Exhibit 10.7
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TRUST AGREEMENT
among
XX.XXX CORP.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
as Corporate Trustee
and
XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
as Individual Trustee
Dated as of October 29, 1999
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS........................................................2
1.1 DEFINED TERMS....................................................2
1.2 OTHER DEFINITIONAL PROVISIONS....................................8
SECTION 2 ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY INTERESTS AND GUARANTEES...................8
2.1 NOTICE OF ENFORCEMENT............................................8
2.2 GENERAL AUTHORITY OF THE TRUSTEES OVER THE COLLATERAL AND
GUARANTEES.......................................................9
2.3 RIGHT TO INITIATE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS...........................9
2.4 RIGHT TO APPOINT A RECEIVER.....................................10
2.5 EXERCISE OF POWERS; INSTRUCTIONS OF REQUIRED SECURED PARTIES....10
2.6 REMEDIES NOT EXCLUSIVE..........................................11
2.7 WAIVER AND ESTOPPEL.............................................12
2.8 LIMITATION ON TRUSTEES' DUTY IN RESPECT OF COLLATERAL...........12
2.9 LIMITATION BY LAW...............................................12
2.10 RIGHTS OF SECURED PARTIES UNDER SECURED INSTRUMENTS.............13
2.11 RECORDS.........................................................13
2.12 NOTICES.........................................................13
SECTION 3 13
COLLATERAL ACCOUNT; DISTRIBUTIONS...........................................13
3.1 THE COLLATERAL ACCOUNT..........................................13
3.2 CONTROL OF COLLATERAL ACCOUNT...................................14
3.3 INVESTMENT OF FUNDS DEPOSITED IN COLLATERAL ACCOUNT.............14
3.4 APPLICATION OF MONEYS...........................................15
3.5 AMOUNTS HELD FOR CONTINGENT OBLIGATIONS.........................16
3.6 APPLICATION OF MONEYS DISTRIBUTABLE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT...........................................................17
3.7 TRUSTEES' CALCULATIONS..........................................17
SECTION 4 18
ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS; ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL; ADDITIONAL GUARANTEES;
CERTAIN DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS...........................18
4.1 Delivery of Initial Secured Instruments, Initial Security
Documents and Initial Guarantee.................................18
4.2 ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS..........................................18
4.3 NOTICE TO SECURED PARTIES OF ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS.............19
4.4 ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL...........................................19
4.5 NOTICE TO SECURED PARTIES OF ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL..............19
4.6 ADDITIONAL GUARANTEES...........................................19
4.7 NOTICE TO SECURED PARTIES OF ADDITIONAL GUARANTEE...............19
4.8 ACTIONS REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO INITIAL OBLIGATIONS AND
ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS..........................................19
4.9 ACTIONS REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND
COLLATERAL......................................................20
4.10 ACTIONS REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO GUARANTEES.....................22
4.11 POSSESSORY COLLATERAL...........................................22
SECTION 5 23
AGREEMENTS WITH TRUSTEES....................................................23
5.1 DELIVERY OF AMENDMENTS TO SECURED INSTRUMENTS...................23
5.2 INFORMATION AS TO SECURED PARTIES, ETC..........................23
5.3 COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.......................................24
5.4 STAMP AND OTHER SIMILAR TAXES...................................24
5.5 FILING FEES, EXCISE TAXES, ETC..................................24
5.6 INDEMNIFICATION.................................................25
5.7 TRUSTEES' LIEN..................................................25
5.8 FURTHER ASSURANCES..............................................25
SECTION 6 26
POSSESSION AND USE OF COLLATERAL; PARTIAL RELEASES..........................26
6.1 USE PRIOR TO NOTICE OF ENFORCEMENT..............................26
6.2 RELEASES; SUBORDINATION.........................................26
6.3 INSURANCE AND CONDEMNATION PROCEEDS; LIQUIDATING DIVIDENDS......28
6.4 PURCHASE OF COLLATERAL..........................................28
SECTION 7 28
THE TRUSTEES 28
7.1 ACCEPTANCE OF TRUST.............................................28
7.2 EXCULPATORY PROVISIONS..........................................28
7.3 DELEGATION OF DUTIES............................................30
7.4 RELIANCE BY TRUSTEES............................................30
7.5 Limitations on Duties of Trustees; Relationship between
Corporate Trustee and Individual Trustee........................31
7.6 MONEYS TO BE HELD IN TRUST......................................32
7.7 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF THE TRUSTEES.........................32
7.8 STATUS OF SUCCESSOR CORPORATE TRUSTEE...........................34
7.9 MERGER OF THE CORPORATE TRUSTEE.................................34
7.10 CO-TRUSTEE; SEPARATE TRUSTEES...................................35
7.11 TREATMENT OF PAYEE OR INDORSEE BY TRUSTEES; REPRESENTATIVES
OF SECURED PARTIES..............................................36
7.12 NOTICES TO CORPORATE TRUSTEE UNDER SECURITY DOCUMENTS...........37
SECTION 8 37
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES..............................................37
8.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CORPORATE TRUSTEE.........37
8.2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BORROWER..................37
SECTION 9 38
MISCELLANEOUS 38
9.1 NOTICES.........................................................38
9.2 NO WAIVERS......................................................39
9.3 AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS, WAIVERS AND RELEASES...................39
9.4 HEADINGS........................................................40
9.5 SEVERABILITY....................................................40
9.6 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS..........................................40
9.7 CURRENCY CONVERSIONS............................................40
9.8 GOVERNING LAW...................................................41
9.9 NO RECOURSE.....................................................41
9.10 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS.............................41
9.11 COUNTERPARTS....................................................41
9.12 RELEASE OF LIENS; GUARANTEES....................................42
9.13 COMPLETE AGREEMENT..............................................42
This TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of October 29, 1999 (this "Trust
Agreement"), among, XX.Xxx Corp. a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), State
Street Bank and Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust company, as corporate
trustee (as hereinafter defined, the "Corporate Trustee"), and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
as individual trustee (as hereinafter defined, the "Individual Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Borrower has entered into a Credit Agreement, dated as of
October 29, 1999, as amended, among the Borrower, the lenders from time to time
parties thereto and First Union National Bank, as administrative agent (as
amended, modified, supplemented, extended or restated from time to time, the
"Credit Facility");
WHEREAS, the Borrower wishes to cause its obligations under the Credit
Facility to become Payment Obligations hereunder by causing such obligations to
be secured by the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents and guaranteed
pursuant to the Guarantees, all in the manner described in this Trust Agreement;
and
WHEREAS, the Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries may, from time to
time, execute and deliver to the Corporate Trustee certain Additional Guarantees
and Additional Security Documents and, pursuant to such Additional Security
Documents, create in favor of the Trustees a security interest in Additional
Collateral, all in the manner described in this Trust Agreement.
DECLARATION OF TRUST
NOW, THEREFORE, to secure the payment of the Payment Obligations and in
consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the
Trustees do hereby declare that they hold and will hold as trustees in trust
under this Trust Agreement all of their right, title and interest in, to and
under all of the Collateral, the Guarantees and the Security Documents, whether
now existing or hereafter arising (and the Borrower does hereby consent
thereto);
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Security Documents, the Guarantees and the
Collateral (the right, title and interest of the Trustees in the Security
Documents, the Guarantees and the Collateral being hereinafter referred to as
the "Trust Estate") unto the Trustees and their respective successors in trust
under this Trust Agreement and their respective assigns forever;
IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS, under and subject to the conditions herein set
forth and for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the
payment and performance of all Obligations, and as security for the performance
of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Trust Agreement, the
Secured Instruments, the Guarantees and the Security Documents;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that these presents are upon the condition that, when
the events set forth in subsection 9.12(d) shall have occurred, this Trust
Agreement, and the estates and rights hereby assigned, shall cease, determine
and be void except as otherwise provided in subsection 9.12(d); otherwise they
shall remain and be in full force and effect.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER COVENANTED AND DECLARED, that the Trust Estate is to
be held and applied by the Trustees, subject to the further covenants,
conditions and trusts hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 1
DEFINITIONS
1.1 DEFINED TERMS.
As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Additional Collateral": all Collateral other than the Initial
Collateral.
"Additional Collateral Designation": each Additional Collateral
Designation, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, duly completed and
executed by a Responsible Officer and delivered pursuant to subsection
4.4.
"Additional Guarantee": each guarantee in favor of the Trustees made
effective by the execution and delivery to them of an instrument in the
form of Annex 1 to the Initial Guarantee and designated as an Additional
Guarantee hereunder in the manner provided in subsection 4.6, as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
this Trust Agreement.
"Additional Guarantee Designation": each Additional Guarantee
Designation, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, duly completed and
executed by a Responsible Officer and delivered pursuant to subsection
4.6.
"Additional Obligations": any Permitted Additional Obligations
that become Obligations in the manner provided in subsection 4.2.
"Additional Payment Obligations Designation": each additional
payment obligations designation, substantially in the form of Exhibit
C, duly completed and executed by a Responsible Officer and delivered
pursuant to subsection 4.2.
"Additional Security Document": each agreement or instrument (other
than the Initial Security Documents) creating or evidencing a security
interest of the Trustees in, or a Lien in favor of the Trustees on, any
Collateral, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time in accordance with this Trust Agreement.
"Administrative Agent": First Union National Bank or any
successor administrative agent appointed pursuant to the terms of the
Credit Agreement.
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"Affiliate": as to any Person, any other Person which, directly or
indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control
with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, "control" of a Person
means the power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction
of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting interests, by contract or otherwise.
"Asset Sale": any sale, transfer or other disposition (including by
way of merger, consolidation or sale-leaseback transactions) in one
transaction or a series of related transactions by the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries to any Person other than the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of (i) all or any of the capital stock of any Subsidiary,
(ii) all or substantially all of the property and assets of an operating
unit or business of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or (iii) any
other property or assets of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries other
than in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or such
Subsidiary; PROVIDED that sales or other dispositions of equipment that
has become worn out, obsolete or damaged, or otherwise unsuitable for use
in connection with the business of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries, shall
not be included within the meaning of "Asset Sale".
"Business Day": any day other than a day on which banks are
authorized or required by law to close in New York City or Boston,
Massachusetts.
"Code": the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to
time in the State of New York.
"Collateral": all the properties and assets of whatever nature,
tangible or intangible, now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or
arising, in which the Trustees have been granted a Lien or security
interest pursuant to any of the Security Documents and all Proceeds
thereof.
"Collateral Account": as defined in subsection 3.1(a).
"Corporate Trustee": State Street Bank and Trust Company, in its
capacity as corporate trustee under this Trust Agreement, and any
successor corporate trustee appointed hereunder.
"Credit Agreement": the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 29,
1999, among the Borrower, the lenders named therein and First Union
National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as amended, modified,
supplemented, extended or restated from time to time.
"Credit Facility": the Initial Credit Facility, as amended,
modified, supplemented, extended or restated from time to time.
"Default": any event or condition which constitutes an Event of
Default or which upon notice, or lapse of time, or both would become an
Event of Default.
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"Distribution Date": each date fixed by the Corporate Trustee or the
Required Secured Parties for a distribution to the Secured Parties of
funds held in the Collateral Account, the first of which shall be within
120 days after a Notice of Enforcement is effective as provided in
subsection 2.1(b), and the remainder of which shall occur (x) monthly
thereafter on the day of the month corresponding to the first Distribution
Date (or, if there be no such corresponding day, the last day of such
month), PROVIDED that if any such day is not a Business Day, such
Distribution Date shall be the next Business Day and (y) on such other
dates fixed by the Corporate Trustee at the written direction of the
Required Secured Parties.
"Dollars" and "$": lawful currency of the United States of America.
"Effective Date": October 29, 1999.
"Event of Default": any "event of default" under any Secured
Instrument.
"Facility Obligations": at any time, the sum (without duplication)
of (a) the aggregate principal or face amount of the loans and other
extensions of credit outstanding at such time under the Credit Facility
and the aggregate amount of accrued and unpaid interest thereon at such
time (including interest accrued at the then applicable rate provided in
the Credit Agreement after the maturity of the loans thereunder and
interest accrued at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit
Agreement after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the
commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding,
relating to any obligor whether or not a claim for post-filing or
post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), (b) the aggregate
amount of accrued and unpaid fees payable by the Borrower under or in
connection with the Credit Facility at such time, and (c) the aggregate
amount of all other monetary obligations of the Borrower that are accrued
and owing at such time to any Secured Party under the Credit Facility,
including, without limitation, indemnification and expense reimbursement
obligations.
"Guarantee Obligations": at any time, the aggregate amount of
all monetary obligations of any guarantor under a Guarantee to any
Secured Party that are accrued and unpaid at such time under any one or
more Guarantees.
"Guarantees": the Initial Guarantee and the Additional
Guarantees.
"Hedging Agreement": any interest rate swap, currency swap or other
interest rate or currency hedge arrangement (other than any interest rate
cap or other similar agreement or arrangement under which the Borrower has
no continuing payment obligations) (a) provided by a Lender or an
Affiliate of a Lender, (b) to or under which the Borrower is a party or a
beneficiary and (c) which is designated as a Hedging Agreement in the
Additional Payment Obligations Designation pursuant to which the Hedging
Agreement Obligations under such Hedging Agreement become Obligations
hereunder.
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"Hedging Agreement Obligations": at any time, the aggregate
amount of all monetary obligations of the Borrower to any Secured Party
that are accrued and unpaid at such time under any one or more Hedging
Agreements.
"Hedging Agreement Secured Party": any Secured Party to the
extent it is a Holder of Hedging Agreement Obligations.
"Holder": any holder of, or creditor in respect of, Obligations.
"Individual Trustee": Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, in his capacity as
individual trustee under this Trust Agreement, and any successor
individual trustee appointed hereunder.
"Initial Collateral": the Collateral in which a security
interest is created under the Initial Security Documents.
"Initial Credit Facility": the credit facility provided pursuant
to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
"Initial Guarantee": the Guarantee Agreement dated October 29, 1999,
by the Parent and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower in favor of the
Trustees, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
in accordance with this Trust Agreement.
"Initial Obligations": the Obligations under and in respect of
the Initial Credit Facility.
"Initial Secured Instruments": the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents.
"Initial Security Documents": the documents described in Schedule I
(and attached hereto as exhibits), as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with this Trust Agreement and the
Secured Instruments.
"Lenders": the lenders from time to time party to the Credit
Agreement.
"Lien": means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of
trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security
interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor
under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention
agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic
effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case
of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party
with respect to such securities.
