SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.47
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
SECURITY AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT
SECURITY AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is
entered into as of August 8, 2011 among Kid Brands, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the
“Parent”), Kids Line, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Kids Line”),
Sassy, Inc., an Illinois corporation (“Sassy”), I & J Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“I & J”), LaJobi, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“LaJobi”) and CoCaLo, Inc., a
California corporation (“CoCaLo” and collectively with the Parent, Kids Line, Sassy, I & J,
LaJobi and such other designated subsidiary borrowers from time to time, the “Borrowers”
and each a “Borrower”) and such other parties that may become Obligors hereunder after the
date hereof (together with the Borrowers, individually an “Obligor”, and collectively the
“Obligors”) and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent (in such
capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the holders of the Secured Obligations (defined
below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 2,
2008, as amended (the “Existing Credit Agreement”) among Kids Line, Sassy, I & J, LaJobi
(collectively, the “Existing Borrowers”), certain subsidiaries of the Existing Borrowers,
the lenders party thereto (the “Existing Lenders”), and Bank of America, N.A. (successor by
merger to LaSalle Bank National Association), as administrative agent, the Existing Lenders
required, as a condition precedent to their entering into the Existing Credit Agreement and making
extensions of credit to or for the account of the Existing Borrowers, that the Existing Borrowers
execute that certain Amended and Restated Guaranty and Collateral Agreement dated as of April 1,
2008 (the “Existing Security Agreement”),
WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to amend the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant to the Second
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as amended, modified,
supplemented, increased, extended, restated, renewed, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the
“Credit Agreement”) among the Borrowers, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto,
the Lenders identified therein and the Administrative Agent,
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement and the
obligations of the Lenders to make their respective Loans and to participate in Letters of Credit
under the Credit Agreement that the Obligors agree to amend and restate the Existing Security
Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree to amend and
restate the Existing Security Agreement in its entirety as follows:
1. Definitions.
(a) Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement, and the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth in the UCC (defined below): Accession, Account, Adverse Claim,
As-Extracted Collateral, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claim, Consumer Goods, Deposit
Account, Document, Electronic Chattel Paper, Equipment, Farm Products, Financial Asset,
Fixtures, General Intangible, Goods, Instrument, Inventory, Investment Company Security,
Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Right, Manufactured Home, Money, Proceeds, Securities
Account, Security Entitlement, Security, Software, Supporting Obligation and Tangible
Chattel Paper.
(b) In addition, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“Collateral” has the meaning provided in Section 2 hereof.
“Copyright License” means any written agreement, naming any Obligor as
licensor, granting any right under any Copyright.
“Copyrights” means (a) all registered United States copyrights in all Works,
now existing or hereafter created or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and
all applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, registrations,
recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office, and (b) all renewals
thereof.
“Patent License” means any written agreement providing for the grant by or to
an Obligor of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered by a Patent.
“Patents” means (a) all letters patent of the United States or any other
country and all reissues and extensions thereof, and (b) all applications for letters patent
of the United States or any other country and all divisions, continuations and
continuations-in-part thereof.
“Pledged Equity” means, with respect to each Obligor, (i) 100% of the issued
and outstanding Equity Interests of each Domestic Subsidiary of the Parent that is directly
owned by such Obligor and (ii) 65% (or such greater percentage that, due to a change in any
applicable Law after the date hereof, (A) could not reasonably be expected to cause the
undistributed earnings of such First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary as determined for United States
federal income tax purposes to be treated as a deemed dividend to such First-Tier Foreign
Subsidiary’s United States parent and (B) could not reasonably be expected to cause any
material adverse tax consequences to any Loan Party) of the issued and outstanding Equity
Interests entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) and
100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests not entitled to vote (within the meaning
of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) in each First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary that is directly
owned by such Obligor, including the Equity Interests of the Subsidiaries owned by such
Obligor as set forth on Schedule 1(b) hereto, in each case together with the
certificates (or other agreements or instruments), if any, representing such shares, and all
options and other rights, contractual or otherwise, with respect thereto, including, but not
limited to, the following:
(1) all Equity Interests representing a dividend thereon, or representing a
distribution or return of capital upon or in respect thereof, or resulting from a
stock split, revision, reclassification or other exchange therefor, and any
subscriptions, warrants, rights or options issued to the holder thereof, or
otherwise in respect thereof; and
(2) in the event of any consolidation or merger involving the issuer thereof
and in which such issuer is not the surviving Person, all shares of each class of
the Equity Interests of the successor Person formed by or resulting from such
consolidation or merger, to the extent that such successor Person is a direct
Subsidiary of an Obligor.
“Secured Obligations” means, without duplication, (a) all Obligations and (b)
all costs and expenses incurred in connection with enforcement and collection of the
Obligations, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel (subject to
Section 11.04 of the Credit Agreement).
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“Trademark License” means any written agreement providing for the grant by or
to an Obligor 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 the goodwill associated therewith, now existing or
hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all
applications in connection therewith, 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 political subdivision thereof, or otherwise and (b) all renewals
thereof.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the
state of New York except as such term may be used in connection with the perfection of the
Collateral and then the applicable jurisdiction with respect to such affected Collateral
shall apply.
“Work” means any work that is subject to copyright protection pursuant to Title
17 of the United States Code.
2. Grant of Security Interest in the Collateral. To secure the prompt payment and
performance in full when due, whether by lapse of time, acceleration, mandatory prepayment or
otherwise, of the Secured Obligations, each Obligor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for
the benefit of the holders of the Secured Obligations, a continuing security interest in, any and
all right, title and interest of such Obligor in and to all of the following, whether now owned or
existing or owned, acquired, or arising hereafter (collectively, the “Collateral”): (a)
all Accounts; (b) all Chattel Paper; (c) those certain Commercial Tort Claims set forth on
Schedule 2(c) hereto; (d) all Copyrights; (e) all Copyright Licenses; (f) all Deposit
Accounts; (g) all Documents; (h) all Equipment; (i) all Fixtures; (j) all General Intangibles; (k)
all Instruments; (l) all Inventory; (m) all Investment Property; (n) all Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(o) all Money; (p) all Patents; (q) all Patent Licenses; (r) all Pledged Equity; (s) all Software;
(t) all Supporting Obligations; (u) all Trademarks; (v) all Trademark Licenses; and (w) all
Accessions and all Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the security interests granted
under this Agreement shall not extend to (i) any property which, subject to the terms of
Section 8.08 of the Credit Agreement, is subject to a Lien of the type described in
Sections 8.02(c), 8.02(d) and 8.02(m) of the Credit Agreement pursuant to
documents which prohibit such Obligor from granting any other Liens in such property and (ii) any
General Intangible, permit, lease, license, contract, Instrument or other agreement of an Obligor
to the extent the grant of a security interest in such General Intangible, permit, lease, license,
contract, Instrument or other agreement in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, under the
terms thereof or under applicable Law, is prohibited or would give the other parties thereto the
right to terminate, accelerate or otherwise alter such Obligor’s rights, titles and interests
thereunder (including upon the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both); provided
that (a) any such limitation described in the foregoing clause (ii) on the security interests
granted hereunder shall only apply to the extent that any such prohibition could not be rendered
ineffective pursuant to the UCC or any other applicable Law (including Debtor Relief Laws) or
principles of equity and (b) in the event of the termination or elimination of any such prohibition
or the requirement for any consent contained in any applicable Law, General Intangible, permit,
lease, license, contract or other Instrument, to the extent sufficient to permit any such item to
become Collateral hereunder, or upon the granting of any such consent, or waiving or terminating
any requirement for such consent, a security interest in such General Intangible, permit, lease,
license, contract or other Instrument shall be automatically and simultaneously granted hereunder
and shall be included as Collateral hereunder.
