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EXHIBIT 10.47
SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of March 5, 1999, is made by
Safeskin Corporation, a Florida corporation (the "Borrower"), and those
Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are parties hereto, as indicated on the
signature pages hereof, and/or that become parties hereto in the manner provided
in Section 22 hereof, jointly and severally, in favor of Union Bank of
California, N.A., or any successor collateral agent, as the Collateral Agent
under the Intercreditor Agreement referred to below, for the ratable benefit of
each of the Secured Creditors, as Secured Party, with reference to the following
facts:
RECITALS
A. The Secured Creditors described in the Intercreditor and
Collateral Agency Agreement, of even date herewith, by and among Union Bank of
California, N.A. as the Bank Agent, the Noteholders therein named, the Synthetic
Lease Investor therein named, Union Bank of California, N.A. as the Synthetic
Lease Financing Agent, Union Bank of California, N.A. as the Collateral Agent,
the Borrower and the Grantors and Guarantors therein named (as amended or
supplemented from time to time, the "Intercreditor Agreement"), pursuant to
their respective Transaction Documents, have agreed to provide certain credit
facilities to the Borrower or to the Synthetic Lease Borrower, as applicable.
B. The respective Transaction Documents of the Secured Creditors
require, as a condition precedent to the availability of the credit facilities
to be provided thereunder by the Secured Creditors, that Grantors secure the
payment and performance of the Outstanding Obligations with a security interest
in and Lien on all of Grantors' personal property.
C. Pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement, each of the Secured
Creditors appointed Secured Party as its collateral agent, and Secured Party
accepted such appointment.
D. Accordingly, the Secured Creditors require that Grantors enter
into this Agreement and grant Secured Party a security interest in and Lien, for
the ratable benefit of the Secured Creditors, as herein provided.
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E. Each Grantor expects to realize direct and indirect benefits
as a result of the availability of the credit facilities to be provided to the
Borrower or to the Synthetic Lease Borrower, as applicable, by the Secured
Creditors under their respective Transaction Documents.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in order to induce the Secured Creditors to
extend the aforementioned credit facilities, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged,
Grantors hereby jointly and severally represent, warrant, covenant, agree,
assign and grant as follows:
1. Definitions. This Agreement is the Security Agreement referred
to in the Intercreditor Agreement and is one of the Transaction Documents. Terms
defined in the Intercreditor Agreement and not otherwise defined in this
Agreement shall have the meanings defined for those terms in the Intercreditor
Agreement. Terms defined in the California Uniform Commercial Code and not
otherwise defined in this Agreement or in the Intercreditor Agreement shall have
the meanings defined for those terms in the California Uniform Commercial Code.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
respectively set forth after each:
"Agreement" means this Security Agreement, and any extensions,
modifications, renewals, restatements, supplements or amendments hereof,
including, without limitation, any documents or agreements by which additional
Grantors become party hereto.
"Cash" means all monetary and non-monetary items owned by
Grantors that are treated as cash in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied.
"Collateral" means and includes all present and future right,
title and interest of Grantors, or any one or more of them, in or to any
Property or assets whatsoever, and all rights and powers of Grantors, or any one
or more of them, to transfer any interest in or to any Property or assets
whatsoever, including, without limitation, any and all of the following
Property:
(a) All present and future accounts, accounts receivable,
agreements, contracts, leases, contract rights, rights to payment,
instruments, documents, chattel paper, security agreements, guaranties,
letters of credit, undertakings, surety bonds, insurance policies
(whether or not required by the terms of the respective Transaction
Documents of the Secured Creditors), notes and drafts, and all forms of
obligations owing to any Grantor or in which any
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Grantor may have any interest, however created or arising and whether
or not earned by performance;
(b) All present and future general intangibles, all tax
refunds of every kind and nature to which any Grantor now or hereafter
may become entitled, however arising, all other refunds, and all
deposits, reserves, loans, royalties, cost savings, deferred payments,
goodwill, choses in action, liquidated damages, rights to
indemnification, trade secrets, computer programs, software, customer
lists, trademarks, trade names, patents, licenses, copyrights,
technology, processes, proprietary information and insurance proceeds of
which any Grantor is a beneficiary;
(c) All present and future deposit accounts of any
Grantor, including, without limitation, any demand, time, savings,
passbook or like account maintained by any Grantor with any bank,
savings and loan association, credit union or like organization, and all
money, Cash and Cash equivalents of any Grantor, whether or not
deposited in any such deposit account;
(d) All present and future books and records, including,
without limitation, books of account and ledgers of every kind and
nature, all electronically recorded data relating to any Grantor or the
business thereof, all receptacles and containers for such records, and
all files and correspondence;
(e) All present and future goods, including, without
limitation, all consumer goods, farm products, inventory, equipment,
machinery, tools, molds, dies, furniture, furnishings, fixtures, trade
fixtures, motor vehicles, and all other goods used in connection with or
in the conduct of any Grantor's business;
(f) All present and future inventory and merchandise,
including, without limitation, all present and future goods held for
sale or lease or to be furnished under a contract of service, all raw
materials, work in process and finished goods, all packing materials,
supplies and containers relating to or used in connection with any of
the foregoing, and all bills of lading, warehouse receipts or documents
of title relating to any of the foregoing;
(g) All present and future stocks, bonds, debentures,
securities, subscription rights, options, warrants, puts, calls,
certificates, partnership interests, joint venture interests,
Investments and/or brokerage accounts and all rights, preferences,
privileges, dividends, distributions, redemption payments, or
liquidation payments with respect thereto;
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(h) All present and future accessions, appurtenances,
components, repairs, repair parts, spare parts, replacements,
substitutions, additions, issue and/or improvements to or of or with
respect to any of the foregoing;
(i) All other tangible and intangible Property of any
Grantor;
(j) All rights, remedies, powers and/or privileges of any
Grantor with respect to any of the foregoing; and
(k) Any and all proceeds and products of any of the
foregoing, including, without limitation, all money, accounts, general
intangibles, deposit accounts, documents, instruments, chattel paper,
goods, insurance proceeds, and any other tangible or intangible property
received upon the sale or disposition of any of the foregoing;
provided that the term "Collateral", as used in this Agreement, shall not
include the following: (i) interests pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement,
or (ii) Real Property or any interest therein.