"Loan Documents": has the meaning set forth in the Credit
Agreement.
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"Notice of Cancellation of Enforcement": with respect to any Notice
of Enforcement, a notice or notices (a) delivered to the Corporate Trustee
by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Required Securities Parties,
canceling such Notice of Enforcement and (b) requesting the Corporate
Trustee not to commence or, as the case may be, to cease, enforcement
actions in respect of the Collateral and the Guarantees.
"Notice of Enforcement": a notice or notices delivered to the
Corporate Trustee by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Required
Secured Parties (a) stating that the Facility Obligations have become due
and payable at or prior to the stated maturity thereof and remain unpaid
and (b) requesting the Corporate Trustee to commence enforcement actions
in respect of the Collateral and the Guarantees as directed by the
Required Secured Parties; PROVIDED that a Notice of Enforcement shall be
deemed to have been delivered and to be effective upon the occurrence of
an Event of Default pursuant to Sections 7.01(h) or Section 7.01(i) of the
Credit Agreement without notice or other action by the Administrative
Agent or the Required Secured Parties.
"Obligations": at any time, Borrower's obligation to pay the
Payment Obligations and all other obligations of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries hereunder and under the other Operative Documents.
"Operative Documents": the Secured Instruments, the Guarantees,
the Security Documents and the Trust Agreement.
"Opinion of Counsel": an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Corporate Trustee and the Administrative
Agent, who may be an employee of the Corporate Trustee or of the Borrower
or counsel regularly retained by the Borrower or by the Corporate Trustee.
Any Opinion of Counsel may contain customary exceptions, assumptions and
qualifications and may rely, as to factual matters, on certificates of
public officials or representatives of the Borrower.
"Parent": XX.Xxx Holdings, Limited, a Delaware corporation.
"Payment Obligations": (a) the Facility Obligations, (b) the
Hedging Agreement Obligations and (c) the Guarantee Obligations.
"Permitted Additional Obligations": at any time, any indebtedness or
other obligations that the Borrower may incur as Facility Obligations or
Hedging Agreement Obligations, as the case may be, without violating this
Trust Agreement or any Loan Document in effect at such time.
"Person": an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited
liability company, an association, a trust or any other entity or
organization, including a government or political subdivision or an
agency or instrumentality thereof.
"Pledged Equity Securities": any portion of the Collateral
consisting of stock of, partnership interests in, or other evidences of
equity ownership in, any Person.
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"Possessory Collateral": Collateral in which the Trustees' security
interest may be, in accordance with the Code, perfected only by means of
possession of such Collateral by the Trustees or an agent or bailee on
their behalf.
"Proceeds": all proceeds within the meaning of the Code.
"Required Secured Parties": the Required Lenders (as defined in
the Credit Agreement).
"Responsible Officer": any of the chief executive officer,
president, chief financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower.
"Responsible Trustee Officer": any officer of the Corporate Trustee
with direct responsibility for the administration of this Trust Agreement,
and with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer
of the Corporate Trustee to whom such matter is referred because of his
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Secured Instruments": the Credit Agreement, the other Loan
Documents (other than the Guarantees and the Security Documents) and
the Hedging Agreements.
"Secured Parties": the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the
Holders of Hedging Agreement Obligations.
"Security Documents": (a) the Initial Security Documents and (b)
the Additional Security Documents.
"Subsidiary": as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other
ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such
other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the
happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors
or other managers of such corporation, partnership, limited liability
company or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which
is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all
references to a "Subsidiary" or to "Subsidiaries" in this Trust Agreement
shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
"Trust Agreement": this Trust Agreement, dated as of October 29,
1999, among the Borrower, the Corporate Trustee and the Individual
Trustee, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from
time to time.
"Trust Estate": as defined in the Declaration of Trust in this
Trust Agreement.
"Trustee Fees": all fees, costs, expenses of and indemnification
amounts payable to the Trustees of the types described in subsections
5.3, 5.4, 5.5 and 5.6.
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"Trustees": collectively, the Corporate Trustee and the
Individual Trustee.
"Voting Obligations": all Obligations other than (i) those held by
an Affiliate of the Borrower, (ii) Hedging Agreement Obligations and (iii)
those outstanding under Secured Instruments that provide that the Holders
of such Obligations will not be included in any determination of Required
Secured Parties.
1.2 OTHER DEFINITIONAL PROVISIONS.
The words "hereof", "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import
when used in this Trust Agreement shall refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole
and not to any particular provision of this Trust Agreement, the words
"include", "includes" and "including" when used in this Trust Agreement shall be
deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation", and Schedule, section
and subsection references are to this Trust Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
SECTION 2
ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY INTERESTS AND GUARANTEES
2.1 NOTICE OF ENFORCEMENT.
(a) Upon receipt by the Corporate Trustee of a Notice of
Enforcement, the Corporate Trustee promptly shall notify the Borrower of
the receipt and contents thereof. So long as such Notice of Enforcement is
in effect, the Trustees shall exercise the rights and remedies provided in
this Trust Agreement and in the Guarantees and the Security Documents in
accordance with the direction of the Required Secured Parties as provided
herein. The Trustees are not empowered to exercise any remedy hereunder or
thereunder relating to the foreclosure of Collateral or enforcement of any
Guarantee unless a Notice of Enforcement is in effect; PROVIDED that for
the avoidance of doubt, this subsection 2.1(a) shall in no event limit the
right of either Trustee to exercise any and all such other rights and
remedies as it may have hereunder and under the Security Documents to
preserve and protect the Collateral and the rights of the Trustees and the
Secured Parties therein.
(b) A Notice of Enforcement shall become effective upon receipt
thereof by the Corporate Trustee and, once effective, shall remain in
effect unless and until cancelled as provided in subsection 2.1(c).
(c) A Notice of Enforcement may be cancelled by the delivery to the
Corporate Trustee of a Notice of Cancellation of Enforcement (i) before
the Trustees take any action to exercise any remedy with respect to the
Collateral or the Guarantees or (ii) thereafter, if the Corporate Trustee
believes that all actions theretofore taken by the Trustees to exercise
any remedy or remedies with respect to the Collateral or the Guarantees
can be reversed without undue difficulty. The Corporate Trustee shall
immediately notify the Borrower as to the receipt of any such Notice of
Cancellation of
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Enforcement and shall promptly notify the Borrower as to the cancellation
of the related Notice of Enforcement.
2.2 GENERAL AUTHORITY OF THE TRUSTEES OVER THE COLLATERAL AND
GUARANTEES.
The Borrower hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Trustees and
any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact with full power and authority in the name of the
Borrower or in its or his own name, from time to time in the Trustees'
discretion, so long as any Notice of Enforcement is in effect, to take any and
all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments
which may be necessary or desirable to carry out the terms of this Trust
Agreement, the Guarantees and the Security Documents and accomplish the purposes
hereof and thereof, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Borrower hereby gives the Trustees the power and right on behalf of the
Borrower, without notice to or further assent by the Borrower, to do the
following so long as a Notice of Enforcement is in effect (and, in the case of
clause (e) (i) below, whether or not a Notice of Enforcement is in effect):
(a) to ask for, demand, xxx for, collect, receive and give
acquittance for any and all moneys due or to become due upon, or in
connection with, the Guarantees, the Security Documents or the Collateral;
(b) to receive, take, endorse, assign and deliver any and all
checks, notes, drafts, acceptances, documents and other negotiable and
non-negotiable instruments taken or received by the Trustees as Collateral
or in connection with the Guarantees or any Security Document;
(c) to commence, prosecute, defend, settle, compromise or adjust any
claim, suit, action or proceeding with respect to, or in connection with,
the Guarantees or the Collateral or the interests, rights, powers or
duties of the Trustees or any Secured Party therein, whether brought by or
against the Borrower, the Trustees or any Secured Party;
(d) to sell, transfer, assign or otherwise deal in or with the
Collateral or any part thereof as fully and effectively as if the Trustees
were the absolute owner thereof; and
(e) to do, at their option and at the expense and for the account of
the Borrower, at any time or from time to time, all acts and things which
the Trustees deem necessary (i) to protect or preserve the Collateral and
the rights of the Trustees and the Secured Parties therein and (ii) to
realize upon the Guarantees or the Collateral or any part thereof.
2.3 RIGHT TO INITIATE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
If a Notice of Enforcement is in effect, the Trustees, subject to the
provisions of subsection 2.5(b), (a) shall have the right and power to institute
and maintain such suits and
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proceedings as they may deem appropriate to protect and enforce the rights
vested in them by this Trust Agreement, the Guarantees and the Security
Documents and (b) may proceed by suit or suits at law or in equity to enforce
such rights and to foreclose upon the Collateral and to sell all or, from time
to time, any of the Collateral under the judgment or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction.
2.4 RIGHT TO APPOINT A RECEIVER.
If a Notice of Enforcement is in effect, upon the filing of a xxxx in
equity or other commencement of judicial proceedings to enforce the rights of
the Trustees under this Trust Agreement, any Guarantee or any Security Document,
the Trustees shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, without notice to
the Borrower or any party claiming through the Borrower, without regard to the
solvency or insolvency at the time of any Person then liable for the payment or
performance of any of the Obligations, without regard to the then value of the
Trust Estate, and without requiring any bond from any complainant in such
proceedings, be entitled as a matter of right to the appointment of a receiver
or receivers (who may be a Trustee) of the Trust Estate, or any part thereof,
and of the rents, issues, tolls, profits, royalties, revenues and other income
thereof, pending such proceedings, with such powers as the court making such
appointment shall confer, and to the entry of an order directing that the rents,
issues, tolls, profits, royalties, revenues and other income of the property
constituting the whole or any part of the Trust Estate be segregated,
sequestered and impounded for the benefit of the Trustees and the Secured
Parties, and the Borrower irrevocably consents to the appointment of such
receiver or receivers and to the entry of such order; PROVIDED that
notwithstanding the appointment of any receiver, the Corporate Trustee shall be
entitled to retain possession and control, pursuant to the terms of the Trust
Agreement, of all cash held by or deposited with it pursuant to this Trust
Agreement or any Security Document.
2.5 EXERCISE OF POWERS; INSTRUCTIONS OF REQUIRED SECURED PARTIES
(a) All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Trustees as set
forth in this Trust Agreement may be exercised by the Trustees in respect
of any Guarantee or any Security Document as though set forth in full
therein, and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Trustees as set
forth in any Guarantee or any Security Document may be exercised from time
to time as herein and therein provided.
(b) The Required Secured Parties shall (subject to the last sentence
of subsection 2.1(a)) have the right, by one or more instruments in
writing executed and delivered to the Corporate Trustee, to direct the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any right or
remedy available to the Trustees, or of exercising any trust or power
conferred on the Trustees, or for the appointment of a receiver, or to
direct the taking or the refraining from taking of any action authorized
by this Trust Agreement, any Guarantee or any Security Document, and the
Trustees shall act in accordance with any such direction; PROVIDED that
such direction shall not conflict with any provision of applicable law or
of this Trust Agreement, any Guarantee or any Security Document and the
Trustees shall be adequately secured and indemnified as provided in
subsection
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7.4(d). In the absence of direction from the Required Secured Parties, (i)
the Trustees shall have no duty to take or refrain from taking any action
unless explicitly required herein or in the Security Documents or the
Guarantees and (ii) the Trustees may (but in the absence of a direction
from the Required Secured Parties shall not be required to) take any and
all such actions under this Trust Agreement, the Security Documents and
the Guarantees or any of them or otherwise as the Corporate Trustee shall
deem to be in the best interests of the Secured Parties to maintain the
Collateral and protect and preserve the Collateral and the rights of the
Secured Parties; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the absence of direction
(which may relate to the exercise of specific remedies or to the exercise
of remedies in general) from the Required Secured Parties while a Notice
of Enforcement is in effect, the Trustees shall not foreclose any Lien on
the Collateral or take any enforcement action under any Guarantee.
2.6 REMEDIES NOT EXCLUSIVE.
(a) No remedy conferred upon or reserved to the Trustees herein or
in any Guarantee or Security Document is intended to be exclusive of any
other remedy or remedies, but every such remedy shall be cumulative and
shall be in addition to every other remedy conferred herein, in any
Guarantee or in any Security Document or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or by statute.
(b) No delay by the Trustees in exercising or failure by the
Trustees to exercise any right, remedy or power hereunder or under any
Guarantee or Security Document shall impair any such right, remedy or
power or shall be construed to be a waiver thereof, and every right, power
and remedy given to the Trustees under this Trust Agreement, any Guarantee
or any Security Document may be exercised from time to time and as often
as may be deemed expedient by the Trustees or the Required Secured
Parties.
(c) If the Trustees shall have proceeded to enforce any right,
remedy or power under this Trust Agreement, any Guarantee or any Security
Document and the proceeding for the enforcement thereof shall have been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason or shall have been determined
adversely to the Trustees, then the Borrower, the Trustees and the Secured
Parties shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, severally
and respectively be restored to their former positions and rights
hereunder or thereunder with respect to the Trust Estate and in all other
respects, and thereafter all rights, remedies and powers of the Trustees
shall continue as though no such proceeding had been taken.
(d) All rights of action and of asserting claims upon or under this
Trust Agreement, the Guarantees and the Security Documents may be enforced
by the Trustees without the possession of any Secured Instrument,
Guarantee, Security Document or instrument evidencing any Obligation or
the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto,
and any suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustees shall be, subject to
subsections 7.5(c), 7.5(d) and 7.10(b)(ii), brought in their name as
Trustees and any recovery of judgment shall be held as part of the Trust
Estate.
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2.7 WAIVER AND ESTOPPEL
(a) The Borrower hereby agrees, to the extent it may do so lawfully,
that it will not at any time in any manner whatsoever claim, or take the
benefit or advantage of, any appraisement, valuation, stay, extension,
moratorium, turnover or redemption law, or any law permitting it to direct
the order in which the Collateral shall be sold, now or at any time
hereafter in force, which may delay, prevent or otherwise affect the
performance or enforcement of this Trust Agreement, any Guarantee or any
Security Document and waives all benefit or advantage of all such laws,
and the Borrower hereby covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede
the execution of any power granted to the Trustees in this Trust
Agreement, any Guarantee or any Security Document but will suffer and
permit the execution of every such power as though no such law were in
force.
(b) The Borrower, to the extent it may lawfully do so, on behalf of
itself and all who may claim through or under it, including, without
limitation, any and all subsequent creditors, vendees, assignees and
Lienors, waives and releases all rights to demand or to have any
marshalling of the Collateral upon any sale, whether made under any power
of sale granted herein or in any Security Document or pursuant to judicial
proceedings or upon any foreclosure or any enforcement of this Trust
Agreement or any Security Document and consents and agrees that all the
Collateral may at any such sale be offered and sold as an entirety.
