EXHIBIT 10.3
EXECUTION COPY
GUARANTEE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
dated as of
October 30, 2003
among
KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE OPERATIONS, INC.
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. Definitions................................................ 2
SECTION 2. Guarantees by Guarantors................................... 11
SECTION 3. Grant of Transaction Liens................................. 14
SECTION 4. General Representations and Warranties..................... 16
SECTION 5. Further Assurances; General Covenants...................... 18
SECTION 6. Accounts................................................... 20
SECTION 7. Equipment.................................................. 21
SECTION 8. Recordable Intellectual Property........................... 21
SECTION 9. Investment Property........................................ 22
SECTION 10. Controlled Deposit Accounts................................ 24
SECTION 11. Cash Collateral Accounts................................... 25
SECTION 12. Operation of Collateral Accounts........................... 27
SECTION 13. Transfer Of Record Ownership............................... 28
SECTION 14. Right to Vote Securities................................... 28
SECTION 15. Certain Cash Distributions................................. 29
SECTION 16. Remedies upon Event of Default............................. 29
SECTION 17. Application of Proceeds.................................... 31
SECTION 18. Fees and Expenses; Indemnification......................... 32
SECTION 19. Authority to Administer Collateral......................... 33
SECTION 20. Limitation on Duty in Respect of Collateral................ 34
SECTION 21. General Provisions Concerning the Administrative Agent..... 35
SECTION 22. Termination of Transaction Liens; Release of Collateral.... 36
SECTION 23. Additional Guarantors and Lien Grantors.................... 36
SECTION 24. Additional Secured Obligations............................. 37
SECTION 25. Notices.................................................... 37
SECTION 26. No Implied Waivers; Remedies Not Exclusive................. 37
SECTION 27. Successors and Assigns..................................... 37
SECTION 28. Amendments and Waivers..................................... 38
SECTION 29. Choice of Law.............................................. 38
SECTION 30. Waiver of Jury Trial....................................... 38
SECTION 31. Severability............................................... 38
SCHEDULES:
Schedule 1 Equity Interests in Subsidiaries and Affiliates Owned by
Original Lien Grantors
Schedule 2 Other Investment Property Owned by Original Lien Grantors
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A Security Agreement Supplement
Exhibit B Copyright Security Agreement
Exhibit C Patent Security Agreement
Exhibit D Trademark Security Agreement
Exhibit E Perfection Certificate
Exhibit F Issuer Control Agreement
Exhibit G Securities Account Control Agreement
Exhibit H Deposit Account Control Agreement
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GUARANTEE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT dated as of October 30, 2003 among KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE
OPERATIONS, INC., as Borrower, the GUARANTORS party hereto and BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A., as Administrative Agent.
WHEREAS, the Borrower is entering into the Credit Agreement described in
Section 1 hereof, pursuant to which the Borrower intends to borrow funds and
obtain letters of credit for the purposes set forth therein;
WHEREAS, the Borrower is willing to secure (i) its obligations under the
Credit Agreement, (ii) its obligations under interest rate hedging arrangements
designed to mitigate the risk that interest rates payable under the Credit
Agreement will fluctuate and (iii) certain other obligations, by granting Liens
on its assets to the Administrative Agent as provided in the Security Documents;
WHEREAS, Holdings is willing to guarantee the foregoing obligations of the
Borrower and to secure its guarantee thereof by granting Liens on its assets to
the Administrative Agent as provided in the Security Documents;
WHEREAS, the Borrower is willing to cause each of its Domestic Subsidiaries
to guarantee the foregoing obligations of the Borrower and to secure its
guarantee thereof by granting Liens on its assets to the Administrative Agent as
provided in the Security Documents;
WHEREAS, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer are not willing to make loans or
issue or participate in letters of credit under the Credit Agreement, and the
counterparties to the interest rate hedging arrangements referred to above are
not willing to enter into or maintain them, unless (i) the foregoing obligations
of the Borrower are secured and guaranteed as described above and (ii) each
guarantee thereof is secured by Liens on assets of the relevant Guarantor as
provided in the Security Documents;
WHEREAS, the Lien Grantors want to be able from time to time, with the
consent of the Required Lenders, to cause other obligations of the Borrower to
be guaranteed and secured hereunder; and
WHEREAS, upon any foreclosure or other enforcement of the Security
Documents, the net proceeds of the relevant Collateral are to be received by or
paid over to the Administrative Agent and applied as provided herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions.
(a) Terms Defined in Credit Agreement. Terms defined in the Credit
Agreement and not otherwise defined in subsection (b) or (c) of this Section
have, as used herein, the respective meanings provided for therein.
(b) Terms Defined in UCC. As used herein, each of the following terms has
the meaning specified in the UCC:
Term UCC
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Account 9-102
Authenticate 9-102
Certificated Security 8-102
Chattel Paper 9-102
Commodity Account 9-102
Commodity Customer 9-102
Deposit Account 9-102
Document 9-102
Entitlement Holder 8-102
Entitlement Order 8-102
Equipment 9-102
Financial Asset 8-102 & 103
General Intangibles 9-102
Instrument 0-000
Xxxxxxxxx 9-102
Investment Property 9-102
Record 9-102
Securities Account 8-501
Securities Intermediary 8-102
Security 8-102 & 103
Security Entitlement 8-102
Supporting Obligations 9-102
Uncertificated Security 8-102
(c) Additional Definitions. The following additional terms, as used herein,
have the following meanings:
"Cash Distributions" means dividends, interest and other distributions and
payments (including proceeds of liquidation, sale or other disposition) made or
received in cash upon or with respect to any Collateral.
"Collateral" means all property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
on which a Lien is granted or purports to be granted to the Administrative Agent
pursuant to the Security Documents. When used with
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respect to a specific Lien Grantor, the term "Collateral" means all its property
on which such a Lien is granted or purports to be granted.
"Collateral Accounts" means the Lien Grantor Collateral Accounts, the
Controlled Deposit Accounts and the Controlled Securities Accounts.
"Contingent Secured Obligation" means, at any time, any Secured Obligation
(or portion thereof) that is contingent in nature at such time, including any
Secured Obligation that is:
(i) an obligation to reimburse a bank for drawings not yet made under
a letter of credit issued by it;
(ii) an obligation under a Swap Contract to make payments that cannot
be quantified at such time;
(iii) any other obligation (including any guarantee, any indemnity or
any expense reimbursement obligation) that is contingent in nature at such
time; or
(iv) an obligation to provide collateral to secure any of the
foregoing types of obligations.
"Control" has the following meanings:
(a) when used with respect to any Security or Security Entitlement,
the meaning specified in UCC Section 8-106; and
(b) when used with respect to any Deposit Account, the meaning
specified in UCC Section 9-104.
"Controlled Deposit Account" means a Deposit Account (i) that is subject to
a Deposit Account Control Agreement or (ii) as to which the Administrative Agent
is the Depositary Bank's "customer" (as defined in UCC Section 4-104).
"Controlled Securities Account" means a Securities Account that (i) is
maintained in the name of a Lien Grantor at an office of a Securities
Intermediary located in the United States and (ii) together with all Financial
Assets credited thereto and all related Security Entitlements, is subject to a
Securities Account Control Agreement among such Lien Grantor, the Administrative
Agent and such Securities Intermediary.
"Copyright License" means any written agreement now or hereafter in
existence granting to any Lien Grantor, or pursuant to which any Lien Grantor
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grants to any other Person, any right to use, copy, reproduce, distribute,
prepare derivative works, display or publish any records or other materials on
which a Copyright is in existence or may come into existence, including any
agreement identified in Schedule 1 to any Copyright Security Agreement.
