SECURITY AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION COPY
This SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 21, 2010, among the
Persons listed on the signature pages hereof as “Grantors” and those additional entities that
hereafter become parties hereto by executing the form of Joinder attached hereto as Annex 1
(each, a “Grantor” and collectively, the “Grantors”), and XXXXX FARGO CAPITAL
FINANCE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“WFCF”), in its capacity as agent for
the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers (in such capacity, together with its successors and
permitted assigns in such capacity, “Agent”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement of even date herewith (as amended,
restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by
and among American Commercial Lines Inc., a Delaware corporation, Commercial Barge Line Company, a
Delaware corporation (“CBL”), American Commercial Lines LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“ACL”), ACL Transportation Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“ACLTS”) and Jeffboat LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Jeffboat”;
together with CBL, ACL and ACLTS, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a
“Borrower”, and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as the
“Borrowers”), the lenders party thereto as “Lenders” (such Lenders, together with their
respective successors and permitted assigns in such capacity, each, individually, a
“Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), and Agent, the Lender Group has agreed
to make certain financial accommodations available to Borrowers from time to time pursuant to the
terms and conditions thereof; and
WHEREAS, Agent has agreed to act as agent for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank
Product Providers in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement, this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents; and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Lender Group to enter into the Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, to induce the Bank Product Providers to enter into the Bank Product Agreements, and
to induce the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers to make financial accommodations to
Borrowers as provided for in the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Bank Product
Agreements, Grantors have agreed to grant a continuing security interest in and to the Collateral
in order to secure the complete payment, observance and performance of, among other things, the
Secured Obligations (as herein defined).
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the recitals made above and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt, sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. All initially capitalized terms used herein (including
in the preamble and recitals hereof) without definition shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in
the Credit Agreement (including Schedule 1.1 thereto). Any terms (whether capitalized or lower
case) used in this Agreement that are defined in the Code shall be construed and defined as set
forth in the Code unless otherwise defined herein or in the Credit Agreement; provided,
however, that to the extent that the Code is used to define any term used herein and if
such term is defined differently in different Articles of the Code, the definition of such term
contained in Article 9 of the Code shall govern. In addition to those terms defined elsewhere in
this Agreement, as used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Account Debtor” means an account debtor (as that term is defined in
the Code).
(b) “Activation Instruction” has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 6(k).
(c) “Agent” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to this
Agreement.
(d) “Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to this
Agreement.
(e) “Books” means books and records (including each Grantor’s Records
indicating, summarizing, or evidencing such Grantor’s assets (including the Collateral) or
liabilities, each Grantor’s Records relating to such Grantor’s business operations or financial
condition, and each Grantor’s goods or General Intangibles related to such information).
(f) “Borrowers” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals to this
Agreement.
(g) “Chattel Paper” means chattel paper (as that term is defined in the
Code), and includes tangible chattel paper and electronic chattel paper.
(h) “Code” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from
time to time; provided, however, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory
provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies with respect to
Agent’s Liens on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect
in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “Code” shall mean the Uniform
Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the
provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies.
(i) “Collateral” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.
(j) “Commercial Tort Claims” means commercial tort claims (as that term is
defined in the Code), and includes those commercial tort claims with a value in excess of
$3,500,000 listed on Schedule 1.
(k) “Controlled Account” has the meaning specified therefor in Section
6(k).
(l) “Controlled Account Agreements” means those certain control
agreements, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, each of which is executed and
delivered by a Grantor, Agent, and one of the Controlled Account Banks.
(m) “Controlled Account Bank” has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 6(k).
(n) “Copyrights” means any and all rights in any works of authorship,
including (i) copyrights and moral rights, (ii) copyright registrations and recordings thereof and
all applications in connection therewith including those listed on Schedule 2, (iii)
income, license fees, royalties, damages, and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and
with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith
and damages and payments for past, present, or future infringements thereof, (iv) the right to xxx
for past, present, and future infringements thereof, and (v) all of each Grantor’s rights
corresponding thereto throughout the world.
(o) “Copyright Security Agreement” means each Copyright Security Agreement
executed and delivered by Grantors, or any of them, and Agent, in substantially the form of
Exhibit A.
(p) “Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals
to this Agreement.
(q) “Deposit Account” means a deposit account (as that term is defined in
the Code).
(r) “Equipment” means equipment (as that term is defined in the Code).
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(s) “Existing Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor
Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2009, among The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as
Trustee, Collateral Agent and Security Trustee, the Borrowers and the other parties from time to
time party thereto.
(t) “Fixtures” means fixtures (as that term is defined in the Code).
(u) “General Intangibles” means general intangibles (as that term is
defined in the Code), and includes payment intangibles, contract rights, rights to payment, rights
under Hedge Agreements, rights arising under common law, statutes, or regulations, choses or things
in action, goodwill, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Licenses, purchase orders,
customer lists, monies due or recoverable from pension funds, route lists, rights to payment and
other rights under any royalty or licensing agreements, including Intellectual Property Licenses,
infringement claims, pension plan refunds, pension plan refund claims, insurance premium rebates,
tax refunds, and tax refund claims, interests in a partnership or limited liability company which
do not constitute a security under Article 8 of the Code, and any other personal property other
than Commercial Tort Claims, money, Accounts, Chattel Paper, Deposit Accounts, goods, Investment
Related Property, Negotiable Collateral, and oil, gas, or other minerals before extraction.
(v) “Grantor” and “Grantors” have the respective meanings
specified therefor in the preamble to this Agreement.
(w) “Intellectual Property” means any and all Patents, Copyrights,
Trademarks, trade secrets, know-how, inventions (whether or not patentable), algorithms, software
programs (including source code and object code), processes, product designs, industrial designs,
blueprints, drawings, data, customer lists, URLs and domain names, specifications, documentations,
reports, catalogs, literature, and any other forms of technology or proprietary information of any
kind, including all rights therein and all applications for registration or registrations thereof.
(x) “Intellectual Property Licenses” means, with respect to any Person
(the “Specified Party”), (i) any licenses or other similar rights provided to the Specified
Party in or with respect to Intellectual Property owned or controlled by any other Person, and (ii)
any licenses or other similar rights provided to any other Person in or with respect to
Intellectual Property owned or controlled by the Specified Party, in each case, including (A) any
software license agreements (other than license agreements for commercially available off-the-shelf
software that is generally available to the public which have been licensed to a Grantor pursuant
to end-user licenses), (B) the license agreements listed on Schedule 3, and (C) the right
to use any of the licenses or other similar rights described in this definition in connection with
the enforcement of the Lender Group’s rights under the Loan Documents.
(y) “Inventory” means inventory (as that term is defined in the Code).
(z) “Investment Related Property” means (i) any and all investment
property (as that term is defined in the Code), and (ii) any and all of the following (regardless
of whether classified as investment property under the Code): all Pledged Interests, Pledged
Operating Agreements, and Pledged Partnership Agreements.
(aa) “Joinder” means each Joinder to this Agreement executed and delivered
by Agent and each of the other parties listed on the signature pages thereto, in substantially the
form of Annex 1.
(bb) “Lender” and “Lenders” have the respective meanings specified
therefor in the recitals to this Agreement.
(cc) “Negotiable Collateral” means letters of credit, letter-of-credit
rights, instruments, promissory notes, drafts and documents (as each such term is defined in the
Code).
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(dd) “Patents” means patents and patent applications, including (i) the
patents and patent applications listed on Schedule 4, (ii) all continuations, divisionals,
continuations-in-part, re-examinations, reissues, and renewals thereof and improvements thereon,
(iii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with
respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and
damages and payments for past, present, or future infringements thereof, (iv) the right to xxx for
past, present, and future infringements thereof, and (v) all of each Grantor’s rights corresponding
thereto throughout the world.
(ee) “Patent Security Agreement” means each Patent Security Agreement
executed and delivered by Grantors, or any of them, and Agent, in substantially the form of
Exhibit B.
(ff) “Pledged Companies” means each Person listed on Schedule 6 as
a “Pledged Company”, together with each other Person, all or a portion of whose Stock is acquired
or otherwise owned by a Grantor after the Closing Date.
(gg) “Pledged Interests” means, subject to the last paragraph of
Section 2 hereof, all of each Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to all of the
Stock now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, regardless of class or designation,
including in each of the Pledged Companies, and all substitutions therefor and replacements
thereof, all proceeds thereof and all rights relating thereto, also including any certificates
representing the Stock, the right to receive any certificates representing any of the Stock, all
warrants, options, share appreciation rights and other rights, contractual or otherwise, in respect
thereof and the right to receive all dividends, distributions of income, profits, surplus, or other
compensation by way of income or liquidating distributions, in cash or in kind, and all cash,
instruments, and other property from time to time received, receivable, or otherwise distributed in
respect of or in addition to, in substitution of, on account of, or in exchange for any or all of
the foregoing.
(hh) “Pledged Interests Addendum” means a Pledged Interests Addendum
substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
(ii) “Pledged Notes” has the meaning specified therefor in Section
5(i).
(jj) “Pledged Operating Agreements” means all of each Grantor’s rights,
powers, and remedies under the limited liability company operating agreements of each of the
Pledged Companies that are limited liability companies.
(kk) “Pledged Partnership Agreements” means all of each Grantor’s rights,
powers, and remedies under the partnership agreements of each of the Pledged Companies that are
partnerships.
(ll) “Proceeds” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.
(mm) “PTO” means the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
(nn) “Real Property” means any estates or interests in real property now
owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or any Subsidiary of any Grantor and the improvements
thereto.
(oo) “Records” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or
which is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(pp) “Rescission” has the meaning specified therefor in Section
6(k).
(qq) “Secured Obligations” means each and all of the following: (a) all of
the present and future obligations of each of the Grantors arising from, or owing under or pursuant
to, this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents (including any
Guaranty), (b) all Bank Product
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Obligations, and (c) all other Obligations of Borrowers (including, in the case of each of
clauses (a), (b) and (c), reasonable attorneys fees and expenses and any interest, fees, or
expenses that accrue after the filing of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or
allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any Insolvency Proceeding).
(rr) “Securities Account” means a securities account (as that term is
defined in the Code).
(ss) “Security Interest” has the meaning specified therefor in Section
2.
(tt) “Supporting Obligations” means supporting obligations (as such term
is defined in the Code), and includes letters of credit and guaranties issued in support of
Accounts, Chattel Paper, documents, General Intangibles, instruments or Investment Related
Property.
(uu) “Trademarks” means any and all trademarks, trade names, registered
trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, registered service marks and service xxxx
applications, including (i) the trade names, registered trademarks, trademark applications,
registered service marks and service xxxx applications listed on Schedule 5, (ii) all
renewals thereof, (iii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or
payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in
connection therewith and damages and payments for past or future infringements or dilutions
thereof, (iv) the right to xxx for past, present and future infringements and dilutions thereof,
(v) the goodwill of each Grantor’s business symbolized by the foregoing or connected therewith, and
(vi) all of each Grantor’s rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
(vv) “Trademark Security Agreement” means each Trademark Security
Agreement executed and delivered by Grantors, or any of them, and Agent, in substantially the form
of Exhibit D.