(c) The Borrower waives, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
presentment, demand, protest and any notice of any kind (except notices
explicitly required hereunder or under any Secured Instrument, any
Guarantee or any Security Document) in connection with this Trust
Agreement, the Guarantees and the Security Documents, and any action taken
by the Trustees with respect to the Collateral.
2.8 LIMITATION ON TRUSTEES' DUTY IN RESPECT OF COLLATERAL.
Beyond their duties as to the custody thereof expressly provided herein or
in any Security Document and to account to the Secured Parties and the Borrower
for moneys and other property received by them hereunder or under any Security
Document, the Trustees shall not have any duty to the Borrower or to the Secured
Parties as to any Collateral in their possession or control or in the possession
or control of any of their agents or nominees, or any income thereon or as to
the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining
thereto.
2.9 LIMITATION BY LAW.
All rights, remedies and powers provided herein may be exercised only to
the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision
of law, and all the provisions hereof are intended to be subject to all
applicable provisions of law which may be controlling and to be limited to the
extent necessary so that they will not render this Trust Agreement invalid,
unenforceable in whole or in part or not entitled to be recorded, registered or
filed under the provisions of any applicable law.
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2.10 RIGHTS OF SECURED PARTIES UNDER SECURED INSTRUMENTS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement, any Guarantee
or any Security Document, the right of each Secured Party to receive payment of
or performance in respect of the Obligations held by such Secured Party when due
(whether at the stated maturity thereof, by acceleration or otherwise) as
expressed in the related Secured Instrument or other instrument evidencing or
agreement governing such Obligation or to institute suit or to obtain a judgment
for the collection or performance of such Obligations or to enforce any such
judgment on or after such due date, and to otherwise exercise the rights and
remedies as a general creditor in accordance with the Secured Instruments to
which it is a party, and the obligation of the Borrower to pay and perform such
Obligations when due, shall not be impaired or affected except as provided in
such Secured Instrument.
2.11 RECORDS.
The Corporate Trustee shall maintain records regarding instructions of the
Required Secured Parties, the identity of the Administrative Agent and the other
Secured Parties, determinations of the types and amounts of the Payment
Obligations for any purpose and the allocation of deposits to the Collateral
Account and any distributions therefrom. The information contained in such
records shall be made available to any Secured Party upon request.
2.12 NOTICES.
The Corporate Trustee shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and
each Holder of Hedging Agreement Obligations in the event it shall receive, and
shall deliver to each such person a copy of, (a) any Notice of Enforcement, (b)
any instructions by the Required Secured Parties to take any action under this
Trust Agreement or any Security Document or Guarantee, including any instruction
to commence any exercise of remedies with respect to the Collateral or
Guarantees, (c) any request by the Borrower or any Secured Party for any
consent, waiver, amendment, supplement, modification or release with respect to
this Agreement, any Security Document, any Collateral or any Guarantee, or (d)
any other material instruction, notice, request, demand, certificate, opinion of
counsel or other communications from any person which is related to the
Collateral, the Security Documents or the Guarantees. The Corporate Trustee
shall also deliver a reasonably detailed notice to the Administrative Agent and
each Holder of Hedging Agreement Obligations regarding the taking of any
enforcement action or the exercise of any remedies by any of the Trustees with
respect to the Security Documents, the Collateral or the Guarantees which notice
shall be delivered promptly after the occurrence of any such event.
SECTION 3
COLLATERAL ACCOUNT; DISTRIBUTIONS
3.1 THE COLLATERAL ACCOUNT.
(a) On the Effective Date there shall be established and, at all
times thereafter until the trusts created by this Trust Agreement shall
have terminated, there shall be maintained with the Corporate Trustee at
the office of the Corporate Trustee's corporate
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trust division, a collateral account, which shall be entitled the "XX.Xxx
Corp. Collateral Account" (the "COLLATERAL ACCOUNT").
(b) All moneys which are required by this Trust Agreement or any
Security Document to be delivered to the Trustees while a Notice of
Enforcement is in effect or which are received by the Trustees or any
agent or nominee of the Trustees in respect of the Collateral or the
Guarantees, whether in connection with the exercise of the remedies
provided in this Trust Agreement, any Guarantee or any Security Document
or otherwise, while a Notice of Enforcement is in effect shall be
deposited in the Collateral Account and, in each case, held by the
Corporate Trustee as part of the Trust Estate and applied in accordance
with the terms of this Trust Agreement. Upon the cancellation of each
effective Notice of Enforcement pursuant to subsection 2.1(c) the
Corporate Trustee shall (subject to the first sentence of subsection
3.4(a)) cause all funds on deposit in the Collateral Account to be paid
over to the Borrower.
3.2 CONTROL OF COLLATERAL ACCOUNT.
All right, title and interest in and to the Collateral Account shall vest
in the Corporate Trustee on behalf of the Secured Parties, and funds on deposit
in the Collateral Account shall constitute part of the Trust Estate. The
Collateral Account shall be subject to the sole and exclusive dominion and
control of the Corporate Trustee.
3.3 INVESTMENT OF FUNDS DEPOSITED IN COLLATERAL ACCOUNT.
The Corporate Trustee shall invest and reinvest moneys on deposit in the
Collateral Account at the written direction of the Borrower or the Required
Secured Parties, as provided below, at any time in:
(a) marketable obligations of the United States having a
maturity of not more than one year from the date of acquisition;
(b) marketable obligations directly and fully guaranteed by the
United States having a maturity of not more than one year from the date of
acquisition;
(c) bankers' acceptances and certificates of deposit and other
interest-bearing obligations issued by any bank organized under the laws
of the United States or any state thereof with capital, surplus and
undivided profits aggregating at least $500,000,000, in each case having a
maturity of not more than one year from the date of acquisition;
(d) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than one day for
underlying securities of the types described in clauses (a), (b) and (c)
above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in
clause (c) above;
(e) commercial paper rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by
Standard & Poor's Ratings Group or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof
by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. and maturing within six months after
the date of acquisition; and
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(f) shares of open end money market mutual or similar funds which
invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a)
through (e) above;
PROVIDED that (i) the aggregate amount invested in obligations of the types
described in clauses (c), (d) and (e) above of any one issuer shall not exceed
$50,000,000 at any time and (ii) the Borrower or the Required Secured Parties
shall, to the extent that the timing of distributions to be made from the
Collateral Account is known or can be reasonably anticipated, select investments
for amounts equal to such distributions that mature prior to the anticipated
dates of such distributions. All such investments of funds in the Collateral
Account, the interest and income received thereon and the net proceeds realized
on the sale or redemption thereof shall be held in Collateral Account as part of
the Trust Estate. All such investments shall be subject to availability
(including any time of day limitations) and the Trustees shall not be liable for
any losses with respect thereto, except losses incurred as a result of Trustee's
willful misconduct or gross negligence.
3.4 APPLICATION OF MONEYS.
(a) The Corporate Trustee shall have the right (pursuant to
subsection 5.7) at any time to apply moneys held by it in the Collateral
Account to the payment of due and unpaid Trustee Fees. All remaining
moneys held by the Corporate Trustee in the Collateral Account or received
by the Trustees while a Notice of Enforcement is in effect shall, to the
extent available for distribution (it being understood that the Corporate
Trustee may liquidate investments prior to maturity to make a distribution
pursuant to this subsection 3.4), be distributed (subject to the
provisions of subsection 3.5) by the Corporate Trustee on each
Distribution Date as follows:
FIRST: to the Trustees, an amount equal to any unpaid Trustee Fees,
and then to any Secured Party which has theretofore advanced or paid any
Trustee Fees constituting administrative expenses allowable under 11
U.S.C. ss. 503(b), an amount equal to the amount thereof so advanced or
paid by such Secured Party and for which such Secured Party has not been
reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date;
SECOND: to any Secured Party which has theretofore advanced or paid
any Trustee Fees other than such administrative expenses, an amount equal
to the amount thereof so advanced or paid by such Secured Party and for
which such Secured Party has not been reimbursed prior to such
Distribution Date;
THIRD: to the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to all unpaid
fees and other amounts payable to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the
terms of the Credit Facility;
FOURTH: to the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to all unpaid
sums payable in respect of Facility Obligations then held by the Lenders,
including without limitation the unpaid principal or face amount of, and
unpaid interest on and other charges, if any, in respect of, the Facility
Obligations then outstanding whether or not due and payable and the costs
and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and
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their representatives which are due and payable under the Loan Documents
and which constitute Facility Obligations as of such Distribution Date,
such moneys to be applied in accordance with the terms of the Credit
Agreement;
FIFTH: to the Hedging Agreement Secured Parties in an amount equal
to all unpaid sums payable in respect of Hedging Agreement Obligations
then held by such Hedging Agreement Secured Parties, including without
limitation the unpaid principal or face amount of, and unpaid interest on
and other charges, if any, in respect of, the Hedging Agreement
Obligations then outstanding whether or not due and payable and the costs
and expenses of the Hedging Agreement Secured Parties and their
representatives which are due and payable under the Hedging Agreements and
which constitute Hedging Agreement Obligations as of such Distribution
Date, and, if such moneys shall be insufficient to pay such sums in full,
then ratably to the Hedging Agreement Secured Parties in proportion to
such sums; and
SIXTH: any surplus then remaining shall be paid to the Borrower or
its successors or assigns or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to
receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
(b) The term "unpaid" as used in subsection 3.4(a) refers:
(i) in the absence of a bankruptcy proceeding with
respect to the Borrower, to all amounts payable in respect of
Obligations outstanding as of a Distribution Date, and
(ii) during the pendency of a bankruptcy proceeding with
respect to the Borrower, to all amounts allowed by the bankruptcy
court in respect of the Obligations as a basis for distribution
(including estimated amounts, if any, allowed in respect of
contingent claims),
to the extent that prior distributions (whether actually distributed or
set aside pursuant to subsection 3.5) have not been made in respect
thereof.
(c) The Corporate Trustee shall make all payments and distributions
under this subsection 3.4: (i) on account of the Credit Facility to the
Administrative Agent for redistribution or application in accordance with
the provisions of the Credit Agreement and (ii) on account of any Hedging
Agreement Obligations, directly to the Holder of such Hedging Agreement
Obligations.
3.5 AMOUNTS HELD FOR CONTINGENT OBLIGATIONS.
In the event the Administrative Agent or any Holder shall receive any
moneys pursuant to subsection 3.4 in respect of the contingent portion of the
outstanding Obligations, then the Administrative Agent or such Holder, as the
case may be, shall invest such moneys in obligations of the kinds referred to in
clauses (a) and (b) of subsection 3.3 maturing within 90 days after they are
acquired by the Administrative Agent or such Holder and shall hold all such
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amounts so distributable, and all such investments and the net proceeds thereof,
in trust until (i) all or part of such contingent claim shall have become fixed,
in which case the Administrative Agent or such Holder, as the case may be, shall
apply to the payment of such fixed claim from such investments and the proceeds
thereof an amount equal to such fixed claim, and shall promptly give notice
thereof to the Borrower and the Corporate Trustee or (ii) all or part of such
contingent claim shall have been extinguished, whether as the result of an
expiration without drawing of any letter of credit, payment of amounts secured
or covered by any letter of credit other than by drawing thereunder, payment of
amounts covered by any guarantee or otherwise, in which case the Administrative
Agent or such Holder, as the case may be, shall, as soon as practicable
thereafter, notify the Borrower and the Corporate Trustee and shall distribute
from such investments, and the proceeds thereof, an amount equal to the portion
of the contingent claim which has been extinguished together with interest
earned thereon from the date first invested until so distributed, to the
Corporate Trustee for deposit in the Collateral Account and application in
accordance with the provisions of subsection 3.4.
3.6 APPLICATION OF MONEYS DISTRIBUTABLE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT.
If at any time any moneys collected or received by the Trustees pursuant
hereto are distributable pursuant to subsection 3.4 to the Administrative Agent,
and if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Corporate Trustee in writing
that no provision is made under the Credit Agreement for the application by the
Administrative Agent of moneys (whether because the Payment Obligations issued
under the Credit Agreement have not become due and payable or otherwise) and
that the Credit Agreement does not effectively provide for the receipt and the
holding by the Administrative Agent of such moneys pending the application
thereof, then the Corporate Trustee, after receipt of such notification, shall
invest such amounts at the written direction of the Administrative Agent in
obligations of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) and (b) of subsection 3.3
maturing within 90 days after they are acquired by the Corporate Trustee and
shall hold all such amounts so distributable and all such investments and the
net proceeds thereof in trust solely for the Administrative Agent (in its
capacity as such) and for no other purpose until such time as the Administrative
Agent shall request in writing the delivery thereof by the Corporate Trustee for
application pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
3.7 TRUSTEES' CALCULATIONS.
In making the determinations and allocations required by subsection 3.4,
the Corporate Trustee may, unless a Responsible Trustee Officer has actual
knowledge to the contrary, rely upon a certificate executed and supplied by the
Administrative Agent or (in the case of Hedging Agreement Obligations) the
Holders, as the case may be, as to the amounts payable with respect to Payment
Obligations, all in accordance with subsection 7.2(b), and the Trustees shall
have no liability to any of the Secured Parties for actions taken in reliance on
such information; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if any Secured Party receives on any
Distribution Date an amount pursuant to subsection 3.4(a) in excess of the
amount to which it was entitled to receive on such Distribution Date pursuant to
such subsection 3.4(a) as a result of any such certificate overstating the
amount of the Payment Obligations held by such Secured Party (or, with respect
to the Credit Facility, the Payment Obligations held by all the Secured Parties
under the Credit Facility), then such Secured Party (by becoming a Holder of
Obligations and accepting the benefits of this Trust
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Agreement) shall pay such excess to the Corporate Trustee for application in
accordance with subsection 3.4(a) as soon as practicable after the existence of
such overstatement shall have been determined. All distributions made by the
Corporate Trustee pursuant to subsection 3.4 shall be (subject to any decree of
any court of competent jurisdiction and to the proviso in the preceding
sentence) final, and the Trustees shall have no duty to inquire as to the
application by any Holder or the Administrative Agent of any amounts distributed
to them. By accepting the benefits of this Agreement, the Security Documents and
the Guarantees, each Secured Party and the Administrative Agent agrees to act in
accordance with this Trust Agreement and not take any action inconsistent
herewith.