"Copyrights" means all the following: (i) all copyrights under the laws of
the United States or any other country (whether or not the underlying works of
authorship have been published), all registrations and recordings thereof, all
copyrightable works of authorship (whether or not published), and all
applications for copyrights under the laws of the United States or any other
country, including registrations, recordings and applications in the United
States Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States,
any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof,
including those described in Schedule 1 to any Copyright Security Agreement,
(ii) all renewals of any of the foregoing, (iii) all claims for, and rights to
xxx for, past or future infringements of any of the foregoing, and (iv) all
income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due or payable with
respect to any of the foregoing, including damages and payments for past or
future infringements thereof.
"Copyright Security Agreement" means a Copyright Security Agreement,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B, executed and delivered by a Lien Grantor
in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
"Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement dated as of October , 2003
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among Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc., Keystone Automotive Holdings, Inc.,
the Lenders party thereto and certain other parties, including Bank of America,
N.A., as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender.
"Deposit Account Control Agreement" means, with respect to any Deposit
Account of any Lien Grantor, a Deposit Account Control Agreement substantially
in the form of Exhibit H (with any changes that the Administrative Agent and the
applicable Lien Grantor shall have approved at the time such agreement is
required to be executed pursuant to this Agreement) among such Lien Grantor, the
Administrative Agent and the relevant Depositary Bank, (i) providing that such
Depositary Bank will comply with instructions originated by the Administrative
Agent directing disposition of the funds in such Deposit Account without further
consent by such Lien Grantor and (ii) subordinating to the relevant Transaction
Lien all claims of the Depositary Bank to such Deposit Account (except its right
to deduct its normal operating charges and any uncollected funds previously
credited thereto).
"Depositary Bank" means a bank at which a Controlled Deposit Account is
maintained.
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"Equity Interest" means (i) in the case of a corporation, any shares of its
capital stock, (ii) in the case of a limited liability company, any membership
interest therein, (iii) in the case of a partnership, any partnership interest
(whether general or limited) therein, (iv) in the case of any other business
entity, any participation or other interest in the equity or profits thereof,
(v) any warrant, option or other right to acquire any Equity Interest described
in this definition or (vi) any Security Entitlement in respect of any Equity
Interest described in this definition.
"Guarantors" means Holdings, each Domestic Subsidiary listed on the
signature pages hereof under the caption "Guarantors" and each Domestic
Subsidiary that shall, at any time after the date hereof, become a "Guarantor"
pursuant to Section 23.
"Intellectual Property Filing" means (i) with respect to any U.S. Patent,
Patent License, Trademark or Trademark License, the filing of the applicable
Patent Security Agreement or Trademark Security Agreement with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office, together with an appropriately completed
recordation form, and (ii) with respect to any U.S. Copyright or Copyright
License, the filing of the applicable Copyright Security Agreement with the
United States Copyright Office, together with an appropriately completed
recordation form, in each case sufficient to record the Transaction Lien granted
to the Administrative Agent in such Recordable Intellectual Property.
"Intellectual Property Security Agreement" means a Copyright Security
Agreement, a Patent Security Agreement or a Trademark Security Agreement.
"Issuer Control Agreement" means an Issuer Control Agreement substantially
in the form of Exhibit F (with any changes that the Administrative Agent and the
applicable Lien Grantor shall have approved).
"Lien Grantors" means the Borrower and the Guarantors.
"LLC Interest" means a membership interest or similar interest in a limited
liability company.
"Material Motor Vehicle" means any Personal Property (i) as to which the
filing of a financing statement is not effective to perfect a security interest
by reason of Section 9-311(a)(2) or (3) of the UCC and (ii) which has a book
value in excess of $50,000.
"Mortgage" means the Open-End Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents,
Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated as of the date hereof by the
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Borrower to Bank of America, N.A. as Collateral Agent with respect to certain
real property located in Exeter, Pennsylvania.
"Non-Contingent Secured Obligation" means at any time any Secured
Obligation (or portion thereof) that is not a Contingent Secured Obligation at
such time.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of legal counsel (who may be
counsel to a Lien Grantor or other counsel, in either case approved by the
Administrative Agent (which approval shall not unreasonably be withheld))
addressed and delivered to the Administrative Agent.
"Original Lien Grantor" means any Lien Grantor that grants a Lien on any of
its assets hereunder on the Closing Date.
"own" refers to the possession of sufficient rights in property to grant a
security interest therein as contemplated by UCC Section 9-203, and "acquire"
refers to the acquisition of any such rights.
"Partnership Interest" means a partnership interest, whether general or
limited.
"Patent License" means any written agreement now or hereafter in existence
granting to any Lien Grantor, or pursuant to which any Lien Grantor grants to
any other Person, any right with respect to any Patent or any invention now or
hereafter in existence, whether patentable or not, whether a patent or
application for patent is in existence on such invention or not, and whether a
patent or application for patent on such invention may come into existence or
not, including any agreement identified in Schedule 1 to any Patent Security
Agreement.
"Patents" means (i) all letters patent and design letters patent of the
United States or any other country and all applications for letters patent or
design letters patent of the United States or any other country, including
applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar
office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or
any political subdivision thereof, including those described in Schedule 1 to
any Patent Security Agreement, (ii) all reissues, divisions, continuations,
continuations in part, revisions and extensions of any of the foregoing, (iii)
all claims for, and rights to xxx for, past or future infringements of any of
the foregoing and (iv) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or
hereafter due or payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including damages
and payments for past or future infringements thereof.
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"Patent Security Agreement" means a Patent Security Agreement,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C, executed and delivered by a Lien Grantor
in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
"Perfection Certificate" means, with respect to any Lien Grantor, a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E, completed and supplemented
with the schedules contemplated thereby to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Administrative Agent, and signed by an officer of such Lien Grantor.
"Permitted Liens" means (i) the Transaction Liens and (ii) any other Liens
on the Collateral permitted to be created or assumed or to exist pursuant to
Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement.
"Personal Property Collateral" means all property included in the
Collateral except Real Property Collateral.
"Pledged", when used in conjunction with any type of asset, means at any
time an asset of such type that is included (or that creates rights that are
included) in the Collateral at such time. For example, "Pledged Equity Interest"
means an Equity Interest that is included in the Collateral at such time.
"Post-Petition Interest" means any interest that accrues after the
commencement of any case, proceeding or other action relating to the bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization of any one or more of the Lien Grantors (or would
accrue but for the operation of applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws),
whether or not such interest is allowed or allowable as a claim in any such
proceeding.
"Proceeds" means all proceeds of, and all other profits, products, rents or
receipts, in whatever form, arising from the collection, sale, lease, exchange,
assignment, licensing or other disposition of, or other realization upon, any
Collateral, including all claims of the relevant Lien Grantor against third
parties for loss of, damage to or destruction of, or for proceeds payable under,
or unearned premiums with respect to, policies of insurance in respect of, any
Collateral, and any condemnation or requisition payments with respect to any
Collateral.
"Real Property Collateral" means all real property interests subject to the
Mortgage.
"Recordable Intellectual Property" means (i) any Patent registered with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office, and any Patent License with respect
to a Patent so registered, (ii) any Trademark registered with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office, and any Trademark License with respect to a
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Trademark so registered, (iii) any Copyright registered with the United States
Copyright Office and any Copyright License with respect to a Copyright so
registered, and all rights in or under any of the foregoing.
