EXHIBIT 4.4
SECURITY AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
BAYOU STEEL CORPORATION
AND
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
AS COLLATERAL AGENT
May 22, 1998
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
1. DEFINED TERMS...........................................................1
1.1 DEFINITIONS.......................................................1
1.2 OTHER DEFINITIONAL PROVISIONS.....................................3
2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST..............................................3
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES..........................................4
3.1 TITLE; NO OTHER LIENS.............................................4
3.2 PERFECTED FIRST PRIORITY LIENS....................................4
3.3 EQUIPMENT.........................................................4
3.4 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE............................................4
3.5 FARM PRODUCTS.....................................................4
3.6 NO OTHER OWNERS...................................................4
4. COVENANTS...............................................................4
4.1 DELIVERY OF INSTRUMENTS AND CHATTEL PAPER.........................5
4.2 MARKING OF RECORDS................................................5
4.3 MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE..........................................5
4.4 PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS............................................5
4.5 MAINTENANCE OF PERFECTED SECURITY INTEREST; FURTHER
DOCUMENTATION....................................................6
4.6 CHANGES IN LOCATIONS, NAMES, ETC..................................6
4.7 FURTHER IDENTIFICATION OF COLLATERAL..............................6
4.8 NOTICES...........................................................6
5. ASSET SALES AND RECEIPT OF NET INSURANCE PROCEEDS.......................7
6. REMEDIES................................................................7
6.1 CODE REMEDIES.....................................................7
6.2 DEFICIENCY........................................................8
7. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE..................................8
8. COLLATERAL AGENT'S APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY-IN FACT; COLLATERAL
AGENT'S PERFORMANCE OF COMPANY'S OBLIGATIONS...........................8
8.1 POWERS............................................................8
8.2 PERFORMANCE BY COLLATERAL AGENT OF COMPANY'S OBLIGATIONS..........9
8.3 COMPANY'S REIMBURSEMENT OBLIGATION................................9
8.4 RATIFICATION; POWER COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST......................9
9. DUTY OF COLLATERAL AGENT................................................9
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10. EXECUTION OF FINANCING STATEMENTS......................................10
11. AUTHORITY OF COLLATERAL AGENT..........................................10
12. INDEMNITY..............................................................10
12.1 INDEMNITY........................................................10
12.2 SURVIVAL.........................................................11
12.3 REIMBURSEMENTS...................................................11
13. NOTICES................................................................11
14. SEVERABILITY...........................................................11
15. AMENDMENTS IN WRITING; NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES..................11
15.1 AMENDMENTS IN WRITING............................................11
15.2 NO WAIVER BY COURSE OF CONDUCT...................................12
15.3 .................................................................12
15.4 REMEDIES CUMULATIVE..............................................12
16. SECTION HEADINGS.......................................................12
17. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.................................................12
18. GOVERNING LAW..........................................................12
19. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS....................................12
20. SPECIAL LOUISIANA PROVISIONS...........................................13
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SECURITY AGREEMENT
SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of May 22, 1998, made by BAYOU STEEL
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, the Federal taxpayer identification number
of which is 00-0000000 (the "COMPANY"), in favor of FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
COMMERCE, as trustee (in such capacity, the "TRUSTEE"), the Federal Employer
Identification Number of which is 00-0000000, under the Indenture dated May 22,
1998, among the Trustee, the Company, Bayou Steel Corporation (Tennessee) and
River Road Realty Corporation (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the "INDENTURE"), and as collateral agent (in such capacity
and together with any successors in such capacity, the "COLLATERAL AGENT") for
the benefit of the Holders of all securities issued under the Indenture (the
"SECURITIES").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company is the owner of the Collateral (as hereinafter
defined); and
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the purchase of the 1998
Securities from the Company that the Company shall have executed and delivered
this Agreement to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of Holders of the
Securities of all series.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Trustee
to enter into the Indenture and to induce the Holders to purchase the
Securities, the Company hereby agrees with the Collateral Agent, for the ratable
benefit of the Holders of the Securities of all series, as follows:
III DEFINED TERMS.
