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Exhibit 10.11
EXECUTION COPY
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PLEDGE AGREEMENT
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PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated as of December 20, 1996 (as amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time, this "Agreement"), made by each of
the undersigned (each a "Pledgor" and, together with any other entity that
becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 23 hereof, the "Pledgors"), in favor
of THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as Collateral Agent (the "Pledgee"), for the
benefit of the Secured Creditors (as defined below). Except as otherwise defined
herein, terms used herein and defined in the Credit Agreement (as defined below)
shall be used herein as therein defined.
W I T N E S S E T H :
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WHEREAS, Safelite Glass Corp. (the "Borrower"), the lenders from
time to time party thereto (the "Banks"), Bankers Trust Company, as Syndication
Agent, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Credit Partners L.P., as Documentation Agent, and The Chase
Manhattan Bank, as Administrative Agent (together with any successor agent, the
"Administrative Agent", and together with the Pledgee, the Banks, the
Syndication Agent and the Documentation Agent, the "Bank Creditors"), have
entered into a Credit Agreement, dated as of December 20, 1996 (as amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), providing
for the making of Loans to the Borrower and the issuance of, and participation
in, Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower, all as contemplated
therein;
WHEREAS, the Borrower may from time to time be party to one or more
(i) interest rate agreements, interest rate cap agreements, interest rate collar
agreements or other similar agreements or arrangements, (ii) foreign exchange
contracts, currency swap agreements or similar agreements or arrangements
designed to protect against the fluctuations in currency values and\or (iii)
other types of hedging agreements from time to time (each such agreement or
arrangement with an Other Creditor (as hereinafter defined), an "Interest Rate
Protection Agreement or Other Hedging Agreement"), with a Bank or an affiliate
of a Bank (each such Bank or affiliate, even if the respective Bank subsequently
ceases to be a Bank under the Credit Agreement for any reason, together with
such Bank's or affiliate's successors and assigns, collectively, the "Other
Creditors", and together with Bank Creditors, the "Secured Creditors");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Subsidiary Guaranty, each Pledgor (other
than the Borrower) has jointly and severally guaranteed to the Secured Creditors
the payment when due of all obligations and liabilities of the Borrower under or
with respect to the Credit Documents and the Interest Rate Protection Agreements
and Other Hedging Agreements;
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WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the making of Loans to the
Borrower under the Credit Agreement that each Pledgor shall have executed and
delivered to the Pledgee this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, each Pledgor desires to execute this Agreement to satisfy
the conditions described in the preceding paragraph;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the benefits accruing to each
Pledgor, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each
Pledgor hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Pledgee
and hereby covenants and agrees with the Pledgee as follows:
1. SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS. This Agreement is made by each
Pledgor for the benefit of the Secured Creditors to secure:
(i) the full and prompt payment when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all obligations (including
obligations which, but for the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the
Bankruptcy Code, would become due) and liabilities of such Pledgor, now
existing or hereafter incurred under, arising out of or in connection with
any Credit Document to which such Pledgor is a party and the due
performance and compliance by such Pledgor with the terms of each such
Credit Document (all such obligations and liabilities under this clause
(i), except to the extent consisting of obligations or indebtedness with
respect to Interest Rate Protection Agreements or Other Hedging
Agreements, being herein collectively called the "Credit Document
Obligations");
(ii) the full and prompt payment when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all obligations (including
obligations which, but for the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the
Bankruptcy Code, would become due) and liabilities of such Pledgor, now
existing or hereafter incurred under, arising out of or in connection with
any Interest Rate Protection Agreement or Other Hedging Agreement
including, in the case of Pledgors other than the Borrower, all
obligations of such Pledgor under its Guaranty in respect of Interest Rate
Protection Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements (all such obligations
and liabilities under this clause (ii) being herein collectively called
the "Other Obligations");
(iii) any and all sums advanced by the Pledgee in order to preserve
the Collateral (as hereinafter defined) or preserve its security interest
in the Collateral;
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(iv) in the event of any proceeding for the collection or enforcement
of any indebtedness, obligations, or liabilities referred to in clauses
(i), (ii) and (iii) above, after an Event of Default (such term, as used
in this Agreement, shall mean any Event of Default under, and as defined
in, the Credit Agreement, or any payment default by the Borrower under any
Interest Rate Protection Agreement or Other Hedging Agreement and shall in
any event include, without limitation, any payment default (after the
expiration of any applicable grace period) on any of the Obligations (as
hereinafter defined)) shall have occurred and be continuing, the
reasonable expenses of retaking, holding, preparing for sale or lease,
selling or otherwise disposing or realizing on the Collateral, or of any
exercise by the Pledgee of its rights hereunder, together with reasonable
attorneys' fees and court costs; and
(v) all amounts paid by any Secured Creditor as to which such
Secured Creditor has the right to reimbursement under Section 11 of this
Agreement;
all such obligations, liabilities, sums and expenses set forth in clauses (i)
through (v) of this Section 1 being herein collectively called the
"Obligations".