(ww) “Trigger Period” means the period (a) commencing on the day that (i)
an Event of Default occurs or (ii) Availability is less than: (x) if the Interim Block is in
effect, (1) $48,750,000 for 5 consecutive Business Days, or (2) $35,000,000 at any time, and (y)
once the Interim Block has been reduced to $0, (1) the sum of $59,375,000 plus 13% of all Approved
Increases for 5 consecutive Business Days, or (2) the sum of $43,000,000 plus 13% of all Approved
Increases at any time, and (b) continuing until, during the preceding 30 calendar days at all
times, no Event of Default has existed and Availability has been greater than the threshold in
clause (a)(ii)(x)(1) or (a)(ii)(y)(1) above, as applicable; provided that following the
third termination of a Trigger Period in any twelve (12) consecutive month period, no subsequent
Trigger Period shall be terminated until such time as no Event of Default exists and Availability
has been greater than the threshold in clause (a)(ii)(x)(1) or (a)(ii)(y)(1) above, as applicable,
for 360 consecutive days.
(xx) “URL” means “uniform resource locator,” an internet web address.
2. Grant of Security. Each Grantor hereby grants, collaterally assigns,
and pledges to Agent, for the benefit of each member of the Lender Group and each of the Bank
Product Providers, to secure the Secured Obligations, a continuing security interest (hereinafter
referred to as the “Security Interest”) in all of such Grantor’s right, title, and interest
in and to the following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising and wherever located
(the “Collateral”):
(a) all of such Grantor’s Accounts;
(b) all of such Grantor’s Books;
(c) all of such Grantor’s Chattel Paper;
(d) all of such Grantor’s Deposit Accounts;
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(e) all of such Grantor’s Equipment and Fixtures;
(f) all of such Grantor’s General Intangibles;
(g) all of such Grantor’s Inventory;
(h) all of such Grantor’s Investment Related Property;
(i) all of such Grantor’s Negotiable Collateral;
(j) all of such Grantor’s Supporting Obligations;
(k) all of such Grantor’s Commercial Tort Claims;
(l) all of such Grantor’s money, Cash Equivalents, or other assets of such Grantor
that now or hereafter come into the possession, custody, or control of Agent (or its agent or
designee) or any other member of the Lender Group; and
(m) all of the proceeds (as such term is defined in the Code) and products,
whether tangible or intangible, of any of the foregoing, including proceeds of insurance or
Commercial Tort Claims covering or relating to any or all of the foregoing, and any and all
Accounts, Books, Chattel Paper, Deposit Accounts, Equipment, Fixtures, General Intangibles,
Inventory, Investment Related Property, Negotiable Collateral, Supporting Obligations, money, or
other tangible or intangible property resulting from the sale, lease, license, exchange,
collection, or other disposition of any of the foregoing, the proceeds of any award in condemnation
with respect to any of the foregoing, any rebates or refunds, whether for taxes or otherwise, and
all proceeds of any such proceeds, or any portion thereof or interest therein, and the proceeds
thereof, and all proceeds of any loss of, damage to, or destruction of the above, whether insured
or not insured, and, to the extent not otherwise included, any indemnity, warranty, or guaranty
payable by reason of loss or damage to, or otherwise with respect to any of the foregoing (the
“Proceeds”). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Proceeds”
includes whatever is receivable or received when Investment Related Property or proceeds are sold,
exchanged, collected, or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or
involuntary, and includes proceeds of any indemnity or guaranty payable to any Grantor or Agent
from time to time with respect to any of the Investment Related Property.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the term “Collateral” shall
not include: (i) voting Stock of any CFC, solely to the extent that such Stock represents more than
65% of the outstanding voting Stock of such CFC; (ii) any rights or interest in any contract,
lease, permit, license, or license agreement covering real or personal property of any Grantor if
under the terms of such contract, lease, permit, license, or license agreement, or applicable law
with respect thereto, the grant of a security interest or lien therein is prohibited as a matter of
law or under the terms of such contract, lease, permit, license, or license agreement and such
prohibition or restriction has not been waived or the consent of the other party to such contract,
lease, permit, license, or license agreement has not been obtained (provided, that, (A) the
foregoing exclusions of this clause (ii) shall in no way be construed (1) to apply to the extent
that any described prohibition or restriction is unenforceable under Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408,
or 9-409 of the Code or other applicable law, or (2) to apply to the extent that any consent or
waiver has been obtained that would permit Agent’s security interest or lien notwithstanding the
prohibition or restriction on the pledge of such contract, lease, permit, license, or license
agreement and (B) the foregoing exclusions of clauses (i) and (ii) shall in no way be construed to
limit, impair, or otherwise affect any of Agent’s, any other member of the Lender Group’s or any
Bank Product Provider’s continuing security interests in and liens upon any rights or interests of
any Grantor in or to (1) monies due or to become due under or in connection with any described
contract, lease, permit, license, license agreement, or Stock (including any Accounts or Stock), or
(2) any proceeds from the sale, license, lease, or other dispositions of any such contract, lease,
permit, license, license agreement, or Stock); (iii) any United States intent-to-use trademark
applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the grant of a security
interest
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therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark applications
under applicable federal law, provided that upon submission and acceptance by the PTO of an
amendment to allege use pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 1060(a) (or any successor provision), such
intent-to-use trademark application shall be considered Collateral; (iv) the property of any Person
designated as an Excluded Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement; (v) Equipment
or other assets or any proceeds thereof owned by any Grantor on the date hereof or hereafter
acquired that is subject to a Lien securing indebtedness in respect of purchase money financing or
Capitalized Lease Obligations permitted to be incurred pursuant to the provisions of the Credit
Agreement if the contract or other agreement in which such Lien is granted (or the documentation
providing for such indebtedness in respect of purchase money financing) prohibits the creation of
any other Lien on such Equipment, other assets or proceeds; (vi) work-in-progress and associated
property of any Grantor that is subject to any contract for the manufacture and sale of a Vessel to
a customer, to the extent such customer contract prohibits or would be violated by the grant of a
Lien securing other indebtedness of such Grantor; (vii) interests in any joint venture to the
extent and for so long as the documents governing such joint venture interests prohibit the
granting of a security interest therein; (viii) any property of a Person existing at the time such
Person is acquired or merged with and into or consolidated with a Grantor that is subject to a Lien
permitted by clause (r) of the definition of “Permitted Lien” contained in the Credit Agreement
(and any refinancing thereof permitted by clause (m) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”
contained in the Credit Agreement) to the extent and for so long as the contract or other agreement
in which such Lien is granted prohibits the creation of any other Lien on such property; (ix) the
Hall Street Terminal; and (x) any property to the extent granting any such security interest would
violate applicable law.
3. Security for Secured Obligations. The Security Interest created hereby
secures the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, whether now existing or arising
hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement secures the payment of
all amounts which constitute part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or any
of them, to Agent, the Lender Group, the Bank Product Providers or any of them, but for the fact
that they are unenforceable or not allowable (in whole or in part) as a claim in an Insolvency
Proceeding involving any Grantor due to the existence of such Insolvency Proceeding.
4. Grantors Remain Liable. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, (a) each of the Grantors shall remain liable under the contracts and agreements
included in the Collateral, including the Pledged Operating Agreements and the Pledged Partnership
Agreements, to perform all of the duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this
Agreement had not been executed, (b) the exercise by Agent or any other member of the Lender Group
of any of the rights hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations
under such contracts and agreements included in the Collateral, and (c) none of the members of the
Lender Group shall have any obligation or liability under such contracts and agreements included in
the Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall any of the members of the Lender Group be
obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any Grantors thereunder or to take any
action to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder. Until an Event of Default
shall occur and be continuing, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Credit
Agreement, or any other Loan Document, Grantors shall have the right to possession and enjoyment of
the Collateral, subject to and upon the terms hereof and of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is the intention of the parties
hereto that record and beneficial ownership of the Pledged Interests, including all voting,
consensual, dividend, and distribution rights, shall remain in the applicable Grantor until (i) the
occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default and (ii) Agent has notified the applicable
Grantor of Agent’s election to exercise such rights with respect to the Pledged Interests pursuant
to Section 15.
5. Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor hereby represents and
warrants to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, which
representations and warranties shall be true and correct, in all material respects (except that
such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that
already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof), as of the Closing Date, and
shall be true and correct, in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall
not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by
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materiality in the text thereof), as of the date of the making of each Advance (or other
extension of credit) made thereafter, as though made on and as of the date of such Advance (or
other extension of credit) (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate
solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true, correct
and complete in all material respects as of such earlier date) and such representations and
warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement:
(a) The exact legal name of each of the Grantors is set forth on the signature
pages of this Agreement or a written notice provided to Agent pursuant to Section 6.5 of
the Credit Agreement.
(b) Schedule 7 sets forth all Real Property owned by any of the Grantors
as of the Closing Date.
(c) As of the Closing Date: (i) Schedule 2 provides a complete and correct
list of all registered Copyrights owned by any Grantor and all applications for registration of
Copyrights owned by any Grantor and material to the conduct of the business of any Grantor; (ii)
Schedule 3 provides a complete and correct list of all Intellectual Property Licenses
entered into by any Grantor pursuant to which (A) any Grantor has provided any license or other
rights in Intellectual Property owned or controlled by such Grantor to any other Person other than
non-exclusive software licenses granted in the ordinary course of business or (B) any Person has
granted to any Grantor any license or other rights in registered Intellectual Property owned or
controlled by such Person that is material to the business of such Grantor, including any
Intellectual Property that is incorporated in any Inventory, software, or other product marketed,
sold, licensed, or distributed by such Grantor; (iii) Schedule 4 provides a complete and
correct list of all registered Patents owned by any Grantor and all applications for Patents owned
by any Grantor; and (iv) Schedule 5 provides a complete and correct list of all registered
Trademarks owned by any Grantor and all applications for registration of Trademarks owned by any
Grantor and material to the conduct of the business of any Grantor.
(d) (i) each Grantor owns exclusively or holds licenses in all Intellectual
Property that is necessary to the conduct of its business except as would not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; and
(ii) to each Grantor’s knowledge, no Person has infringed or misappropriated or is
currently infringing or misappropriating any Intellectual Property rights owned by such Grantor, in
each case, that either individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Change.
(e) This Agreement creates a valid security interest in the Collateral of each
Grantor, to the extent a security interest therein can be created under the Code, securing the
payment of the Secured Obligations. Except to the extent a security interest in the Collateral
cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the Code, all filings and other
actions necessary to perfect such security interest have been duly taken or will have been taken
upon the filing of financing statements listing each applicable Grantor, as a debtor, and Agent, as
secured party, in the jurisdictions listed next to such Grantor’s name on Schedule 8 as of
the Closing Date. Upon the making of such filings, Agent shall have a first priority perfected
security interest in the Collateral of each Grantor to the extent such security interest can be
perfected by the filing of a financing statement in such jurisdiction. Upon filing of the
Copyright Security Agreement with the United States Copyright Office, filing of the Patent Security
Agreement and the Trademark Security Agreement with the PTO, and the filing of appropriate
financing statements in the jurisdictions listed on Schedule 8, all action necessary to
perfect the Security Interest in and to on each Grantor’s Copyrights, Patents, or Trademarks,
respectively, has been taken and such perfected Security Interest is enforceable as such as against
any and all creditors of and purchasers from any Grantor, except as enforcement may be limited by
equitable principles or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws
relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally. All action by any Grantor necessary to
perfect such security interest on each item of Collateral (to the extent perfection is required
hereby) has been duly taken or will be taken substantially contemporaneously with the Closing Date.