SECTION 4
ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS;
ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL; ADDITIONAL
GUARANTEES; CERTAIN DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS
4.1 DELIVERY OF INITIAL SECURED INSTRUMENTS, INITIAL SECURITY
DOCUMENTS AND INITIAL GUARANTEE.
On or before the Effective Date, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Corporate Trustee copies, certified by a Responsible Officer to be true and
complete, of all Initial Secured Instruments, and executed originals of the
Initial Security Documents and Initial Guarantee.
4.2 ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS.
The Borrower may from time to time designate Permitted Additional
Obligations as Obligations hereunder (provided that the terms thereof, if any,
affecting the rights and obligations of the Trustees hereunder are reasonably
acceptable to the Trustees) by (a) delivering to the Corporate Trustee an
Additional Payment Obligations Designation in respect of such Permitted
Additional Obligations describing such Permitted Additional Obligations and
specifying whether such Permitted Additional Obligations shall constitute
Facility Obligations or Hedging Agreement Obligations, and attaching thereto a
true and complete copy of all agreements (together with all schedules, exhibits,
annexes, appendices and other attachments thereto), including but not limited to
the applicable Secured Instruments, relating to such Permitted Additional
Obligations to which the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof is a party, and (b)
fulfilling the requirements of subsection 4.8(b) in respect of such Additional
Payment Obligations Designation. Upon completion of the actions described
clauses (a) and (b) of the preceding sentence, but subject to the following
sentence, the Permitted Additional Obligations designated by such Additional
Payment Obligations Designation shall constitute Obligations. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall any indebtedness or other
obligations of the Borrower constitute Additional Obligations hereunder if the
designation of such indebtedness or other obligations as Additional Obligations
would be in contravention of any Secured Instrument in connection with the
Credit Facility (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement), and any
purported designation of any such indebtedness or other obligations of the
Borrower as in violation of any Secured Instrument in connection with the Credit
Facility shall be null and void and of no force or effect.
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4.3 NOTICE TO SECURED PARTIES OF ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS.
Promptly after the designation of Permitted Additional Obligations as
Payment Obligations pursuant to subsection 4.2, the Corporate Trustee will
deliver a copy of the related Additional Payment Obligations Designation
together with all attachments thereto to the Administrative Agent and each
Holder of Hedging Agreement Obligations.
4.4 ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL.
The Borrower may from time to time provide Additional Collateral to the
Trustees by (a) delivering to the Corporate Trustee an Additional Collateral
Designation in respect of such Additional Collateral and (b) fulfilling the
requirements of subsection 4.9(b) in respect of such Additional Collateral
Designation. Upon completion of the actions described in clauses (a) and (b) of
the preceding sentence, the Additional Collateral designated by such Additional
Collateral Designation shall constitute Collateral for the Obligations.
4.5 NOTICE TO SECURED PARTIES OF ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL.
Promptly after the delivery of Additional Collateral pursuant to
subsection 4.4, the Corporate Trustee will deliver a copy of the related
Additional Collateral Designation to the Administrative Agent and each Holder of
Hedging Agreement Obligations.
4.6 ADDITIONAL GUARANTEES.
The Borrower may from time to time cause a Subsidiary thereof to provide
an Additional Guarantee to the Trustees by (a) delivering to the Corporate
Trustee an Additional Guarantee Designation in respect of each such Additional
Guarantee and (b) fulfilling the requirements of subsection 4.10(b) in respect
of such Additional Guarantee Designation. Upon completion of the actions
described in clauses (a) and (b) of the preceding sentence, the Additional
Guarantee designated by such Additional Guarantee Designation shall constitute a
Guarantee of the Obligations.
4.7 NOTICE TO SECURED PARTIES OF ADDITIONAL GUARANTEE.
Promptly after the delivery of any Additional Guarantee pursuant to
subsection 4.6, the Corporate Trustee will deliver a copy of the related
Additional Guarantee Designation to the Administrative Agent and each Holder of
Hedging Agreement Obligations.
4.8 ACTIONS REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO INITIAL OBLIGATIONS AND
ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS.
(a) Simultaneously with its delivery to the Corporate Trustee of the
Initial Secured Instruments pursuant to subsection 4.1, the Borrower
shall:
(i) deliver to the Corporate Trustee a certificate of the
secretary or an assistant secretary of the Borrower (A) as to the
names and signatures of the
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officers of the Borrower who are authorized to execute this Trust
Agreement on behalf of the Borrower and (B) attaching copies of
resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Borrower authorizing
the execution and delivery by the Borrower of this Trust Agreement,
and certifying that such resolutions are in full force and effect;
and
(ii) cause to be delivered to the Corporate Trustee, addressed
to the Trustees and each Secured Party, an Opinion of Counsel
substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1.
(b) Simultaneously with its delivery to the Corporate Trustee of any
Additional Payment Obligation Designation pursuant to subsection 4.2, the
Borrower shall:
(i) deliver to the Corporate Trustee copies, certified by a
Responsible Officer to be true and complete, of all Secured
Instruments described in such Additional Payment Obligation
Designation; and
(ii) cause to be delivered to the Corporate Trustee, addressed
to the Trustees and each Secured Party, an Opinion of Counsel
substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2.
Promptly after receipt by the Corporate Trustee of any such documents delivered
by the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph (b), the Corporate Trustee shall at
the expense of the Borrower deliver copies thereof to the Administrative Agent
and each Holder of Hedging Agreement Obligations.
4.9 ACTIONS REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND
COLLATERAL.
(a) Simultaneously with its delivery to the Corporate Trustee of the
Initial Security Documents pursuant to subsection 4.1, the Borrower shall:
(i) deliver to the Corporate Trustee certificates of the
secretary or an assistant secretary of each grantor party to any
Initial Security Document (A) as to the names and signatures of the
officers of such grantor who are authorized to execute the Initial
Security Documents on behalf of such grantor and (B) attaching
copies of resolutions of the Boards of Directors of such grantor
authorizing the execution and delivery of the Initial Security
Documents by such grantor, and certifying that such resolutions are
in full force and effect;
(ii) cause to be delivered to the Corporate Trustee, addressed
to the Trustees and each Secured Party, an Opinion of Counsel
substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1.
(iii) deliver to the Corporate Trustee (or its bailee or agent
as designated by the Corporate Trustee) possession of any Possessory
Collateral covered by the Initial Security Documents; and
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(iv) cause to be filed or recorded in all required filing or
recording offices all financing statements, mortgages and other
instruments necessary to perfect the Lien of the Trustees created by
such Initial Security Documents, and deliver to the Corporate
Trustee evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of each such filing
and recording.
(b) Simultaneously with its delivery to the Corporate Trustee of any
Additional Collateral Designation pursuant to subsection 4.4, the Borrower
shall:
(i) deliver to the Corporate Trustee copies, duly executed by
the grantor parties thereto, of all Additional Security Documents
described in such Additional Collateral Designation; PROVIDED that
each such Additional Security Document shall be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(ii) deliver to the Corporate Trustee a certificate of the
secretary or an assistant secretary of each grantor party thereto
(A) as to the names and signatures of the officers of such grantor
who are authorized to execute such Additional Security Documents on
behalf of such grantor and (B) attaching copies of resolutions of
the Board of Directors of each grantor party thereto authorizing the
execution and delivery by the Borrower of such Additional Security
Document by such grantor, and certifying that such resolutions are
in full force and effect;
(iii) deliver to the Corporate Trustee (or the Administrative
Agent or any bailee or agent as designated by the Corporate Trustee)
possession of any Possessory Collateral covered by such Additional
Security Documents;
(iv) cause to be filed or recorded in all required filing or
recording offices all financing statements, mortgages and other
instruments necessary to perfect the security interest of the
Trustees created by such Additional Security Documents, and deliver
to the Corporate Trustee customary evidence of each such filing and
recording; and
(v) deliver to the Corporate Trustee, addressed to the
Trustees and each Secured Party, an Opinion of Counsel in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Promptly after receipt by the Corporate Trustee of any such documents delivered
by the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph (b), the Corporate Trustee shall at
the expense of the Borrower deliver copies thereof to the Administrative Agent
and each Holder of Hedging Agreement Obligations.
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4.10 ACTIONS REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO GUARANTEES.
(a) Simultaneously with its delivery to the Corporate Trustee of the
Initial Guarantee pursuant to subsection 4.1, the Borrower shall:
(i) deliver to the Corporate Trustee a certificate of a
secretary or assistant secretary of each guarantor party thereto (A)
as to the names and signatures of the officers of such guarantor who
are authorized to execute the Initial Guarantee and (B) attaching
copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of such guarantor
authorizing the execution and delivery by such guarantor of the
Initial Guarantee, and certifying that such resolutions are in full
force and effect; and
(ii) cause to be delivered to the Corporate Trustee, and
addressed to the Trustees and each Secured Party, an Opinion of
Counsel substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1.
(b) Simultaneously with its delivery to the Corporate Trustee of any
Additional Guarantee Designation pursuant to subsection 4.6, the Borrower
shall:
(i) deliver to the Corporate Trustee copies, duly executed by
the guarantor parties thereto, of all Additional Guarantees
described in such Additional Guarantee Designation; PROVIDED that
each such Additional Guarantee shall be in the form of Annex I to
the Initial Guarantee; and
(ii) deliver to the Corporate Trustee a certificate of the
secretary or an assistant secretary of each guarantor party thereto
(A) as to the names and signatures of the officers of such guarantor
who are authorized to execute the Additional Guarantees and (B)
attaching copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of such
guarantor authorizing the execution and delivery by such guarantor
of the Additional Guarantee to which it is a party, and certifying
that such resolutions are in full force and effect; and
(iii) deliver to the Corporate Trustee, addressed to the
Trustees and each Secured Party, an Opinion of Counsel in the form
of Exhibit D-3.
Promptly after receipt by the Corporate Trustee of any such documents delivered
by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 4.10, the Corporate Trustee shall at
the expense of the Borrower deliver copies thereof to the Administrative Agent
and each Holder of Hedging Agreement Obligations.
4.11 POSSESSORY COLLATERAL.
The Borrower shall immediately deliver to the Corporate Trustee (or the
Administrative Agent or any agent or bailee designated by the Corporate Trustee
at the sole cost and expense of the Borrower) all Possessory Collateral that is
or may be in the possession of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, to the
extent the Borrower is required to do so by any Secured
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Instrument. At any time and from time to time, upon receipt of the notice from
the Administrative Agent, the Corporate Trustee and the Borrower shall deliver
all Possessory Collateral that is or may be in the possession of the Corporate
Trustee and the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, respectively, to the
Administrative Agent (to be held on behalf of the Secured Parties) at the
address specified in such notice and, thereafter, if the Corporate Trustee or
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries obtains possession of any Possessory
Collateral, the Corporate Trustee or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as
applicable, shall promptly deliver such Possessory Collateral to the
Administrative Agent (to be held on behalf of the Secured Parties) at any
address specified by the Administrative Agent. The Borrower and the Trustees
hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to exercise any right or remedy of the
Trustees hereunder or under any Security Document with respect to any Possessory
Collateral in its possession, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the other Security Documents. The Administrative Agent shall be
entitled at any time to delivery any Possessory Collateral in its possession to
the Corporate Trustee, and to direct the Borrower to thereafter deliver to the
Corporate Trustee any Possessory Collateral that is or may be in the possession
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, to be held in accordance with the
terms of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 5
AGREEMENTS WITH TRUSTEES
5.1 DELIVERY OF AMENDMENTS TO SECURED INSTRUMENTS.
The Borrower shall deliver to the Corporate Trustee (and the Corporate
Trustee shall thereupon promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent and any
Holder of Hedging Agreement Obligations), promptly upon the execution thereof, a
true and complete copy of all amendments, supplements or other modifications to
any Secured Instrument entered into after the Effective Date.
5.2 INFORMATION AS TO SECURED PARTIES, ETC.
The Borrower shall deliver to the Corporate Trustee (and the Corporate
Trustee shall thereupon promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent and each
Holder of Hedging Agreement Obligations), within 30 days after the Effective
Date, and between May 1 and May 15 and between November 1 and November 15 in
each year, and from time to time as may be reasonably requested by the Corporate
Trustee (which request shall be made by the Corporate Trustee at the reasonable
direction of any Secured Party), (i) with respect to Facility Obligations, a
list, setting forth as of a specified date not more than 30 days prior to the
date of such delivery, of the aggregate unpaid principal or face amount of
Facility Obligations outstanding and the name and address of the Administrative
Agent and (ii) with respect to Hedging Agreement Obligations, a list specifying
for each Hedging Agreement the notional amount covered thereby and the payment
terms thereof. The Borrower shall deliver to the Corporate Trustee, within 30
days after the Effective Date, and between May 1 and May 15 and between November
1 and November 15 in each year, and from time to time as may be reasonably
requested by the Corporate Trustee (which request shall be made by the Corporate
Trustee at the reasonable direction of any Secured Party), a list, as of a date
not more than 30 days prior to the date of such
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list, (i) naming each Secured Party, (ii) setting forth the amount of Voting
Obligations held by each Secured Party and the amount of commitments to provide
credit by such Secured Party that would constitute Voting Obligations when
provided and (iii) specifying whether any Secured Party or any Person known by
the Borrower to be an Affiliate of any Secured Party is a party to any contract,
the rights under which constitute Collateral. The Trustees may conclusively rely
on the most recent lists so provided as to all matters set forth therein for all
purposes hereunder.
5.3 COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.
The Borrower agrees to pay to the Trustees, from time to time upon demand,
(i) reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law
in regard to compensation of fiduciaries or of a trustee of an express trust)
for their services hereunder and under the Guarantees and Security Documents and
for administering the Trust Estate and (ii) all of the fees, costs and expenses
of the Trustees (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and
disbursements of their counsel and such special counsel as the Trustees shall
reasonably elect to retain) (A) arising in connection with the preparation,
execution, delivery, modification, and termination of or performance under this
Trust Agreement, the Guarantees and the Security Documents or the enforcement of
any of the provisions hereof or thereof, (B) incurred or required to be advanced
in connection with the administration of the Trust Estate, the sale or other
disposition of Collateral pursuant to any Security Document and the
preservation, protection, enforcement or defense of the Trustees' rights under
this Trust Agreement, the Guarantees and the Security Documents and in and to
the Collateral and the Trust Estate or (C) incurred by the Trustees in
connection with the removal of either or both of the Trustees pursuant to
subsection 7.7(a). The obligations of the Borrower under this subsection shall
survive the termination of the other provisions of this Trust Agreement and the
resignation or removal of the Trustees.
