GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT dated and effective as of September 20, 2006, among BERRY PLASTICS GROUP, INC. BPC ACQUISITION CORP. (which on the Closing Date shall be merged with and into BPC Holding Corporation, with BPC Holding Corporation...
dated
and
effective as of
September
20, 2006,
among
XXXXX
PLASTICS GROUP, INC.
BPC
ACQUISITION CORP.
(which
on
the Closing Date shall be merged with and into
BPC
Holding Corporation,
with
BPC
Holding Corporation surviving such merger as the borrower),
as
Borrower.
each
Subsidiary of the Borrower
identified
herein,
and
CREDIT
SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as
Administrative Agent
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TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01.
|
Credit
Agreement
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1
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Section
1.02.
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Other
Defined Terms
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1
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ARTICLE
II
GUARANTEE
Section
2.01.
|
Guarantee
|
5
|
Section
2.02.
|
Guarantee
of Payment
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5
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Section
2.03.
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No
Limitations, Etc.
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5
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Section
2.04.
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Reinstatement
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7
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Section
2.05.
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Agreement
To Pay; Contribution; Subrogation
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7
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Section
2.06.
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Information
|
8
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Section
2.07.
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Maximum
Liability
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8
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Section
2.08.
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Payment
Free and Clear of Taxes
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8
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ARTICLE
III
PLEDGE
OF
SECURITIES
Section
3.01.
|
Pledge
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8
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Section
3.02.
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Delivery
of the Pledged Collateral
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9
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Section
3.03.
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Representations,
Warranties and Covenants
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10
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Section
3.04.
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Registration
in Nominee Name; Denominations
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12
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Section
3.05.
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Voting
Rights; Dividends and Interest, Etc.
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12
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ARTICLE
IV
SECURITY
INTERESTS IN OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY
Section
4.01.
|
Security
Interest
|
14
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Section
4.02.
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Representations
and Warranties
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16
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Section
4.03.
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Covenants
|
19
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Section
4.04.
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Other
Actions
|
21
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Section
4.05.
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Covenants
Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral
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22
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ARTICLE
V
REMEDIES
Section
5.01.
|
Remedies
Upon Default
|
23
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Section
5.02.
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Application
of Proceeds
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25
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Section
5.03.
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Securities
Act, Etc.
|
26
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ARTICLE
VI
Indemnity,
Subrogation and Subordination
Section
6.01.
|
Indemnity
|
26
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Section
6.02.
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Contribution
and Subrogation
|
27
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Section
6.03.
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Subordination;
Subrogation
|
27
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ARTICLE
VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
7.01.
|
Notices
|
29
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Section
7.02.
|
Security
Interest Absolute
|
29
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Section
7.03.
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Limitation
By Law
|
29
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Section
7.04.
|
Binding
Effect; Several Agreement
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29
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Section
7.05.
|
Successors
and Assigns
|
30
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Section
7.06.
|
Administrative
Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification
|
30
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Section
7.07.
|
Administrative
Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact
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30
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Section
7.08.
|
GOVERNING
LAW
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31
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Section
7.09.
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Waivers;
Amendment
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31
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Section
7.10.
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
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32
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Section
7.11.
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Severability
|
32
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Section
7.12.
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Counterparts
|
32
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Section
7.13.
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Headings
|
32
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Section
7.14.
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Jurisdiction;
Consent to Service of Process
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32
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Section
7.15.
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Termination
or Release
|
33
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Section
7.16.
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Additional
Subsidiaries
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34
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Section
7.17.
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Right
of Set-off
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34
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Schedules
Schedule
I Subsidiary
Parties
Schedule
II Pledged
Stock; Debt Securities
Schedule
III Intellectual
Property
Schedule
IV Filing
Offices
Exhibits
Exhibit
I Form
of
Supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
Exhibit
II Form
of
Perfection Certificate
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GUARANTEE
AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT dated and effective as of September 20, 2006 (this
“Agreement”),
among
XXXXX PLASTICS GROUP INC., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”),
BPC
ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation, which on the Closing Date shall
be
merged (the “Merger”)
with
and into BPC Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation, with BPC Holding
Corporation surviving such merger as the borrower (the “Borrower”),
upon
the consummation of the Merger, each Subsidiary of the Borrower identified
herein as a party (each, a “Subsidiary
Party”)
and
CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as administrative agent and collateral
agent (in such capacities, the “Administrative
Agent”)
for
the Secured Parties (as defined below).
Reference
is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of September 20, 2006 (as amended,
restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Credit
Agreement”),
among
Holdings, the Borrower, the LENDERS party thereto from time to time, CREDIT
SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as administrative agent and collateral agent
for
the Lenders, CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as syndication agent (in such
capacity, the “Syndication
Agent”),
and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. and X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC., as
co-documentation agents (in such capacities, the “Documentation
Agents”).
The
Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders
to
extend such credit are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution
and
delivery of this Agreement. Holdings and the Subsidiary Parties are affiliates
of the Borrower, will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit
to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and are willing to execute
and
deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to extend such credit.
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01. Credit
Agreement.
(a)
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have
the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement. All terms
defined in the New York UCC (as defined herein) and not defined in this
Agreement have the meanings specified therein. The term “instrument” shall have
the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.
(b) The
rules
of construction specified in Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement also apply
to
this Agreement.
Section
1.02. Other
Defined Terms.
As used
in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified
below:
“Account
Debtor”
means
any person who is or who may become obligated to any Pledgor under, with respect
to or on account of an Account, Chattel Paper, General Intangibles, Instruments
or Investment Property.
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“Article
9 Collateral”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01.
“Collateral”
means
Article 9 Collateral and Pledged Collateral.
“Copyright
License”
means
any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting any right to any
Pledgor under any Copyright now or hereafter owned by any third party, and
all
rights of any Pledgor under any such agreement (including, without limitation,
any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to license).
“Copyrights”
means
all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor: (a) all
copyright rights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States
or any other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise;
(b)
all registrations and applications for registration of any such Copyright in
the
United States or any other country, including registrations, supplemental
registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States
Copyright Office and the right to obtain all renewals thereof, including those
listed on Schedule
III;
(c) all
claims for, and rights to xxx for, past or future infringements of any of the
foregoing; and (d) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter
due and payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including damages and
payments for past or future infringement thereof.
“Credit
Agreement”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this
Agreement.
“Federal
Securities Laws”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.03.
“General
Intangibles”
means
all “General Intangibles” as defined in the New York UCC, including all choses
in action and causes of action and all other intangible personal property of
any
Pledgor of every kind and nature (other than Accounts) now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Pledgor, including corporate or other business records,
indemnification claims, contract rights (including rights under leases, whether
entered into as lessor or lessee, Swap Agreements and other agreements),
Intellectual Property, goodwill, registrations, franchises, tax refund claims
and any guarantee, claim, security interest or other security held by or granted
to any Pledgor to secure payment by an Account Debtor of any of the
Accounts.
“Guarantors”
means,
initially, Holdings and upon the consummation of the Merger, Holdings and the
Subsidiary Parties set forth on Schedule
I.
“Intellectual
Property”
means
all intellectual property of every kind and nature now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Pledgor, including, inventions, designs, Patents, Copyrights,
Trademarks, Patent Licenses, Copyright Licenses, Trademark Licenses, trade
secrets, domain names, confidential or proprietary technical and business
information, know-how, show-how or other data or information and all related
documentation.
“Intellectual
Property Security Agreement”
means
a
security agreement in the form hereof or a short form hereof, in each case,
which form shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent.
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“IP
Agreements”
means
all material Copyright Licenses, Patent Licenses, Trademark Licenses, and all
other agreements, permits, consents, orders and franchises relating to the
license, development, use or disclosure of any material Intellectual Property
to
which a Pledgor, now or hereafter, is a party or a beneficiary, including,
without limitation, the agreements set forth on Schedule
III
hereto.
“Loan
Document Obligations”
means
(a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrower of (i) the unpaid principal
of
and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether
allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans made to the Borrower,
when
and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set
for
prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the Borrower
under the Credit Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as
due,
including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest
thereon (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether
allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and obligations to provide cash
collateral and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Borrower to any
of
the Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan
Documents, including obligations to pay fees, expense and reimbursement
obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct,
contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during
the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding),
(b)
the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Borrower under
or pursuant to the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents and
(c)
the due and punctual payment and performance of all the obligations of each
other Loan Party under or pursuant to this Agreement and each of the other
Loan
Documents.
“New
York UCC”
means
the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of
New
York.
“Obligations”
means
(a) the Loan Document Obligations, (b) the due and punctual payment and
performance of all obligations of each Loan Party under each Swap Agreement
that
(i) is in effect on the Closing Date with a counterparty that is a Lender or
an
Affiliate of a Lender as of the Closing Date or (ii) is entered into after
the
Closing Date with any counterparty that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender
at the time such Swap Agreement is entered into and (c) the due and punctual
payment and performance of all obligations of the Borrower and any of its
Subsidiaries in respect of overdrafts and related liabilities owed to a Lender
or any of its Affiliates (or any other Person designated by the Borrower as
a
provider of cash management services and entitled to the benefit of this
Agreement) and arising from cash management services (including treasury,
depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer, ACH
services and other cash management arrangements).
“Patent
License”
means
any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any Pledgor
any
right to make, use or sell any invention covered by a Patent, now or hereafter
owned by any third party (including, without limitation, any such rights that
such Pledgor has the right to license).
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“Patents”
means
all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor: (a) all
letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other
country or jurisdiction, including those listed on Schedule
III,
and all
applications for letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof
in any other country or jurisdiction, including those listed on Schedule
III,
(b) all
provisionals, reissues, extensions, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-
part, reexaminations or revisions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or
claimed therein, including the right to make, use, import and/or sell the
inventions disclosed or claimed therein, (c) all claims for, and rights to
xxx
for, past or future infringements of any of the foregoing and (d) all income,
royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and payable with respect
to
any of the foregoing, including damages and payments for past or future
infringement thereof.