2. DEFINITION OF STOCK, NOTES, SECURITIES, ETC. As used herein:
(i) the term "Stock" shall mean (x) with respect to corporations incorporated
under the laws of the United States or any State or territory thereof (each a
"Domestic Corporation"), all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of any Domestic Corporation at any time owned by each Pledgor and (y) with
respect to corporations not Domestic Corporations (each a "Foreign
Corporation"), all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock at any
time owned by any Pledgor of any Foreign Corporation, PROVIDED that except as
provided in the last sentence of this Section 2, such Pledgor shall not be
required to pledge hereunder more than 65% of the total combined voting power of
all classes of capital stock of any Foreign Corporation entitled to vote; (ii)
the term "Notes" shall mean (x) all Intercompany Notes at any time issued to
each Pledgor and (y) all other promissory notes with a face amount of $500,000
or more from time to time issued to, or held by, each Pledgor, PROVIDED that
except as provided in the last sentence of this Section 2, no Pledgor shall be
required to pledge hereunder any promissory notes issued to such Pledgor by any
Subsidiary of such Pledgor which is a Foreign Corporation; and (iii) the term
"Securities" shall mean all of the Stock and Notes. Each Pledgor represents and
warrants that on the date hereof (i) each Subsidiary of such Pledgor, and the
direct ownership thereof, is listed in Annex A hereto; (ii) the Stock held by
such Pledgor consists of the number and type of shares of the stock of the
corporations as described in Annex B hereto; (iii) such Stock constitutes that
percentage of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the issuing
corporation as is set forth in Annex B hereto; (iv) the Notes held by such
Pledgor consist of the promissory notes described in Annex C hereto where such
Pledgor is listed
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as the Bank; and (v) on the date hereof, such Pledgor owns no other Securities.
In the circumstances and to the extent provided in Section 7.14 of the Credit
Agreement, the 65% limitation set forth in clause (i)(y) and the limitation in
the proviso of clause (ii) in each case of this Section 2 and in Section 3.2
hereof shall no longer be applicable and such Pledgor shall duly pledge and
deliver to the Pledgee such of the Securities not theretofore required to be
pledged hereunder.
3. PLEDGE OF SECURITIES, ETC.
3.1. PLEDGE. To secure the Obligations and for the purposes set
forth in Section 1 hereof, each Pledgor hereby: (i) grants to the Pledgee a
security interest in all of the Collateral owned by such Pledgor; (ii) pledges
and deposits as security with the Pledgee the Securities owned by such Pledgor
on the date hereof, and delivers to the Pledgee certificates or instruments
therefor, duly endorsed in blank in the case of Notes and accompanied by undated
stock powers duly executed in blank by such Pledgor in the case of Stock, or
such other instruments of transfer as are acceptable to the Pledgee; and (iii)
assigns, transfers, hypothecates, mortgages, charges and sets over to the
Pledgee all of such Pledgor's right, title and interest in and to such
Securities (and in and to all certificates or instruments evidencing such
Securities), to be held by the Pledgee, upon the terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Pledgor shall be required to grant
a security interest in any Pledged Securities to the extent that granting such
security interest in such Pledged Securities would violate any contractual
obligation to which such Pledgor is subject.