"GAAP" means, as of any date of determination, accounting
principles (a) set forth as generally accepted in then currently effective
Opinions of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants, (b) set forth as generally accepted in then
currently effective Statements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or
(c) that are then approved by such other entity as may be approved by a
significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States of
America. The term "consistently applied," as used in connection therewith, means
that the accounting principles applied are consistent in all material respects
with those applied at prior dates or for prior periods.
"Governmental Agency" means (a) any international, foreign,
federal, state, county or municipal government, or political subdivision
thereof, (b) any governmental or quasi-governmental agency, authority, board,
bureau, commission, department, instrumentality or public body or (c) any court
or administrative tribunal of competent jurisdiction.
"Grantors" means the Borrower and those Significant Domestic
Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are parties hereto as indicated on the
signature pages hereof, or that become parties hereto as provided in Section 22
hereof, and each of them, and any one or more of them, jointly and severally. At
such times, if any, as no
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Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower are parties hereto, the term "Grantors"
shall refer solely to the Borrower.
"Investment" means, when used in connection with any Grantor, any
investment by or of that Grantor, whether by means of purchase or other
acquisition of stock or other securities of any other Person or by means of a
loan, advance creating a debt, capital contribution, guaranty or other debt or
equity participation or interest in any other Person, including any partnership
and joint venture interests of such Person.
"Laws" means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal,
state and local statutes, treaties, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes and
administrative or judicial precedents.
"Lien" means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment for security, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any
kind, whether voluntarily incurred or arising by operation of Law or otherwise,
affecting any Property, including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any lease in the nature of a security interest, and/or the filing of
any financing statement (other than a precautionary financing statement with
respect to a lease that is not in the nature of a security interest) under the
Uniform Commercial Code or comparable Law of any jurisdiction with respect to
any Property.
"Permitted Encumbrances" means:
(a) inchoate Liens incident to construction on or
maintenance of Property; or Liens incident to construction on or
maintenance of Property now or hereafter filed of record for which
adequate reserves have been set aside (or deposits made pursuant to
applicable Law) and which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and have not proceeded to judgment, provided
that, by reason of nonpayment of the obligations secured by such Liens,
no such Property is subject to a material impending risk of loss or
forfeiture;
(b) Liens for taxes and assessments on Property which are
not yet past due; or Liens for taxes and assessments on Property for
which adequate reserves have been set aside and are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and have not proceeded to
judgment, provided that, by reason of nonpayment of the obligations
secured by such Liens, no such Property is subject to a material
impending risk of loss or forfeiture;
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(c) defects and irregularities in title to any Property
which in the aggregate do not materially impair the fair market value or
use of the Property for the purposes for which it is or may reasonably
be expected to be held;
(d) easements, exceptions, reservations, or other
agreements for the purpose of pipelines, conduits, cables, wire
communication lines, power lines and substations, streets, trails,
walkways, drainage, irrigation, water, and sewerage purposes, dikes,
canals, ditches, the removal of oil, gas, coal, or other minerals, and
other like purposes affecting Property which in the aggregate do not
materially burden or impair the fair market value or use of such
Property for the purposes for which it is or may reasonably be expected
to be held;
(e) easements, exceptions, reservations, or other
agreements for the purpose of facilitating the joint or common use of
Property in or adjacent to a shopping center or similar project
affecting Property which in the aggregate do not materially burden or
impair the fair market value or use of such Property for the purposes
for which it is or may reasonably be expected to be held;
(f) rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental
Agency to control or regulate, or obligations or duties to any
Governmental Agency with respect to, the use of any Property;
(g) rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental
Agency to control or regulate, or obligations or duties to any
Governmental Agency with respect to, any right, power, franchise, grant,
license, or permit;
(h) present or future zoning laws and ordinances or other
laws and ordinances restricting the occupancy, use, or enjoyment of
Property;
(i) statutory Liens, other than those described in clauses
(a) or (b) above, arising in the ordinary course of business with
respect to obligations which are not delinquent or are being contested
in good faith, provided that, if delinquent, adequate reserves have been
set aside with respect thereto and, by reason of nonpayment, no Property
is subject to a material impending risk of loss or forfeiture;
(j) covenants, conditions, and restrictions affecting the
use of Property which in the aggregate do not materially impair the fair
market value or use of the Property for the purposes for which it is or
may reasonably be expected to be held;
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(k) rights of tenants under leases and rental agreements
covering Property entered into in the ordinary course of business of the
Person owning such Property;
(l) Liens consisting of pledges or deposits to secure
obligations under workers' compensation laws or similar legislation,
including Liens of judgments thereunder which are not currently
dischargeable;
(m) Liens consisting of pledges or deposits of Property to
secure performance in connection with operating leases made in the
ordinary course of business, provided the aggregate value of all such
pledges and deposits in connection with any such lease does not at any
time exceed 20% of the annual fixed rentals payable under such lease;
(n) Liens consisting of deposits of Property to secure
bids made with respect to, or performance of, contracts (other than
contracts creating or evidencing an extension of credit to the
depositor);
(o) Liens consisting of any right of offset, or statutory
bankers' lien, on bank deposit accounts maintained in the ordinary
course of business so long as such bank deposit accounts are not
established or maintained for the purpose of providing such right of
offset or bankers' lien;
(p) Liens consisting of deposits of Property to secure
statutory obligations of Borrower;
(q) Liens consisting of deposits of Property to secure (or
in lieu of) surety, appeal or customs bonds;
(r) Liens created by or resulting from any litigation or
legal proceeding in the ordinary course of business which is currently
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that
adequate reserves have been set aside and no material Property is
subject to a material impending risk of loss or forfeiture; and
(s) other non-consensual Liens incurred in the ordinary
course of business but not in connection with the incurrence of any
indebtedness, which do not in the aggregate, when taken together with
all other Liens, materially impair the fair market value or use of the
Property for the purposes for which it is or may reasonably be expected
to be held.
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"Property" means any interest of Grantors in any kind of property
or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible.
"Real Property" means all real property now or hereafter owned,
leased or occupied by Grantors.
