EXHIBIT 10.52
[LOGO] M&T BANK GENERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company
Name(s) of Undersigned CVC Process Solutions, Inc.
Address(es) of Undersigned
In consideration of Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, a New York
banking corporation having its chief executive office at One M&T Plaza, Buffalo,
New York 14240, Attention: General Counsel's Office (the "Secured Party") See
Addendum for additional Secured Parties now heretofore or hereafter (1) granting
any loan, credit or other financial accommodation to, or in reliance upon any
guaranty, endorsement or other assurance of, (a) any of the undersigned; or (b)
cvc Products, Inc. (Name), ______________________________________, a Delaware
Corporation (Type of entity and, if not an individual, jurisdiction in which
organized) _______________________________________________ having his or her
residence or its only place of business or chief executive office at 000 Xxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 (Address)____________________________________________,
(the "Borrower"), (2) permitting any extension, renewal, refinancing,
modification or replacement of any indebtedness, liability or obligation arising
as a direct or indirect result of any such loan, credit or other financial
accommodation, (3) surrendering or releasing any guaranty, endorsement or other
assurance, any collateral or other security, or any subordination, directly or
indirectly securing the payment of, or otherwise directly or indirectly
applicable to, any such indebtedness, liability or obligation or (4) granting
any waiver of, or any forbearance or other indulgence relating to, any right or
remedy relating to any such indebtedness, liability or obligation, to any such
guaranty, endorsement or other assurance, to any such collateral or other
security or to any such subordination, and for other valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is acknowledged, each of the undersigned agrees with the
Secured Party as follows:
1. Reference to Definitions.
a. For purposes of this Agreement, each of the following terms has the
meaning given it in Section 16 of this Agreement: (i) Bankruptcy Law, (ii)
Collateral, (iii) Debtor, (iv) Equipment, (v) Event of Default, (vi) General
Intangible, (vii) Goods, (viii) Inventory, (ix) Investment Property, (x)
Obligations, (xi) Other Collateral, (xii) Other Obligor, (xiii) Permitted Lien,
(xiv) Person, (xv) Primary Obligor, (xvi) Security Interest and (xvii)
Successor.
b. Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement, capitalized terms shall
have the meanings set forth in the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
as of the date of this Agreement ("UCC").
2. Security Interest; Nature of Security Interest.
a. To secure the payment of the Obligations, each of the undersigned
grants to each Secured Party a security interest in, and assigns, pledges and
hypothecates to each Secured Party, the Collateral.
b. Each Security Interest (i) is unconditional, (ii) is independent of and
in addition to all Other Collateral, (iii) is a continuing security interest,
assignment, pledge or hypothecation, and (iv) shall continue in full force and
effect except insofar as this Agreement is terminated as provided in Section 12g
of this Agreement.
3. Reinstatement of Obligations. Each portion of the Obligations that is
(a) paid by any money received or applied by the Secured Party (including, but
not limited to, any such money constituting, or received or applied because of
the existence of, any of the Collateral or any Other Collateral) and later
returned by or otherwise recovered from the Secured Party as a direct or
indirect result of any claim, regardless of the basis or outcome thereof,
whether asserted affirmatively, as a counterclaim, setoff or defense or
otherwise and whether now existing or hereafter arising, for the return or for
any other recovery of such money (including, but not limited to, any such claim
based, in whole or in part, upon any allegation that (i) such money constituted
trust funds for purposes of the Lien Law of the State of New York or for
purposes of any similar statute, regulation or other law, (ii) the receipt or
application of such money constituted an impermissible setoff or (iii) the
receipt or application of such money, or the grant or perfection of any security
interest in, or of any other lien or encumbrance upon, any of the Collateral or
any Other Collateral, constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or
fraudulent conveyance) or (b) satisfied by the Secured Party's retention of any
portion of the Collateral, or by the Secured Party's retention of any Other
Collateral, that is later returned by or otherwise recovered from the Secured
Party as a direct or indirect result of any claim, regardless of the basis or
outcome thereof, whether asserted affirmatively, as a counterclaim, setoff or
defense or otherwise and whether now existing or hereafter arising, for the
return or for any other recovery of such portion of the Collateral or Other
Collateral (including, but not limited to, any such claim based, in whole or in
part, upon any allegation that the grant or perfection of any security interest
in, or of any other lien or encumbrance upon, such portion of the Collateral or
Other Collateral constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or fraudulent
conveyance) shall be reinstated as part of the Obligations for purposes of this
Agreement (including, but not limited to, Section 12g of this Agreement) as of
the date it originally arose and for purposes of each statute of limitations
with respect to any action or other legal proceeding by the Secured Party
against any Debtor relating to this Agreement as of the date of such return or
other recovery of such money, portion of the Collateral or Other Collateral.
