SECURITY AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.12
THIS
SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated
as of December 28, 2007 (this “Agreement”), is entered into
by Tribeca Lending Corp., a New York corporation (the “Borrower”), and each of the
entities listed on the signature pages hereof as loan parties or that becomes
a
party hereto pursuant to Section 7.10 in favor of THE
HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK (“Lender”), successor by merger
to Sky Bank.
W
i t n e s s e t h:
WHEREAS,
Borrower and Lender have entered into that certain Master Credit and Security
Agreement dated as of February 28, 2006 (as amended, restated, modified or
supplemented from time to time, the “Master
Credit
Agreement”);
and
WHEREAS,
Borrower and Lender have entered into that certain Warehousing Credit and
Security Agreement dated as of October 18, 2005 (as amended, restated, modified
or supplemented from time to time, the “Flow
Credit
Agreement”);
and
WHEREAS,
as of even date herewith, the
Borrower, each of the entities listed on the signature pages thereto, and Lender
are executing and delivering that certain Forbearance Agreement and Amendment to Credit
Agreements
(as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Forbearance
Agreement”, and together
with the the Master Credit Agreement, the Flow Credit Agreement, the
“Credit
Documents”);
and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the respective Credit Documents, Lender has agreed subject to
certain conditions precedent, to make loans and other financial accommodations
to Borrower from time to time; and
WHEREAS,
Lender has required as a condition, among others, of extending credit to
Borrower or of renewing, extending, or forbearing from demanding immediate
payment of extensions of credit to Borrower under the Credit Documents, that
Borrower and each Loan Party enter into this Agreement; and
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
Borrower and each Loan Party hereby agrees with Lender as follows:
ARTICLE
I Defined
Terms
Section
1.1 Definitions
(a) Terms
used herein that are defined in the UCC have the meanings given to them in
the
UCC, including the following terms (which are capitalized herein):
“Account
Debtor”, “Accounts”, “Chattel
Paper”, “Commercial Tort Claim”,
“Commodity
Account”,
“Commodity
Intermediary”, “Deposit
Account”, “Documents”, “Entitlement
Holder”, “Entitlement Order”, “Equipment”,
“Financial
Asset”, “General Intangibles”, “Instruments”,
“Inventory”,
“Investment
Property”, “Letter-of-Credit
Right”,
“Proceeds”, “Securities
Account”, “Securities Intermediary”,
“Security,
“Security
Entitlement”.
(b)
The
following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Additional
Pledged
Collateral” means all shares of, partnership interests in (whether
limited or general), and limited liability company interests in, all securities
convertible into, and warrants, options and other rights to purchase or
otherwise acquire, stock of or interests in, either (i) any Person that,
after the date of this Agreement, as a result of any occurrence, becomes a
direct Subsidiary of any Loan Party or (ii) any issuer of Pledged Stock,
any Partnership or any LLC that is acquired by any Loan Party after the date
hereof; all certificates or other instruments representing any of the foregoing;
all Security Entitlements of any Loan Party in respect of any of the foregoing;
all additional indebtedness from time to time owed to any Loan Party by any
obligor on the Pledged Notes and the instruments evidencing such indebtedness;
and all interest, cash, instruments and other property or Proceeds from time
to
time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange
for any of the foregoing. Additional Pledged Collateral may be
General Intangibles or Investment Property.
“Agreement”
means
this
Security Agreement.
“Approved
Deposit Account”
means any present or future Deposit Account of any Loan Party that (i)
is
maintained with Lender (or any affiliate thereof) or (ii) is subject to an
effective Deposit Account Control Agreement in favor of Lender and maintained
with a Deposit Account Bank. “Approved Deposit Account”
includes all monies
on deposit in a Deposit Account and all certificates and
instruments, if any, representing or evidencing such Deposit
Account.
“Approved
Securities
Intermediary” means a Securities Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary
acceptable to Lender and with respect to which a Loan Party has delivered to
Lender an executed Control Account Agreement.
“Banking
Services” means each
and any of the following bank services provided to any Loan Party
by Lender or any of its affiliates: (a) commercial credit cards, (b)
stored value cards and (c) treasury management services (including, without
limitation, controlled disbursement, automated clearinghouse transactions,
return items, overdrafts and interstate depository network
services).
“Bankruptcy
Code” means Title
11 of the United States Code (11 USC, § 101 etseq),
as amended from
time to time, and any successor statute thereto, including (unless the context
requires otherwise) any rules or regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“Capital
Leases” means a lease
that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in
accordance with GAAP.
“Cash
Collateral Account”
means any deposit account over which Lender has sole dominion and control,
or by
contract agreement with others, established by Lender, in its sole discretion
at
Lender, and entitled “The Huntington National Bank, as Secured Party for
Franklin Management Credit Corporation and/or Tribeca Lending Corp. (Blocked
Account)” or such similar title as Lender may approve or require.
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“Cash
Equivalents” means (i)
marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United
States of America or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith
and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one (1) year
from
the date of acquisition thereof, (ii) marketable direct obligations issued
by
any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state
or
any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one (1) year from the date
of
acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having the highest rating
obtainable from either S&P or Xxxxx’x, and (iii) certificates of deposit or
bankers’ acceptances maturing within one (1) year from the date of acquisition
thereof either (A) issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United
States or any state thereof which bank has a rating of A or A2, or better,
from
S&P or Xxxxx’x, or (B) issued by any other bank insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, (“FDIC”) provided
that
such certificates of deposit are less than or equal to, in the aggregate, the
deposit insurance coverage limit set by the FDIC for single ownership
accounts.
“Collateral”
has
the meaning
specified in Section
2.1.
“Collection
Account” means any
Approved Deposit Account or Control Account in which cash and Cash Equivalents
may from time to time be on deposit or held therein as provided in this
Agreement.
“Contingent
Obligations” means
any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which any Loan Party assumes,
guaranties, endorses, agrees to provide funding, or otherwise becomes or is
contingently liable upon the obligation or liability of any other Loan
Party.
“Control
Account” means a
Securities Account or Commodity Account that is subject of an effective Control
Account Agreement and that is maintained by any Loan Party with an Approved
Securities Intermediary. “Control Account” includes all
Financial Assets held in a Securities Account or a Commodity Account and all
certificates and instruments, if any, representing or evidencing the Financial
Assets contained therein.
“Control
Account Agreement”
means an agreement, in form and substance acceptable to Lender, executed
by the
relevant Loan Party, Lender and the relevant Approved Securities
Intermediary.
“Copyright
Licenses” means any
written agreement naming any Loan Party as licensor or licensee granting any
right under any Copyright, including the grant of any right to copy, publicly
perform, create derivative works, manufacture, distribute, exploit or sell
materials derived from any Copyright.
“Copyrights”
means
(a) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other
country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered
and whether published or unpublished, all registrations and recordings thereof
and all applications in connection therewith, including all registrations,
recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office or in any
foreign counterparts thereof, and (b) the right to obtain all renewals
thereof.
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“Credit
Documents” has the
meaning specified above in the recitals.
“Deposit
Account Bank” means a
financial institution selected or approved by Lender and with respect to which
a
Loan Party has delivered to Lender an executed Deposit Account Control
Agreement.
“Deposit
Account Control
Agreement” means an agreement, in form and substance acceptable to
Lender, executed by the relevant Loan Party, Lender and the relevant Deposit
Account Bank.
“Event
of Default” means each
of the following: (a) any “Forbearance Default” shall occur under the
Forbearance Agreement; (b) Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to perform
or
observe any covenant, agreement or duty contained in this Agreement or any
other
Loan Document or any default or event of default occurs under any Loan Document;
or (c) any warranty, representation or other statement made or deemed to be
made
in this Agreement or in any Loan Document is false or misleading in any
respect.