"Release Conditions" means the following conditions for releasing all the
Secured Guarantees and terminating all the Transaction Liens:
(i) all Commitments under the Credit Agreement shall have expired or
been terminated;
(ii) all Non-Contingent Secured Obligations shall have been paid in
full; and
(iii) no Contingent Secured Obligation (other than contingent
indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations as to which no claim
shall have been asserted or are not yet due and payable) shall remain
outstanding;
provided that the condition in clause (iii) shall not apply to outstanding
Letters of Credit or cash collateralized L/C if (x) no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and (y) (1) the Borrower has granted to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders, a security
interest in Permitted Investments reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent (or causes a bank reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent to
issue a letter of credit naming the Administrative Agent as beneficiary) in an
amount exceeding 115% of the L/C Obligations (plus any accrued and unpaid
interest thereon) as of the date of such termination, on terms and conditions
and pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent or (2) such Letters of Credit shall have been cash collateralized on terms
and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
"Secured Agreement", when used with respect to any Secured Obligation,
refers collectively to each instrument, agreement or other document that sets
forth obligations of the Borrower, obligations of a guarantor and/or rights of
the holder with respect to such Secured Obligation.
"Secured Guarantee" means, with respect to each Guarantor, its guarantee of
the Secured Obligations under Section 2 hereof or Section 1 of a Security
Agreement Supplement.
"Secured Obligations" means (i) all principal of all Loans and L/C
Reimbursement Obligations outstanding from time to time under the Credit
Agreement, all interest (including Post-Petition Interest) on such Loans and L/C
Reimbursement Obligations and all other amounts now or hereafter payable by
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the Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents and (ii) all obligations (if any)
designated by the Borrower as additional Secured Obligations pursuant to Section
24.
"Secured Parties" means the holders from time to time of the Secured
Obligations.
"Secured Party Requesting Notice" means, at any time, a Secured Party that
has, at least five Business Days prior thereto, delivered to the Administrative
Agent a written notice (i) stating that it holds one or more Secured Obligations
and wishes to receive copies of the notices referred to in Section 21(e) and
(ii) setting forth its address, facsimile number and e-mail address to which
copies of such notices should be sent.
"Securities Account Control Agreement" means, when used with respect to a
Securities Account, a Securities Account Control Agreement substantially in the
form of Exhibit G (with any changes that the Administrative Agent and the
applicable Lien Grantor shall have approved at the time such agreement is
required to be executed pursuant to this Agreement) among the relevant
Securities Intermediary, the relevant Lien Grantor and the Administrative Agent
to the effect that such Securities Intermediary will comply with Entitlement
Orders originated by the Administrative Agent with respect to such Securities
Account without further consent by the relevant Lien Grantor.
"Security Agreement Supplement" means a Security Agreement Supplement,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A, signed and delivered to the
Administrative Agent for the purpose of adding a Subsidiary as a party hereto
pursuant to Section 23 and/or adding additional property to the Collateral.
"Security Documents" means this Agreement, the Security Agreement
Supplements, the Deposit Account Control Agreements, the Issuer Control
Agreements, the Securities Account Control Agreements, the Mortgage, the
Intellectual Property Security Agreements and all other supplemental or
additional security agreements, control agreements, mortgages or similar
instruments delivered pursuant to the Loan Documents.
"Subsidiary Guarantor" means a Guarantor other than Holdings.
"Trademark License" means any written agreement now or hereafter in
existence granting to any Lien Grantor, or pursuant to which any Lien Grantor
grants to any other Person, any right to use any Trademark, including any
agreement identified in Schedule 1 to any Trademark Security Agreement.
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"Trademarks" means: (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names,
company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service
marks, logos, brand names, trade dress, prints and labels on which any of the
foregoing have appeared or appear, package and other designs, and all other
source or business identifiers, and all general intangibles of like nature, and
the rights in any of the foregoing which arise under applicable law, (ii) the
goodwill of the business symbolized thereby or associated with each of them,
(iii) all registrations and applications in connection therewith, including
registrations and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office
or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or
any other country or any political subdivision thereof, including those
described in Schedule 1 to any Trademark Security Agreement, (iv) all renewals
of any of the foregoing, (v) all claims for, and rights to xxx for, past or
future infringements of any of the foregoing and (vi) all income, royalties,
damages and payments now or hereafter due or payable with respect to any of the
foregoing, including damages and payments for past or future infringements
thereof.
"Trademark Security Agreement" means a Trademark Security Agreement,
substantially in the form of Exhibit D, executed and delivered by a Lien Grantor
in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
"Transaction Liens" means the Liens granted by the Lien Grantors under the
Security Documents.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in
the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection
or non-perfection or the priority of any Transaction Lien on any Collateral is
governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other
than New York, "UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to
time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating
to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.
(d) Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein (including those
incorporated by reference to the UCC or to another document) apply equally to
the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may
require, any pronoun includes the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter
forms. The words "include", "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be
followed by the phrase "without limitation". The word "will" shall be construed
to have the same meaning and effect as the word "shall". Unless the context
requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such
agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended,
supplemented or
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otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements
or modifications set forth herein), (ii) any reference herein to any Person
shall be construed to include such Person's successors and assigns, (iii) the
words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder", and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular
provision hereof, (iv) all references herein to Sections, Exhibits and Schedules
shall be construed to refer to Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this
Agreement and (v) the word "property" shall be construed to refer to any and all
tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities,
accounts and contract rights.
SECTION 2. Guarantees by Guarantors.
(a) Secured Guarantees. Each Guarantor unconditionally guarantees the full
and punctual payment of each Secured Obligation when due (whether at stated
maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise). If the Borrower fails to pay any
Secured Obligation punctually when due (after taking in to account any
applicable grace periods), each Guarantor agrees that it will forthwith on
demand pay the amount not so paid at the place and in the manner specified in
the relevant Secured Agreement.
(b) Secured Guarantees Unconditional. The obligations of each Guarantor
under its Secured Guarantee shall be unconditional and absolute and, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged or
otherwise affected by:
(i) any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or release
in respect of any obligation of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any
other Person under any Secured Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise;
(ii) any modification or amendment of or supplement to any Secured
Agreement or Acquisition Document;
(iii) any release, impairment, non-perfection or invalidity of any
direct or indirect security for any obligation of the Borrower, any other
Guarantor or any other Person under any Secured Agreement;
(iv) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of
the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any of their
respective subsidiaries, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or
other similar proceeding affecting the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any
other Person or any of their assets or any resulting release or discharge
of any obligation of the Borrower, any other
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Guarantor or any other Person under any Secured Agreement or Acquisition
Document;
(v) the existence of any claim, set-off or other right that such
Guarantor may have at any time against the Borrower, any other Guarantor,
any Secured Party or any other Person, whether in connection with the Loan
Documents or any unrelated transactions, provided that nothing herein shall
prevent the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory
counterclaim;
(vi) any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the
Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person for any reason of any
Secured Agreement or Acquisition Document, or any provision of applicable
law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment of any Secured
Obligation by the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person; or
(vii) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the
Borrower, any other Guarantor, any other party to any Secured Agreement or
Acquisition Document, any Secured Party or any other Person, or any other
circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the provisions of this clause
(vii), constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense to any
obligation of any Guarantor hereunder.