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The Obligors and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the holders of the Secured
Obligations, hereby acknowledge and agree that the security interest created hereby in the
Collateral (i) constitutes continuing collateral security for all of the Secured Obligations,
whether now existing or hereafter arising and (ii) is not to be construed as an assignment of any
Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks or Trademark Licenses.
3. Representations and Warranties. Each Obligor hereby represents and warrants to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Secured Obligations, that:
(a) Ownership. Each Obligor is the legal and beneficial owner of its
Collateral and has the right to pledge, sell, assign or transfer the same. Such Obligor is
not aware of any Adverse Claim with respect to the Pledged Equity of such Obligor.
(b) Security Interest/Priority. This Agreement creates a valid security
interest in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Secured
Obligations, in the Collateral of such Obligor and, when properly perfected by filing, to
the extent such security interest can be perfected by filing under the UCC, shall constitute
a valid and perfected, first priority security interest in such Collateral (including all
uncertificated Pledged Equity consisting of partnership or limited liability company
interests that do not constitute Securities), free and clear of all Liens except for
Permitted Liens. The taking possession by the Administrative Agent of the certificated
securities (if any) evidencing the Pledged Equity and all other Instruments constituting
Collateral will perfect and establish the first priority of the Administrative Agent’s
security interest in the Pledged Equity evidenced by such certificated securities and such
Instruments. With respect to any Collateral consisting of a Deposit Account, Securities
Entitlement or held in a Securities Account, upon execution and delivery by the applicable
Obligor, the applicable Securities Intermediary and the Administrative Agent of an agreement
granting control to the Administrative Agent over such Collateral in accordance with the
terms of the UCC, the Administrative Agent shall have a valid and perfected, first priority
security interest in such Collateral.
(c) Types of Collateral. None of the Collateral consists of, or is the
Proceeds of, As-Extracted Collateral, Farm Products, Manufactured Homes or standing timber.
(d) Equipment and Inventory. Each Obligor has exclusive possession and control
of its Equipment and Inventory except (i) for Equipment leased by such Obligor as a lessee,
(ii) for Equipment or Inventory in transit with common carriers, (iii) as set forth on
Schedule 3(d) hereto (as the same may be updated from time to time by the Obligors
upon written notice to the Administrative Agent), or (iv) other Inventory and Equipment with
a fair market value not to exceed $10,000 in any single location or $200,000 in the
aggregate for all locations.
(e) Authorization of Pledged Equity. All Pledged Equity is duly authorized and
validly issued, is fully paid and, to the extent applicable, nonassessable and is not
subject to the preemptive rights of any Person.
(f) No Other Equity Interests, Instruments, Etc. As of the Closing Date, (i)
no Obligor owns any certificated Equity Interests in any Subsidiary that are required to be
pledged and delivered to the Administrative Agent hereunder except as set forth on
Schedule 1(b) hereof, and (ii) no Obligor holds any Instruments, Documents or
Tangible Chattel Paper required to be pledged and requested by the Administrative Agent to
be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 4(a)(i) of this
Agreement, having a fair market value in excess of $250,000 each or $500,000 in the
aggregate, other than as set forth on Schedule 3(f) hereto. All such
certificated securities, Instruments, Documents and Tangible Chattel Paper have been
delivered to the Administrative Agent.
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(g) Partnership and Limited Liability Company Interests. Except as previously
disclosed to the Administrative Agent, none of the Collateral consisting of an interest in a
partnership or a limited liability company (i) is dealt in or traded on a securities
exchange or in a securities market, (ii) by its terms expressly provides that it is a
Security governed by Article 8 of the UCC, (iii) is an Investment Company Security, (iv) is
held in a Securities Account or (v) constitutes a Security or a Financial Asset.
(h) Mergers, Etc. As of the Closing Date, other than as set forth on
Schedule 3(h) hereto, no Obligor has been party to a merger, consolidation or other
change in structure or used any tradename in the prior five years.
(i) Consents; Etc. There are no restrictions in any Organization Document
governing any Pledged Equity or any other document related thereto which would limit or
restrict (i) the grant of a Lien pursuant to this Agreement on such Pledged Equity, (ii) the
perfection of a Lien on such Pledged Equity or (iii) the exercise of remedies in respect of
such Pledged Equity as contemplated by this Agreement. Except for (i) the filing or
recording of UCC financing statements, (ii) the filing of appropriate notices with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, (iii)
obtaining control to perfect the Liens created by this Agreement (to the extent required
under Section 4(a) hereof), (iv) such actions as may be required by Laws affecting
the offering and sale of securities, (v) such actions as may be required by applicable
foreign Laws affecting the pledge of the Pledged Equity of Foreign Subsidiaries and (vi)
consents, authorizations, filings or other actions which have been obtained or made, no
consent or authorization of, filing with, or other act by or in respect of, any arbitrator
or Governmental Authority and no consent of any other Person (including, without limitation,
any stockholder, member or creditor of such Obligor), is required for (A) the grant by such
Obligor of the security interest in the Collateral granted hereby or for the execution,
delivery or performance of this Agreement by such Obligor or (B) the perfection of such
security interest (to the extent such security interest can be perfected by filing under the
UCC, the granting of control (to the extent required under Section 4(a) hereof) or
by filing an appropriate notice with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the
United States Copyright Office).
(j) Commercial Tort Claims. As of the Closing Date, no Obligor has any
Commercial Tort Claims seeking damages in excess of $250,000 other than as set forth on
Schedule 2(c) hereto.
(k) Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks.
(i) To the best of each Obligor’s knowledge, on the date hereof, each material
Copyright, Patent and Trademark of such Obligor is valid, subsisting, unexpired,
enforceable and has not been abandoned.
(ii) As of the Closing Date, to the best of each Obligor’s knowledge, no
holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental Authority that
would limit, cancel or question the validity of any material Copyright, Patent or
Trademark of any Obligor.
(iii) As of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule
3(k)(iii), no action or proceeding is pending seeking to limit, cancel or
question the validity of any material Copyright, Patent or Trademark of any Obligor,
that, if adversely determined, could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the value of any such
material Copyright, Patent or Trademark.
(iv) No Obligor has entered into any assignment or license agreement which
grants a security interest in the Copyrights, Patents or Trademarks of any Obligor
hereunder in violation of this Agreement.
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4. Covenants. Each Obligor covenants that until such time as the Secured Obligations
have been Fully Satisfied, such Obligor shall:
(a) Instruments/Chattel Paper/Pledged Equity/Control.