3.2. SUBSEQUENTLY ACQUIRED SECURITIES. If any Pledgor shall acquire
(by purchase, stock dividend or otherwise) any additional Securities at any time
or from time to time after the date hereof, such Pledgor will forthwith pledge
and deposit such Securities (or certificates or instruments representing such
Securities) as security with the Pledgee and deliver to the Pledgee certificates
therefor or instruments thereof, duly endorsed in blank in the case of Notes and
accompanied by undated stock powers duly executed in blank in the case of Stock,
or such other instruments of transfer as are acceptable to the Pledgee, and will
promptly thereafter deliver to the Pledgee a certificate executed by any
Authorized Officer of such Pledgor describing such Securities and certifying
that the same have been duly pledged with the Pledgee hereunder. Subject to the
last sentence of Section 2 hereof, no Pledgor shall be required at any time to
pledge hereunder any Stock which is more than 65% of the total combined voting
power of all classes of capital stock of any Foreign Corporation entitled
to vote.
3.3. UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 hereof, if any Securities (whether
now owned or hereafter
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acquired) are uncertificated securities, the respective Pledgor shall promptly
notify the Pledgee thereof, and shall promptly take all actions required to
perfect the security interest of the Pledgee under applicable law (including, in
any event, under Sections 8-313 and 8-321 of the New York UCC, if applicable).
Each Pledgor further agrees to take such actions as the Pledgee deems reasonably
necessary or desirable to effect the foregoing and to permit the Pledgee to
exercise any of its rights and remedies hereunder, and agrees to provide an
opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Pledgee with respect to the
creation and perfection of any such pledge of uncertificated Securities promptly
upon request of the Pledgee.
3.4. DEFINITION OF PLEDGED STOCK, PLEDGED NOTES, PLEDGED SECURITIES
AND COLLATERAL. All Stock at any time pledged or required to be pledged
hereunder is hereinafter called the "Pledged Stock," all Notes at any time
pledged or required to be pledged hereunder are hereinafter called the "Pledged
Notes," and all of the Pledged Stock and Pledged Notes together are hereinafter
called the "Pledged Securities," which together with all proceeds thereof,
including any securities and moneys received and at the time held by the Pledgee
hereunder, is hereinafter called the "Collateral."
4. APPOINTMENT OF SUB-AGENTS; ENDORSEMENTS, ETC. The Pledgee shall
have the right to appoint one or more sub-agents for the purpose of retaining
physical possession of the Pledged Securities, which may be held (in the
discretion of the Pledgee) in the name of such Pledgor, endorsed or assigned in
blank or in favor of the Pledgee or any nominee or nominees of the Pledgee or a
sub-agent appointed by the Pledgee. The Pledgee agrees to promptly notify the
relevant Pledgor after the appointment of any sub-agent; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such
appointment.
5. VOTING, ETC., WHILE NO EVENT OF DEFAULT. Unless and until (i) an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the relevant
Pledgor has knowledge of or written notice thereof shall have been given by the
Pledgee to the relevant Pledgor (PROVIDED that if an Event of Default specified
in Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement shall occur, no such notice shall be
required), each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and
other consensual rights pertaining to the Pledged Securities and to give all
consents, waivers or ratifications in respect thereof; PROVIDED that no vote
shall be cast or any consent, waiver or ratification given or any action taken
which would violate any of the terms of this Agreement, any other Credit
Document or any Interest Rate Protection Agreement or Other Hedging Agreement
(collectively, the "Secured Debt Agreements"), or which would have the effect of
impairing the position or interests of the Pledgee or any other Secured
Creditor. All such rights of such Pledgor to vote and to give
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consents, waivers and ratifications shall cease in case an Event of Default
shall occur and be continuing, and Section 7 hereof shall become applicable.
6. DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS. Unless (i) an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the relevant Pledgor has
knowledge of or written notice thereof shall have been given by the Pledgee to
the relevant Pledgor (PROVIDED that if an Event of Default specified in Section
9.05 of the Credit Agreement shall occur, no such notice shall be required), all
cash dividends payable in respect of the Pledged Stock and all payments in
respect of the Pledged Notes shall be paid to the respective Pledgor; PROVIDED
that all cash dividends payable in respect of the Pledged Stock which are
determined by the Pledgee to represent in whole or in part an extraordinary,
liquidating or other distribution in return of capital shall be paid, to the
extent so determined to represent an extraordinary, liquidating or other
distribution in return of capital, to the Pledgee and retained by it as part of
the Cash Collateral Account (as defined in the Security Agreement). The Pledgee
shall also be entitled to receive directly, and to retain as part of the
Collateral:
(i) all other or additional stock or other securities or property
(other than cash) paid or distributed by way of dividend or otherwise in
respect of the Pledged Stock;
(ii) all other or additional stock or other securities or property
(including cash) paid or distributed in respect of the Pledged Stock by
way of stock-split, spin-off, split-up, reclassification, combination of
shares or similar rearrangement; and
(iii) all other or additional stock or other securities or property
(including cash) which may be paid in respect of the Collateral by reason
of any consolidation, merger, exchange of stock, conveyance of assets,
liquidation or similar corporate reorganization;
7. REMEDIES IN CASE OF EVENT OF DEFAULT. In case an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Pledgee shall be entitled to exercise
all of the rights, powers and remedies (whether vested in it by this Agreement
or by any other Secured Debt Agreement or by law) for the protection and
enforcement of its rights in respect of the Collateral, and the Pledgee shall be
entitled, without limitation, to exercise the following rights, which each
Pledgor hereby agrees to be commercially reasonable:
(i) to receive all amounts payable in respect of the Collateral
payable to such Pledgor under Section 6 hereof;
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(ii) to transfer all or any part of the Pledged Securities into the
Pledgee's name or the name of its nominee or nominees (the Pledgee agrees
to promptly notify the relevant Pledgor after such transfer; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the
validity of such transfer);
(iii) to accelerate any Pledged Note which may be accelerated in
accordance with its terms, and take any other action to collect upon any
Pledged Note (including, without limitation, to make any demand for
payment thereon);
(iv) subject to the giving of written notice to the relevant Pledgor
in accordance with clause (ii) of Section 5 hereof (to the extent required
by such Section 5), to vote all or any part of the Pledged Stock (whether
or not transferred into the name of the Pledgee) and give all consents,
waivers and ratifications in respect of the Collateral and otherwise act
with respect thereto as though it were the outright owner thereof (each
Pledgor hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing the Pledgee the
proxy and attorney-in-fact of such Pledgor, with full power of
substitution to do so); and
(v) at any time or from time to time to sell, assign and deliver, or
grant options to purchase, all or any part of the Collateral, or any
interest therein, at any public or private sale, without demand of
performance, advertisement or notice of intention to sell or of the time
or place of sale or adjournment thereof or to redeem or otherwise (all of
which are hereby waived by each Pledgor), for cash, on credit or for other
property, for immediate or future delivery without any assumption of
credit risk, and for such price or prices and on such terms as the Pledgee
in its absolute discretion may determine; PROVIDED that at least 10 days'
written notice of the time and place of any such sale shall be given to
such Pledgor. Each Pledgor hereby waives and releases to the fullest
extent permitted by law any right or equity of redemption with respect to
the Collateral, whether before or after sale hereunder, and all rights, if
any, of marshalling the Collateral and any other security for the
Obligations or otherwise. At any such sale, unless prohibited by
applicable law, the Pledgee on behalf of the Secured Creditors may bid for
and purchase all or any part of the Collateral so sold free from any such
right or equity of redemption. Neither the Pledgee nor any Secured
Creditor shall be liable for failure to collect or realize upon any or all
of the Collateral or for any delay in so doing nor shall any of them be
under any obligation to take any action whatsoever with regard thereto.