(c) Release of Secured Guarantees. (i) All the Secured Guarantees will be
released when all the Release Conditions are satisfied. If at any time any
payment of a Secured Obligation is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or
returned upon the insolvency or receivership of the Borrower or otherwise, the
Secured Guarantees shall be reinstated with respect thereto as though such
payment had been due but not made at such time.
(ii) If all the capital stock of a Guarantor or all the assets of a
Guarantor are sold to a Person other than the Borrower or one of its
Subsidiaries in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement (any such
sale, a "Sale of Guarantor"), the Administrative Agent shall release such
Guarantor from its Secured Guarantee; provided that, if the Net Cash
Proceeds of such sale are required to be applied to repay the Loans
pursuant to the Credit Agreement, arrangements reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent have been made to apply the Net Proceeds thereof
as required by the Credit Agreement. Such release shall not require the
consent of any Secured Party, and the Administrative Agent shall be fully
protected in relying on a certificate of the Borrower as to whether any
particular sale constitutes a Sale of Guarantor.
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(iii) In addition to any release permitted by subsection (ii), the
Administrative Agent may release any Secured Guarantee with the prior
written consent of the Required Lenders; provided that any release of all
or substantially all the Secured Guarantees shall require the consent of
all the Lenders.
(d) Waiver by Guarantors. Each Guarantor irrevocably waives acceptance
hereof, presentment, demand, protest and any notice not provided for herein, as
well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person
against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person.
(e) Subrogation. A Guarantor that makes a payment with respect to a Secured
Obligation hereunder shall be subrogated to the rights of the payee against the
Borrower with respect to such payment; provided that no Guarantor shall enforce
any payment by way of subrogation against the Borrower, or by reason of
contribution against any other Guarantor until all the Release Conditions have
been satisfied.
(f) Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any
Secured Obligation by the Borrower is stayed by reason of the insolvency or
receivership of the Borrower or otherwise, all Secured Obligations otherwise
subject to acceleration under the terms of any Secured Agreement shall
nonetheless be payable by the Guarantors hereunder forthwith on demand by the
Administrative Agent.
(g) Right of Set-Off. If any Secured Obligation is not paid promptly when
due, each of the Secured Parties and their respective Affiliates is authorized,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all
deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time
held and other obligations at any time owing by such Secured Party or Affiliate
to or for the credit or the account of any Guarantor against the obligations of
such Guarantor under its Secured Guarantee, irrespective of whether or not such
Secured Party shall have made any demand thereunder and although such
obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Secured Party under this
subsection are in addition to all other rights and remedies (including other
rights of set-off) that such Secured Party may have.
(h) Continuing Guarantee. Each Secured Guarantee is a continuing guarantee,
shall be binding on the relevant Guarantor and its successors and assigns, and
shall be enforceable by the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties. If all
or part of any Secured Party's interest in any Secured Obligation is assigned or
otherwise transferred, the transferor's rights under each Secured Guarantee, to
the extent applicable to the obligation so transferred, shall automatically be
transferred with such obligation.
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(i) Limitation on Obligations of Subsidiary Guarantor. The obligations of
each Subsidiary Guarantor under its Secured Guarantee shall be limited to an
aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such Secured
Guarantee subject to avoidance under Section 548 of the United States Bankruptcy
Code or any comparable provisions of applicable law.
SECTION 3. Grant of Transaction Liens.
(a) The Borrower, in order to secure the Secured Obligations, and each
Guarantor listed on the signature pages hereof, in order to secure its Secured
Guarantee, grants to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties a continuing security interest in all the following property of the
Borrower or such Guarantor, as the case may be, whether now owned or existing or
hereafter acquired or arising and regardless of where located:
(i) all Accounts;
(ii) all Chattel Paper;
(iii) all Deposit Accounts;
(iv) all Documents;
(v) all Equipment;
(vi) all General Intangibles (including any Equity Interests in other
Persons that do not constitute Investment Property);
(vii) all Instruments;
(viii) all Inventory;
(ix) all Investment Property;
(x) all books and records (including customer lists, credit files,
computer programs, printouts and other computer materials and records) of
such Original Lien Grantor pertaining to any of its Collateral;
(xi) such Original Lien Grantor's ownership interest in (1) its
Collateral Accounts, (2) all Financial Assets credited to its Collateral
Accounts from time to time and all Security Entitlements in respect
thereof, (3) all cash held in its Collateral Accounts from time to time and
(4) all other money in the possession of the Administrative Agent; and
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(xii) all Proceeds of the Collateral described in the foregoing
clauses (i) through (xi);
provided that the following property is excluded from the foregoing security
interests: (A) voting Equity Interests in any Foreign Subsidiary, to the extent
(but only to the extent) required to prevent the Collateral from including more
than 66% of all voting Equity Interests in such Foreign Subsidiary, (B) any
asset subject to a Lien permitted by Section 7.01(j) of the Credit Agreement but
only so long as such Lien secures Indebtedness the proceeds of which were
applied to finance the acquisition of such asset in compliance with the proviso
of Section 7.03(j) of the Credit Agreement, (C) any asset subject to a Lien
permitted by Section 7.01(i) of the Credit Agreement, but only so long as the
applicable capital lease or sale and leaseback transaction is in effect, (D)
Equipment leased by an Original Lien Grantor under a lease that prohibits the
granting of a Lien on such Equipment, (E) any Copyright License, Patent License
or Trademark License or software which would be rendered invalid or
unenforceable by the grant of a security interest created pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement, in each case, only for so long as, and to the extent that,
such prohibition or reason for such invalidity exists, and (F) any general
intangibles or other rights arising under any contract, instrument, license or
other document, in each such case in this clause (F) if (but only to the extent
that) the grant of a security interest therein would constitute a violation of a
valid and effective restriction in favor of a third party, unless and until all
required consents shall have been obtained. Each Lien Grantor shall use all
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any such required consent that is
reasonably obtainable for any contract, instrument, license or other document or
general intangible that is material to the operation of such Lien Grantor's
business.
(b) With respect to each right to payment or performance included in the
Collateral from time to time, the Transaction Lien granted therein includes a
continuing security interest in (i) any Supporting Obligation that supports such
payment or performance and (ii) any Lien that (x) secures such right to payment
or performance or (y) secures any such Supporting Obligation.
(c) The Transaction Liens are granted as security only (not as a transfer
of the title to any Collateral, other than upon the exercise of remedies in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement) and shall not subject the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to, or transfer or in any way
affect or modify, any obligation or liability of any Lien Grantor with respect
to any of the Collateral or any transaction in connection therewith. Each Lien
Grantor may continue to exploit, use, enjoy and protect the Collateral in the
ordinary course of its business subject to the provisions of the Credit
Agreement.
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SECTION 4. General Representations and Warranties. Each Original Lien
Grantor represents and warrants that:
(a) Such Lien Grantor is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction identified as its jurisdiction of
organization in its Perfection Certificate.
(b) Schedule 1 lists all Equity Interests in Subsidiaries and Affiliates
owned by such Lien Grantor as of the Closing Date. Such Lien Grantor holds all
such Equity Interests directly (i.e., not through a Subsidiary, a Securities
Intermediary or any other Person).
(c) Schedule 2 lists, as of the Closing Date, (i) all Securities owned by
such Lien Grantor (except Securities evidencing Equity Interests in Subsidiaries
and Affiliates) and (ii) all Securities Accounts to which Financial Assets are
credited in respect of which such Lien Grantor owns Security Entitlements. Such
Lien Grantor owns no Commodity Account in respect of which such Lien Grantor is
the Commodity Customer.