(i) If any amount in excess of $250,000 payable under or in connection with
any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any Instrument or Tangible
Chattel Paper, or if any property constituting Collateral shall be stored or shipped
subject to a Document, ensure that such Instrument, Tangible Chattel Paper or
Document is either in the possession of such Obligor or its Affiliates or agents at
all times or, if requested by the Administrative Agent to perfect its security
interest in such Collateral, is delivered to the Administrative Agent duly endorsed
in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. If requested by the
Administrative Agent, such Obligor shall ensure that any Collateral consisting of
Tangible Chattel Paper in excess of $250,000 is marked with a legend reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent indicating the Administrative Agent’s
security interest in such Tangible Chattel Paper.
(ii) Deliver to the Administrative Agent promptly upon the receipt thereof by
or on behalf of an Obligor, all certificates and instruments constituting Pledged
Equity. Prior to delivery to the Administrative Agent, all such certificates
constituting Pledged Equity shall be held in trust by such Obligor for the benefit
of the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto. All such certificates representing
Pledged Equity shall be delivered in suitable form for transfer by delivery or shall
be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank,
substantially in the form provided in Exhibit 4(a)(ii) hereto.
(iii) Execute and deliver all agreements, assignments, instruments or other
documents as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent for the purpose of
obtaining and maintaining control with respect to any Collateral consisting of (i)
Deposit Accounts (other than Excluded Accounts and subject to Section 7.17
of the Credit Agreement), (ii) Investment Property in excess of $250,000, (iii)
Letter-of-Credit Rights in excess of $250,000 and (iv) Electronic Chattel Paper in
excess of $250,000.
(b) Filing of Financing Statements, Notices, etc. Each Obligor shall execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent such agreements, assignments or instruments
(including affidavits, notices, reaffirmations and amendments and restatements of existing
documents, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request) and do all such other things
as the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate (i) to assure to
the Administrative Agent its security interests hereunder, including (A) such instruments as
the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request in order to perfect and
maintain the security interests granted hereunder in accordance with the UCC, (B) with
regard to Copyrights, a Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Copyrights in the form of
Exhibit 4(b)(i), (C) with regard to Patents, a Notice of Grant of Security Interest
in Patents for filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in the form of
Exhibit 4(b)(ii) hereto and (D) with regard
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to Trademarks, a Notice of Grant of
Security Interest in
Trademarks for filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in the form of
Exhibit 4(b)(iii) hereto, (ii) to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
and (iii) to otherwise protect and assure the Administrative Agent of its rights and
interests hereunder. Furthermore, each Obligor also hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes
and appoints the Administrative Agent, its nominee or any other person whom the
Administrative Agent may designate, as such Obligor’s attorney in fact with full power and
for the limited purpose to sign in the name of such Obligor any financing statements, or
amendments and supplements to financing statements, renewal financing statements, notices or
any similar documents which in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable discretion would be
necessary or appropriate in order to perfect and maintain perfection of the security
interests granted hereunder, such power, being coupled with an interest, being and remaining
irrevocable until such time as the Secured Obligations have been Fully Satisfied. Each
Obligor hereby agrees that a carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement or
any such financing statement is sufficient for filing as a financing statement by the
Administrative Agent without notice thereof to such Obligor wherever the Administrative
Agent may in its sole discretion desire to file the same.
(c) Collateral Held by Warehouseman, Bailee, etc. If any Collateral with a
fair market value in excess of $250,000 is at any time in the possession or control of a
warehouseman, bailee or any agent or processor of such Obligor and the Administrative Agent
so requests (i) notify such Person in writing of the Administrative Agent’s security
interest therein, (ii) instruct such Person to hold all such Collateral for the
Administrative Agent’s account and subject to the Administrative Agent’s instructions and
(iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a written acknowledgment from such
Person that it is holding such Collateral for the benefit of the Administrative Agent.
(d) Commercial Tort Claims. (i) Promptly forward to the Administrative Agent
an updated Schedule 2(c) listing any and all Commercial Tort Claims by or in favor
of such Obligor seeking damages in excess of $250,000 and (ii) execute and deliver such
statements, documents and notices and do and cause to be done all such things as may be
reasonably required by the Administrative Agent, or required by Law to create, preserve,
perfect and maintain the Administrative Agent’s security interest in any Commercial Tort
Claims initiated by or in favor of any Obligor.
(e) Books and Records. Xxxx its books and records (and shall cause the issuer
of the Pledged Equity of such Obligor to xxxx its books and records) to reflect the security
interest granted pursuant to this Agreement.
(f) Nature of Collateral. At all times maintain the Collateral as personal
property and not affix any of the Collateral to any real property in a manner which would
change its nature from personal property to real property or a Fixture to real property
except in the ordinary course of business, unless the Administrative Agent shall have a
perfected Lien on such Fixture or real property.
(g) Issuance or Acquisition of Equity Interests in Partnerships or Limited
Liability Companies. Not without executing and delivering, or causing to be executed
and delivered, to the Administrative Agent such agreements, documents and instruments as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably require, issue or acquire any Pledged Equity consisting
of an interest in a partnership or a limited liability company that (i) is dealt in or
traded on a securities exchange or in a securities market, (ii) by its terms expressly
provides that it is a Security governed by Article 8 of the UCC, (iii) is an investment
company security, (iv) is held in a Securities Account or (v) constitutes a Security or a
Financial Asset.
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(h) Intellectual Property.
(i) Not do any act or omit to do any act whereby any material Copyright may
become invalidated and (A) not do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any
material Copyright may become injected into the public domain; (B) notify the
Administrative Agent promptly if it knows that any material Copyright may become
injected into the public domain or of any materially adverse determination or
development (including, without limitation, the institution of, or any such
determination or development in, any court or tribunal in the United States or any
other country) regarding an Obligor’s ownership of any such Copyright or its
validity; (C) take all necessary steps as it shall deem reasonably appropriate under
the circumstances, to maintain and pursue each application (and to obtain the
relevant registration) of each material Copyright owned by an Obligor and to
maintain each registration of each material Copyright owned by an Obligor including,
without limitation, filing of applications for renewal where necessary; and (D)
promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any material infringement of any
material Copyright of an Obligor of which it becomes aware and take such actions as
it shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such
Copyright, including, where appropriate, the bringing of suit for infringement,
seeking injunctive relief and seeking to recover any and all damages for such
infringement.
(ii) Not make any assignment or agreement in conflict with the security
interest in the Copyrights of each Obligor hereunder (except to the extent not
prohibited by the Credit Agreement or this Agreement).
(iii) (A) Continue to use each material Trademark on each and every trademark
class of goods applicable to its then current line of business as reflected in its
then current catalogs, brochures and price lists in order to maintain such Trademark
in full force free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (B) maintain in
accordance with past practices the quality of products and services offered under
such Trademark, (C) employ such Trademark with the appropriate notice of
registration, if applicable, (D) not adopt or use any xxxx that is confusingly
similar or a colorable imitation of such Trademark unless the Administrative Agent,
for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Secured Obligations, shall obtain a
perfected security interest in such xxxx pursuant to this Agreement, and (E) not
(and use commercially reasonable efforts to not permit any licensee or sublicensee
thereof to) do any act or omit to do any act whereby any such Trademark may become
invalidated.