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(f) (i) Except for the Security Interest created hereby, each Grantor is and will
at all times be the sole holder of record and the legal and beneficial owner, free and clear of all
Liens other than Permitted Liens, of the Pledged Interests indicated on Schedule 6 as being
owned by such Grantor as of the date hereof and, when acquired by such Grantor, any Pledged
Interests acquired after the Closing Date; (ii) all of the Pledged Interests owned by such Grantor
are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and the Pledged Interests
constitute or will constitute the percentage of the issued and outstanding Stock of the Pledged
Companies of such Grantor identified on Schedule 6 as supplemented or modified by any
Pledged Interests Addendum or any Joinder to this Agreement; (iii) such Grantor has the right and
requisite authority to pledge the Investment Related Property pledged by such Grantor to Agent as
provided herein; (iv) all actions necessary to perfect and establish the first priority of Agent’s
Liens in the Investment Related Property, and the proceeds thereof, have been duly taken, upon (A)
the execution and delivery of this Agreement; (B) the taking of possession by Agent (or its agent
or designee) of any certificates representing the Pledged Interests, together with undated powers
(or other documents of transfer reasonably acceptable to Agent) endorsed in blank by the applicable
Grantor; (C) the filing of financing statements in the applicable jurisdiction set forth on
Schedule 8 as of the date hereof for such Grantor with respect to the Pledged Interests of
such Grantor that are not represented by certificates, and (D) with respect to any Securities
Accounts, the delivery of Controlled Account Agreements with respect thereto; and (v) each Grantor
has delivered to and deposited with Agent all certificates representing the Pledged Interests owned
by such Grantor to the extent such Pledged Interests are represented by certificates, and undated
powers (or other documents of transfer reasonably acceptable to Agent) endorsed in blank with
respect to such certificates. None of the Pledged Interests owned or held by such Grantor has been
issued or transferred in violation of any securities registration, securities disclosure, or
similar laws of any jurisdiction to which such issuance or transfer may be subject.
(g) No consent, approval, authorization, or other order or other action by, and no
notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or, in the case of clause (ii), any other
Person (except to the extent that the failure to obtain any such consent, approval, authorization,
or other order or other action from such other Person could not individually or in the aggregate
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change) is required (i) for the grant of a
Security Interest by such Grantor in and to the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement or for the
execution, delivery, or performance of this Agreement by such Grantor, or (ii) for the exercise by
Agent of the voting or other rights provided for in this Agreement with respect to the Investment
Related Property or the remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, except as
may be required in connection with such disposition of Investment Related Property by laws
affecting the offering and sale of securities generally. No Intellectual Property License
described in clause (i) of the definition thereof of any Grantor that is necessary to the conduct
of such Grantor’s business requires any consent of any other Person in order for such Grantor to
grant the security interest granted hereunder in such Grantor’s right, title or interest in or to
such Intellectual Property License except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Change.
(h) [Intentionally Omitted]
(i) Except as would not have a Material Adverse Change, to our knowledge, there is no default,
breach, violation, or event of acceleration existing under any promissory note (as defined in the
Code) constituting Collateral and pledged hereunder (each a “Pledged Note”) and no event
has occurred or circumstance exists which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or
both, would constitute a default, breach, violation, or event of acceleration under any Pledged
Note. No Grantor that is an obligee under a Pledged Note has waived any material default, breach,
violation, or event of acceleration under such Pledged Note.
(j) As to all limited liability company or partnership interests, issued under any Pledged
Operating Agreement or Pledged Partnership Agreement, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants
that the Pledged Interests issued pursuant to such agreement (A) are not dealt in or traded on
securities exchanges or in
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securities markets, (B) do not constitute investment company securities, and (C) are not held
by such Grantor in a securities account.
6. Covenants. Each Grantor, jointly and severally, covenants and agrees
with Agent that from and after the date of this Agreement and until the date of termination of this
Agreement in accordance with Section 22:
(a) Possession of Collateral. In the event that any Collateral, including
Proceeds, is evidenced by or consists of Negotiable Collateral, Investment Related Property, or
Chattel Paper, in each case, having an aggregate value or face amount of $750,000 or more for all
such Negotiable Collateral, Investment Related Property, or Chattel Paper, the Grantors shall
promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after receipt thereof (or such longer
period as Agent in its Permitted Discretion may agree)), notify Agent thereof, and if and to the
extent that perfection or priority of Agent’s Security Interest is dependent on or enhanced by
possession, the applicable Grantor, promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days (or
such longer period as Agent in its Permitted Discretion may agree) after written request by Agent,
shall execute such other documents and instruments as shall be reasonably requested by Agent or, if
applicable, endorse and deliver physical possession of such Negotiable Collateral, Investment
Related Property, or Chattel Paper to Agent, together with such undated powers (or other relevant
document of transfer reasonably acceptable to Agent) endorsed in blank as shall be reasonably
requested by Agent, and shall do such other acts or things deemed reasonably necessary by Agent to
protect Agent’s Security Interest therein;
(b) Chattel Paper.
(i) Promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days (or such longer
period as Agent in its Permitted Discretion may agree)) after written request by Agent, each
Grantor shall take all steps reasonably necessary to grant Agent control of all electronic Chattel
Paper in accordance with the Code and all “transferable records” as that term is defined in Section
16 of the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act and Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures
in Global and National Commerce Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction, to the extent that
the aggregate value or face amount of such electronic Chattel Paper equals or exceeds $750,000;
(ii) If any Grantor retains possession of any Chattel Paper or instruments (which
retention of possession shall be subject to the extent permitted hereby and by the Credit
Agreement), promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days (or such longer period as
Agent in its Permitted Discretion may agree)) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and at the
reasonable request of Agent, such Chattel Paper and instruments shall be marked with the following
legend: “This writing and the obligations evidenced or secured hereby are subject to the Security
Interest of Xxxxx Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Agent for the benefit of the Lender Group and the
Bank Product Providers”;
(c) Control Agreements.
(i) Except to the extent otherwise excused by the Credit Agreement, each Grantor
shall obtain an authenticated Control Agreement (which may include a Controlled Account Agreement),
from each bank maintaining a Deposit Account for such Grantor;
(ii) Except to the extent otherwise excused by the Credit Agreement (including
Section 6.11), each Grantor shall obtain an authenticated Control Agreement, from each
issuer of uncertificated securities, securities intermediary, or commodities intermediary issuing
or holding any financial assets, commodities or other investment property to or for any Grantor
(d) Letter-of-Credit Rights. If the Grantors (or any of them) are or
become the beneficiary of letters of credit having a face amount or value of $750,000 or more in
the aggregate, then the applicable Grantor or Grantors shall promptly (and in any event within ten
(10) Business Days (or such longer
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period as Agent in its Permitted Discretion may agree) after becoming a beneficiary), notify
Agent thereof and, promptly after written request by Agent, use commercially reasonable efforts to
enter into a tri-party agreement with Agent and the issuer or confirming bank with respect to
letter-of-credit rights assigning such letter-of-credit rights to Agent and directing all payments
thereunder to Agent’s Account, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent;
(e) Commercial Tort Claims. If the Grantors (or any of them) obtain
Commercial Tort Claims having a value, or involving an asserted claim, for which the Grantors (or
any of them) has an interest therein in the amount of $3,500,000 or more in the aggregate for all
Commercial Tort Claims, then the applicable Grantor or Grantors shall promptly (and in any event
within ten (10) Business Days (or such longer period as Agent in its Permitted Discretion may
agree) of obtaining such Commercial Tort Claim)), notify Agent upon incurring or otherwise
obtaining such Commercial Tort Claims and, promptly and in any event within ten (10) Business Days
(or such longer period as Agent in its Permitted Discretion may agree) after request by Agent,
amend Schedule 1 to describe such Commercial Tort Claims in a manner that reasonably
identifies such Commercial Tort Claims and which is otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and
hereby authorizes the filing of additional financing statements or amendments to existing financing
statements describing such Commercial Tort Claims, and agrees to do such other acts or things
deemed necessary by Agent to give Agent a first priority, perfected security interest in any such
Commercial Tort Claim;
(f) Government Contracts. Other than Accounts and Chattel Paper the
aggregate value of which does not at any one time exceed $500,000, if any Account or Chattel Paper
arises out of a contract or contracts with the United States of America or any department, agency,
or instrumentality thereof, Grantors shall promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business (or
such longer period as Agent in its Permitted Discretion may agree) of the creation thereof) notify
Agent thereof and, promptly after written request by Agent, execute any instruments or use
commercially reasonable efforts to take any steps reasonably required by Agent in order that all
moneys due or to become due under such contract or contracts shall be collaterally assigned to
Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, and shall provide
written notice thereof under the Assignment of Claims Act or other applicable law;
(g) Intellectual Property.
(i) Upon the request of Agent, in order to facilitate filings with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, each Grantor shall
execute and deliver to Agent one or more Copyright Security Agreements, Trademark Security
Agreements, or Patent Security Agreements to further evidence Agent’s Liens on such Grantor’s
Patents, Trademarks, or Copyrights, and the General Intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or
represented thereby;
(ii) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change, each Grantor shall have the duty, with respect to Intellectual Property that is necessary
in the conduct of such Grantor’s business, to protect and diligently enforce and defend at such
Grantor’s expense its Intellectual Property, including (A) to diligently enforce and defend,
including promptly suing for infringement, misappropriation, or dilution and to recover any and all
damages for such infringement, misappropriation, or dilution, and filing for opposition,
interference, and cancellation against conflicting Intellectual Property rights of any Person, (B)
to prosecute diligently any trademark application or service xxxx application that is part of the
Trademarks pending as of the date hereof or hereafter until the termination of this Agreement, (C)
to prosecute diligently any patent application that is part of the Patents pending as of the date
hereof or hereafter until the termination of this Agreement, and (D) to take all reasonable and
necessary action to preserve and maintain all of such Grantor’s Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights,
Intellectual Property Licenses, and its rights therein, including paying all maintenance fees and
filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, and affidavits of noncontestability. Each
Grantor further agrees not to abandon any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property License
that is necessary in the conduct of such Grantor’s business except as would not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. Each Grantor hereby agrees to take the steps
described in this Section 6(g)(ii) with respect to all new or acquired Intellectual
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Property to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is now or later becomes entitled that is
necessary in the conduct of such Grantor’s business except as would not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Change;
(iii) Grantors acknowledge and agree that the Lender Group shall have no duties
with respect to any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Licenses of any Grantor.