8. REMEDIES, ETC., CUMULATIVE. Each right, power and remedy of the
Pledgee provided for in this Agreement or now or hereafter existing at law or in
equity or by statute shall be cumulative and concurrent and shall be in addition
to every other such
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right, power or remedy. The exercise or beginning of the exercise by the Pledgee
or any other Secured Creditor of any one or more of the rights, powers or
remedies provided for in this Agreement or now or hereafter existing at law or
in equity or by statute or otherwise shall not preclude the simultaneous or
later exercise by the Pledgee or any other Secured Creditor of all such other
rights, powers or remedies, and no failure or delay on the part of the Pledgee
or any other Secured Creditor to exercise any such right, power or remedy shall
operate as a waiver thereof. The Secured Creditors agree that this Agreement may
be enforced only by the action of the Administrative Agent or the Pledgee, in
each case acting upon the instructions of the Required Banks (or, after the date
on which all Credit Document Obligations have been paid in full, the holders of
at least the majority of the outstanding Other Obligations) and that no other
Secured Creditor shall have any right individually to seek to enforce or to
enforce this Agreement or to realize upon the security to be granted hereby, it
being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised by
the Administrative Agent or the Pledgee, as the case may be, for the benefit of
the Secured Creditors upon the terms of this Agreement.
9. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS. (a) All moneys collected by the Pledgee
upon any sale or other disposition of the Collateral pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement, together with all other moneys received by the Pledgee
hereunder, shall be applied in the manner provided in the Security Agreement.
(b) It is understood and agreed that the Pledgors shall remain
jointly and severally liable to the extent of any deficiency remaining in the
Obligations after receipt of the proceeds of Collateral.
10. PURCHASERS OF COLLATERAL. Upon any sale of the Collateral by the
Pledgee hereunder (whether by virtue of the power of sale herein granted,
pursuant to judicial process or otherwise), the receipt of the Pledgee or 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 Pledgee or such officer or be answerable in any way for the
misapplication or nonapplication thereof.
11. INDEMNITY. Each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Pledgee in such capacity and each other Secured
Creditor from and against any and all claims, demands, losses, judgments and
liabilities of whatsoever kind or nature, including all costs and expenses,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, growing out of or resulting from this
Agreement or the exercise by the Pledgee of any right or remedy granted to it
hereunder or under any other Secured Debt Agreement (the "Indemnified
Liabilities") except for those Indemnified Liabilities arising from the
Pledgee's or such other
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Secured Creditor's gross negligence or willful misconduct. In no event shall the
Pledgee be liable, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on
its part, for any matter or thing in connection with this Agreement other than
to account for moneys actually received by it in accordance with the terms
hereof. If and to the extent that the obligations of the Pledgors under this
Section 11 are unenforceable for any reason, each Pledgor hereby agrees to make
the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of such obligations
which is permissible under applicable law.
12. FURTHER ASSURANCES. Each Pledgor agrees that it will join with the
Pledgee in executing and, at such Pledgor's own expense, file and refile under
the applicable UCC or appropriate local equivalent, such financing statements,
continuation statements and other documents in such offices as the Pledgee may
deem necessary or appropriate and wherever required or permitted by law in order
to perfect and preserve the Pledgee's security interest in the Collateral and
hereby authorizes the Pledgee to file financing statements and amendments
thereto relative to all or any part of the Collateral without the signature of
such Pledgor where permitted by law, and agrees to do such further acts and
things and to execute and deliver to the Pledgee such additional conveyances,
assignments, agreements and instruments as the Pledgee may reasonably require or
deem advisable to carry into effect the purposes of this Agreement or to further
assure and confirm unto the Pledgee its rights, powers and remedies hereunder.
13. THE PLEDGEE AS AGENT. (a) The Pledgee will hold in accordance with
this Agreement all items of the Collateral at any time received under this
Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed that the obligations of the
Pledgee as holder of the Collateral and interests therein and with respect to
the disposition thereof, and otherwise under this Agreement, are only those
expressly set forth in this Agreement. The Pledgee shall act hereunder on the
terms and conditions set forth herein and in Section 11 of the Credit Agreement;
(b) The Pledgee's sole duty with respect to the custody,
safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under
Section 9-207 of the New York UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the
same manner as the Pledgee deals with similar securities and property for its
own account, except that the Pledgee shall have no obligation to invest funds
held in any Cash Collateral Account and may hold the same as demand deposits.
Neither the Pledgee, any Bank nor any of their respective directors, officers,
employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize
upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any
obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of
the Borrower or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with
regard to the Collateral or any part thereof.
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14. TRANSFER BY PLEDGORS. Except for sales or dispositions of Collateral
permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement, no Pledgor will sell or otherwise
dispose of, grant any option with respect to, or mortgage, pledge or otherwise
encumber any of the Collateral or any interest therein (except for the Liens and
security interests created by this Agreement).
15. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF PLEDGOR. Each Pledgor
represents, warrants and covenants that (i) it is the legal, record and
beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to, all Securities
pledged by it hereunder, subject to no pledge, lien, mortgage, hypothecation,
security interest, charge, option or other encumbrance whatsoever, except the
liens and security interests created by this Agreement and liens permitted under
clauses (a) and (e) of Section 8.03 of the Credit Agreement; (ii) it has full
power, authority and legal right to pledge all the Securities pledged by it
pursuant to this Agreement; (iii) this Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by such Pledgor and constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of such Pledgor enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except to the extent that the enforceability hereof may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally and by equitable principles (regardless of
whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law); (iv) no consent of any other
party (including, without limitation, any stockholder or creditor of such
Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries) and no consent, license, permit, approval or
authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or
declaration with, any governmental authority is required to be obtained by such
Pledgor in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this
Agreement, or in connection with the exercise of its rights and remedies
pursuant to this Agreement, except as may be required in connection with the
disposition of the Securities by laws affecting the offering and sale of
securities generally; (v) the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by such Pledgor do not violate any provision of any applicable law or
regulation or of any order, judgment, writ, award or decree of any court,
arbitrator or governmental authority, domestic or foreign, or of the certificate
of incorporation or by-laws of such Pledgor or of any securities issued by such
Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries, or of any mortgage, indenture, lease, deed
of trust, agreement, instrument or undertaking to which such Pledgor or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party or which purports to be binding upon such Pledgor or
any of its Subsidiaries or upon any of their respective assets and will not
result in the creation or imposition of any lien or encumbrance on any of the
assets of such Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries except as contemplated by this
Agreement; (vi) all the shares of Stock of Subsidiaries of the Borrower have
been duly and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable; (vii) each of
the Pledged Notes constituting Intercompany Notes, when executed by the obligor
thereof, will be the legal, valid and binding obligation of such obligor,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the
enforceability thereof may be limited by
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applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by equitable principles
(regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law); and (viii)
the pledge and assignment of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, together
with the delivery of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (which delivery
has been made), creates a valid and perfected first security interest in such
Securities and the proceeds thereof, subject to no prior lien or encumbrance or
to any agreement purporting to grant to any third party a lien or encumbrance on
the property or assets of such Pledgor which would include the Securities. Each
Pledgor covenants and agrees that it will defend the Pledgee's right, title and
security interest in and to the Securities and the proceeds thereof against the
claims and demands of all persons whomsoever; and such Pledgor covenants and
agrees that it will have like title to and right to pledge any other property at
any time hereafter pledged to the Pledgee as Collateral hereunder and will
likewise defend the right thereto and security interest therein of the Pledgee
and the other Secured Creditors.
16. PLEDGORS' OBLIGATIONS ABSOLUTE, ETC. The obligations of each Pledgor
under this Agreement shall be absolute and unconditional and shall remain in
full force and effect without regard to, and shall not be released, suspended,
discharged, terminated or otherwise affected by, any circumstance or occurrence
whatsoever, including, without limitation: (i) any renewal, extension, amendment
or modification of or addition or supplement to or deletion from any other
instrument or agreement referred to therein, or any assignment or transfer of
any thereof; (ii) any waiver, consent, extension, indulgence or other action or
inaction under or in respect of any such agreement or instrument or this
Agreement; (iii) any furnishing of any additional security to the Pledgee or its
assignee or any acceptance thereof or any release of any security by the Pledgee
or its assignee; (iv) any limitation on any party's liability or obligations
under any such instrument or agreement or any invalidity or unenforceability, in
whole or in part, of any such instrument or agreement or any term thereof; or
(v) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, composition, adjustment,
dissolution, liquidation or other like proceeding relating to such Pledgor or
any Subsidiary of such Pledgor, or any action taken with respect to this
Agreement by any trustee or receiver, or by any court, in any such proceeding,
whether or not such Pledgor shall have notice or knowledge of any of the
foregoing.