(d) All Pledged Equity Interests owned by such Lien Grantor are owned by it
free and clear of any Lien other than (i) the Transaction Liens and (ii) any
inchoate tax liens and other Liens not securing Indebtedness and which are not
yet due or which are being contested in good faith, in each case to the extent
such Liens are permitted under Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement. All shares
of capital stock included in such Pledged Equity Interests (including shares of
capital stock in respect of which such Lien Grantor owns a Security Entitlement)
have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable. None of such Pledged Equity Interests is subject to any option
to purchase or similar right of any Person. Such Lien Grantor is not and will
not become a party to or otherwise bound by any agreement (except the Loan
Documents) which restricts in any manner the rights of any present or future
holder of any Pledged Equity Interest with respect thereto.
(e) Such Lien Grantor has good and marketable title to, or a valid
leasehold interest in, all its Collateral (subject to exceptions that are, in
the aggregate, not material), free and clear of any Lien other than Permitted
Liens or, in the case of Pledged Equity Interests, Liens described in clause (d)
above.
(f) No financing statement, security agreement, mortgage or similar or
equivalent document or instrument covering all or part of the Collateral owned
by such Lien Grantor is on file or of record in any jurisdiction in which such
filing or recording would be effective to perfect or record a Lien on such
Collateral, except financing statements, mortgages or other similar or
equivalent documents with respect to Permitted Liens. After the Closing Date, no
Collateral owned by such
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Lien Grantor will be in the possession or under the Control of any other Person
having a claim thereto or security interest therein, other than a Permitted
Lien.
(g) The Transaction Liens on all Personal Property Collateral owned by such
Lien Grantor (i) have been validly created, (ii) will attach to each item of
such Collateral on the Closing Date (or, if such Lien Grantor first obtains
rights thereto on a later date, on such later date) and (iii) when so attached,
will secure all the Secured Obligations or such Lien Grantor's Secured
Guarantee, as the case may be.
(h) When the Mortgage has been duly executed and delivered, the Transaction
Liens on the Real Property Collateral owned by such Lien Grantor as of the
Closing Date will have been validly created and will secure all the Secured
Obligations. When such Mortgage has been duly recorded, such Transaction Liens
will rank prior to all other Liens (except Permitted Liens) on such Real
Property Collateral.
(i) Such Lien Grantor has delivered a Perfection Certificate to the
Administrative Agent. The information set forth therein is correct and complete
as of the Closing Date.
(j) When UCC financing statements describing the Collateral as set forth in
Exhibit A to such Lien Grantor's Perfection Certificate have been filed in the
offices specified in such Perfection Certificate, the Transaction Liens will
constitute perfected security interests in the Personal Property Collateral then
owned by such Lien Grantor (including after-acquired property) to the extent
that a security interest therein may be perfected by filing pursuant to the UCC,
prior to all Liens and rights of others therein except Permitted Liens. When, in
addition to the filing of such UCC financing statements, the applicable
Intellectual Property Filings have been made with respect to such Lien Grantor's
Recordable Intellectual Property (including any future filings required pursuant
to Sections 5(a) and 8(a)), the Transaction Liens will constitute perfected
security interests in all right, title and interest of such Lien Grantor in its
Recordable Intellectual Property to the extent that security interests therein
may be perfected by such filings under applicable law, prior to all Liens and
rights of others therein except Permitted Liens. Except for (i) the filing of
such UCC financing statements, (ii) such Intellectual Property Filings and (iii)
the due recordation of the Mortgage, no registration, recordation or filing with
any governmental body, agency or official is required in connection with the
execution or delivery of the Security Documents or is necessary for the validity
or enforceability thereof or for the perfection or due recordation of the
Transaction Liens or for the enforcement of the Transaction Liens.
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(k) Such Lien Grantor has taken, and will continue to take, all actions
necessary under the UCC to perfect its interest in any Accounts or Chattel Paper
purchased or otherwise acquired by it, as against its assignors and creditors of
its assignors.
(l) Such Lien Grantor's Collateral is insured as required by Section 6.07
of the Credit Agreement.
(m) All of such Lien Grantor's Inventory has or will have been produced in
compliance, in all material respects, with the applicable requirements of the
Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended.
SECTION 5. Further Assurances; General Covenants. Each Lien Grantor
covenants as follows:
(a) Such Lien Grantor will, from time to time, at the Borrower's expense,
execute, deliver, file and record any statement, assignment, instrument,
document, agreement or other paper and take any other action (including any
Intellectual Property Filing and any filing of financing or continuation
statements under the UCC) that from time to time may be necessary or that the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request, in order to:
(i) create, preserve, perfect, confirm or validate the Transaction
Liens on such Lien Grantor's Collateral;
(ii) in the case of Pledged Deposit Accounts and Pledged Investment
Property, cause the Administrative Agent to have Control thereof;
(iii) enable the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties to
obtain the full benefits of the Security Documents; or
(iv) enable the Administrative Agent to exercise and enforce any of
its rights, powers and remedies with respect to any of such Lien Grantor's
Collateral.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, such Lien Grantor authorizes the
Administrative Agent to execute and file such financing statements or
continuation statements without such Lien Grantor's signature appearing thereon.
Such Lien Grantor agrees that a carbon, photographic, photostatic or other
reproduction of this Agreement or of a financing statement is sufficient as a
financing statement. Such Lien Grantor constitutes the Administrative Agent its
attorney-in-fact to execute and file all Intellectual Property Filings and other
filings required or so requested for the foregoing purposes, all acts of such
attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed; and such power, being coupled with
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an interest, shall be irrevocable until all the Transaction Liens granted by
such Lien Grantor terminate pursuant to Section 22. The Borrower will pay the
costs of, or incidental to, any Intellectual Property Filings and any recording
or filing of any financing or continuation statements or other documents
recorded or filed pursuant hereto.
(b) Such Lien Grantor will not (i) change its name or corporate structure,
(ii) change its location (determined as provided in UCC Section 9-307) or (iii)
become bound, as provided in UCC Section 9-203(d) or otherwise, by a security
agreement entered into by another Person, unless it shall have given the
Administrative Agent prior notice thereof and delivered an Opinion of Counsel
with respect thereto in accordance with Section 5(c).
(c) At least 30 days before it takes any action contemplated by Section
5(b), such Lien Grantor will, at the Borrower's expense, (i) cause to be
delivered to the Administrative Agent an Opinion of Counsel, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to the effect
that all financing statements and amendments or supplements thereto,
continuation statements and other documents required to be filed or recorded in
order to perfect and protect the Transaction Liens against all creditors of and
purchasers from such Lien Grantor after it takes such action (except any
continuation statements specified in such Opinion of Counsel that are to be
filed after the date thereof) have been filed or recorded in each office
necessary for such purpose and (ii) cause all fees and taxes, if any, payable in
connection with such filings or recordations to have been paid in full.