(iv) Not do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any material Patent may
become abandoned or dedicated.
(v) Notify the Administrative Agent and the holders of the Secured Obligations
promptly if it knows that any application or registration relating to any material
Patent or Trademark may become abandoned or dedicated, or of any materially adverse
determination or development (including, without limitation, the institution of, or
any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent
and Trademark Office or any court or tribunal in any country) regarding such
Obligor’s ownership of any material Patent or Trademark or its right to register the
same or to keep and maintain the same.
(vi) Take all reasonable and necessary steps, including, without limitation, in
any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or any similar
office or agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to
maintain and pursue
each application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to maintain each
registration of each material Patent and Trademark, including, without limitation,
filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use and affidavits of
incontestability.
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(vii) Promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the holders of the Secured
Obligations after it learns that any material Patent or Trademark included in the
Collateral is infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party and promptly
xxx for infringement, misappropriation or dilution, to seek injunctive relief where
appropriate and to recover any and all damages for such infringement,
misappropriation or dilution, or to take such other actions as it shall reasonably
deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Patent or Trademark.
(viii) Not make any assignment or agreement in conflict with the security
interest in the Patents or Trademarks of each Obligor hereunder (except to the
extent not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or this Agreement).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Obligors may, in their reasonable business judgment,
fail to register, maintain, pursue, preserve or protect any Copyright, Patent or Trademark
which is not material to their businesses.
5. Authorization to File Financing Statements. Each Obligor hereby authorizes the
Administrative Agent to prepare and file such financing statements (including continuation
statements) or amendments thereof or supplements thereto or other instruments as the Administrative
Agent may from time to time deem reasonably necessary or appropriate in order to perfect and
maintain the security interests granted hereunder in accordance with the UCC (including
authorization to describe the Collateral as “all personal property”, “all assets” or words of
similar meaning).
6. Advances. On failure of any Obligor to perform any of the covenants and
agreements contained herein and upon prior written notice to the Obligors (unless the
Administrative Agent reasonably determines that the taking of a particular action is required prior
to giving such notice in order to prevent an impairment of its rights in and to any Collateral),
the Administrative Agent may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion, perform the same and
in so doing may expend such sums as the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem advisable in the
performance thereof, including, without limitation, the payment of any insurance premiums, the
payment of any taxes, a payment to obtain a release of a Lien or potential Lien, expenditures made
in defending against any adverse claim and all other expenditures which the Administrative Agent
may make for the protection of the security hereof or which may be compelled to make by operation
of Law. All such sums and amounts so expended shall be repayable by the Obligors on a joint and
several basis promptly upon timely notice thereof and demand therefor, shall constitute additional
Secured Obligations and shall bear interest from the date said amounts are expended at the Default
Rate. No such performance of any covenant or agreement by the Administrative Agent on behalf of
any Obligor, and no such advance or expenditure therefor, shall relieve the Obligors of any Default
or Event of Default. The Administrative Agent may make any payment authorized by the first
sentence of this Section in accordance with any xxxx, statement or estimate procured from the
appropriate public office or holder of the claim to be discharged without inquiry into the accuracy
of such xxxx, statement or estimate or into the validity of any tax assessment, sale, forfeiture,
tax lien, title or claim except to the extent such payment is being contested in good faith by an
Obligor in appropriate proceedings and against which adequate reserves are being maintained in
accordance with GAAP.
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7. Remedies.
(a) General Remedies. During the continuance of an Event of Default, the
Administrative Agent shall have, in addition to the rights and remedies provided herein, in
the Loan Documents, in any other documents relating to the Secured Obligations, or by Law
(including, but not limited to, levy of attachment, garnishment and the rights and remedies
set forth in the UCC of the jurisdiction applicable to the affected Collateral), the rights
and remedies of a secured party under the UCC (regardless of whether the UCC is the law of
the jurisdiction where the rights and remedies are asserted and regardless of whether the
UCC applies to the affected Collateral), and further, the Administrative Agent may, with or
without judicial process or the aid and assistance of others (but subject to legally
required written notices to the extent the same cannot be waived or otherwise modified by
this Agreement), (i) enter on any premises on which any of the Collateral may be located
and, without resistance or interference by the Obligors, take possession of the Collateral,
(ii) dispose of any Collateral on any such premises, (iii) require the Obligors to assemble
and make available to the Administrative Agent at the expense of the Obligors any Collateral
at any place and time designated by the Administrative Agent which is reasonably convenient
to both parties, (iv) remove any Collateral from any such premises for the purpose of
effecting sale or other disposition thereof, and/or (v) without demand and without
advertisement, notice, hearing or process of law, all of which each of the Obligors hereby
waives to the fullest extent permitted by Law, at any place and time or times, sell and
deliver any or all Collateral held by or for it at public or private sale (which in the case
of a private sale of Pledged Equity, shall be to a restricted group of purchasers who will
be obligated to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account,
for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof), at any exchange
or broker’s board or elsewhere, by one or more contracts, in one or more parcels, for Money,
upon credit or otherwise, at such prices and upon such terms as the Administrative Agent
deems advisable, in its sole discretion (subject to any and all mandatory legal
requirements). Each Obligor acknowledges that any such private sale may be at prices and on
terms less favorable to the seller than the prices and other terms which might have been
obtained at a public sale and, notwithstanding the foregoing, agrees that such private sale
shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner and, in the case of a
sale of Pledged Equity, that the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to delay sale
of any such securities for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer of such
securities to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act of 1933.
Neither the Administrative Agent’s compliance with applicable Law nor its disclaimer of
warranties relating to the Collateral shall be considered to adversely affect the commercial
reasonableness of any sale. To the extent the rights of notice cannot be legally waived
hereunder, each Obligor agrees that any requirement of reasonable notice shall be met if
such notice, specifying the place of any public sale or the time after which any private
sale is to be made, is personally served on or mailed, postage prepaid, to the Borrowers in
accordance with the notice provisions of Section 11.02 of the Credit Agreement at
least 10 days before the time of sale or other event giving rise to the requirement of such
notice. The Administrative Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time
by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further
notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. Each Obligor further
acknowledges and agrees that any offer to sell any Pledged Equity which has been (i)
publicly advertised on a bona fide basis in a newspaper or other publication of general
circulation in the financial community of New York, New York (to the extent that such offer
may be advertised without prior registration under the Securities Act of 1933), or (ii) made
privately in the manner described above shall be deemed to involve a “public sale” under the
UCC, notwithstanding that such sale may not constitute a “public offering” under the
Securities Act of 1933, and the Administrative Agent may, in such event, bid for the
purchase of such securities. The Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to make any
sale or other disposition of the Collateral regardless of notice having been given. To the
extent permitted by applicable Law, any holder of Secured Obligations may be a purchaser at
any such sale. To the extent permitted by applicable Law, each of the Obligors hereby
waives all of its rights of redemption with respect to any
such sale. Subject to the provisions of applicable Law, the Administrative Agent may
postpone or cause the postponement of the sale of all or any portion of the Collateral by
announcement at the time and place of such sale, and such sale may, without further notice,
to the extent permitted by Law, be made at the time and place to which the sale was
postponed, or the Administrative Agent may further postpone such sale by announcement made
at such time and place.