5.4 STAMP AND OTHER SIMILAR TAXES.
The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustees and each
Secured Party from any present or future claim for liability for any stamp or
any other similar tax and any penalties or interest with respect thereto, which
may be assessed, levied or collected by any jurisdiction in connection with this
Trust Agreement, any Security Document, any Guarantee, the Trust Estate or any
Collateral. The obligations of the Borrower under this subsection shall survive
the termination of the other provisions of this Trust Agreement and the
resignation or removal of the Trustees.
5.5 FILING FEES, EXCISE TAXES, ETC.
The Borrower agrees to pay or to reimburse the Trustees for any and all
payments made by the Trustees in respect of all search, filing, recording and
registration fees, taxes, excise taxes and other similar imposts which may be
payable or determined to be payable in respect of the execution and delivery of
this Trust Agreement, the Guarantees and the Security Documents. The obligations
of the Borrower under this subsection shall survive the termination of the other
provisions of this Trust Agreement and the resignation or removal of the
Trustees.
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5.6 INDEMNIFICATION.
The Borrower agrees to pay, indemnify, and hold the Trustees harmless from
and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees of counsel) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever
with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and
administration of this Trust Agreement, the Guarantees and the Security
Documents, unless arising from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
indemnified party, including, without limitation, indemnification of the
respective Trustees for liabilities of the respective Trustees for the net
amount of taxes (after taking account of any deduction, credit or other tax
reduction or benefit available by reason of the imposition of any such tax) in
any jurisdiction in which the respective Trustees would not otherwise be subject
to tax except by reason of their acting under this Trust Agreement, any
Guarantee or any Security Document (directly or through agents, separate
trustees or co-trustees), PROVIDED that such indemnification for taxes (a) shall
apply only (i) in respect of taxes attributable to the performance of the
respective Trustees' obligations as Trustee hereunder or under any Guarantee or
Security Document and (ii) to the extent that the respective Trustees, using
reasonable efforts, shall have been unable to avoid or minimize the same as
contemplated by subsection 7.10 and (b) shall in no event cover any taxes
imposed upon the respective Trustees with respect to or measured by their net
income or profits. In any suit, proceeding or action brought by the Trustees
under or with respect to any contract, agreement, interest or obligation
constituting part of the Collateral for any sum owing thereunder, or to enforce
any provisions thereof, the Borrower will save, indemnify and keep the Trustees
harmless from and against all expense, loss or damage suffered by reason of any
defense, setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or reduction of liability whatsoever
of the obligor thereunder, arising out of a breach by the Borrower of any
obligation thereunder or arising out of any other agreement, indebtedness or
liability at any time owing to or in favor of such obligor or its successors
from the Borrower, and all such obligations of the Borrower shall be and remain
enforceable against and only against the Borrower and shall not be enforceable
against the Trustees. The agreements in this subsection shall survive the
termination of the other provisions of this Trust Agreement and the resignation
or removal of the Trustees.
5.7 TRUSTEES' LIEN.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Trust Agreement, as
security for the payment of Trustee Fees (i) the Trustees are hereby granted a
first priority Lien upon all Collateral and (ii) the Trustees shall have the
right to use and apply any of the funds held by the Corporate Trustee in the
Collateral Account to cover such Trustee Fees.
5.8 FURTHER ASSURANCES.
At any time and from time to time, whether or not a Notice of Enforcement
shall be in effect, upon the written request of the Corporate Trustee (which
shall be made only upon the written direction of the Required Secured Parties),
and at the expense of the Borrower, the Borrower will promptly execute and
deliver any and all such further instruments and documents and take such further
action as the Corporate Trustee has been so directed is necessary or reasonably
requested to obtain the full benefits of this Trust Agreement and the Security
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Documents and of the rights and powers herein and therein granted or to cause
any assets required under a Secured Instrument to be subject to a perfected
security interest of the Trustees to be so subject, including, without
limitation, the filing of any financing or continuation statements under the
Uniform Commercial Code in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the Liens
and security interests granted under the Security Documents. The Borrower also
hereby authorizes the Corporate Trustee to sign and to file any such documents,
instruments or financing or continuation statements without the signature of the
Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, but in no way is the
Corporate Trustee obligated to do so.
SECTION 6
POSSESSION AND USE OF COLLATERAL; PARTIAL RELEASES
6.1 USE PRIOR TO NOTICE OF ENFORCEMENT.
So long as no Notice of Enforcement is in effect, the Borrower shall have
the right (subject to compliance with subsection 6.1(b)): (i) to remain in
possession and retain exclusive control of the Collateral (except any Possessory
Collateral) with power freely and without hindrance on the part of the Trustees
or the Secured Parties to operate, manage, develop, use and enjoy the Collateral
and to receive the rents, issues, tolls, profits, royalties, revenues and other
income thereof, and (ii) to sell or otherwise dispose of, free and clear of the
Lien and security interest created by subsection 5.7 and by the Security
Documents, any Collateral if such sale or other disposition is not prohibited by
the terms of the Credit Agreement and the Security Document and so long as the
proceeds (in the percentage required) from such sale are applied to the Facility
Obligations in accordance with Section 2.09 of the Credit Agreement. The
Trustees shall have no duty to monitor the exercise by the Borrower of its
rights under this subsection.
6.2 RELEASES; SUBORDINATION.
(a) Asset Sales in respect of Collateral which are permitted by
Section 6.1 shall not require any written or oral release or consent of
the Trustees. Nevertheless, the Borrower may, upon the delivery to the
Corporate Trustee and the Administrative Agent of a certificate of a
Responsible Officer, together with such other evidence as the Corporate
Trustee shall reasonably require, to the effect that such sale, transfer
or disposition is in compliance with the requirements of such subsection
6.1, that the proceeds (in the percentage required) of such transaction
have been or will be applied to the Facility Obligations as set forth in
Section 2.09 of the Credit Agreement and that subsection 6.2(b) has been
complied with in full, request that the Trustees execute and deliver to
the Borrower or any purchaser of Collateral a written release, disclaimer
or quitclaim of the Trustees' interest in any Collateral under subsection
5.7 and under the Security Documents, and such purchaser shall be entitled
to rely conclusively on such release, disclaimer or quitclaim. Such
request shall be in writing, shall describe the property to be released in
reasonable detail, and shall state that such release is or will be in
accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the Security
Documents and shall be accompanied by a written certificate of a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower directing the Trustees to execute and
deliver such release, disclaimer or quitclaim.
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(b) If it is a condition of the release of any Collateral from the
security interest under subsection 5.7 or under any Security Document or
Secured Instrument that the Trustees be granted a first priority Lien or
security interest in additional property to be held as Collateral pursuant
to this Trust Agreement, then the Trustees shall be granted such Lien or
security interest prior to or concurrently with the delivery to the
Borrower of any such Collateral or any release, disclaimer or quitclaim in
connection therewith. The grant of such Lien or security interest shall be
effected by (i) delivery to the Corporate Trustee of an Additional
Collateral Designation pursuant to subsection 4.4 and (ii) fulfilling the
requirements of subsection 4.9(b) with respect thereto.
(c) If any Collateral which is being sold or otherwise disposed of
pursuant to this Section 6 is in the possession of the Trustees or any
agent or nominee thereof, the Trustees or such agent or nominee shall upon
the delivery to the Corporate Trustee and the Administrative Agent of a
certificate of a Responsible Officer, together with such other evidence as
the Corporate Trustee shall reasonably require, to the effect that such
sale, transfer or disposition is in compliance with the requirements of
such subsection 6.1, that the proceeds of such transaction have been or
will be applied as set forth in the relevant provisions, if any, of each
Secured Instrument and that subsection 6.2(b) has been complied with in
full, release such Collateral to the Borrower in connection with such
Asset Sale.
(d) Purchase money Liens which are permitted by Section 6.02(iv) of
the Credit Agreement (each a "Permitted Purchase Money Lien") shall not
require any written or oral subordination agreement or release or consent
of the Trustees. Nevertheless, the Borrower may, upon the delivery to the
Corporate Trustee and the Administrative Agent of a certificate of a
Responsible Officer, together with such other evidence as the Corporate
Trustee or the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require, to the
effect that such Permitted Purchase Money Lien is in compliance with the
requirements of Section 6.02(iv) of the Credit Agreement, request that the
Trustees execute and deliver to the Borrower or any beneficiary of such
Permitted Purchase Money Lien a written Lien subordination agreement
stating that the Trustees' Liens are and shall be subject and subordinate
in all respects and in all contingencies to such Permitted Purchase Money
Lien with respect to the Collateral or other property subject to such
Permitted Purchase Money Lien and the proceeds thereof, and such
beneficiary shall be entitled to rely conclusively on such subordination
agreement. In the alternative, it is further agreed that the Borrower may,
by the submission to the Administrative Agent of a certificate of a
Responsible Officer in accordance with the requirements of Section
6.02(iv) of the Credit Agreement, request that the Trustees execute and
deliver to the Borrower or any beneficiary of such Permitted Purchase
Money Lien a written U.C.C.-3 termination statement or other necessary
evidence of termination releasing the Trustees' Liens with respect to the
Collateral or other property subject to such Permitted Purchase Money Lien
and the proceeds thereof. Each of such requests shall be in writing, shall
describe the property subject to such Permitted Purchase Money Lien, in
reasonable detail, and shall state that such subordination agreement or
Lien termination, as applicable, is or will be in accordance with the
terms of the Credit Agreement and the Security Documents and shall be
accompanied by a written certificate of a Responsible
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Officer of the Borrower directing the Trustees to execute and deliver such
subordination agreement or evidence of Lien termination, as appropriate.
(e) The notices, statements, directions, evidence and certificates
requested under or required by this subsection (together with any required
certificate of a Responsible Officer under subsection 7.4(e)) shall be
full authority for and direction to the Trustees to execute and deliver
the releases, disclaimers, quitclaims, subordination agreements and other
instruments referred to in this subsection, and the Trustees shall
promptly do so, subject to the terms of this subsection 6.2, upon a
request therefor. The Trustees in so doing shall have no liability to any
Person other than for its willful misconduct or gross negligence.
6.3 INSURANCE AND CONDEMNATION PROCEEDS; LIQUIDATING DIVIDENDS.
Any insurance proceeds, any Proceeds from the exercise of rights of
eminent domain or condemnation and any liquidating dividends paid in respect of
Pledged Equity Securities received by the Borrower or the Trustees in respect of
Collateral shall be treated as cash Proceeds received pursuant to subsection
6.1(b) and shall, if a Notice of Enforcement is in effect, be deposited in the
Collateral Account, and if no Notice of Enforcement is in effect, such amounts
shall be delivered to the Borrower unless otherwise required by any Secured
Instrument.
6.4 PURCHASE OF COLLATERAL.
Any Secured Party may purchase Collateral at any public sale of such
Collateral pursuant to any of the Security Documents and, with the consent of
the Required Secured Parties and if permitted by the Secured Instrument
governing such Payment Obligation, may make payment on account of such purchase
by using any Payment Obligation then due and payable to such Secured Party as a
credit (up to the amount of such Payment Obligation) against the purchase price;
PROVIDED that in determining the Required Secured Parties for purposes of this
subsection, all Voting Obligations held by such purchasing Secured Party shall
be excluded.
SECTION 7
THE TRUSTEES
7.1 ACCEPTANCE OF TRUST.
The Trustees, for themselves and their respective successors, hereby
accept the trusts created by this Trust Agreement upon the terms and conditions
hereof.
7.2 EXCULPATORY PROVISIONS.
(a) The Trustees shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever
for the correctness of any recitals, statements, representations or
warranties herein, all of which are made solely by the Borrower. The
Trustees make no representations as to the value or condition of the Trust
Estate or any part thereof, or as to the title of the Borrower thereto or
as to the security afforded by this Trust Agreement or any Security
Document, or as to the validity, execution (except their own execution),
enforceability, legality or sufficiency
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of this Trust Agreement, Guarantee, any Security Document or Obligation,
and the Trustees shall incur no liability or responsibility in respect of
any such matters. The Trustees shall not be responsible for insuring the
Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges or assessments or
discharging of Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the
maintenance of the Collateral, except that if the Trustees take possession
of any Collateral, the Trustees shall use the same care in the
preservation of the Collateral in their possession as they would use for
their own property.
(b) The Trustees shall not be required to ascertain or inquire as to
the performance by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any of the
covenants or agreements contained herein or in any Security Document, any
Guarantee or any Secured Instrument. Whenever it is necessary, or in the
opinion of the Trustees advisable, for the Trustees to ascertain the
amount or nature of Obligations then held by Secured Parties, the Trustees
may rely, absent actual knowledge of a Responsible Trustee Officer to the
contrary, on a certificate of the Administrative Agent or any Holder of
Hedging Agreement Obligations, as the case may be, and, if the
Administrative Agent or such Holder of Hedging Agreement Obligations shall
not give such information to the Corporate Trustee, it shall not be
entitled to receive distributions hereunder (in which case distributions
to those Persons who have supplied such information to the Corporate
Trustee shall be calculated by the Corporate Trustee using, for those
Persons who have not supplied such information, the list then most
recently delivered by the Borrower pursuant to subsection 5.2), and the
amount so calculated to be distributed to the Person who fails to give
such information shall be held in trust for such Person until such Person
does supply such information to the Corporate Trustee, whereupon on the
next Distribution Date the amount distributable to such Person shall be
recalculated using such information and distributed to it.
(c) The Trustees shall be under no obligation or duty to take any
action under this Trust Agreement, any Guarantee or any Security Document
if taking such action (i) would subject the Trustees to a tax in any
jurisdiction where they are not then subject to a tax or (ii) would
require the Corporate Trustee to qualify to do business in any
jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, unless the Trustees
receive security or indemnity satisfactory to them against such tax (or
equivalent liability), or any liability resulting from such qualification,
in each case as results from the taking of such action under this Trust
Agreement, any Guarantee or any Security Document.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement,
neither the Corporate Trustee nor the Individual Trustee, in its or his
individual capacity, shall be personally liable for any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it or him in accordance with this Trust Agreement,
any Guarantee or any Security Document except for its or his own gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
(e) The Corporate Trustee shall have the same rights with respect to
any Obligation held by it as any other Secured Party and may exercise such
rights as though it were not the Corporate Trustee hereunder, and may
accept deposits from, lend money to,
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and generally engage in any kind of banking or trust business with the
Borrower and its affiliates as if it were not the Corporate Trustee.
7.3 DELEGATION OF DUTIES.
The Trustees may execute any of the trusts or powers hereof and perform
any duty hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact.