Without limiting the generality of this Section 6(g)(iii), Grantors acknowledge and agree
that no member of the Lender Group shall be under any obligation to take any steps necessary to
preserve rights in the Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property
Licenses against any other Person, but any member of the Lender Group may do so at its option from
and after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, and all expenses
incurred in connection therewith (including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and other
professionals) shall be for the sole account of Borrowers and shall be chargeable to the Loan
Account;
(iv) [Intentionally Omitted;]
(v) [Intentionally Omitted;]
(vi) On each date on which a Compliance Certificate is delivered by Borrower
pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Credit Agreement, each Grantor shall provide Agent with a
written report of all new Patents or Trademarks that are registered or the subject of pending
applications for registrations, and of all Intellectual Property Licenses that are material to the
conduct of such Grantor’s business, in each case, which were acquired, registered, or for which
applications for registration were filed by any Grantor during the prior period and any statement
of use or amendment to allege use with respect to intent-to-use trademark applications. In each of
the foregoing cases, the applicable Grantor shall promptly cause to be prepared, executed, and
delivered to Agent supplemental schedules to the applicable Loan Documents to identify such Patent
and Trademark registrations and applications therefor (with the exception of Trademark applications
filed on an intent-to-use basis for which no statement of use or amendment to allege use has been
filed) and Intellectual Property Licenses as being subject to the security interests created
thereunder;
(vii) Anything to the contrary in this Agreement notwithstanding, in no event
shall any Grantor, either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee, or designee, file an
application for the registration of any Copyright with the United States Copyright Office or any
similar office or agency in another country without giving Agent written notice thereof promptly
(and in any event within ten (10) Business Days of such filing thereof (or such longer period as
Agent in its Permitted Discretion may agree)) and complying with Section 6(g)(i). Upon
receipt from the United States Copyright Office of notice of registration of any Copyright, each
Grantor shall promptly (but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days following receipt of such
notice (or such longer period as Agent in its Permitted Discretion may agree)) notify (but without
duplication of any notice required by Section 6(g)(vii)) Agent of such registration by
delivering, or causing to be delivered, to Agent, documentation sufficient for Agent to perfect
Agent’s Liens on such Copyright. If any Grantor acquires from any Person any Copyright registered
with the United States Copyright Office or an application to register any Copyright with the United
States Copyright Office, such Grantor shall promptly (but in no event later than ten (10) Business
Days (or such longer period as Agent in its Permitted Discretion may agree) following such
acquisition) notify Agent of such acquisition and deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Agent,
documentation sufficient for Agent to perfect Agent’s Liens on such Copyright. In the case of such
Copyright registrations or applications therefor which were acquired by any Grantor, each such
Grantor shall promptly (but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days (or such longer period as
Agent in its Permitted Discretion may agree) following such acquisition) file the necessary
documents with the appropriate Governmental Authority identifying the applicable Grantor as the
owner (or as a co-owner thereof, if such is the case) of such Copyrights;
(viii) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change, each Grantor shall take reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of, and otherwise
protect and enforce its rights in, the Intellectual Property that is necessary in the conduct of
such Grantor’s business; and
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(ix) No Grantor shall enter into any material Intellectual Property License to
receive any license or rights in any Intellectual Property of any other Person unless such Grantor
has used commercially reasonable efforts to permit the assignment of or grant of a security
interest in such Intellectual Property License (and all rights of Grantor thereunder) to the (and
any transferees of Agent).
(h) Investment Related Property.
(i) If any Grantor shall acquire, obtain, receive or become entitled to receive
any Pledged Interests after the Closing Date, it shall promptly (and in any event within ten (10)
Business Days (or such longer period as Agent in its Permitted Discretion may agree) of acquiring
or obtaining such Collateral) deliver to Agent a duly executed Pledged Interests Addendum
identifying such Pledged Interests;
(ii) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
following the request of Agent, all sums of money and property paid or distributed in respect of
the Investment Related Property that are received by any Grantor shall be held by the Grantors in
trust for the benefit of Agent segregated from such Grantor’s other property, and such Grantor
shall deliver it forthwith to Agent in the exact form received;
(iii) No Grantor shall make or consent to any amendment or other modification or
waiver with respect to any Pledged Interests, Pledged Operating Agreement, or Pledged Partnership
Agreement, or enter into any agreement or permit to exist any restriction with respect to any
Pledged Interests if the same would be prohibited by Section 6.7(b)(ii) of the Credit Agreement;
(iv) Each Grantor agrees that it will cooperate with Agent in obtaining all
reasonably necessary approvals and making all reasonably necessary filings under federal, state, or
local law to effect the perfection of the Security Interest on the Investment Related Property or
to effect any sale or transfer thereof;
(v) As to all limited liability company or partnership interests, issued under any
Pledged Operating Agreement or Pledged Partnership Agreement and held by any Grantor, each Grantor
hereby covenants that the Pledged Interests issued pursuant to such agreement (A) are not and shall
not be dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or in securities markets, (B) do not and will not
constitute investment company securities, and (C) are not and will not be held by such Grantor in a
securities account.
(i) Real Property; Fixtures. Each Grantor covenants and agrees that upon
the acquisition of any fee interest in Real Property with a value in excess of $5,000,000 it will
promptly notify Agent of the acquisition of such Real Property and will grant to Agent, for the
benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, a first priority Mortgage on each fee
interest in Real Property now or hereafter owned by such Grantor and shall deliver such other
documentation and opinions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, in connection
with the grant of such Mortgage as Agent shall reasonably request in its Permitted Discretion and
such Grantor shall pay all recording costs, intangible taxes and other fees and costs (including
reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) incurred in connection therewith. Each Grantor
acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all of the Collateral
shall remain personal property regardless of the manner of its attachment or affixation to real
property;
(j) Transfers and Other Liens. Grantors shall not (i) sell, assign (by
operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any of
the Collateral, except as expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement, or (ii) create or permit to
exist any Lien upon or with respect to any of the Collateral of any Grantor, except for Permitted
Liens. The inclusion of Proceeds in the Collateral shall not be deemed to constitute Agent’s
consent to any sale or other disposition of any of the Collateral except as expressly permitted in
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents;
(k) Controlled Accounts.
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(i) Each Grantor shall (A) establish and maintain cash management services of a
type and on terms reasonably satisfactory to Agent at one or more of the banks set forth on
Schedule 6(k) (each a “Controlled Account Bank”), and (B) deposit or cause to be
deposited promptly, and in any event no later than the third Business Day after the date of receipt
thereof, all of their Collections (including those sent directly by their Account Debtors to a
Grantor) into a bank account of such Grantor (each, a “Controlled Account”) at one of the
Controlled Account Banks.
(ii) Each Grantor shall establish and maintain Controlled Account Agreements with
Agent and the applicable Controlled Account Bank, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
Agent. Each such Controlled Account Agreement shall provide, among other things, that (A) the
Controlled Account Bank will comply with any instructions originated by Agent directing the
disposition of the funds in such Controlled Account without further consent by the applicable
Grantor, (B) the Controlled Account Bank waives, subordinates, or agrees not to exercise any rights
of setoff or recoupment or any other claim against the applicable Controlled Account other than for
payment of its service fees and other charges directly related to the administration of such
Controlled Account and for returned checks or other items of payment or otherwise agrees to terms
regarding setoff or recoupment acceptable to Agent in its Permitted Discretion and (C) upon the
instruction of Agent (an “Activation Instruction”), the Controlled Account Bank will
forward by daily sweep all amounts in the applicable Controlled Account to the Agent’s Account, or
comply with such other instructions as Agent shall specify. Agent agrees not to issue an
Activation Instruction with respect to the Controlled Accounts unless a Trigger Period has
commenced and is continuing at the time such Activation Instruction is issued. Agent agrees to use
commercially reasonable efforts to rescind an Activation Instruction (the “Rescission”) if:
(1) the Trigger Period upon which such Activation Instruction was issued has ended in accordance
with the definition thereof, and (2) no additional Trigger Period has occurred and is continuing
prior to the date of the Rescission.
(iii) So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
Borrowers may amend Schedule 6(k) to add or replace a Controlled Account Bank or Controlled
Account; provided, however, that (A) such prospective Controlled Account Bank shall
be reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and (B) prior to the time of, or substantially
contemporaneously with, the opening of such Controlled Account, the applicable Grantor and such
prospective Controlled Account Bank shall have executed and delivered to Agent a Controlled Account
Agreement. Each Grantor shall close any of its Controlled Accounts (and establish replacement
Controlled Account accounts in accordance with the foregoing sentence) as promptly as practicable
and in any event within forty-five (45) days of notice from Agent that the operating performance,
funds transfer, or availability procedures or performance of the Controlled Account Bank with
respect to Controlled Account Accounts or Agent’s liability under any Controlled Account Agreement
with such Controlled Account Bank is no longer acceptable in Agent’s reasonable judgment; and
(l) Pledged Notes. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change, Grantors without the prior written consent of Agent, will not (A) waive or release
any obligation of any Person that is obligated under any of the Pledged Notes, or (B) other than
Permitted Dispositions or other transactions permitted under the Credit Agreement, assign or
surrender their rights and interests under any of the Pledged Notes or terminate, cancel, modify,
change, supplement or amend the Pledged Notes.
7. Relation to Other Security Documents. The provisions of this Agreement
shall be read and construed with the other Loan Documents referred to below in the manner so
indicated.
(a) Credit Agreement. In the event of any conflict between any provision
in this Agreement and a provision in the Credit Agreement, such provision of the Credit Agreement
shall control.
(b) Patent, Trademark, Copyright Security Agreements. The provisions of
the Copyright Security Agreements, Trademark Security Agreements, and Patent Security Agreements
are supplemental to the provisions of this Agreement, and nothing contained in the Copyright
Security Agreements, Trademark
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Security Agreements, or the Patent Security Agreements shall limit any of the rights or
remedies of Agent hereunder. In the event of any conflict between any provision in this Agreement
and a provision in a Copyright Security Agreement, Trademark Security Agreement or Patent Security
Agreement, such provision of this Agreement shall control.
8. Further Assurances.
(a) Each Grantor agrees that from time to time, at its own expense, such Grantor
will promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further
action, that Agent may reasonably request, in order to perfect and protect the Security Interest
granted hereby, to create, perfect or protect the Security Interest purported to be granted hereby
or to enable Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any of
the Collateral.
(b) Each Grantor authorizes the filing by Agent of financing or continuation
statements, or amendments thereto, and such Grantor will execute and deliver to Agent such other
instruments or notices, as Agent may reasonably request, in order to perfect and preserve the
Security Interest granted or purported to be granted hereby.
(c) Each Grantor authorizes Agent at any time and from time to time to file,
transmit, or communicate, as applicable, financing statements and amendments (i) describing the
Collateral as “all personal property of debtor” or “all assets of debtor” or words of similar
effect, (ii) describing the Collateral as being of equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, or
(iii) that contain any information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the Code for the sufficiency
or filing office acceptance. Each Grantor also hereby ratifies any and all financing statements or
amendments previously filed by Agent in any jurisdiction.
(d) Each Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing
statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement filed in
connection with this Agreement without the prior written consent of Agent, subject to such
Grantor’s rights under Section 9-509(d)(2) of the Code.