17. REGISTRATION, ETC. (a) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing and any Pledgor shall have received from the Pledgee a written
request or requests that such Pledgor cause any registration, qualification or
compliance under any Federal or state securities law or laws to be effected with
respect to all or any part of the Pledged Stock, such Pledgor as soon as
practicable and at its expense will use its reasonable efforts, to the extent it
has the right and authority to do so, to cause the issuer of such Pledged Stock
to effect (and to keep effective) a registration and will use its
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reasonable efforts to cause such qualification and compliance to be effected
(and be kept effective) as may be so requested and as would permit or facilitate
the sale and distribution of such Pledged Stock, including, without limitation,
registration under the Securities Act of 1933 as then in effect (or any similar
statute then in effect), appropriate qualifications under applicable blue sky or
other state securities laws and appropriate compliance with any other government
requirements; PROVIDED that the Pledgee shall furnish to such Pledgor such
information regarding the Pledgee as such Pledgor may request in writing and as
shall be required in connection with any such registration, qualification or
compliance. Such Pledgor will cause the Pledgee to be kept reasonably advised in
writing as to the progress of each such registration, qualification or
compliance and as to the completion thereof, will cause to be furnished to the
Pledgee by the issuer such number of prospectuses, offering circulars or other
documents incident thereto as the Pledgee from time to time may reasonably
request, and will indemnify the Pledgee, each other Secured Creditor and all
others participating in the distribution of the Pledged Stock against all
claims, losses, damages and liabilities caused by any untrue statement (or
alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained therein (or in any
related registration statement, notification or the like) or by any omission (or
alleged omission) to state therein (or in any related registration statement,
notification or the like) a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the
same may have been caused by an untrue statement or omission based upon
information furnished (or failed to be furnished) in writing to such Pledgor or
issuer by the Pledgee or such other Secured Creditor expressly for use therein.
(b) If at any time when the Pledgee shall determine to exercise its right
to sell all or any part of the Pledged Securities pursuant to Section 7 hereof,
such Pledged Securities or the part thereof to be sold shall not, for any reason
whatsoever, be effectively registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as then
in effect, the Pledgee may, in its sole and absolute discretion, sell such
Pledged Securities or part thereof by private sale in such manner and under such
circumstances as the Pledgee may deem necessary or advisable in order that such
sale may legally be effected without such registration; PROVIDED that at least
10 days' notice of the time and place of any such sale shall be given to such
Pledgor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in any such event the
Pledgee, in its sole and absolute discretion: (i) may proceed to make such
private sale notwithstanding that a registration statement for the purpose of
registering such Pledged Securities or part thereof shall have been filed under
such Securities Act; (ii) may approach and negotiate with a single possible
purchaser to effect such sale; and (iii) may restrict such sale to a purchaser
who will represent and agree that such purchaser is purchasing for its own
account, for investment, and not with a view to the distribution or sale of such
Pledged Securities or part thereof. In the event of any such sale, the Pledgee
shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of the
Pledged Securities at a price which the Pledgee, in its sole
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and absolute discretion, may in good xxxxx xxxx reasonable under the
circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price
might be realized if the sale were deferred until after registration as
aforesaid.
18. TERMINATION; RELEASE. (a) After the Termination Date (as defined
below), this Agreement shall terminate (provided that all indemnities set forth
herein including, without limitation, in Section 11 hereof shall survive any
such termination) and the Pledgee, at the request and expense of the respective
Pledgor, will promptly execute and deliver to such Pledgor a proper instrument
or instruments acknowledging the satisfaction and termination of this Agreement,
and will duly release from the security interest created hereby and assign,
transfer and deliver to such Pledgor (without recourse and without any
representation or warranty) such of the Collateral as may be in the possession
of the Pledgee and as has not theretofore been sold or otherwise applied or
released pursuant to this Agreement. As used in this Agreement, "Termination
Date" shall mean the date upon which the Total Commitment and all Interest Rate
Protection Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements have been terminated, no Note
(as defined in the Credit Agreement) or Letter of Credit is outstanding (other
than Letters of Credit, together with all Fees that have accrued and will accrue
thereon through the stated termination date of such Letters of Credit, which
have been supported in a manner satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer as
provided in the Credit Agreement) and all other Obligations (other than
indemnities described in Section 11 hereof and in Section 12.13 of the Credit
Agreement which are not then due and payable) have been paid in full.
