PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT Dated as of September 14, 2007 among INTERNAP NETWORK SERVICES CORPORATION, and CERTAIN OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES party hereto from time to time, as Grantors, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
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Dated
as
of September 14, 2007
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among
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INTERNAP
NETWORK SERVICES CORPORATION,
and
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CERTAIN
OF ITSΒ SUBSIDIARIES
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party
hereto from time to time,
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as
Grantors,
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and
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BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.,
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as
Administrative Agent.
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Article |
Section
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Page
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ARTICLE IΒ |
DEFINITIONS
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1
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SECTION
1.01
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Credit
Agreement Definitions and Construction
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1
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SECTION
1.02
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UCC
Definitions
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2
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SECTION
1.03
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Other
Defined Terms
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2
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ARTICLE II |
PLEDGED
COLLATERAL
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9
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SECTION
2.01
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Pledged
Collateral
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9
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SECTION
2.02
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Delivery
of the Pledged Collateral
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Β |
10
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SECTION
2.03
|
Agreements
of Issuers
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10
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SECTION
2.04
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Representations,
Warranties and Covenants with respect to Pledged
Collateral
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11
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SECTION
2.05
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Voting
Rights; Dividends and Interest, etc
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13
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SECTION
2.06
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Registration
in Nominee Name; Denominations
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15
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SECTION
2.07
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Release;
Termination
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15
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ARTICLE III |
SECURITY
INTERESTS IN PERSONAL PROPERTY
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15
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SECTION
3.01
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The
Security Interests
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15
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SECTION
3.02
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Filing
Authorization
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17
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SECTION
3.03
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Continuing
Security Interest; Transfer of Credit Extensions
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17
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SECTION
3.04
|
Grantors
Remain Liable
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18
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SECTION
3.05
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Security
Interest Absolute
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18
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SECTION
3.06
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Waiver
of Subrogation
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19
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SECTION
3.07
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Release;
Termination
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19
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ARTICLE IV |
PERFECTION
OF SECURITY INTERESTS;Β Β REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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20
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SECTION
4.01
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Perfection
of Security Interest
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20
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SECTION
4.02
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Representations
and Warranties
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24
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ARTICLE V |
COVENANTS
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25
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SECTION
5.01
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Perfection
of Security Interests
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25
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SECTION
5.02
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Covenants
Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral
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27
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ARTICLE VI |
REMEDIES;
RIGHTS UPON DEFAULT
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29
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SECTION
6.01
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Remedies
upon Default
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29
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SECTION
6.02
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Application
of Proceeds
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31
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SECTION
6.03
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Grant
of License to Use Intellectual Property
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31
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SECTION
6.04
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Securities
Act, etc
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31
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SECTION
6.05
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Expenses;
Indemnification
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32
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ARTICLE VII |
MISCELLANEOUS
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33
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SECTION
7.01
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Notices
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33
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SECTION
7.02
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Amendments,
etc.; Additional Grantors; Successors and Assigns
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33
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SECTION
7.03
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Survival
of Agreement
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34
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SECTION
7.04
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Administrative
Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact
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34
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SECTION
7.05
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Counterparts
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35
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SECTION
7.06
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Severability
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35
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SECTION
7.07
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GOVERNING
LAW; JURISDICTION; ETC
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35
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SECTION
7.08
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
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36
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SECTION
7.09
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ENTIRE
AGREEMENT
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37
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SECTION
7.10
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Mortgages
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37
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SECTION
7.11
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No
Waiver; Remedies
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37
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SECTION
7.12
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Headings
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37
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i
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Schedules
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Schedule
1
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Subsidiary
Grantors
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Schedule
2
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Commercial
Tort Claims
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Schedule
3
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Place
of Incorporation, Organizational Numbers, Chief Executive Office
and
Principal Place of Business; Locations of
Records
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Schedule
4
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Pledged
Collateral
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Schedule
5
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Locations
and Descriptions of Equipment and
Inventory
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Schedule
6
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Trade
Names, Division Names, etc.
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Schedule
7
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Required
Filings and Recordings; Existing
Liens
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Schedule
8
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Patents
and Patent Applications
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Schedule
9
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Trademarks
and Trademark Applications
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Schedule
10
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Copyrights
and Copyright Applications
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Schedule
11
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Licenses
and Material Contracts
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Schedule
12
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Deposit
Accounts and Security Accounts
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Schedule
13
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Real
Property and Leased Real Property and Motor
Vehicles
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Exhibits
|
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Exhibit
A
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Form
of Security Agreement Supplement
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Exhibit
B
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Form
of Acknowledgment and Agreement
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Exhibit
C
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Form
of IP Security Agreement Supplement
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ii
This
PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of September 14, 2007
(this βAgreementβ), among INTERNAP NETWORK SERVICES
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the βBorrowerβ), each
Subsidiary (such term and the other capitalized terms used herein shall have
the
meanings assigned thereto in Article I of this Agreement) of the Borrower
identified on the signature pages hereof and each Subsidiary of the Borrower
that hereafter becomes a party hereto from time to time pursuant to a Joinder
Agreement (all such Subsidiaries, the βSubsidiary Grantorsβ and, together
with the Borrower, hereinafter collectively referred to as the
βGrantorsβ, and each individually as a βGrantorβ) and BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
βAdministrative Agentβ) for the Secured Parties.
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RECITALS
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WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended,
amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
the
βCredit Agreementβ), among the Borrower, the Lenders from time to time
party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line
Lender and L/C Issuer party thereto, and the other Loan Documents referred
to
therein, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the other Secured Parties have agreed
to make and continue to make Credit Extensions to or for the benefit of the
Borrower;
Β
WHEREAS,
the obligations of the Lenders to make and continue to make such Credit
Extensions under the Credit Agreement are conditioned upon, among other things,
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each Grantor; and
Β
WHEREAS,
to obtain such benefits each Grantor is willing to xxxxx x Xxxx on the
Collateral of such Grantor in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit
of the Secured Parties as collateral security for its Obligations as hereinafter
provided;
Β
NOW
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of
which are hereby acknowledged, each Grantor hereby agrees, for the benefit
of
each Secured Party, as follows:
Β
ARTICLE
I
Β
DEFINITIONS
Β
SECTION
1.01Β Β Credit
Agreement Definitions and Construction.Β Β Capitalized terms used in
this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified
in
Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement.Β Β The rules of
construction specified in Sections 1.02 through 1.03 of the Credit
Agreement also apply to this Agreement.
Β
SECTION
1.02Β Β UCC
Definitions.Β Β All terms defined in the UCC and not defined in this
Agreement have the meanings specified therein.
Β
SECTION
1.03Β Β Other
Defined Terms.Β Β As used in this Agreement, the following terms
have the meanings specified below:
Β
Β
βAccountβ
means a right to payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by
performance (and shall include invoices, contracts, rights, accounts receivable,
notes, refunds, indemnities, interest, late charges, fees, undertakings, and
all
other obligations and amounts owing to any Grantor from any Person): (a) for
property that has been or is to be sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise
disposed of; (b) for services rendered or to be rendered; (c) for a policy
of
insurance issued or to be issued; (d) for a secondary obligation incurred or
to
be incurred; (e) for energy provided or to be provided; or (f) arising out
of
the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on or for use with
the card.
Β
βAccount
Control Agreementβ means an account control agreement in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, entered into among a
Grantor, the Administrative Agent and the bank or Securities Intermediary where
a Deposit Account or Securities Account, respectively, of such Grantor is
maintained.
Β
βAccount
Debtorβ means any Person who is or who may become obligated to any Grantor
under, with respect to or on account of an Account.
Β
βAcknowledgment
and Agreementβ means an acknowledgment in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, or otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, with respect to the collateral assignment by the
applicable Grantor hereunder of its rights under any Material Contract, duly
executed by the other party or parties to such Material Contract.
Β
βAdministrative
Agentβ has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
Β
βBorrowerβ
has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
Β
βChattel
Paperβ means a record or records that evidence both a monetary obligation
and a security interest in specific goods, a security interest in specific
goods
and software used in the goods, a security interest in specific goods and
license of software used in the goods, a lease of specific goods, or a lease
of
specific goods and license of software used in the goods.
Β
βCollateralβ
has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.
Β
βCommercial
Tort Claimβ means a claim arising in tort with respect to which the claimant
is a Grantor.
Β
βCopyright
Licenseβ means any written agreement, now or hereinafter in effect, granting
any right to any third party under any Copyright now or hereafter owned by
any
Grantor or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting
any
right to any Grantor under any Copyright now or hereafter owned by any third
party, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.
Β
βCopyrightsβ
means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor,
(a)
all copyright rights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United
States or any other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or
otherwise, and (b) all registrations and applications for registration of any
such copyright in the United States or any other country, including
registrations, recordings, supplemental registrations and pending applications
for registration in the United States Copyright Office, including those listed
on Schedule 10 hereto for such Grantor, as such schedule may be
supplemented from time to time.
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βCredit
Agreementβ has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.
Β
βDeposit
Accountβ means a demand, time, savings, passbook, or similar account
(including all bank accounts, collection accounts and concentration accounts,
together with all funds held therein and all certificates and instruments,
if
any, from time to time representing or evidencing such accounts) maintained
by
or in the name of any Grantor with a bank, including, without limitation, all
such accounts listed on Schedule 12 hereto, as such schedule may be
supplemented from time to time.
Β
βDocumentsβ
means a document of title or a receipt of the type described in Section 7-201(2)
of the UCC.
Β
βElectronic
Chattel Paperβ means Chattel Paper evidenced by a record or records
consisting of information stored in an electronic medium.
Β
βEntitlement
Holderβ means a Person identified in the records of a Securities
Intermediary as the Person having a Security Entitlement against the Securities
Intermediary.Β Β If a Person acquires a Security Entitlement by virtue
of Section 8-501(b)(2) or (3) of the UCC, such Person is the Entitlement
Holder.
Β
βEquipmentβ
means all machinery, equipment in all its forms, wherever located, including,
without limitation, all repair equipment, office equipment, Motor Vehicles,
furniture and furnishings, all other property similar to the foregoing
(including tools, parts and supplies of every kind and description), components,
parts and accessories installed thereon or affixed thereto and all parts
thereof, and all Fixtures and all accessories, additions, attachments,
improvements, substitutions and replacements thereto and therefor.
Β
βFederal
Securities Lawsβ has the meaning specified in Section
6.04.
Β
βFinancial
Assetβ means, except as otherwise provided in Section 8-103 of the
UCC:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a
Security;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β an
obligation of a Person or a share, participation or other interest in a Person
or in property or an enterprise of a Person, which is, or is of a type, dealt
with in or traded on financial markets, or which is recognized in any area
in
which it is issued or dealt in as a medium for investment; or
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any
property that is held by a Securities Intermediary for another Person in a
Securities Account if the Securities Intermediary has expressly agreed with
the
other Person that the property is to be treated as a Financial Asset under
Article 8 of the UCC.Β Β As the context requires, the term Financial
Asset means either the interest itself or the means by which a Personβs claim to
it is evidenced, including a certificated or uncertificated Security, a
certificate representing a Security or a Security Entitlement.
Β
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Β
βFixturesβ
means all items of Goods, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, of any
Grantor that become so related to particular real property that an interest
in
them arises under any real property law applicable thereto.