The Trustees shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters
pertaining to such trusts, powers and duties. The Trustees shall not be
responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact
selected by them with reasonable care.
7.4 RELIANCE BY TRUSTEES.
(a) Whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement, the
Guarantees or the Security Documents the Trustees shall deem it necessary
or desirable that a factual matter be proved or established in connection
with the Trustees taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder or
thereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof is
herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed in the absence of actual
knowledge of a Responsible Trustee Officer to the contrary to be
conclusively proved or established by a certificate of a Responsible
Officer delivered to the Corporate Trustee, and such certificate shall be
full warrant to the Trustees for any action taken, suffered or omitted in
reliance thereon, subject, however, to the provisions of subsection 7.5.
(b) The Trustees may consult with counsel, and any Opinion of
Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect
of any action taken or suffered by them hereunder or under any Guarantee
or Security Document in accordance therewith. The Trustees shall have the
right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of
this Trust Agreement, the Guarantees and the Security Documents from any
court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) The Trustees may rely, and shall be fully protected in acting,
upon any resolution, statement, certificate, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, bond or other paper or document which
they in good faith believe to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties or, in the case of cables,
telecopies and telexes, to have been sent by the proper party or parties.
In the absence of their gross negligence or willful misconduct, the
Trustees may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustees and conforming to the requirements of
this Trust Agreement.
(d) The Trustees shall not be under any obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in the Trustees by this Trust Agreement,
the Guarantees and the Security Documents, at the request or direction of
the Required Secured Parties pursuant to this Trust Agreement or
otherwise, unless the Trustees shall have been provided adequate security
and indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be
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incurred by them in compliance with such request or direction, including
such reasonable advances as may be requested by the Trustees.
(e) Upon any application or demand by the Borrower (except any such
application or demand which is expressly permitted to be made orally) to
the Trustees to take or permit any action under any of the provisions of
this Trust Agreement, any Guarantee or any Security Document, the Borrower
shall furnish to the Corporate Trustee a certificate of a Responsible
Officer stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in
this Trust Agreement, in any relevant Guarantee, Security Document or
Secured Instrument relating to the proposed action have been complied
with, and in the case of any such application or demand as to which the
furnishing of any document is specifically required by any provision of
this Trust Agreement, any Guarantee or any Security Document relating to
such particular application or demand, such additional document shall also
be furnished.
7.5 LIMITATIONS ON DUTIES OF TRUSTEES; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
CORPORATE TRUSTEE AND INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE.
(a) Unless a Notice of Enforcement is in effect, the Trustees shall
be obligated to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Trust Agreement, the Guarantees and the
Security Documents, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Trust Agreement, any Guarantee or any Security Document against
the Trustees. If and so long as a Notice of Enforcement is in effect, the
Trustees shall, subject to the provisions of subsection 2.5(b), exercise
the rights and powers vested in them by this Trust Agreement, the
Guarantees and the Security Documents, and shall not be liable with
respect to any action taken by them, or omitted to be taken by them, in
accordance with the direction of the Required Secured Parties.
(b) Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, the Trustees
shall not be under any obligation to take any action which is
discretionary with the Trustees under the provisions hereof or of any
Guarantee or any Security Document except upon the written request of the
Required Secured Parties. The Corporate Trustee shall make available for
inspection and copying by the Administrative Agent and each Holder of
Hedging Agreement Obligations each certificate or other paper furnished to
the Corporate Trustee by the Borrower under or in respect of this Trust
Agreement, any Guarantee or any Security Document or any of the
Collateral.
(c) The Individual Trustee has been joined as such so that if, by
any present or future law in any jurisdiction in which it may be necessary
to perform any act in the execution of the trust hereby created, the
Corporate Trustee, or its successor or successors, may be incompetent or
unqualified to act as such Trustee, or would be subject to a tax that
would not otherwise be imposed except for such act, then all the acts
required to be performed in such jurisdiction in the execution of the
trusts hereby created, shall and will be performed by the Individual
Trustee, or his successor or successors, acting alone. Except as it may be
deemed necessary for the Individual Trustee solely or jointly with the
Corporate Trustee to execute the trusts hereby created, the Corporate
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Trustee, notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement, any
Guarantee or any Security Document to the contrary, shall solely have and
exercise the powers, and shall be solely charged with the performance of
the duties, of the Trustees provided for herein, in any Guarantee or any
Security Document.
(d) No provision of this Trust Agreement, any Guarantee or any
Security Document shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the
Corporate Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power,
duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any jurisdiction in
which it shall be illegal, or in which the Corporate Trustee shall be
unqualified or incompetent, to perform any such act or acts or to exercise
any such right, power, duty or obligation or if such performance or
exercise would constitute doing business by the Corporate Trustee in such
jurisdiction or impose a tax on the Corporate Trustee by reason thereof.
The Individual Trustee, to the extent that he may lawfully so delegate and
that the Corporate Trustee is permitted by law to exercise the power so
delegated, and to the extent that such delegation is not inconsistent with
the preceding sentence and does not impair the right, title and interest
of the Individual Trustee under, or the validity of the Lien of, this
Trust Agreement and the Security Documents, (i) may delegate to the
Corporate Trustee the exercise of any power, discretionary or otherwise,
conferred by the provisions of this Trust Agreement, any Guarantee or any
Security Document, and (ii) hereby makes, constitutes and appoints the
Corporate Trustee, his true and lawful attorney for him and in his name,
or in the name of the Corporate Trustee, to do and perform all acts
necessary or proper in the execution and prosecution of the duties of the
Trustees hereunder in as full and ample a manner as he might do
personally.
7.6 MONEYS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
All moneys received by the Trustees under or pursuant to any provision of
this Trust Agreement, any Guarantee or any Security Document (except Trustee
Fees) shall be held in trust for the purposes for which they were paid or are
held.
7.7 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF THE TRUSTEES.
(a) The Trustees or either of them may at any time, by giving
written notice of resignation to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent
and each Holder of Hedging Agreement Obligations, be discharged of the
responsibilities hereby created, such resignation to become effective upon
(i) the appointment of a successor Corporate Trustee and/or Individual
Trustee, as the case may be, (ii) the acceptance of such appointment by
such successor Trustee, (iii) the approval of such successor Trustee
evidenced by one or more instruments signed by the Required Secured
Parties and (iv) in the case of the appointment of a successor Individual
Trustee, the approval of such successor by the Corporate Trustee. If no
successor Trustee shall be appointed and shall have accepted such
appointment within 90 days after the Corporate Trustee or the Individual
Trustee gives the aforesaid notice of resignation, the Corporate Trustee
or the resigning Individual Trustee, as the case may be, or any Secured
Party, may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a
successor Corporate Trustee or Individual
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Trustee, as the case may be, to act until such time, if any, as a
successor Corporate Trustee or Individual Trustee, as the case may be,
shall have been appointed as provided in this subsection. Any successor so
appointed by such court shall immediately and without further act be
superseded by any successor Corporate Trustee or Individual Trustee, as
the case may be, appointed as provided in this subsection.
The Required Secured Parties may, at any time, remove the Trustees
or either of them and appoint a successor Corporate Trustee or Individual
Trustee, as the case may be, such removal to be effective upon (i) the
acceptance of such appointment by the successor, (ii) unless a Notice of
Enforcement is in effect, the written approval of such successor by the
Borrower, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld and (iii) in the
case of the removal of the Individual Trustee, the written approval of the
appointment of the successor Individual Trustee by the Corporate Trustee.
The Borrower may, at any time after the merger of the Corporate Trustee as
contemplated by subsection 7.9, unless a Notice of Enforcement is in
effect or the Corporate Trustee is the Administrative Agent, remove the
successor Corporate Trustee and appoint another successor Corporate
Trustee, such removal to be effective upon (i) the acceptance of such
appointment by the successor and (ii) the written approval of such
successor by the Required Secured Parties, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld. The Corporate Trustee may, at any time by giving
written notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each Holder of
Hedging Agreement Obligations and the Individual Trustee, remove the
Individual Trustee and appoint a successor Individual Trustee, such
removal to be effective upon the acceptance of such appointment by the
successor Individual Trustee and the receipt by the Corporate Trustee of
the written approval of such appointment by the Required Secured Parties.
Any Trustee shall be entitled to Trustee Fees to the extent incurred or
arising, or relating to events occurring, before such resignation or
removal.
(b) If at any time the Corporate Trustee or the Individual Trustee
shall resign or be removed or otherwise become incapable of acting, or if
at any time a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Corporate Trustee
or the Individual Trustee for any other cause, a successor Corporate
Trustee or Individual Trustee, as the case may be, may be appointed by the
Required Secured Parties; PROVIDED that the appointment of an Individual
Trustee shall not be effective until written approval of such appointment
by the Corporate Trustee. If at any time the Individual Trustee shall
resign or be removed or otherwise become incapable of acting or if at any
time a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Individual Trustee for any
other cause, a successor Individual Trustee may be appointed by the
Corporate Trustee; PROVIDED that such appointment shall not be effective
until receipt by the Corporate Trustee of written approval of such
appointment by the Required Secured Parties. In either case, the powers,
duties, authority and title of the predecessor Corporate Trustee or
Individual Trustee, as the case may be, shall be terminated and cancelled
without procuring the resignation of such predecessor and without any
other formality (except as may be required by applicable law) than
appointment and designation of a successor in writing duly acknowledged
and delivered to the predecessor and the Borrower. Such appointment and
designation shall be full evidence of the right and authority to make the
same and of all the facts therein recited, and this Trust Agreement, the
Guarantees and the Security Documents shall vest in such
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successor, without any further act, deed or conveyance, all the estates,
properties, rights, powers, trusts, duties, authority and title of its
predecessor (subject to the Lien of such predecessor pursuant to
subsection 5.7); but such predecessor shall, nevertheless, on the written
request of the Required Secured Parties, the Borrower, or the successor
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all the
estates, properties, rights, powers, trusts, duties, authority and title
of such predecessor hereunder and under the Security Documents and shall
deliver all Collateral held by it or his agents to such successor (subject
to the Lien of such predecessor pursuant to subsection 5.7). Should any
deed, conveyance or other instrument in writing from the Borrower be
required by any successor Corporate Trustee or Individual Trustee for more
fully and certainly vesting in such successor the estates, properties,
rights, powers, trusts, duties, authority and title vested or intended to
be vested in the predecessor Corporate Trustee or Individual Trustee, as
the case may be, any and all such deeds, conveyances and other instruments
in writing shall, on request of such successor, be executed, acknowledged
and delivered by the Borrower. If the Borrower shall not have executed and
delivered any such deed, conveyance or other instrument within 10 days
after it received a written request from the successor Corporate Trustee
or Individual Trustee, as the case may be, to do so, or if a Notice of
Enforcement is in effect, the predecessor Corporate Trustee or Individual
Trustee, as the case may be, may execute the same on behalf of the
Borrower. The Borrower hereby appoints any predecessor Corporate Trustee
or Individual Trustee, as the case may be, as its agent and attorney to
act for it as provided in the next preceding sentence.
(c) Each of the Trustees agree that, upon the resignation or removal
of such Trustee pursuant to the terms of this Section 7.7, such Trustee
shall continue to act as the agent of the Administrative Agent with
respect to all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements filed in
connection with any Security Document and shall promptly forward any
document or request for information received in connection with any such
financing statement to the Administrative Agent. The Borrower agrees to
pay all fees of the Trustees, and to reimburse the Trustees for any
expenses they incur, in accordance with the terms of this Section 7.7.
7.8 STATUS OF SUCCESSOR CORPORATE TRUSTEE.
Every successor Corporate Trustee appointed pursuant to subsection 7.7
shall be a bank or trust company in good standing and having power to act as
Corporate Trustee hereunder, incorporated under the laws of the United States of
America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and having its
principal corporate trust office within the United States and shall also have
capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000, if there
be such an institution with such capital, surplus and undivided profits willing,
qualified and able to accept the trust hereunder upon reasonable or customary
terms.
7.9 MERGER OF THE CORPORATE TRUSTEE.
Any corporation into which the Corporate Trustee may be merged, or with
which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or
consolidation to which the
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Corporate Trustee shall be a party, or any person who shall acquire
substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Corporate Trustee shall
be Corporate Trustee under this Trust Agreement and the Security Documents
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
the parties hereto.
7.10 CO-TRUSTEE; SEPARATE TRUSTEES.
(a) If at any time or times it shall be necessary or prudent in
order to conform to any law of any jurisdiction in which any of the
Collateral shall be located, or to avoid any violation of law or
imposition on the Trustees of taxes by such jurisdiction not otherwise
imposed on the Trustees, or the Corporate Trustee shall be advised by
counsel, satisfactory to it, that it is necessary or prudent in the
interest of the Secured Parties, or the Required Secured Parties shall in
writing so request the Corporate Trustee and the Borrower, or the
Corporate Trustee shall deem it desirable for its own protection in the
performance of its duties hereunder or under any Security Document, the
Corporate Trustee and, unless a Notice of Enforcement is in effect, the
Borrower shall execute and deliver all instruments and agreements
necessary or proper to constitute another bank or trust company, or one or
more persons approved by the Corporate Trustee and, unless a Notice of
Enforcement is in effect, the Borrower, either to act as co-trustee or
co-trustees of all or any of the Collateral under this Trust Agreement or
under any of the Security Documents, jointly with the Trustees originally
named herein or therein or any successor Trustees, or to act as separate
trustee or trustees of any of the Collateral. If the Borrower shall not
have joined in the execution of such instruments and agreements within 10
days after it receives a written request from the Corporate Trustee to do
so, or if a Notice of Enforcement is in effect, the Corporate Trustee may
act under the foregoing provisions of this subsection without the
concurrence of the Borrower and execute and deliver such instruments and
agreements on behalf of the Borrower. The Borrower hereby appoints the
Corporate Trustee as its agent and attorney to act for it under the
foregoing provisions of this subsection in either of such contingencies.