4. Covenants.
a. Simultaneously with the execution and delivery to the Secured Party of
this Agreement, each of the undersigned shall execute and deliver to the Secured
Party each financing statement, notice of lien, instrument of assignment and
other writing, and take each other action, that the Secured Party shall deem
necessary or desirable at the sole option of the Secured Party to perfect or
accomplish any Security Interest.
b. Simultaneously with the execution and delivery to the Secured Party of
this Agreement, each of the undersigned shall deliver each presently existing
instrument included in the Collateral (except for any check or other draft) and
held by him, her or it to the Secured Party with each endorsement, instrument of
assignment and other writing that the Secured Party shall deem necessary or
desirable at the sole option of the Secured Party to accomplish the assignment
or other transfer of such Instrument to the Secured Party. Until such delivery,
he, she or it shall hold such Instrument in trust for the Secured Party.
c. Immediately upon receiving any Instrument included in the Collateral
(except for, until (i) the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default or
(ii) any notice to the contrary shall be delivered, given or sent by the Secured
Party to any Debtor, any check or other draft), each Debtor shall deliver such
Instrument to the Secured Party with each endorsement, instrument of assignment
and other writing that the Secured Party shall deem necessary or desirable at
the sole option of the Secured Party to accomplish the assignment or other
transfer of such Instrument to the Secured Party. Until such delivery, such
Debtor shall hold such Instrument in trust for the Secured Party.
d. Each Debtor shall provide to the Secured Party, in form satisfactory to
the Secured Party, (i) the financial and other Information required to be
provided to Bank by Borrower under Loan Agreement dated March 31, 1998
r. Immediately upon acquiring knowledge or reason to know that any Goods
included in the Collateral have been affixed to, or have been installed in or
on, any real property or any Goods not included in the Collateral, each Debtor
shall deliver or send notice of such fact to the Secured Party.
s. Immediately upon acquiring knowledge or reason to know of any maturity,
call, exchange, conversion, redemption, offer, tender or similar matter relating
to any Investment Property or Deposit Account included in the Collateral, each
Debtor shall deliver or send notice thereof to the Secured Party.
t. Immediately upon acquiring knowledge or reason to know of any loss,
destruction or theft of, or of any damage to, any of the Collateral from any
cause of any kind, each Debtor shall send or deliver notice thereof to the
Secured Party.
u. Immediately upon acquiring knowledge or reason to know of (i) the
threat or commencement by any Person other than the Secured Party of any action
or other legal proceeding relating to any of the Collateral or questioning the
validity of this Agreement or of any action taken or to be taken pursuant to
this Agreement, (ii) any judgment, order or award of any court, agency or other
governmental authority or of any arbitrator relating to any of the Collateral or
rendering invalid this Agreement or any action taken or to be taken pursuant to
this Agreement or (iii) the assertion by any Person other than the Secured Party
of any demand, claim, counterclaim, set off or defense relating to any of the
Collateral, each Debtor shall deliver or send notice thereof to the Secured
Party.
v. Immediately upon acquiring knowledge or reason to know of the
occurrence or existence of (i) any Event of Default, (ii) any event or condition
that, after notice, after lapse of time or after both notice and lapse of time,
would constitute an Event of Default or (iii) any event or condition that has or
(so far as can be foreseen) will or might have any material adverse effect on
any of the Collateral, on any Debtor, Primary Obligor or Other Obligor or on the
business, operations, assets, affairs or condition (financial or other) of any
Debtor, Primary Obligor or Other Obligor, each Debtor shall deliver or send
notice thereof to the Secured Party.
w. Immediately upon acquiring knowledge or reason to know of any change in
(i) the location of the residence, only place of business or chief executive
office of any Debtor, (ii) the location of any of the Collateral if not (A) in
the possession or under the control of, or enroute to or from, the Secured Party
or (B) mobile Equipment being removed for not more than thirty days at a time
from any location indicated in any questionnaire submitted to the Secured Party
by any of the undersigned in connection with this Agreement as a location where
such mobile Equipment will be kept or (iii) the name, identity or structure of
any Debtor, each Debtor shall deliver or send notice thereof to the Secured
Party.
x. No Debtor shall (i) execute or permit to be filed or remain on file in
any public office any financing statement relating to any of the Collateral,
naming any Debtor as a debtor and naming any Person other than the Secured Party
as a secured party or (ii) execute any application for any certificate of title
or notice of lien, or permit to exist any certificate of title, relating to any
Goods included in the Collateral and naming any Person other than the Secured
Party as a secured party, except for financing statements, applications, notices
of lien and certificates of title fully and accurately described in Exhibit A
attached to and made a part of this Agreement.
y. No Debtor shall (i) permit to exist any registration of any transfer or
pledge of any Investment Property included in the Collateral, (ii) execute or
permit to exist any control agreement, order to register any transfer or pledge
of, or any notification of any security interest in, or of any other lien or
encumbrance upon, any such Investment Property or (iii) permit any such
Investment Property to be shown on the records of any Securities Intermediary or
Issuer other than in the name of any Debtor, of the Secured Party or of any
nominee of the Secured Party, except for registrations, orders, notifications
and Investment Property fully and accurately described in Exhibit A attached to
and made a part of this Agreement.
z. No Debtor shall create or permit to exist, or attempt or agree or
otherwise incur any obligation to create or permit to exist, any security
interest in, or any other lien or encumbrance upon, any of the Collateral,
except for Permitted Liens.