Β
βGeneral
Intangiblesβ means all βGeneral Intangiblesβ as defined in the UCC,
including things in action and all other intangible personal property of any
Grantor of every kind and nature (other than Accounts, Chattel Paper, Commercial
Tort Claims, Deposit Accounts, Documents, Goods, Instruments, Investment
Property, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Letters of Credit, and money) now owned
or
hereafter acquired by such Grantor, including corporate, limited liability
company, limited partnership or other business records, indemnification claims,
contract rights (including rights under leases, whether entered into as lessor
or lessee, Swap Contracts and other agreements), Intellectual Property, Payment
Intangibles and tax refund claims.
Β
βGoodsβ
means all things that are movable when a security interest attaches (including
(a) Fixtures and (b) computer programs embedded in goods and any supporting
information provided in connection with a transaction relating to the program
if
(i) the program is associated with the goods in such a manner that is
customarily considered part of the goods, or (ii) by becoming the owner of
the
goods, a Person acquires a right to use the program in connection with the
goods).
Β
βGovernmental
Licenseβ means, with respect to each Grantor, each license from a
Governmental Authority which is necessary to the normal conduct of the business
of such Grantor as conducted on the date hereof, except to the extent the
failure to maintain such license would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Β
βGrantorsβ
has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
Β
βIndemniteeβ
has the meaning specified in Section 6.05(b).
Β
βInstrumentβ
means a negotiable instrument or any other writing that evidences a right to
the
payment of a monetary obligation, is not itself a security agreement or lease,
and is of a type that in ordinary course of business is transferred by delivery
with any necessary endorsement or assignment.
Β
βIntellectual
Propertyβ means all intellectual and similar property of every kind and
nature now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including inventions,
designs, Patents, Copyrights, Licenses, Trademarks, trade secrets, domain names,
confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know-how,
show-how or other data or information, Software and databases and all
embodiments or fixations thereof and related documentation, goodwill,
registrations and franchises, and all additions, improvements and accessions
to,
and books and records describing or used in connection with, any of the
foregoing.
Β
βIntellectual
Property Security Agreementβ means an agreement with respect to the security
interest granted by any Grantor pursuant to this Agreement in the Copyrights,
Patents or Trademarks of such Grantor which are registered under the federal
Laws of the United States of America or the Laws of any foreign country, which
agreement shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit G to the Credit
Agreement and otherwise in form for filing in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or in the corresponding
filing office under the Laws of such foreign jurisdiction, as applicable, from
such Grantor, as such agreement may be amended, restated, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Β
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Β
Β βInventoryβ
means Goods, other than farm products, which: (a) are leased by a Person as
lessor; (b) are held by a Person for sale or lease or to be furnished under
a
contract of service; (c) are furnished by a Person under a contract of service;
or (d) consist of raw materials, work in process, or materials used or consumed
in a business, and includes, without limitation, (i) finished goods, returned
goods and materials and supplies of any kind, nature or description which are
or
might be used in connection with the manufacture, packing, shipping,
advertising, selling or finishing of any of the foregoing, (ii) all goods in
which a Grantor has an interest in mass or a joint or other interest or right
of
any kind (including goods in which a Grantor has an interest or right as
consignee), (iii) all goods which are returned to or repossessed by any Grantor,
and (iv) all accessions thereto, products thereof and documents
therefor.
Β
βInvestment
Propertyβ means all Securities (whether certificated or uncertificated),
Security Entitlements, Securities Accounts, Financial Assets, commodity
contracts and commodity accounts of each Grantor; provided,
however, that Investment Property shall not include any Securities
constituting Pledged Collateral and identified on Schedule 4 hereto, as
such Schedule may be supplemented from time to time.
Β
βIP
Security Agreement Supplementβ means a supplement, in the form of Exhibit
E hereto, to the Intellectual Property Security Agreement executed and
delivered by each applicable Grantor from time to time upon either (i) the
acquisition of any Copyrights, Patents or Trademarks by such Grantor or (ii)
the
execution of a Joinder Agreement by such Grantor.
Β
Β βLetter-of-Credit
Rightβ means a right to payment or performance under a letter of credit,
whether or not the beneficiary has demanded or is at the time entitled to demand
payment or performance, but excludes the right of a beneficiary to demand
payment or performance under a letter of credit.
Β
βLicenseβ
means any Patent License, Trademark License, Copyright License or other
intellectual property license or sublicense as to which any Grantor is now
or
hereafter a party.
Β
βMotor
Vehiclesβ means all titled vehicles of any kind (including any trailers and
aircraft).
Β
βPatent
Licenseβ means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting
to any third party any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a
Patent, now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that any Grantor otherwise
has
the right to license, is in existence, or granting to any Grantor any right
to
make, use or sell any invention on which a Patent, now or hereafter owned by
any
third party, is in existence, and all rights of any Grantor under any such
agreement.
Β
βPatentsβ
means all right, title and interest of any Person in and to all of the
following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired:
Β
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Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all
letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other
country, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for
letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other
country, including registrations, recordings and pending applications in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any other
country, including all such patents, registrations, recordings and applications
of the Grantors described on Schedule 8 hereto, as such schedule may be
supplemented from time to time; and
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all
reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals or
extensions thereof and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including
the right to make, use, sell and/or offer to sell the inventions disclosed
or
claimed therein.
Β
βPayment
Intangibleβ means a general intangible under which the account debtorβs
principal obligation is a monetary obligation.
Β
βPermitted
Liensβ means Liens permitted under Section 7.01 of the Credit
Agreement.
Β
βPledged
Collateralβ has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
Β
βPledged
Debtβ has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
Β
βPledged
Equityβ has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
Β
βPledged
Securitiesβ means any promissory notes, stock certificates or instruments,
certificates and other documents representing or evidencing any of the Pledged
Debt or Pledged Equity, as the case may be.
Β
βProceedsβ
means the following property:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β whatever
is acquired upon the sale, lease, license, exchange, or other disposition of
the
Collateral;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β whatever
is collected on, or distributed on account of, the Collateral;
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β rights
arising out of the Collateral; and
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β to
the extent of the value of the Collateral and to the extent payable to the
debtor or the secured party, insurance payable by reason of the loss or
nonconformity of, defects or infringement of rights in, or damage to, the
Collateral.
Β
βSchedulesβ
means the schedules to this Agreement, as supplemented from time to time by
a
Security Agreement Supplement.
Β
βSecuritiesβ
means, except as otherwise provided in Section 8-103 of the UCC, any obligations
of an issuer or any shares, participations or other interests in an issuer
or in
property or an enterprise of an issuer which
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β are
represented by a certificate representing a security in bearer or registered
form, or the transfer of which may be registered upon books maintained for
that
purpose by or on behalf of the issuer;
Β
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Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β are
one of a class or series or by its terms is divisible into a class or series
of
shares, participations, interests or obligations; and
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (i)
are, or are of a type, dealt with or traded on securities exchanges or
securities markets or (ii) are a medium for investment and by their terms
expressly provide that they are a security governed by Article 8 of the
UCC.
Β
βSecurities
Accountβ means an account to which a Financial Asset is or may be credited
in accordance with an agreement under which the Person maintaining the account
undertakes to treat the Person for whom the account is maintained as entitled
to
exercise rights that comprise the Financial Asset, including, without
limitation, all such accounts listed on Schedule 12 hereto, as such
schedule may be supplemented from time to time.
Β
βSecurity
Agreement Supplementβ means a Supplement to this Agreement in the form of
Exhibit B executed by each additional Grantor and delivered to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.12(a) of the Credit
Agreement.
Β
βSecurity
Entitlementsβ means the rights and property interests of an Entitlement
Holder with respect to a Financial Asset.
Β
βSecurity
Interestβ has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.
Β
βSecurity
Intermediaryβ means:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a
clearing corporation; or
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a
Person, including a bank or broker, that in the ordinary course of its business
maintains Securities Accounts for others and is acting in that
capacity.
Β
βSoftwareβ
means a computer program and any supporting information provided in connection
with a transaction relating to the program, not including a computer program
that is included in the definition of Goods.
Β
βSubsidiary
Grantorβ has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
Β
βSupporting
Obligationβ means a Letter-of-Credit Right or secondary obligation that
supports the payment or performance of an Account, Chattel Paper, Document,
General Intangible, Instrument or Investment Property, including, without
limitation, all security agreements, guaranties, leases and other contracts
securing or otherwise relating to any such Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents,
General Intangible, Instruments or Investment Property, including Goods
represented by the sale or lease of delivery which gave rise to any of the
foregoing, returned or repossessed merchandise and rights of stoppage in
transit, replevin, reclamation and other rights and remedies of an unpaid
vendor, lienor or secured party.
Β
βTangible
Chattel PaperβΒ means Chattel Paper evidenced by a
record or records consisting of information that is inscribed on a tangible
medium.
Β
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Β
βTermination
Dateβ means (a) for all Loan Parties, the date on which all of the following
events occur:Β Β (i) the payment in full in cash of the Obligations of
all the Loan Parties; (ii) the termination or expiration of the Availability
Period; and (iii) the termination or expiration of all Letters of Credit; or
(b)
for any Grantor other than the Borrower, the date on which (i) the Loan Parties
sell all of the outstanding capital stock of such Grantor to a Person other
than
a Loan Party in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement or (ii) such
Grantor no longer constitutes a Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to a
transaction permitted by Section 7.04 of the Credit
Agreement.
Β
βTrademark
Licenseβ means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting
to any third party any right to use any Trademark now or hereafter owned by
any
Grantor or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting
to
any Grantor any right to use any Trademark now or hereafter owned by any third
party, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.
Β
βTrademarksβ
means all of the following now or hereafter owned by any Grantor, (a)Β all
trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business
names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, other source
or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, now
existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings
thereof, and all applications filed in connection therewith, including
registrations and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
any State of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision
thereof, and all extensions or renewals thereof, including, without limitation,
those listed on Schedule 9 hereto, as such schedule may be supplemented
from time to time, (b) all goodwill associated therewith and (c) all other
assets, rights and interests that uniquely reflect or embody such
goodwill.
Β
ARTICLE
II
Β
PLEDGED
COLLATERAL
Β
SECTION
2.01Β Β Pledged
Collateral.Β Β The Collateral pledged by each Grantor under this
Agreement shall include all of such Grantorβs right, title and interest in, to
and under the following Equity Interests and Indebtedness now owned or hereafter
acquired by such Grantor (collectively, the βPledged
Collateralβ):Β Β
Β
(a)Β Β Pledged
Equity. (i) The shares of capital stock, membership interests, limited
partnership interests and other Equity Interests in any Person owned by such
Grantor on the Closing Date and listed opposite the name of such Grantor on
Schedule 4, (ii) any other Equity Interests of any Person obtained in the
future by such Grantor and identified in a supplement to Schedule 4
attached to a Security Agreement Supplement and (iii) any certificates
representing all such Equity Interests (collectively, the βPledged
Equityβ); provided, however, that the Pledged Equity of any
Grantor shall not include (A) more than 65% of the aggregate issued and
outstanding voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary owned directly
by
such Grantor, or (B) any Equity Interest in any Person which is evidenced by
a
Security or a Security Entitlement which is maintained in a Securities Account
which is either (1) maintained with the Administrative Agent or (2) maintained
with any other Securities Intermediary; provided that upon the occurrence
of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may require that any such
other
Securities Intermediary enter into an Account Control Agreement with the
Administrative Agent with respect to such Securities Account.