(b) Every separate trustee and every co-trustee, other than any
successor Corporate Trustee or Individual Trustee appointed pursuant to
subsection 7.7, shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and
act and be such, subject to the following provisions and conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred upon
the Corporate Trustee in respect of the custody, control and
management of moneys, papers or securities shall be exercised solely
by the Corporate Trustee or any agent appointed by the Corporate
Trustee;
(ii) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or
imposed upon the Corporate Trustee hereunder and under the relevant
Guarantee or Security Document shall be conferred or imposed and
exercised or performed by the Corporate Trustee and such separate
trustee or separate trustees or co-trustee or co-trustees, jointly,
as shall be provided in the instrument appointing such separate
trustee or separate trustees or co-trustee or co-trustees, except to
the
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extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any
particular act or acts are to be performed the Corporate Trustee
shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, or
unless the performance of such act or acts would result in the
imposition of any tax on the Trustees which would not be imposed
absent such joint act or acts, in which event such rights, powers,
duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed by such
separate trustee or separate trustees or co-trustee or co-trustees;
(iii) no power given hereby or by the relevant Guarantee or
Security Documents to, or which it is provided herein or therein may
be exercised by, any such co-trustee or co-trustees or separate
trustee or separate trustees, shall be exercised hereunder or
thereunder by such co-trustee or co-trustees or separate trustee or
separate trustees except jointly with, or with the consent in
writing of, the Corporate Trustee, anything contained herein to the
contrary notwithstanding;
(iv) no trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by
reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and
(v) the Borrower and the Corporate Trustee, at any time by an
instrument in writing executed by them jointly, may (and, at the
direction of the Required Secured Parties, shall) accept the
resignation of or remove any such separate trustee or co-trustee
and, in that case by an instrument in writing executed by them
jointly, may appoint a successor to such separate trustee or
co-trustee, as the case may be, anything contained herein to the
contrary notwithstanding. If the Borrower shall not have joined in
the execution of any such instrument within 10 days after it
receives a written request from the Corporate Trustee to do so, or
if a Notice of Enforcement is in effect, the Corporate Trustee shall
have the power to (and, at the direction of the Required Secured
Parties, shall) accept the resignation of or remove any such
separate trustee or co-trustee and to appoint a successor without
the concurrence of the Borrower, the Borrower hereby appointing the
Corporate Trustee its agent and attorney to act for it in such
connection in such contingency. If the Corporate Trustee shall have
appointed a separate trustee or separate trustees or co-trustee or
co-trustees as above provided, the Corporate Trustee may at any
time, by an instrument in writing, accept the resignation of or
remove any such separate trustee or co-trustee and the successor to
any such separate trustee or co-trustee shall be appointed by the
Borrower and the Corporate Trustee, or by the Corporate Trustee
alone pursuant to this subsection.
7.11 TREATMENT OF PAYEE OR INDORSEE BY TRUSTEES; REPRESENTATIVES
OF SECURED PARTIES.
(a) The Trustees may treat the registered holder or, if none, the
payee or indorsee of any promissory note or debenture evidencing an
Obligation as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes and shall not be
affected by any notice to the contrary, whether such promissory note or
debenture shall be past due or not.
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(b) Any Person which shall be designated as the duly authorized
representative of one or more Secured Parties to act as such in connection
with any matters pertaining to this Trust Agreement or the Collateral
shall present to the Corporate Trustee such documents, including, without
limitation, Opinions of Counsel, as the Corporate Trustee may reasonably
require, to demonstrate to the Corporate Trustee the authority of such
Person to act as the representative of such Secured Parties (it being
understood that the authority of the Administrative Agent shall be
demonstrated by its inclusion as such in the lists from time to time
delivered pursuant to subsection 5.2.).
(c) Whenever this Trust Agreement requires or permits any Secured
Party or the Required Secured Parties to sign any instrument, give any
notice or take any action, the Administrative Agent on behalf of such
Secured Party or Required Secured Parties may sign such instrument, give
such notice or take such action with the same effect as if done directly
by such Secured Party or Required Secured Parties.
7.12 NOTICES TO CORPORATE TRUSTEE UNDER SECURITY DOCUMENTS.
In the event that the Corporate Trustee receives any notice from the
grantor under any Security Document, the Corporate Trustee shall promptly
transmit a copy thereof to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each
Hedging Agreement Secured Party, and the Corporate Trustee shall take such
action in respect of such notice which is permitted by this Trust Agreement as
shall be directed by the Required Secured Parties.
SECTION 8
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
8.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CORPORATE TRUSTEE.
The Corporate Trustee hereby represents and warrants that:
(a) it is a Massachusetts trust company duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States and has
the corporate power and authority and the legal right to execute and
deliver, and to perform its obligations under, this Trust Agreement and
has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution,
delivery and performance of this Trust Agreement; and
(b) this Trust Agreement has been duly executed by the Corporate
Trustee and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Corporate Trustee, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to
the effects of insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar
laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and general equitable principles.
8.2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BORROWER.
The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that:
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(a) it is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite
power and authority and the legal right to execute and deliver, and to
perform its obligations under, this Trust Agreement and has taken all
necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this Trust Agreement;
(b) this Trust Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the
enforceability hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or moratorium or other similar laws relating to the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general equitable
principles.;
(c) neither the execution and delivery by the Borrower of this Trust
Agreement nor compliance with the terms and provisions hereof by the
Borrower will conflict with or result in a breach of or Default under, or
require any consent under, or give rise to any acceleration, prepayment,
repurchase or redemption obligation of the Borrower, the Parent or any
Subsidiary under the respective certificates of incorporation or by-laws
(or other organizational documents) of the Borrower, the Parent or any
Subsidiary, or any applicable law or regulation, or any order, writ,
injunction or decree of any court or governmental authority or agency, or
any agreement or instrument to which the Borrower, the Parent or any
Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound or to which it is subject,
or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the
revenues or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (except for the Liens
created pursuant to the Security Documents) pursuant to the terms of any
such agreement or instrument; and
(d) the Borrower has obtained all authorizations, approvals and
consents of, and has made all filings and registrations with, any
governmental or regulatory authority or agency and any third party
necessary for the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust
Agreement and for the validity or enforceability hereof.
SECTION 9
MISCELLANEOUS
9.1 NOTICES.
Unless otherwise specified herein, all notices, requests, demands or other
communications given to the Borrower, the Trustees, the Administrative Agent or
any Hedging Agreement Secured Party shall be given in writing or by facsimile
transmission and shall be deemed to have been duly given when personally
delivered or when duly deposited in the mails, registered or certified mail
postage prepaid, or if transmitted by facsimile transmission, when received in
legible form, addressed (i) if to the Borrower or the Trustees, to such party at
its address specified on the signature pages hereof or any other address which
such party shall have specified as its address for the purpose of communications
hereunder, by notice given in accordance with this subsection 9.1 to the party
sending such communication or (ii) if to the
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Administrative Agent or any Hedging Agreement Secured Party, to it at its
address specified from time to time in the list provided by the Borrower to the
Corporate Trustee pursuant to subsection 5.2; PROVIDED that any notice, request
or demand to the Trustees shall not be effective until received by the Corporate
Trustee in the corporate trust division at the office designated by it pursuant
to this subsection 9.1.
9.2 NO WAIVERS.
No failure on the part of the Trustees, any co-trustee, any separate
trustee, or any Secured Party to exercise, no course of dealing with respect to,
and no delay in exercising, any right, power or privilege under this Trust
Agreement, any Guarantee or any Security Document shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or
privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, power or privilege.
9.3 AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS, WAIVERS AND RELEASES.
(a) With the written consent of the Required Secured Parties, the
Trustees and the Borrower may, from time to time, enter into written
agreements supplemental hereto or to any Guarantee or Security Document
for the purpose of adding to, or waiving any provisions of, this Trust
Agreement, any Guarantee or any Security Document or changing in any
manner the rights of the Trustees, the Secured Parties or the Borrower
hereunder or thereunder or releasing any of the Collateral or any
Guarantee; PROVIDED that no such supplemental agreement shall (i) (A)
amend, modify or waive any provision of this subsection 9.3, (B) amend,
modify or waive any provision of subsections 2.10 or 3.4, or the
definitions of Obligations, Payment Obligations, Voting Obligations,
Facility Obligations, Hedging Agreement Obligations, Secured Parties or
Required Secured Parties, or (C) release any Guarantee, terminate any
Security Document or release all or any material part of the Collateral,
unless the Corporate Trustee has received a certificate of a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower, and an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the
Trustees and each Secured Party, in each case to the effect that such
action does not violate any Secured Instrument or (ii) amend, modify or
waive any provision of Section 5 or 7 or alter the duties, rights or
obligations of the Trustees hereunder or under the Guarantees or the
Security Documents without the written consent of the Trustees. Any such
supplemental agreement shall be binding upon the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Secured Parties and the Trustees and their
respective successors and assigns.
(b) Without the consent of the Administrative Agent or any Secured
Party, the Trustees and the Borrower and, in the case of any modification
of any Guarantee, the guarantor party to such Guarantee, at any time and
from time to time, may enter into one or more agreements supplemental
hereto, to any Guarantee or to any Security Document, in form satisfactory
to the Corporate Trustee, (i) to add to the covenants of the Borrower, any
guarantor party to any Guarantee or any grantor party to any Security
Document, for the benefit of the Secured Parties or to surrender any right
or power herein conferred upon the Borrower, or (ii) to cure any
ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any
Guarantee or Security Document which may be defective or inconsistent
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with any other provision herein or therein, or to make any other provision
with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder which shall not be
inconsistent with any provision hereof; PROVIDED that any such action
contemplated by this clause (ii) shall not, and could not reasonably be
expected to, adversely affect the interests of any Secured Party (as
certified by a Responsible Officer pursuant to paragraph (c) below).
(c) The Trustees shall not enter into any agreement supplemental
hereto pursuant to subsection 9.3(a) or (b) unless the Corporate Trustee
has received a certificate of a Responsible Officer, and an Opinion of
Counsel, addressed to the Trustees and each Secured Party, in each case to
the effect that such action does not violate this Trust Agreement.
(d) The Corporate Trustee shall at the expense of the Borrower
promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Hedging Agreement
Secured Party copies of all amendments, waivers or supplements to this
Trust Agreement, any Guarantee or any Security Document that may be
entered into pursuant to subsection 9.3(a) or (b).
9.4 HEADINGS.
The table of contents and the headings of Sections and subsections have
been included herein for convenience only and should not be considered in
interpreting this Trust Agreement.
9.5 SEVERABILITY.
Any provision of this Trust Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable
in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate 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.
9.6 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
each of the parties hereto and shall inure to the benefit of each of the Secured
Parties and their respective successors and assigns, and nothing herein is
intended or shall be construed to give any other Person any right, remedy or
claim under, to or in respect of this Trust Agreement, any Guarantee or any
Collateral.
9.7 CURRENCY CONVERSIONS.
In calculating the amount of Payment Obligations for any purpose
hereunder, including, without limitation, voting or distribution purposes, the
amount of any Payment Obligation which is denominated in a currency other than
Dollars shall be converted into Dollars at the spot rate for purchasing Dollars
with such currency determined by the Corporate Trustee to be in effect in the
New York foreign exchange market at the close of business on the Business Day
prior to the date on which such calculation is to be made.
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9.8 GOVERNING LAW.
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
9.9 NO RECOURSE.
No claim may be made under this Trust Agreement against any of the direct
or indirect partners or equity holders of the Borrower for any obligations of
the Borrower hereunder; PROVIDED that this subsection 9.9 shall not in any way
limit the Trustees' right to make any claim against any such direct or indirect
partner or equity holder under any contract that any such Person may have
entered into with the Borrower to the extent that the rights under such contract
constitute Collateral.
9.10 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS.
The Borrower and each Trustee hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement, or for recognition and enforcement
of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general
jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New
York County, 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 such
party at its address set forth on the signature pages hereof or at such
other address of which the parties hereto shall have been notified
pursuant hereto; and
(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.
9.11 COUNTERPARTS.
This Trust Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts with the
same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same
instrument.
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9.12 RELEASE OF LIENS; GUARANTEES.
(a) Upon (i) receipt by the Corporate Trustee of a request by the
Borrower to release the Liens created by subsection 5.7 and by the
Security Documents in respect of any Collateral, together with a
certificate of a Responsible Officer, an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to
the Trustees and each Secured Party, and a letter of consent from the
Administrative Agent, in each case to the effect that such release will
not violate any Secured Instrument and (ii) in the case of a release of
all the Collateral, payment in full of all Trustee Fees, the security
interests created by subsection 5.7 and by the Security Documents shall
terminate forthwith, and all right, title and interest of the Trustees in
and to such Collateral shall revert to the Borrower, its successors and
assigns.
(b) Upon receipt by the Corporate Trustee of a request by the
Borrower to release any Guarantee, together with a certificate of a
Responsible Officer, an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustees and
each Secured Party, and a letter of consent from the Administrative Agent,
in each case to the effect that such release will not violate any Secured
Instrument, such Guarantee shall be immediately released.
(c) Upon the termination of the Trustees' security interest and the
release of any Collateral in accordance with subsection 9.12(a), the
Trustees will promptly, at the Borrower's written request and expense, (i)
execute and deliver to the Borrower such documents as the Borrower shall
reasonably request to evidence the termination of such security interest
or the release of such Collateral and (ii) in the case of a release of all
Collateral, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Borrower all property
of the Borrower then held by the Trustees or any agent thereof.
(d) This Trust Agreement shall terminate when (i) the Liens and
security interests granted under the Security Documents have terminated
and the Collateral has been released and (ii) the Obligations and all
other amounts (other than contingent and indemnity obligations which by
their terms survive the termination of this Credit Agreement) to be paid
pursuant to the Loan Documents have been paid in full and all commitments
to extend credit under any Secured Instrument that when extended would
constitute Obligations shall have been terminated; PROVIDED that the
provisions of subsections 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 and 5.6 shall not be affected by
any such termination.
(e) The Corporate Trustee shall promptly give notice to the
Administrative Agent and each Hedging Agreement Secured Party of any
release of Collateral or a Guarantee pursuant to this subsection.
9.13 COMPLETE AGREEMENT.
This Trust Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties
hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
representations, negotiations, writings, memoranda and agreements.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement to be
duly executed (by their respective authorized officers or representatives in the
case of parties other than the Individual Trustee) as of the day and year first
written above.
XX.XXX CORP.
By:_____________________________________
Name:___________________________________
Title:__________________________________
Address for Notices:
XX.Xxx Holdings, Limited
0000 X Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 9867
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, not
individually but solely as Corporate
Trustee
By:_____________________________________
Name:___________________________________
Title:__________________________________
Address for Notices:
0 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Corporate Trust - Lucent/XX.Xxx
Collateral Trust
Attest:_________________________________
Name:___________________________________
Title:__________________________________
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________________________________________
XXXXXXX XXXXXXX,
as Individual Trustee
Address for Notices:
0 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Corporate Trust - Lucent/XX.Xxx
Collateral Trust
Witness:________________________________
Name:___________________________________
00
XXXXX XX XXX XXXX )
) :ss:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the ____ day of _____________ 1999, before me personally came
____________________, to me personally known and known to me to be the person
described in and who executed the foregoing instrument as _____________________
of ____________________, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he
resides at ____________________, that he is the ____________ of
__________________________, one of the corporations described in and which
executed the foregoing instrument; that said instrument was signed on behalf of
said corporation by resolution of its Board of Directors; that he signed his
name thereto by like resolution; and that he acknowledged said instrument to be
the free act and deed of said corporation.
