1(d)(vi) |
IP Agreements |
Section 1(g)(v) |
IP Security Agreement Supplement |
Section 11 |
Lenders |
Recitals (1) |
Patents |
Section 1(g)(i) |
Pledged Debt |
Section 1(d)(iv) |
Pledged Deposit Accounts |
Recitals (5) |
Pledged Equity |
Section 1(d)(iii) |
Receivables |
Section 1(c) |
Related Contracts |
Section 1(c) |
Secured Obligations |
Section 2 |
Security Agreement Supplement |
Section 22(b) |
Security Collateral |
Section 1(d) |
Subagent |
Section 18(b) |
Trademarks |
Section 1(g)(ii) |
Trade Secrets |
Section 1(g)(iii) |
UCC |
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Section 24.Continuing Security Interest; Assignments Under the Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall (a) except as otherwise provided in Section 9.16 of the Credit Agreement, 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, Cash Collateralization or backstopping of all Letters of Credit, (b) be binding upon each Grantor, its successors and assigns and (c) inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Agent hereunder, to the benefit of the Secured Parties and their respective successors, permitted transferees and permitted assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c), to the extent permitted in Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement, any Lender may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement (including all or any portion of its Commitments, the Letter of Credit Obligations owing to it and the Note or Notes, if any, held by it) to any permitted transferee, and such permitted transferee shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Lender herein or otherwise.
Section 25.Release; Termination. (a) (i) Upon (A) any Disposition of any item of Collateral of any Grantor as permitted by the Loan Documents, and (B) any Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary becoming an Excluded Subsidiary in a manner permitted by the Loan Documents, and (ii) upon any Foreign Subsidiary ceasing to be a Material First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary in a manner permitted by the Loan Documents, and, in each case (other than with respect to Dispositions of Collateral not comprising TMM Assets), receipt by the Agent of a written certification by Borrower that such Disposition or other event, as applicable, is permitted under the terms of the Loan Documents (which written certification the Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively without further inquiry), then in the case of the foregoing clause (i), the security interests granted under this Agreement by such Grantor in such Collateral or in the assets of such Subsidiary, as applicable, shall immediately terminate and automatically be released, and in the case of the foregoing clause (ii), the security interests granted under this Agreement in the equity interests of such Foreign Subsidiary shall immediately terminate and automatically be released, and Agent will, in each case and subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, promptly deliver at the Grantor’s request to such Grantor all certificates representing any Pledged Equity released and all notes and other instruments representing any Pledged Debt, Receivables or other Collateral so released, and Agent will, at such Grantor’s expense, promptly execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted hereby; provided, that, no such documents shall be required unless such Grantor shall have delivered to the Agent, at least five Business Days prior to the date such documents are required by Grantor, or such lesser period of time agreed by the Agent, a written request for release describing the item of Collateral and the consideration to be received in the sale, transfer or other disposition and any expenses in connection therewith, together with a form of release for execution by the Agent (which form shall be reasonably acceptable to the Agent) and a certificate of such Grantor to the effect that the transaction will be in compliance with the Loan Documents.
(b)The pledge and security interest granted hereby will be terminated as set forth in Section 9.16(b) of the Credit Agreement and upon such termination all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the applicable Grantor and the Agent will promptly deliver to the applicable Grantors all certificates representing any Pledged Equity or Pledged Debt, Receivables or other Collateral.
Section 26.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
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a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier or .pdf shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement.
Section 27.Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
Section 28.Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. (a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. Each Grantor hereby further irrevocably consents to the service of process in any action or proceeding in such courts by the mailing thereof by any parties hereto by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the Borrower at its address specified pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(b)Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any New York State or federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(c)Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the actions of the Agent or any Secured Party in the negotiation, administration, performance or enforcement thereof.
Section 29.Intercreditor Agreements. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Lien granted to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Security Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are subject to the provisions of each of the Intercreditor Agreements. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of any of the Intercreditor Agreements and this Security Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreements shall control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any provision hereof that requires any Grantor to (a) deliver any Collateral to the Agent or (b) cause the Agent to have Control over such Collateral, may be satisfied prior to the Maturity Date by (i) the delivery of such Collateral by such Grantor to the Agent for the benefit of itself and the Lenders and (ii) providing that the Agent be provided with Control with respect to such Collateral of such Grantor for the benefit of the itself and the other Credit Parties.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused xx.xx Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
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Security Agreement
FORM OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT
This INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “IP Security Agreement”) dated , 201_ is made by the Persons listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively, the “Grantors”) in favor of Bank of America, N.A., as Agent (the “Agent”) for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below).