“Perfection
Certificate”
means
the Perfection Certificate with respect to the Pledgors substantially in the
form of Exhibit
II,
completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments contemplated
thereby, and duly executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower and the chief
legal officer of the Borrower.
“Permitted
Liens”
means
any Lien permitted by Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.
“Pledged
Collateral”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
“Pledged
Debt Securities”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
“Pledged
Securities”
means
any promissory notes, stock certificates or other certificated securities now
or
hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all certificates,
instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged
Collateral.
“Pledged
Stock”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
“Pledgor”
shall
mean, initially, Holdings and BPC Acquisition Corp. and upon the consummation
of
the Merger, Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Party.
“Secured
Parties”
means
(a) the Lenders (and any Affiliate of a Lender designated by the Borrower as
a
provider of cash management services to which any obligation referred to in
clause (c) of the definition of the term “Obligations” is owed), (b) the
Administrative Agent, (c) each Issuing Bank, (d) each counterparty to any Swap
Agreement entered into with a Loan Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party,
the
obligations under which constitute Obligations, (e) the beneficiaries of each
indemnification obligation undertaken by any Loan Party under any Loan Document
and (f) the successors and permitted assigns of each of the
foregoing.
“Security
Interest”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01.
“Subsidiary
Party”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement,
and any Subsidiary that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section
7.16.
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“Trademark
License”
means
any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any Pledgor
any
right to use any Trademark now or hereafter owned by any third party (including,
without limitation, any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to
license).
“Trademarks”
means
all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor: (a) all
trademarks, service marks, corporate names, company names, business names,
fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, other source or
business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, now
existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations thereof (if any),
and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith,
including registrations and registration applications in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any State of the United
States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof (except for
“intent-to-use” applications for trademark or service xxxx registrations filed
pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Xxxxxx Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, unless and until
an Amendment to Allege Use or a Statement of Use under Sections 1(c) and 1(d)
of
Xxxxxx Act has been filed, to extent, if any, that any assignment of an
“intent-to-use” application prior to such filing would violate the Xxxxxx Act),
and all renewals thereof, including those listed on Schedule
III,
(b) all
goodwill associated therewith or symbolized thereby, (c) all claims for, and
rights to xxx for, past or future infringements of any of the foregoing and
(d)
all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and payable
with respect to any of the foregoing, including damages and payments for past
or
future infringement thereof.
ARTICLE
II
GUARANTEE
Section
2.01. Guarantee.
Each Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, jointly with
the other Guarantors and severally, to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety,
the due and punctual payment and performance of the Obligations. Each Guarantor
further agrees that the Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or
in
part, without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain
bound
upon its guarantee notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Obligation.
Each Guarantor waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to
the
Borrower or any other Loan Party of any of the Obligations, and also waives
notice of acceptance of its guarantee and notice of protest for
nonpayment.
Section
2.02. Guarantee
of Payment.
Each Guarantor further agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a
guarantee of payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise) and not of collection, and waives any right to require that any
resort be had by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to any
security held for the payment of the Obligations or to any balance of any
deposit account or credit on the books of the Administrative Agent or any other
Secured Party in favor of the Borrower or any other person.
Section
2.03. No
Limitations, Etc. (b)
Except
for termination of a Guarantor’s obligations hereunder as expressly provided for
in Section 7.15, the obligations of each
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Guarantor
hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or
termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender,
alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense or setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability of the Obligations or otherwise (other than
defense of payment or performance). Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise
affected by, and each Guarantor hereby waives any defense to the enforcement
hereof by reason of:
(i) the
failure of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to assert any
claim or demand or to exercise or enforce any right or remedy under the
provisions of any Loan Document or otherwise;
(ii) any
rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of
the
terms or provisions of, any Loan Document or any other agreement, including
with
respect to any other Guarantor under this Agreement;
(iii) the
failure to perfect any security interest in, or the exchange, substitution,
release or any impairment of, any security held by the Administrative Agent
or
any other Secured Party for the Obligations;
(iv) any
default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the
Obligations;
(v) any
other
act or omission that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk
of any Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a
matter of law or equity (other than the payment in full in cash or immediately
available funds of all the Obligations);
(vi) any
illegality, lack of validity or enforceability of any Obligation;
(vii) any
change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower,
or
any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting
the Borrower or its assets or any resulting release or discharge of any
Obligation;
(viii) the
existence of any claim, set-off or other rights that the Guarantor may have
at
any time against the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, or any other
corporation or person, whether in connection herewith or any unrelated
transactions, provided that nothing herein will prevent the assertion of any
such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;
(ix) any
action permitted or authorized hereunder; or
(x) any
other
circumstance (including without limitation, any statute of limitations) or
any
existence of or reliance on any representation by the Administrative Agent
that
might otherwise constitute a defense to, or a legal or equitable discharge
of,
the Borrower or the Guarantor or any other guarantor or surety.
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Each
Guarantor expressly authorizes the Secured Parties to take and hold security
for
the payment and performance of the Obligations, to exchange, waive or release
any or all such security (with or without consideration), to enforce or apply
such security and direct the order and manner of any sale thereof in their
sole
discretion or to release or substitute any one or more other guarantors or
obligors upon or in respect of the Obligations, all without affecting the
obligations of any Guarantor hereunder.
(b) To
the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any defense
based on or arising out of any defense of any other Loan Party or the
unenforceability of the Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or
the
cessation from any cause of the liability of any other Loan Party, other than
the payment in full in cash or immediately available funds of all the
Obligations (other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or liabilities).
The Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties may, at their election,
foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial
or
nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of
foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Obligations, make any other
accommodation with any other Loan Party or exercise any other right or remedy
available to them against any other Loan Party, without affecting or impairing
in any way the liability of any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the
Obligations (other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or liabilities)
have been paid in full in cash or immediately available funds. To the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any defense arising
out of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to
applicable law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or
subrogation or other right or remedy of such Guarantor against any other Loan
Party, as the case may be, or any security.
Section
2.04. Reinstatement.
Each
Guarantor agrees that its guarantee hereunder shall continue to be effective
or
be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof,
of any Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party upon the bankruptcy or
reorganization of the Borrower or any other Loan Party or
otherwise.
Section
2.05. Agreement
To Pay; Contribution; Subrogation.
In
furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that
the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party has at law or in equity against
any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Borrower to pay any
Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby
promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Administrative
Agent for distribution to the applicable Secured Parties in cash the amount
of
such unpaid Obligation. Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
agrees that in the event any payment shall be required to be made to any Secured
Party under this guarantee or any other guarantee, such Guarantor will
contribute, to the maximum extent permitted by law, such amounts to each other
Guarantor and each other guarantor so as to maximize the aggregate amount paid
to the Secured Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents. Upon payment
by any Guarantor of any sums to the Administrative Agent as provided above,
all
rights of such Guarantor against the Borrower, or other Loan Party or any other
Guarantor arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation,
contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be
subject to Article VI.
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Section
2.06. Information.
Each
Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed
of
the financial condition and assets of the Borrower and each other Loan Party,
and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the
Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Guarantor
assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that none of the Administrative Agent
or the other Secured Parties will have any duty to advise such Guarantor of
information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or
risks.
Section
2.07. Maximum
Liability.
Each
Guarantor, and by its acceptance of this guarantee, the Administrative Agent
and
each Lender hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such Persons that
this guarantee and the Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder not constitute
a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
or
any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
similar law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent
Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the extent
applicable to this guarantee and the Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder.
To
effectuate the foregoing intention, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and
the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the Obligations of each Guarantor
under this guarantee at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as
will
result in the Obligations of such Guarantor under this guarantee not
constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section
2.08. Payment
Free and Clear of Taxes.
Any and
all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Guarantor hereunder
or
under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and without
deduction for, any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes on the same terms and to
the
same extent that payments by the Borrower and Holdings are required to be made
pursuant to the terms of Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement. The provisions
of
Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to each Guarantor mutatis
mutandis.
ARTICLE
III
PLEDGE
OF
SECURITIES
Section
3.01. Pledge.
As
security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of its
Obligations, each Pledgor hereby assigns and pledges to the Administrative
Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, its successors
and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a
security interest in all of such Pledgor’s right, title and interest in, to and
under (a) the Equity Interests directly owned by it (including those listed
on
Schedule
II)
and any
other Equity Interests obtained in the future by such Pledgor and any
certificates representing all such Equity Interests (the “Pledged
Stock”);
provided
that the
Pledged Stock shall not include (i) (A) more than 65% of the issued and
outstanding voting Equity Interests of any “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary
directly owned by such Pledgor, (B) more than 65% of the issued and outstanding
voting Equity Interests of any “first tier” Qualified CFC Holding Company
directly owned by such Pledgor, (C) any issued and outstanding Equity Interest
of any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary, or (D)
any issued and outstanding Equity Interests of any Qualified CFC Holding Company
that is not a “first tier” Qualified CFC Holding Company, (ii) to the extent
applicable law requires that a Subsidiary of such Pledgor
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issue
directors’ qualifying shares, such shares or nominee or other similar shares,
(iii) any Equity Interests with respect to which the Collateral and Guarantee
Requirement or the other paragraphs of Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement
need
not be satisfied by reason of Section 5.10(g) of the Credit Agreement, or (iv)
any Equity Interests of a person that is not directly or indirectly a
Subsidiary; (b) (i) the debt obligations listed opposite the name of such
Pledgor on Schedule
II,
(ii)
any debt securities in the future issued to such Pledgor having, in the case
of
each instance of debt securities, an aggregate principal amount in excess of
$3.0 million, and (iii) the certificates, promissory notes and any other
instruments, if any, evidencing such debt securities (the “Pledged
Debt Securities”);
(c)
subject to Section 3.05 hereof, all payments of principal or interest,
dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received,
receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon
the
conversion of, and all other proceeds received in respect of, the property
referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above; (d) subject to Section 3.05 hereof,
all rights and privileges of such Pledgor with respect to the securities and
other property referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above; and (e) all
proceeds of any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (a) through
(e) above being collectively referred to as the “Pledged
Collateral”).