aa. No Debtor shall abandon, assign, sell, lease, exchange, convert or otherwise
transfer or dispose of any of the Collateral or any interest in any of the
Collateral, except that, until (i) the occurrence or existence of any Event of
Default or (ii) any notice to the contrary shall be delivered, given or sent by
the Secured Party to any Debtor, each Debtor may (A) in the ordinary course of
such Debtor's business, (I) abandon, assign, sell, lease, exchange or otherwise
transfer or dispose of any Equipment of such Debtor that is obsolete or
worn-out, (II) sell or exchange any Equipment of such Debtor in connection with
the acquisition by such Debtor of other Equipment that is at least as valuable
as such Equipment, that such Debtor intends to use for substantially the same
purposes as such Equipment and that is not subject to any security interest or
other lien or encumbrance, except for Permitted Liens, (III) assign any Account
of such Debtor for purposes of collection, (IV) assign, sell, lease, exchange or
otherwise transfer or dispose of any Inventory of such Debtor other than in
partial or complete satisfaction of any indebtedness, liability or obligation
and (V) dispose of any money of such Debtor or funds in any Deposit Account of
such Debtor in partial or complete satisfaction of any indebtedness, liability
or obligation of such Debtor incurred in the ordinary course of such Debtor's
business and (B) dispose of any money of such Debtor, funds in any Deposit
Account of such Debtor or funds in any other account of such Debtor evidenced by
a certificate of deposit if such money is held, or if such Deposit Account or
other account is maintained, for personal, family or household purposes.
bb. No Debtor shall use, operate, permit the use or operation of, or
assign, sell, lease, exchange or otherwise transfer or dispose of, any of the
Collateral in any manner that (i) would or might violate, or would or might
result in any violation of, any environmental or other statute, regulation or
other law (including, but not limited to, the Environmental Protection Act, the
Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act),
any policy providing any insurance on any Goods included in the Collateral or
any warranty with respect to any such Goods or (ii) would or might result in any
such insurance not being paid or in any such warranty not being honored.
cc. No Debtor shall remove, or permit the removal of, any of the
Collateral from any location indicated in any questionnaire submitted to the
Secured Party by any of the undersigned in connection with this Agreement as a
location where any of the Collateral will be kept, except that any mobile
Equipment included in the Collateral may be removed for not more than thirty
days at a time from any location indicated in any such questionnaire as a
location where such mobile Equipment will be kept.
dd. No Debtor shall materially alter or permit the material alteration of
any Fixture or piece of Equipment included in the Collateral.
ee. No Debtor shall cause or permit any Goods included in the Collateral
to (i) become a Fixture or (ii) be or become an accession to any Goods not
included in the Collateral.
ff. No Debtor shall cause or permit any Goods included in the Collateral
to be placed in any warehouse that may issue a negotiable Document with respect
to such Goods.
gg. No Debtor shall assign, sell, exchange, convert or otherwise transfer
or dispose of, take any other action with respect to, or permit the assignment,
sale, exchange, conversion or other transfer or disposition of or the taking of
any other action with respect to, any Investment Property not included in the
Collateral if such assignment, sale, exchange, conversion or other transfer or
disposition or such taking of such other action would be required to be
considered in determining whether the sale or other disposition of any
Investment Property included in the Collateral was permissible without
registration pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933.
hh. No Debtor who or which controls any issuer of any stock or share
included in the Collateral shall permit, and no Debtor who or which by acting
with any other Person or with other Persons would cause such control to exist
shall take any action to permit, such issuer to issue (i) any such stock or
share in addition to that or those heretofore issued or (ii) any option, warrant
or other right to purchase any such stock or share.
ii. Upon and after (i) the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default
or (ii) the delivery, giving or sending by the Secured Party to any Debtor of
any notice not to do so, no Debtor shall, without the prior written consent of
the Secured Party, (A) request, demand, accept, collect, enforce, extend, renew,
refinance, modify, compound, subordinate, accelerate, settle, adjust or
compromise, enter into any composition of, replace, cancel, release, surrender,
abandon, discharge, realize upon, commence, prosecute, settle or compromise any
action or other legal proceeding relating to, waive any right or remedy relating
to or otherwise terminate, impair or otherwise affect any indebtedness,
liability or obligation of any
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but not limited to, any Instrument drawn by any company issuing any insurance on
any Goods included in the Collateral), whether such endorsement or assignment is
to the Secured Party or otherwise, (c) execute and deliver any writing, or give
any communication in any other form, requesting any transfer, pledge or release
from pledge of any Investment Property included in the Collateral, (d) execute
and deliver or file any form or other writing (including, but not limited to,
any notice of proposed sale of securities pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities
and Exchange Commission), or take any other action (including, but not limited
to, making public any nonpublic material adverse information with respect to any
issuer of any Investment Property included in the Collateral), that the Secured
Party shall deem necessary or desirable at the sole option of the Secured Party
to permit the sale or other disposition of any such Investment Property without
registration pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, (e) receive and collect any
mail addressed to any Debtor, direct the place of delivery of any such mail to
any location designated by the Secured Party, open any such mail and remove from
any such mail and retain any enclosure evidencing, or otherwise relating to, any
of the Collateral, (f) obtain, adjust, settle or cancel any insurance on any
Goods included in the Collateral, (g) use any payment in connection with any
such insurance (including, but not limited to, any refund of any unearned
premium therefor) to pay any of the Obligations, whether due or not due, as the
Secured Party shall determine at the sole option of the Secured Party, (h) take
any action described in clause (A) of Section 4ii of this Agreement or (i)
execute and deliver any other writing, or take any other action, that the
Secured Party shall deem necessary or desirable at the sole option of the
Secured Party (i) to perfect or accomplish any Security Interest, (ii) otherwise
to accomplish any purpose of this Agreement, (iii) in connection with any
transaction contemplated by this Agreement or (iv) in connection with any of the
Collateral. Each Debtor revokes each power of attorney (including, but not
limited to, any proxy) heretofore granted by such Debtor with respect to any
Investment Property included in the Collateral.