Β
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Β
(b)Β Β Pledged
Debt. (i) The promissory notes and debt securities of any other Person owned
by such Grantor on the Closing Date evidencing the loans or advances for money
borrowed made by such Grantor which are outstanding on the Closing Date, in
each
case, which are listed opposite the name of such Grantor on Schedule 4,
(ii) any promissory notes, and debt securities, issued to such Grantor by any
other Person and evidencing loans or advances for money borrowed made by such
Grantor and identified in a supplement to Schedule 4 attached to a
Security Agreement Supplement and (iii) the promissory notes and any other
instruments as may hereafter be issued to evidence such loans or advances for
money borrowed (collectively, the βPledged Debtβ).
Β
(c)Β Β Distributions.
Subject to Section 2.05, all payments of principal or interest,
dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received,
receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon
the
conversion of the items referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above.
Β
(d)Β Β Rights
and Privileges. Subject to Section 2.05, all rights and privileges of
such Grantor with respect to the securities, instruments and other property
referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above.
Β
(e)Β Β Proceeds.
All Proceeds of any of the foregoing.
Β
SECTION
2.02Β Β Delivery
of the Pledged Collateral.Β Β (a) Certificated Collateral.
Each Grantor agrees promptly to deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent any and all Pledged Securities representing any Pledged
Equity or Pledged Debt, as the case may be.
Β
(b)Β Β [Intentionally
Omitted].
Β
(c)Β Β Stock
Powers. Upon delivery to the Administrative Agent, any Pledged Securities
shall be accompanied by stock powers, bond powers or other instruments of
transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent duly executed
in
blank by the applicable Grantor and such other instruments and documents as
the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request.Β Β Unless previously
delivered with this Security Agreement or any Security Agreement Supplement,
as
the case may be, each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by
a
schedule describing the Pledged Collateral evidenced thereby, which schedule
shall be attached hereto as a supplement to Schedule 4 and made a part
hereof; provided that failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall
not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged
Securities.Β Β Each schedule so delivered shall be in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and shall supplement any
prior
schedules so delivered.
Β
(d)Β Β Uncertificated
Collateral. With respect to any Pledged Equity owned by any Grantor that
constitutes an uncertificated security of a Subsidiary or Affiliate of such
Grantor, such Grantor will cause the issuer thereof (if, either individually
or
together with the Borrower and its other Affiliates, it controls such issuer)
or
will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such issuer (if it does not
so
control such issuer) either (i) to register the Administrative Agent as the
registered owner of such Pledged Equity or (ii) (A) to acknowledge the security
interest of the Administrative Agent in such Pledged Equity granted hereunder,
(B) to confirm to the Administrative Agent that it has not received notice
of
any other Lien in such Pledged Equity (and has not agreed to accept instructions
from any other Person in respect of such Pledged Equity other than the
Administrative Agent) and (C) to agree in writing with such Grantor and the
Administrative Agent that such issuer will comply with instructions with respect
to such Pledged Equity originated by the Administrative Agent without further
consent of such Grantor, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of
an
Event of Default, such agreement to be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Β
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Β
SECTION
2.03Β Β Agreements
of Issuers.
Β
(a)Β Β Acknowledgment
and Confirmation of Issuers. Each Grantor that is the issuer of any Pledged
Equity owned by any other Grantor, hereby (i) acknowledges the security interest
of the Administrative Agent in such Pledged Equity granted by such other Grantor
hereunder, (ii) confirms that it has not received notice of any other Lien
as of
the Closing Date in such Pledged Equity (and has not agreed to accept
instructions from any other Person in respect of such Pledged Equity other
than
the Administrative Agent), (iii) agrees that it will comply with the
instructions that the Administrative Agent is entitled to make under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document with respect to such Pledged Equity
originated by the Administrative Agent upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default without further consent of such other Grantor
and (iv) otherwise agrees that it will be bound by the terms of this Agreement
relating to the Pledged Collateral issued by it.
Β
(b)Β Β Partnerships
and Limited Liability Companies. In the case of each Grantor which is a
partner or member in a partnership, limited liability company or other entity,
such Grantor hereby consents to the extent required by applicable Organization
Documents to the pledge by each other Grantor, pursuant to the terms hereof,
of
the Pledged Equity in such partnership, limited liability company or other
entity, and upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, to the transfer of such Pledged Equity to the Administrative Agent
or
its nominee and to the substitution of the Administrative Agent or its nominee
as the substituted partner or member in such limited partnership, limited
liability company or other entity with all rights, powers and duties of a
partner or a general partner or a limited member, as the case may be, as
provided herein.
Β
SECTION
2.04Β Β Representations,
Warranties and Covenants with respect to Pledged Collateral.Β Β The
Grantors represent, warrant and covenant to and with the Administrative Agent,
for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that:Β Β
Β
(a)Β Β Pledged
Collateral.Β Β Schedule 4 (as of the Closing Date and as
supplemented from time to time by any Security Agreement Supplements) correctly
sets forth for each Grantor on and as of the Closing Date and as of the date
of
each Security Agreement Supplement, (i) the percentage of the issued and
outstanding Equity Interests of each class of any other PersonΒ Β (other
than Equity Interests in public companies) directly owned by such Grantor (and
the aggregate outstanding Equity Interests of such class of such issuer) and
(ii) all Indebtedness for borrowed money of any other Person and all other
Indebtedness evidenced by a promissory note or debt security issued by any
other
Person which is payable or due to such Grantor in a principal amount in excess
of $100,000 individually or $250,000 in the aggregate; provided,
however, that for each class of Equity Interests with voting power
of any
Foreign Subsidiary which is owned directly by such Grantor, Schedule 4
(as so supplemented) identifies only 65% of the aggregate outstanding Equity
Interests of such class of such Foreign Subsidiary (or any lesser percentage
of
the aggregate outstanding Equity Interests of such issuer of such class owned
directly by such Grantor).
Β
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Β
(b)Β Β Due
Authorization and Issuance. All Pledged Equity and Pledged Debt issued by
any Subsidiary of the Borrower to any Grantor has been, and to the extent that
any such Pledged Equity or Pledged Debt is hereafter issued, such Pledged Equity
or Pledged Debt will be, upon such issuance, duly and validly issued by such
issuer and (i) in the case of such Pledged Equity, is fully paid and
nonassessable and (ii) to the knowledge of the Grantors in the case of such
Pledged Debt, is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such
issuer.
Β
(c)Β Β Title.
Each Grantor (i) is the owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged
Collateral indicated on Schedule 4 (as of the Closing Date and as
supplemented by any Security Agreement Supplement from time to time) as owned
by
such Grantor, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens
created by this Agreement and Permitted Liens, (iii) will make no assignment,
pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security
interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, other than the Security
Interest created by this Agreement and other assignments, transfers and Liens
permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and (iv) will defend its title
or
interest hereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than the Security
Interest created by this Agreement and other Permitted Liens), however arising,
of all Persons.
Β
(d)Β Β Transferability
of Pledged Collateral. Except for (i) restrictions and limitations imposed
by the Loan Documents or securities laws generally and (ii) consents required
and obtained in connection herewith, the Pledged Collateral is and will continue
to be freely transferable and assignable, and none of the Pledged Collateral
is
or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders
agreement, provision of any Organization Document or contractual restriction
of
any nature that could reasonably be expected to prohibit, impair, delay or
otherwise affect the pledge of such Pledged Collateral hereunder, the sale
or
disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Administrative Agent
of rights and remedies hereunder.
Β
(e)Β Β Validity
of Security Interest. By virtue of the execution and delivery by each
Grantor of this Agreement or a Joinder Agreement, as the case may be, when
(i)
all Pledged Securities evidencing any Pledged Collateral of such Grantor are
delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Agreement and
(ii)
the Administrative Agent files proper financing statements covering the Pledged
Collateral in form appropriate for filing under the Uniform Commercial Code
in
the jurisdictions necessary in order to perfect the Liens created under this
Agreement, the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself and the other
Secured Parties, will obtain a valid and perfected first priority lien, subject
to Permitted Liens, upon and security interest in all Pledged Collateral of
such
Grantor as security for the payment and performance of the Obligations of such
Grantor.
Β
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Β
(f)Β Β No
Violation. Such Grantor is not in default in the payment of any portion of
any mandatory capital contribution, if any, required to be made under any
agreement to which such Grantor is a party relating to the Pledged Equity
pledged by it, and such Grantor is not in violation in any material respect
of
any other provisions of any such agreement to which such Grantor is a party,
or
otherwise in default or violation thereunder.
Β
(g)Β Β No
Defaults. No Pledged Equity pledged by such Grantor is subject to any
defense, offset or counterclaim, nor have any of the foregoing been asserted
or
alleged against such Grantor by any Person with respect thereto, and on and
as
of the Closing Date and as of the date of each Security Agreement Supplement
and
Joinder Agreement, there are no certificates, instruments, documents or other
writings (other than the Organization Documents and certificates (if any)
delivered to the Administrative Agent) which evidence any Pledged Equity of
such
Grantor.
Β
(h)Β Β Notices.
Each Grantor agrees to furnish to the Administrative Agent promptly upon receipt
thereof copies of all material notices, requests and other documents received
by
such Grantor under or pursuant to the Pledged Equity and any other contract
or
agreement included in the Pledged Collateral to which it is a party, and from
time to time (i) furnish to the Administrative Agent such information and
reports regarding the Pledged Equity and any such Pledged Collateral as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request, and (ii) if a Default has occurred
and is continuing, upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent,
make
to any other party to the Pledged Equity or any other contract or agreement
included in the Pledged Collateral such demands and requests for information
and
reports or for action as the Grantor is entitled to make
thereunder;
Β
(i)Β Β No
Termination or Modifications (Pledged Equity). Upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, no Grantor of a Pledged Equity
shall, except as otherwise not prohibited by the Credit Agreement: (i) cancel
or
terminate any Pledged Equity or any other contract or agreement included in
the
Pledged Collateral to which it is a party or consent to or accept any
cancellation or termination thereof; (ii) amend or otherwise modify any such
Pledged Equity or any such contract or agreement or give any consent, waiver,
or
approval thereunder; (iii) waive any default under or breach of any such Pledged
Equity or any such other contract or agreement; or (iv) take any other action
in
connection with any such Pledged Equity or any such other contract or agreement
the taking or omission of which would reasonably be expected to materially
impair the value of the interest or rights of such Grantor thereunder or that
would materially impair the interest or rights of the Administrative
Agent.
Β
(j)Β Β No
Amendment or Other Actions (Pledged Debt). Upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, no Grantor will, without the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent, except as not prohibited by the
Credit Agreement: (i) enter into any agreement amending, supplementing, or
waiving any provision of any Pledged Debt (including any underlying instrument
pursuant to which such Pledged Debt is issued) or compromising or releasing
or
extending the time for payment of any obligation of the maker thereof; or (ii)
take or omit to take any action the taking or the omission of which could
reasonably be expected to result in any impairment or alteration of any
obligation of the maker of any Pledged Debt or other instrument constituting
Collateral related to the Pledged Debt.