"Secured Party" means the Collateral Agent, who shall hold the
Liens and security interests granted hereunder for the ratable benefit of each
of the Secured Creditors.
2. Further Assurances. Concurrent with its execution and delivery
of this Agreement to Secured Party and thereafter, each Grantor shall execute
and deliver to Secured Party all such financing statements and other agreements,
instruments and documents in form and substance satisfactory to Secured Party as
shall be reasonably necessary or desirable to perfect fully, when filed and/or
recorded, and to ensure the first-priority status of, Secured Party's security
interests granted pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement. At any time and from
time to time, Secured Party shall be entitled to file and/or record any or all
such financing statements, instruments and documents held by it, and any or all
such further financing statements, documents and instruments, and to take all
such other actions, as Secured Party may reasonably deem appropriate to perfect
and to maintain perfected, and to ensure the first-priority status of, the
security interests granted in Section 3 of this Agreement. At Secured Party's
request, whether before or after the occurrence of a Triggering Event, each
Grantor shall execute all such further financing statements, instruments and
documents, and shall do all such further acts and things, as reasonably may be
deemed necessary or desirable by Secured Party to create and perfect, and to
continue and preserve, an indefeasible security interest in the Collateral in
favor of Secured Party, or the priority thereof. With respect to any Collateral
consisting of certificated securities, instruments, documents, certificates of
title or the like, as to which Secured Party's security interest need be
perfected by, or the priority thereof need be assured by, possession of such
Collateral, Grantors will upon demand of Secured Party deliver possession of
same in pledge to Secured Party. With respect to any Collateral consisting of
securities, instruments, partnership or joint venture interests or the like,
Grantors hereby consent and agree that the issuers of, or obligors on, any such
Collateral, or any registrar or transfer agent or trustee for any such
Collateral, shall be entitled to accept the provisions of this Agreement as
conclusive evidence of the right of Secured Party to effect any transfer or
exercise any right hereunder or with respect to any such Collateral,
notwithstanding any other notice or direction to the contrary heretofore or
hereafter given by any Grantor or any other Person to such issuers or such
obligors or to any such registrar or transfer agent or trustee.
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3. Security Agreement. For valuable consideration, Grantors, and
each of them, hereby assign and pledge to Secured Party, and grant to Secured
Party a first-priority security interest in, all presently existing and
hereafter acquired Collateral, as security for the timely payment and
performance of the Outstanding Obligations, and each of them. This Agreement is
a continuing and irrevocable agreement and all the rights, powers, privileges
and remedies hereunder shall apply to any and all Outstanding Obligations,
including those arising under successive transactions which shall either
continue the Outstanding Obligations, increase or decrease them, or from time to
time create new Outstanding Obligations after all or any prior Outstanding
Obligations have been satisfied, and notwithstanding the bankruptcy of any
Grantor or any other Person or any other event or proceeding affecting any
Person.
4. Grantors' Representations, Warranties and Agreements. Except
as otherwise disclosed to Secured Party in writing concurrently herewith,
Grantors represent, warrant and agree that: (a) each Grantor will pay, prior to
delinquency, all taxes, charges, Liens and assessments against the portion of
the Collateral owned by it, except Permitted Encumbrances, Liens permitted under
the Transaction Documents, and such other Liens as are timely contested in good
faith, and upon its failure to pay or so contest such taxes, charges, Liens and
assessments, Secured Party at its option may pay any of them, and Secured Party
shall be the sole judge of the legality or validity thereof and the amount
necessary to discharge the same; (b) the Collateral will not be used for any
unlawful purpose or in violation of any Law, regulation or ordinance, nor used
in any way that will void or impair any insurance required to be carried in
connection therewith; (c) each Grantor will, to the extent consistent with good
business practice, keep the portion of the Collateral owned by it in reasonably
good repair, working order and condition, and from time to time make all needful
and proper repairs, renewals, replacements, additions and improvements thereto
and, as appropriate and applicable, will otherwise deal with such portion of the
Collateral in all such ways as are considered good practice by owners of like
Property; (d) each Grantor will take all reasonable steps to preserve and
protect the Collateral; (e) each Grantor will maintain, with responsible
insurance companies, insurance covering the Collateral against such insurable
losses as is required by the respective Transaction Documents of the Secured
Creditor and as is consistent with sound business practice, and will cause
Secured Party to be designated as an additional insured and loss payee with
respect to all insurance (whether or not required by the respective Transaction
Documents of the Secured Creditors), will obtain the written agreement of the
insurers that such insurance shall not be cancelled, terminated or materially
modified to the detriment of Secured Party without at least 30 days prior
written notice to Secured Party, and will furnish copies of such insurance
policies or certificates to Secured Party promptly upon request therefor; (f)
Grantors will promptly notify Secured Party in
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writing in the event of damage to any material portion of the Collateral from
any source whatsoever, and, except for the disposition of collections and other
proceeds of the Collateral permitted by Section 6 hereof, Grantors will not
remove or permit to be removed any part of the Collateral from their places of
business without the prior written consent of Secured Party, except for such
items of the Collateral as are removed in the ordinary course of business or in
connection with any transaction or disposition otherwise permitted by the
Transaction Documents; and (g) in the event any Grantor changes its name or its
address as either are set forth herein or in any Transaction Document, such
Grantor will notify Secured Party of such name and/or address change promptly,
but in any event, within five (5) Business Days.