6. Certain Rights, Remedies and Duties.
a. With respect to the Collateral, the Secured Party shall have each
applicable right and remedy of a secured party pursuant to the UCC and each
applicable right and remedy pursuant to any other statute, regulation or other
law or pursuant to this Agreement.
b. The Secured Party shall have the right to file in any public office,
without the signature of any Debtor, each financing statement relating to any of
the Collateral that the Secured Party shall deem necessary or desirable at the
sole option of the Secured Party. Each carbon, photographic or other
reproduction of this Agreement or of any financing statement relating to any of
the Collateral shall be sufficient as a financing statement.
c. The Secured Party shall have the right to direct any company issuing
any insurance on any Goods included in the Collateral to make directly and
solely to the Secured Party any payment in connection therewith (including, but
not limited to, any refund of any unearned premium therefor).
d. The Secured Party shall have the right to verify each Account, Chattel
Paper, General Intangible, Instrument, Investment Property, Document and Deposit
Account included in the Collateral in any manner or through any medium that the
Secured Party considers appropriate, whether directly with any Account Debtor or
other Person obligated with respect thereto or otherwise and whether in the name
of any Debtor or otherwise, at the sole option of the Secured Party.
e. The Secured Party shall have the right to (i) notify each Account
Debtor and other Person obligated with respect to any Account, Chattel Paper,
General Intangible, Instrument, Investment Property or Deposit Account included
in the Collateral of the interest of the Secured Party therein, (ii) direct such
Account Debtor or other Person to deliver to the Secured Party directly any
record evidencing, or otherwise relating to, such Account, Chattel Paper,
Investment Property or Deposit Account, (iii) direct such Account Debtor or
other Person to make payment with respect to such Account, Chattel Paper,
Investment Property or Deposit Account directly and solely to the Secured Party
and (iv) take control of all Proceeds of such Account, Chattel Paper, Investment
Property or Deposit Account.
f. The Secured Party shall have the right to transfer to or register in
the name of the Secured Party or of any nominee of the Secured Party any General
Intangible, Instrument, Investment Property or Deposit Account included in the
Collateral so that the Secured Party or such nominee shall appear as the sole
owner of record thereof. Each such transfer or registration may be made with or
without reference to this Agreement or to any Security Interest.
g. Upon and at any time and from time to time after the occurrence or
existence of any Event of Default:
i. The Secured Party shall have the right to use each Fixture and
piece of Equipment included in the Collateral for the purposes of preserving any
Goods included in the Collateral, of completing any work in process included in
the Collateral and of preparing any such Goods for any sale, lease or other
disposition.
ii. The Secured Party shall have the right, without any judicial
process but without any breach of the peace, to (A) enter upon any premises of
any Debtor, (B) take possession of, and remove from any such premises, any
Goods, Chattel Paper, Instrument, Document or record included in the Collateral
and (C) remain on and use any such premises in completing any work in process
included in the Collateral or in preparing for any sale, lease or other
disposition, in selling, leasing or otherwise disposing of, or in collecting,
any of the Collateral and (C) without the payment of any compensation of any
kind, use each trademark, service xxxx, trade style, trade name, patent,
copyright, license, franchise and similar General Intangible included in the
Collateral to the extent of any Debtor's rights therein for the purpose of
exercising any right or remedy pursuant to this Agreement or any other right or
remedy relating to any of the Collateral; and, to such extent for such purpose,
each Debtor irrevocably grants to the Secured Party a license in each such
trademark, service xxxx, trade style, trade name, patent, copyright, license,
franchise and similar General Intangible.
iii. If the Secured Party opts for the private sale or other
disposition of any Investment Property included in the Collateral, the Secured
Party shall have the right to (A) restrict the number of prospective bidders in
connection with such sale or other disposition so as to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933 and (B) restrict such prospective bidders to Persons who
will agree to purchase such Investment Property for their own accounts for
investment and not with a view to distribution or resale. No such restriction or
other restriction on such sale or other disposition that the Secured Party shall
deem necessary or desirable at the sole option of the Secured Party in light of
any "blue sky" or securities statute, regulation or other law shall be deemed to
be a factor in determining such sale or other disposition to have been made in
other than a commercially reasonable manner.
iv. The Secured Party shall have the right to perform any obligation
of any Debtor pursuant to this Agreement.
h. Until (i) the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default or (ii)
any notice to the contrary shall be delivered, given or sent by the Secured
Party to any Debtor, the Secured Party shall not have any right to retain any
interest, dividend, distribution or similar income consisting of money or of a
check or other draft and payable on account of any Investment Property included
in the Collateral, and shall pay to any Debtor any such interest, dividend,
distribution or similar income received by it prior thereto.
i. The Secured Party shall apply all proceeds received by it from any
sale, lease or other disposition of, or from any collection of, any of the
Collateral or otherwise on account of any of the Collateral (including, but not
limited to, as money payable pursuant to any insurance on any Goods included in
the Collateral) first to costs and expenses described in Section 10 of this
Agreement and then to such other of the Obligations, whether due or not due as
the Secured Party shall determine at the sole option of the Secured Party.