3.1 DEFINITIONS. (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the
Indenture and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture
and the following terms which are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code in
effect in the State of New York on the date hereof are used herein as so
defined: Chattel Paper, Equipment, Fixtures, Farm Products, and Instruments.
(b) The following terms shall have the following meanings:
"AGREEMENT" means this Security Agreement, as the same may be amended,
modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time.
"BANK SECURITY AGREEMENT" means the Amended and Restated Security
Agreement dated as of May 22, 1998, among the Company, Bayou Steel Corporation
(Tennessee), River Road Realty Corporation and the other Subsidiaries of the
Company from time to time a party thereto and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as agent
for the Lenders party to the New Credit Facility.
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"CODE" means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in
the State of New York.
"COLLATERAL" has the meaning specified in Section 2 of this Agreement.
"CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION" means, as to any Person, any provision of any
security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or undertaking to
which such Person is a party or by which it or any of the property owned by it
is bound.
"NET INSURANCE PROCEEDS" has the meaning specified in Section 4.3 of this
Agreement.
"OBLIGATIONS" means the collective reference to the unpaid principal of
and interest on the Securities of all series and all other obligations and
liabilities of the Company to the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Holders
of the Securities of all series (including, without limitation, interest
accruing after the maturity of the Securities and interest accruing after the
filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency,
reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Company, whether or not a
claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding,
and interest, to the extent permitted by law, on the unpaid interest), whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now
existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection
with, the Indenture, the Securities of any series, this Agreement, the other
Security Documents or any other document made, delivered or given in connection
therewith, in each case whether on account of principal, interest, fees,
indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all
fees and disbursements of counsel to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent that
are required to be paid by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Indenture or
this Agreement or any other Security Document).
"PROCEEDS" and "PRODUCTS" shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in
the Code and shall include in any event (i) whatever is received upon any
collection, exchange, sale or other disposition or refinancing of any of the
Collateral and any property into which any of the Collateral is converted
(whether cash or non-cash proceeds), (ii) any and all proceeds of any insurance,
indemnity, warranty or guarantee payable to the Company from time to time with
respect to any of the Collateral, (iii) any and all payments (in any form
whatsoever) made or due and payable to the Company from time to time in
connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or
forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral by any governmental authority
(or any person acting under color of governmental authority) and (iv) any and
all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under or in connection with
any of the Collateral.
"REQUIREMENT OF LAW" means, as to any Person, the Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such
Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an
arbitrator or a court or other governmental authority, in each case applicable
to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or
any of its property is subject.
3.2 OTHER DEFINITIONAL PROVISIONS. (a) The words "hereof", "herein" and
"hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer
to this Agreement as a whole and
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not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and section and paragraph
references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(b) All references to the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to
include a reference to the Trustee, and the reverse thereof shall similarly
apply.
(c) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
IV GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST. As collateral security for the prompt and
complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations, the Company hereby grants to the
Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Holders a security interest in
all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by the
Company or in which the Company now has or at any time in the future may acquire
any right, title or interest (collectively, the "COLLATERAL"):
(a) all Equipment located on the real property described in SCHEDULE
1 hereto and constituting a portion of the Integral Fixtures and
Equipment, including, without limitation, (i) furniture, furnishings,
tools, lubricants, spare parts, shelving, displays, cases, accessories,
motors and engines, (ii) bearings, rolls, guides and stores which are
classified on the balance sheet of the Company as inventory and (iii) with
respect to the foregoing, all attachments, components, parts, equipment
and accessories installed thereon or affixed thereto;
(b) all Fixtures located on the real property described in SCHEDULE
1 hereto and constituting a portion of the Integral Fixtures and
Equipment;
(c) to the extent that the Company has any rights therein, that
certain account number 0000000-1, in the name of the Collateral Agent,
established with the Collateral Agent, pursuant to Section 13.1 of the
Indenture; and
(d) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and Products
of any and all of the foregoing (including, without limitation, any
properties or assets into which Proceeds or Products of any of the
foregoing are converted); provided, however, that, if Proceeds are
converted into assets which are collateral for the New Credit Facility,
the security interest created hereunder shall not attach to such assets;
(e) all books and records pertaining to the forgoing Collateral.