5. Secured Party's Rights Regarding Collateral. At any time
(whether or not a Triggering Event has occurred), without notice or demand and
at the expense of each Grantor with regard to the portion of the Collateral
owned by it, Secured Party may, to the extent it may be necessary or desirable
to protect the security hereunder, but Secured Party shall not be obligated to:
(a) at all reasonable times on reasonable notice, enter upon any premises on
which Collateral is situated and examine the same or (b) perform any obligation
of any Grantor under this Agreement or any obligation of any other Person under
the Transaction Documents. At any time and from time to time, at the expense of
each Grantor with regard to the portion of the Collateral owned by it, Secured
Party may, to the extent it may be necessary or desirable to protect the
security hereunder, but Secured Party shall not be obligated to, request from
obligors on the Collateral, in the name of any Grantor or in the name of Secured
Party, information concerning the Collateral and the amounts owing thereon. Each
Grantor shall maintain books and records pertaining to the Collateral in such
detail, form and scope as Secured Party shall reasonably require consistent with
Secured Party's interests hereunder. Each Grantor shall at any time at Secured
Party's request xxxx the Collateral and/or such Grantor's ledger cards, books of
account and other records relating to the Collateral with appropriate notations
satisfactory to Secured Party disclosing that they are subject to Secured
Party's security interests. Secured Party shall at all reasonable times on
reasonable notice have full access to and the right to audit any and all of
Grantors' books and records pertaining to the Collateral, and to confirm and
verify the value of the Collateral and to do whatever else Secured Party
reasonably may deem necessary or desirable to protect its interests; provided,
however, that any such action which involves communicating with customers of
Grantors shall be carried out by Secured Party through Grantors' independent
auditors unless Secured Party shall then have the right directly to notify
obligors on the Collateral as provided in Section 9. Secured Party shall be
under no duty or obligation whatsoever to take any action to preserve any rights
of or against any prior or other parties in connection with the Collateral, to
exercise any voting rights or managerial rights with respect to any Collateral,
whether or not a Triggering
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Event shall have occurred, or to make or give any presentments, demands for
performance, notices of non-performance, protests, notices of protests, notices
of dishonor or notices of any other nature whatsoever in connection with the
Collateral or the Outstanding Obligations. Secured Party shall be under no duty
or obligation whatsoever to take any action to protect or preserve the
Collateral or any rights of any Grantor therein, or to make collections or
enforce payment thereon, or to participate in any foreclosure or other
proceeding in connection therewith.
6. Collections on the Collateral. Except as otherwise provided in
any Transaction Document, Grantors shall have the right to use and to continue
to make collections on and receive dividends and other proceeds of all of the
Collateral in the ordinary course of business so long as no Triggering Event
shall have occurred and be continuing. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of a Triggering Event, at the option of Secured Party, Grantors'
right to make collections on and receive dividends and other proceeds of the
Collateral and to use or dispose of such collections and proceeds shall
terminate, and any and all dividends, proceeds and collections, including all
partial or total prepayments, then held or thereafter received on or on account
of the Collateral will be held or received by Grantors in trust for Secured
Party and immediately delivered in kind to Secured Party. Any remittance
received by any Grantor from any Person shall be presumed to relate to the
Collateral and to be subject to Secured Party's security interests. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of a Triggering Event, Secured Party shall
have the sole right at all times to receive, receipt for, endorse, assign,
deposit and deliver, in the name of Secured Party or in the name of the
appropriate Grantor, any and all checks, notes, drafts and other instruments for
the payment of money constituting proceeds of or otherwise relating to the
Collateral; and each Grantor hereby authorizes Secured Party to affix, by
facsimile signature or otherwise, the general or special endorsement of it, in
such manner as Secured Party shall deem advisable, to any such instrument in the
event the same has been delivered to or obtained by Secured Party without
appropriate endorsement, and Secured Party and any collecting bank are hereby
authorized to consider such endorsement to be a sufficient, valid and effective
endorsement by the appropriate Grantor, to the same extent as though it were
manually executed by the duly authorized officer of the appropriate Grantor,
regardless of by whom or under what circumstances or by what authority such
facsimile signature or other endorsement actually is affixed, without duty of
inquiry or responsibility as to such matters, and each Grantor hereby expressly
waives demand, presentment, protest and notice of protest or dishonor and all
other notices of every kind and nature with respect to any such instrument.
7. Possession of Collateral by Secured Party. All the Collateral
now, heretofore or hereafter delivered to Secured Party in its capacity as
Secured Party shall be held by Secured Party in its possession, custody and
control. Any or all of the
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Collateral delivered to Secured Party in its capacity as Secured Party may be
held in an interest-bearing or non-interest-bearing account, in Secured Party's
sole and absolute discretion, and Secured Party may, in its discretion, apply
any such interest to payment of the Outstanding Obligations during the
continuance of a Triggering Event. Nothing herein shall obligate Secured Party
to invest any Collateral or obtain any particular return thereon. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of a Triggering Event, whenever any of the
Collateral is in Secured Party's possession, custody or control, Secured Party
may use, operate and consume the Collateral, whether for the purpose of
preserving and/or protecting the Collateral, or for the purpose of performing
any of Grantors' obligations with respect thereto, or otherwise, subject to
compliance with the requirements of applicable Laws. Secured Party may at any
time deliver or redeliver the Collateral or any part thereof to Grantors, and
the receipt of any of the same by any Grantor shall be complete and full
acquittance for the Collateral so delivered, and Secured Party thereafter shall
be discharged from any liability or responsibility therefor. So long as Secured
Party exercises reasonable care with respect to any Collateral in its
possession, custody or control, Secured Party shall have no liability for any
loss of or damage to such Collateral, and in no event shall Secured Party have
liability for any diminution in value of Collateral occasioned by economic or
market conditions or events. Secured Party shall be deemed to have exercised
reasonable care within the meaning of the preceding sentence if the Collateral
in the possession, custody or control of Secured Party is accorded treatment
substantially equal to that which Secured Party accords its own property, it
being understood that Secured Party shall not have any responsibility for (a)
ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges,
maturities, tenders or other matters relating to any Collateral, whether or not
Secured Party has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters, or (b) taking
any necessary steps to preserve rights against any Person with respect to any
Collateral.
8. Release of Collateral. Collateral that is required to be
released from the Lien created by this Agreement in order to permit Grantor to
consummate any disposition of assets or grant any Lien that Grantor is entitled
to consummate or grant pursuant to the Transaction Documents, shall be so
released by Secured Party at such times and to the extent necessary to permit
Grantor to effect such permitted trans actions promptly following the Secured
Party's receipt of written request therefor by Grantor specifying the purpose
for which release is requested and such further certifi xxxxx or other documents
as Secured Party reasonably shall request in its discretion to confirm that
Grantor is permitted to effect such permitted transaction and to confirm Secured
Party's replacement Liens on appropriate collateral (unless replacement
collateral is not required pursuant to the Transaction Documents). Any request
for any permitted release shall be transmitted to Secured Party. Secured Party,
at the expense of Grantor, promptly shall release and return to Grantor all
Collateral in Secured
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Party's possession or under Secured Party's control and shall execute and
deliver to Grantor all documents requested by Grantor that are reasonably
necessary to release Secured Party's security interest in any Collateral
required to be released in accordance with this Section 8. Upon payment in full
of all Outstanding Obligations and the termination of all financing commitments
by the Secured Creditors, Secured Party, at the expense of Grantor, shall
promptly redeliver to Grantor all Collateral in Secured Party's possession or
under Secured Party's control and shall execute and deliver to Grantor all
documents requested by Grantor that are reasonably necessary to terminate
Secured Party's security interest in the Collateral.