7. Standards of Care. If any portion of the Collateral shall be transferred to
or registered in the name of the Secured Party or of any nominee of the Secured
Party or shall be in the possession or under the control of the Secured Party,
the Secured Party shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the
custody or preservation of such portion of the Collateral if, subject to the
following sentence, it (a) accords such portion of the Collateral treatment
substantially equal to the treatment that it accords its own assets of a similar
nature or (b) takes such action in the custody or preservation of such action of
the Collateral as is reasonably specified in any notice delivered or sent by any
Debtor and received by it in a reasonable time to evaluate and take such action;
provided, however, that (i) any failure by the Secured Party to take such action
shall not or itself be deemed to be a failure to exercise such reasonable care
and (ii) in no event shall the Secured Party be obligated to take such action if
it determines at its sole option that doing so would or might have any adverse
effect on the value of any of the Collateral as security for the payment of the
Obligations or otherwise be inconsistent or incompatible with any provision or
purpose of this Agreement. In no event shall the Secured Party be obligated to
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ii. Each Account, Chattel Paper and General Intangible included in
the Collateral at such time is genuine, is in all respects what it purports to
be, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms against each Account Debtor
and other Person obligated with respect thereto, and each sum represented by any
Debtor to the Secured Party as owing by such Account Debtor or other Person with
respect thereto is actually and unconditionally owing by such Account Debtor or
other Person, except for any applicable normal cash discount, without any
counterclaim, setoff or defense. The aggregate sum represented at such time by
any Debtor to the Secured Party as owing by Account Debtors and other Persons
with respect to Accounts, Chattel Paper and General Intangibles included in the
Collateral is the aggregate sum actually and unconditionally owing by Account
Debtors and other Persons with respect thereto at such time, except for
applicable normal cash discounts.
(c) Debtor represents, warrants and covenants to the Secured Party, now
and as long as this Agreement is in effect, that (i) it has assessed its
equipment (including embedded systems), software, firmware and computer systems
(including equipment or systems supplied by others or with which Debtor's
equipment and systems exchange date data) that are material to Debtor conducting
its business and/or performing operations collectively, the "Systems") to
determine whether such Systems accurately process date data from, into, and
between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including leap year
calculations ("Y2K Compliant"); (ii) in sufficient time before December 31,
1999, Debtor will have corrected and redeployed any non-Y2K Compliant Systems so
that all its Systems are Y2K Compliant and all System will have been tested to
confirm that they are Y2K Compliant; and (iii) the expense of correcting and
redeploying any non-Y2K Compliant Systems and all System testing, and/or the
reasonably foreseeable consequences of any System failing to be Y2K Compliant
will not have a material adverse effect on Debtor. Upon the Secured Party's
request, Debtor shall provide the Secured Party with updates on the status of
its Systems' Year 2000 readiness.
10. Expenses. Each Debtor shall pay to the Secured Party on demand each cost and
expense (including, but not limited to, if the Secured Party retains counsel for
advice, for litigation or for any other purpose, each attorney's fee and
disbursement) incurred by the Secured Party (a) in searching any public record
for, in filing or in recording in any public office, or in obtaining from any
public office any certificate relating to, any financing statement, certificate
of title, application for any certificate of title, notice of lien, instrument
of assignment or other writing relating to any of the Collateral, (b) in
performing any obligation of any Debtor pursuant to this Agreement, (c) in
taking any action pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement, (d) in connection
with the custody or preservation of any of the Collateral or (e) in endeavoring
to (i) enforce any indebtedness, liability or obligation of any Debtor pursuant
to this Agreement, (ii) preserve or exercise any right or remedy pursuant to
this Agreement, whether against any Debtor or otherwise, (iii) preserve or
exercise any right or remedy relating to, take possession of, collect or
enforce, have registered pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, prepare for any
sale, lease or other disposition, assign, sell, lease, exchange, convert or
otherwise transfer or dispose of, or realize upon, any of the Collateral, (iv)
obtain any information relating to any Investment Property included in the
Collateral from the issuer of such Investment Property or register any transfer
or pledge of such Investment Property with such issuer or (v) defend against any
claim, regardless of the basis or outcome thereof and whether asserted
affirmatively, as a counterclaim, setoff or defense or otherwise, asserted
against the Secured Party as a direct or indirect result of the execution and
delivery to the Secured Party of this Agreement by any of the undersigned,
except for any claim for any tax imposed by any government or political
subdivision upon any income of the Secured Party or for any interest or penalty
relating to any such tax. Secured Party reserves the right to have Debtor pay,
upon demand, administrative fee(s) in regard to any administrative action
Secured Party is required or requested to take including, without limitation,
the preparation of discharges, release, or assignments to third-parties. After
such demand for payment of any cost, expense or fee hereunder, Debtor shall pay
interest at the default rate specified in any promissory note evidencing any of
the Obligations secured hereby on the portion of such cost or expense remaining
unpaid.