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(b) Remedies relating to Accounts. During the continuation of an Event of
Default, whether or not the Administrative Agent has exercised any or all of its rights and
remedies hereunder, (i) each Obligor will promptly upon request of the Administrative Agent
instruct all account debtors to remit all payments in respect of Accounts to a mailing
location selected by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have
the right to enforce any Obligor’s rights against its customers and account debtors, and the
Administrative Agent or its designee may notify any Obligor’s customers and account debtors
that the Accounts of such Obligor have been assigned to the Administrative Agent or of the
Administrative Agent’s security interest therein, and may (either in its own name or in the
name of an Obligor or both) demand, collect (including without limitation by way of a
lockbox arrangement), receive, take receipt for, sell, xxx for, compound, settle, compromise
and give acquittance for any and all amounts due or to become due on any Account, and, in
the Administrative Agent’s reasonable discretion, file any claim or take any other action or
proceeding to protect and realize upon the security interest of the holders of the Secured
Obligations in the Accounts. Each Obligor acknowledges and agrees that the Proceeds of its
Accounts remitted to or on behalf of the Administrative Agent in accordance with the
provisions hereof shall be solely for the Administrative Agent’s own convenience and that
such Obligor shall not have any right, title or interest in such Accounts or in any such
other amounts except as expressly provided herein. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the
holders of the Secured Obligations shall have any liability or responsibility to any Obligor
for acceptance of a check, draft or other order for payment of money bearing the legend
“payment in full” or words of similar import or any other restrictive legend or endorsement
or be responsible for determining the correctness of any remittance. Furthermore, during
the continuation of an Event of Default, (i) the Administrative Agent shall have the right,
but not the obligation, to make test verifications of the Accounts in any manner and through
any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and the Obligors shall furnish all such
assistance and information as the Administrative Agent may require in connection with such
test verifications, (ii) upon the Administrative Agent’s request and at the expense of the
Obligors, the Obligors shall cause independent public accountants or others reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to furnish to the Administrative Agent reports
showing reconciliations, aging and test verifications of, and trial balances for, the
Accounts and (iii) the Administrative Agent in its own name or in the name of others may
communicate with account debtors on the Accounts to verify with them to the Administrative
Agent’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Accounts.
(c) Deposit Accounts. During the continuation of an Event of Default, the
Administrative Agent may prevent withdrawals or other dispositions of funds in Deposit
Accounts maintained with the Administrative Agent.
(d) Access. In addition to the rights and remedies hereunder, during the
continuation of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall have the right to enter
and remain upon the various premises of the Obligors without cost or charge to the
Administrative Agent, and use the same, together with materials, supplies, books and records
of the Obligors for the purpose of collecting and liquidating the Collateral, or for
preparing for sale and conducting the sale of the Collateral, whether by foreclosure,
auction or otherwise. In addition, the Administrative Agent may remove Collateral, or any
part thereof, from such premises and/or any records with respect thereto, in order to
effectively collect or liquidate such Collateral.
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(e) Nonexclusive Nature of Remedies. Failure by the Administrative Agent or
the holders of the Secured Obligations to exercise any right, remedy or option under this
Agreement, any other Loan Document, any other document relating to the Secured Obligations,
or as provided by Law, or any delay by the Administrative Agent or the holders of the
Secured Obligations in exercising the same, shall not operate as a waiver of any such right,
remedy or option. No waiver hereunder shall be effective unless it is in writing, signed by
the party against whom such waiver is sought to be enforced and then only to the extent
specifically stated, which in the case of the Administrative Agent or the holders of the
Secured Obligations shall only be granted as provided herein. To the extent permitted by
Law, neither the Administrative Agent, the holders of the Secured Obligations, nor any party
acting as attorney for the Administrative Agent or the holders of the Secured Obligations,
shall be liable hereunder for any acts or omissions or for any error of judgment or mistake
of fact or law other than their gross negligence or willful misconduct hereunder. The
rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the holders of the Secured Obligations
under this Agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other right or remedy
which the Administrative Agent or the holders of the Secured Obligations may have.
(f) Retention of Collateral. In addition to the rights and remedies hereunder,
the Administrative Agent may, in compliance with Sections 9-620 and 9-621 of the UCC or
otherwise complying with the requirements of applicable Law of the relevant jurisdiction,
accept or retain the Collateral in satisfaction of the Secured Obligations. Unless and
until the Administrative Agent shall have provided such notices, however, the Administrative
Agent shall not be deemed to have retained any Collateral in satisfaction of any Secured
Obligations for any reason.
(g) Deficiency. In the event that the proceeds of any sale, collection or
realization are insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Administrative Agent or the
holders of the Secured Obligations are legally entitled, the Obligors shall be jointly and
severally liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon at the Default Rate,
together with the costs of collection and the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel to the Administrative Agent (subject to Section 11.04 of the Credit
Agreement). Any surplus remaining after the Secured Obligations have been Fully Satisfied
shall be returned to the Obligors or to whomsoever a court of competent jurisdiction shall
determine to be entitled thereto.
(h) Intellectual Property. For the purpose of enabling the Administrative Agent
to exercise rights and remedies under this Agreement, each Obligor hereby grants to
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, an
irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other
compensation to such Obligor) to use, license or sublicense for such purpose, during the
continuance of an Event of Default, any IP Rights now owned or hereafter acquired by such
Obligor to the extent not prohibited by the underlying agreements, if any, related to such
IP Rights, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license access to all
media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and, to the extent
permitted by terms of the applicable underlying agreement, all computer software and
programs used for the compilation or printout thereof.