9. Rights Upon Triggering Event. Upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of a Triggering Event, subject to compliance with the
requirements of applicable Laws, Secured Party shall have, in any jurisdiction
where enforcement hereof is sought, in addition to all other rights and remedies
that Secured Party may have under applicable Law or in equity or under this
Agreement (including, without limitation, all rights set forth in Section 6
hereof) or under any other Transaction Document, all rights and remedies of a
secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in any jurisdiction,
and, in addition, the following rights and remedies, all of which may be
exercised with or without notice to Grantors and without affecting the
obligations of Grantors hereunder or under any other Transaction Document, or
the enforceability of the Liens and security interests created hereby: (a) to
foreclose the Liens and security interests created hereunder or under any other
agreement relating to any Collateral by any available judicial procedure or
without judicial process; (b) to enter any premises where any Collateral may be
located for the purpose of securing, protecting, inventorying, appraising,
inspecting, repairing, preserving, storing, preparing, processing, taking
possession of or removing the same; (c) to sell, assign, lease or otherwise
dispose of any Collateral or any part thereof, either at public or private sale
or at any broker's board, in lot or in bulk, for cash, on credit or otherwise,
with or without representations or warranties and upon such terms as shall be
acceptable to Secured Party; (d) to notify obligors on the Collateral that the
Collateral has been assigned to Secured Party and that all payments thereon are
to be made directly and exclusively to Secured Party; (e) to collect by legal
proceedings or otherwise all dividends, distributions, interest, principal or
other sums now or hereafter payable upon or on account of the Collateral; (f) to
cause the Collateral to be registered in the name of Secured Party, as legal
owner; (g) to enter into any extension, reorganization, deposit, merger or
consolidation agreement, or any other agreement relating to or affecting the
Collateral, and in connection therewith Secured Party may deposit or surrender
control of the Collateral and/or accept other Property in exchange for the
Collateral; (h) to settle, compromise or release, on terms acceptable to Secured
Party, in whole or in part, any amounts owing on the Collateral and/or any
disputes
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with respect thereto; (i) to extend the time of payment, make allowances and
adjustments and issue credits in connection with the Collateral in the name of
Secured Party or in the name of any Grantor; (j) to enforce payment and
prosecute any action or proceeding with respect to any or all of the Collateral
and take or bring, in the name of Secured Party or in the name of any Grantor,
any and all steps, actions, suits or proceedings deemed by Secured Party
necessary or desirable to effect collection of or to realize upon the
Collateral, including any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure thereof or
thereon, and each Grantor specifically consents to any nonjudicial foreclosure
of any or all of the Collateral or any other action taken by Secured Party which
may release any obligor from personal liability on any of the Collateral, and
each Grantor waives any right not expressly provided for in this Agreement to
receive notice of any public or private judicial or nonjudicial sale or
foreclosure of any security or any of the Collateral; and any money or other
property received by Secured Party in exchange for or on account of the
Collateral, whether representing collections or proceeds of Collateral, and
whether resulting from voluntary payments or foreclosure proceedings or other
legal action taken by Secured Party or Grantors may be applied by Secured Party
without notice to Grantors to the Outstanding Obligations in such order and
manner as Secured Party in its sole discretion shall determine; (k) to insure,
process and preserve the Collateral; (l) to exercise all rights, remedies,
powers or privileges provided under any of the Transaction Documents; (m) to
remove, from any premises where the same may be located, the Collateral and any
and all documents, instruments, files and records, and any receptacles and
cabinets containing the same, relating to the Collateral, and Secured Party may,
at the cost and expense of each Grantor, use such of its supplies, equipment,
facilities and space at its places of business as may be necessary or
appropriate to properly administer, process, store, control, prepare for sale or
disposition and/or sell or dispose of the portion of the Collateral owned by
such Grantor or to properly administer and control the handling of collections
and reali zations thereon, and Secured Party shall be deemed to have a rent-free
tenancy of any premises of any Grantor for such purposes and for such periods of
time as reasonably required by Secured Party; (n) to receive, open and dispose
of all mail addressed to any Grantor and notify postal authorities to change the
address for delivery thereof to such address as Secured Party may designate;
provided that Secured Party agrees that it will promptly deliver over to the
appropriate Grantor such opened mail as does not relate to the Collateral; and
(o) to exercise all other rights, powers, privileges and remedies of an owner of
the Collateral; all at Secured Party's sole option and as Secured Party in its
sole discretion may deem advisable. Grantors will, at Secured Party's request,
assemble the Collateral and make it available to Secured Party at places which
Secured Party may reasonably designate, whether at the premises of Grantors or
elsewhere, and will make available to Secured Party, free of cost, all premises,
equipment and facilities of Grantors for the purpose of Secured Party's taking
possession of the
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Collateral or storing same or removing or putting the Collateral in salable form
or selling or disposing of same.
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Triggering
Event, Secured Party also shall have the right, without notice or demand, either
in person, by agent or by a receiver to be appointed by a court (and Grantors
hereby expressly consent upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a
Triggering Event to the appointment of such a receiver), and without regard to
the adequacy of any security for the Outstanding Obligations, to take possession
of the Collateral or any part thereof and to collect and receive the rents,
issues, profits, income and proceeds thereof. Taking possession of the
Collateral shall not cure or waive any Triggering Event or notice thereof or
invalidate any act done pursuant to such notice. The rights, remedies and powers
of any receiver appointed by a court shall be as ordered by said court.