The Collateral specifically includes, but is not limited to, that certain deep
water dock and related facilities situated on a water bottom in the Mississippi
River and attached to the real property described in SCHEDULE 1 at Mile 132.4
A.H.P. between LaPlace and Little Gypsy, if and to the extent characterized as
movable property under Louisiana law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Collateral shall not be deemed to include "Accounts Receivable" and "Inventory",
and the "Proceeds" thereof, as each of such terms is defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement.
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V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Company hereby represents and warrants
that:
5.1 TITLE; NO OTHER LIENS. Except for the security interest granted to the
Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities of all
series pursuant to this Agreement and the other Liens permitted to exist on the
Collateral pursuant to the Indenture, the Company owns each item of the
Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others. No security
agreement, financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or any
part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such
as have been filed in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of
the Holders of the Securities of all series, pursuant to this Agreement or as
are permitted pursuant to the Indenture.
5.2 PERFECTED FIRST PRIORITY LIENS. The security interests granted
pursuant to this Agreement (a) constitute perfected security interests in the
Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Holders of the Securities of all series , (b) are prior to all other Liens on
the Collateral in existence on the date hereof except for Liens permitted to
exist pursuant to the Indenture, and (c) are enforceable as such against (1) all
creditors of and purchasers from the Company and (2) any Person having any
interest in the real property where any of the Equipment constituting Collateral
is located.
5.3 EQUIPMENT. The Equipment constituting Collateral is kept at the
location described on SCHEDULE 1 hereto.
5.4 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE. The Company's chief executive office and chief
place of business is located at 000 Xxxxxxx 0000, XxXxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000.
5.5 FARM PRODUCTS. None of the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds
of, Farm Products.
5.6 NO OTHER OWNERS. No Affiliate of the Company other than River Road
Realty Corporation owns any part of the Collateral.
VI COVENANTS. The Company covenants and agrees with the Collateral Agent that,
from and after the date of this Agreement until this Agreement is terminated and
the security interests created hereby are released:
6.1 DELIVERY OF INSTRUMENTS AND CHATTEL PAPER. If any amount payable under
or in connection with any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any
Instrument or Chattel Paper, such Instrument or Chattel Paper shall be promptly
delivered to the Collateral Agent, duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement and
subject to the Indenture's terms.
6.2 MARKING OF RECORDS. The Company will xxxx its books and records
pertaining to the Collateral to evidence this Agreement and the security
interests created hereby.
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6.3 MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE. (a) The Company will maintain, with
financially sound and reputable companies, insurance policies (1) insuring the
Equipment and Fixtures constituting Collateral against loss by fire, explosion,
theft and such other casualties as are usually and customarily carried with
respect to similar property and/or facilities according to their respective
locations and (2) insuring the Company, the Collateral Agent and the Holders of
the Securities of all series against liability for personal injury and property
damage relating to such Equipment and Fixtures, such policies to be in such form
and amounts and having such coverage as are usually and customarily carried with
respect to similar property and/or facilities according to their respective
locations with losses payable to the Company and the Collateral Agent (the
proceeds of any insurance recovery under any insurance policy maintained by the
Company following a casualty event affecting any of the Collateral shall be
referred to collectively as "NET INSURANCE PROCEEDS").
(b) All such insurance shall (1) provide that no cancellation,
material reduction in amount or material change in coverage thereof shall be
effective until at least 30 days after receipt by the Collateral Agent of
written notice thereof, (2) name the Collateral Agent as an insured party and
(3) subject to paragraph (a) above, be reasonably satisfactory in all other
respects to the Collateral Agent.
(c) The Company shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a report of a
reputable insurance broker with respect to such insurance during the month of
June in each calendar year and such supplemental reports with respect thereto as
the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
6.4 PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS. The Company will pay and discharge or
otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the
case may be, all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed
upon the Collateral or in respect of income or profits therefrom, as well as all
claims of any kind (including, without limitation, claims for labor, materials
and supplies) against or with respect to the Collateral, except that no such
charge need be paid if the amount, applicability or validity thereof is
currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, reserves in
conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of the
Company and such proceedings do not involve any material danger of the sale,
forfeiture or loss of any of the Collateral or any interest therein.