“Excluded
Property” means
Equipment owned by any Loan Party that is, and continues to be, subject to
a
Permitted Lien listed on Schedule 9 attached hereto,
if the contract or other agreement pursuant to which such Lien is granted
contains an enforceable prohibition on the creation of any Lien on such
Equipment in favor of Lender; and (b) equity interests
(whether Investment Property or General Intangibles), if the organizational
or
operating documents pursuant to which such equity interests are issued or
governed contain an enforceable prohibition on the creation of any Lien on
such
equity interests in favor of Lender; in each case, only to the extent, and
for
so long as, such prohibition is not removed, terminated or rendered
unenforceable or otherwise deemed ineffective by applicable Law; provided, however, that
“Excluded
Property”
shall not include (i) the right to receive any payment of money
(including, without limitation, general intangibles for money due or to become
due); and (ii) any proceeds, products, offspring, accessions, rents, profits,
income, benefits, substitutions or replacements of any of the
foregoing.
“GAAP”
means
generally
accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements
of
the Accounting Principles Board, the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and the Financial Accounting Standards Board as in effect from
time
to time in the United States consistently applied.
“Governmental
Authority” means
any nation or government, any federal, state, local or other political
subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
regulatory or administrative authority or functions of or pertaining to
government, including any authority or other quasi-governmental entity
established to perform any of such functions.
“Indebtedness”
means,
at any
time, (i) all indebtedness, obligations or other liabilities (other than
accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business payable on terms
customary in the trade) which in accordance with GAAP should be classified
as
liabilities on the balance sheet of such Person, including without limitation,
(A) for borrowed money or evidenced by debt securities, debentures, acceptances,
notes or other similar instruments, and any accrued interest, fees and charges
relating thereto, (B) under profit payment agreements or in respect
of
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obligations
to redeem, repurchase or exchange any securities or to pay dividends in respect
of any stock, (C) with respect to letters of credit, bankers acceptances,
interest rate swaps or other contracts, currency agreement or other financial
products, (D) to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, or
(E)
in respect of Capital Leases; (ii) all indebtedness, obligations or other
liabilities secured by a lien on any property, whether or not such indebtedness,
obligations or liabilities are assumed by the owner of the same; and (iii)
all
Contingent Obligations.
“Insolvency
Proceeding” means
any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under any provision of the
Bankruptcy Code or under any other state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency
law, receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal
moratorium, forbearance, composition, extension generally with creditors, or
proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other similar
relief.
“Intellectual
Property” means,
collectively, all rights, priorities and privileges of any Loan Party relating
to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational
or
foreign laws or otherwise, including domain names, Copyrights, Copyright
Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks, Trademark Licenses and trade
secrets, and all rights to xxx at law or in equity for any infringement or
other
impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages
therefrom.
“Intercompany
Note” means any
promissory note evidencing loans made by any Loan Party to any of its
Subsidiaries or another Loan Party.
“Joinder
Agreement” means a
joinder agreement, in the form and substance acceptable to Lender, executed
by
Lender and the relevant Subsidiary that Borrower is required to cause to become
a party hereto as a Loan Party.
“Law”
means
any law (including
common law), constitution, statute, treaty, convention, regulation, rule,
ordinance, order, injunction, writ, decree or award of any Governmental
Authority.
“Lien”
means
any interest in
an asset securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by, any Person other than
the owner of the asset, whether such interest shall be based on the common
law,
statute, or contract, whether such interest shall be recorded or perfected,
and
whether such interest shall be contingent upon the occurrence of some future
event or events or the existence of some future circumstance or circumstances,
including the lien or security interest arising from any mortgage, deed of
trust, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, assignment (collateral or otherwise),
hypothec, deposit arrangement, security agreement, conditional sale, trust
receipt, lease, consignment, or bailment for security purposes, judgment, claim
encumbrance or statutory trust and also including reservations, exceptions,
encroachments, easements, rights-of-way, covenants, conditions, restrictions,
leases, and other title exceptions and encumbrances affecting real
property.
“LLC”
means
each limited
liability company in which a Loan Party has an interest, including those set
forth on Schedule
3.
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“LLC
Agreement” means each
operating agreement with respect to an LLC, as each agreement has heretofore
been, and may hereafter be, amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“Loan
Documents” means the
Credit Documents, any agreements or documents evidencing or relating to the
provision of any Banking Services by Lender for the benefit of a Loan Party,
and
any other agreement, document, or arrangement (whether now existing
or hereafter arising) by and among Lender (or its affiliate) and one or more
Loan Party.
“Loan
Party” means each of
Borrower, any Subsidiary of Borrower that is a signatory hereto on the date
of
this Agreement, and any other Person who becomes a party to this Agreement
pursuant to a Joinder Agreement (in accordance with Section 7.10), and their
respective successors and assigns.
“Material
Intellectual
Property” means Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to a Loan
Party and material to such Loan Party’s business.
“Partnership”
means
each
partnership or joint venture in which a Loan Party has an interest, including
those set forth on Schedule
3.
“Partnership
Agreement” means
each partnership or joint venture agreement governing a Partnership, as each
such agreement has heretofore been, and may hereafter be, amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified.
“Patents”
means
(a) all
letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political
subdivision thereof and all reissues and extensions thereof, (b) all
applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country and
all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof and (c) all
rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the foregoing.
“Patent
License” means all
agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Loan
Party of any right to manufacture, use, import, sell or offer for sale any
invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent.
“Permitted
Contests” means the
right of Borrower or another Loan Party to contest or protest any Lien (other
than any such Lien that secures the Secured Obligations), taxes (other than
payroll taxes or taxes that are the subject of a United States federal tax
lien), or rental payment, provided that (i) a reserve with respect to such
obligation is established on Borrower’s or another Loan Party’s, as the case may
be, books and records in such amount as is required under GAAP, (ii) any such
protest is instituted promptly and prosecuted diligently by Borrower or the
applicable other Loan Party in good faith, and (iii) Lender is satisfied in
its
sole, good faith discretion, that, while any such protest is pending, there
will
be no impairment of the enforceability, validity, or priority of any of a
Lender’s Liens.
“Permitted
Liens” means (i)
any Liens held by Lender or an affiliate of Lender, (ii) Liens for unpaid taxes
that either are not yet delinquent, or do not constitute an Event of Default
hereunder and are the subject of a Permitted Contest, (iii) Liens set forth
on
Schedule 9 to the
extent of the Indebtedness referenced therein, (iv) the interests of lessors
under operating leases,
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(v)
Liens
securing purchase money Indebtedness or the interests of lessors under Capital
Leases to the extent that such Liens or interests secure Permitted Purchase
Money Indebtedness, (vi) Liens arising by operation of law in favor of
warehousemen, landlords, carriers, mechanics, materialmen, or laborers, incurred
in the ordinary course of a Loan Party’s business and not in connection with the
borrowing of money, and which Liens either (A) are for sums not yet delinquent,
or (B) are the subject of Permitted Contests, (vii) Liens arising from deposits
made in connection with obtaining worker’s compensation or other unemployment
insurance, (viii) Liens or deposits to secure performance of bids, tenders,
or
leases incurred in the ordinary course of a Loan Party’s business and not in
connection with the borrowing of money, (ix) Liens granted as security for
surety or appeal bonds in connection with obtaining such bonds in the ordinary
course of Borrower’s business, and (x) Liens resulting from any judgment or
award that is not an Event of Default hereunder.
“Permitted
Purchase Money
Indebtedness” means secured or unsecured purchase money Indebtedness
(including obligations under Capital Leases) incurred to finance the acquisition
of fixed assets or equipment, if such Indebtedness (i) has a scheduled maturity
and is not due on demand, (ii) does not exceed the purchase price of the items
being purchased, and (iii) is not secured by any property or assets other than
the item or items being purchased.
“Person”
means
any individual,
corporation, firm, enterprise, partnership, trust, incorporated or
unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, limited
liability company or any other entity of any kind or any government or political
subdivision or any agency, department or instrumentality thereof.