Any public or private sale or other disposition of the Collateral
may be held at any office of Secured Party, or at Grantors' places of business,
or at any other place permitted by applicable Law, and without the necessity of
the Collateral's being within the view of prospective purchasers. Secured Party
may direct the order and manner of sale of the Collateral, or portions thereof,
as it in its sole and absolute discretion may determine, and Grantors expressly
waive any right to direct the order and manner of sale of any Collateral.
Secured Party or any Person on Secured Party's behalf may bid and purchase at
any such sale or other disposition. The net cash proceeds resulting from the
collection, liquidation, sale, lease or other disposition of the Collateral
shall be applied, first, to the expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees
and disbursements) of retaking, holding, storing, processing and preparing for
sale or lease, selling, leasing, collecting, liquidating and the like, and then
to the satisfaction of the Outstanding Obligations in such order as shall be
determined by Secured Party in its sole and absolute discretion. Grantors and
any other Person then obligated therefor shall pay to Secured Party on demand
any deficiency with regard thereto which may remain after such sale,
disposition, collection or liquidation of the Collateral.
Unless the Collateral is perishable or threatens to decline
speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market,
Secured Party will send or otherwise make available to the Borrower, as agent
for Grantors and each of them, reasonable notice of the time and place of any
public sale thereof or of the time on or after which any private sale thereof is
to be made. The requirement of sending reasonable notice conclusively shall be
met if such notice is mailed, first class mail, postage prepaid, to the Borrower
at its address set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement, or delivered or
otherwise sent to the Borrower, at least five (5) days before the date of the
sale. Each Grantor other than the Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints the
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Borrower as its agent for the purpose of receiving notice of sale hereunder, and
agrees that such Grantor conclusively shall be deemed to have received notice of
sale when notice of sale has been given to the Borrower. Each Grantor expressly
waives any right to receive notice of any public or private sale of any
Collateral or other security for the Outstanding Obligations except as expressly
provided for in this paragraph.
With respect to any Collateral consisting of securities,
partnership interests, joint venture interests, Investments or the like, and
whether or not any of such Collateral has been effectively registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or other applicable Laws, Secured Party may,
in its sole and absolute discretion, sell all or any part of such Collateral at
private sale in such manner and under such circumstances as Secured Party may
deem necessary or advisable in order that the sale may be lawfully conducted.
Without limiting the foregoing, Secured Party may (i) approach and negotiate
with a limited number of potential purchasers, and (ii) restrict the prospective
bidders or purchasers to Persons who will represent and agree that they are
purchasing such Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a
view to the distribution or resale thereof. In the event that any such
Collateral is sold at private sale, Grantors agree that if such Collateral is
sold for a price which Secured Party in good faith believes to be reasonable
under the circumstances then existing, then (a) the sale shall be deemed to be
commercially reasonable in all respects, (b) Grantors shall not be entitled to a
credit against the Outstanding Obligations in an amount in excess of the
purchase price, and (c) Secured Party shall not incur any liability or
responsibility to Grantors in connection therewith, notwithstanding the
possibility that a substantially higher price might have been realized at a
public sale. Grantors recognize that a ready market may not exist for such
Collateral if it is not regularly traded on a recognized securities exchange,
and that a sale by Secured Party of any such Collateral for an amount
substantially less than a pro rata share of the fair market value of the
issuer's assets minus liabilities may be commercially reasonable in view of the
difficulties that may be encountered in attempting to sell a large amount of
such Collateral or Collateral that is privately traded.
Upon consummation of any sale of Collateral hereunder, Secured
Party 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 Collateral so sold absolutely free from any claim or right upon
the part of any Grantor or any other Person, and each Grantor hereby waives (to
the extent permitted by applicable Laws) all rights of redemption, stay and
appraisal which it now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule
of Law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. If the sale of all or any
part of the Collateral is made on credit or for future delivery, Secured Party
shall not be required to apply any portion of the sale
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price to the Outstanding Obligations until such amount actually is received by
Secured Party, and any Collateral so sold may be retained by Secured Party until
the sale price is paid in full by the purchaser or purchasers thereof. Secured
Party shall not incur any liability in case any such purchaser or purchasers
shall fail to pay for the Collateral so sold, and, in case of any such failure,
the Collateral may be sold again.
10. Voting Rights; Dividends; etc. With respect to any Collateral
consisting of securities, partnership interests, joint venture interests,
Investments or the like (referred to collectively and individually in this
Section 10 and in Section 11 as the "Investment Collateral"), so long as no
Triggering Event has occurred and is continuing:
10.1 Voting Rights. Grantors shall be entitled to
exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the
Investment Collateral, or any part thereof, for any purpose not inconsistent
with the terms of this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, or the
Transaction Documents.
10.2 Dividend and Distribution Rights. Except as otherwise
provided in any Transaction Document, Grantors shall be entitled to receive and
to retain and use any and all dividends or distributions paid in respect of the
Investment Collateral; provided, however, that, subject to compliance with the
requirements of applicable Laws, any and all such dividends or distributions
received in the form of capital stock, certificated securities, warrants,
options or rights to acquire capital stock or certificated securities forthwith
shall be, and the certificates representing such capital stock or certificated
securities, if any, forthwith shall be delivered to Secured Party to hold as
pledged Collateral and shall, if received by any Grantor, be received in trust
for the benefit of Secured Party, be segregated from the other Property of such
Grantor, and forthwith be delivered to Secured Party as pledged Collateral in
the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsements).
11. Rights During Triggering Event. With respect to any
Investment Collateral, so long as a Triggering Event has occurred and is
continuing:
11.1 Voting, Dividend, and Distribution Rights. At the
option of Secured Party, subject to compliance with the requirements of
applicable Laws, all rights of Grantors to exercise the voting and other
consensual rights which they would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to
Section 10.1 above, and to receive the dividends and distributions which they
would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 10.2
above, shall cease, and all such rights thereupon shall become vested solely in
Secured Party which thereupon shall have the sole right
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to exercise such voting and other consensual rights and to receive and to hold
as pledged Collateral such dividends and distributions.