9. Agent’s Right to Perform Contracts, Exercise Rights, etc. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent (or its designee) (a) may
proceed to perform any and all of the obligations of any Grantor contained in any contract, lease,
or other agreement and exercise any and all rights of any Grantor therein contained as fully as
such Grantor itself could, (b) shall have the right to use any Grantor’s rights under Intellectual
Property Licenses in connection with the enforcement of Agent’s rights hereunder, including the
right to prepare for sale and sell any and all Inventory and Equipment now or hereafter owned by
any Grantor and now or hereafter covered by such licenses, and (c) shall have the right to request
that any Stock that is pledged hereunder be registered in the name of Agent or any of its nominees.
10. Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably
appoints Agent its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and
in the name of such Grantor or otherwise, at such time as an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing under the Credit Agreement, to take any action and to execute any instrument which Agent
may reasonably deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including:
(a) to ask, demand, collect, xxx for, recover, compromise, receive and give
acquittance and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in connection with the Accounts
or any other Collateral of such Grantor;
(b) to receive and open all mail addressed to such Grantor and to notify postal
authorities to change the address for the delivery of mail to such Grantor to that of Agent;
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(c) to receive, indorse, and collect any drafts or other instruments, documents,
Negotiable Collateral or Chattel Paper;
(d) to file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings which Agent
may deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral of such Grantor or
otherwise to enforce the rights of Agent with respect to any of the Collateral;
(e) to repair, alter, or supply goods, if any, necessary to fulfill in whole or in
part the purchase order of any Person obligated to such Grantor in respect of any Account of such
Grantor;
(f) to use any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Licenses of such
Grantor, including but not limited to any labels, Patents, Trademarks, trade names, URLs, domain
names, industrial designs, Copyrights, or advertising matter, in preparing for sale, advertising
for sale, or selling Inventory or other Collateral and to collect any amounts due under Accounts,
contracts or Negotiable Collateral of such Grantor; and
(g) Agent, on behalf of the Lender Group or the Bank Product Providers, shall have
the right, but shall not be obligated, to bring suit in its own name to enforce the Intellectual
Property and Intellectual Property Licenses and, if Agent shall commence any such suit, the
appropriate Grantor shall, at the request of Agent, do any and all lawful acts and execute any and
all proper documents reasonably required by Agent in aid of such enforcement.
To the extent permitted by law, each Grantor hereby ratifies all that such attorney-in-fact
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is coupled with an
interest and shall be irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated.
11. Agent May Perform. If any Grantor fails to perform any agreement
contained herein resulting in an Event of Default, Agent may itself perform, or cause performance
of, such agreement, and the reasonable expenses of Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be
payable, jointly and severally, by Grantors.
12. Agent’s Duties. The powers conferred on Agent hereunder are solely to
protect Agent’s interest in the Collateral, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank
Product Providers, and shall not impose any duty upon Agent to exercise any such powers. Except
for the safe custody of any Collateral in its actual possession and the accounting for moneys
actually received by it hereunder, Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral or as to the
taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or any other rights
pertaining to any Collateral. Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the
custody and preservation of any Collateral in its actual possession if such Collateral is accorded
treatment substantially equal to that which Agent accords its own property.
13. Collection of Accounts, General Intangibles and Negotiable Collateral.
At any time upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent or
Agent’s designee may (a) notify Account Debtors of any Grantor that the Accounts, General
Intangibles, Chattel Paper or Negotiable Collateral of such Grantor have been assigned to Agent,
for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, or that Agent has a security
interest therein, and (b) collect the Accounts, General Intangibles and Negotiable Collateral of
any Grantor directly, and any collection costs and expenses shall constitute part of such Grantor’s
Secured Obligations under the Loan Documents.
14. Disposition of Pledged Interests by Agent. None of the Pledged
Interests existing as of the date of this Agreement are, and none of the Pledged Interests
hereafter acquired on the date of acquisition thereof will be, registered or qualified under the
various federal or state securities laws of the United States and disposition thereof after an
Event of Default may be restricted to one or more private (instead of public) sales in view of the
lack of such registration. Each Grantor understands that in connection with such disposition,
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Agent may approach only a restricted number of potential purchasers and further understands
that a sale under such circumstances may yield a lower price for the Pledged Interests than if the
Pledged Interests were registered and qualified pursuant to federal and state securities laws and
sold on the open market. Each Grantor, therefore, agrees that: (a) if Agent shall, pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement, sell or cause the Pledged Interests or any portion thereof to be sold
at a private sale, Agent shall have the right to rely upon the advice and opinion of any nationally
recognized brokerage or investment firm (but shall not be obligated to seek such advice and the
failure to do so shall not be considered in determining the commercial reasonableness of such
action) as to the best manner in which to offer the Pledged Interest or any portion thereof for
sale and as to the best price reasonably obtainable at the private sale thereof; and (b) such
reliance shall be conclusive evidence that Agent has handled the disposition in a commercially
reasonable manner.
15. Voting and Other Rights in Respect of Pledged Interests.
(a) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, (i)
Agent may, at its option, and with two (2) Business Days prior notice to any Grantor, and in
addition to all rights and remedies available to Agent under any other agreement, at law, in
equity, or otherwise, exercise all voting rights, or any other ownership or consensual rights
(including any dividend or distribution rights) in respect of the Pledged Interests owned by such
Grantor, but under no circumstances is Agent obligated by the terms of this Agreement to exercise
such rights, and (ii) if Agent duly exercises its right to vote any of such Pledged Interests, each
Grantor hereby appoints Agent, such Grantor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and IRREVOCABLE
PROXY to vote such Pledged Interests in any manner Agent deems advisable for or against all matters
submitted or which may be submitted to a vote of shareholders, partners or members, as the case may
be. The power-of-attorney and proxy granted hereby is coupled with an interest and shall be
irrevocable.
(b) For so long as any Grantor shall have the right to vote the Pledged Interests
owned by it, such Grantor covenants and agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent
of Agent, vote or take any consensual action with respect to such Pledged Interests which would
materially adversely affect the value of the Pledged Interests.
16. Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default:
(a) Agent may, and, at the instruction of the Required Lenders, shall exercise in
respect of the Collateral, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for herein, in the
other Loan Documents, or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party
on default under the Code or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, each Grantor expressly agrees that, in any such event, Agent without demand of
performance or other demand, advertisement or notice of any kind (except a notice specified below
of time and place of public or private sale) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and
each of which demands, advertisements and notices are hereby expressly waived to the maximum extent
permitted by the Code or any other applicable law), may take immediate possession of all or any
portion of the Collateral and (i) require Grantors to, and each Grantor hereby agrees that it will
at its own expense and upon request of Agent forthwith, assemble all or part of the Collateral as
directed by Agent and make it available to Agent at one or more locations where such Grantor
regularly maintains Inventory, and (ii) without notice except as specified below, sell the
Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any of Agent’s
offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit, and upon such other terms as Agent may deem commercially
reasonable. Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at
least ten (10) days notice to the applicable Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or
the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification and
specifically such notice shall constitute a reasonable “authenticated notification of disposition”
within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the Code. Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of
Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. 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 Grantor
agrees that the internet shall constitute a “place” for purposes of Section 9-610(b) of the Code.
Each Grantor agrees that any sale of Collateral to a licensor pursuant to the terms of a license
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agreement between such licensor and a Grantor is sufficient to constitute a commercially
reasonable sale (including as to method, terms, manner, and time) within the meaning of Section
9-610 of the Code.
(b) Agent is hereby granted a license or other right to use, without liability for
royalties or any other charge, each Grantor’s Intellectual Property, including but not limited to,
any labels, Patents, Trademarks, trade names, URLs, domain names, industrial designs, Copyrights,
and advertising matter, whether owned by any Grantor or with respect to which any Grantor has
rights under license, sublicense, or other agreements (including any Intellectual Property
License), as it pertains to the Collateral, in preparing for sale, advertising for sale and selling
any Collateral, and each Grantor’s rights under all licenses and all franchise agreements shall
inure to the benefit of Agent.
(c) Agent may, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for herein, in
the other Loan Documents, or otherwise available to it under applicable law and without the
requirement of notice to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (which notice is hereby expressly
waived to the maximum extent permitted by the Code or any other applicable law), (i) with respect
to any Grantor’s Deposit Accounts in which Agent’s Liens are perfected by control under Section
9-104 of the Code, instruct the bank maintaining such Deposit Account for the applicable Grantor to
pay the balance of such Deposit Account to or for the benefit of Agent, and (ii) with respect to
any Grantor’s Securities Accounts in which Agent’s Liens are perfected by control under Section
9-106 of the Code, instruct the securities intermediary maintaining such Securities Account for the
applicable Grantor to (A) transfer any cash in such Securities Account to or for the benefit of
Agent, or (B) liquidate any financial assets in such Securities Account that are customarily sold
on a recognized market and transfer the cash proceeds thereof to or for the benefit of Agent.
(d) Any cash held by Agent as Collateral and all cash proceeds received by Agent
in respect of any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the
Collateral shall be applied against the Secured Obligations in the order set forth in the Credit
Agreement. In the event the proceeds of Collateral are insufficient to satisfy all of the Secured
Obligations in full, each Grantor shall remain jointly and severally liable for any such
deficiency.
(e) Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that the Secured Obligations arise out of a
commercial transaction, and agrees that if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing Agent
shall have the right to an immediate writ of possession without notice of a hearing.
17. Remedies Cumulative. Each right, power, and remedy of Agent, any
other member of the Lender Group, or any Bank Product Provider as provided for in this Agreement,
the other Loan Documents or any Bank Product Agreement now or hereafter existing at law or in
equity or by statute or otherwise shall be cumulative and concurrent and shall be in addition to
every other right, power, or remedy provided for in this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and
the Bank Product Agreements or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or
otherwise, and the exercise or beginning of the exercise by Agent, any other member of the Lender
Group, or any Bank Product Provider, of any one or more of such rights, powers, or remedies shall
not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by Agent, such other member of the Lender Group or
such Bank Product Provider of any or all such other rights, powers, or remedies.
18. Marshaling. Agent shall not be required to marshal any present or
future collateral security (including but not limited to the Collateral) for, or other assurances
of payment of, the Secured Obligations or any of them or to resort to such collateral security or
other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of its rights and remedies hereunder
and in respect of such collateral security and other assurances of payment shall be cumulative and
in addition to all other rights and remedies, however existing or arising. To the extent that it
lawfully may, each Grantor hereby agrees that it will not invoke any law relating to the marshaling
of collateral which might cause delay in or impede the enforcement of Agent’s rights and remedies
under this Agreement or under any other instrument creating or evidencing any of the Secured
Obligations or under which any of the Secured Obligations is outstanding or by which any of the
Secured Obligations is
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secured or payment thereof is otherwise assured, and, to the extent that it lawfully may, each
Grantor hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of all such laws.
19. Indemnity and Expenses.
(a) Each Grantor agrees to indemnify Agent and the other members of the Lender
Group from and against all claims, lawsuits and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys fees)
growing out of or resulting from this Agreement (including enforcement of this Agreement) or any
other Loan Document to which such Grantor is a party to the same extent contemplated by Section
10.3 of the Credit Agreement. This provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement and
the Credit Agreement and the repayment of the Secured Obligations.