TO
HAVE
AND TO HOLD the Pledged Collateral, together with all right, title, interest,
powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the
Administrative Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties, forever; subject,
however,
to the
terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.
Section
3.02. Delivery
of the Pledged Collateral.
(c)
Each
Pledgor agrees promptly to deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, any and
all Pledged Securities to the extent such Pledged Securities are either
(i) Equity Interests or (ii) in the case of promissory notes or other
instruments evidencing Indebtedness, are required to be delivered pursuant
to
paragraph (b) of this Section 3.02.
(b) Each
Pledgor will cause any Indebtedness for borrowed money having an aggregate
principal amount in excess of $3.0 million (other than (i) intercompany current
liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with
the
cash management operations of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or
(ii) to the extent that a pledge of such promissory note or instrument would
violate applicable law) owed to such Pledgor by any person to be evidenced
by a
duly executed promissory note that is pledged and delivered to the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant
to the terms hereof. To the extent any such promissory note is a demand note,
each Pledgor party thereto agrees, if requested by the Administrative Agent,
to
immediately demand payment thereunder upon an Event of Default specified under
Section 7.01(b), (c), (f), (h) or (i) of the Credit Agreement unless such demand
would not be commercially reasonable or would otherwise expose Pledgor to
liability to the maker.
(c) Upon
delivery to the Administrative Agent, (i) any Pledged Securities required to
be
delivered pursuant to the foregoing paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section
3.02
shall be accompanied by stock powers or note powers, as applicable, duly
executed in blank or other instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory
to
the Administrative Agent and by such other instruments and documents as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all other property
comprising part of the Pledged Collateral delivered pursuant to the terms of
this
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Agreement
shall be accompanied to the extent necessary to perfect the security interest
in
or allow realization on the Pledged Collateral by proper instruments of
assignment duly executed by the applicable Pledgor and such other instruments
or
documents (including issuer acknowledgments in respect of uncertificated
securities) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request. Each delivery
of
Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the securities,
which schedule shall be attached hereto as Schedule
II
(or a
supplement to Schedule
II,
as
applicable) and made a part hereof; provided
that
failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of
such
pledge of such Pledged Securities. Each schedule so delivered shall supplement
any prior schedules so delivered.
(d) In
the
event any Pledged Securities constitute uncertificated securities, each Pledgor
shall, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to
the Administrative Agent, either (i) cause the issuer to agree to comply with
instructions from the Administrative Agent without further consent of any
Pledgor or (ii) cause the issuer to register the Administrative Agent as the
registered owner of such uncertificated security.
Section
3.03. Representations,
Warranties and Covenants.
The
Pledgors, jointly and severally, represent, warrant and covenant to and with
the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties,
that:
(a) Schedule
II
correctly sets forth the percentage of the issued and outstanding shares of
each
class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by such Pledged
Stock and includes all Equity Interests, debt securities and promissory notes
or
instruments evidencing Indebtedness required to be (i) pledged in order to
satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, or (ii) delivered pursuant
to
Section 3.02;
(b) the
Pledged Stock and Pledged Debt Securities (solely with respect to Pledged Debt
Securities issued by a person that is not a Subsidiary of Holdings or an
Affiliate of any such subsidiary, to the best of each Pledgor’s knowledge) have
been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and (i)
in
the case of Pledged Stock, are fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) in the
case
of Pledged Debt Securities (solely with respect to Pledged Debt Securities
issued by a person that is not a Subsidiary of Holdings or an Affiliate of
any
such subsidiary, to the best of each Pledgor’s knowledge) are legal, valid and
binding obligations of the issuers thereof, subject to the effects of
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and
other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general
equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity)
and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing;
(c) except
for the security interests granted hereunder, each Pledgor (i) is and, subject
to any transfers made in compliance with the Credit Agreement, will continue
to
be the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities
indicated on Schedule
II
as owned
by such Pledgor, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, other than
Permitted Liens, (iii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or
transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other
Lien
on, the Pledged Collateral, other than pursuant to a transaction permitted
by
the Credit Agreement and other than Permitted Liens and (iv) subject to the
rights of such Pledgor
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under
the
Loan Documents to dispose of Pledged Collateral, will use commercially
reasonable efforts to defend its title or interest hereto or therein against
any
and all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), however arising, of all
persons;
(d) other
than as set forth in the Credit Agreement or the schedules thereto, and except
for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Loan Documents or securities
laws generally or otherwise permitted to exist pursuant to the terms of the
Credit Agreement, the Pledged Stock (other than partnership interests) is and
will continue to be freely transferable and assignable, and none of the Pledged
Stock is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders
agreement, charter or by-law provisions or contractual restriction of any nature
that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect the pledge of such
Pledged Stock hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or
the
exercise by the Administrative Agent of rights and remedies
hereunder;
(e) each
Pledgor has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged
by
it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated;
(f) other
than as set forth in the Credit Agreement or the schedules thereto, no consent
or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other
person was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge effected hereby (or
the
transfer of the Pledged Securities upon a foreclosure thereof (other than
compliance with any securities law applicable to the transfer of securities),
in
each case other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and
effect;
(g) by
virtue
of the execution and delivery by the Pledgors of this Agreement and the Foreign
Pledge Agreements, when any Pledged Securities (including Pledged Stock of
any
Domestic Subsidiary or any Qualified CFC Holding Company and any foreign stock
covered by a Foreign Pledge Agreement) are delivered to the Administrative
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in accordance with this
Agreement and a financing statement covering such Pledge Securities is filed
in
the appropriate filing office, the Administrative Agent will obtain, for the
ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and perfected lien upon
and security interest in such Pledged Securities under the New York UCC, subject
only to Permitted Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement, as security for
the payment and performance of the Obligations;
(h) each
Pledgor that is an issuer of the Pledged Collateral confirms that it has
received notice of the security interest granted hereunder and consents to
such
security interest and agrees to transfer record ownership of the securities
issued by it in connection with any request by the Administrative Agent;
(i) as
of the
Closing Date, each of the Equity Interests in limited liability companies or
partnerships that is pledged by the Pledgors hereunder constitutes a security
under Section 8-103 of the Uniform Commercial Code or the corresponding code
or
statute of any other applicable jurisdiction; and
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(j) the
Pledgors shall not amend, or permit to be amended, the limited liability company
agreement (or operating agreement or similar agreement) or partnership agreement
of any Subsidiary of any Loan Party whose Equity Interests are, or are required
to be, Collateral in a manner to cause such Equity Interests to not constitute
a
security under Section 8-103 of the Uniform Commercial Code in the State of
New
York or the corresponding code or statute of any other applicable jurisdiction
unless such Loan Party shall have first delivered 30 days written notice to
the
Administrative Agent and shall have taken all actions contemplated hereby and
as
otherwise reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to maintain the
security interest of the Administrative Agent therein as a valid, perfected,
first priority security interest.
Section
3.04. Registration
in Nominee Name; Denominations.
The
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right
(in
its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities in the name
of
the applicable Pledgor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the
Administrative Agent or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, in its own name as pledgee or the name of its nominee (as pledgee
or
as sub-agent). Each Pledgor will promptly give to the Administrative Agent
copies of any notices or other communications received by it with respect to
Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Pledgor. If an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent shall
have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities
for
certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent
with
this Agreement. Each Pledgor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to
cause any Loan Party that is not a party to this Agreement to comply with a
request by the Administrative Agent, pursuant to this Section 3.04, to exchange
certificates representing Pledged Securities of such Loan Party for certificates
of smaller or larger denominations.
Section
3.05. Voting
Rights; Dividends and Interest, Etc. (a)
Unless
and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the
Administrative Agent shall have given notice to the relevant Pledgors of the
Administrative Agent’s intention to exercise its rights hereunder:
(i) Each
Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual
rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Collateral or any part thereof
for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided,
that,
except as expressly permitted under the Credit Agreement, such rights and powers
shall not be exercised in any manner that could materially and adversely affect
the rights inuring to a holder of any Pledged Collateral, the rights and
remedies of any of the Administrative Agent or the other Secured Parties under
this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or the ability
of the Secured Parties to exercise the same.
(ii) The
Administrative Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to each Pledgor, or
cause to be executed and delivered to such Pledgor, all such proxies, powers
of
attorney and other instruments as such Pledgor may reasonably request for the
purpose of enabling such Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights
and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i)
above.
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(iii) Each
Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest,
principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the
Pledged Collateral to the extent and only to the extent that such dividends,
interest, principal and other distributions are permitted by, and otherwise
paid
or distributed in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Credit
Agreement, the other Loan Documents and applicable laws; provided,
that
(A) any noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions, payments
or other consideration in respect thereof, including any rights to receive
the
same to the extent not so distributed or paid, that would constitute Pledged
Securities to the extent such Pledgor has the rights to receive such Pledged
Securities if they were declared, distributed and paid on the date of this
Agreement, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification
of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Securities,
received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in
redemption thereof, as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or
other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise or
(B)
any non-cash dividends and other distributions paid or payable in respect of
any
Pledged Securities that would constitute Pledged Securities to the extent such
Pledgor has the rights to receive such Pledged Securities if they were declared,
distributed and paid on the date of this Agreement, in connection with a partial
or total liquidation or dissolution or in connection with a reduction of
capital, capital surplus or paid in surplus, shall be and become part of the
Pledged Collateral, and, if received by any Pledgor, shall not be commingled
by
such Pledgor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate
and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and shall
be forthwith delivered to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit
of
the Secured Parties, in the same form as so received (endorsed in a manner
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).