Β
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Β
SECTION
2.05Β Β Voting
Rights; Dividends and Interest, etc.Β Β (a) Unless an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
Β
(i)Β Β Each
Grantor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual
rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Collateral or any part thereof
for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that such rights and
powers shall not be exercised in any manner that would violate the Loan
Documents or otherwise would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Β
(ii)Β Β The
Administrative Agent shall be deemed without further action or formality to
have
granted to each Grantor all necessary consents relating to voting rights and
shall, if necessary, upon written request of a Grantor and at the sole cost
and
expense of the Grantors, from time to time execute and deliver or cause to
be
executed and delivered to such Grantor, all such instruments as Grantor may
reasonably request in order to permit such Grantor to exercise the voting and/or
other rights that it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i)
above.
Β
(iii)Β Β Each
Grantor shall be entitled to receive, retain, and to utilize free and clear
of
any Lien hereof, any and all dividends, interest, principal and other
distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Collateral but
only if and to the extent that such dividends, interest, principal and other
distributions are not otherwise prohibited by the terms and conditions of the
Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and applicable Laws; provided
that any noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that
would constitute Pledged Equity or Pledged Debt, whether resulting from a
subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests
of the issuer of any Pledged Equity or received in exchange for any Pledged
Debt
or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger,
consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer
may
be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral,
and, any with respect to any such noncash dividends or other distributions
with
respect to Pledged Equity, if received by any Grantor, shall not be commingled
by such Grantor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held
separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent and shall be promptly delivered to the Administrative
Agent
as Pledged Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary
endorsement).
Β
(b)Β Β Upon
the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all rights of
any
Grantor to dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such
Grantor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this
Section 2.05 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become
vested in the Administrative Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive
right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal
or
other distributions.Β Β All dividends, interest, principal or other
distributions received by any Grantor contrary to the provisions of this
Section 2.05 shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative
Agent, shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Grantor and
shall be forthwith delivered to the Administrative Agent in the same form as
so
received (with any necessary endorsement).Β Β Any and all money and
other property paid over to or received by the Administrative Agent pursuant
to
the provisions of this subsection (b) shall be retained by the
Administrative Agent in an account to be established by the Administrative
Agent
upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance
with the provisions of Section 6.02.Β Β If after the occurrence
of an Event of Default, such Event of Default shall have been waived in
accordance with Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement, each Grantor will again
have the right to exercise the rights to dividends, interest, principal or
other
distributions that such Grantor would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant
to the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) above.
Β
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Β
(c)Β Β Upon
the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all rights of
any
Grantor to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers it is entitled
to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.05, and
the obligations of the Administrative Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of
this Section 2.05, shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon
become vested in the Administrative Agent, which shall have the sole and
exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights
and
powers and each Grantor shall promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent
such
proxies and other documents as may be necessary to allow the Administrative
Agent to exercise such voting power.Β Β If after the occurrence of an
Event of Default, such Event of Default shall have been waived pursuant to
Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement, each Grantor will again have the
right to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers that such Grantor
would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of paragraph
(a)(i) above.
Β
SECTION
2.06Β Β Registration
in Nominee Name; Denominations.Β Β The Administrative Agent, on
behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right to hold as collateral the
Pledged Collateral endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the
Administrative Agent.Β Β After the occurrence and during the continuance
of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured
Parties, shall also have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion), to
hold the Pledged Collateral in its own name as pledgee, the name of its nominee
(as pledgee or as sub-agent) or the name of the applicable Grantor. At the
reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, each Grantor will promptly
give
to the Administrative Agent copies of any notices or other communications
received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of
such
Grantor.Β Β The Administrative Agent shall at all times have the right
to exchange the certificates or instruments (to the extent permitted by the
terms thereof) representing Pledged Securities for certificates or instruments
of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this
Agreement.
Β
SECTION
2.07Β Β Release;
Termination.Β (a)Β Β Upon any sale, transfer or
other Disposition of any item of Pledged Collateral of any Grantor in accordance
with Section 7.05 of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent will, at
such Grantorβs expense and without any representations, warranties or recourse
of any kind whatsoever, promptly execute and deliver to such Grantor such
documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence the release
of
such item of Pledged Collateral from the assignment and security interest
granted hereby; provided, however, that such Grantor shall have
delivered to the Administrative Agent, at least five Business Days prior to
the
date of the proposed release (or such shorter time to which Administrative
Agent
may consent), a written request for release describing the item of Pledged
Collateral and the terms of the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition
in
reasonable detail, including the price thereof and any expenses in connection
therewith, together with a form of release for execution by the Administrative
Agent (which release shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to
the Administrative Agent) and a certificate of such Grantor to the effect that
the transaction is in compliance with the Loan Documents.
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Β
(b)Β Β Upon
the
Termination Date for any Grantor, the pledge, assignment and security interest
granted by such Grantor hereunder shall automatically terminate and all rights
to the Pledged Collateral of such Grantor shall revert to such
Grantor.Β Β Upon any such termination, the Administrative Agent will, at
the applicable Grantorβs expense and without any representations, warranties or
recourse of any kind whatsoever, promptly execute and deliver to such Grantor
such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such
termination and deliver to such Grantor all Pledged Collateral of such Grantor
then held by the Administrative Agent.
Β
ARTICLE
III
Β
SECURITY
INTERESTS IN PERSONAL PROPERTY
Β
SECTION
3.01Β Β The
Security Interests.Β Β Each Grantor hereby collaterally assigns
(except with respect to intent-to-use trademark applications, if any) and
pledges to the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent,
its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties,
as
security for the payment or performance in full of the Obligations of such
Grantor, a security interest (the βSecurity Interestβ) in all right,
title and interest of such Grantor in, to and under any and all of the following
assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such
Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may
acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the
βCollateralβ):
Β
(a)Β Β all
Accounts;
Β
(b)Β Β all
Chattel Paper;
Β
(c)Β Β all
cash
and Deposit Accounts;
Β
(d)Β Β all
Documents;
Β
(e)Β Β all
Equipment, including all Fixtures;
Β
(f)Β Β all
General Intangibles;
Β
(g)Β Β all
Instruments;
Β
(h)Β Β all
Inventory;
Β
(i)Β Β all
Investment Property;
Β
(j)Β Β all
Pledged Collateral;
Β
(k)Β Β all
Supporting Obligations;
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Β
(l)Β Β all
Commercial Tort Claims of such Grantor described in Schedule 2 hereto in
respect of such Grantor (as such schedule may be supplemented from time to
time
pursuant to any Security Agreement Supplement or otherwise);
Β
(m)Β Β all
other
Goods;
Β
(n)Β Β all
books
and records pertaining to the Collateral;
Β
(o)Β Β all
other
assets, properties and rights of every kind and description and interests
therein, including all moneys, securities and other property, now or hereafter
held or received by, or in transit to, any Grantor, the Administrative Agent
or
any other Secured Party, whether for safekeeping, pledge, custody, transmission,
collection or otherwise; and
Β
(p)Β Β all
Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing;
Β
provided,
however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clauses (a)
through (p) above:
Β
(i)Β Β any
General Intangible, Chattel Paper, Instrument or Account which by its terms
prohibits the creation of a security interest therein (whether by assignment
or
otherwise) shall be excluded from the Lien of the Security Interest granted
under this Section 3.01, and shall not be included in the Collateral of
such Grantor, except to the extent that Sections 9-406(d), 9-407(a) or 9-408(a)
of the UCC are effective to render any such prohibition ineffective;
provided, however, that if any General Intangible, Chattel Paper,
Instrument or Account included in the Collateral contains any term restricting
or requiring the consent of any Person (other than a Grantor) obligated thereon
to any exercise of remedies hereunder in respect of the Security Interest
therein granted under this Section 3.01 (but does not prohibit the
creation of a security interest therein (whether by assignment or otherwise)),
then the enforcement of such Security Interest under this Agreement shall be
subject to Section 6.01(c) (but such provision shall not limit the
creation, attachment or perfection of the Security Interest
hereunder);
Β
(ii)Β Β any
permit, lease, license (including any License) or franchise shall be excluded
from the Lien of the Security Interest granted under this Section 3.01,
and shall not be included in the Collateral, to the extent any Law applicable
thereto is effective to prohibit the creation of a Security Interest therein;
and
Β
(iii)Β Β any
Equipment (includingΒ Β any Software incorporated herein) owned by any
Grantor on the date hereof or hereafter acquired that is subject to a Lien
securing a purchase money obligation or Capitalized Lease permitted to be
incurred pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Agreement shall be excluded
from the Lien of the Security Interest granted under this Section 3.01,
and shall not be included in the Collateral, to the extent that the contract
or
other agreement in which such Lien is granted (or the documentation providing
for such purchase money obligation or Capitalized Lease) validly prohibits
the
creation of any other Lien on such Collateral.
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Β
With
respect to property described in clauses (i) through (iii) above to the extent
not included in the Collateral of such Grantor (the βExcluded Propertyβ),
such property shall constitute Excluded Property only to the extent and for
so
long as the creation of a Lien on such property in favor of the Administrative
Agent is, and remains, prohibited, and upon termination of such prohibition
(however occurring), such property shall cease to constitute Excluded
Property.Β Β The Grantors may be required from time to time at the
reasonable request of the Administrative Agent to give written notice to the
Administrative Agent identifying in reasonable detail the Excluded Property
(and
stating in such notice that such property constitutes Excluded Property) and
to
provide the Administrative Agent with such other information regarding the
Excluded Property as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request.
Β
SECTION
3.02Β Β Filing
Authorization.Β Β (a)Β Β Each Grantor hereby irrevocably
authorizes the Administrative Agent at any time and from time to time to file
in
any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements (including fixture
filings) with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof and amendments
thereto that contain the information required by Article 9 of the UCC of each
applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment,
including (i) if such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization
and
any organizational identification number issued to such Grantor, (ii) in the
case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing, a sufficient
description of the real property to which such Collateral relates and (iii)
a
description of collateral that describes such property in any other manner
as
the Administrative Agent may reasonably determine is necessary or advisable
to
ensure the perfection of the security interest in the Collateral granted to
the
Administrative Agent, including describing such property as βall assetsβ or βall
property.βΒ Β Each Grantor agrees to provide such information to the
Administrative Agent promptly upon request.
Β
(b)Β Β Each
Grantor also ratifies its authorization for the Administrative Agent to file
in
any relevant jurisdiction any such initial financing statements or amendments
thereto if filed prior to the date hereof.
Β
(c)Β Β The
Administrative Agent is further authorized to file with the United States Patent
and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or any successor office
or any similar office in any other country) Intellectual Property Security
Agreements or such other documents as may be necessary or advisable for the
purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the
Security Interest granted by each Grantor, without the signature of any Grantor,
and naming any Grantor or the Grantors as debtors and the Administrative Agent
as secured party.
Β
SECTION
3.03Β Β Continuing
Security Interest; Transfer of Credit
Extensions.Β Β This Agreement shall create a
continuing security interest in the Collateral of each Grantor and shall remain
in full force and effect with respect to each Grantor until the Termination
Date
for such Grantor, be binding upon each Grantor, its successors, transferees
and
assigns, and inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Administrative
Agent hereunder, to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and each other
Secured Party.Β Β Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any
Secured Party may assign or otherwise transfer (in whole or in part) any
Commitment or Loan held by it to any other Person, and such other Person shall
thereupon become vested with all the rights and benefits in respect thereof
granted to such Lender under any Loan Document (including this Agreement) or
otherwise, subject, however, to any contrary provisions in such assignment
or
transfer, and to the provisions of Section 10.06 and Article IX of
the Credit Agreement.