“Pledged
Collateral” means,
collectively, the Pledged Notes, the Pledged Stock, the Pledged Partnership
Interests, the Pledged LLC Interests, any other Investment Property of any
Loan
Party, all certificates or other instruments representing any of the foregoing
and all Security Entitlements of any Loan Party in respect of any of the
foregoing. Pledged Collateral may be General Intangibles or
Investment Property.
“Pledged
LLC Interests” means
all right, title and interest of any Loan Party as a member of any LLC and
all
right, title and interest of any Loan Party in, to and under any LLC Agreement
to which it is a party.
“Pledged
Notes” means all
right, title and interest of any Loan Party in the Instruments evidencing all
Indebtedness owed to such Loan Party, including all Indebtedness described
on
Schedule 3, issued by
the obligors named therein.
“Pledged
Partnership
Interests” means all right, title and interest of any Loan Party as a
limited or general partner in all Partnerships and all right, title and interest
of any Loan Party in, to and under any Partnership Agreements to which it is
a
party.
“Pledged
Stock” means the
shares of capital stock owned by each Loan Party, including all shares of
capital stock listed on Schedule 3.
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“Rate
Management Transactions”
means any transaction (including an agreement with respect thereto)
now existing
or hereafter entered into among Borrower, any Subsidiary thereof, Lender or
any
affiliate of Lender, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or their
successors, which is a rate swap, basis swap, forward rate transaction,
commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity
index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction,
cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, forward transaction,
currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option
or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any
of
these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether linked to one or more
interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity prices, equity prices or other
financial measures.
“Secured
Obligations” means
(a) any and all indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities now existing or
hereafter arising of Borrower or any other Loan Party to Lender (or any
affiliate) or arising under or in connection with or evidenced by (i) the Credit
Documents, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document, (ii) any other agreement
relating to (A) letters of credit or pursuant to any letter of credit agreements
or applications (if any), or pursuant to any agreement or document relating
to
Banking Services, (B) any agreement in respect of any Rate Management
Transaction, (C) any agreement for any electronic transfers, treasury
management, cash management services and deposit and disbursement account
liability, and (D) any agreement of guaranty, surety or indemnity issued by
such
Person, (b) any and all indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities, now existing
or hereafter arising, whether absolute or contingent and however and whenever
created, arising, evidenced or acquired, of Borrower or any other Loan Party
owed to Lender (or any affiliate of Lender), (and in each instance in clauses
(a) and (b) above, whether arising before or after the filing of a petition
in
bankruptcy and including all interest accrued after any such petition date),
due
or to become due, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and howsoever
evidenced, held or acquired, and (c) any and all reasonable expenses and
charges, legal or otherwise, suffered or incurred by Lender or any affiliate
of
Lender in collecting or enforcing any such indebtedness, obligation, and
liability or in realizing on or protecting or preserving any security therefore,
including, without limitation, the Lien and security interest granted by any
Credit Document.
“Securities
Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Subsidiary”
of a
Person means any
corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity in which
such Person directly or indirectly owns or controls the securities or other
ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the
board of directors, or appoint managers or other persons performing similar
functions.
“Trademark
License” means any
agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Loan
Party of any right to use any Trademark.
“Trademarks”
means
(a) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business
names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and other
source or business identifiers, and, in each case, all goodwill associated
therewith, whether now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all
registrations and recordings thereof and all applications in connection
therewith, in each case whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office
or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof
or
any other country or any
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political
subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common-law rights related thereto,
and (b) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.
“UCC”
means
the Uniform
Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of Ohio; provided, however,
that, in the event
that, by reason of mandatory provisions of Law, any of the attachment,
perfection or priority of Lender’s security interest in any Collateral is
governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other
than the State of Ohio, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the
provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for
purposes of definitions related to such provisions.
“Vehicles”
means
all vehicles
covered by a certificate of title law of any state.
Section
1.2 Certain
Other Terms
(a) In
this
Agreement, in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a
later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words
“to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to
and including.”
(b) The
terms
“herein,” “hereof,” “hereto” and “hereunder” and similar terms refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, subsection
or
clause in this Agreement.
(c) References
herein to a Schedule, Article, Section, subsection or clause refer to the
appropriate Schedule to, or Article, Section, subsection or clause in this
Agreement.
(d) The
meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both
the
singular and plural forms of such terms.
(e) Where
the
context requires, provisions relating to any Collateral, when used in relation
to a Loan Party, shall refer to such Loan Party’s Collateral or any relevant
part thereof.
(f) Any
reference in this Agreement to a Loan Document shall include all appendices,
exhibits and schedules thereto, and, unless specifically stated otherwise all
amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, and as
the
same may be in effect at any time such reference becomes operative.
(g) The
term
“Lender” includes its successors.
(h) References
in this Agreement to any statute shall be to such statute as amended or modified
and in effect from time to time.
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ARTICLE
II Grant
of
Security Interest
Section
2.1 Collateral
For
the
purposes of this Agreement, all of the following property now owned or at any
time hereafter acquired by a Loan Party or in which a Loan Party now has or
at
any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interests is collectively
referred to as the “Collateral”:
all
Accounts and all rights to payment
of monetary obligations, whether or not earned by performance, for property
that
has been or is to be sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed
of,
or for services rendered or to be rendered, to a government, state, or
governmental unit; all Chattel Paper; all Deposit Accounts; any amounts or
refunds received from or in connection with any taxing authority; all Documents;
all Equipment; all General Intangibles (including, without limitation, all
contractual rights arising under any purchase agreement or assignments relating
to mortgage loans); all Instruments; all Inventory; all Investment Property;
all
Letter-of-Credit Rights; all Vehicles; the Commercial Tort Claims described
on
Schedule 8 and on any
supplement thereto received by Lender; all books and records pertaining to
the
other property described in this Section
2.1; all other goods and personal
property of such Loan Party, whether tangible or intangible and wherever
located; all property of any Loan Party held by Lender, including all property
of every description, in the possession or custody of or in transit to Lender
for any purpose, including safekeeping, collection or pledge, for the account
of
such Loan Party or as to which such Loan Party may have any right or power;
and
to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds.
Section
2.2 Grant
of
Security Interest
in
Collateral
Borrower
and each other Loan Party, as collateral security for the full, prompt and
complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations, hereby collaterally
assigns, mortgages, pledges and hypothecates to Lender, and grants (whether
under the UCC or otherwise) to Lender a lien on and security interest in, and
a
collateral assignment of, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under
the Collateral of such Loan Party; provided, however,
that the foregoing
grant of security interest shall not include a security interest in any Excluded
Property; provided,
further,
that, if and
when any property shall cease to be Excluded Property, Lender shall have, and
at
all times after the date hereof deemed to have had, a security interest in
such
property.
Section
2.3 Cash
Collateral Accounts
Lender
may, in its discretion, establish one or more Cash Collateral Accounts with
Lender, one or more other Deposit Account Banks and one or more Approved
Securities Intermediaries as it in its sole discretion shall
determine. Each such account shall be in the name of Lender (but may
also have words referring to each Loan Party and such account’s
purpose). Each Loan Party agrees that each such Cash Collateral
Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of
Lender. Lender shall be the sole Entitlement Holder with respect to
each Securities Account constituting a Cash Collateral Account and the only
Persons authorized to give Entitlement Orders with respect
thereto. Neither Borrower nor any other Loan Party or Person claiming
on behalf of or through Borrower or any other Loan Party shall have any right
to
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demand
payment of any funds held in any Cash Collateral Account at any time prior
to
the termination of all outstanding Letters of Credit and the indefeasible
payment in full of all Secured Obligations. During the continuance of
a Forbearance Default, Lender shall apply all funds on deposit in any Cash
Collateral Account as Lender may elect.
ARTICLE
III Representations
and
Warranties
To
induce
Lender to enter into or maintain the Credit Documents, each Loan Party hereby
represents and warrants each of the following to Lender:
Section
3.1 Title;
No Other
Liens
Except
for the Lien granted to Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the other
Permitted Liens, such Loan Party is the record and beneficial owner of the
Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder constituting Instruments or
certificated securities, is the Entitlement Holder of all such Pledged
Collateral constituting Investment Property held in a Securities Account and
has
rights in or the power to transfer each other item of Collateral in which a
Lien
is granted by it hereunder, free and clear of any Lien.