8. Rights of the Administrative Agent.
(a) Power of Attorney. In addition to other powers of attorney contained
herein, each Obligor hereby designates and appoints the Administrative Agent, on behalf of
the holders of the Secured Obligations, and each of its designees or agents, as
attorney-in-fact of such Obligor, irrevocably and with power of substitution, with authority
to take any or all of the following actions during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) to demand, collect, settle, compromise, adjust, give discharges and
releases, all as the Administrative Agent may reasonably determine;
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(ii) to commence and prosecute any actions at any court for the purposes of
collecting any Collateral and enforcing any other right in respect thereof;
(iii) to defend, settle or compromise any action brought and, in connection
therewith, give such discharge or release as the Administrative Agent may deem
reasonably appropriate;
(iv) receive, open and dispose of mail addressed to an Obligor and endorse
checks, notes, drafts, acceptances, money orders, bills of lading, warehouse
receipts or other instruments or documents evidencing payment, shipment or storage
of the goods giving rise to the Collateral of such Obligor on behalf of and in the
name of such Obligor, or securing, or relating to such Collateral;
(v) sell, assign, transfer, make any agreement in respect of, or otherwise deal
with or exercise rights in respect of, any Collateral or the goods or services which
have given rise thereto, as fully and completely as though the Administrative Agent
were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes;
(vi) adjust and settle claims under any insurance policy relating thereto;
(vii) execute and deliver all assignments, conveyances, statements, financing
statements, renewal financing statements, security agreements, affidavits, notices
and other agreements, instruments and documents that the Administrative Agent may
reasonably determine necessary in order to perfect and maintain the security
interests and liens granted in this Agreement and in order to fully consummate all
of the transactions contemplated therein;
(viii) institute any foreclosure proceedings that the Administrative Agent may
reasonably deem appropriate;
(ix) to sign and endorse any drafts, assignments, proxies, stock powers,
verifications, notices and other documents relating to the Collateral;
(x) to exchange any of the Pledged Equity or other property upon any merger,
consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other readjustment of the issuer
thereof and, in connection therewith, deposit any of the Pledged Equity with any
committee, depository, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon
such terms as the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem appropriate;
(xi) to vote for a shareholder resolution, or to sign an instrument in writing,
sanctioning the transfer of any or all of the Pledged Equity into the name of the
Administrative Agent or one or more of the holders of the Secured Obligations or
into the name of any transferee to whom the Pledged Equity or any part thereof may
be sold pursuant to Section 7 hereof;
(xii) to pay or discharge taxes, liens, security interests or other
encumbrances levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral;
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(xiii) to direct any parties liable for any payment in connection with any of
the Collateral to make payment of any and all monies due and to become due
thereunder directly to the Administrative Agent or as the Administrative Agent shall
direct;
(xiv) to receive payment of and receipt for any and all monies, claims, and
other amounts due and to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any
Collateral; and
(xv) do and perform all such other acts and things as the Administrative Agent
may reasonably deem to be necessary, proper or convenient in connection with the
Collateral.
This power of attorney is a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable until
such time as the Secured Obligations have been Fully Satisfied. The Administrative Agent
shall be under no duty to exercise or withhold the exercise of any of the rights, powers,
privileges and options expressly or implicitly granted to the Administrative Agent in this
Agreement, and shall not be liable for any failure to do so or any delay in doing so. The
Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any act or omission or for any error of
judgment or any mistake of fact or law in its individual capacity or its capacity as
attorney-in-fact except acts or omissions resulting from its gross negligence or willful
misconduct. This power of attorney is conferred on the Administrative Agent solely to
protect, preserve and realize upon its security interest in the Collateral.
(b) Assignment by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may from
time to time assign the Secured Obligations to a successor Administrative Agent appointed in
accordance with the Credit Agreement, and such successor shall be entitled to all of the
rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement in relation thereto.
(c) The Administrative Agent’s Duty of Care. Other than the exercise of
reasonable care to assure the safe custody of the Collateral while being held by the
Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall have no duty or liability to
preserve rights pertaining thereto, it being understood and agreed that the Obligors shall
be responsible for preservation of all rights in the Collateral, and the Administrative
Agent shall be relieved of all responsibility for the Collateral upon surrendering it or
tendering the surrender of it to the Obligors. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed to
have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its
possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the
Administrative Agent accords its own property, which shall be no less than the treatment
employed by a reasonable and prudent agent in the industry, it being understood that the
Administrative Agent shall not have responsibility for taking any necessary steps to
preserve rights against any parties with respect to any of the Collateral. In the event of
a public or private sale of Collateral pursuant to Section 7 hereof, the
Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility for (i) ascertaining or taking action with
respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relating to
any Collateral, whether or not the Administrative Agent has or is deemed to have knowledge
of such matters, or (ii) taking any steps to clean, repair or otherwise prepare the
Collateral for sale.
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(d) Liability with Respect to Accounts. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, each of the Obligors shall remain liable under each of the Accounts 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 to each such
Account. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any holder of Secured Obligations shall have
any obligation or liability under any Account (or any agreement giving rise thereto) by
reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Administrative Agent or any
holder of Secured Obligations of any
payment relating to such Account pursuant hereto, nor shall the Administrative Agent or any
holder of Secured Obligations be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations
of an Obligor under or pursuant to any Account (or any agreement giving rise thereto), 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 under any Account
(or any agreement giving rise thereto), to present or file any claim, to take any action to
enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been
assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.
(e) Voting and Payment Rights in Respect of the Pledged Equity.
(i) So long as no Event of Default shall exist, each Obligor may (A) exercise
any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the Pledged Equity of
such Obligor or any part thereof for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms of
this Agreement or the Credit Agreement and (B) receive and retain any and all
dividends (other than stock dividends and other dividends constituting Collateral
which are addressed hereinabove), principal or interest paid in respect of the
Pledged Equity to the extent they are not prohibited under the Credit Agreement; and
(ii) During the continuance of an Event of Default, (A) all rights of an
Obligor to exercise the voting and other consensual rights which it would otherwise
be entitled to exercise pursuant to clause (i)(A) above shall cease and all such
rights shall thereupon become vested in the Administrative Agent which shall then
have the sole right to exercise such voting and other consensual rights, (B) all
rights of an Obligor to receive the dividends, principal and interest payments which
it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to clause (i)(B)
above shall cease and all such rights shall thereupon be vested in the
Administrative Agent which shall then have the sole right to receive and hold as
Collateral such dividends, principal and interest payments, and (C) all dividends,
principal and interest payments which are received by an Obligor contrary to the
provisions of clause (ii)(B) above shall be received in trust for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent, shall be segregated from other property or funds of such
Obligor, and shall be forthwith paid over to the Administrative Agent as Collateral
in the exact form received, to be held by the Administrative Agent as Collateral and
as further collateral security for the Secured Obligations.
(f) Releases of Collateral. If any Collateral shall be sold, transferred or
otherwise disposed of by any Obligor in a transaction not prohibited by the Credit
Agreement, then the Administrative Agent, at the request and sole expense of such Obligor,
shall promptly execute and deliver to such Obligor all releases and other documents, and
take such other action, reasonably necessary for the release of the Liens created hereby or
by any other Collateral Document on such Collateral. The Administrative Agent may release
any of the Pledged Equity from this Agreement or may substitute any of the Pledged Equity
for other Pledged Equity without altering, varying or diminishing in any way the force,
effect, lien, pledge or security interest of this Agreement as to any Pledged Equity not
expressly released or substituted, and this Agreement shall continue as a first priority
lien on all Pledged Equity not expressly released or substituted.
9. Application of Proceeds. Upon the acceleration of the Obligations pursuant to
Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement, any payments in respect of the Secured Obligations
and any proceeds of the Collateral, when received by the Administrative Agent or any holder of the
Secured Obligations in Money, will be applied in reduction of the Secured Obligations in the order
set forth in Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement.
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10. Continuing Agreement.
(a) This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the Secured
Obligations have been Fully Satisfied, at which time this Agreement and the security
interest and Liens granted hereunder shall automatically terminate and be released, and the
Administrative Agent shall, upon the request and at the expense of the Obligors, execute and
deliver all UCC termination statements and other documents reasonably requested by the
Obligors evidencing such termination and release.