(b) Grantors, jointly and severally, shall pay to Agent (or Agent, may charge to
the Loan Account) all the Lender Group Expenses which Agent may incur in connection with (i) the
administration of this Agreement, (ii) the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or, upon an
Event of Default, the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral in
accordance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iii) the exercise or enforcement of
any of the rights of Agent hereunder or (iv) the failure by any Grantor to perform or observe any
of the provisions hereof at the times contemplated by Section 17.10 of the Credit Agreement.
20. Merger, Amendments; Etc. THIS AGREEMENT, TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS, REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY
EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO
UNWRITTEN AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and no
consent to any departure by any Grantor herefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by Agent, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in
the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No amendment of any provision
of this Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent and
each Grantor to which such amendment applies.
21. Addresses for Notices. All notices and other communications provided
for hereunder shall be given in the form and manner and delivered to Agent at its address specified
in the Credit Agreement, and to any of the Grantors at their respective addresses specified in the
Credit Agreement or Guaranty, as applicable, or, as to any party, at such other address as shall be
designated by such party in a written notice to the other party.
22. Continuing Security Interest: Assignments under Credit Agreement.
This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall (a) remain
in full force and effect until the Obligations have been paid in full in accordance with the
provisions of the Credit Agreement and the Revolver Commitments have expired or have been
terminated, (b) be binding upon each Grantor, and their respective successors and assigns, and (c)
inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, Agent, and its successors, permitted transferees
and permitted assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c), any Lender
may, in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, assign or otherwise transfer all or
any portion of its rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement to any other Person, and such
other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such
Lender herein or otherwise. Upon payment in full of the Secured Obligations in accordance with the
provisions of the Credit Agreement and the expiration or termination of the Revolver Commitments,
the Security Interest granted hereby shall terminate, any Liens arising therefrom shall be
automatically released, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to Grantors or any other
Person entitled thereto. At such time, Agent will authorize the filing of appropriate termination
statements to terminate such Security Interests. Upon the consummation of any transaction
permitted by the Credit Agreement as a result of which a Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary of
any Borrower or becomes an Excluded Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall automatically be released
from its obligations hereunder and the Security Interest in the Collateral of such Subsidiary shall
be automatically
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released. Upon any sale or transfer by any Grantor of any Collateral that is permitted under
the Credit Agreement (other than a sale or transfer to another Loan Party), or upon the
effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any
Collateral pursuant to Section 14.1 of the Credit Agreement, the Security Interest in such
Collateral shall be automatically released. In connection with any termination or release pursuant
to this Section 22, Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to Grantor, at such Grantor’s
expense, all documents that such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or
release and shall perform such other actions reasonably requested by such Grantor to effect such
release, including delivery of certificates, securities, instruments and written releases,
terminations and similar documents. No transfer or renewal, extension, assignment, or termination
of this Agreement or of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any other instrument or
document executed and delivered by any Grantor to Agent nor any additional Advances or other loans
made by any Lender to Borrowers, nor the taking of further security, nor the retaking or
re-delivery of the Collateral to Grantors, or any of them, by Agent, nor any other act of the
Lender Group or the Bank Product Providers, or any of them, shall release any Grantor from any
obligation, except a release or discharge executed in writing by Agent in accordance with the
provisions of the Credit Agreement. Agent shall not by any act, delay, omission or otherwise, be
deemed to have waived any of its rights or remedies hereunder, unless such waiver is in writing and
signed by Agent and then only to the extent therein set forth. A waiver by Agent of any right or
remedy on any occasion shall not be construed as a bar to the exercise of any such right or remedy
which Agent would otherwise have had on any other occasion.
23. Governing Law.
(a) THE VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND
ENFORCEMENT HEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING
HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, STATE OF NEW YORK;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR
OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT
ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. AGENT AND
EACH GRANTOR WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT
THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT
ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 23(b).
(c) TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR
HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR
ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT
CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. AGENT
AND EACH GRANTOR REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY
WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
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24. New Subsidiaries. Pursuant to Section 5.11 of the Credit
Agreement, certain Subsidiaries (whether by acquisition or creation) of any Grantor are required to
enter into this Agreement by executing and delivering in favor of Agent a Joinder to this Agreement
in substantially the form of Annex 1. Upon the execution and delivery of Annex 1
by any such new Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall become a Grantor hereunder with the same force
and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein. The execution and delivery of any
instrument adding an additional Grantor as a party to this Agreement shall not require the consent
of any Grantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in
full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor hereunder.
25. Agent. Each reference herein to any right granted to, benefit
conferred upon or power exercisable by the “Agent” shall be a reference to Agent, for the benefit
of each member of the Lender Group and each of the Bank Product Providers.
26. Miscellaneous.
(a) This Agreement is a Loan Document. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when
executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together,
shall constitute but one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this
Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective
as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement. Any party delivering an
executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission
also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Agreement but the failure to deliver an
original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of
this Agreement. The foregoing shall apply to each other Loan Document mutatis mutandis.
(b) Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable shall be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof in that jurisdiction or affecting the validity or enforceability of
such provision in any other jurisdiction. Each provision of this Agreement shall be severable from
every other provision of this Agreement for the purpose of determining the legal enforceability of
any specific provision.
(c) Headings and numbers have been set forth herein for convenience only. Unless
the contrary is compelled by the context, everything contained in each Section applies equally to
this entire Agreement.
(d) Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein shall be
construed against any member of the Lender Group or any Grantor, whether under any rule of
construction or otherwise. This Agreement has been reviewed by all parties and shall be construed
and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used so as to accomplish fairly the
purposes and intentions of all parties hereto.
(e) The pronouns used herein shall include, when appropriate, either gender and
both singular and plural, and the grammatical construction of sentences shall conform thereto.
(f) Unless the context of this Agreement clearly requires otherwise, references to
the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the terms
“includes” and “including” are not limiting, and the term “or” has, except where otherwise
indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or”. The words “hereof”, “herein”,
“hereby”, “hereunder”, and similar terms in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular provision of this Agreement. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and
exhibit references herein are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this
Agreement to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments,
changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and
supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations,
amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders,
and supplements set forth
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herein). The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash,
securities, accounts, and contract rights. Any reference herein to the satisfaction, repayment, or
payment in full of the Secured Obligations shall mean the repayment in full (or, (a) in the case of
contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit, providing Letter of Credit
Collateralization, and (b) in the case of obligations with respect to Bank Products (other than
Hedge Obligations), providing Bank Product Collateralization) of all of the Secured Obligations
(including the payment of any termination amount then applicable (or which would or could become
applicable as a result of the repayment of the other Secured Obligations) under Hedge Agreements
provided by Hedge Providers) other than (i) unasserted contingent indemnification Secured
Obligations, (ii) any Bank Product Obligations (other than Hedge Obligations) that, at such time,
are allowed by the applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding without being required to
be repaid or cash collateralized, and (iii) any Hedge Obligations that, at such time, are allowed
by the applicable Hedge Provider to remain outstanding without being required to be repaid. Any
reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns.
Any requirement of a writing contained herein shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record.
(g) All of the annexes, schedules and exhibits attached to this Agreement shall be
deemed incorporated herein by reference.
(h) The parties hereto agree and acknowledged that (i) it is intended that the
Collateral shall be deemed to be “Revolving Facility Collateral” (as such term is defined in the
Existing Intercreditor Agreement) and this Agreement is intended to be the “Revolving Facility
Security Agreement (as such term is defined in the Existing Intercreditor Agreement) under the
Existing Intercreditor Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
GRANTORS: | AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES INC., a Delaware corporation |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
COMMERCIAL BARGE LINE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
ACL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
JEFFBOAT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
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AGENT: | XXXXX FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Director |
ANNEX 1 TO SECURITY AGREEMENT
FORM OF JOINDER
FORM OF JOINDER
Joinder No. ____ (this “Joinder”), dated as of _______________, to the Security
Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), by and among each of the parties listed on
the signature pages thereto and those additional entities that thereafter become parties thereto
(collectively, jointly and severally, “Grantors” and each, individually, a
“Grantor”) and XXXXX FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“WFCF”), in its capacity as agent for the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers (in
such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, “Agent”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of December 21, 2010 (as amended,
restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by
and among American Commercial Lines Inc., a Delaware corporation, Commercial Barge Line Company, a
Delaware corporation (“CBL”), American Commercial Lines LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“ACL”), ACL Transportation Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“ACLTS”) and Jeffboat LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Jeffboat”;
together with CBL, ACL and ACLTS, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a
“Borrower”, and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as the
“Borrowers”), the lenders party thereto as “Lenders” (such Lenders, together with their
respective successors and permitted assigns in such capacity, each, individually, a
“Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), and Agent, the Lender Group has agreed
to make certain financial accommodations available to Borrowers from time to time pursuant to the
terms and conditions thereof; and
WHEREAS, initially capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings assigned to such terms in the Security Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the
Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Grantors have entered into the Security Agreement in order to induce the Lender Group
to make certain financial accommodations to Borrowers; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5.11 of the Credit Agreement and Section 24 of
the Security Agreement, certain Subsidiaries of the Loan Parties must execute and deliver certain
Loan Documents, including the Security Agreement, and the joinder to the Security Agreement by the
undersigned new Grantor or Grantors (collectively, the “New Grantors”) may be accomplished
by the execution of this Joinder in favor of Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the
Bank Product Providers; and
WHEREAS, each New Grantor (a) is a Subsidiary or parent company of Borrowers and, as such,
will benefit by virtue of the financial accommodations extended to Borrowers by the Lender Group or
the Bank Product Providers and (b) by becoming a Loan Party will benefit from certain rights
granted to the Loan Parties pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents and the Bank Product
Agreements;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each New Grantor
hereby agrees as follows:
1. In accordance with Section 24 of the Security Agreement, each New
Grantor, by its signature below, becomes a “Grantor” under the Security Agreement with the same
force and effect as if originally named therein as a “Grantor” and each New Grantor hereby (a)
agrees to all of the terms and provisions of the Security Agreement applicable to it as a “Grantor”
thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a
“Grantor” thereunder are true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality
qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that are already qualified
or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the date hereof. In furtherance of
the foregoing, each New Grantor does hereby grant, collaterally assign, and pledge to Agent, for
the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, to secure the Secured
Obligations, a continuing security interest in and to all of such New Grantor’s right, title
and interest in and to the Collateral. Schedule 1, “Commercial Tort Claims”, Schedule
2, “Copyrights”, Schedule 3, “Intellectual Property Licenses”, Schedule 4,
“Patents”, Schedule 5, “Trademarks”, Schedule 6, “Pledged Companies”, Schedule
6(k), “Controlled Account Banks”, Schedule 7, “Owned Real Property”, and Schedule
8, “List of Uniform Commercial Code Filing Jurisdictions” attached hereto supplement Schedule
1, Schedule 2, Schedule 3, Schedule 4, Schedule 5, Schedule 6, Schedule 6(k), Schedule 7 and
Schedule 8, respectively, to the Security Agreement and shall be deemed a part thereof for all
purposes of the Security Agreement. Each reference to a “Grantor” in the Security Agreement shall
be deemed to include each New Grantor. The Security Agreement is incorporated herein by reference.