6.5 MAINTENANCE OF PERFECTED SECURITY INTEREST; FURTHER DOCUMENTATION.
(a) The Company shall maintain the security interest created by this
Agreement as a first, perfected security interest subject only to Liens
permitted to exist pursuant to the Indenture and shall defend such security
interest against claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.
(b) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of
the Collateral Agent and at the sole expense of the Company, the Company will
promptly and duly execute and deliver such further instruments and documents and
take such further action as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request for the
purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of
the rights and powers herein granted, including, without limitation, the filing
of any financing
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or continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in any
jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby.
6.6 CHANGES IN LOCATIONS, NAMES, ETC. The Company will not, unless it
shall have given the Collateral Agent at least 30 days' prior written notice:
(a) permit any of the Equipment constituting Integral Fixtures and
Equipment to be kept at a location other than that listed on SCHEDULE 1 hereto;
or
(b) change the location of its chief executive office and chief
place of business from that specified in subsection 3.4; or
(c) change its name, identity, Federal taxpayer identification
number or corporate structure to such an extent that any financing statement
filed by the Collateral Agent in connection with this Agreement would become
seriously misleading.
6.7 FURTHER IDENTIFICATION OF COLLATERAL. The Company will furnish to the
Collateral Agent from time to time statements and schedules further identifying
and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the
Collateral as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable
detail.
6.8 NOTICES. The Company will advise the Collateral Agent promptly, in
reasonable detail, at its address set forth in the Indenture of:
(a) any Lien (other than security interests created hereby or Liens
permitted under the Indenture) on, or claim asserted against, any of the
Collateral; and
(b) of the occurrence of any other event which could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the
Collateral or on the security interests created hereby.
VII ASSET SALES AND RECEIPT OF NET INSURANCE PROCEEDS. All cash, checks,
instruments and other Proceeds of the Collateral from Asset Sales or otherwise,
including Net Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Awards, shall be held by the
Company in trust for the Collateral Agent and the Holders of the Securities of
all series, segregated from the other funds of the Company, and shall,
immediately upon receipt by the Company, be turned over to the Collateral Agent
in the exact form received by the Company (duly indorsed by the Company to the
Collateral Agent, if required) and held by the Collateral Agent in a Collateral
Account maintained under the sole dominion and control of the Collateral Agent,
except as may be released to the Company and or applied to the Obligations in
accordance with ARTICLE XIII of the Indenture. All proceeds while held by the
Collateral Agent in a Collateral Account (or by the Company in trust for the
Collateral Agent and the Holders) shall continue to be held as collateral
security for all the Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until
applied as provided in subsection 6.1.
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VIII REMEDIES.
8.1 CODE REMEDIES. Subject to the provisions of Article VIII of the
Indenture, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Collateral
Agent on behalf of the Holders of the Securities of all series may exercise, in
addition to all other rights and remedies granted to it in this Agreement,
including without limitation Section 20 hereof, if applicable, and in any other
instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Obligations, all
rights and remedies of a secured party under the Code. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent without demand of performance
or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind
(except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon the Company or
any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and
notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect,
receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof,
and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give option or options to purchase, or
otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract
to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or
sales, at any exchange, broker's board or office of the Collateral Agent or
elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such
prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without
assumption of any credit risk. The Collateral Agent shall have the right upon
any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any
such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral
so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in the Company, which right
or equity is hereby waived or released. The Company further agrees, at the
Collateral Agent's request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to
the Collateral Agent at places which the Collateral Agent shall reasonably
select, whether at the Company's premises or elsewhere. The Collateral Agent
shall apply the net proceeds of any such collection, recovery, receipt,
appropriation, realization or sale, after deducting all reasonable costs and
expenses of every kind incurred therein or incidental to the care or safekeeping
of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral, in the manner
set forth in SECTION 8.6 of the Indenture. To the extent permitted by applicable
law, the Company waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against
the Collateral Agent arising out of the exercise by them of any rights
hereunder, except to the extent any such claims, damages or demands were
directly caused by the Collateral Agent's gross negligence or willful
misconduct. If any notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral
shall be required by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if
given at least 10 days before such sale or other disposition.