WHEREAS, Xxxxxxx Kodak Company, a New Jersey corporation, has entered into the Letter of Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2021 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), with Bank of America, N.A., as Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as issuing bank, and the Lenders party thereto. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement.
WHEREAS, as a condition precedent to the issuance of Letters of Credit by the Lenders under the Credit Agreement, each Grantor has executed and delivered the Security Agreement dated as of February 26, 2021, made by the Grantors to the Agent (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”).
WHEREAS, under the terms of the Security Agreement, the Grantors have granted to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, among other property, certain intellectual property of the Grantors, and have agreed as a condition thereof to execute this IP Security Agreement for recording with the United States Copyright Office, the United States Patent and Trademark Office and other governmental authorities.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Grantor agrees as follows:
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Grant of Security. Each Grantor hereby grants to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to the following (the “Collateral”): |
(i) the patents and patent applications set forth in Schedule A hereto (the “Patents”);
(ii) the trademark and service xxxx registrations and applications set forth in Schedule B hereto (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 with the goodwill symbolized thereby (the “Trademarks”);
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all copyrights, whether registered or unregistered, now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, including the copyright registrations and applications and exclusive copyright licenses set forth in Schedule C hereto (the “Copyrights”); |
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(iv) all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals and reexaminations of any 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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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 xxx for and collect, or otherwise recover, such damages; and |
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any and 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 of or arising from any of the foregoing. |
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Security for Obligations. The grant of a security interest in, the Collateral by each Grantor under this IP Security Agreement secures the payment of all obligations of such Grantor now or hereafter existing under or in respect of the Loan Documents, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, reimbursement obligations, interest, premiums, penalties, fees, indemnifications, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this IP Security Agreement secures, as to each Grantor, the payment of all amounts that constitute part of the Secured Obligations and that would be owed by such Grantor to any Secured Party under the Loan Documents but for the fact that such Secured Obligations are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving a Loan Party. |
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Recordation. Each Grantor authorizes and requests that the Register of Copyrights, the Commissioner for Patents or Trademarks and any other applicable government officer record this IP Security Agreement. |
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Execution in Counterparts. This IP Security 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. |
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Grants, Rights and Remedies. This IP Security Agreement has been entered into in conjunction with the provisions of the Security Agreement. Each Grantor does hereby acknowledge and confirm that the grant of the security interest hereunder to, and the rights and remedies of, the Agent with respect to the Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. |
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Governing Law. This IP Security 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 IP Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
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Amended and Restated Security Agreement
FORM OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT
This INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT (this “IP Security Agreement Supplement”) dated _________, 201_, is made by the Person listed on the signature page hereof (the “Grantor”) in favor of Bank of America, N.A., as Agent (the “Agent”) for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below).
WHEREAS, Xxxxxxx Kodak Company, a New Jersey corporation, has entered into the Letter of Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2021 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), with Bank of America, N.A., as Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as issuing bank, and the Lenders party thereto. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Grantor and certain other Persons have executed and delivered the Security Agreement dated February 26, 2021 made by the Grantor and such other Persons to the Agent (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”) and that certain Intellectual Property Security Agreement dated May 26, 2016 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “IP Security Agreement”).