(b) This Agreement shall continue to be effective or be automatically reinstated, as
the case may be, if at any time payment, in whole or in part, of any of the Secured
Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative
Agent or any holder of the Secured Obligations as a preference, fraudulent conveyance or
otherwise under any Debtor Relief Law, all as though such payment had not been made;
provided that in the event payment of all or any part of the Secured Obligations is
rescinded or must be restored or returned, all reasonable costs and expenses (including
without limitation any reasonable legal fees and disbursements) incurred by the
Administrative Agent or any holder of the Secured Obligations in defending and enforcing
such reinstatement shall be deemed to be included as a part of the Secured Obligations.
11. Amendments; Waivers; Modifications, etc. This Agreement and the provisions hereof
may not be amended, waived, modified, changed, discharged or terminated except as set forth in
Section 11.01 of the Credit Agreement; provided that any update or revision to Schedule
2(c) hereof delivered by any Obligor shall not constitute an amendment for purposes of this
Section 11 or Section 11.01 of the Credit Agreement.
12. Successors in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon each Obligor, its
successors and assigns and shall inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Administrative
Agent and the holders of the Secured Obligations hereunder, to the benefit of the Administrative
Agent and the holders of the Secured Obligations and their successors and permitted assigns.
13. Notices. All notices required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall
be in conformance with Section 11.02 of the Credit Agreement.
14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which where so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute
one and the same instrument. It shall not be necessary in making proof of this Agreement to
produce or account for more than one such counterpart. Delivery of executed counterparts of this
Agreement by facsimile or other electronic means shall be effective as an original.
15. Headings. The headings of the sections hereof are provided for convenience only
and shall not in any way affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement.
16. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Venue; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. The terms
of Sections 11.14 and 11.15 of the Credit Agreement with respect to governing law,
submission to jurisdiction, venue and waiver of jury trial are incorporated herein by reference,
mutatis mutandis, and the parties hereto agree to such terms.
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17. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal,
invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be fully severable and the remaining provisions
shall remain in full force and effect and shall be construed without giving effect to the illegal,
invalid or unenforceable provisions.
18. Entirety. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the other documents
relating to the Secured Obligations represent the entire agreement of the parties hereto and
thereto, and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, if any, including
any commitment letters or correspondence relating to the Loan Documents, any other documents
relating to the Secured Obligations, or the transactions contemplated herein and therein.
19. Other Security. To the extent that any of the Secured Obligations are now or
hereafter secured by property other than the Collateral (including, without limitation, real
property and securities owned by an Obligor), or by a guarantee, endorsement or property of any
other Person, then the Administrative Agent shall have the right to proceed against such other
property, guarantee or endorsement during the continuation of any Event of Default, and the
Administrative Agent shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to determine which rights,
security, liens, security interests or remedies the Administrative Agent shall at any time pursue,
relinquish, subordinate, modify or take with respect thereto, without in any way modifying or
affecting any of them or the Secured Obligations or any of the rights of the Administrative Agent
or the holders of the Secured Obligations under this Agreement, under any other of the Loan
Documents or under any other document relating to the Secured Obligations.
20. Joinder. At any time after the date of this Agreement, one or more additional
Persons may become party hereto by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a Joinder
Agreement. Immediately upon such execution and delivery of such Joinder Agreement (and without any
further action), each such additional Person will become a party to this Agreement as an “Obligor”
and have all of the rights and obligations of an Obligor hereunder and this Agreement and the
schedules hereto shall be deemed amended by such Joinder Agreement.
21. Rights of Required Lenders. All rights of the Administrative Agent hereunder, if
not exercised by the Administrative Agent, may be exercised by the Required Lenders.
22. Consent of Issuers of Pledged Equity. Each issuer of Pledged Equity party to this
Agreement hereby acknowledges, consents and agrees to the grant of the security interests in such
Pledged Equity by the applicable Obligors pursuant to this Agreement, together with all rights
accompanying such security interest as provided by this Agreement and applicable law,
notwithstanding any anti-assignment provisions in any operating agreement, limited partnership
agreement or similar organizational or governance documents of such issuer.
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Each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered as of the date first above written.
OBLIGORS: | KID BRANDS, INC., a New Jersey corporation |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Title: President and CEO | ||||
KIDS LINE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
SASSY, INC., an Illinois corporation |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
I & J HOLDCO, INC., a Delaware corporation |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
LAJOBI, INC., a Delaware corporation |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
COCALO, INC., a California corporation |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
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Accepted and agreed to as of the date first above written.
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxx | |||||
Title: | Vice President |
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SCHEDULE 1(b)
PLEDGED EQUITY
OBLIGOR: Kid Brands, Inc.
Certificate | ||||||||||
Name of Subsidiary | Number of Shares | Number | Percentage Ownership | |||||||
Kids Line, LLC
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100 Membership Units | NOT CERTIFICATED | 100 | % | ||||||
Sassy, Inc.
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100 Shares | 1 | 100 | % | ||||||
I & J HoldCo, Inc.
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100 Shares | 1 | 100 | % | ||||||
RB Trademark Holdco, LLC
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100 Membership Units | NOT CERTIFICATED | 100 | % |
OBLIGOR: Kids Line, LLC
Certificate | ||||||||||
Name of Subsidiary | Number of Shares | Number | Percentage Ownership | |||||||
Kids Line Australia Pty Ltd.
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48,750 Shares | 5 | 100 | % | ||||||
Kids Line UK Limited
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650 Shares | 2 | 100 | % |
OBLIGOR: I &J HoldCo, Inc.
Certificate | ||||||||||
Name of Subsidiary | Number of Shares | Number | Percentage Ownership | |||||||
LaJobi, Inc.
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100 Shares | 2 | 100 | % | ||||||
CoCaLo, Inc.
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100 Shares | 8 | 100 | % |
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SCHEDULE 2(c)
COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS
None.
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SCHEDULE 3(d)
INVENTORY
Grantor | Collateral | Lessor/Bailee/Consignee/Warehouseman | ||
Kids Line, LLC
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Various | Southgate Business and Industrial Park Developers c/o Goldrich & Xxxx 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000 |
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LaJobi, Inc.
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Various | IndCor Properties, LLC c/o Jones Lang LaSalle 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx X, 0xx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
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LaJobi, Inc.
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Various | LaJobi c/o JMKC 0000 X. Xx Xxxxxxxx Xx. Xxxxxx, XX 00000 |
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LaJobi, Inc.
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Xxxxxxx | XX 0XX — Sanyo 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
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LaJobi, Inc.
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Xxxxxxx | XX 0XX — Hermans1 00 Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
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LaJobi, Inc.
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Various | LaJobi c/o Sanyo Logistics 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
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CoCaLo, Inc.
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Various | Goods are in custody of DOT Fulfillment, a provider of logistics services to CoCaLo, Inc. The location is 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxx., Xxxxx Xxx, XX 00000. | ||
CoCaLo, Inc.
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Various | Goods are in custody of DOT Fulfillment, a provider of logistics services to CoCaLo, Inc. The location is 0000 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx, XX 00000 |
1 | Inventory with a value of less than $250,000 at this location. |
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SCHEDULE 3(f)
INSTRUMENTS; DOCUMENTS; TANGIBLE CHATTEL PAPER
None.