8.2 DEFICIENCY. The Company shall remain liable for any deficiency if the
proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to
pay the Obligations and the fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by
the Collateral Agent to collect such deficiency.
IX APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE. Section 12.2 through 12.10 of the
Indenture is hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement and made a
part of the same as if set forth herein. To the extent, if any, that the
provisions of this Agreement are inconsistent with the provisions of Section
12.2 through 12.10 of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall
prevail.
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X COLLATERAL AGENT'S APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY-IN FACT; COLLATERAL AGENT'S
PERFORMANCE OF COMPANY'S OBLIGATIONS.
10.1 POWERS. The Company hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the
Collateral Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of
substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable
power and authority in the place and stead of the Company and in the name of the
Company or in its own name, from time to time in the Collateral Agent's
discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take
any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and
instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of
this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Company hereby gives the Collateral Agent the power and right, on behalf of the
Company, without notice to or assent by the Company, to do the following:
(a) in the case of any Collateral, at any time when any Event of
Default shall have occurred and is continuing, in the name of the Company
or its own name, or otherwise, to take possession of and indorse and
collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for
the payment of moneys due with respect to any Collateral and to file any
claim or to take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or
equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent for the
purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due with respect to any
Collateral whenever payable;
(b) to pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or
threatened against the Collateral, to effect any repairs or any insurance
called for by the terms of this Agreement and to pay all or any part of
the premiums therefor and the costs thereof;
(c) to execute, in connection with any Asset Sale permitted by
Section 6.15 of the Indenture or otherwise provided for in Section 6
hereof, any indorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance
or transfer with respect to the Collateral; and
(d) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default, (1) to direct any party liable for any payment under any of the
Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due
thereunder directly to the Collateral Agent or as the Collateral Agent
shall direct; (2) to ask or demand for, collect, receive payment of and
receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become
due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (3) to
sign and indorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading,
storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments,
verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the
Collateral; (4) to commence and prosecute any suits, actions or
proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to
collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other
right in respect of any Collateral; (5) to defend any suit, action or
proceeding brought against the Company with respect to any Collateral; (6)
to settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and,
in connection therewith, to give such discharges or release as the
Collateral Agent may deem appropriate; and (7) generally, to sell,
transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal
with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the
Collateral Agent were the
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absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and to do, at the Collateral
Agent's option and the Company's expense, at any time, or from time to
time, all acts and things which the Collateral Agent deems necessary to
protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Collateral
Agent's security interests therein and to effect the intent of this
Agreement, all as fully and effectively as the Company might do.
10.2 PERFORMANCE BY COLLATERAL AGENT OF COMPANY'S OBLIGATIONS. If the
Company fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein,
the Collateral Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may
perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such
agreement.
10.3 COMPANY'S REIMBURSEMENT OBLIGATION. The expenses of the Collateral
Agent incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided in this
Section, together with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the
interest rate payable with respect to the 1998 Securities from the date of
payment by the Collateral Agent to the date reimbursed by the Company, shall be
payable by the Company to the Collateral Agent on demand.
10.4 RATIFICATION; POWER COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST. The Company hereby
ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are
coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated
and the security interests created hereby are released.
XI DUTY OF COLLATERAL AGENT. The Collateral Agent's sole duty with respect to
the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its
possession under Section 9-207 of the Code or otherwise, shall be to deal with
it in the same manner as the Collateral Agent deals with similar property for
its own account. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its respective
directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand,
collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or
shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral
upon the request of the Company or any other Person or to take any other action
whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers
conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect the Collateral
Agent's interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the
Collateral Agent to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent shall be
accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the
exercise of such powers, and neither it nor any of its officers, directors,
employees or agents shall be responsible to the Company for any act or failure
to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
XII EXECUTION OF FINANCING STATEMENTS. Pursuant to Section 9-402 of the Code,
the Company authorizes the Collateral Agent to file financing statements with
respect to the Collateral without the signature of the Company in such form and
in such filing offices as the Collateral Agent reasonably determines appropriate
to perfect the security interests of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement.
A carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement shall be
sufficient as a financing statement for filing in any jurisdiction.
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XIII AUTHORITY OF COLLATERAL AGENT. The Company acknowledges that the rights and
responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement with respect to
any action taken by the Collateral Agent or the exercise of non-exercise by the
Collateral Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right
or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement
shall, as between the Collateral Agent and the Holders of the Securities of all
series be governed by the Indenture and by such other agreements with respect
thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the
Collateral Agent and the Company, the Collateral Agent shall be conclusively
presumed to be acting as agent for the Holders of the Securities of all series
with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and the Company
shall be under no obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting
such authority.
XIV INDEMNITY.
14.1 INDEMNITY. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify, pay and hold harmless
the Collateral Agent and the officers, directors, employees, agents and
affiliates of the Collateral Agent (collectively called the "INDEMNITEES") from
and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims, costs (including, without
limitation, settlement costs), expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature
whatsoever (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements
of counsel for such Indemnitees in connection with any investigative,
administrative or judicial proceeding commenced or threatened, whether or not
such Indemnitee shall be designated a party thereto), which may be imposed on,
incurred by, or asserted against the Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or
arising out of this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities arising in any
action relating to, directly or indirectly, the Collateral or the subject of
this Agreement (including without limitation, any misrepresentation by the
Company in this Agreement (the "INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES"); PROVIDED that the
Company shall have no obligation to an Indemnitee hereunder with respect to
indemnified liabilities if it has been determined by a final decision (after all
appeals and the expiration of time to appeal) by a court of competent
jurisdiction that such indemnified liability arose from the negligence or
willful misconduct of that Indemnitee. To the extent that the undertaking to
indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in the preceding sentence may be
unenforceable because it is violative of any law or public policy, the Company
shall contribute the maximum portion which it is permitted to pay and satisfy
under applicable law, to the payment and satisfaction of all indemnified
liabilities incurred by the Indemnitees or any of them.
(b) The Company agrees to pay, and to save the Collateral Agent
harmless from, any and all liabilities, costs and expenses (including, without
limitation, legal fees and expenses) (1) with respect to, or resulting from any
delay in paying, any and all excise, sales or other taxes which may be payable
or determined to be payable with respect to any of the Collateral, (2) with
respect to, or resulting from, any delay in complying with any Requirement of
Law applicable to any of the Collateral and (3) in connection with any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
14.2 SURVIVAL. The obligations of the Company contained in this Section 12
shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the discharge of the
Company's other obligations under this Agreement.
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14.3 REIMBURSEMENTS. Any amounts paid by any Indemnitee as to which such
Indemnitee has the right to reimbursement shall constitute Obligations secured
by the Collateral.
XV NOTICES. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Collateral Agent or
the Company to be effective shall be in writing (or by telex, fax or similar
electronic transfer confirmed in writing) and shall be deemed to have been duly
given or made (a) when delivered by hand or (b) if given by mail, when deposited
in the mails by certified mail, return receipt requested, or (c) if by telex,
fax or similar electronic transfer, when sent and receipt has been confirmed,
addressed to the Collateral Agent or the Company at its address or transmission
number for notices provided in Section 1.5 of the Indenture. The Collateral
Agent and the Company may change their addresses and transmission numbers for
notices by notice in the manner provided in this Section.
XVI SEVERABILITY. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
XVII AMENDMENTS IN WRITING; NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES.
17.1 AMENDMENTS IN WRITING. None of the terms or provisions of this
Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a
written instrument executed by the Company and the Collateral Agent in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.
17.2 NO WAIVER BY COURSE OF CONDUCT. Neither the Collateral Agent or any
Holder of any Securities shall by any act (except by a written instrument
pursuant to subsection 15.1 hereof), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be
deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any
Default or Event of Default or in any breach of any of the terms and conditions
hereof. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the
Collateral Agent or any Holder, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power
or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or
the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Collateral
Agent or the Holders of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall
not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Collateral Agent or
the Holders would otherwise have on any future occasion.