(b) In the event that any part of the Collateral is sold or otherwise
disposed in connection with a sale or other disposition permitted by Section
8.02 of the Credit Agreement or is otherwise released at the direction of the
Required Banks (or all the Banks if required by Section 12.12 of the Credit
Agreement), the Pledgee, at the request and expense of such Pledgor will duly
release from the security interest created hereby and assign, transfer and
deliver to such Pledgor (without recourse and without any representation or
warranty) such of the Collateral as is then being (or has been) so sold or
released and as may be in possession of the Pledgee and has not theretofore been
released pursuant to this Agreement and will execute all instruments as may be
reasonably necessary to accomplish the same.
(c) At any time that a Pledgor desires that Collateral be released as
provided in the foregoing Section 18(a) or (b), it shall deliver to the Pledgee
a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of such Pledgor stating that the
release of the respective Collateral is permitted pursuant to Section 18(a) or
(b).
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19. PLEDGOR'S RETAINED RIGHTS. In order to permit Pledgor to exercise the
voting and other rights which it is entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 5
hereof and/or to receive the dividends and distributions that it is authorized
to receive and retain pursuant to Section 6 hereof, the Pledgee shall, if
necessary, upon the written request of Pledgor, from time to time execute and
deliver to Pledgor all such proxies, dividend payment orders and other
instruments as Pledgor may reasonably request.
20. NOTICES, ETC. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be
in writing and shall be delivered or mailed by first class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed:
(a) if to any Pledgor, at its address set forth opposite its signature
below;
(b) if to the Pledgee, at:
The Chase Manhattan Bank
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
(c) if to any Bank (other than the Pledgee), at such address as such
Bank shall have specified in the Credit Agreement;
(d) if to any Other Creditor, at such address as such Other Creditor
shall have specified in writing to each Pledgor and the Pledgee;
or at such other address as shall have been furnished in writing by any Person
described above to the party required to give notice hereunder.
21. WAIVER; AMENDMENT. None of the terms and conditions of this Agreement
may be changed, waived, modified or varied in any manner whatsoever unless in
writing duly signed by each Pledgor directly affected thereby and the Pledgee
(with the written consent of either (x) the Required Banks (or all the Banks if
required by Section 12.12 of the Credit Agreement) at all times prior to the
time on which all Credit Document Obligations have been paid in full or (y) the
holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Other Obligations at all times
after the time on which all Credit Document Obligations have been paid in full);
PROVIDED that any change, waiver, modification or variance affecting the rights
and benefits of a single Class (as defined below) of Secured Creditors (and not
all
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Secured Creditors in a like or similar manner) shall require the written consent
of the Requisite Creditors (as defined below) of such Class. For the purpose of
this Agreement, the term "Class" shall mean each class of Secured Creditors,
I.E., whether (i) the Bank Creditors as holders of the Credit Document
Obligations or (ii) the Other Creditors as holders of the Other Obligations. For
the purpose of this Agreement, the term "Requisite Creditors" of any Class shall
mean each of (i) with respect to the Credit Document Obligations, the Required
Banks and (ii) with respect to the Other Obligations, the holders of at least a
majority of all obligations outstanding from time to time under the Interest
Rate Protection Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements.
22. MISCELLANEOUS. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors
and assigns of each Pledgor and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable
by the Pledgee and its successors and assigns. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CON-
STRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK. The headings in this Agreement are for purposes of reference only and
shall not limit or define the meaning hereof. This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which
shall constitute one instrument.
23. ADDITIONAL PLEDGORS. It is understood and agreed that any Subsidiary
of the Borrower that is required to execute a counterpart of this Agreement
after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 7.13 and/or 8.15 of the Credit
Agreement shall automatically become a Pledgor hereunder by executing a
counterpart hereof and delivering the same to the Pledgee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Pledgor and the Pledgee have caused this
Agreement to be executed by their duly elected officers duly authorized as of
the date first above written.
Address: SAFELITE GLASS CORP.,
Safelite Glass Corp. as a Pledgor
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
By /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Title: Chief Financial Officer
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Collateral Agent
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Managing Director