11. Cumulative Nature, Nonexclusive Exercise and Waivers of Rights and Remedies.
a. All rights and remedies of the Secured Party pursuant to this Agreement
or otherwise shall be cumulative, and no such right or remedy shall be exclusive
of any other such right or remedy.
b. No single or partial exercise by the Secured Party of any right or
remedy pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise shall preclude any other or
further exercise thereof, or any exercise of any other such right or remedy, by
the Secured Party.
c. No course of dealing or other conduct heretofore pursued, accepted or
acquiesced in, no course of performance or other conduct hereafter pursued,
accepted or acquiesced in, no oral or written agreement or representation
heretofore made, and no oral agreement or representation hereafter made, by the
Secured Party, whether or not relied or acted upon, and no usage of trade,
whether or not relied or acted upon, shall operate as a waiver of any right or
remedy of the Secured Party pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise. No delay by
the Secured Party in exercising any such right or remedy, whether or not relied
or acted upon, shall operate as a waiver thereof or of any other such right or
remedy. No notice or demand of any kind, and no attempted but unsuccessful
notice or demand of any kind, by the Secured Party prior to exercising any such
right or remedy on any one occasion, whether or not relied or acted upon, shall
operate as a waiver of any right of the Secured Party to exercise the same or
any other such right or remedy on such or any future occasion without any notice
or demand of any kind. No waiver by the Secured Party of any such right or
remedy shall be effective unless made in a writing duly executed by the Secured
Party and specifically referring to such waiver. No waiver by the Secured Party
on any one occasion of any such right or remedy shall operate as a waiver
thereof or of any other such right or remedy on any future occasion.
12. Entire Agreement; Modification; Termination; Nonimpairment; Certain Consents
and Waivers.
a. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the Secured Party
and each Debtor with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, and
supersedes each course of dealing or other conduct heretofore pursued, accepted
or acquiesced in, and each oral or written agreement and representation
heretofore made, by the Secured Party with respect thereto, whether or not
relied or acted upon.
b. No course of performance or other conduct hereafter pursued, accepted
or acquiesced in, and no oral agreement or representation hereafter made, by the
Secured Party, whether or not relied or acted upon, and no usage of trade,
whether or not relied or acted upon, shall modify or terminate this Agreement as
to any Debtor or impair or otherwise affect any Security Interest, any
indebtedness, liability or obligation of any Debtor pursuant to this Agreement
or any right or remedy of the Secured Party pursuant to this Agreement or
otherwise.
c. No modification of this Agreement shall be effective unless made in a
writing duly executed by the Secured Party and specifically referring to each
provision of this Agreement being modified.
d. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, this Agreement shall
not be modified or terminated as to any Debtor, and no Security Interest, no
indebtedness, liability or obligation of any Debtor pursuant to this Agreement,
and no right or remedy of the Secured Party pursuant to this Agreement or
otherwise, shall be impaired or otherwise affected, by any act, omission or
other thing, whether occurring before or after the termination of this Agreement
as to such Debtor with respect to any of the Obligations. Each Debtor consents,
without any notice of any kind, to each act, omission and other thing that would
or might, but for such consent, modify or terminate this Agreement as to any
Debtor or impair or otherwise affect any Security Interest or any such
indebtedness, liability, obligation, right or remedy. Without limiting the
generality of the preceding two sentences, this Agreement shall not be modified
or terminated as to any Debtor by, neither any Security Interest nor any such
indebtedness, liability, obligation, right or remedy shall be impaired or
otherwise affected by, and such consent shall apply to, (i) any extension of any
of the Obligations, regardless of the length of such extension and regardless of
whether such extension was preceded by another or by others, (ii) any renewal,
refinancing, modification, compounding, subordination, acceleration,
composition, settlement, adjustment, compromise, reaffirmation, invalidity,
irregularity, unenforceability or impairment of, any replacement, cancellation,
discharge, assignment, sale, exchange, conversion or other transfer or
disposition of, or any grant of any participation in, any of the Obligations,
(iii) any modification or termination of any writing relating to any of the
Obligations, to any of the Collateral or to any Other Collateral, (iv) any
acceptance of any Other Obligor, (v) any replacement, release or discharge of,
or any modification of any indebtedness, liability or obligation of, any other
Debtor or any Primary Obligor, Other Obligor or other Person, (vi) any taking,
holding, continuation, collection, modification, increase or decrease in value
or impairment of, any replacement, cancellation, release, surrender,
abandonment, discharge, assignment, sale, lease, exchange, conversion or other
transfer or disposition of, any termination of any insurance on, any relying or
realizing upon, any grant, perfection, subordination or enforcement of any
security interest in, or of any other lien or encumbrance upon, any failure to
call for, take, hold, continue, collect, insure, preserve or protect, to
replace, assign, sell, lease, exchange, convert
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Instrument or Deposit Account). Each exercise of such right by the Secured Party
or by such holder shall be deemed to be immediately effective at the time the
Secured Party or such holder opts therefor even though evidence thereof is not
entered on the records of the Secured Party or of such holder until later.