(b) Upon
the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after notice
by
the Administrative Agent to the Borrower of the Administrative Agent’s intention
to exercise its rights hereunder, all rights of any Pledgor to dividends,
interest, principal or other distributions that such Pledgor is authorized
to
receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.05 shall cease, and
all
such rights shall thereupon become vested, for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties, in the Administrative Agent which shall have the sole and
exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest,
principal or other distributions. All dividends, interest, principal or other
distributions received by any Pledgor contrary to the provisions of this Section
3.05 shall not be commingled by such Pledgor with any of its other funds or
property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust
for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties, and shall be forthwith delivered to the Administrative Agent,
for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in the same form as so received
(endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent).
Any
and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Administrative
Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by
the
Administrative Agent in an account to be established by the Administrative
Agent
upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance
with the provisions of Section 5.02 hereof. After all Events of Default have
been cured or waived and the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent
a certificate to that effect, the Administrative Agent shall promptly repay
to
each Pledgor (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or
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distributions
that such Pledgor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms
of paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.05 and that remain in such
account.
(c) Upon
the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after notice
by
the Administrative Agent to the Borrower of the Administrative Agent’s intention
to exercise its rights hereunder, all rights of any Pledgor to exercise the
voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant
to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 3.05, and the obligations of the
Administrative Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 3.05, shall cease,
and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Administrative Agent,
for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, which shall have the sole and
exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights
and
powers; provided
that,
unless otherwise directed by the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent
shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance
of
an Event of Default to permit the Pledgors to exercise such rights. After all
Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Borrower has delivered
to
the Administrative Agent a certificate to that effect, each Pledgor shall have
the right to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers that such
Pledgor would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of
paragraph (a)(i) above.
ARTICLE
IV
SECURITY
INTERESTS IN OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY
Section
4.01. Security
Interest.
(a)
As
security for the payment or performance when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), as the case may be, in full of its
Obligations, each Pledgor, other than Holdings (all references to a Pledgor
or
to the Pledgors in the Article IV shall be deemed to be a reference to each
Pledgor other than Holdings) hereby assigns and pledges to the Administrative
Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, its successors
and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a
security interest (the “Security
Interest”)
in all
right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets and
properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Pledgor or in
which such Pledgor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right,
title or interest (collectively, the “Article
9 Collateral”):
(i) all
Accounts;
(ii) all
Chattel Paper;
(iii) all
cash
and Deposit Accounts;
(iv) all
Documents;
(v) all
Equipment;
(vi) all
General Intangibles;
(vii) all
Instruments;
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(viii) all
Inventory and all other Goods not otherwise described above;
(ix) all
Investment Property;
(x) all
Letter of Credit Rights;
(xi) all
Commercial Tort Claims;
(xii) all
other
personal property not otherwise described above (except for property
specifically excluded from any defined term used in any of the foregoing
clauses);
(xiii) all
books
and records pertaining to the Article 9 Collateral; and
(xiv) to
the
extent not otherwise included, all proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products
of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees
given
by any person with respect to any of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute
a grant of a security interest in (a) any vehicle covered by a certificate
of
title or ownership, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, (b) any assets
(including Equity Interests), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, with
respect to which the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement or the other
paragraphs of Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement would not be required to
be
satisfied by reason of Section 5.10(g) of the Credit Agreement if hereafter
acquired, (c) any property excluded from the definition of Pledged Collateral
by
virtue of the proviso to Section 3.01 hereof, (d) any Letter of Credit Rights
to
the extent any Pledgor, is required by applicable law to apply the proceeds
of a
drawing of such Letter of Credit for a specified purpose (e) any Pledgor’s
right, title or interest in any license, contract or agreement to which such
Pledgor is a party or any of its right, title or interest thereunder to the
extent, but only to the extent, that such a grant would, under the terms of
such
license, contract or agreement, result in a breach of the terms of, or
constitute a default under, or result in the abandonment, invalidation or
unenforceability of, any license, contract or agreement to which such Pledgor
is
a party (other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered
ineffective pursuant to Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the New York
UCC
or any other applicable law (including, without limitation, Title 11 of the
United States Code) or principles of equity); provided,
that
immediately upon the ineffectiveness, lapse or termination of any such
provision, the Collateral shall include, and such Grantor shall be deemed to
have granted a security interest in, all such rights and interests as if such
provision had never been in effect or (f) any Equipment owned by any Pledgor
that is subject to a purchase money lien or a Capital Lease Obligation if the
contract or other agreement in which such Lien is granted (or the documentation
providing for such Capital Lease Obligation) prohibits or requires the consent
of any person other than the Pledgors as a condition to the creation of any
other security interest on such Equipment.
(b) Each
Pledgor, hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent at any time
and
from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing
statements (including fixture filings) with respect to the Article 9 Collateral
or any part thereof and amendments thereto that contain the information required
by Article 9 of the Uniform
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Commercial
Code of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement
or amendment, including (i) whether such Pledgor is an organization, the type
of
organization and any organizational identification number issued to such
Pledgor, (ii) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing,
a
sufficient description of the real property to which such Article 9 Collateral
relates and (iii) a description of collateral that describes such property
in
any other manner as the Administrative Agent may reasonably determine is
necessary or advisable to ensure the perfection of the security interest in
the
Article 9 Collateral granted under this Agreement, including describing such
property as “all assets” or “all property”. Each Pledgor, agrees to provide such
information to the Administrative Agent promptly upon request.
The
Administrative Agent is further authorized to file with the United States Patent
and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or any successor office
or any similar office in any other country) such documents as may be reasonably
necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing,
enforcing or protecting the Security Interest granted by each Pledgor, without
the signature of such Pledgor, and naming such Pledgor or the Pledgors as
debtors and the Administrative Agent as secured party.
(c) The
Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or
modify, any obligation or liability of any Pledgor with respect to or arising
out of the Article 9 Collateral.
Section
4.02. Representations
and Warranties.
The
Pledgors jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Administrative
Agent
and the Secured Parties that:
(a) Each
Pledgor has good and valid rights in and title to the Article 9 Collateral
with
respect to which it has purported to grant a Security Interest hereunder and
has
full power and authority to grant to the Administrative Agent the Security
Interest in such Article 9 Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver
and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
without the consent or approval of any other person other than any consent
or
approval that has been obtained and is in full force and effect or has otherwise
been disclosed herein or in the Credit Agreement.
(b) The
Perfection Certificate has been duly prepared, completed and executed and the
information set forth therein, including the exact legal name of each Pledgor,
is correct and complete, in all material respects, as of the Closing Date.
The
Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including fixture filings, as
applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations containing
a description of the Article 9 Collateral that have been prepared by the
Administrative Agent based upon the information provided to the Administrative
Agent in the Perfection Certificate for filing in each governmental, municipal
or other office specified in Schedule
IV
(or
specified by notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent after the
Closing Date in the case of filings, recordings or registrations required by
Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement) constitute all the filings, recordings
and
registrations (other than filings required to be made in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office in order
to
perfect the Security Interest in Article 9 Collateral consisting of
United
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx registered Trademarks and United States registered
Copyrights) that are necessary to publish notice of and protect the validity
of
and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of
the
Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect
of all Article 9 Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected
by
filing, recording or registration in the United States (or any political
subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and no further or
subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or
reregistration is necessary in any such jurisdiction, except as provided under
applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation statements or
amendments. Each Pledgor represents and warrants that a fully executed
Intellectual Property Security Agreement containing a description of all Article
9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property with respect to United States
Patents (and Patents for which United States registration applications are
pending), United States registered Trademarks (and Trademarks for which United
States registration applications are pending) and United States registered
Copyrights (and Copyrights for which United States registration applications
are
pending) has been delivered to the Administrative Agent for recording with
the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office
pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 261, 15 U.S.C. § 1060 or 17 U.S.C. § 205 and the
regulations thereunder, as applicable, and reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent, to protect the validity of and to establish a legal,
valid
and perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, in respect of all Article 9 Collateral
consisting of such Intellectual Property in which a security interest may be
perfected by recording with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and
the United States Copyright Office, and no further or subsequent filing,
refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary
(other than such actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest
with
respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and
Copyrights (or registration or application for registration thereof) acquired
or
developed after the date hereof).
(c) The
Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in all
the
Article 9 Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Obligations,
(ii) subject to the filings described in Section 4.02(b), a perfected security
interest in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be
perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous
document in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its
territories and possessions pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or other
applicable law in such jurisdictions and (iii) a security interest that shall
be
perfected in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be
perfected upon the receipt and recording of the Intellectual Property Security
Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United
States Copyright Office, as applicable. The Security Interest is and shall
be
prior to any other Lien on any of the Article 9 Collateral other than Permitted
Liens.
(d) The
Article 9 Collateral is owned by the Guarantors free and clear of any Lien,
other than Permitted Liens. None of the Pledgors has filed or consented to
the
filing of (i) any financing statement or analogous document under the Uniform
Commercial Code or any other applicable laws covering any Article 9 Collateral,
(ii) any assignment in which any Pledgor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or
any
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agreement
or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office or (iii)
any
assignment in which any Pledgor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security
agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with any
foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement
or
analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is
still in effect, except, in each case, for Permitted Liens.
(e) None
of
the Pledgors holds any Commercial Tort Claim individually in excess of $3.0
million as of the Closing Date except as indicated on the Perfection
Certificate.
(f) Except
as
set forth in the Perfection Certificate, as of the Closing Date, all Accounts
have been originated by the Pledgors and all Inventory has been produced or
acquired by the Pledgors in the ordinary course of business.
(g) As
to
itself and its Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property (the
“Intellectual
Property Collateral”),
to
the best of each Pledgor’s knowledge:
(i) The
Intellectual Property Collateral set forth on Schedule
III
includes
all of the material Patents, domain names, Trademarks, Copyrights and IP
Agreements owned by such Pledgor as of the date hereof.