11.2 Dividends and Distributions Held in Trust. All
dividends and other distributions which are received by Grantors contrary to the
provisions of this Agreement shall be received in trust for the benefit of
Secured Party, shall be segregated from other funds of Grantors, and forthwith
shall be paid over to Secured Party as pledged Collateral in the same form as so
received (with any necessary endorsements).
11.3 Irrevocable Proxy. Subject to compliance with the
requirements of applicable Laws, each Grantor does hereby revoke all previous
proxies with regard to the Investment Collateral and appoint Secured Party as
its proxyholder to attend and vote at any and all meetings of the shareholders
or other equity holders of the Persons that issued the Investment Collateral and
any adjournments thereof, held on or after the date of the giving of this proxy
and prior to the termination of this proxy, and to execute any and all written
consents of shareholders or equity holders of such Persons executed on or after
the date of the giving of this proxy and prior to the termination of this proxy,
with the same effect as if such Grantor had personally attended the meetings or
had personally voted its shares or other interests or had personally signed the
written consents; provided, however, that the proxyholder shall have rights
hereunder only upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Triggering
Event. Each Grantor hereby authorizes Secured Party to substitute another Person
as the proxyholder and, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a
Triggering Event, hereby authorizes the proxyholder to file this proxy and any
substitution instrument with the secretary or other appropriate official of the
appropriate Person. This proxy is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable
until such time as all Outstanding Obligations have been paid and performed in
full.
12. Attorney-in-Fact. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably nominates
and appoints Secured Party as its attorney-in-fact for the following purposes,
subject to compliance with the requirements of applicable Laws: (a) to do all
acts and things which Secured Party may deem necessary or advisable to perfect
and continue perfected the security interests created by this Agreement and,
upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event, to preserve, process, develop,
maintain and protect the Collateral; (b) upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of a Triggering Event, to do any and every act which any Grantor is
obligated to do under this Agreement, at the expense of the Grantor so obligated
and without any obligation to do so; (c) to prepare, sign, file and/or record,
for any Grantor, in the name of the appropriate Grantor, any financing
statement, application for registration, or like paper, and to take any other
action deemed by Secured Party necessary or desirable in order to perfect or
maintain
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perfected the security interests granted hereby; and (d) upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of a Triggering Event, to execute any and all papers and
instruments and do all other things necessary or desirable to preserve and
protect the Collateral and to protect Secured Party's security interests
therein; provided, however, that Secured Party shall be under no obligation
whatsoever to take any of the foregoing actions, and, absent bad faith or actual
malice, Secured Party shall have no liability or responsibility for any act
taken or omission with respect thereto.
13. Costs and Expenses. Each Grantor agrees to pay to Secured
Party all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements) incurred by Secured Party in the
enforcement or attempted enforcement of this Agreement, whether or not an action
is filed in connection therewith, and in connection with any waiver or amendment
of any term or provision hereof. All advances, charges, costs and expenses,
including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements, incurred or paid by
Secured Party in exercising any right, privilege, power or remedy conferred by
this Agreement (including, without limitation, the right to perform any
Outstanding Obligation of any Grantor under the Transaction Documents), or in
the enforcement or attempted enforcement thereof, shall be secured hereby and
shall become a part of the Outstanding Obligations and shall be paid to
Secured Party by each Grantor, immediately upon demand, together with interest
thereon at the rates provided for under the applicable Transaction Document.
14. Statute of Limitations and Other Laws. Until the Outstanding
Obligations shall have been paid and performed in full, the power of sale and
all other rights, privileges, powers and remedies granted to Secured Party
hereunder shall continue to exist and may be exercised by Secured Party at any
time and from time to time irrespective of the fact that any of the Outstanding
Obligations may have become barred by any statute of limitations. Each Grantor
expressly waives the benefit of any and all statutes of limitation, and any and
all Laws providing for exemption of property from execution or for valuation and
appraisal upon foreclosure, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law.
15. Other Agreements. Nothing herein shall in any way modify or
limit the effect of terms or conditions set forth in any other security or other
agreement executed by any Grantor or in connection with the Outstanding
Obligations, but each and every term and condition hereof shall be in addition
thereto. All provisions contained in the Intercreditor Agreement or any other
Transaction Document that apply to Transaction Documents generally are fully
applicable to this Agreement and are incorporated herein by this reference.
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16. Incorporation of Suretyship Provisions and Waivers. The
attached Exhibit B, "Suretyship Provisions and Waivers", is hereby incorporated
by this reference as though set forth herein in full.
17. Condition of the Borrower and Its Subsidiaries. Each Grantor
represents and warrants to Secured Party that each Grantor has established
adequate means of obtaining from the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a
continuing basis, financial and other information pertaining to the businesses,
operations and condition (financial and otherwise) of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries and their Properties, and each Grantor now is and hereafter will be
completely familiar with the businesses, operations and condition (financial and
otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their Properties. Each
Grantor hereby expressly waives and relinquishes any duty on the part of Secured
Party (should any such duty exist) to disclose to any Grantor any matter, fact
or thing related to the businesses, operations or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or their Properties, whether now
known or hereafter known by Secured Party during the life of this Agreement.
With respect to any of the Outstanding Obligations, Secured Party need not
inquire into the powers of the Borrower or any Subsidiaries thereof or the
officers or employees acting or purporting to act on their behalf, and all
Outstanding Obligations made or created in good faith reliance upon the
professed exercise of such powers shall be secured hereby.
18. Liens on Real Property. In the event that all or any part of
the Outstanding Obligations at any time are secured by any one or more deeds of
trust or mortgages or other instruments creating or granting Liens on any
interests in Real Property, each Grantor authorizes Secured Party, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any Triggering Event, at its sole
option, without notice or demand and without affecting any Outstanding
Obligations of any Grantor, the enforceability of this Agreement, or the
validity or enforceability of any Liens of Secured Party on any Collateral, to
foreclose any or all of such deeds of trust or mortgages or other instruments by
judicial or nonjudicial sale. Insofar as the Liens created herein secure the
obligations of other Persons, (i) each Grantor expressly waives any defenses to
the enforcement of this Agreement or any Liens created or granted hereby or to
the recovery by Secured Party against the Borrower or any guarantor or any other
Person liable therefor of any deficiency after a judicial or nonjudicial
foreclosure or sale, even though such a foreclosure or sale may impair the
subrogation rights of Grantors and may preclude Grantors from obtaining
reimbursement or contribution from any of the other Grantors and (ii) each
Grantor expressly waives any defenses or benefits that may be derived from
California Code of Civil Procedure Sections 580a, 580b, 580d or 726, or
comparable provisions of the Laws of any other jurisdiction, and all other
suretyship defenses it otherwise might or would have under California Law or
other applicable Law. Each Grantor expressly waives any right to receive notice
of any judicial or
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nonjudicial foreclosure or sale of any Real Property or interest therein subject
to any such deeds of trust or mortgages or other instruments and any Grantor's
failure to receive any such notice shall not impair or affect such Grantor's
Obligations or the enforceability of this Agreement or any Liens created or
granted hereby.