17.3 DISCLAIMERS OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PROPERTIES AND ASSETS OTHER THAN
COLLATERAL. Upon the Company's request, but at the Company's expense, the
Collateral Agent shall promptly execute any disclaimer or release document
requested by the Company to evidence to third Persons that the Collateral Agent
is not claiming a security interest in any portion of the Company's property and
assets which does not constitute Collateral under this Agreement and which is
not otherwise encumbered in favor of the Collateral Agent as security for the
Securities pursuant to other Security Documents.
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17.4 REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. The rights and remedies herein provided are
cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any
other rights or remedies provided by law.
XVIII SECTION HEADINGS. The section and subsection headings used in this
Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the
construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.
XIX SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors
and assigns of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral
Agent and its successors and assigns.
XX GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
XXI SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS. The Company hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement to which it is a party, or for recognition
and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general
jurisdiction of the Courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United
States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts
from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in
such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the
venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or
proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim
the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding
may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or
any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the Company at its
address set forth in Section 1.5 of the Indenture or at such other address of
which the Collateral Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect
service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right
to xxx in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right
it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in
this subsection any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
XXII SPECIAL LOUISIANA PROVISIONS. Insofar as the validity or perfection of the
security interest in any of the Collateral hereunder or any of the remedies
hereunder are governed by the laws of the State of Louisiana, the Company agrees
as follows:
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(a) For purposes of Louisiana executory process, the Company
acknowledges the Obligations secured hereby, whether now existing or to
arise hereafter and confess judgment thereon. Upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default and at any time thereafter so long as the same shall be
continuing, and in addition to all other rights and remedies granted the
Collateral Agent under this Agreement, it shall be lawful for and the
Company hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent without making a demand or
putting the Company in default, a putting in default being expressly
waived, to cause all or any part of the Collateral to be seized and sold
after due process of law, whether under executory process or under writ of
fieri facias issued in execution of an ordinary judgment obtained on the
Obligations, the Company waiving the benefit of any and all laws or parts
of laws relative to appraisement of property seized and sold under
executory process or other legal process, and consenting that the
Collateral be sold without appraisement, either in its entirety or in lots
or parcels, as the Collateral Agent may determine, to the highest bidder
for cash or on such other terms as the plaintiff in such proceedings may
direct. In addition, the Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights and
remedies available to it under this Agreement and under Chapter 9 of the
Louisiana Commercial Laws, then in effect (La. R.S. 10:9-101 ET SEQ.).
(b) The Company hereby waives:
(i) the benefit of appraisement provided for in Articles 2332,
2336, 2723 and 2724 of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure and all
other laws conferring the same;
(ii) the demand and three (3) days delay as provided in
Articles 2639 and 2721 of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure;
(iii) the notice of seizure provided by Articles 2293 and 2721
of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure; and
(iv) the three (3) days delay provided for in Articles 2331
and 2722 of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure.
(c) Pursuant to the authority contained in La.R.S. 9:5136 through
9:5140.1, the Company and the Collateral Agent do hereby expressly
designate the Collateral Agent or its designee to be keeper or receiver
("KEEPER") for the benefit of the Collateral Agent or any assignee of the
Collateral Agent, such designation to take effect immediately upon any
seizure of any of the Collateral under writ of executory process or under
writ of sequestration or fieri facias as an incident to an action brought
by the Collateral Agent. The fees of the Keeper are hereby fixed at five
percent (5%) of the amount due or sued for or claimed or sought to be
protected, preserved or enforced in the proceeding for the recognition of
the security interest created hereby, and the payment of such fees shall
be secured by the security interest in the Collateral granted in this
Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Security Agreement to
be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
BAYOU STEEL CORPORATION
By: ______________________________
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Vice President, Treasurer, and
Chief Financial officer
Address: P. X. Xxx 0000
Xxxxx Xxxx
XxXxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, as
Collateral Agent
By: ______________________________
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Vice President and Trust Officer
Address: Corporate Trust Department
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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