(ii) The
Intellectual Property Collateral is subsisting and has not been adjudged invalid
or unenforceable in whole or part, and to the best of such Pledgor’s knowledge,
is valid and enforceable, except as would not reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect. Such Pledgor is not aware of any uses of any item
of
Intellectual Property Collateral that would be expected to lead to such item
becoming invalid or unenforceable, except as would not reasonably be expected
to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) Such
Pledgor has made or performed all commercially reasonable acts, including
without limitation filings, recordings and payment of all required fees and
taxes, required to maintain and protect its interest in each and every item
of
Intellectual Property Collateral in full force and effect in the United States
and such Pledgor has used proper statutory notice in connection with its use
of
each Patent, Trademark and Copyright in the Intellectual Property Collateral,
in
each case, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv) With
respect to each IP Agreement, the absence, termination or violation of which
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (A) such Pledgor
has not received any notice of termination or cancellation under such IP
Agreement; (B) such Pledgor has not received any notice of a breach or default
under such IP Agreement, which breach or default has not been cured or waived;
and (C) neither such Pledgor nor any other party to such IP Agreement is in
breach or default thereof in any material respect, and no
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event
has
occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such
a
breach or default or permit termination, modification or acceleration under
such
IP Agreement.
(v) Except
as
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Pledgor
or Intellectual Property Collateral is subject to any outstanding consent,
settlement, decree, order, injunction, judgment or ruling restricting the use
of
any Intellectual Property Collateral or that would impair the validity or
enforceability of such Intellectual Property Collateral.
Section
4.03. Covenants.
(a)
Each
Pledgor agrees promptly to notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any
change (i) in its corporate or organization name, (ii) in its identity or type
of organization or corporate structure, (iii) in its Federal Taxpayer
Identification Number or organizational identification number or (iv) in its
jurisdiction of organization. Each Pledgor agrees promptly to provide the
Administrative Agent with certified organizational documents reflecting any
of
the changes described in the immediately preceding sentence. Each Pledgor agrees
not to effect or permit any change referred to in the first sentence of this
paragraph (a) unless all filings have been made, or will have been made within
any applicable statutory period, under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise
that are required in order for the Administrative Agent to continue at all
times
following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected first priority
security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral, for the ratable benefit
of
the Secured Parties. Each Pledgor agrees promptly to notify the Administrative
Agent if any material portion of the Article 9 Collateral owned or held by
such
Pledgor is damaged or destroyed.
(b) Subject
to the rights of such Pledgor under the Loan Documents to dispose of Collateral,
each Pledgor shall, at its own expense, use commercially reasonable efforts
to
defend title to the Article 9 Collateral against all persons and to defend
the
Security Interest of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties, in the Article 9 Collateral and the priority thereof against
any Lien that is not a Permitted Lien.
(c) Each
Pledgor agrees, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause
to be duly filed all such further instruments and documents and take all such
actions as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request
to
better assure, preserve, protect, defend and perfect the first priority Security
Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including, without
limitation, the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the granting of the Security
Interest and the filing of any financing statements (including fixture filings)
or other documents in connection herewith or therewith. If any amount payable
under or in connection with any of the Article 9 Collateral that is in excess
of
$3.0 million shall be or become evidenced by any promissory note or other
instrument, such note or instrument shall be promptly pledged and delivered
to
the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, duly
endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor hereby authorizes the
Administrative Agent, with prompt notice thereof to the Pledgors, to supplement
this Agreement by supplementing Schedule
III
or
adding additional schedules hereto to specifically
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identify
any asset or item that may constitute material Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks,
Copyright Licenses, Patent Licenses or Trademark Licenses; provided
that any
Pledgor shall have the right, exercisable within 30 days after the Borrower
has
been notified by the Administrative Agent of the specific identification of
such
Article 9 Collateral, to advise the Administrative Agent in writing of any
inaccuracy of the representations and warranties made by such Pledgor hereunder
with respect to such Article 9 Collateral. Each Pledgor agrees that it will
use
its commercially reasonable efforts to take such action as shall be necessary
in
order that all representations and warranties hereunder shall be true and
correct with respect to such Article 9 Collateral within 30 days after the
date
it has been notified by the Administrative Agent of the specific identification
of such Article 9 Collateral.
(d) After
the
occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, the
Administrative Agent shall have the right to verify under reasonable procedures
the validity, amount, quality, quantity, value, condition and status of, or
any
other matter relating to, the Article 9 Collateral, including, in the case
of
Accounts or Article 9 Collateral in the possession of any third person, by
contacting Account Debtors or the third person possessing such Article 9
Collateral for the purpose of making such a verification. The Administrative
Agent shall have the right to share any information it gains from such
inspection or verification with any Secured Party.
(e) At
its
option, the Administrative Agent may discharge past due taxes, assessments,
charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time
levied or placed on the Article 9 Collateral and not a Permitted Lien, and
may
pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Article 9 Collateral to the
extent any Pledgor fails to do so as required by the Credit Agreement or this
Agreement, and each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the
Administrative Agent on demand for any reasonable payment made or any reasonable
expense incurred by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the foregoing
authorization; provided,
however,
that
nothing in this Section 4.03(e) shall be interpreted as excusing any Pledgor
from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Administrative Agent
or any Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises of
any
Pledgor with respect to taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security
interests or other encumbrances and maintenance as set forth herein or in the
other Loan Documents.
(f) Each
Pledgor (rather than the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party) shall remain
liable for the observance and performance of all the conditions and obligations
to be observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument
relating to the Article 9 Collateral and each Pledgor jointly and severally
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and the Secured
Parties from and against any and all liability for such
performance.
(g) None
of
the Pledgors shall make or permit to be made an assignment, pledge or
hypothecation of the Article 9 Collateral or shall grant any other Lien in
respect of the Article 9 Collateral, except as expressly permitted by the Credit
Agreement. None of the Pledgors shall make or permit to be made any transfer
of
the Article 9 Collateral and each Pledgor shall remain at all times in
possession of the Article 9 Collateral owned by it, except as permitted by
the
Credit Agreement.
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(h) None
of
the Pledgors will, without the Administrative Agent’s prior written consent
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), grant any extension of
the
time of payment of any Accounts included in the Article 9 Collateral,
compromise, compound or settle the same for less than the full amount thereof,
release, wholly or partly, any person liable for the payment thereof or allow
any credit or discount whatsoever thereon, other than extensions, credits,
discounts, compromises or settlements granted or made in the ordinary course
of
business and consistent with prudent business practices.
(i) Each
Pledgor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent
(and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Administrative Agent)
as such Pledgor’s true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) for the purpose,
during the continuance of an Event of Default, of making, settling and adjusting
claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing
the name of such Pledgor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of
payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance and for making all
determinations and decisions with respect thereto. In the event that any Pledgor
at any time or times shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of
insurance required hereby or to pay any premium in whole or part relating
thereto, the Administrative Agent may, without waiving or releasing any
obligation or liability of the Pledgors hereunder or any Event of Default,
in
its sole discretion, obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay
such
premium and take any other actions with respect thereto as the Administrative
Agent reasonably deems advisable. All sums disbursed by the Administrative
Agent
in connection with this Section 4.03(i), including reasonable attorneys’ fees,
court costs, expenses and other charges relating thereto, shall be payable,
upon
demand, by the Pledgors to the Administrative Agent and shall be additional
Obligations secured hereby.
Section
4.04. Other
Actions.
In
order to further ensure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the
ability of the Administrative Agent to enforce, for the ratable benefit of
the
Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Article 9
Collateral, each Pledgor agrees, in each case at such Pledgor’s own expense, to
take the following actions with respect to the following Article 9
Collateral:
(a) Instruments
and Tangible Chattel Paper.
If any
Pledgor shall at any time hold or acquire any Instruments (other than checks
received and processed in the ordinary course of business) or Tangible Chattel
Paper evidencing an amount in excess of $3.0 million, such Pledgor shall
forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Administrative Agent,
accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in
blank
as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably
request.
(b) Investment
Property.
Except
to the extent otherwise provided in Article
III,
if any
Pledgor shall at any time hold or acquire any Certificated Security, such
Pledgor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the
Administrative Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment
duly executed in blank as the Administrative Agent may from time to time
reasonably specify. If any security of a domestic issuer now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Pledgor is uncertificated and is issued to such Pledgor or
its
nominee directly by the issuer thereof, such Pledgor shall promptly notify
the
Administrative Agent of such uncertificated securities and (a) upon the
Administrative Agent’s reasonable request and (b) upon the occurrence and
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the
continuance of an Event of Default, pursuant to an agreement in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, either (i) cause
the issuer to agree to comply with instructions from the Administrative Agent
as
to such security, without further consent of any Pledgor or such nominee, or
(ii) cause the issuer to register the Administrative Agent as the registered
owner of such security.
(c) Commercial
Tort Claims.
If any
Pledgor shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim in an amount
reasonably estimated to exceed $2.0 million, such Pledgor shall promptly notify
the Administrative Agent thereof in a writing signed by such Pledgor, including
a summary description of such claim, and grant to the Administrative Agent
in
writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all under
the
terms and provisions of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Section
4.05. Covenants
Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral.
(a)
Each
Pledgor agrees that it will not knowingly do any act or omit to do any act
(and
will exercise commercially reasonable efforts to prevent its licensees from
doing any act or omitting to do any act) whereby any Patent that is material
to
the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business may become prematurely
invalidated, abandoned, lapsed or dedicated to the public, and agrees that
it
shall take commercially reasonable steps with respect to any material products
covered by any such Patent as necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve
its rights under applicable patent laws.
(b) Each
Pledgor will, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its
licensees or its sublicensees to, for each material Trademark necessary to
the
normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business, (i) maintain such Trademark in full
force free from any adjudication of abandonment or invalidity for non-use,
(ii)
maintain the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark,
(iii) display such Trademark with notice of federal or foreign registration
or
claim of trademark or service xxxx as required under applicable law and (iv)
not
knowingly use or knowingly permit its licensees’ use of such Trademark in
violation of any third-party rights.