Section
3.2 Perfection
and Priority
The
security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute a valid
and continuing perfected security interest in favor of Lender in the Collateral
for which perfection is governed by the UCC or filing with the United States
Copyright Office upon (i) the completion of the filings and other actions
specified on Schedule 4
which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on such
schedule, have been delivered to Lender in completed and duly executed form),
(ii) the delivery to Lender of all Collateral consisting of Instruments and
certificated securities, in each case properly endorsed for transfer to Lender
or in blank, (iii) the execution of Control Account Agreements with respect
to Investment Property not in certificated form, (iv) the execution of
Deposit Account Control Agreements with respect to all Deposit Accounts and
(v) all appropriate filings having been made with the United States
Copyright Office. Such security interest shall be prior to all other
Liens on the Collateral except for Permitted Liens having priority over Lender’s
Lien by operation of law or otherwise, as permitted under this Agreement or
any
other Loan Documents.
Section
3.3 Name;
Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office
Except
as set forth on Schedule 2, within the
five-year period preceding the date hereof, such Loan Party has not had, or
operated in any jurisdiction, under any trade name, fictitious name or other
name other than its legal name, and Such Loan Party’s jurisdiction of
organization, organizational identification number, if any, and the location
of
such Loan Party’s chief executive office or sole place of business is specified
on Schedule
2.
Section
3.4 Inventory
and Equipment
Such
Loan
Party’s Inventory and Equipment (other than mobile goods and Inventory or
Equipment in transit) are kept at the locations listed on Schedule 5 as supplemented
pursuant to the terms hereof.
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Section
3.5 Pledged
Collateral
(a) The
Pledged Stock, Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged LLC Interests pledged
hereunder by such Loan Party are listed on Schedule 3 and constitute
that percentage of the issued and outstanding equity of all classes of each
issuer thereof as set forth on Schedule 3.
(b) All
of
the Pledged Stock, Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged LLC Interests
have
been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
(c) Each
of
the Pledged Notes constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
obligor with respect thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject
to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
generally, and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law).
(d) Except
for Pledged Collateral and Additional Pledged Collateral not required to be
delivered to Lender pursuant to Section
4.7, all Pledged Collateral and, if applicable, any Additional
Pledged Collateral, consisting of certificated securities or Instruments has
been delivered to Lender in accordance with Section
4.4(a).
(e) All
Pledged Collateral held by a Securities Intermediary in a Securities Account
is
in a Control Account.
(f) Other
than the Pledged Partnership Interests and the Pledged LLC Interests that
constitute General Intangibles, there is no Pledged Collateral other than (i)
that represented by certificated securities or Instruments in the possession
of
Lender, or (ii) that consisting of Financial Assets currently held in a Control
Account.
Section
3.6 Accounts
No
amount
in excess of $100,000 payable to such Loan Party under or in connection with
any
Account is evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper that has not been
delivered to Lender, properly endorsed for transfer, to the extent delivery
is
required by Section
4.4.
Section
3.7 IntellectualProperty
(a) Schedule
6 lists all Material
Intellectual Property of such Loan Party, separately identifying that owned
by
such Loan Party and that licensed to such Loan Party. The Material
Intellectual Property set forth on Schedule 6 for such Loan
Party constitutes all of the intellectual property rights necessary to conduct
its business.
(b) All
Material Intellectual Property owned by such Loan Party is valid, subsisting,
unexpired and enforceable, has not been adjudged invalid and has not been
abandoned and the use thereof in the business of such Loan Party does not
infringe the intellectual property rights of any other Person.
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(c) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
6, none of the Material Intellectual Property owned by such Loan Party
is
the subject of any licensing or franchise agreement pursuant to which such
Loan
Party is the licensor or franchisor.
(d) No
holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental Authority
that would limit, cancel or question the validity of, or such Loan Party’s
rights in, any Material Intellectual Property.
(e) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
6, no action or proceeding seeking to limit, cancel or question the
validity of any Material Intellectual Property owned by such Loan Party or
such
Loan Party’s ownership interest therein is pending or, to the knowledge of such
Loan Party, threatened. There are no claims, judgments or settlements
to be paid by such Loan Party relating to the Material Intellectual
Property.
Section
3.8
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Deposit
Accounts; Securities
Accounts
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The
only
Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts maintained by any Loan Party are those
listed on Schedule 7 as
supplemented pursuant to the terms hereof, which sets forth such information
separately for each Loan Party.
Section
3.9
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Commercial
Tort Claims
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The
only
existing or potential Commercial Tort Claims pending or threatened in writing
of
any Loan Party existing (regardless of whether the amount, defendant or other
material facts can be determined and regardless of whether such Commercial
Tort
Claim has been asserted, threatened or has otherwise been made known to the
obligee thereof or whether litigation has been commenced for such claims) are
those listed on Schedule 8
as supplemented pursuant
to the terms hereof, which sets forth such
information separately for each Loan Party.
ARTICLE
IV Covenants
Each
Loan
Party agrees with Lender to the following, as long as any Secured Obligation
remains outstanding or Lender has any obligation to extend credit to any Loan
Party under any Loan Document, and, in each case, unless Lender otherwise
consents in writing:
Section
4.1 Generally
Such
Loan Party shall (a) except
for the security interest created by this Agreement, not create or suffer to
exist any Lien upon or with respect to any Collateral, except Permitted Liens,
(b) not use or permit any Collateral to be used unlawfully or in violation
of any provision of this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any applicable
Law
or any policy of insurance covering the Collateral, (c) not sell, transfer
or assign (by operation of law or otherwise) any Collateral except as permitted
under the Loan Documents or otherwise within the ordinary course of its
business, (d) not enter into any agreement or undertaking restricting the
right or ability of such Loan Party or Lender to sell, assign or transfer any
Collateral except as permitted under the Loan Documents and (e) promptly
notify Lender of its entry into any agreement or assumption of undertaking
that
restricts the ability to sell, assign or transfer any Collateral.
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Section
4.2 Maintenance
of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation
(a) Such
Loan
Party shall maintain the security interest created by this Agreement as a
perfected security interest having at least the priority described in Section
3.2 and
shall defend such security interest against the claims and demands of all
Persons.
(b) Such
Loan
Party shall furnish to Lender from time to time statements and schedules further
identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection
with the Collateral as Lender may reasonably request, all in reasonable
detail.
(c) At
any
time and from time to time, upon the written request of Lender, and at the
sole
expense of such Loan Party, such Loan Party shall promptly and duly execute
and
deliver, and have recorded, such further instruments and documents and take
such
further action as Lender may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining
or
preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers
herein granted, including the filing of any financing or continuation statement
under the UCC (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect
to the security interest created hereby and the execution and delivery of
Deposit Account Control Agreements and Control Account Agreements.
Section
4.3 Changes
in Locations, Name,
Etc.
(a) Except
upon 15 days’ prior written notice to Lender and delivery to Lender of
(i) all additional documents reasonably requested by Lender to maintain the
validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein
and (ii) if applicable, a written supplement to Schedule 5 showing any
additional location at which Inventory or Equipment shall be kept, such Loan
Party shall not do any of the following:
(i) permit
any Inventory or Equipment to be kept at a location other than those listed
on
Schedule 5, except for
Inventory or Equipment in transit to and from such locations;
(ii) change
its jurisdiction of organization or the location of its chief executive office
or sole place of business from that referred to in Section
3.3; or
(iii) change
its name, identity or corporate structure to such an extent that any financing
statement filed in connection with this Agreement would become seriously
misleading.