f. In conjunction with the Secured Party's assignment, or other transfer
of, or in conjunction with the Secured Party's grant of any participation in,
any of the Obligations, the Secured Party shall have the right to assign or
otherwise transfer, or to grant any participation in, this Agreement, any of the
Secured Party's rights and remedies pursuant to this Agreement, any of the
Collateral or any interest in any of the Collateral. Upon any assignment or
other transfer of any portion of any of the Collateral by the Secured Party,
each responsibility of the Secured Party with respect to such portion of the
Collateral shall terminate.
g.
h. Solely to the extent required by any statute, regulation or other law
to make the Collateral available for the payment of the Obligations, each Debtor
guarantees the payment, without any setoff or other deduction, of the
Obligations, without any limitation as to amount.
i. Each Account Debtor, Securities Intermediary or other Person obligated
with respect to any Account, Chattel Paper, Investment Property, General
Intangible, Instrument, Document or Deposit Account included in the Collateral
may accept without question any exercise by the Secured Party of any right or
remedy pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise with respect thereto, and shall
have no liability to any Debtor as a direct or indirect result of doing so.
j. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law.
If, however, any such provision shall be prohibited by or invalid under such
law, it shall be deemed modified to conform to the minimum requirements of such
law, or, if for any reason it is not deemed so modified, it shall be prohibited
or invalid only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without the
remainder thereof or any other such provision being prohibited or invalid.
k. Any provision of this Agreement that prohibits any Debtor from taking
any action shall be construed to prohibit such Debtor from taking such action
directly or indirectly.
l. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, any reference in this
Agreement to any statute, regulation or other law shall be deemed to be as of
any time a reference to such statute, regulation or other law as in effect at
such time or, if such statute, regulation or other law is not in effect at such
time, a reference to any similar statute, regulation or other law in effect at
such time.
m. In this Agreement, headings of sections are for convenience of
reference only, and are not of substantive effect.
n. Secured Party shall have the right to set off against the amounts owing
under this Agreement any property held in a deposit or other account with
Secured Party or any of its affiliates or otherwise owing by Secured Party or
any of its Affiliates in any capacity to Debtor or any guarantor or endorser of
this Agreement. Such set-off shall be deemed to have been exercised immediately
at the time Secured Party or such Affiliate elect to do so.
16. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:
a. "Bankruptcy Law" means (i) any bankruptcy or insolvency statute,
regulation or other law or (ii) any other statute, regulation or other law
relating the relief of debtors, to the readjustment, composition or extension of
indebtedness, to liquidation or to reorganization.
b. "Collateral" means collectively, wherever located, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired or arising, whether owned alone or otherwise, whether or not
subject to Article 9 of the UCC, whether or not described in any schedule
heretofore or hereafter delivered to the Secured Party and whether or not in the
possession or under the control of, or enroute to or from, the Secured Party in
any capacity or any other Person acting on behalf of the Secured Party, (i) all
Goods, Accounts, Investment Property, Chattel Paper, General Intangibles,
Instruments, Documents, Deposit Accounts and money of each Debtor other than any
Consumer Goods of any Debtor, (ii) all demands, claims and rights (including,
but not limited to, (A) all claims arising out of tort, all rights represented
by any judgment, all rights to money payable pursuant to any insurance, all
rights of setoff, all rights to payment pursuant to any letter of credit and all
other claims and rights to the payment of money and (B) all rights as a seller
of Goods, whether to reclaim Goods or stop Goods in transit or otherwise) of
each Debtor other than any claim for wages, salary and other compensation of any
Debtor as an employee, (iii) all direct or indirect additions to, all direct or
indirect extensions, renewals and replacements of, all direct or indirect
increases in, all direct or indirect profits, interest, dividends, distributions
and other income and payments on account of, and all direct or indirect proceeds
of any replacement, release, surrender, discharge, assignment, sale, lease,
exchange, conversion or other transfer or disposition of, of any collection of,
or of any exercise of any option or right of subscription relating to, any of
the things described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this sentence, whether arising
from any action taken by any Debtor or by the Secured Party or otherwise and
whether arising from any exchange, conversion, stock split, spin-off,
reclassification, merger, consolidation or other absorption, sale of assets or
combination of shares or otherwise, (iv) all Proceeds and Products of any of the
things described in clauses (i) through (iv) of this sentence and (v) all
records (including, but not limited to, all records maintained on computer
software and all schedules, invoices, shipping documents, delivery receipts,
purchase orders and written agreements) of each Debtor evidencing, or otherwise
relating to, any of the things described in clauses (i) through (iv) of this
sentence.
c. "Debtor" means (i) any of the undersigned or (ii) any Successor of any
of the undersigned.
d. "Equipment" has the meaning given it for purposes of Article 9 of the
UCC, and, with respect to any Person, includes, but is not limited to, (i) any
machinery, vehicle or furniture constituting equipment of such Person and (ii)
any part, accessory, attachment, accession or tool installed in, affixed to, or
used or intended to be used in connection with, any equipment of such Person.
e.