(c) Each
Pledgor will, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its
licensees or its sublicensees to, for each work covered by a material Copyright
necessary to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business that it publishes,
displays and distributes, use copyright notice as required under applicable
copyright laws.
(d) Each
Pledgor shall notify the Administrative Agent promptly if it knows that any
Patent, Trademark or Copyright material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s
business may imminently become abandoned, lapsed or dedicated to the public,
or
of any materially adverse determination or development, excluding office actions
and similar determinations or developments in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office, any court or any similar
office of any country, regarding such Pledgor’s ownership of any such material
Patent, Trademark or Copyright or its right to register or to maintain the
same.
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(e) Each
Pledgor, either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee,
shall (i) inform the Administrative Agent on an annual basis of each application
by itself, or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, for any Patent
with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and each registration of
any
Trademark or Copyright with the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
the
United States Copyright Office or any comparable office or agency in any other
country filed during the preceding twelve-month period, and (ii) execute and
deliver any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers necessary
or
as the Administrative Agent may otherwise reasonably request to evidence the
Administrative Agent’s security interest in such Patent, Trademark or Copyright
and the perfection thereof.
(f) Each
Pledgor shall exercise its reasonable business judgment consistent with the
practice in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
the United States Copyright Office or any comparable office or agency in any
other country with respect to maintaining and pursuing each application relating
to any Patent, Trademark and/or Copyright (and obtaining the relevant grant
or
registration) material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business and to
maintain (i) each issued Patent and (ii) the registrations of each Trademark
and
each Copyright that is material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s
business, including, when applicable and necessary in such Pledgor’s reasonable
business judgment, timely filings of applications for renewal, affidavits of
use, affidavits of incontestability and payment of maintenance fees, and, if
any
Pledgor believes necessary in its reasonable business judgment, to initiate
opposition, interference and cancellation proceedings against third
parties.
(g) In
the
event that any Pledgor knows or has reason to know that any Article 9
Collateral consisting of a Patent, Trademark or Copyright material to the normal
conduct of its business has been or is about to be materially infringed,
misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Pledgor shall promptly notify
the Administrative Agent and shall, if such Pledgor deems it necessary in its
reasonable business judgment, promptly xxx and recover any and all damages,
and
take such other actions as are reasonably appropriate under the
circumstances.
ARTICLE
V
REMEDIES
Section
5.01. Remedies
Upon Default.
Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Pledgor
agrees to deliver each item of Collateral to the Administrative Agent on demand,
and it is agreed that the Administrative Agent shall have the right to take
any
of or all the following actions at the same or different times: (a) with respect
to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, on demand,
to
cause the Security Interest to become an assignment, transfer and conveyance
of
any of or all such Article 9 Collateral by the applicable Pledgors to the
Administrative Agent or to license or sublicense, whether general, special
or
otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or a nonexclusive basis, any such Article
9 Collateral throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such
manner as the Administrative Agent shall determine (other than in violation
of
any then-existing licensing arrangements to the extent that waivers thereunder
cannot be obtained with the use of
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commercially
reasonable efforts, which each Pledgor hereby agrees to use) and (b) with or
without legal process and with or without prior notice or demand for
performance, to take possession of the Article 9 Collateral and without
liability for trespass to the applicable Pledgor to enter any premises where
the
Article 9 Collateral may be located for the purpose of taking possession of
or
removing the Article 9 Collateral and, generally, to exercise any and all rights
afforded to a secured party under the applicable Uniform Commercial Code or
other applicable law or in equity. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, each Pledgor agrees that the Administrative Agent shall have the
right, subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law, to sell or
otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral at a public or private
sale or at any broker’s board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon
credit or for future delivery as the Administrative Agent shall deem
appropriate. The Administrative Agent shall be authorized in connection with
any
sale of a security (if it deems it advisable to do so) pursuant to the foregoing
to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to persons who represent
and
agree that they are purchasing such security for their own account, for
investment, and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof. Upon
consummation of any such sale of Collateral pursuant to this Section 5.01 the
Administrative Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to
the
purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser
at
any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim
or
right on the part of any Pledgor, and each Pledgor hereby waives and releases
(to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay, valuation
and
appraisal that such Pledgor now has or may at any time in the future have under
any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.
To
the
extent any notice is required by applicable law, the Administrative Agent shall
give the applicable Pledgors 10 Business Days’ written notice (which each
Pledgor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-611 of
the
New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Administrative
Agent’s intention to make any sale of Collateral. Such notice, in the case of a
public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in the case
of a
sale at a broker’s board or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or
exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral,
or portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange.
Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary
business hours and at such place or places as the Administrative Agent may
fix
and state in the notice (if any) of such sale. At any such sale, the Collateral,
or the portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or
in
separate parcels, as the Administrative Agent may (in its sole and absolute
discretion) determine. The Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to make
any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of
the
fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given. The
Administrative Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public
or
private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement
at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice,
be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned. In the case
of
any sale of all or any part of the Collateral made on credit or for future
delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Administrative Agent
until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the
Administrative Agent shall not incur any liability in the event that any such
purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so
sold
and, in the case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon
notice given in accordance with provisions above. At any public (or, to the
extent permitted by law, private) sale made pursuant to this Section 5.01,
any
Secured Party may bid for or purchase for cash, free (to the extent permitted
by
law) from any right of redemption, stay,
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valuation
or appraisal on the part of any Pledgor (all such rights being also hereby
waived and released to the extent permitted by law), the Collateral or any
part
thereof offered for sale and such Secured Party may, upon compliance with the
terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property in accordance with
Section 5.02 hereof without further accountability to any Pledgor therefor.
For
purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion
thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof; the Administrative Agent shall
be
free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and no Pledgor shall
be
entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto,
notwithstanding the fact that after the Administrative Agent shall have entered
into such an agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the
Obligations paid in full. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale
herein conferred upon it, the Administrative Agent may proceed by a suit or
suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and to sell the Collateral
or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts
having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed
receiver. Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.01 shall be
deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in
Section 9-610(b) of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other
jurisdictions.
Section
5.02. Application
of Proceeds.
The
Administrative Agent shall promptly apply the proceeds, moneys or balances
of
any collection or sale of Collateral, as well as any Collateral consisting
of
cash, as follows:
FIRST,
to
the payment of all costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent
in
connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any of the Obligations, including without
limitation all court costs and the fees and expenses of its agents and legal
counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Administrative Agent
hereunder or under any other Loan Document on behalf of any Pledgor, any other
costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or
remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document, and all other fees,
indemnities and other amounts owing or reimbursable to the Administrative Agent
under any Loan Document in its capacity as such;
SECOND,
to
payment of all fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and
interest) payable to the Issuing Bank in capacity as such and of any amount
required to be paid to the Issuing Bank by any Revolving Facility Lender
pursuant to Section
2.05(e)
and
(h)
of the
Credit Agreement and not paid by such Revolving Facility Lender (which shall
be
payable to the Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent advanced such
payment to the Issuing Bank in anticipation of such payment by such Revolving
Facility Lender and otherwise, to the Issuing Bank); and
THIRD,
to
the payment in full of the Obligations (the amounts so applied to be distributed
among the Secured Parties pro
rata
in
accordance with the respective amounts of the Obligations owed to them on the
date of any such distribution, which in the case of Letters of Credit, shall
be
paid by deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of
the
Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Issuing Bank and the Lenders,
an
amount in cash in U.S. Dollars equal to the aggregate L/C Exposure as of such
date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon).
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The
Administrative Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of
application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this
Agreement. Upon any sale of Collateral by the Administrative Agent (including
pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding),
the receipt of the purchase money by the Administrative Agent or of the officer
making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers
of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be
obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid
over
to the Administrative Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for
the
misapplication thereof.
Section
5.03. Securities
Act, Etc. In
view
of the position of the Pledgors in relation to the Pledged Collateral, or
because of other current or future circumstances, a question may arise under
the
Securities Act of 1933, as now or hereafter in effect, or any similar federal
statute hereafter enacted analogous in purpose or effect (such Act and any
such
similar statute as from time to time in effect being called the “Federal
Securities Laws”)
with
respect to any disposition of the Pledged Collateral permitted hereunder. Each
Pledgor understands that compliance with the Federal Securities Laws might
very
strictly limit the course of conduct of the Administrative Agent if the
Administrative Agent were to attempt to dispose of all or any part of the
Pledged Collateral, and might also limit the extent to which or the manner
in
which any subsequent transferee of any Pledged Collateral could dispose of
the
same. Similarly, there may be other legal restrictions or limitations affecting
the Administrative Agent in any attempt to dispose of all or part of the Pledged
Collateral under applicable Blue Sky or other state securities laws or similar
laws analogous in purpose or effect. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that
in light of such restrictions and limitations, the Administrative Agent, in
its
sole and absolute discretion, (a) may proceed to make such a sale whether or
not
a registration statement for the purpose of registering such Pledged Collateral
or part thereof shall have been filed under the Federal Securities Laws or,
to
the extent applicable, Blue Sky or other state securities laws and (b) may
approach and negotiate with a single potential purchaser to effect such sale.
Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that any such sale might result in prices
and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public
sale without such restrictions. In the event of any such sale, the
Administrative Agent shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling
all
or any part of the Pledged Collateral at a price that the Administrative Agent,
in its sole and absolute discretion, may in good xxxxx xxxx reasonable under
the
circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher
price
might have been realized if the sale were deferred until after registration
as
aforesaid or if more than a single purchaser were approached. The provisions
of
this Section 5.03 will apply notwithstanding the existence of a public or
private market upon which the quotations or sales prices may exceed
substantially the price at which the Administrative Agent sells.