Each New Grantor authorizes Agent at any time and from time to time to file, transmit, or
communicate, as applicable, financing statements and amendments thereto (i) describing the
Collateral as “all personal property of debtor” or “all assets of debtor” or words of similar
effect, (ii) describing the Collateral as being of equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, or
(iii) that contain any information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the Code for the sufficiency
or filing office acceptance. Each New Grantor also hereby ratifies any and all financing
statements or amendments previously filed by Agent in any jurisdiction in connection with the Loan
Documents.
2. Each New Grantor represents and warrants to Agent, the Lender Group and the
Bank Product Providers that this Joinder has been duly executed and delivered by such New Grantor
and constitutes its legal, valid, and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with
its terms, except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium, or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered
in a proceeding at law or in equity).
3. This Joinder is a Loan Document. This Joinder may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and
delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall
constitute but one and the same Joinder. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Joinder by
telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery
of an original executed counterpart of this Joinder. Any party delivering an executed counterpart
of this Joinder by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an
original executed counterpart of this Joinder but the failure to deliver an original executed
counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Joinder.
4. The Security Agreement, as supplemented hereby, shall remain in full force and
effect.
5. THE VALIDITY OF THIS JOINDER, THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT
HEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR
RELATED HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
6. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS JOINDER SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, STATE OF NEW YORK;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER
PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT ELECTS TO
BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. AGENT AND EACH NEW
GRANTOR WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE
DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 6.
7. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AGENT AND EACH NEW GRANTOR
HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY
TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS JOINDER OR ANY OF THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS,
AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. AGENT AND EACH NEW GRANTOR REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS
REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING
CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS JOINDER MAY BE FILED
AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Joinder to the Security Agreement to
be executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
NEW GRANTORS: | [NAME OF NEW GRANTOR] |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
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AGENT: | XXXXX FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO JOINDER NO. ___ TO SECURITY AGREEMENT]
EXHIBIT A
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT
This COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Copyright Security Agreement”) is made this
___ day of ___________, 20__, by and among Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof
(collectively, jointly and severally, “Grantors” and each individually “Grantor”),
and XXXXX FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“WFCF”), in its
capacity as agent for the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers (in such capacity, together
with its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity, “Agent”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of December 21, 2010 (as amended,
restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by
and among American Commercial Lines Inc., a Delaware corporation, Commercial Barge Line Company, a
Delaware corporation (“CBL”), American Commercial Lines LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“ACL”), ACL Transportation Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“ACLTS”) and Jeffboat LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Jeffboat”;
together with CBL, ACL and ACLTS, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a
“Borrower”, and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as the
“Borrowers”), the lenders party thereto as “Lenders” (such Lenders, together with their
respective successors and assigns in such capacity, each, individually, a “Lender” and,
collectively, the “Lenders”), and Agent, the Lender Group has agreed to make certain
financial accommodations available to Borrowers from time to time pursuant to the terms and
conditions thereof; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Lender Group are willing to make the financial accommodations to
Borrowers as provided for in the Credit Agreement, but only upon the condition, among others, that
Grantors shall have executed and delivered to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the
Bank Product Providers, that certain Security Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2010 (including
all annexes, exhibits or schedules thereto, as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the “Security Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security Agreement, Grantors are required to execute and deliver to
Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, this Copyright Security
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, Grantors hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINED TERMS. All initially capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement or, if not defined
therein, in the Credit Agreement.
2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN COPYRIGHT COLLATERAL. Each Grantor
hereby grants, collaterally assigns, and pledges to Agent, for the benefit each member of the
Lender Group and each of the Bank Product Providers, to secure the Secured Obligations, a
continuing security interest (referred to in this Copyright Security Agreement as the “Security
Interest”) in all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to the following, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired or arising (collectively, the “Copyright Collateral”):
(a) all of such Grantor’s Copyrights and Copyright Intellectual Property Licenses
to which it is a party including those referred to on Schedule I;
(b) all renewals or extensions of the foregoing; and
(c) all products and proceeds of the foregoing, including any claim by such
Grantor against third parties for past, present or future infringement of any Copyright or any
Copyright exclusively licensed under any Intellectual Property License, including the right to
receive damages, or the right to receive license fees, royalties, and other compensation under any
Copyright Intellectual Property License.
3. SECURITY FOR SECURED OBLIGATIONS. This Copyright Security Agreement
and the Security Interest created hereby secures the payment and performance of the Secured
Obligations, whether now existing or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, this Copyright Security Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which constitute
part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or any of them, to Agent, the Lender
Group, the Bank Product Providers or any of them, whether or not they are unenforceable or not
allowable due to the existence of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Grantor.
4. SECURITY AGREEMENT. The Security Interest granted pursuant to this
Copyright Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to
Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, pursuant to the Security
Agreement. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Agent with
respect to the Security Interest in the Copyright Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully
set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by
reference herein as if fully set forth herein. To the extent there is any inconsistency between
this Copyright Security Agreement and the Security Agreement, the Security Agreement shall control.
5. AUTHORIZATION TO SUPPLEMENT. Without limiting Grantors’ obligations
under this Section, Grantors hereby authorize Agent unilaterally to modify this Copyright Security
Agreement by amending Schedule I to include any future United States registered copyrights
or applications therefor of each Grantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure to so modify
this Copyright Security Agreement or amend Schedule I shall in any way affect, invalidate
or detract from Agent’s continuing security interest in all Collateral, whether or not listed on
Schedule I.
6. COUNTERPARTS. This Copyright Security Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when
executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together,
shall constitute but one and the same Copyright Security Agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of this Copyright Security Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of
transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this
Copyright Security Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Copyright
Security Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver
an original executed counterpart of this Copyright Security Agreement but the failure to deliver an
original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of
this Copyright Security Agreement.
7. CONSTRUCTION. This Copyright Security Agreement is a Loan Document.
Unless the context of this Copyright Security Agreement clearly requires otherwise, references to
the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the terms
“includes” and “including” are not limiting, and the term “or” has, except where otherwise
indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or”. The words “hereof”, “herein”,
“hereby”, “hereunder”, and similar terms in this Copyright Security Agreement refer to this
Copyright Security Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Copyright
Security Agreement. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to
this Copyright Security Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Copyright
Security Agreement to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations,
amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders,
and supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such
alterations, amendments, changes, extensions,
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modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set forth
herein). The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect
and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash,
securities, accounts, and contract rights. Any reference herein to the satisfaction, repayment, or
payment in full of the Secured Obligations shall mean the repayment in full (or, (a) in the case of
contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit, providing Letter of Credit
Collateralization, and (b) in the case of obligations with respect to Bank Products (other than
Hedge Obligations), providing Bank Product Collateralization) of all of the Secured Obligations
(including the payment of any termination amount then applicable (or which would or could become
applicable as a result of the repayment of the other Secured Obligations) under Hedge Agreements
provided by Hedge Providers) other than (i) unasserted contingent indemnification Secured
Obligations, (ii) any Bank Product Obligations (other than Hedge Obligations) that, at such time,
are allowed by the applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding without being required to
be repaid or cash collateralized, and (iii) any Hedge Obligations that, at such time, are allowed
by the applicable Hedge Provider to remain outstanding without being required to be repaid. Any
reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted
assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained herein shall be satisfied by the transmission of a
Record.
8. THE VALIDITY OF THIS COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT, THE CONSTRUCTION,
INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL
MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
9. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND, TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, STATE OF NEW YORK;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR
OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT
ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. AGENT AND
EACH GRANTOR WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT
THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT
ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 9.
10. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR
HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR
ARISING OUT OF THIS COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN,
INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR
STATUTORY CLAIMS. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH
KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN
CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Copyright Security Agreement to be
executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
AGENT: |
ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY: XXXXX FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
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EXHIBIT B
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
This PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Patent Security Agreement”) is made this ___ day
of ___________, 20__, by and among the Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively,
jointly and severally, “Grantors” and each individually “Grantor”), and XXXXX FARGO
CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“WFCF”), in its capacity as
agent for the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers (in such capacity, together with its
successors and permitted assigns in such capacity, “Agent”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of December 21, 2010 (as amended,
restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by
and among American Commercial Lines Inc., a Delaware corporation, Commercial Barge Line Company, a
Delaware corporation (“CBL”), American Commercial Lines LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“ACL”), ACL Transportation Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“ACLTS”) and Jeffboat LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Jeffboat”;
together with CBL, ACL and ACLTS, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a
“Borrower”, and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as the
“Borrowers”), the lenders party thereto as “Lenders” (such Lenders, together with their
respective successors and assigns in such capacity, each, individually, a “Lender” and,
collectively, the “Lenders”), and Agent, the Lender Group has agreed to make certain
financial accommodations available to Borrowers from time to time pursuant to the terms and
conditions thereof; and
WHEREAS, the members of Lender Group are willing to make the financial accommodations to
Borrowers as provided for in the Credit Agreement, but only upon the condition, among others, that
the Grantors shall have executed and delivered to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and
the Bank Product Providers, that certain Security Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2010
(including all annexes, exhibits or schedules thereto, as from time to time amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Security Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security Agreement, Grantors are required to execute and deliver to
Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, this Patent Security
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, each Grantor hereby agrees as follows:
1. DEFINED TERMS. All initially capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement or, if not defined
therein, in the Credit Agreement.
2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT COLLATERAL. Each Grantor hereby
grants, collaterally assigns, and pledges to Agent, for the benefit each member of the Lender Group
and each of the Bank Product Providers, to secure the Secured Obligations, a continuing security
interest (referred to in this Patent Security Agreement as the “Security Interest”) in all
of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to the following, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired or arising (collectively, the “Patent Collateral”):
(a) all of its Patents and Patent Intellectual Property Licenses to which it is a party
including those referred to on Schedule I;
(b) all divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations, or
extensions of the foregoing; and
(c) all products and proceeds of the foregoing, including any claim by such Grantor against
third parties for past, present or future infringement of any Patent or any Patent exclusively
licensed under any Intellectual Property License, including the right to receive damages, or right
to receive license fees, royalties, and other compensation under any Patent Intellectual Property
License.
3. SECURITY FOR SECURED OBLIGATIONS. This Patent Security Agreement and
the Security Interest created hereby secures the payment and performance of the Secured
Obligations, whether now existing or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, this Patent Security Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which constitute part
of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or any of them, to Agent, the Lender
Group, the Bank Product Providers or any of them, whether or not they are unenforceable or not
allowable due to the existence of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Grantor.
4. SECURITY AGREEMENT. The Security Interest granted pursuant to this
Patent Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to Agent,
for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, pursuant to the Security
Agreement. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Agent with
respect to the Security Interest in the Patent Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully
set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by
reference herein as if fully set forth herein. To the extent there is any inconsistency between
this Patent Security Agreement and the Security Agreement, the Security Agreement shall control.