WHEREAS, under the terms of the Security Agreement, the Grantor has granted to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in the Collateral (as defined in Section 1 below) of the Grantor and has agreed as a condition thereof to execute this IP Security Agreement Supplement for recording with the United States Copyright Office, the United States Patent and Trademark Office and other governmental authorities.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantor agrees as follows:
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Grant of Security. Each Grantor hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to the following (the “Collateral”): |
(i) the patents and patent applications set forth in Schedule A hereto (the “Patents”);
(ii) the trademark and service xxxx registrations and applications set forth in Schedule B hereto (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 with the goodwill symbolized thereby (the “Trademarks”);
(iii) the copyright registrations and applications and exclusive copyright licenses set forth in Schedule C hereto (the “Copyrights”);
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(iv) all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals and reexaminations of any 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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all 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 xxx for and collect, or otherwise recover, such damages; and |
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any and 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 foregoing or arising from any of the foregoing. |
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Security for Obligations. The grant of a security interest in the Additional Collateral by the Grantor under this IP Security Agreement Supplement secures the payment of all obligations of the Grantor now or hereafter existing under or in respect of the Loan Documents, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, reimbursement obligations, interest, premiums, penalties, fees, indemnifications, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise. |
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Recordation. The Grantor authorizes and requests that the Register of Copyrights, the Commissioner for Patents or Trademarks and any other applicable government officer to record this IP Security Agreement Supplement. |
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Grants, Rights and Remedies. This IP Security Agreement Supplement has been entered into in conjunction with the provisions of the Security Agreement. The Grantor does hereby acknowledge and confirm that the grant of the security interest hereunder to, and the rights and remedies of, the Agent with respect to the Additional Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. |
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Governing Law. This IP Security Agreement Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantor has caused this IP Security Agreement Supplement to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
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Security Agreement
FORM OF SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT
[Date of Security Agreement Supplement]
Bank of America, N.A., as the Agent for
the Secured Parties referred to in the
Credit Agreement
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. X’Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Kodak Company
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to (i) the Letter of Credit Facility Agreement dated as of February 26, 2021 (as amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Xxxxxxx Kodak Company, a New Jersey corporation, as the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Agent (together with any successor Agent appointed pursuant to Article VIII of the Credit Agreement, the “Agent”), and as administrative agent for the Lenders, and (ii) the Security Agreement dated February 26, 2021 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”) made by the Grantors from time to time party thereto in favor of the Agent for the Secured Parties. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement or the Security Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement or the Security Agreement.
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any indemnity, warranty or guaranty, payable by reason of loss or damage to or otherwise with respect to any of the foregoing Collateral, and (B) cash. |
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Security for Obligations. The grant of a security interest in, the Collateral by the undersigned under this Security Agreement Supplement and the Security Agreement secures the payment of all Secured Obligations of the undersigned now or hereafter existing under or in respect of the Loan Documents, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, reimbursement obligations, interest, premiums, penalties, fees, indemnifications, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Security Agreement Supplement and the Security Agreement secures the payment of all amounts that constitute part of the Secured Obligations and that would be owed by the undersigned to any Secured Party under the Loan Documents but for the fact that such Secured Obligations are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving a Loan Party. |
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Representations and Warranties. (a) The undersigned’s exact legal name, chief executive office, type of organization, jurisdiction of organization and organizational identification number is set forth in Schedule D hereto. Within the twelve months preceding the date hereof, the undersigned has not changed its name, chief executive office, type of organization, jurisdiction of organization or organizational identification number from those set forth in Schedule E hereto except as set forth in Schedule F hereto. |
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All Equipment having a value in excess of $1,000,000 and all Inventory having a value in excess of $1,000,000 as of the date hereof of the undersigned is located at the places specified therefor in Schedule H hereto. |
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The undersigned is not a beneficiary or assignee under any letter of credit, other than the letters of credit described in Schedule I hereto. |
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The undersigned hereby makes each other representation and warranty set forth in Section 6 of the Security Agreement with respect to itself and the Collateral granted by it. |
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Obligations Under the Security Agreement. The undersigned hereby agrees, as of the date first above written, to be bound as a Grantor by all of the terms and provisions of the Security Agreement to the same extent as each of the other Grantors. The undersigned further agrees, as of the date first above written, that each reference in the Security Agreement to an “Additional Grantor” or a “Grantor” shall also mean and be a reference to the undersigned, that each reference to the “Collateral” or any part thereof shall also mean and be a reference to the undersigned’s Collateral or part thereof, as the case may be, and that each reference in the Security Agreement to a Schedule shall also mean and be a reference to the schedules attached hereto. |
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Governing Law. This Security Agreement Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.1 |
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1 If the Additional Grantor is not concurrently executing a guaranty or other Loan Document containing provisions relating to submission to jurisdiction and jury trial waiver, include them here.
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