(d) With respect to the warehouse facility located at Shawnee and
Armourdale Parkway in Kansas City, Kansas at which Collateral is in the
possession or control of a warehouseman, bailee or agent, the applicable Lien
Grantor will (i) notify such warehouseman, bailee or agent of the relevant
Transaction Liens, (ii) instruct such warehouseman, bailee or agent to hold all
such Collateral for the Administrative Agent's account subject to the
Administrative Agent's instructions (which shall permit such Collateral to be
removed by such Lien Grantor until the Administrative Agent notifies such
warehouseman, bailee or agent that an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing), (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such
warehouseman, bailee or agent to Authenticate a Record acknowledging that it
holds possession of such Collateral for the Administrative Agent's benefit and
(iv) make such Authenticated Record available to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Such Lien Grantor will not sell, lease, exchange, assign or otherwise
dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any of its Collateral; provided
that such Lien Grantor may do any of the foregoing unless (i) doing so would
violate a covenant in the Credit Agreement or (ii) an Event of Default shall
have occurred
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and be continuing and the Administrative Agent shall have notified such Lien
Grantor in writing that its right to do so is terminated, suspended or otherwise
limited. Concurrently with any sale, lease, exchange, assignment or other
disposition (except a sale, exchange, assignment or disposition to another Lien
Grantor or a lease) permitted by the foregoing proviso, the Transaction Liens on
the assets sold, exchanged, assigned or disposed of (but not in any Proceeds
arising from such sale, exchange, assignment or disposition) will cease
immediately without any action by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured
Party. The Administrative Agent will, at the Borrower's expense, execute and
deliver to the relevant Lien Grantor such documents as such Lien Grantor shall
reasonably request to evidence the fact that any asset so sold, exchanged,
assigned or disposed of is no longer subject to a Transaction Lien.
(f) Such Lien Grantor will, promptly upon request, provide to the
Administrative Agent all information and evidence concerning such Lien Grantor's
Collateral that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to
time to enable it to enforce the provisions of the Security Documents.
SECTION 6. Accounts. Each Lien Grantor covenants as follows:
(a) Such Lien Grantor will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to
be collected in accordance with reasonable business practice from its account
debtors, when due, all amounts owing under its Accounts (including delinquent
Accounts, which will be collected in accordance with generally accepted
commercial collection procedures) and will apply all amounts collected thereon,
forthwith upon receipt thereof, to the outstanding balances of such Accounts.
Subject to the rights of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties
hereunder if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such
Lien Grantor may allow in the ordinary course of business as adjustments to
amounts owing under its Accounts (i) any extension or renewal of the time or
times for payment, or settlement for less than the total unpaid balance, that
such Lien Grantor finds appropriate in accordance with sound business judgment
and (ii) refunds or credits, all in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with such Lien Grantor's collection practices as in effect from time
to time. The reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including attorney's
fees) of collection, whether incurred by such Lien Grantor or the Administrative
Agent, shall be paid by such Lien Grantor.
(b) If payments with respect to any of such Lien Grantor's Accounts are
received in a lockbox or similar account, such Lien Grantor will, to the extent
required by Section 10 hereof, (i) cause such account to be a Controlled Deposit
Account and (ii) cause the relevant depositary bank to subordinate to the
relevant Transaction Lien all its claims to such account (except its right to
deduct its normal operating charges and any uncollected funds previously
credited thereto).
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The Administrative Agent will instruct the relevant depositary bank to transfer
funds credited to any such account, as promptly as practicable after receipt
thereof, to a Controlled Deposit Account designated by such Lien Grantor, to the
extent required by Section 10 hereof; provided that, if an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent may designate
the Controlled Deposit Account to which such funds are transferred.
(c) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such Lien
Grantor will, if requested to do so by the Administrative Agent, promptly notify
(and such Lien Grantor authorizes the Administrative Agent so to notify) each
account debtor in respect of any of its Accounts that such Accounts have been
assigned to the Administrative Agent hereunder, and that any payments due or to
become due in respect of such Accounts are to be made directly to the
Administrative Agent or its designee.
SECTION 7. Equipment. Each Lien Grantor covenants that it will, at the
request of the Administrative Agent at any time an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, within 20 days of such request, deliver to the Administrative
Agent any and all certificates of title, applications for title or similar
evidence of ownership of each Material Motor Vehicle with the Administrative
Agent duly noted as lien holder on any such certificate of title or similar
evidence of ownership. Each Lien Grantor covenants that it will not permit any
of its Pledged Equipment to become a fixture to real estate or an accession to
any personal property that is not included in the Collateral.
SECTION 8. Recordable Intellectual Property. Each Lien Grantor covenants as
follows:
(a) On the Closing Date (in the case of an Original Lien Grantor) or the
date on which it signs and delivers its first Security Agreement Supplement (in
the case of any other Lien Grantor), such Lien Grantor will sign and deliver to
the Administrative Agent Intellectual Property Security Agreements with respect
to all Recordable Intellectual Property then owned by it. Within 30 days after
each September 30 thereafter, it will sign and deliver to the Administrative
Agent an appropriate Intellectual Property Security Agreement covering any
Recordable Intellectual Property owned by it on such September 30 that is not
covered by any previous Intellectual Property Security Agreement so signed and
delivered by it. In each case, it will promptly make all Intellectual Property
Filings necessary to record the Transaction Liens on such Recordable
Intellectual Property.
(b) Such Lien Grantor will notify the Administrative Agent promptly if it
knows that any application or registration relating to any Recordable
Intellectual Property owned or licensed by it may become abandoned or dedicated
to the public (unless such abandonment was the result of a decision taken in the
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reasonable business judgment of such Lien Grantor to abandon such Recordable
Intellectual Property), or of any adverse determination or development
(including the institution of, or any adverse determination or development in,
any proceeding in the United States Copyright Office, the United States Patent
and Trademark Office or any court) regarding such Lien Grantor's ownership of
such Recordable Intellectual Property, its right to register or patent the same,
or its right to keep and maintain the same. If any of such Lien Grantor's rights
to any Recordable Intellectual Property are infringed, misappropriated or
diluted by a third party, such Lien Grantor will notify the Administrative Agent
within 30 days after it learns thereof and will, unless such Lien Grantor shall
reasonably determine that such action would be of negligible value, economic or
otherwise, promptly xxx for infringement, misappropriation or dilution and to
recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution,
or take such other actions as such Lien Grantor shall reasonably deem
appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Recordable Intellectual
Property.
SECTION 9. Investment Property. Each Lien Grantor represents, warrants and
covenants as follows:
(a) Certificated Securities. On the Closing Date (in the case of an
Original Lien Grantor) or the date on which it signs and delivers its first
Security Agreement Supplement (in the case of any other Lien Grantor), such Lien
Grantor will deliver to the Administrative Agent as Collateral hereunder all
certificates representing Pledged Certificated Securities then owned by such
Lien Grantor. Thereafter, whenever such Lien Grantor acquires any other
certificate representing a Pledged Certificated Security, such Lien Grantor will
immediately deliver such certificate to the Administrative Agent as Collateral
hereunder. The provisions of this subsection are subject to the limitation in
Section 9(j) in the case of voting Equity Interests in a Foreign Subsidiary.
(b) Uncertificated Securities. On the Closing Date no Lien Grantor owns any
Uncertificated Securities. If at any time any Lien Grantor acquires any
Uncertificated Securities, such Lien Grantor will enter into (and cause the
relevant issuer to enter into) an Issuer Control Agreement in respect of each
Pledged Uncertificated Security then owned by such Lien Grantor and deliver such
Issuer Control Agreement to the Administrative Agent (which shall enter into the
same). The provisions of this subsection are subject to the limitation in
Section 9(j) in the case of voting Equity Interests in a Foreign Subsidiary.
(c) Security Entitlements. On the Closing Date no Lien Grantor owns any
Security Entitlement. If at any time any Lien Grantor acquires any Security
Entitlements, such Lien Grantor will, with respect to each Security Entitlement
then owned by it, enter into (and cause the relevant Securities Intermediary to
enter into) a Securities Account Control Agreement in respect of such Security
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Entitlement and the Securities Account to which the underlying Financial Asset
is credited and will deliver such Securities Account Control Agreement to the
Administrative Agent (which shall enter into the same).