Β
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Β
SECTION
3.04Β Β Grantors
Remain Liable.Β Β Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding:
Β
(a)Β Β each
Grantor shall remain liable under the contracts and agreements included in
the
Collateral (including the Material Contracts) to the extent set forth therein,
and shall perform all of its duties and obligations under such contracts and
agreements to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been
executed,
Β
(b)Β Β each
Grantor will comply in all material respects with all Laws relating to the
ownership and operation of the Collateral, including all registration
requirements under applicable Laws, except in such instances in which (i) such
requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree (x) is being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which
adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP, and (y) has not
resulted in any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any Collateral; and (ii)
the failure to comply therewith would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, and shall pay when due all taxes, fees and assessments
imposed on or with respect to the Collateral, except to the extent the validity
thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which
adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been set aside by such
Grantor,
Β
(c)Β Β the
exercise by the Administrative Agent of any of its rights hereunder shall not
release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under any such
contracts or agreements included in the Collateral, and
Β
(d)Β Β neither
the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation
or liability under any such contracts or agreements included in the Collateral
by reason of this Agreement, nor shall the Administrative Agent or any other
Secured Party be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any
Grantor thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim for
payment assigned hereunder.
Β
SECTION
3.05Β Β Security
Interest Absolute.Β Β All rights of the
Administrative Agent and the security interests granted to the Administrative
Agent hereunder, and all obligations of each Grantor hereunder, shall be
absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any of the following conditions,
occurrences or events:
Β
(a)Β Β any
lack
of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document;
Β
(b)Β Β the
failure of any Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any
right or remedy against the Borrower, any other Grantor or any other Person
under the provisions of any Loan Document or otherwise or to exercise any right
or remedy against any other guarantor of, or collateral securing, any
Obligation;
Β
(c)Β Β any
change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of,
all
or any of the Obligations or any other extension, compromise or renewal of
any
Obligation, including any increase in the Obligations resulting from the
extension of additional credit to any Grantor or any other obligor or
otherwise;
Β
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Β
(d)Β Β any
reduction, limitation, impairment or termination of any Obligation for any
reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or
compromise, and shall not be subject to (and each Grantor hereby waives any
right to or claim of) any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or
termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality, nongenuineness,
irregularity, compromise, unenforceability of, or any other event or occurrence
affecting, any Obligation or otherwise;
Β
(e)Β Β any
amendment to, rescission, waiver, or other modification of, or any consent
to
departure from, any of the terms of any Loan Document;
Β
(f)Β Β any
addition, exchange, release, surrender or non-perfection of any collateral
(including the Collateral), or any amendment to or waiver or release of or
addition to or consent to departure from any guaranty, for any of the
Obligations; or
Β
(g)Β Β any
other
circumstances which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a
legal or equitable discharge of Borrower, any other Grantor or
otherwise.
Β
SECTION
3.06Β Β Waiver
of Subrogation.Β Β Until the Termination Date, no
Grantor shall exercise any claim or other rights which it may now or hereafter
acquire against any other Grantor that arises from the existence, payment,
performance or enforcement of such Grantorβs Obligations under this Agreement,
including any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration or
indemnification, any right to participate in any claim or remedy against any
other Grantor or any collateral which the Administrative Agent now has or
hereafter acquires, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity
or under contract, statute or common law, including the right to take or receive
from any other Grantor, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or
by
setoff or in any manner, payment or security on account of such claim or other
rights.Β Β If any amount shall be paid to any Grantor in violation of
the preceding sentence, such amount shall be deemed to have been paid for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, and shall forthwith be paid to the
Administrative Agent to be credited and applied upon the Obligations, whether
matured or unmatured.Β Β Each Grantor acknowledges that it will receive
direct and indirect benefits for the financing arrangements contemplated by
the
Loan Documents and that the agreement set forth in this Section is knowingly
made in contemplation of such benefits.
Β
SECTION
3.07Β Β Release;
Termination.Β Β (a) Upon any sale, transfer or
other Disposition of any item of Collateral of any Grantor in accordance with
Section 7.05 of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent will, at
such Grantorβs expense and without any representations, warranties or recourse
of any kind whatsoever, promptly execute and deliver to such Grantor such
documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence the release
of
such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted
hereby; provided, however, that such Grantor shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent, at least five Business Days prior to the date of the
proposed release (or such shorter time to which Administrative Agent may
consent), a written request for release describing the item of Collateral and
the terms of the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition in reasonable
detail, including the price thereof and any expenses in connection therewith,
together with a form of release for execution by the Administrative Agent (which
release shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent) and a certificate of such Grantor to the effect that
the
transaction is in compliance with the Loan Documents.
Β
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Β
(b)Β Β Upon
the
Termination Date for any Grantor, the pledge, assignment and security interest
granted by such Grantor hereunder shall automatically terminate and all rights
to the Collateral of such Grantor shall revert to such Grantor.Β Β Upon
any such termination, the Administrative Agent will, at the applicable Grantorβs
expense and without any representations, warranties or recourse of any kind
whatsoever, promptly execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as
such
Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination and deliver to
such Grantor all Pledged Securities, Instruments, Tangible Chattel Paper and
negotiable documents representing or evidencing the Collateral of such Grantor
then held by the Administrative Agent.
Β
ARTICLE
IV
Β
PERFECTION
OF SECURITY INTERESTS;
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Β
Each
Grantor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Secured
Parties and agrees that:
Β
SECTION
4.01Β Β Perfection
of Security Interest.
Β
(a)Β Β UCC
Filings.Β Β Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including
fixture filings, if applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or
registrations reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent containing a
description of the Collateral prepared by the Administrative Agent based upon
the information provided to the Administrative Agent in Schedule 7 hereto
(as supplemented from time to time) are in proper form for filing in each
governmental office specified in Schedule 7 hereto, and constitute all
the filings, recordings and registrations that are necessary to publish notice
of and to establish a valid and perfected security interest in favor of the
Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties) in
Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording
or registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof)
and
its territories and possessions, and no further or subsequent filing, re-filing,
recording, rerecording, registration or re-registration is necessary in any
such
jurisdiction, except as follows:
Β
(i)Β Β filings
required to be made in or with the United States Patent and Trademark Office
and
the United States Copyright Office in order to perfect the Security Interest
in
Collateral consisting of United States Patents, Trademarks and
Copyrights;
Β
(ii)Β Β filings
required to be made in or with the motor vehicle title records of any applicable
state in order to perfect the Security Interest in Collateral consisting of
Motor Vehicles registered in such state; and
Β
(iii)Β Β filings
with respect to Real Property assets excluded from the scope of UCC Article
9
pursuant to UCC Section 9-109.
Β
(b)Β Β Schedules.Β Β The
Schedules hereto (as of the Closing Date and as supplemented from time to time
by a Security Agreement Supplement) have been duly prepared and completed and
are correct and complete and as of the Closing Date and as supplemented from
time to time by a Security Agreement Supplement:
Β
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Β
(i)Β Β Schedule
1 sets forth a true and complete list of all the Subsidiary
Grantors;
Β
(ii)Β Β Schedule
2 sets forth a true and complete list of all Commercial Tort Claims of each
Grantor with a potential value in excess of $250,000;
Β
(iii)Β Β Schedule
3 sets forth a true and complete list of the exact legal name, jurisdiction
of organization, federal and state (if applicable) organizational numbers,
chief
executive office, principal place(s) of business, locations of records of each
Grantor, as well as any prior legal names, jurisdictions of formation or
locations within the past 5 years of each such Grantor;
Β
(iv)Β Β Schedule
4 sets forth a true and complete list of all Pledged Collateral of each
Grantor in accordance with Section 2.01;
Β
(v)Β Β Schedule
5 sets forth a true and complete list of locations of all Equipment and
Inventory of each Grantor;
Β
(vi)Β Β Schedule
6 sets forth a true and complete list of trade and division names of each
Grantor and a true and complete organizational chart of the Borrower including
all of the Grantors;
Β
(vii)Β Β Schedule
7 sets forth a true and complete list of all the filings, including
governmental offices, in which UCC filings should be made in accordance with
Section 4.01(a) and all existing liens of each Grantor;
Β
(viii)Β Β Schedule
8 sets forth a true and complete list of all the Patents and Patent
applications of each Grantor;
Β
(ix)Β Β Schedule
9 sets forth a true and complete list of all the Trademarks and Trademark
applications of each Grantor;
Β
(x)Β Β Schedule
10 sets forth a true and complete list of all Copyrights and Copyright
applications of each Grantor;
Β
(xi)Β Β Schedule
11 sets forth a true and complete list of all material Licenses, material
Governmental Licenses and the Material Contracts of each Grantor;
Β
(xii)Β Β Schedule
12 sets forth a true and complete list of all Deposit Accounts and
Securities Accounts of each Grantor; and
Β
(xiii)Β Β Schedule
13 sets forth a true and complete list of all owned or leased Motor Vehicles
of each Grantor, all owned real property of each Grantor all real property
leased by any Grantor.
Β
(c)Β Β [Intentionally
Omitted].
Β
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Β
(d)Β Β Intellectual
Property Filings.Β Β Fully executed Intellectual Property Security
Agreements containing a description of all Collateral consisting of Intellectual
Property with respect to United States registered Patents (and Patents for
which
United States registration applications are pending), United States registered
Trademarks (and Trademarks for which United States registration applications
are
pending), and United States registered Copyrights (and Copyrights for which
United States registration applications are pending), in each case, as more
particularly described in Schedules 8, 9 and 10, have been
delivered to the Administrative Agent for recording with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office pursuant
to
35 U.S.C. Section 261, 15 U.S.C. Section 1060 or 17 U.S.C. Section 205 and
the
regulations thereunder, as applicable.Β Β Upon such filings and the
Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings described in Section
4.01(a), no further or subsequent filing, re-filing, recording, rerecording,
registration or re-registration shall be necessary to protect the validity
of
and to establish a valid and perfected security interest in favor of the
Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect
of all such Intellectual Property.
Β
(e)Β Β Motor
Vehicles.Β Β Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of a Default, each Grantor shall deliver
to the Administrative Agent originals of the certificates of title or ownership
for the motor vehicles (and any other Equipment covered by certificates of
title
or ownership) owned by it and which are more particularly described in
Schedule 13, in each case, with the Administrative Agent listed as
lienholder therein.
Β
(f)Β Β Instruments
and Tangible Chattel Paper.Β Β If any amount payable under or in
connection with any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any
promissory note or other instrument, with a principal amount in excess of
$100,000 individually or $250,000 in the aggregate, or if any Grantor shall
at
any time hold or acquire any Instruments (other than any Instruments evidencing
Indebtedness for money borrowed comprising part of the Pledged Collateral which
has been delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.02)
or Tangible Chattel Paper, with a principal amount in excess of $100,000
individually or $250,000 in the aggregate at the request of the Administrative
Agent, such Grantor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to
the
Administrative Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment
duly executed in blank as the Administrative Agent may from time to time
reasonably request.
Β
(g)Β Β Deposit
Accounts.Β Β Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the
Administrative Agent may require that each Grantor shall enter into an Account
Control Agreement with each depositary bank with which such Grantor from time
to
time opens or maintains a Deposit Account to cause the depositary bank to agree
to comply at any time with instructions from the Administrative Agent to such
depositary bank directing the disposition of funds from time to time credited
to
such Deposit Account, without further consent of such Grantor or any other
Person, pursuant to such Account Control Agreement.Β Β No Grantor shall
grant control of any Deposit Account to any Person other than the Administrative
Agent.