ARTICLE
VI
INDEMNITY,
SUBROGATION AND SUBORDINATION
Section
6.01. Indemnity.
In
addition to all such rights of indemnity and subrogation as the Guarantors
may
have under applicable law (but subject to Section 6.03 hereof), the Borrower
agrees that (a) in the event a payment shall be made by any
Guarantor
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under
this Agreement in respect of any Obligation of the Borrower, the Borrower shall
indemnify such Guarantor for the full amount of such payment and such Guarantor
shall be subrogated to the rights of the person to whom such payment shall
have
been made to the extent of such payment and (b) in the event any assets of
any
Guarantor shall be sold pursuant to this Agreement or any other Security
Document to satisfy in whole or in part an Obligation of the Borrower, the
Borrower shall indemnify such Guarantor in an amount equal to the greater of
the
book value or the fair market value of the assets so sold.
Section
6.02. Contribution
and Subrogation.
Each
Guarantor (other than Holdings and the Borrower) (a “Contributing
Guarantor”)
agrees
(subject to Section 6.03 hereof) that, in the event a payment shall be made
by
any other Guarantor (other than Holdings and the Borrower) hereunder in respect
of any Obligation or assets of any other Guarantor (other than Holdings and
the
Borrower) shall be sold pursuant to any Security Document to satisfy any
Obligation owed to any Secured Party and such other Guarantor (the “Claiming
Guarantor”)
shall
not have been fully indemnified by the Borrower as provided in Section 6.01
hereof, the Contributing Guarantor shall indemnify the Claiming Guarantor in
an
amount equal to the amount of such payment or the greater of the book value
or
the fair market value of such assets, as applicable, in each case multiplied
by
a fraction of which the numerator shall be the net worth of such Contributing
Guarantor on the date hereof and the denominator shall be the aggregate net
worth of all the Guarantors on the date hereof (or, in the case of any Guarantor
becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 7.16 hereof, the date of the
supplement hereto executed and delivered by such Guarantor). Any Contributing
Guarantor making any payment to a Claiming Guarantor pursuant to this Section
6.02 shall be subrogated to the rights of such Claiming Guarantor under Section
6.01 hereof to the extent of such payment.
Section
6.03. Subordination;
Subrogation.
(a)
Each
Guarantor hereby subordinates any and all debts, liabilities and other
Obligations owed to such Guarantor by each other Loan Party (the “Subordinated
Obligations”)
to the
Obligations to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this
Section 6.03:
(i) Prohibited
Payments, Etc.
Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Guarantor may receive
regularly scheduled payments from any other Loan Party on account of the
Subordinated Obligations. After the occurrence and during the continuance of
any
Event of Default, however, unless the Required Lenders otherwise agree, no
Guarantor shall demand, accept or take any action to collect any payment on
account of the Subordinated Obligations until the Obligations have been paid
in
full in cash.
(ii) Prior
Payment of Guaranteed Obligations.
In any
proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any other federal, state or foreign
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law relating to any other Loan
Party, each Guarantor agrees that the Secured Parties shall be entitled to
receive payment in full in cash of all Obligations (including all interest
and
expenses accruing after the commencement of a proceeding under any U.S.
Bankruptcy Code or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law, whether or not constituting an allowed claim in
such proceeding (“Post-Petition
Interest”))
before such Guarantor receives payment of any Subordinated
Obligations.
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(iii) Turn-Over.
After
the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each
Guarantor shall, if the Administrative Agent so requests, collect, enforce
and
receive payments on account of the Subordinated Obligations as trustee for
the
Secured Parties and deliver such payments to the Administrative Agent on account
of the Obligations (including all Post-Petition Interest), together with any
necessary endorsements or other instruments of transfer, but without reducing
or
affecting in any manner the liability of such Guarantor under the other
provisions of this Guaranty.
(iv) Administrative
Agent Authorization.
After
the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the
Administrative Agent is authorized and empowered (but without any obligation
to
so do), in its discretion, (i) in the name of each Guarantor, to collect and
enforce, and to submit claims in respect of, the Subordinated Obligations and
to
apply any amounts received thereon to the Obligations (including any and all
Post-Petition Interest), and (ii) to require each Guarantor (A) to collect
and
enforce, and to submit claims in respect of, the Subordinated Obligations and
(B) to pay any amounts received on such obligations to the Administrative Agent
for application to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any and all
Post-Petition Interest).
(b) Each
Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any
rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against the Borrower, any
other
Loan Party or any other insider guarantor that arise from the existence,
payment, performance or enforcement of such Guarantor’s Obligations under or in
respect of the guarantee set forth in Article II or any other Loan Document,
including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement,
exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in
any
claim or remedy of any Secured Party against the Borrower, any other Loan Party
or any other insider guarantor or any Collateral, whether or not such claim,
remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law,
including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Borrower,
any other Loan Party or any other insider guarantor, directly or indirectly,
in
cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security
on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the
Obligations and all other amounts payable under the guarantee set forth in
Article II shall have been paid in full in cash, all Letters of Credit and
all
Swap Agreements secured hereunder shall have expired or been terminated and
the
Commitments shall have expired or been terminated. If any amount shall be paid
to any Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any
time
prior to the latest of (a) the payment in full in cash of the Obligations and
all other amounts payable under the guarantee set forth in Article II and (b)
the latest date of expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit and all
Swap Agreements secured hereunder, such amount shall be received and held in
trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall be segregated from other
property and funds of such Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered
to
the Administrative Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary
endorsement or assignment) to be credited and applied to the Obligations and
all
other amounts payable under the guarantee set forth in Article II, whether
matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, or
to
be held as Collateral for any Obligations or other amounts payable under such
guarantee thereafter arising. If (i) any Guarantor shall make payment to any
Secured Party of all or any part of the Obligations, (ii) all of the Obligations
and all other amounts payable under the guarantee set forth in Article II shall
have been paid in full in cash, (iii) the Term Facility Maturity Date shall
have
occurred and (iv) all Letters of Credit and all Swap Agreements secured
hereunder shall
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have
expired or been terminated, the Administrative Agent will, at such Guarantor’s
request and expense, execute and deliver to such Guarantor appropriate
documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary
to
evidence the transfer by subrogation to such Guarantor of an interest in the
Obligations resulting from such payment made by such Guarantor pursuant to
such
guarantee.
ARTICLE
VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
7.01. Notices.
All
communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly
permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 9.01 of the
Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any Subsidiary
Party shall be given to it in care of the Borrower, with such notice to be
given
as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.
Section
7.02. Security
Interest Absolute.
All
rights of the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Security Interest in the
Article 9 Collateral, the security interest in the Pledged Collateral and all
obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional
irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit
Agreement, any other Loan Document, any agreement with respect to any of the
Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the
foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in
any
other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver
of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or
non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment
or
waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or
guaranteeing all or any of the Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that
might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any
Pledgor in respect of the Obligations or this Agreement (other than a defense
of
payment or performance).
Section
7.03. Limitation
By Law.
All
rights, remedies and powers provided in this Agreement may be exercised only
to
the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision
of law, and all the provisions of this Agreement are intended to be subject
to
all applicable mandatory provisions of law that may be controlling and to be
limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Agreement
invalid, unenforceable, in whole or in part, or not entitled to be recorded,
registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable law.
Section
7.04. Binding
Effect; Several Agreement.
This
Agreement shall become effective as to any party to this Agreement when a
counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such party shall have been delivered
to
the Administrative Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed
on
behalf of the Administrative Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such
party and the Administrative Agent and their respective permitted successors
and
assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such party, the Administrative Agent
and the other Secured Parties and their respective permitted successors and
assigns, except that no party shall have the right to assign or transfer its
rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the
Collateral
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(and
any
such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly contemplated
by
this Agreement or the Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as
a
separate agreement with respect to each party and may be amended, modified,
supplemented, waived or released with respect to any party without the approval
of any other party and without affecting the obligations of any other party
hereunder.
Section
7.05. Successors
and Assigns.
Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such
reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of
such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any
Pledgor or the Administrative Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall
bind and inure to the benefit of their respective permitted successors and
assigns; provided
that no
Pledgor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under
this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent.
Section
7.06. Administrative
Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.
(a)
The
parties hereto agree that the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to
reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder as provided in Section 9.05
of
the Credit Agreement.
(b) Without
limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Loan Documents,
each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent
and the other Indemnitees (as defined in Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement)
against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees,
charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee
arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, (i) the execution,
delivery or performance of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any
agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by
the
parties hereto and thereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the
consummation of the Transactions and other transactions contemplated hereby,
(ii) the use of proceeds of the Loans or the use of any Letter of Credit or
(iii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of
the
foregoing, or to the Collateral, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party
thereto; provided
that
such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent
that
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined
by
a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have
resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
Indemnitee.
(c) Any
such
amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Obligations secured
hereby and by the other Security Documents. The provisions of this Section
7.06
shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the
termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations,
the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement
or
any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this
Section 7.06 shall be payable on written demand therefor.
Section
7.07. Administrative
Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact.
Each
Pledgor hereby appoints the Administrative Agent the attorney-in-fact of such
Pledgor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and
taking any action and executing any
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instrument
that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish
the
purposes hereof, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest.
The Administrative Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, with full power of substitution either
in the Administrative Agent’s name or in the name of such Pledgor, (a) to
receive, endorse, assign or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks,
drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral
or
any part thereof, (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt
for
and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to ask
for, demand, xxx for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any and all
moneys due or to become due under and by virtue of any Collateral; (d) to sign
the name of any Pledgor on any invoice or xxxx of lading relating to any of
the
Collateral; (e) to send verifications of Accounts to any Account Debtor; (f)
to
commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or
in
equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize
on
all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any
Collateral; (g) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions,
suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral; and (h) to use,
sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise
deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely
as though the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral
for
all purposes; provided,
that
nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the
Administrative Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the
nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Administrative Agent,
or to
present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to
the
Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect
thereof or any property covered thereby. The Administrative Agent and the other
Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as
a
result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they
nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to
any
Pledgor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
Section
7.08. GOVERNING
LAW.
THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF
NEW YORK.
Section
7.09. Waivers;
Amendment.
(a)
No
failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender
in
exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document
shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise
of
any such right, power or remedy, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps
to enforce such a right, power or remedy, preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights, powers
and remedies of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank and the Lenders
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not
exclusive of any rights, powers or remedies that they would otherwise have.
No
waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any
Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall
be
permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 7.09, and then such waiver or consent
shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which
given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan
or
the issuance of a Letter of
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Credit
shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default,
regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank
may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the
time. No notice or demand on any Loan Party in any case shall entitle any Loan
Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other
circumstances.
(b) Neither
this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified
except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the
Administrative Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties with respect to which
such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent
required in accordance with Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement.
Section
7.10. WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH
PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE,
AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE,
THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE
THE
FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO
HAVE
BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL
WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.10.
Section
7.11. Severability.
In the
event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any
other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic
effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal
or
unenforceable provisions.
Section
7.12. Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall
constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute
but
one contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 7.04 hereof.
Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile transmission
shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original.
Section
7.13. Headings.
Article
and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience
of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the
construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this
Agreement.
Section
7.14. Jurisdiction;
Consent to Service of Process.
(a)
Each
party to this Agreement 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
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proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, 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 such New York State
or,
to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. 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 the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may
otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement
or
any other Loan Document against any Pledgor, or its properties, in the courts
of
any jurisdiction.
(b) Each
party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the
fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which 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 or any other Loan Document 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.
Section
7.15. Termination
or Release.
(a)
This
Agreement, the guarantees made herein, the pledges made herein, the Security
Interest and all other security interests granted hereby shall terminate when
all the Loan Document Obligations (other than contingent or unliquidated
obligations or liabilities not then due) have been paid in full in cash or
immediately available funds and the Lenders have no further commitment to lend
under the Credit Agreement, the Revolving L/C Exposure has been reduced to
zero
and each Issuing Bank has no further obligations to issue Letters of Credit
under the Credit Agreement.
(b) A
Subsidiary Party shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder
and the security interests in the Collateral of such Subsidiary Party shall
be
automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by
the
Credit Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Party ceases to be a
Subsidiary of the Borrower or otherwise ceases to be a Guarantor; provided
that the
Required Lenders shall have consented to such transaction (to the extent such
consent is required by the Credit Agreement) and the terms of such consent
did
not provide otherwise.
(c) Upon
any
sale or other transfer by any Pledgor of any Collateral that is permitted under
the Credit Agreement to any person that is not a Pledgor, or upon the
effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest
granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to Section 9.08 of the Credit
Agreement, the security interest in such Collateral shall be automatically
released.
(d) In
connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or
(c)
of this Section 7.15, the Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to
any
Pledgor, at such Pledgor’s, expense all documents that such Pledgor shall
reasonably request to evidence such termination or release; provided, that
the
Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action under this Section
7.15(d) unless such Pledgor shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent
together with such request, which may be incorporated into such request, (i)
a
reasonably detailed description of the Collateral, which in any event shall
be
sufficient to
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effect
the appropriate termination or release without affecting any other Collateral,
and (ii) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or such Pledgor
certifying that the transaction giving rise to such termination or release
is
permitted by the Credit Agreement and was consummated in compliance with the
Loan Documents. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section
7.15 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative
Agent.
Section
7.16. Additional
Subsidiaries.
Upon
execution and delivery by the Administrative Agent and any Subsidiary that
is
required to become a party hereto by Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement of
an
instrument in the form of Exhibit
I
hereto,
such subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Party hereunder with the same force
and effect as if originally named as a Subsidiary Party herein. The execution
and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other
party to this Agreement. The rights and obligations of each party to this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition
of
any new party to this Agreement.
Section
7.17. Right
of Set-off.
If an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each
Issuing Bank is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, to set-off and apply any and all deposits
(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held
and
other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or such Issuing Bank to
or
for the credit or the account of any party to this Agreement against any of
and
all the obligations of such party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement
owed to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, irrespective of whether or not such
Lender or such Issuing Bank shall have made any demand under this Agreement
and
although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under
this
Section 7.17 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other
rights of set-off) that such Lender or such Issuing Bank may have.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
the
day and year first above written.
BPC
ACQUISITION CORP.
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
XXXXX
PLASTICS GROUP, INC.
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Upon
the
consummation of the Merger:
BPC
Holding Corporation
Xxxxx
Plastics Corporation
AeroCon,
Inc.
Xxxxx
Iowa Corporation
Xxxxx
Plastics Design Corporation
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Corporation
Xxxxx
Plastics Technical Services, Inc.
Cardinal
Packaging, Inc.
CPI
Holding Corporation
Knight
Plastics Inc.
Xxxxxx
Plastics Inc.
Packerware
Corporation
Pescor,
Inc.
Poly-Seal
Corporation
Venture
Packaging, Inc.
Venture
Packaging Midwest, Inc.
Xxxxx
Plastics Acquisition III
Xxxxx
Plastics Acquisition V
Xxxxx
Plastics Acquisition VII
Xxxxx
Plastics Acquisition VIII
Xxxxx
Plastics Acquisition IX
Xxxxx
Plastics Acquisition X
Xxxxx
Plastics Acquisition XI
Xxxxx
Plastics Acquisition XII
Xxxxx
Plastics Acquisition XIII
Xxxxx
Group, Inc.
Saffron
Acquisition Corp.
Sun
Coast
Industries, Inc.
Xxxxx
Plastics Acquisition Corporation XV, LLC
Setco,
LLC
Tubed
Products, LLC
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
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XXXXXX
XXXXXX, XXXXXX XXXXXXX BRANCH
as
Administrative Agent
By:_________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Exhibit
I
to
Guarantee and
Collateral
Agreement
SUPPLEMENT
NO. ______ dated as of _____________ (this “Supplement”),
to
the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of September 20, 2006 (the
“Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement”),
among
XXXXX PLASTICS GROUP, INC. (formerly known as BPC Holding Acquisition Corp.),
a
Delaware corporation (“Holdings”),
BPC
HOLDING CORPORATION (as the surviving entity of the merger on the Closing Date
between BPC Acquisition Corp. and BPC Holding Corporation), a Delaware
corporation (the “Borrower”),
each
Subsidiary of the Borrower identified herein as a party (each, a “Subsidiary
Party”)
and
CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as administrative agent and collateral
agent (in such capacities, the “Administrative
Agent”)
for
the Secured Parties (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement).
A. Reference
is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of September 20, 2006 (as amended,
restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Credit
Agreement”),
among
Holdings, the Borrower, the LENDERS party thereto from time to time, CREDIT
SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as administrative agent and collateral agent
for
the Lenders, CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as syndication agent (in such
capacity, the “Syndication
Agent”),
and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. and X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC., as
co-documentation agents (in such capacities, the “Documentation
Agents”).
B. Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement referred to therein.
C. The
Pledgors have entered into the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in order
to
induce the Lenders to make Loans and each Issuing Bank to issue Letters of
Credit. Section 7.16 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement provides that
additional Subsidiaries may become Subsidiary Parties under the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form
of
this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary (the “New
Subsidiary”)
is
executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit
Agreement to become a Subsidiary Party under the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make additional Loans and each
Issuing Bank to issue additional Letters of Credit and as consideration for
Loans previously made and Letters of Credit previously issued.
Accordingly,
the Administrative Agent and the New Subsidiary agree as follows:
SECTION
1. In
accordance with Section 7.16 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the
New
Subsidiary by its signature below becomes a Subsidiary Party, a Guarantor and
a
Pledgor under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with the same force and
effect as if originally named therein as a Subsidiary Party, a Guarantor and
a
Pledgor, and the New Subsidiary hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and
provisions of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement applicable to it as a
Subsidiary Party, a Guarantor and a Pledgor thereunder and (b)
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represents
and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Guarantor
and a Pledgor thereunder are true and correct, in all material respects, on
and
as of the date hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, the New Subsidiary,
as
security for the payment and performance in full of the Obligations (as defined
in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), does hereby create and grant to
the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security
interest in and Lien on all the New Subsidiary’s right, title and interest in
and to the Collateral (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement)
of
the New Subsidiary. Each reference to a “Subsidiary Party” or a “Guarantor” a
“Pledgor” in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall be deemed to include
the New Subsidiary. The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby
incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION
2. The
New
Subsidiary represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the other
Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects
of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance
or
other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered
in
a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith
and
fair dealing.
SECTION
3. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall
constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute
but
one contract. This Supplement shall become effective when (a) the Administrative
Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Supplement that bears the
signature of the New Subsidiary and (b) the Administrative Agent has executed
a
counterpart hereof.
SECTION
4. The
New
Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants that (a) set forth on Schedule
I
attached
hereto is a true and correct schedule of the location of any and all Article
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Collateral of the New Subsidiary, (b) set forth on Schedule
II
attached
hereto is a true and correct schedule of all the Pledged Securities of the
New
Subsidiary and (c) set forth under its signature hereto, is the true and correct
legal name of the New Subsidiary, its jurisdiction of formation and the location
of its chief executive office.
SECTION
5. Except
as
expressly supplemented hereby, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect.
SECTION
6. THIS
SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS SUPPLEMENT
SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF
NEW YORK.
SECTION
7. In
the
event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should
be
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic
effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal
or
unenforceable provisions.
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SECTION
8. All
communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided
in Section 7.01 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
SECTION
9. The
New
Subsidiary agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for its reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the
reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the
Administrative Agent.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary and the Administrative Agent have duly
executed this Supplement to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as of the
day
and year first above written.
[Name
of
New Subsidiary]
By:______________________________________
Name:
Title:
Legal
Name:
Jurisdiction
of Formation:
Location
of Chief Executive Office:
CREDIT
SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Administrative Agent
By:________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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