(b) Such
Loan
Party shall keep and maintain at its own cost and expense satisfactory and
complete records of the Collateral, including a record of all payments received
and all credits granted with respect to the Collateral and all other dealings
with the Collateral. Except to the extent any such Vehicle is
Excluded Property, if requested by Lender, the security interest of Lender
shall
be noted on the certificate of title of each Vehicle.
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Section
4.4 Pledged
Collateral
(a)
Such
Loan Party shall (i) deliver to Lender, all certificates and Instruments
representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral (including Additional Pledged
Collateral), whether now existing or hereafter acquired, in suitable form for
transfer by delivery or, as applicable, accompanied by such Loan Party’s
endorsement, where necessary, or duly executed instruments of transfer or
assignment in blank, all in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, together,
in respect of any Additional Pledged Collateral, with a Pledge Amendment, duly
executed by the Loan Parties, in substantially form substance acceptable to
Lender or such other documentation acceptable to Lender and (ii) maintain
all other Pledged Collateral constituting Investment Property in a Control
Account. Such Loan Party authorizes Lender to attach each Pledge
Amendment to this Agreement. From and after the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender shall have the right, at any
time
in its discretion and without notice to any Loan Party, to transfer to or to
register in its name or in the name of its nominees any Pledged
Collateral. Lender shall have the right at any time to exchange any
certificate or instrument representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral
for
certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations.
(b) Except
as
provided in Article
V, such Loan Party shall be entitled to receive all cash dividends
paid in respect of the Pledged Collateral (other than liquidating or similar
dividends) with respect to the Pledged Collateral. Any sums paid upon
or in respect of any Pledged Collateral upon the liquidation or dissolution
of
any issuer of any Pledged Collateral, any distribution of capital made on or
in
respect of any Pledged Collateral or any property distributed upon or with
respect to any Pledged Collateral pursuant to the recapitalization or
reclassification of the capital of any issuer of Pledged Collateral or pursuant
to the reorganization thereof shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected
security interest in favor of Lender, be delivered to Lender to be held by
it
hereunder as additional collateral security for the Secured
Obligations. If any sum of money or property so paid or distributed
in respect of any Pledged Collateral shall be received by such Loan Party,
such
Loan Party shall, until such money or property is paid or delivered to Lender,
hold such money or property in trust for Lender, segregated from other funds
of
such Loan Party, as additional security for the Secured
Obligations.
(c) Except
as
provided in Article
V, such Loan Party shall be
entitled to exercise all voting, consent and corporate rights with respect
to
the Pledged Collateral; provided, however, that no
vote shall be cast, consent given or right exercised or other action taken
by
such Loan Party that would impair the Collateral, be inconsistent with or result
in any violation of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document
or, without prior notice to Lender, enable or permit any issuer of Pledged
Collateral to issue any stock or other equity securities of any nature or to
issue any other securities convertible into or granting the right to purchase
or
exchange for any stock or other equity securities of any nature of any issuer
of
Pledged Collateral.
(d) Such
Loan
Party shall not grant control over any Investment Property to any Person other
than Lender.
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(e) In
the
case of each Loan Party that is an issuer of Pledged Collateral, such Loan
Party
agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the Pledged
Collateral issued by it and shall comply with such terms insofar as such terms
are applicable to it. In the case of each Loan Party that is a
partner in a Partnership, such Loan Party hereby consents to the extent required
by the applicable Partnership Agreement to the pledge by each other Loan Party,
pursuant to the terms hereof, of the Pledged Partnership Interests in such
Partnership and to the transfer of such Pledged Partnership Interests to Lender
or its nominee and to the substitution of Lender or its nominee as a substituted
partner in such Partnership with all the rights, powers and duties of a general
partner or a limited partner, as the case may be. In the case of each
Loan Party that is a member of an LLC, such Loan Party hereby consents to the
extent required by the applicable LLC Agreement to the pledge by each other
Loan
Party, pursuant to the terms hereof, of the Pledged LLC Interests in such LLC
and to the transfer of such Pledged LLC Interests to Lender or its nominee
and
to the substitution of Lender or its nominee as a substituted member of the
LLC
with all the rights, powers and duties of a member of the LLC in
question.
(f) Such
Loan
Party shall not agree to any amendment of an LLC Agreement or Partnership
Agreement that in any way adversely affects the perfection of the security
interest of Lender in the Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests
pledged by such Loan Party hereunder, including any amendment electing to treat
the membership interest or partnership interest of such Loan Party as a security
under Article 8 of the UCC.
Section
4.5 Control
Accounts; Approved Deposit Accounts
(a)
Such
Loan Party shall use its best efforts to get control agreements on all accounts
within 30 days of the date hereof, and shall (i) deposit in an Approved
Deposit Account all cash received by such Loan Party, (ii) not establish or
maintain any Securities Account that is not a Control Account and (iii) not
establish or maintain any Deposit Account other than with a Deposit Account
Bank, Lender or an affiliate of Lender; provided, however, that any Loan Party
may maintain payroll, withholding tax and other fiduciary accounts with Lender
or an affiliate thereof in Deposit Accounts that are not Approved Deposit
Accounts.
(b) Such
Loan
Party shall instruct each Account Debtor or other Person obligated to make
a
payment to such Loan Party under a General Intangible to make payment, or to
continue to make payment, as the case may be, to an Approved Deposit Account
and
shall deposit in an Approved Deposit Account all Proceeds of such Accounts
and
General Intangibles received by such Loan Party from any other Person
immediately upon receipt.
(c) In
the
event (i) such Loan Party or any Approved Securities Intermediary or
Deposit Account Bank shall, after the date hereof, terminate an agreement with
respect to the maintenance of a Control Account or Approved Deposit Account
for
any reason, (ii) Lender shall demand such termination as a result of the
failure of an Approved Securities Intermediary or Deposit Account Bank to comply
with the terms of the applicable Control Account Agreement or Deposit Account
Control Agreement, or (iii) Lender determines in its sole good faith discretion
that the financial condition of an Approved Securities Intermediary or Deposit
Account Bank, as the case may be, has materially deteriorated, such Loan Party
agrees to notify all of its obligors that were making payments to such
terminated Control Account or Approved
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Deposit
Account, as the case may be, to make all future payments to another Control
Account or Approved Deposit Account, as the case may be.
(d)
Lender agrees that it shall not provide any instruction with respect to any
Approved Deposit Account or Control Account unless a Forbearance Default has
occurred and is continuing.
Section
4.6 Accounts
(a) Such
Loan
Party shall not, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with
its past practice, (i) grant any extension of the time of payment of any
Account, (ii) compromise or settle any Account for less than the full
amount thereof, (iii) release, wholly or partially, any Person liable for
the payment of any Account, (iv) allow any credit or discount on any
Account or (v) amend, supplement or modify any Account in any manner that
could adversely affect the value thereof.
(b) Lender
shall have the right to make test verifications of the Accounts in any manner
and through any medium that Lender reasonably considers advisable, and such
Loan
Party shall furnish all such assistance and information as Lender may reasonably
require in connection therewith. At any time and from time to time,
upon Lender’s request and at the expense of the relevant Loan Party, such Loan
Party shall cause independent public accountants or others satisfactory to
Lender to furnish to Lender reports showing reconciliations, aging and test
verifications of, and trial balances for, the Accounts.
Section
4.7 Delivery
of Instruments and Chattel Paper
If
any
amount in excess of $100,000 payable under or in connection with any Collateral
owned by such Loan Party shall be or become evidenced by an Instrument or
Chattel Paper, such Loan Party shall immediately deliver such Instrument or
Chattel Paper to Lender, duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory to Lender,
or,
if consented to by Lender, shall xxxx all such Instruments and Chattel Paper
with the following legend: “This writing and the obligations
evidenced or secured hereby are subject to the security interest of The
Huntington National Bank”.