19. Waiver of Rights of Subrogation. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary elsewhere contained herein or in any other Transaction Document to
which any Grantor is a party, Grantors hereby waive with respect to the Borrower
and its successors and assigns (including any surety) and any other Person, any
and all rights at Law or in equity to subrogation, to reimbursement, to
exoneration, to contribution, to setoff or to any other rights that could accrue
to a surety against a principal, to a guarantor against a maker or obligor, to
an accommodation party against the party accommodated, or to a holder or
transferee against a maker and which Grantors may have or hereafter acquire
against the Borrower or any other Person in connection with or as a result of
Grantors' execution, delivery and/or performance of this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document to which any Grantor is a party. Grantors agree that they
shall not have or assert any such rights against the Borrower or its successors
and assigns or any other attempted setoff to any action commenced against
Grantors by any the Borrower (as borrower or in any other capacity) or any other
Person. Grantors hereby acknowledge and agree that this waiver is intended to
benefit Secured Party and shall not limit or otherwise affect Grantors'
liability hereunder, under any other Transaction Document to which any Grantor
is a party, or the enforceability hereof or thereof.
20. Understandings with Respect to Waivers and Consents. Grantors
and each of them warrant and agree that each of the waivers and consents set
forth herein are made after consultation with legal counsel and with full
knowledge of their significance and consequences, with the understanding that
events giving rise to any defense or right waived may diminish, destroy or
otherwise adversely affect rights which Grantors otherwise may have against the
Borrower, Secured Party or others, or against Collateral, and that, under the
circumstances, the waivers and consents herein given are reasonable and not
contrary to public policy or Law. If any of the waivers or consents herein are
determined to be contrary to any applicable Law or public policy, such waivers
and consents shall be effective to the maximum extent permitted by Law.
21. Continuing Effect. This Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or
against any Grantor for liquidation or reorganization, should any Grantor become
insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a
receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of any
Grantor's assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the
case may be, if at any time payment and performance
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of the Outstanding Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable
Law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned
by Administrative Agent or any Lender, whether as a "voidable preference,"
"fraudulent conveyance," or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance
had not been made. In the event that any payment or any part thereof is
rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Outstanding Obligations shall be
reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded,
reduced, restored or returned.
22. Additional Grantors. The initial Grantors hereunder shall be
the Borrower and the Significant Domestic Subsidiaries as are signatories
hereto. From time to time following the Closing Date, additional Significant
Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower may become parties hereto, as additional
Grantors, by executing and delivering to Secured Party an Instrument of Joinder
substantially in the form of Exhibit A, accompanied by such documentation as the
Secured Party may require in connection therewith, wherein such additional
Grantors agree to become a party hereto and to be bound hereby. Upon delivery of
such Instrument of Joinder to and acceptance thereof by Secured Party, notice of
which acceptance is hereby waived by Grantors, each such additional Grantor
shall be as fully a party hereto as if such Grantor were an original signatory
hereof. Each Grantor expressly agrees that its Outstanding Obligations and the
Liens upon its Property granted herein shall not be affected or diminished by
the addition or release of additional Grantors hereunder, nor by any election of
Secured Party not to cause any Significant Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower
to become an additional Grantor hereunder. This Agreement shall be fully
effective as to any Grantor who is or becomes a party hereto regardless of
whether any other Person becomes or fails to become or ceases to be a Grantor
hereunder.
23. Release of Grantors. This Agreement and all Outstanding
Obligations of Grantors hereunder shall be released when all Outstanding
Obligations have been paid in full in cash or otherwise performed in full and
when no portion of the respective financing commitments of the Secured Creditors
remains outstanding. Upon such release of Grantors' Outstanding Obligations
hereunder, Secured Party shall promptly return any pledged Collateral to
Grantors, or to the Person or Persons legally entitled thereto, and shall
promptly endorse, execute, deliver, record and file all instruments and
documents, and do all other acts and things, reasonably required for the return
of the Collateral to Grantors, or to the Person or Persons legally entitled
thereto, and to evidence or document the release of Secured Party's interests
arising under this Agreement, all as reasonably requested by, and at the sole
expense of, Grantors.
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24. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, taken
together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.
25. Additional Powers and Authorization. Secured Party shall be
entitled to the benefits accruing to it as the Collateral Agent under the
Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, Secured Party may employ agents, trustees, or attorneys-in-fact and
may vest any of them with any Property (including, without limitation, any
Collateral pledged hereunder), title, right or power deemed necessary for the
purposes of such appointment.
26. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
27. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GRANTOR AND SECURED PARTY
EXPRESSLY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND,
ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS
AGREEMENT, THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER
LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE PARTIES AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR
PARTIES, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING AND WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO
CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, OR OTHERWISE. EACH GRANTOR AND SECURED PARTY AGREE
THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT
TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE
THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS
SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE
OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR ANY PROVISION
HEREOF OR THEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS,
RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER INTERCREDITOR DOCUMENTS. ANY PARTY HERETO MAY FILE AN
ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN
EVIDENCE OF THE
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CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has executed this Agreement by
its duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.
"Grantors"
SAFESKIN CORPORATION,
a Florida corporation
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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SAFESKIN SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION,
a California corporation
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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ACCEPTED AND AGREED
AS OF THE DATE FIRST
ABOVE WRITTEN:
"Secured Party"
UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
as Collateral Agent,
for and on behalf of the Secured Creditors
By:
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Vice President
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