(d) Perfection as to Certificated Securities. When such Lien Grantor
delivers the certificate representing any Pledged Certificated Security owned by
it to the Administrative Agent and complies with Section 9(h) in connection with
such delivery, (i) the Transaction Lien on such Pledged Certificated Security
will be perfected, subject to no prior Liens or rights of others, (ii) the
Administrative Agent will have Control of such Pledged Certificated Security and
(iii) the Administrative Agent will be a protected purchaser (within the meaning
of UCC Section 8-303) thereof.
(e) Perfection as to Uncertificated Securities. When such Lien Grantor, the
Administrative Agent and the issuer of any Pledged Uncertificated Security owned
by such Lien Grantor enter into an Issuer Control Agreement with respect
thereto, (i) the Transaction Lien on such Pledged Uncertificated Security will
be perfected, subject to no prior Liens or rights of others, (ii) the
Administrative Agent will have Control of such Pledged Uncertificated Security
and (iii) the Administrative Agent will be a protected purchaser (within the
meaning of UCC Section 8-303) thereof.
(f) Perfection as to Security Entitlements. So long as the Financial Asset
underlying any Security Entitlement owned by such Lien Grantor is credited to a
Controlled Securities Account, (i) the Transaction Lien on such Security
Entitlement will be perfected, subject to no prior Liens or rights of others
(except Liens and rights of the relevant Securities Intermediary that are
Permitted Liens) and (ii) the Administrative Agent will have Control of such
Security Entitlement.
(g) Agreement as to Applicable Jurisdiction. In respect of all Security
Entitlements owned by such Lien Grantor, and all Securities Accounts to which
the related Financial Assets are credited, the Securities Intermediary's
jurisdiction (determined as provided in UCC Section 8-110(e)) will at all times
be located in the United States.
(h) Delivery of Pledged Certificates. All Pledged Certificates, when
delivered to the Administrative Agent, will be in suitable form for transfer by
delivery, or accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment
in blank, with signatures appropriately guaranteed, all in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(i) Communications. Each Lien Grantor will promptly give to the
Administrative Agent copies of any notices and other communications received
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by it with respect to (i) Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Lien
Grantor or its nominee and (ii) Pledged Security Entitlements as to which such
Lien Grantor is the Entitlement Holder, in each case while an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing.
(j) Foreign Subsidiaries. A Lien Grantor will not be obligated to comply
with the provisions of this Section at any time with respect to any voting
Equity Interest in a Foreign Subsidiary if and to the extent (but only to the
extent) that such voting Equity Interest is excluded from the Transaction Liens
at such time pursuant to clause (A) of the proviso at the end of Section 3(a)
and/or the comparable provisions of one or more Security Agreement Supplements.
(k) Compliance with Applicable Foreign Laws. If and so long as the
Collateral includes (i) any Equity Interest in, or other Investment Property
issued by, a legal entity organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the
United States or (ii) any Security Entitlement in respect of a Financial Asset
issued by such a foreign legal entity, the relevant Lien Grantor will take all
such reasonable action as may be required under the laws of such foreign
jurisdiction to ensure that the Transaction Lien on such Collateral ranks prior
to all Liens and rights of others therein.
SECTION 10. Controlled Deposit Accounts. Each Lien Grantor represents,
warrants and covenants as follows:
(a) Within 60 days after the Closing Date, subject to Section 10(d), all
cash owned by such Lien Grantor will be deposited, upon or promptly after the
receipt thereof, in one or more Controlled Deposit Accounts. Each Controlled
Deposit Account will be operated as provided in Section 12.
(b) In respect of each Controlled Deposit Account, the Depositary Bank's
jurisdiction (determined as provided in UCC Section 9-304) will at all times be
a jurisdiction in which Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code is in effect.
(c) So long as the Administrative Agent has Control of a Controlled Deposit
Account, the Transaction Lien on such Controlled Deposit Account will be
perfected, subject to no prior Liens or rights of others (except the Depositary
Bank's right to deduct its normal operating charges and any uncollected funds
previously credited thereto, and any Permitted Liens in existence on the Closing
Date and not securing Indebtedness).
(d) Materiality Exception. The Lien Grantors have the right not to comply
with the foregoing provisions of this Section with respect to (i) an account in
the name of Holdings with a balance not exceeding $200,000 at any time and
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(ii) Deposit Accounts with any Depository Bank having total collected balances
that do not at any time exceed $250,000 in the aggregate for all Deposit
Accounts of all Lien Grantors held by such Depository Bank; provided that the
total collected balances in all such accounts under this clause (ii) shall not
at any time exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all Lien Grantors. However,
if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent may
terminate the foregoing right not to comply, or reduce the amount thereof, by
giving at least 10 Business Days' notice of such termination or reduction to the
relevant Lien Grantors.
SECTION 11. Cash Collateral Accounts. (a)(i) If and when required for
purposes hereof, the Administrative Agent will establish with respect to each
Lien Grantor an account (its "Cash Collateral Account"), in the name and under
the exclusive control of the Administrative Agent, into which all amounts owned
by such Lien Grantor that are to be deposited therein pursuant to the Loan
Documents shall be deposited from time to time. (ii) If and when required under
the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent will establish with respect to
each Lien Grantor an account (its "Insurance Proceeds Account"), and an account
(its "Retail Facilities Proceeds Account"; together, the Cash Collateral
Accounts, the Insurance Proceeds Accounts and the Retail Facilities Proceeds
Accounts are the "Lien Grantor Collateral Accounts"), each in the name and under
the exclusive control of the Administrative Agent, into which all amounts owned
by such Lien Grantor that are to be deposited therein pursuant to the Loan
Documents shall be deposited from time to time. Each Lien Grantor Collateral
Account will be operated as provided in this Section and Section 12.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall deposit the following amounts, as and
when received by it, in the Borrower's Cash Collateral Account:
(i) each amount required by Section 2.03(g) of the Credit Agreement to
be deposited therein to cover outstanding L/C Obligations;
(ii) each amount elected by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.06(h)
of the Credit Agreement to be deposited therein to cover outstanding
Eurodollar Rate Loans;
(iii) each Cash Distribution required by Section 15 to be deposited
therein; and
(iv) each amount realized or otherwise received by the Administrative
Agent with respect to assets of the Borrower upon any exercise of remedies
pursuant to any Security Document.
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(c) The Administrative Agent shall deposit in the Cash Collateral Account
of each Lien Grantor (other than the Borrower):
(i) each Cash Distribution required by Section 15 to be deposited
therein; and
(ii) each amount realized or otherwise received by the Administrative
Agent with respect to assets of such Lien Grantor upon any exercise of
remedies pursuant to any Security Document.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall deposit in the Insurance Proceeds
Account of each Lien Grantor all amounts required by the Credit Agreement to be
deposited therein.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall deposit in the Retail Facilities
Proceeds Account of each Lien Grantor all amounts required by the Credit
Agreement to be deposited therein.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall maintain such records and/or establish
such sub-accounts as shall be required to enable it to identify the amounts held
in each Lien Grantor Collateral Account from time to time pursuant to each
clause of subsection (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Section, as applicable.