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SCHEDULE 3(h)
MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, CHANGE IN STRUCTURE OR USE OF TRADENAMES
1. | Kid Brands, Inc. sold its gift business to The Xxxx Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
as of December 23, 2008; such sale included the sale of all outstanding capital stock of the
following entities: |
• | Xxxx Xxxxxx U.S. Gift, Inc., a Delaware corporation; |
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• | Xxxx Xxxxxx and Company Investments, Inc., a New Jersey corporation; |
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• | Xxxx Xxxxxx and Company Properties, Inc., a New Jersey corporation; |
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• | Russplus, Inc., a New Jersey corporation; |
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• | Xxxx Australia Pty Limited ACN 088 221 881, a registered company under the
Corporations Xxx 0000 of Australia; |
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• | Xxxx Xxxxxx (Ireland) Limited, a company limited by shares organized in
Ireland; |
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• | Xxxx Xxxxxx (U.K.) Limited, a company limited by shares organized in the United
Kingdom; and |
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• | Tri Xxxx International (Hong Kong) Limited, a company limited by shares
organized in Hong Kong. |
2. | RB Trademark Holdco, LLC (“IP Sub”), originally wholly-owned by Xxxx Xxxxxx U.S. Gift, Inc.,
became wholly-owned by Xxxx Xxxxxx and Company, Inc. (now known as Kid Brands, Inc.) as of
December 23, 2008. In connection therewith, various items of intellectual property were
transferred to IP Sub. |
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3. | As of December 23, 2008, Xxxx Xxxxxx and Company Investments, Inc. assigned all of the
outstanding capital stock in BOA Done, Inc., a West Virginia corporation, to Xxxx Xxxxxx and
Company, Inc. (now known as Kid Brands, Inc.). |
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4. | As of December 23, 2008, Xxxx Xxxxxx (U.K.) Limited assigned all of the outstanding capital
stock of each of the following entities to Xxxx Xxxxxx and Company, Inc. (now known as Kid
Brands, Inc.): |
• | Xxxx Xxxxxx (Holdings) Limited; and |
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• | Xxxx Xxxxxx (Deutschland) GmbH. |
5. | LaJobi, Inc. and CoCaLo, Inc. both became subsidiaries of I&J HoldCo, Inc. in April 2008. |
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6. | I & J HoldCo., Inc. is in the process of forming two wholly-owned subsidiaries: (i) I&J
Quality Co., Ltd, a Thailand company, and (ii) I&J International (Hong Kong) Limited, a Hong
Kong company (“KBHK”); and KBHK is in the process of forming I&J Quality Consulting (Shenzhen)
Co., Ltd., to be a wholly-owned PRC (Shenzhen) company. |
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SCHEDULE 3(k)(iii)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROCEEDINGS
Two pending applications of Sassy, Inc., trademark app. no. 77/808566 (Ladybug Design) and
trademark app. no. 77/808544 (SASSY and Ladybug Design), are the subject of oppositions that were
filed in 2010 by Littlewoods in the USPTO.
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EXHIBIT 4(a)(ii)
IRREVOCABLE STOCK POWER
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to
the following Equity Interests of , a corporation:
No. of Shares | Certificate No. |
and irrevocably appoints its agent and attorney-in-fact to transfer all or
any part of such Equity Interests and to take all necessary and appropriate action to effect any
such transfer. The agent and attorney-in-fact may substitute and appoint one or more persons to
act for him.
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT 4(b)(i)
NOTICE
OF
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
IN
PATENTS
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Please be advised that pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Security and Pledge
Agreement dated as of August 8, 2011 (as the same may be amended, modified, extended or restated
from time to time, the “Agreement”) by and among the Obligors party thereto (each an
“Obligor” and collectively, the “Obligors”) and Bank of America, N.A., as
administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) for the holders of the Secured
Obligations referenced therein, the undersigned Obligor has granted a continuing security interest
in and continuing lien upon the patents and patent applications shown below to the Administrative
Agent for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Secured Obligations:
PATENTS
Description of | ||||
Patent No. | Patent Item | Date of Patent | ||
See Schedule 1 attached hereto |
PATENT APPLICATIONS
Description of | Date of | |||
Patent Applications No. | Patent Applied for | Patent Applications | ||
See Schedule 1 attached hereto |
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The undersigned Obligor and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the holders of the Secured
Obligations, hereby acknowledge and agree that the security interest in the foregoing patents and
patent applications (i) may only be terminated upon the termination of the Agreement or otherwise
in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and (ii) is not to be construed as an assignment of
any patent or patent application.
Very truly yours, |
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[Obligor] |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Acknowledged and Accepted:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent
By:
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Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
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EXHIBIT 4(b)(ii)
NOTICE
OF
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
IN
TRADEMARKS
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Please be advised that pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Security and Pledge
Agreement dated as of August 8, 2011 (as the same may be amended, modified, extended or restated
from time to time, the “Agreement”) by and among the Obligors party thereto (each an
“Obligor” and collectively, the “Obligors”) and Bank of America, N.A., as
Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”) for the holders of the Secured
Obligations referenced therein, the undersigned Obligor has granted a continuing security interest
in and continuing lien upon the trademarks and trademark applications shown below to the
Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Secured Obligations:
TRADEMARKS
Description of | ||||
Trademark No. | Trademark Item | Date of Trademark | ||
See Schedule 1 attached hereto |
TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS
Description of | Date of | |||
Trademark Applications No. | Trademark Applied for | Trademark Applications | ||
See Schedule 1 attached hereto |
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The undersigned Obligor and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the holders of the Secured
Obligations, hereby acknowledge and agree that the security interest in the foregoing trademarks
and trademark applications (i) may only be terminated upon the termination of the Agreement or
otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and (ii) is not to be construed as an
assignment of any trademark or trademark application.
Very truly yours, |
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[Obligor] |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Acknowledged and Accepted:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent
By:
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Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
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EXHIBIT 4(b)(iii)
NOTICE
OF
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
IN
COPYRIGHTS
United States Copyright Office
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Please be advised that pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Security and Pledge
Agreement dated as of August 8, 2011 (as the same may be amended, modified, extended or restated
from time to time, the “Agreement”) by and among the Obligors party thereto (each an
“Obligor” and collectively, the “Obligors”) and Bank of America, N.A., as
administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) for the holders of the Secured
Obligations referenced therein, the undersigned Obligor has granted a continuing security interest
in and continuing lien upon the copyrights and copyright applications shown below to the
Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Secured Obligations:
COPYRIGHTS
Description of | ||||
Copyright No. | Copyright Item | Date of Copyright | ||
See Schedule 1 attached hereto |
COPYRIGHT APPLICATIONS
Description of | Date of | |||
Copyright Applications No. | Copyright Applied for | Copyright Applications | ||
See Schedule 1 attached hereto |
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The undersigned Obligor and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the holders of the Secured
Obligations, hereby acknowledge and agree that the security interest in the foregoing copyrights
and copyright applications (i) may only be terminated upon the termination of the Agreement or
otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and (ii) is not to be construed as an
assignment of any copyright or copyright application.
Very truly yours, |
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[Obligor] |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Acknowledged and Accepted:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent
By:
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Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
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