Section
4.8
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Intellectual
Property
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(a) Such
Loan
Party (either itself or through licensees) shall (i) continue to use each
Trademark that is Material Intellectual Property in order to maintain such
Trademark in full force and effect with respect to each class of goods for which
such Trademark is currently used, free from any claim of abandonment for
non-use, (ii) maintain as in the past the quality of products and services
offered under such Trademark, (iii) use such Trademark with the appropriate
notice of registration and all other notices and legends required by applicable
Law, (iv) not adopt or use any xxxx that is confusingly similar or a
colorable imitation of such Trademark unless Lender shall obtain a perfected
security interest in such xxxx pursuant to this Agreement and (v) not (and
not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly
omit
to do any act whereby such Trademark may become invalidated or impaired in
any
way.
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(b) Such
Loan
Party (either itself or through licensees) shall not do any act, or omit to
do
any act, whereby any Patent that is Material Intellectual Property may become
forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public.
(c) Such
Loan
Party (either itself or through licensees) (i) shall not (and shall not
permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or omit to do any
act
whereby any portion of the Copyrights that is Material Intellectual Property
may
become invalidated or otherwise impaired and (ii) shall not (either itself
or through licensees) do any act whereby any portion of the Copyrights that
is
Material Intellectual Property may fall into the public domain.
(d) Such
Loan
Party (either itself or through licensees) shall not do any act, or omit to
do
any act, whereby any trade secret that is Material Intellectual Property may
become publicly available or otherwise unprotectable.
(e) Such
Loan
Party (either itself or through licensees) shall not do any act that knowingly
uses any Material Intellectual Property to infringe the intellectual property
rights of any other Person.
(f) Such
Loan
Party shall notify Lender immediately if it knows, or has reason to know, that
any application or registration relating to any Material Intellectual Property
may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public, or of any adverse
determination or development (including the institution of, or any such
determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent
and
Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any court or tribunal
in
any country) regarding such Loan Party’s ownership of, right to use, interest
in, or the validity of, any Material Intellectual Property or such Loan Party’s
right to register the same or to own and maintain the same.
(g) Whenever
such Loan Party, either by itself or through any agent, licensee or designee,
shall file an application for the registration of any Intellectual Property
with
the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright
Office or any similar office or agency within or outside the United States,
such
Loan Party shall report such filing to Lender within five Business Days after
the last day of the fiscal quarter in which such filing occurs. Upon
request of Lender, such Loan Party shall execute and deliver, and have recorded,
all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as Lender may request to
evidence Lender’s security interest in any Copyright, Patent or Trademark and
the goodwill and general intangibles of such Loan Party relating thereto or
represented thereby.
(h) Such
Loan
Party shall take all reasonable actions necessary or requested by Lender,
including in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency,
to
maintain and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration)
and to maintain each registration of any Copyright, Trademark or Patent that
is
Material Intellectual Property, including filing of applications for renewal,
affidavits of use, affidavits of incontestability and opposition and
interference and cancellation proceedings.
(i) In
the
event that any Material Intellectual Property is infringed upon or
misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Loan Party shall notify Lender
promptly after
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such
Loan
Party learns thereof. Such Loan Party shall take appropriate action
in response to such infringement, misappropriation of dilution, including
promptly bringing suit for infringement, misappropriation or dilution and to
recover all damages for such infringement, misappropriation of dilution, and
shall take such other actions as may be appropriate in its reasonable judgment
under the circumstances to protect such Material Intellectual
Property.
(j) Unless
otherwise agreed to by Lender, such Loan Party shall execute and deliver to
Lender for filing in (i) the United States Copyright Office a short-form
copyright security agreement in form and substance acceptable to Lender,
(ii) in the United States Patent and Trademark Office a short-form patent
security agreement in form and substance acceptable to Lender and (iii) the
United States Patent and Trademark Office a short-form trademark security
agreement in form and substance acceptable to Lender.
Section
4.9
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Vehicles
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Upon
the
request of Lender, on or before the date of this Agreement and within ten (10)
days after the date of acquisition of any Vehicle acquired after the date
hereof, such Loan Party shall execute a short-form motor vehicle security
agreement, in form and substance acceptable to Lender, specifically describing
each Vehicle owned by such Loan Party. In addition, upon the request
of Lender, within 30 days after the date of such request and, with respect
to
any Vehicle acquired by such Loan Party subsequent to the date of any such
request, within 30 days after the date of acquisition thereof, such Loan Party
shall (i) file all applications for certificates of title or ownership
indicating Lender’s first priority security interest in the Vehicle covered by
such certificate and any other necessary documentation, in each office in each
jurisdiction that Lender shall deem advisable to perfect its security interests
in the Vehicles.
Section
4.10
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Notice
of Commercial Tort Claims
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Such
Loan
Party agrees that, if it shall acquire any interest in any Commercial Tort
Claim
(whether from another Person or because such Commercial Tort Claim shall have
come into existence), (i) such Loan Party shall, immediately upon such
acquisition, deliver to Lender, in each case in form and substance satisfactory
to Lender, a notice of the existence and nature of such Commercial Tort Claim
and deliver a supplement to Schedule 8 containing a
specific description of such Commercial Tort Claim, certified by such Loan
Party
as true, correct and complete, (ii) the provision of Section
2.1 shall
apply to such
Commercial Tort Claim (and the Loan Parties authorize Lender to supplement
such
schedule with a description of such Commercial Tort Claim if such Loan Party
fails to deliver the supplement described in clause (i)) and
(iii) such Loan Party shall execute and deliver to Lender, in each case in
form and substance satisfactory to Lender, any certificate, agreement and other
document, and take all other action, deemed by Lender to be reasonably necessary
or appropriate for Lender to obtain a first-priority, perfected security
interest in all such Commercial Tort Claims. Any supplement to Schedule 8 delivered pursuant
to this Section
4.10 shall
become part of Schedule 8
for all purposes
hereunder other than, absent a written consent of
Lender, for purpose of the representations and warranties set forth in Section
3.9.
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ARTICLE
V Remedial
Provisions
Section
5.1 Code
and Other Remedies
During
the continuance of a Forbearance Default, Lender may exercise, in addition
to
all other rights and remedies granted to Lender in this Agreement and in any
other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Secured
Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC or any
other applicable Law. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, Lender, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment,
protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by
Law
referred to below) to or upon any Loan Party or any other Person (all and each
of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived),
may
in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon
any Collateral, and may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give option or options
to
purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver any Collateral (or contract to
do
any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or
sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of Lender or elsewhere upon
such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it
may
deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption
of
any credit risk. Lender shall have the right upon any such public
sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by Law, upon any such private sale
or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free
of
any right or equity of redemption in any Loan Party, which right or equity
is
hereby waived and released. Each Loan Party further agrees, at
Lender’s request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to Lender at
places that Lender shall reasonably select, whether at such Loan Party’s
premises or elsewhere. Lender shall apply the net proceeds of any
action taken by it pursuant to this Section
5.1, after deducting all reasonable
costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental
to the care or safekeeping of any Collateral or in any way relating to the
Collateral or the rights of Lender hereunder, including reasonable attorneys’
fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Secured
Obligations, in such order as the Loan Documents shall prescribe (or if no
such
order is prescribed therein, then in such order as Lender may elect), and only
after such application and after the payment by Lender of any other amount
required by any provision of Law, need Lender account for the surplus, if any,
to any Loan Party. To the extent permitted by applicable Law, each
Loan Party waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against Lender
arising out of the exercise by them of any rights hereunder. If any
notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral shall be required
by Law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least
10
days before such sale or other disposition.
Section
5.2 Accounts
and Payments in Respect of General Intangibles
(a) If
required by Lender in writing at any time during the continuance of a
Forbearance Default, each Loan Party shall cause all payment of Accounts or
payment in respect of General Intangibles to be directed to a Cash Collateral
Account, and if collected by any Loan Party, each such payment shall be
forthwith deposited by such Loan Party in the exact form received, duly indorsed
by such Loan Party to Lender if required, in a Cash Collateral
Account. Until so turned over, each such payment shall be held by
such Loan Party in trust for Lender, segregated from other funds of such Loan
Party. Each such deposit of Proceeds of Accounts and payments in
respect of General Intangibles shall be accompanied by a report identifying
in
reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the
deposit.