5. AUTHORIZATION TO SUPPLEMENT. If any Grantor shall obtain rights to any
new patent application or issued patent or become entitled to the benefit of any patent application
or patent for any divisional, continuation, continuation-in-part, reissue, or reexamination of any
existing patent or patent application, the provisions of this Patent Security Agreement shall
automatically apply thereto. Grantors shall give prompt notice in writing to Agent with respect to
any such new patent rights. Without limiting Grantors’ obligations under this Section, Grantors
hereby authorize Agent unilaterally to modify this Patent Security Agreement by amending
Schedule I to include any such new patent rights of each Grantor. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no failure to so modify this Patent Security Agreement or amend Schedule I shall
in any way affect, invalidate or detract from Agent’s continuing security interest in all
Collateral, whether or not listed on Schedule I.
6. COUNTERPARTS. This Patent Security Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when
executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together,
shall constitute but one and the same Patent Security Agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of this Patent Security Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of
transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this
Patent Security Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Patent Security
Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an
original executed counterpart of this Patent Security Agreement but the failure to deliver an
original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of
this Patent Security Agreement.
7. CONSTRUCTION. This Patent Security Agreement is a Loan Document.
Unless the context of this Patent Security Agreement clearly requires otherwise, references to the
plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the terms “includes”
and “including” are not limiting, and the term “or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the
inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or”. The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereby”,
“hereunder”, and similar terms in this Patent Security Agreement refer to this Patent Security
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Patent Security Agreement.
Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Patent
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Security Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Patent Security
Agreement to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments,
changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and
supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations,
amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders,
and supplements set forth herein). The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the
same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties,
including cash, securities, accounts, and contract rights. Any reference herein to the
satisfaction, repayment, or payment in full of the Secured Obligations shall mean the repayment in
full (or, (a) in the case of contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of
Credit, providing Letter of Credit Collateralization, and (b) in the case of obligations with
respect to Bank Products (other than Hedge Obligations), providing Bank Product Collateralization)
of all of the Secured Obligations (including the payment of any termination amount then applicable
(or which would or could become applicable as a result of the repayment of the other Secured
Obligations) under Hedge Agreements provided by Hedge Providers) other than (i) unasserted
contingent indemnification Secured Obligations, (ii) any Bank Product Obligations (other than Hedge
Obligations) that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Bank Product Provider to remain
outstanding without being required to be repaid or cash collateralized, and (iii) any Hedge
Obligations that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Hedge Provider to remain outstanding
without being required to be repaid. Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to
include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained
herein shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record.
8. THE VALIDITY OF THIS PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT, THE CONSTRUCTION,
INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL
MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
9. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND, TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, STATE OF NEW YORK;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR
OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT
ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. AGENT AND
EACH GRANTOR WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT
THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT
ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 9.
10. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR
HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR
ARISING OUT OF THIS PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN,
INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR
STATUTORY CLAIMS. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH
KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN
CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Patent Security Agreement to be
executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
GRANTORS: | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
AGENT: | ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY: XXXXX FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
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Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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EXHIBIT C
PLEDGED INTERESTS ADDENDUM
This Pledged Interests Addendum, dated as of _________ __, 20___ (this “Pledged Interests
Addendum”), is delivered pursuant to Section 6 of the Security Agreement referred to below.
The undersigned hereby agrees that this Pledged Interests Addendum may be attached to that certain
Security Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), made by the undersigned, together
with the other Grantors named therein, to XXXXX FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, as Agent. Initially capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have
the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Security Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the
Credit Agreement. The undersigned hereby agrees that the additional interests listed on
Schedule I shall be and become part of the Pledged Interests pledged by the undersigned to
Agent in the Security Agreement and any pledged company set forth on Schedule I shall be
and become a “Pledged Company” under the Security Agreement, each with the same force and effect as
if originally named therein.
This Pledged Interests Addendum is a Loan Document. Delivery of an executed counterpart of
this Pledged Interests Addendum by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall
be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Pledged Interests
Addendum. If the undersigned delivers an executed counterpart of this Pledged Interests Addendum
by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission, the undersigned shall also deliver an
original executed counterpart of this Pledged Interests Addendum but the failure to deliver an
original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of
this Pledged Interests Addendum.
The undersigned hereby certifies that the representations and warranties set forth in Section
5 of the Security Agreement of the undersigned are true and correct as to the Pledged Interests
listed herein on and as of the date hereof.
THE VALIDITY OF THIS PLEDGED INTERESTS ADDENDUM, THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND
ENFORCEMENT HEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING
HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PLEDGED
INTERESTS ADDENDUM SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE, AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT,
AT AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR
WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON
CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
PARAGRAPH.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR HEREBY WAIVE THEIR
RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS
PLEDGED INTERESTS ADDENDUM OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT
CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY
CLAIMS. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH
KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS PLEDGED INTERESTS ADDENDUM MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN
CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Pledged Interests Addendum to be executed
and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
[___________________]
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Name: | ||||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT D
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
This TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Trademark Security Agreement”) is made this
___ day of ___________, 20__, by and among Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof
(collectively, jointly and severally, “Grantors” and each individually “Grantor”),
and XXXXX FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“WFCF”), in its
capacity as agent for the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers (in such capacity, together
with its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity, “Agent”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of December 21, 2010 (as amended,
restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by
and among American Commercial Lines Inc., a Delaware corporation, Commercial Barge Line Company, a
Delaware corporation (“CBL”), American Commercial Lines LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“ACL”), ACL Transportation Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“ACLTS”) and Jeffboat LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Jeffboat”;
together with CBL, ACL and ACLTS, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a
“Borrower”, and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as the
“Borrowers”), the lenders party thereto as “Lenders” (such Lenders, together with their
respective successors and assigns in such capacity, each, individually, a “Lender” and,
collectively, the “Lenders”), and Agent, the Lender Group has agreed to make certain
financial accommodations available to Borrowers from time to time pursuant to the terms and
conditions thereof; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Lender Group are willing to make the financial accommodations to
Borrowers as provided for in the Credit Agreement, but only upon the condition, among others, that
Grantors shall have executed and delivered to Agent, for the benefit of Lender Group and the Bank
Product Providers, that certain Security Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2010 (including all
annexes, exhibits or schedules thereto, as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the “Security Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security Agreement, Grantors are required to execute and deliver to
Agent, for the benefit of Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, this Trademark Security
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, each Grantor hereby agrees as follows:
1. DEFINED TERMS. All initially capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement or, if not defined
therein, in the Credit Agreement.
2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN TRADEMARK COLLATERAL. Each Grantor
hereby grants, collaterally assigns, and pledges to Agent, for the benefit each member of the
Lender Group and each of the Bank Product Providers, to secure the Secured Obligations, a
continuing security interest (referred to in this Trademark Security Agreement as the “Security
Interest”) in all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to the following, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired or arising (collectively, the “Trademark Collateral”):
(a) all of its Trademarks and Trademark Intellectual Property Licenses to which it
is a party including those referred to on Schedule I;
(b) all goodwill of the business connected with the use of, and symbolized by,
each Trademark and each Trademark Intellectual Property License; and
(c) all products and proceeds (as that term is defined in the Code) of the
foregoing, including any claim by such Grantor against third parties for past, present or future
(i) infringement or dilution of any Trademark or any Trademarks exclusively licensed under any
Intellectual Property License, including right to receive any damages, (ii) injury to the goodwill
associated with any Trademark, or (iii) right to receive license fees, royalties, and other
compensation under any Trademark Intellectual Property License.
3. SECURITY FOR SECURED OBLIGATIONS. This Trademark Security Agreement
and the Security Interest created hereby secures the payment and performance of the Secured
Obligations, whether now existing or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, this Trademark Security Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which constitute
part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or any of them, to Agent, the Lender
Group, the Bank Product Providers or any of them, whether or not they are unenforceable or not
allowable due to the existence of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Grantor.
4. SECURITY AGREEMENT. The Security Interest granted pursuant to this
Trademark Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to
Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, pursuant to the Security
Agreement. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Agent with
respect to the Security Interest in the Trademark Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully
set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by
reference herein as if fully set forth herein. To the extent there is any inconsistency between
this Trademark Security Agreement and the Security Agreement, the Security Agreement shall control.
5. AUTHORIZATION TO SUPPLEMENT. If any Grantor shall obtain rights to any
new trademarks, the provisions of this Trademark Security Agreement shall automatically apply
thereto. Grantors shall give prompt notice in writing to Agent with respect to any such new
trademarks or renewal or extension of any trademark registration. Without limiting Grantors’
obligations under this Section, Grantors hereby authorize Agent unilaterally to modify this
Trademark Security Agreement by amending Schedule I to include any such new trademark
rights of each Grantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure to so modify this Trademark
Security Agreement or amend Schedule I shall in any way affect, invalidate or detract from
Agent’s continuing security interest in all Collateral, whether or not listed on Schedule
I.
6. COUNTERPARTS. This Trademark Security Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when
executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together,
shall constitute but one and the same Trademark Security Agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of this Trademark Security Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of
transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this
Trademark Security Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Trademark
Security Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver
an original executed counterpart of this Trademark Security Agreement but the failure to deliver an
original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of
this Trademark Security Agreement.
7. CONSTRUCTION. This Trademark Security Agreement is a Loan Document.
Unless the context of this Trademark Security Agreement clearly requires otherwise, references to
the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the terms
“includes” and “including” are not limiting, and the term “or” has, except where otherwise
indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or”. The words “hereof”, “herein”,
“hereby”, “hereunder”, and similar terms in this Trademark Security Agreement refer to this
Trademark Security Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Trademark
Security Agreement. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to
this
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Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Trademark Security Agreement to
any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments, changes,
extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements,
thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations, amendments,
changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and
supplements set forth herein). The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the
same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties,
including cash, securities, accounts, and contract rights. Any reference herein to the
satisfaction, repayment, or payment in full of the Secured Obligations shall mean the repayment in
full (or, (a) in the case of contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of
Credit, providing Letter of Credit Collateralization, and (b) in the case of obligations with
respect to Bank Products (other than Hedge Obligations), providing Bank Product Collateralization)
of all of the Secured Obligations (including the payment of any termination amount then applicable
(or which would or could become applicable as a result of the repayment of the other Secured
Obligations) under Hedge Agreements provided by Hedge Providers) other than (i) unasserted
contingent indemnification Secured Obligations, (ii) any Bank Product Obligations (other than Hedge
Obligations) that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Bank Product Provider to remain
outstanding without being required to be repaid or cash collateralized, and (iii) any Hedge
Obligations that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Hedge Provider to remain outstanding
without being required to be repaid. Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to
include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained
herein shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record.
8. THE VALIDITY OF THIS TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT, THE CONSTRUCTION,
INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL
MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
9. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND, TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, STATE OF NEW YORK;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR
OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT
ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. AGENT AND
EACH GRANTOR WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT
THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT
ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 9.
10. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR
HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR
ARISING OUT OF THIS TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN,
INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR
STATUTORY CLAIMS. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH
KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN
CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trademark Security Agreement to be
executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
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AGENT: | ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY: XXXXX FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
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Trademarks Not Currently In Use
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