17. Jurisdiction. DEBTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT IN NEW YORK STATE IN A COUNTY OR
JUDICIAL DISTRICT WHERE THE SECURED PARTY MAINTAINS A BRANCH AND CONSENTS THAT
THE SECURED PARTY MAY SERVE ANY SERVICE OF PROCESS BY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
OVERNIGHT COURIER SERVICE DIRECTED TO DEBTOR AT DEBTOR'S ADDRESS SET FORTH
HEREIN AND SERVICE SO MADE WILL BE DEEMED TO BE COMPLETED ON THE BUSINESS DAY
AFTER DEPOSIT WITH SUCH COURIER; PROVIDED THAT NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS
AGREEMENT WILL PREVENT THE SECURED PARTY FROM BRINGING ANY ACTION, ENFORCING ANY
AWARD OR JUDGMENT OR EXERCISING ANY RIGHTS AGAINST DEBTOR INDIVIDUALLY, AGAINST
ANY SECURITY OR AGAINST ANY PROPERTY OF DEBTOR WITHIN ANY OTHER COUNTY, STATE OR
OTHER FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC JURISDICTION. Debtor acknowledges and agrees that the
venue provided above is the most convenient forum for both the Secured Party and
Debtor. Debtor waives (i) any objection to venue and any objection based on a
more convenient forum in any action instituted under this Agreement; (ii) any
right to assert any counterclaim or setoff or any defense based upon a statute
of limitations, upon a claim of laches or any other legal theory; and (iii) its
right to attack a final judgment that is obtained as a direct or indirect result
of any such action.
18. Waiver of Jury Trial. DEBTOR AND THE SECURED PARTY HEREBY KNOWINGLY,
VOLUNTARILY, AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY DEBTOR AND THE
SECURED PARTY MAY HAVE IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING, IN LAW OR IN EQUITY, IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO. DEBTOR
REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENT OF SECURED PARTY HAS
REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT THE SECURED PARTY WILL NOT, IN THE
EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THIS JURY TRIAL WAIVER. DEBTOR ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT THE SECURED PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG
OTHER THINGS, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
Dated September 22, 1999/20__ CVC Process Solutions, Inc.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx
Name:
Title: Sr.V.P. & CFO
ADDENDUM TO GENERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT
DATED SEPTEMBER 22, 1999
EXECUTED BY
CVC PROCESS SOLUTIONS, INC.
IN FAVOR OF
MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY AND OTHERS
This ADDENDUM is made to a General Security Agreement ("Agreement"), dated
September 22, 1999, executed by CVC PROCESS SOLUTIONS, INC. ("Debtor") in favor
of MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY ("Bank") and others. This Addendum is
an integral part of the Agreement.
1. M&T Real Estate, Inc. ("RE") and M&T Financial Corporation ("MFC"),
each of whose principal place of business is located at One M&T Plaza, Buffalo,
New York, are each additional Secured Parties under this Agreement.
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company ("M&T"), RE and MFC are collectively
referred to in this Agreement as "Secured Parties" and individually as a
"Secured Party". M&T may also be at times referred to in this Agreement as
"Bank". COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION is at times referred to in this
Agreement as "Debtor", "undersigned" and "Undersigned". All references in this
Agreement to "Secured Party" shall be deemed to be to "Secured Parties or any
Secured Party."
2. The following is inserted between the words "General Intangibles" and
"Instruments" in the fourth line of the first sentence of Section 16b
(Definition of Collateral) of the preprinted portion of this Agreement:
"(including but not limited to all patents and patent applications,
rights under all licenses, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights and
other intellectual property of any nature or kind (collectively
"Intellectual Property"), whether such Intellectual Property is now
owned by the undersigned or in which the undersigned now has any
interest or such Intellectual Property is hereafter acquired by the
undersigned or in which the undersigned hereafter acquires any
interest),"
3. Section 16e of the preprinted form of the General Security Agreement is
deemed deleted and replaced with the following:
"e. An Event of Default occurs or exists at any time that an Event
of Default occurs or exists under the Loan Agreement entered into by
CVC Products, Inc. and Bank on March 31, 1998 ("Loan Agreement"), as
the Loan Agreement is amended, extended or replaced from time to
time."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Debtor has executed this Addendum, together with the
preprinted form of the Agreement, on the date indicated in the Acknowledgement.
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx
Title: Sr.V.P & CFO
STATE OF NEW YORK)
COUNTY OF MONROE) ss:
On the 22nd day of September in the year 1999 before me, the undersigned,
a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Xxxxxx 0. XxXxxxxxx,
personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to
be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument
and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their
capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the
individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted,
executed the instrument.
/s/ Xxxxx X. Reochia
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Notary Public
XXXXX X. REOCHIA
Notary Public, State of New York
No. [ILLEGIBLE]
Qualified in Monroe County
Certificate Filed in Monroe County
My Commission Expires Nov. 23, 2000
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