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(b) At
Lender’s request in writing, during the continuance of a Forbearance Default,
each Loan Party shall deliver to Lender all original and other documents
evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions that gave rise
to
the Accounts or payments in respect of General Intangibles, including all
original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.
(c) Lender
may, without notice, at any time during the continuance of a Forbearance
Default, limit or terminate the authority of a Loan Party to collect its
Accounts or amounts due under General Intangibles or any thereof.
(d) Lender
in
its own name or in the name of others may at any time during the continuance
of
a Forbearance Default communicate with Account Debtors to verify with them
to
Lender’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Account or amounts
due under any General Intangible.
(e) Upon
the
request of Lender in writing at any time after the occurrence of a
Forbearance Default, each Loan Party shall notify Account Debtors
that the Accounts or General Intangibles have been collaterally assigned to
Lender and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to Lender
or
to a Cash Collateral Account. In addition, Lender may at any time
during the continuance of a Forbearance Default enforce such Loan Party’s rights
against such Account Debtors and obligors of General Intangibles.
(f) Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Loan Party shall remain liable
under each of the Accounts and payments in respect of General Intangibles to
observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and
performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement
giving rise thereto. Lender shall not have any obligation or
liability under any agreement giving rise to an Account or a payment in respect
of a General Intangible by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the
receipt by Lender of any payment relating thereto, nor shall Lender be obligated
in any manner to perform any obligation of any Loan Party under or pursuant
to
any agreement giving rise to an Account or a payment in respect of a General
Intangible, to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the
sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any
performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take
any
action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts
that
may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or
times.
Section
5.3
|
Pledged
Collateral
|
(a) During
the continuance of a Forbearance Default, upon notice by Lender to the relevant
Loan Party or Loan Parties, (i) Lender shall have the right to receive any
Proceeds of the Pledged Collateral and make application thereof to the Secured
Obligations in the order set forth in the Loan Documents (or if no such order
is
set forth therein, then in such order as Lender may elect) and (ii) Lender
or its nominee may exercise (A) any voting, consent, corporate and other
right pertaining to the Pledged Collateral at any meeting of shareholders,
partners or members, as the case may be, of the relevant issuer or issuers
of
Pledged Collateral or otherwise and (B) any right of conversion, exchange
and subscription and any other right, privilege or option pertaining to the
Pledged Collateral as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including the
right
to exchange at its discretion any of the Pledged Collateral upon the merger,
consolidation, reorganization,
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recapitalization
or other fundamental change in the corporate structure of any issuer of Pledged
Collateral, the right to deposit and deliver any Pledged Collateral with any
committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency
upon
such terms and conditions as Lender may determine), all without liability except
to account for property actually received by it; provided, however, that Lender
shall have no duty to any Loan Party to exercise any such right, privilege
or
option and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so
doing.
(b) In
order
to permit Lender to exercise the voting and other consensual rights that they
may be entitled to exercise pursuant hereto and to receive all dividends and
other distributions that they may be entitled to receive hereunder,
(i) each Loan Party shall, promptly execute and deliver (or cause to be
executed and delivered) to Lender all such proxies, dividend payment orders
and
other instruments as Lender may from time to time reasonably request and
(ii) without limiting the effect of clause (i) above, such Loan Party
hereby grants to Lender an irrevocable proxy to vote all or any part of the
Pledged Collateral and to exercise all other rights, powers, privileges and
remedies to which a holder of the Pledged Collateral would be entitled
(including giving or withholding written consents of shareholders, partners
or
members, as the case may be, calling special meetings of shareholders, partners
or members, as the case may be, and voting at such meetings), which proxy shall
be effective, automatically and without the necessity of any action (including
any transfer of any Pledged Collateral on the record books of the issuer
thereof) by any other Person (including the issuer of such Pledged Collateral
or
any officer or agent thereof) during the continuance of an Event of Default
and
which proxy shall only terminate upon the payment in full of the Secured
Obligations.
(c) Each
Loan
Party hereby expressly authorizes and instructs each issuer of any Pledged
Collateral pledged hereunder by such Loan Party to (i) comply with any
instruction received by it from Lender in writing that (A) states that a
Forbearance Default has occurred and is continuing and (B) is otherwise in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further
instructions from such Loan Party, and each Loan Party agrees that such issuer
shall be fully protected in so complying and (ii) unless otherwise
expressly permitted hereby, pay any dividend or other payment with respect
to
the Pledged Collateral directly to Lender.
Section
5.4
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Proceeds
to be Turned
Over To Lender
|
All
Proceeds received by Lender hereunder during the continuance of a Forbearance
Default shall be held by Lender in a Cash Collateral Account. All
Proceeds while held by Lender in a Cash Collateral Account (or by such Loan
Party in trust for Lender) shall continue to be held as collateral security
for
the Secured Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied
to the payment of the Secured Obligations.
Section
5.5
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Sale
of Pledged Collateral
|
(a) Each
Loan
Party recognizes that Lender may be unable to effect a public sale of any
Pledged Collateral by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities
Act and applicable state securities laws or otherwise or may determine that
a
public sale is impracticable or not commercially reasonable and, accordingly,
may resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of
purchasers that shall be obliged to agree, among other things, to
acquire
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such
securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the
distribution or resale thereof. Each Loan Party acknowledges and
agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less
favorable than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such
circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been
made in a commercially reasonable manner, provided that such deposition is
in
compliance with the Uniform Commercial Code. Lender shall be under no
obligation to delay a sale of any Pledged Collateral for the period of time
necessary to permit the issuer thereof to register such securities for public
sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities laws, even
if such issuer would agree to do so.
(b) Each
Loan
Party agrees to use its best efforts to do or cause to be done all such other
acts as may be necessary to make such sale or sales of all or any portion of
the
Pledged Collateral pursuant to this Section
5.5 valid and binding
and in compliance with all other applicable Law. Each Loan Party
further agrees that a breach of any covenant contained in this Section
5.5 will cause irreparable injury to Lender, that Lender has no
adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that
each and every covenant contained in this Section
5.5 shall be
specifically enforceable against such Loan Party, and such Loan Party hereby
waives and agrees not to assert any defense against an action for specific
performance of such covenants except for a defense that no Event of Default
has
occurred under any Loan Document.
Section
5.6
|
Deficiency
|
Each
Loan
Party shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or
other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay the Secured
Obligations and the reasonable fees and disbursements of any attorney employed
by Lender to collect such deficiency.
ARTICLE
VI Lender
Section
6.1
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Lender’s
Appointment as
Attorney-in-Fact
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(a) Each
Loan
Party hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Lender and any officer or
agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and
stead of such Loan Party and in the name of such Loan Party or in its own name,
for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any
appropriate action and to execute any document or instrument that may be
necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Loan Party hereby gives
Lender the power and right, on behalf of such Loan Party, upon notice to or
assent by such Loan Party, to do any of the following:
(i) in
the
name of such Loan Party or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and
indorse and collect any check, draft, note, acceptance or other instrument
for
the payment of moneys due under any Account or General Intangible or with
respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action
or
proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by
Lender for the purpose of collecting any such moneys due under any Account
or
General Intangible or with respect to any other Collateral whenever
payable;
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(ii) in
the
case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver, and have recorded,
any
agreement, instrument, document or paper as Lender may request to evidence
Lender’s security interest in such Intellectual Property and the goodwill and
General Intangibles of such Loan Party relating thereto or represented
thereby;
(iii) pay
or
discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the
Collateral, effect any repair or pay or discharge any insurance called for
by
the terms of this Agreement (including all or any part of the premiums therefore
and the costs thereof);
(iv) execute,
in connection with any sale provided for in Section
5.1 or Section
5.5, any endorsement, assignment or other instrument of conveyance
or
transfer with respect to the Collateral; or
(v) (A) direct
any party liable for any payment under any Collateral to make payment of any
moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to Lender or as Lender shall
direct, (B) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt
for, any moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time
in
respect of or arising out of any Collateral, (C) sign and indorse any
invoice, freight or express xxxx, xxxx of lading, storage or warehouse receipt,
draft against debtors, assignment, verification, notice and other document
in
connection with any Collateral, (D) commence and prosecute any suit, action
or proceeding at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to
collect any Collateral and to enforce any other right in respect of any
Collateral, (E) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such
Loan Party with respect to any Collateral, (F) settle, compromise or adjust
any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such
discharges or releases as Lender may deem appropriate, (G) assign any
Copyright, Patent or Trademark (along with the goodwill of the business to
which
any such Trademark pertains) throughout the world for such term or terms, on
such conditions, and in such manner as Lender shall in its sole discretion
determine, including the execution and filing of any document necessary to
effectuate or record such assignment and (H) generally, sell, transfer,
pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any
Collateral as fully and completely as though Lender was the absolute owner
thereof for all purposes, and do, at Lender’s option and such Loan Party’s
expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things that Lender
deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and Lender’s
security interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all
as
fully and effectively as such Loan Party might do.