Β
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Β
(h)Β Β Investment
Property.Β Β If any Securities, other than any Pledged Equity issued
by a Grantor or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower and pledged pursuant to
Article II, whether certificated or uncertificated, or other Investment
Property now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are held by such Grantor
or
its nominee through a Securities Intermediary, such Grantor shall promptly
notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, at the Administrative Agentβs
request, pursuant to an Account Control Agreement, either (i) cause such
Securities Intermediary to agree to comply with entitlement orders or other
instructions from the Administrative Agent to such Securities Intermediary
as to
such Securities or other Investment Property, in each case without further
consent of any Grantor or such nominee, or (ii) in the case of Financial Assets
or other Investment Property held through a Securities Intermediary, arrange
for
the Administrative Agent to become the Entitlement Holder with respect to such
Investment Property, with the Grantor being permitted, only with the consent
of
the Administrative Agent, to exercise rights to withdraw or otherwise deal
with
such Investment Property.Β Β The Administrative Agent agrees with each
of the Grantors that the Administrative Agent shall not give any such
entitlement orders or instructions or directions to any such issuer or
Securities Intermediary pursuant to any Account Control Agreement, and shall
not
withhold its consent to the exercise of any withdrawal or dealing rights by
any
Grantor, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
Β
(i)Β Β Electronic
Chattel Paper and Transferable Records.Β Β If any Grantor at any
time holds or acquires an interest in any Electronic Chattel Paper or any
βtransferable recordβ, as that term is defined in Section 201 of the Federal
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or in Section 16
of
the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant
jurisdiction, with a value in excess of $100,000 individually or $250,000 in
the
aggregate, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof
and, at the request of the Administrative Agent, shall take such action as
the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request to vest in the Administrative Agent
control under UCC Section 9-105 of such Electronic Chattel Paper or control
under Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National
Commerce Act or, as the case may be, Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic
Transactions Act, as so in effect in such jurisdiction, of such transferable
record.Β Β The Administrative Agent agrees with such Grantor that the
Administrative Agent will arrange, pursuant to procedures reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and so long as such procedures will
not
result in the Administrative Agentβs loss of control, for the Grantor to make
alterations to the Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable record permitted
under UCC Section 9-105 or, as the case may be, Section 201 of the Federal
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or Section 16 of
the
Uniform Electronic Transactions Act for a party in control to allow without
loss
of control, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
Β
(j)Β Β Letter-of-Credit
Rights.Β Β If any Grantor is at any time a beneficiary under a
letter of credit with a face amount in excess of $100,000 individually or
$250,000 in the aggregate now or hereafter issued in favor of such Grantor,
such
Grantor or the Borrower, on behalf of such Grantor, shall promptly notify the
Administrative Agent thereof and, at the written request and option of the
Administrative Agent, such Grantor shall, pursuant to an agreement in form
and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, arrange for
the
issuer and any confirmer of such letter of credit to consent to an assignment
to
the Administrative Agent of the proceeds of any drawing under such letter of
credit with the Administrative Agent agreeing that the proceeds of any drawing
under such letter of credit are to be paid to such Grantor unless an Event
of
Default has occurred or is continuing.
Β
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Β
(k)Β Β Commercial
Tort Claims.Β Β If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire a
Commercial Tort Claim with a potential value in excess of $250,000 that it
intends to pursue, the Grantor, by itself or through the Borrower, shall
promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof.
Β
(l)Β Β Equipment
and Inventory Locations.Β Β If requested by the Administrative
Agent, each Grantor shall, at its own expense, use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause any landlord, bailee, warehouseman or processor with control
over or with possession of any Equipment (including Fixtures) and Inventory
of
such Grantor or any landlord of a leased location where such Grantor primarily
maintains its books and records with respect to the Collateral to enter into
a
collateral access agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
Β
(m)Β Β Material
Contracts.Β Β If requested by the Administrative Agent, upon the
occurrence and continuation of a Default, each Grantor shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause each party to each Material Contract identified
in
Schedule 11 that does not constitute Excluded Property to execute and
deliver an Acknowledgment and Agreement with respect to such Material
Contract.
Β
SECTION
4.02Β Β Representations
and Warranties.
Β
(a)Β Β Validity
of Security Interest.Β Β The Security Interest granted by each
Grantor constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in the Collateral
of
such Grantor securing the payment and performance of the Obligations of such
Grantor, (ii) subject to the filings described in Section 4.01(a), a
perfected security interest in the Collateral (other than as provided in such
Section) in which a security interest may be perfected under Article 9 of the
UCC by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous
document in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its
territories and possessions pursuant to the UCC in such jurisdictions and (iii)
subject to the filings described in Section 4.01(d), a security interest
that shall be perfected in all such Collateral in which a security interest
may
be perfected upon the receipt and recording of an Intellectual Property Security
Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United
States Copyright Office, as applicable, and otherwise as may be required
pursuant to the Laws of any other applicable jurisdiction.Β Β The
Security Interest is and shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the
Collateral, other than Permitted Liens.
Β
(b)Β Β Other
Financing Statements.Β Β The Collateral is owned by the Grantors
free and clear of any Lien, other than Permitted Liens.Β Β None of the
Grantors has filed or consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement
or
analogous document under the UCC or any other applicable Laws covering any
Collateral, other than in respect of Permitted Liens, (ii) any assignment in
which any Grantor assigns any Collateral or any security agreement or similar
instrument covering any Collateral with the United States Patent and Trademark
Office or the United States Copyright Office or (iii) any assignment in which
any Grantor assigns any Collateral or any security agreement or similar
instrument covering any Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal
or
other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment,
security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each
case, for Permitted Liens.
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Β
ARTICLE
V
Β
COVENANTS
Β
Each
Grantor covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent that until the
Termination Date, each Grantor will comply with the following:
Β
SECTION
5.01Β Β Perfection
of Security Interests.Β Β (a) Change of Name. Each Grantor
agrees to provide at least 30 days prior written notice to the Administrative
Agent (or such shorter notice to which the Administrative Agent may consent)
of
any change (i) in its legal name, (ii) in its identity or type of organization
or corporate structure, (iii) in its Federal Taxpayer Identification Number
or
organizational identification number or (iv) in its jurisdiction of
organization.Β Β Each Grantor agrees to promptly provide the
Administrative Agent with certified organizational documents reflecting any
of
the changes described in the immediately preceding sentence, to the extent
applicable.Β Β Each Grantor agrees not to effect or permit any change
referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph (a) unless such notice
has
been received by the Administrative Agent in accordance with this paragraph
(a).
Β
(b)Β Β Maintenance
of Records. Each Grantor agrees to maintain, at its own cost and expense,
adequate records with respect to the Collateral owned by it in accordance with
reasonably prudent and standard practices used in industries that are the same
as or similar to those in which such Grantor is engaged, and, at such time
or
times as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in respect of any
material portion of any Collateral, to prepare and deliver to the Administrative
Agent a schedule or schedules in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to
the
Administrative Agent showing the identity, amount and location of any and all
Collateral specified in any such request.
Β
(c)Β Β Security
Agreement Supplements and IP Security Agreement Supplements. Upon (i)
delivery of a Compliance Certificate in accordance with the Credit Agreement
and/or (ii) the execution and delivery of any Joinder Agreement, the
BorrowerΒ and, if applicable, the Grantor party to such
Joinder Agreement, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a
Security Agreement Supplement updating the Schedules hereto and, if necessary,
an IP Security Agreement Supplement, updating the schedules to the Intellectual
Property Security Agreement.
Β
(d)Β Β Further
Assurances. Each Grantor shall, at its own expense, take any and all
commercially reasonable actions necessary to defend title to all material
Collateral against all Persons and to defend the Security Interest of the
Administrative Agent in all material Collateral and the priority thereof against
any Lien not expressly permitted to be prior to the Security Interest pursuant
to Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement.
Β
(e)Β Β Preserving
Security Interest. Each Grantor agrees, at its own expense, to execute,
acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further instruments
and
documents and take all such actions as the Administrative Agent may from time
to
time reasonably request to better assure, preserve, protect and perfect the
Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the
payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the granting of the Security Interest and the filing
of any financing statements (including fixture filings) or other documents
in
connection herewith or therewith.
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(f)Β Β Insurance.Β Β The
Grantors, at their own expense, shall maintain or cause to be maintained
insurance covering physical loss or damage to the Inventory and Equipment in
accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 6.07 of the Credit
Agreement.Β Β Each Grantor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints
the Administrative Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated
by
the Administrative Agent) as such Grantorβs true and lawful agent (and
attorney-in-fact) for the purpose, during the continuance of an Event of
Default, of making, settling and adjusting claims in respect of Collateral
under
policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Grantor on any check, draft
instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of
insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with respect
thereto.Β Β In the event that any Grantor at any time or times shall
fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required hereby
or
to pay any premium in whole or in part relating thereto, the Administrative
Agent may, after the expiration of any applicable grace or cure period, without
waiving or releasing any obligation or liability of any Grantor hereunder or
any
Event of Default, in its sole discretion, obtain and maintain such policies
of
insurance and pay such premium and take any other actions with respect thereto
as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems advisable.Β Β All sums
disbursed by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Section
5.01(f), including reasonable attorneysβ fees, court costs, expenses and
other charges relating thereto, shall be payable, promptly upon demand, by
the
Grantors to the Administrative Agent and shall be additional Obligations secured
hereby.
Β
(g)Β Β Inspection
Rights. Without in any way limiting or expanding the rights of any Lender or
the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.10 of the Credit
Agreement, the Administrative Agent and such Persons as the Administrative
Agent
may reasonably designate shall have the right, at the Grantorsβ cost and
expense, to inspect the Collateral, all records related thereto (and to make
extracts and copies from such records) and the premises upon which any of the
Collateral is located, at reasonable times and intervals during normal business
hours upon reasonable advance notice to the respective Grantor (provided that
the Administrative Agent may not do any of the foregoing at the expense of
the
Grantors more often than once in any calendar year unless a Default has occurred
and is continuing), to discuss the Grantorsβ affairs with the officers of the
Grantors and their independent accountants and to verify under reasonable
procedures, the validity, amount, quality, quantity, value, condition and status
of, or any other matter relating to, the Collateral, including, in the case
of
Accounts or Collateral in the possession of any third person, at any time that
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, by contacting Account
Debtors or the third person possessing such Collateral for the purpose of making
such a verification.Β Β Subject to Section 10.07 of the Credit
Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall have the right to share any
information it gains from such inspection or verification with any Secured
Party.
Β
(h)Β Β Payment
of Taxes. At its option, the Administrative Agent may discharge past due
taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other
encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Collateral (other than
Permitted Liens or as otherwise permitted to exist under the Credit Agreement
or
any other Loan Document), and may pay for the maintenance and preservation
of
the Collateral to the extent any Grantor fails to do so as required by the
Credit Agreement or this Agreement, and the Grantors agree to reimburse the
Administrative Agent on demand for any payment made or any reasonable expense
incurred by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the foregoing authorization
and
such payments and expenses shall be additional Obligations secured hereby;
provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.01(h)
shall be interpreted as excusing any Grantor from the performance of, or
imposing any obligation on the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party to
cure
or perform, any covenants or other promises of any Grantor with respect to
taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other
encumbrances and maintenance as set forth herein or in the other Loan
Documents.