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
STATE OF ___________ )
):ss:
COUNTY OF _________ )
On the ____ day of __________, 1999, before me personally came
_________________ and _________________, to me personally known and known to me
to be the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument as
______________ and _____________, respectively, of _______________________, by
me duly sworn, did depose and say that they reside at
____________________________ and ______________________ respectively; that they
are _______________ and _______________, respectively, of ___________________,
one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing
instrument; that they know the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed
to said instrument is such corporate seal; that said instrument was signed and
sealed on behalf of said corporation in accordance with its by-laws; that they
signed their names thereto by like order; and that they acknowledged said
instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
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INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE
STATE OF _____________ )
):ss:
COUNTY OF )
On the ____ day of __________, 1999, before me personally came
_________________, to me personally known who, being by me duly sworn, did
depose and say that he resides in ___________________________; and that said
instrument is his free act and deed.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
SCHEDULE I
INITIAL SECURITY DOCUMENTS
1. Pledge Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1999, made by XX.Xxx
Holdings, Limited in favor of the Trustees, in the form of Exhibit G hereto.
2. Security Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1999, made by XX.Xxx
Corp. in favor of the Trustees, in the form of Exhibit E hereto.
3. Pledge Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1999, made by XX.Xxx
Corp. in favor of the Trustees, in the form of Exhibit H hereto.
4. Security Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1999, made by XX.Xxx
Supply Corp. in favor of the Trustees, in the form of Exhibit F hereto.
5. Security Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1999, made by XX.Xxx
Construction Corp. in favor of the Trustees, in the form of Exhibit F hereto.
6. Pledge Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1999, made by XX.Xxx
Network Services Corp. in favor of the Trustees, in the form of Exhibit H
hereto.
7. Patent Security Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1999, entered
into by XX.Xxx Corp. in favor of the Trustees.
8. Patent Security Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1999, entered
into by XX.Xxx Supply Corp. in favor of the Trustees.
9. Patent Security Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1999, entered
into by XX.Xxx Construction Corp. in favor of the Trustees.
10. Copyright Security Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1999,
entered into by XX.Xxx Corp. in favor of the Trustees.
11. Copyright Security Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1999,
entered into by XX.Xxx Supply Corp. in favor of the Trustees.
12. Copyright Security Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1999,
entered into by XX.Xxx Construction Corp. in favor of the Trustees.
13. Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1999,
entered into by XX.Xxx Corp. in favor of the Trustees.
14. Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1999,
entered into by XX.Xxx Supply Corp. in favor of the Trustees.
15. Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1999,
entered into by XX.Xxx Construction Corp. in favor of the Trustees.
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF
ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL DESIGNATION
[Date]
To: State Street Bank and Trust Company
Re: Trust Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1999 among XX.Xxx Corp., State
Street Bank and Trust Company, as Corporate Trustee, and Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, as Individual Trustee (the "Trust Agreement")
Reference is hereby made to the Trust Agreement. Capitalized terms which
are defined in the Trust Agreement are used herein as therein defined.
In accordance with subsection 4.4 of the Trust Agreement, the following
Additional Collateral is hereby added as Collateral under the Trust Agreement:
[DESCRIBE ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL]
XX.Xxx Corp.
By:_____________________________________
Name:___________________________________
Title:__________________________________
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF
ADDITIONAL GUARANTEE DESIGNATION
[Date]
To: State Street Bank and Trust Company
Re: Trust Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1999 among XX.Xxx Corp., State
Street Bank and Trust Company, as Corporate Trustee, and Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, as Individual Trustee (the "Trust Agreement")
Reference is hereby made to the Trust Agreement. Capitalized terms which
are defined in the Trust Agreement are used herein as therein defined.
In accordance with subsection 4.6 of the Trust Agreement, the following
Additional Guarantee is hereby added as Guarantee under the Trust Agreement:
[DESCRIBE ADDITIONAL GUARANTEE]
XX.Xxx Corp.
By:_____________________________________
Name:___________________________________
Title:__________________________________
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF
ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS DESIGNATION
[Date]
To: State Street Bank and Trust Company
Re: Trust Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1999 among XX.Xxx Corp., State
Street Bank and Trust Company, as Corporate Trustee, and Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, as Individual Trustee (the "Trust Agreement")
Reference is hereby made to the Trust Agreement. Capitalized terms which
are defined in the Trust Agreement are used herein as therein defined.
In accordance with subsection 4.2 of the Trust Agreement, the following
Permitted Additional Obligations are hereby added as Obligations under the Trust
Agreement:
[DESCRIBE PERMITTED ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS]
The Permitted Additional Obligations described above shall constitute
[Facility] [Hedging Agreement] Obligations.
Attached hereto is a true and complete copy of each agreement (together
with all schedules, exhibits, annexes, appendices and other attachments
thereto), including but not limited to the applicable Secured Instruments
relating to such Permitted Additional Obligations.
XX.Xxx Corp.
By:_____________________________________
Name:___________________________________
Title:__________________________________
EXHIBIT D-1
FORM OF
BORROWER'S OPINION REGARDING INITIAL SECURITY DOCUMENTS
1. Each of the Obligors is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, has all requisite corporate
power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and is qualified
to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such
qualification is required.
2. Each Obligor has all requisite corporate power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform the Operative Documents to which it is a party.
Each of the Operative Documents has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate and, if required, stockholder action on the part of each Obligor that
is a party thereto.
3. Each Operative Document has been duly executed and delivered by each
Obligor party thereto and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of
such Obligor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and subject to general principles of equity,
regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
4. The execution, delivery and performance by the Obligors of the
Operative Documents (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration
or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such
as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except
filings necessary to perfect Liens created under the Security Documents, (b) do
not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other
organizational documents of any of the Obligors or any order of any Governmental
Authority, (c) to our knowledge, do not violate or result in a default under any
indenture, agreement or other instrument evidencing or governing any Material
Indebtedness or any other material indenture, agreement or other instrument
binding upon any of the Obligors or its assets, or give rise to a right
thereunder to require any payment to be made by any of the Obligors, and (d) to
our knowledge, do not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any
asset of any of the Obligors, except Liens created under the Security Documents.
5. To our knowledge, there are no actions, suits or proceedings by or
before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or threatened
against or affecting any of the Obligors that involve any of the Operative
Documents or the transactions contemplated therein.
6. None of the Obligors is (a) an "investment company" as defined in, or
subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or
(b) a "holding company" as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
7. The Pledge Agreement (Parent) creates in favor of the Trustees for the
benefit of the Secured Parties as security for the Secured Obligations, a
security interest in the Parent's rights in and to the Pledged Securities (as
defined therein; the "Parent Pledged Securities").
8. Upon delivery of any Parent Pledged Securities to the Corporate Trustee
for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the
security interest of the Corporate Trustee for the benefit of the Secured
Parties in such Parent Pledged Securities will be perfected and no interest of
any other Person will be equal or prior to the security interest of the
Corporate Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties in such Parent Pledged
Securities.
9. The Pledge Agreement (Borrower) creates in favor of the Trustees for
the benefit of the Secured Parties as security for the Secured Obligations, a
security interest in the Borrower's rights in and to the Pledged Securities (as
defined therein; the "Borrower Pledged Securities").
10. Upon delivery of any Borrower Pledged Securities to the Corporate
Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts the security interest of the Corporate Trustee for the benefit of
the Secured Parties in such Borrower Pledged Securities will be perfected and no
interest of any other Person will be equal or prior to the security interest of
the Corporate Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties in such Borrower
Pledged Securities.
11. The Security Agreement (Parent) creates in favor of the Trustees for
the benefit of the Secured Parties as security for the Secured Obligations, a
valid security interest in the rights of the Parent in the Collateral (as
defined therein; the "Parent Collateral").
12. Each of the financing statements attached as Exhibit __ (the "Parent
Financing Statements") is in appropriate form for filing in the office in which
it is to be filed. Upon the filing of the Parent Financing Statements in the
offices identified on Schedule __ hereto, the security interests in the Parent
Collateral created under the Security Agreement (Parent) will be perfected under
the Uniform Commercial Code of each state in which such an office is located.
13. The security interest created by the Security Agreement (Parent) in
the Parent's rights in such of the Parent Collateral as consists of a security
entitlement will be perfected under the New York Uniform Commercial Code upon
the execution and delivery by the Securities Intermediary (as defined in the
Securities Account Control Agreement (Parent)) of the Securities Account Control
Agreement (Parent). At the time of such perfection, such security interest will
be of first priority.
14. The security interest created by the Security Agreement (Parent) in
the Parent's rights in such of the Parent Collateral as consists of certificated
securities in registered form will be perfected under the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts UCC upon either (a) delivery of such certificated securities to
the Corporate Trustee in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, indorsed to the
Corporate Trustee or in blank by an effective endorsement, or registered in the
name of the Corporate Trustee, upon original issue or registration of transfer
by the Parent, or (b) delivery of such certificated securities to the Corporate
Trustee in the [jurisdiction where Corporate Trustee
holds Parent Collateral], specially indorsed to the Corporate Trustee by an
effective endorsement. At the time of such perfection, such security interest
will be of first priority.
15. [[If applicable] The security interest created by the Security
Agreement (Parent) in the Parent Collateral creates in favor of the Trustees for
the benefit of the Secured Parties as security for the Obligations a valid
security interest in the rights of the Borrower in all intellectual property of
the Parent under the United States Copyright Act, the United States Patent Act
and the United States Trademark Act, to the extent that a security interest
therein may be perfected thereunder.]
16. The Security Agreement (Borrower) creates in favor of the Trustees for
the benefit of the Secured Parties as security for the Obligations (as such term
is defined in the Security Agreement (Borrower)), a valid security interest in
the rights of the Borrower in the Collateral (as defined therein; the "Borrower
Collateral").
17. Each of the financing statements attached as Exhibit __ (the "Borrower
Financing Statements") is in appropriate form for filing in the office in which
it is to be filed. Upon the filing of the Borrower Financing Statements in the
offices identified on Schedule __ hereto, the security interests in the Borrower
Collateral created under the Security Agreement (Borrower) will be perfected
under the Uniform Commercial Code of each state in which any such office is
located.
18. The security interest created by the Security Agreement (Borrower) in
the Borrower's rights in such of the Borrower Collateral as consists of a
security entitlement will be perfected under the New York Uniform Commercial
Code upon the execution and delivery by the Securities Intermediary (as defined
in the Securities Account Control Agreement (Borrower)) of the Securities
Account Control Agreement (Borrower). At the time of such perfection, such
security interest will be of first priority.
19. The security interest created by the Security Agreement (Borrower) in
the Borrower's rights in such of the Borrower Collateral as consists of
certificated securities in registered form will be perfected under the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Uniform Commercial Code upon either (a) delivery
of such certificated securities to the Corporate Trustee in the [jurisdiction
where Corporate Trustee holds the Borrower Collateral], indorsed to the
Corporate Trustee or in blank by an effective endorsement, or registered in the
name of the Corporate Trustee, upon original issue or registration of transfer
by the Borrower, or (b) delivery of such certificated securities to the
Corporate Trustee in the [jurisdiction where Corporate Trustee holds the
Borrower Collateral], specially indorsed to the Corporate Trustee by an
effective endorsement. At the time of such perfection, such security interest
will be of first priority.
20. [[If applicable] The security interest created by the Security
Agreement (Borrower) in the Borrower Collateral the United States Copyright Act,
the United States Patent Act and the United States Trademark Act, to the extent
that a security interest therein may be perfected thereunder.]
EXHIBIT D-2
FORM OF
BORROWER'S OPINION REGARDING ADDITIONAL SECURED INSTRUMENTS
1. The Borrower has all requisite corporate power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform the Secured Instrument[s] governing the Additional
Obligations (the "Additional Secured Instruments"). Each of the Additional
Secured Instruments has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and, if
required, stockholder action on the part of the Borrower that is a party
thereto.
2. Each Additional Secured Instrument has been duly executed and delivered
by the Borrower party thereto and constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Obligor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws
affecting creditors' rights generally and subject to general principles of
equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
3. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the
Additional Secured Instruments (a) do not require any consent or approval of,
registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority,
except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and
except filings necessary to perfect Liens created under the Security Documents,
(b) do not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or
other organizational documents of the Borrower or any order of any Governmental
Authority, (c) to our knowledge, do not violate or result in a default under any
indenture, agreement or other instrument evidencing or governing any Material
Indebtedness or any other material indenture, agreement or other instrument
binding upon the Borrower or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to
require any payment to be made by the Borrower, and (d) to our knowledge, do not
result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower,
except Liens created under the Security Documents.
4. To our knowledge, there are no actions, suits or proceedings by or
before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or threatened
against or affecting the Borrower that involve any of the Additional Secured
Instruments or the transactions contemplated therein.
EXHIBIT D-3
FORM OF
BORROWER'S OPINION REGARDING ADDITIONAL GUARANTEES
1. Each Guarantor party to an Additional Guarantee (an "Additional
Guarantor") has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver
and perform the Additional Guarantee. Each of the Additional Guarantees has been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate and, if required, stockholder action
on the part of the Additional Guarantor party thereto.
2. Each Additional Guarantee has been duly executed and delivered by the
Additional Guarantor party thereto and constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Additional Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with its
terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject to general
principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law.
3. The execution, delivery and performance by each Additional Guarantor of
the Additional Guarantee to which such Additional Guarantor is a party (a) do
not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any
other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained
or made and are in full force and effect and except filings necessary to perfect
Liens created under the Security Documents, (b) do not violate any applicable
law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of
the such Additional Guarantor or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) to
our knowledge, do not violate or result in a default under any indenture,
agreement or other instrument evidencing or governing any Material Indebtedness
or any other material indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon such
Additional Guarantor or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to
require any payment to be made by such Additional Guarantor, and (d) to our
knowledge, do not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset
of such Additional Guarantor, except Liens created under the Security Documents.
4. To our knowledge, there are no actions, suits or proceedings by or
before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or threatened
against or affecting any Additional Guarantor that involve any of the Additional
Guarantees or the transactions contemplated therein.