(b) If
any
Loan Party fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained
herein, Lender, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform
or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such
agreement.
(c) The
expenses of Lender incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided
in
this Section
6.1, together with
interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the highest rate per annum at
which interest would then be payable on any past due amount under any Credit
Document from the date of payment by Lender to the date reimbursed by the
relevant Loan Party, shall be payable by such Loan Party to Lender on
demand.
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(d) Each
Loan
Party hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to
be
done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies
contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable
until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests created hereby
are
released.
Section
6.2
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Duty
of Lender
|
Lender’s
sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation
of
the Collateral in its possession shall be to deal with it in the same manner
as
Lender deals with similar property for its own account. Neither
Lender, nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents
shall
be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any 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 any Loan Party or any other Person
or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any
Collateral. The powers conferred on Lender hereunder are solely to
protect Lender’s interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon
Lender to exercise any such powers. Lender shall be accountable only
for amounts that Lender actually receives as a result of the exercise of such
powers, and neither Lender nor any of Lender’s officers, directors, employees or
agents shall be responsible to any Loan Party for any act or failure to act
hereunder, except for Lender’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
Section
6.3
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Financing
Statements
|
Each
Loan Party hereby
authorizes Lender to file, and if requested will deliver to Lender, all
financing statements and other documents and take such other actions as may
from
time to time be requested by Lender in order to maintain a first perfected
security interest in and, if applicable, control of, the
Collateral. Any financing statement filed by Lender may be filed in
any filing office in any UCC jurisdiction and may (i) indicate the Collateral
(1) as all assets of each Loan Party or words of similar effect, regardless
of
whether any particular asset comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope
of Article 9 of the UCC or such jurisdiction, or (2) by any other description
which reasonably approximates the description contained in this Agreement,
and
(ii) contain any other information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the UCC
for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement
or
amendment, including (A) whether any Loan Party is an organization, the type
of
organization and any organization identification number issued to each Loan
Party and (B) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing
or
indicating Collateral as as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, a
sufficient description of real property to which the Collateral
relates. Each Loan Party also agrees to furnish any such information
to Lender promptly upon request. Each Loan Party also ratifies its
authorization for Lender to have filed in any UCC jurisdiction any initial
financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date
hereof.
ARTICLE
VII Miscellaneous
Section
7.1 Amendments
in Writing
None
of
the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified without the written consent of Lender and
each Loan Party.
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Section
7.2 Notices
All
communications under this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be sent by facsimile or by a nationally recognized
overnight delivery service (i) if to Lender, at the address set forth below
Lender’s signature to this Agreement, or at such other address as may have been
furnished in writing to Borrower, by Lender; and (ii) if to Borrower or any
other Loan Party, at the address set forth below Borrower’s signature to this
Agreement, or at such other address as may have been furnished in writing to
Lender by Borrower. Any notice so addressed and sent by telecopier
shall be deemed to be given when confirmed, and any notice sent by nationally
recognized overnight delivery service shall be deemed to be given the next
day
after the same is delivered to such carrier.
Section
7.3 No
Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative
Remedies
Lender
shall not by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section
7.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have
waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Event of
Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the
part of Lender, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a
waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or
privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or
the
exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by Lender
of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed
as a
bar to any right or remedy that Lender would otherwise have on any future
occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may
be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights
or
remedies provided by Law.
Section
7.4 Successors
and Assigns
This
Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of Borrower and
each
other Loan Party and shall inure to the benefit of Lender and its respective
successors and assigns; provided, however,
that no Loan Party
may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this
Agreement without the prior written consent of Lender, it being acknowledged,
however, that a merger or combination of Borrower or any Loan Party with
Borrower or any Loan Party will not be deemed to be a prohibited assignment,
transfer or delegation.
Section
7.5 Counterparts
This
Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on
any
number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy), each of which when
so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together
shall
constitute one and the same agreement. Signature pages may be
detached from multiple counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so
that
all signature pages are attached to the same document. Delivery of an
executed counterpart by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart.
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Section
7.6 Severability
Any
provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in
any
other jurisdiction.
Section
7.7 Section
Headings
The
Article and Section titles contained in this Agreement are, and shall be,
without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not part
of the agreement of the parties hereto.
Section
7.8 Entire
Agreement
This
Agreement together with the other Loan Documents represents the entire agreement
of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating
to the subject matter hereof.
Section
7.9 Governing
Law
This
agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed
by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State
of
Ohio, without regard to its conflict of law principles.
Section
7.10 AdditionalLoan
Parties
Borrower
hereby agrees and covenants that it will cause each of Borrower’s Subsidiaries
that are not a signatory hereto on the date of this Agreement to execute and
deliver to Lender a Joinder Agreement in form and substance acceptable to Lender
and shall thereafter for all purposes be a party hereto and have the same
rights, benefits and obligations as a Loan Party party hereto on the date of
this Agreement.
Section
7.11 Reinstatement
Each
Loan
Party further agrees that, if any payment made by any Loan Party or other Person
and applied to the Secured Obligations is at any time annulled, avoided, set
aside, rescinded, invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential or
otherwise required to be refunded or repaid, or the proceeds of Collateral
are
required to be returned by Lender to such Loan Party, its estate, trustee,
receiver or any other party, including any Loan Party, under any bankruptcy
law,
state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of
such
payment or repayment, any Lien or other Collateral securing such liability
shall
be and remain in full force and effect, as fully as if such payment had never
been made or, if prior thereto the Lien granted hereby or other Collateral
securing such liability hereunder shall have been released or terminated by
virtue of such cancellation or surrender, such Lien or other Collateral shall
be
reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior cancellation or surrender
shall not diminish,
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release,
discharge, impair or otherwise affect any
Lien or other Collateral securing the obligations of any Loan Party in respect
of the amount of such payment.
[Signature
Page Follows]
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In
witness whereof, the undersigned has caused this Security Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
TRIBECA
LENDING CORP.
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Jardin
Name:
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Jardin
Title:
Chief Executive
Officer
Address: 000
Xxxxxx Xx., 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxx, X.X. 00000
Fax
Number: (000) 000-0000
Attn:
General Counsel
With
a
copy to:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
Attn:
J.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Each
Loan Party listed on Schedule 1 attached
hereto:
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Jardin
Name:
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Jardin
Title: Chief Executive Officer, as an authorized officer
of, and on behalf of, each Loan Party listed on
Schedule
1 attached
hereto
Address:
same address as
for Tribeca Lending Corp.
ACCEPTED
AND AGREED
as
of the
date first above written:
THE
HUNTINGTON NATIONAL
BANK,
successor
by merger to Sky Bank
By:
/s/
Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X.
Xxxxx
Title:
Senior Vice
President
Address:
The Huntington National Bank
00
Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxx 00000
Attn:
Special Assets
Fax:
(000) 000-0000