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Β
SECTION
5.02Β Β Covenants
Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral.Β
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β
Patents.Β Β Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, each Grantor agrees that it will not do any act or
omit
to do any act (and will prevent its licensees from doing any act or omitting
to
do any act) whereby any Patent that is necessary to the conduct of the Grantorsβ
business may become invalidated or dedicated to the public and agrees that
it
shall continue to xxxx any products covered by such Patent with the relevant
patent number as necessary to establish and preserve its maximum rights under
applicable patent law.
Β
(b)Β Β Trademarks.
Each Grantor (either itself or through its licensees or its sublicensees) will,
for each Trademark necessary to the conduct of such Grantorβs business, use its
commercially reasonable efforts to (i) maintain such Trademark in full force
and
effect, free from any claim of abandonment or invalidity for non-use, (ii)
maintain the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark,
and
(iii) except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, display such Trademark with notice of Federal or foreign registration
to
the extent necessary to establish and preserve its rights under applicable
Law,
unless in any such case such Grantor has determined that such Trademark is
no
longer material to the conduct of its business.Β Β Each Grantor will not
knowingly use or knowingly permit the use of any Trademark in violation of
any
third party rights, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Β
(c)Β Β Copyrights.
Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
each Grantor (either itself or through its licensees or its sublicensees) will,
for each work covered by a registered Copyright material to the conduct of
the
Grantorsβ business, continue to publish, reproduce, display, adopt and
distribute the work with appropriate copyright notice as necessary and
sufficient to establish and preserve its rights under applicable copyright
laws,
unless in any such case such Grantor has determined that the maintenance of
such
Copyright is not required for its business.
Β
(d)Β Β Abandoned
Intellectual Property. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, each Grantor, or the Borrower, on behalf of the
Grantors, shall notify the Administrative Agent promptly if it has actual
knowledge that any Patent, registered Trademark or registered Copyright
necessary to the conduct of its business may become abandoned, lost or dedicated
to the public, or of any materially adverse determination or development
(including the institution of, or any such determination or development in,
any
proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States
Copyright Office or any court or similar office of any country) regarding such
Grantorβs ownership of any such Patent, Trademark or Copyright, its right to
register the same, or its right to keep and maintain the same unless in any
such
case such Grantor has determined that the maintenance of such Patent, Trademark
or Copyright is not required for its business.
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Β
(e)Β Β Notice
of Applications. In no event shall any Grantor, either itself or through any
agent, employee, licensee or designee, file an application for any Patent or
the
registration of any Trademark or Copyright with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any office or agency in
any
political subdivision of the United States or in any other country or any
political subdivision thereof, unless it promptly informs the Administrative
Agent thereof, and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, executes and
delivers any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Administrative
Agentβs security interest in such Patent, Trademark or Copyright of such Grantor
relating thereto or represented thereby, and each Grantor hereby appoints the
Administrative Agent as its attorney-in-fact to execute and file such writings
for the foregoing purposes, all such acts of such attorney being hereby ratified
and confirmed; such power, being coupled with an interest, is
irrevocable.
Β
(f)Β Β Maintaining
Applications and Registrations. Each Grantor will take all steps to the
extent it deems reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances that are
consistent with the practice in any proceeding before the United States Patent
and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any office or agency
in
any political subdivision of the United States or in any other country or any
political subdivision thereof, to maintain and pursue each application relating
to the Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights (and to obtain the relevant grant
or registration) that is necessary to the conduct of such Grantorβs business and
to maintain each issued Patent and each registration of Trademarks and
Copyrights that is necessary to the conduct of such Grantorβs business,
including timely filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use,
affidavits of incontestability and payment of maintenance fees, and, if
consistent with good business judgment, to initiate opposition, interference
and
cancellation proceedings against third parties unless in any such case such
Grantor has determined that the maintenance of such Patent, Trademark or
Copyright is not required for its business.
Β
(g)Β Β Misappropriation.
In the event that any Grantor believes that any Collateral consisting of a
material Patent, Trademark or Copyright is infringed, misappropriated or diluted
by a third party, which infringement, misappropriation or dilution would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, such Grantor, by
itself or through the Borrower, shall notify the Administrative Agent promptly
after it learns thereof and shall take such actions as such Grantor deems
reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to protect such
Collateral.
Β
(h)Β Β Consents.
Upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the request of the
Administrative Agent each Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts
to
obtain all requisite consents or approvals from the licensor under each license
consisting of a Copyright License, Patent License or Trademark License that
is
necessary to the conduct of such Grantorβs business to effect the assignment of
all such Grantorβs right, title and interest thereunder to the Administrative
Agent or its designee.
Β
ARTICLE
VI
Β
REMEDIES;
RIGHTS UPON DEFAULT
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Β
SECTION
6.01Β Β Remedies
upon Default.Β Β (a) Delivery of Collateral; Other Actions.
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each
Grantor agrees to deliver all or any item of Collateral to the Administrative
Agent on demand, and it is agreed that upon the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall have the
right to take any of or all the following actions at the same or different
times:Β Β (i) with respect to any Collateral consisting of Intellectual
Property, on demand, to cause the Security Interest to become an assignment,
transfer and conveyance of any of or all such Collateral by the applicable
Grantors to the Administrative Agent (except to the extent an assignment,
transfer or conveyance thereof would result in a loss of said Intellectual
Property), or to license or sublicense, whether general, special or otherwise,
and whether on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis, any such Collateral
throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the
Administrative Agent shall determine (other than in violation of any
then-existing licensing arrangements to the extent that waivers cannot be
obtained); (ii) with or without legal process and with or without prior notice
or demand for performance, to take possession of the Collateral and without
liability for trespass to enter any premises where the Collateral may be located
for the purpose of taking possession of or removing the Collateral; (iii)
enforce compliance with and take any and all action with respect to the Pledged
Collateral and other Collateral to the fullest extent as though the
Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof, including the right to
receive distributions and other payments with respect to the Pledged Collateral
and the other Collateral; and (iv) generally with respect to all Collateral,
to
exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party under the Uniform
Commercial Code or other applicable Law.Β Β Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, each Grantor agrees that, upon the occurrence
and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall
have the right to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral
at a public or private sale or at any brokerβs board or on any securities
exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Administrative
Agent shall deem appropriate.Β Β The Administrative Agent shall be
authorized at any such sale of securities (if it deems it advisable to do so)
to
restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to Persons who will represent
and
agree that they are purchasing the Collateral for their own account for
investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof, and upon
consummation of any such sale of Collateral the Administrative Agent shall
have
the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof
the Collateral so sold.Β Β Each such purchaser at any such sale shall
hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part
of
any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives and releases (to the extent
permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay, valuation and appraisal that
such Grantor now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of
Law
or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.
Β
(b)Β Β Sale
of Collateral. The Administrative Agent shall give the Borrower 10 daysβ
written notice (which each Grantor agrees is reasonable notice within the
meaning of Section 9-611 of the UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions)
of
the Administrative Agentβs intention to make any sale of
Collateral.Β Β Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state
the time and place for such sale and, in the case of a sale at a brokerβs board
or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such
sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral, or portion thereof,
will
first be offered for sale at such board or exchange.Β Β Any such public
sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and
at
such place or places as the Administrative Agent may fix and state in the notice
(if any) of such sale.Β Β At any such sale, the Collateral, or portion
thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate
parcels, as the Administrative Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion)
determine.Β Β The Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to make
any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of
the
fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been
given.Β Β The Administrative Agent may, without notice or publication,
adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time
to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale
may,
without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was
so
adjourned.Β Β In case any sale of all or any part of the Collateral is
made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained
by
the Administrative Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or
purchasers thereof, but the Administrative Agent shall not incur any liability
in case any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for
the
Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure, such Collateral may be
sold
again upon like notice.Β Β At any public (or, to the extent permitted by
law, private) sale made pursuant to this Section 6.01, any Secured Party
may bid for or purchase for cash, free (to the extent permitted by law) from
any
right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of any Grantor
(all said rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent permitted
by law), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and such Secured
Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose
of
such property without further accountability to any Grantor
therefor.Β Β For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the
Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof; the
Administrative Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such
agreement and no Grantor shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral
or
any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the
Administrative Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of
Default shall have been remedied and the Obligations paid in full in cash.
As an
alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the
Administrative Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to
foreclose this Agreement and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof
pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent
jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed
receiver.Β Β Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section
6.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as
provided in Section 9-610(b) of the UCC or its equivalent in other
jurisdictions.
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Β
(c)Β Β Third
Party Consent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, if any enforceable term of any promissory note, contract, agreement,
permit, lease, license (including any License) or other General Intangible
included as a part of the Collateral requires the consent of the Person
obligated on such promissory note or any Person (other than the applicable
Grantor) obligated on such lease, contract or agreement, or which has issued
such permit or license or other General Intangible (i) for the creation,
attachment or perfection of the Lien of this Agreement in such Collateral or
(ii) for the assignment or transfer thereof or the creation, attachment or
perfection of such Lien not to give rise to a default, breach, right of
recoupment, claim, defense, termination, right of termination or other remedy
thereunder, then the receipt of any such necessary consent shall be a condition
to any exercise of remedies against such Collateral under this Section
6.01Β Β (but not to the creation, attachment or perfection of the
Lien of this Agreement as provided herein).
Β
SECTION
6.02Β Β Application
of Proceeds.Β Β All cash proceeds received by the Administrative
Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon
all
or any part of the Collateral of any Grantor may, in the discretion of the
Administrative Agent, be held, to the extent permitted under applicable Law,
by
the Administrative Agent as additional collateral security for all or any part
of the Obligations of such Grantor, and/or then or at any time thereafter shall
be applied (after payment of any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 10.04 of the Credit Agreement and Section 6.05
hereof) in whole or in part by the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit
of the Secured Parties against all or any part of the Obligations of such
Grantor in accordance with Section 8.03 of the Credit Agreement.Β Β Any
surplus of such cash or cash proceeds of any Grantor held by the Administrative
Agent and remaining on the Termination Date for such Grantor shall be paid
over
to such Grantor or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive such
surplus.
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Β
SECTION
6.03Β Β Grant
of License to Use Intellectual Property.Β Β Subject to any Licenses
or other agreements with third parties that have been or may be entered into
by
any Grantor, for the purpose of enabling the Administrative Agent to exercise
rights and remedies under this Agreement at such time as the Administrative
Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each
Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent an irrevocable, nonexclusive
license for the term of this Agreement (exercisable without payment of royalty
or other compensation to the Grantors) to use, license or sublicense any of
the
Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired
by such Grantor, wherever the same may be located, and including in such license
reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be
recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the
compilation or printout thereof.Β Β The use of such license by the
Administrative Agent may be exercised, at the option of the Administrative
Agent, only upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Default; provided that any license, sublicense or other transaction
entered into by the Administrative Agent in accordance herewith shall be binding
upon the Grantors notwithstanding any subsequent cure of an Event of
Default.
Β
SECTION
6.04Β Β Securities
Act, etc.Β Β In view of the position of the Grantors in relation to
the Pledged Collateral, or because of other current or future circumstances,
a
question may arise under the Securities Act of 1933, as now or hereafter in
effect, or any similar statute hereafter enacted analogous in purpose or effect
(such Act and any such similar statute as from time to time in effect being
called the βFederal Securities Lawsβ) with respect to any disposition of
the Pledged Collateral or any Investment Property permitted
hereunder.Β Β Each Grantor understands that compliance with the Federal
Securities Laws might very strictly limit the course of conduct of the
Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent were to attempt to dispose
of
all or any part of the Pledged Collateral or any Investment Property, and might
also limit the extent to which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee
of any Pledged Collateral or any Investment Property could dispose of the
same.Β Β Similarly, there may be other legal restrictions or limitations
affecting the Administrative Agent in any attempt to dispose of all or part
of
the Pledged Collateral or any Investment Property under applicable Blue Sky
or
other state securities laws or similar laws analogous in purpose or
effect.Β Β Each Grantor recognizes that in light of such restrictions
and limitations the Administrative Agent may, with respect to any sale of the
Pledged Collateral or any Investment Property, limit the purchasers to those
who
will agree, among other things, to acquire such Pledged Collateral or any such
Investment Property for their own account, for investment, and not with a view
to the distribution or resale thereof.Β Β Each Grantor acknowledges and
agrees that in light of such restrictions and limitations, the Administrative
Agent, when exercising remedies on behalf of the Secured Parties after an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, (a) may proceed to make such a sale
whether or not a registration statement for the purpose of registering such
Pledged Collateral or Investment Property or part thereof shall have been filed
under the Federal Securities Laws and (b) may approach and negotiate with a
single potential purchaser to effect such sale.Β Β Each Grantor
acknowledges and agrees that any such sale might result in prices and other
terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale without
such restrictions.Β Β In the event of any such sale, the Administrative
Agent shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part
of
the Pledged Collateral or Investment Property at a price that the Administrative
Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, may in good xxxxx xxxx reasonable
under the circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially
higher price might have been realized if the sale were deferred until after
registration as aforesaid or if more than a single purchaser were
approached.Β Β The provisions of this Section 6.04 will apply
notwithstanding the existence of a public or private market upon which the
quotations or sales prices may exceed substantially the price at which the
Administrative Agent sells.
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Β
SECTION
6.05Β Β Expenses;
Indemnification.Β Β
Β
(a)Β Β Expenses.Β Β The
Grantors hereby jointly and severally agree to pay (i) all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates
(including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the
Administrative Agent), in connection with the preparation, negotiation,
execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof
or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
shall
be consummated), and (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by
the
Administrative Agent, or any Lender (including the fees, charges and
disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent or any Lender, in
connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation,
the
custody, preservation, use or operation of, or the sale of, collection from
or
other realization upon, any of the Collateral.
Β
(b)Β Β Indemnity.
Grantor hereby agrees to jointly and severally indemnify the Administrative
Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and each Related Party of any
of
the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an βIndemniteeβ)
against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and related reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including
the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any
Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee
by
any third party or by any Grantor arising out of, in connection with, or as
a
result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the
performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder
or
thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof)
and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the
other
Loan Documents, (ii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous
Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the any Grantor or any
of
its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to such
Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) any actual or prospective claim,
litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing,
whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third
party or by any Grantor or any such Grantorβs directors, shareholders or
creditors, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, in
all
cases, whether or not caused by or arising, in whole or in part, out of the
comparative, contributory or sole negligence of the Indemnitee; provided
that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent
that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable
judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by any Grantor against an
Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee's obligations hereunder
or
under any other Loan Document, if such Grantor has obtained a final and
nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court
of
competent jurisdiction or (z) result from a claim brought by one Indemnitee
against another Indemnitee.
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Β
(c)Β Β Survival.
The obligations and agreements of the Grantors in this Section 6.05 shall
survive the Termination Date and the repayment, satisfaction and discharge
of
the Obligations.
Β
ARTICLE
VII
Β
MISCELLANEOUS
Β
SECTION
7.01Β Β Notices.Β Β All
notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing
and
mailed, delivered or transmitted by telecopies to each party hereto at the
address set forth in Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement (with any
notice to any Grantor being delivered to such Grantor in care of the
Borrower).Β Β All such notices and other communications shall be deemed
to be given or made at the times provided in Section 10.02 of the Credit
Agreement.
Β
SECTION
7.02Β Β Amendments,
etc.; Additional Grantors; Successors and Assigns.
Β
(a)Β Β No
amendment to or waiver of any provision of this Agreement nor consent to any
departure by any Grantor herefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent and, with
respect to any such amendment, by the Grantors or the Borrower on behalf of
itself and the Subsidiary Grantors, and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which
given.Β Β This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with
respect to each Grantor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived
or
released with respect to any Grantor without the approval of any other Grantor
and without affecting the obligations of any other Grantor
hereunder.
Β
(b)Β Β Upon
execution and delivery by the Administrative Agent and any Person of a Joinder
Agreement, such Person shall become a Grantor hereunder with the same force
and
effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein.Β Β The execution and
delivery of any such Joinder Agreement shall not require the consent of any
other Grantor hereunder.Β Β The rights and obligations of each Grantor
hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition
of
any new Grantor as a party to this Agreement.
Β
(c)Β Β Upon
the
delivery by the Borrower and any other Grantor of a Security Agreement
Supplement certifying supplements to the Schedules hereto in respect of any
Grantor, such schedule supplements shall be incorporated into and become a
part
of and supplement the Schedules hereto and the Administrative Agent may attach
such schedule supplements to such Schedules, and each reference to the Schedules
shall mean and be a reference to such Schedules, as supplemented pursuant to
any
such Security Agreement Supplement.Β Β For the avoidance of doubt, the
delivery of any Security Agreement Supplement shall not effect any release
of
the security interest granted by any Grantor hereunder unless and until such
release shall be effective pursuant to Section 3.07.
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(d)Β Β This
Agreement shall be binding upon each Grantor and its successors, transferees
and
assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and each
other Secured Party and their respective successors, transferees and permitted
assigns; provided, however, that no Grantor may assign its
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent.
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SECTION
7.03Β Β Survival
of Agreement.Β Β All covenants, agreements, representations and
warranties made by each Grantor in the Loan Documents and in the certificates
or
other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied
upon by the Lenders and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan
Documents and the making of any Loans and the issuance of any Letters of Credit,
regardless of any investigation made by any Lender or on its behalf and
notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender
may
have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or
warranty at the time any credit is extended under the Credit Agreement, and
shall continue in full force and effect until the Termination Date for such
Grantor or any earlier release of such Grantor hereunder pursuant to Section
3.07(b).
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SECTION
7.04Β Β Administrative
Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact.Β Β Each Grantor
hereby appoints the Administrative Agent the attorney-in-fact of such Grantor
for the purpose, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of
Default, of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action
and executing any instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary
or
advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment is irrevocable
and coupled with an interest.Β Β Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with full power of
substitution either in the Administrative Agentβs name or in the name of such
Grantor, (a) to receive, endorse, assign and/or deliver any and all notes,
acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating
to the Collateral or any part thereof, (b) to demand, collect, receive payment
of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the
Collateral, (c) to ask for, demand, xxx for, collect, receive and give
acquittance for any and all moneys due or to become due under and by virtue
of
any Collateral, (d) to sign the name of any Grantor on any invoice or xxxx
of
lading relating to any of the Collateral, (e) to send verifications of Accounts
to any Account Debtor, (f) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions
or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to
collect or otherwise realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce
any
rights in respect of any Collateral, (g) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust
or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the
Collateral, (h) to notify, or to require any Grantor to notify, Account Debtors
to make payment directly to the Administrative Agent, and (i) to use, sell,
assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal
with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary
to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though
the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all
purposes; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as
requiring or obligating the Administrative Agent to make any commitment or
to
make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by
the
Administrative Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take
any
action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due
or
to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby.Β Β The
Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only
for
amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted
to
them herein, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents
shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder,
except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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SECTION
7.05Β Β Counterparts.Β Β This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto
in
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all
of
which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.Β Β This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among
the
parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous
agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter
hereof.Β Β This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been
executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall
have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures
of each of the other parties hereto.Β Β Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other
electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Agreement.
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SECTION
7.06Β Β Severability.Β Β If
any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable,
(a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of
this AgreementΒ Β shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the
parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal,
invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect
of
which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or
unenforceable provisions.Β Β The invalidity of a provision in a
particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such
provision in any other jurisdiction.
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SECTION
7.07Β Β GOVERNING
LAW; JURISDICTION; ETC.
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(a)Β Β GOVERNING
LAW.Β Β THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THEΒ Β LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
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(b)Β Β SUBMISSION
TO JURISDICTION.Β Β EACH GRANTOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY
SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE
COURTS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA SITTING IN XXXXXX COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES
DISTRICT COURT OF THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT
FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF
ANY
JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES
THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND
DETERMINED IN SUCH GEORGIA STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY
APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT.Β Β EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO
AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE
CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT
OR
IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.Β Β NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
ANY LENDER OR THE L/C ISSUER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY
LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
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(c)Β Β WAIVER
OF VENUE.Β Β EACH GRANTOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW
OR
HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT
OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED
TO IN PARAGRAPH (b) OF THIS SECTION.Β Β EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
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(d)Β Β SERVICE
OF PROCESS.Β Β EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF
PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.02 OF THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT.Β Β NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY
PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW.
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SECTION
7.08Β Β WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.Β Β EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A
TRIAL
BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER
THEORY).Β Β EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE,
AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE,
THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE
THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO
HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS
BY,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS
SECTION.
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SECTION
7.09Β Β ENTIRE
AGREEMENT.Β Β THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT
THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE
OF
PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES OR BY
PRIOR
OR CONTEMPORANEOUS WRITTEN AGREEMENTS.Β Β THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL
AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES.
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SECTION
7.10Β Β Mortgages.Β Β In
the event that any of the Collateral hereunder is also subject to a valid and
enforceable Lien under the terms of any Mortgage and the terms of such Mortgage
are inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, then with respect to such
Collateral, the terms of such Mortgage shall be controlling in the case of
Fixtures and real estate leases, letting and licenses of, and contracts and
agreements relating to the lease of, real property covered by such Mortgage,
and
the terms of this Agreement shall be controlling in the case of all other
Collateral.
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SECTION
7.11Β Β No
Waiver; Remedies.Β Β No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent
or any other Secured Party in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder
or
under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall
any
single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy, or any
abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right, power or remedy,
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right, power or remedy.Β Β The rights, powers and remedies of the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights, powers
or remedies that they would otherwise have.Β Β Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or the issuance of a Letter
of
Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether
the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer may have had notice
or
knowledge of such Default at the time.Β Β No notice or demand on any
Loan Party in any case shall entitle any Loan Party to any other or further
notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
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SECTION
7.12Β Β Headings.Β Β Article
and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience
of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the
construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this
Agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first
written above.
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PLAYSTREAM,
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Treasurer
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VITALSTREAM,
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Treasurer
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VITALSTREAM
ADVERTISING SERVICES, INC.
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Title:
Treasurer
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VITALSTREAM
HOLDINGS, INC.
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Treasurer
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BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A.,
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administrative agent
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Title:
Senior Vice President
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