(g) Unless (x) an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
and the Required Lenders shall have instructed the Administrative Agent to stop
withdrawing amounts from the Lien Grantor Collateral Accounts pursuant to this
subsection or (y) the maturity of the Loans shall have been accelerated pursuant
to Article 8 of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent may withdraw
amounts from the Lien Grantor Collateral Accounts and apply them for the
following purposes:
(i) any amount deposited pursuant to Section 2.03(g) of the Credit
Agreement to cover outstanding LC Obligations shall be withdrawn and
applied to pay such LC Obligations as they become due;
(ii) any amount deposited pursuant to Section 2.06(h) of the Credit
Agreement to cover outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be withdrawn and
applied to pay such Eurodollar Rate Loans at the end of the Interest Period
applicable thereto in accordance with the Credit Agreement;
(iii) any Cash Distribution deposited pursuant to Section 15 shall, at
the relevant Lien Grantor's request, (x) be withdrawn and applied to pay
Secured Obligations that are then due and payable or (y) if no Event
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of Default has occurred and is continuing, be withdrawn and returned to
such Lien Grantor;
(iv) any proceeds deposited into any Insurance Proceeds Account in
accordance with the provisions of the definition of "Extraordinary Receipt"
in the Credit Agreement shall, at the relevant Lien Grantor's request, be
made available to the relevant Lien Grantor to be applied by such Lien
Grantor as provided in the definition of "Extraordinary Receipt" in the
Credit Agreement; and
(v) any proceeds deposited into any Retail Facilities Proceeds Account
in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement shall, at the relevant
Lien Grantor's request, be made available to the relevant Lien Grantor to
be applied by such Lien Grantor as provided in Section 7.05(g) of the
Credit Agreement.
SECTION 12. Operation of Collateral Accounts. (a) All Cash Distributions
received with respect to assets held in any Collateral Account shall be
deposited therein promptly upon receipt thereof.
(b) Funds held in any Controlled Securities Account may, until withdrawn,
be invested and reinvested in such Permitted Investments as the relevant Lien
Grantor shall request from time to time; provided that, if an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, Administrative Agent may select such
Permitted Investments.
(c) Funds held in any Controlled Deposit Account or Lien Grantor Collateral
Account may, until withdrawn, be invested and reinvested in such Permitted
Investments as the relevant Lien Grantor shall request from time to time;
provided that if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
Administrative Agent may select such Permitted Investments.
(d) With respect to each Collateral Account (except a Cash Collateral
Account, as to which Section 11 applies), the Administrative Agent will instruct
the relevant Securities Intermediary or Depositary Bank that the relevant Lien
Grantor may withdraw, or direct the disposition of, funds held therein unless
and until the Administrative Agent rescinds such instruction. The Administrative
Agent will not rescind such instructions unless an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing. Notwithstanding that an Issuer Control Agreement,
Securities Account Control Agreement or Deposit Account Control Agreement may
allow the Administrative Agent to rescind such instructions at any time, no such
provision in any Issuer Control Agreement, Securities Account Control Agreement
or Deposit Account Control Agreement shall operate as a waiver to the second
sentence of this clause (d). In addition, notwithstanding that an Issuer
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Control Agreement, Securities Account Agreement or Deposit Account Control
Agreement may allow the Administrative Agent to request that the issuer, the
securities intermediary or the deposit bank provide notices, statements or other
communications concerning the relevant Collateral Account to the Administrative
Agent at any time, the Administrative Agent will make any such request unless an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(e) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Administrative Agent may (i) retain, or instruct the relevant Securities
Intermediary or Depositary Bank to retain, all cash and investments then held in
any Collateral Account, (ii) liquidate, or instruct the relevant Securities
Intermediary or Depositary Bank to liquidate, any or all investments held
therein and/or (iii) withdraw any amounts held therein and apply such amounts as
provided in Section 17.
(f) If immediately available cash on deposit in any Collateral Account is
not sufficient to make any distribution or withdrawal to be made pursuant
hereto, the Administrative Agent will cause to be liquidated, as promptly as
practicable, such investments held in or credited to such Collateral Account as
shall be required to obtain sufficient cash to make such distribution or
withdrawal and, notwithstanding any other provision hereof, such distribution or
withdrawal shall not be made until such liquidation has taken place.
SECTION 13. Transfer Of Record Ownership. At any time when an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent may (and
to the extent that action by it is required, the relevant Lien Grantor, if
directed to do so by the Administrative Agent, will as promptly as practicable)
cause each of the Pledged Securities (or any portion thereof specified in such
direction) to be transferred of record into the name of the Administrative Agent
or its nominee. Each Lien Grantor will take any and all actions reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent to facilitate compliance with this
Section. The Administrative Agent will promptly give to the relevant Lien
Grantor copies of any notices and other communications received by the
Administrative Agent with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name
of the Administrative Agent or its nominee.
SECTION 14. Right to Vote Securities. (a) Unless an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, each Lien Grantor will have the right, from
time to time, to vote and to give consents, ratifications and waivers with
respect to any Pledged Security owned by it and the Financial Asset underlying
any Pledged Security Entitlement owned by it, and the Administrative Agent will,
upon receiving a written request from such Lien Grantor, promptly deliver to
such Lien Grantor or as specified in such request such proxies, powers of
attorney, consents, ratifications and waivers in respect of any such Pledged
Security that is registered
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in the name of the Administrative Agent or its nominee or any such Pledged
Security Entitlement as to which the Administrative Agent or its nominee is the
Entitlement Holder, in each case as shall be specified in such request and be in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Unless
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative
Agent will have no right to take any action which the owner of a Pledged
Partnership Interest or Pledged LLC Interest is entitled to take with respect
thereto.
(b) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Administrative Agent will have the right to the extent permitted by law (and, in
the case of a Pledged Partnership Interest or Pledged LLC Interest, by the
relevant partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, operating
agreement or other governing document) to vote, to give consents, ratifications
and waivers and to take any other action with respect to the Pledged Investment
Property, the other Pledged Equity Interests (if any) and the Financial Assets
underlying the Pledged Security Entitlements, with the same force and effect as
if the Administrative Agent were the absolute and sole owner thereof, and each
Lien Grantor will take all such action as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request from time to time to give effect to such right.
SECTION 15. Certain Cash Distributions. Cash Distributions with respect to
assets held in a Collateral Account shall be deposited and held therein, or
withdrawn therefrom, as provided in Section 12. Cash Distributions with respect
to any Pledged Equity Interest or Pledged Indebtedness that is not held in a
Collateral Account (whether held in the name of a Lien Grantor or in the name of
the Administrative Agent or its nominee) shall, except as provided in Section
10(d), be deposited, promptly upon receipt thereof, in a Controlled Deposit
Account of the relevant Lien Grantor; provided that, if an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent may deposit, or
direct the recipient thereof to deposit, each such Cash Distribution in the
relevant Lien Grantor's Cash Collateral Account.
SECTION 16. Remedies upon Event of Default. (a) If an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent may exercise (or
cause its sub-agents to exercise) any or all of the remedies available to it (or
to such sub-agents) under the Security Documents. The Lenders may exercise
remedies to foreclose on the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement only through
the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders), and not
individually; provided that nothing in this sentence shall be construed to limit
the exercise of any other rights (including without limitation rights of set-off
and the rights provided in, and subject to the provisions of, Section 8.02 of
the Credit Agreement) that any Lender may have under the Loan Documents.
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(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent may
exercise on behalf of the Secured Parties all the rights of a secured party
under the UCC (whether or not in effect in the jurisdiction where such rights
are exercised) with respect to any Personal Property Collateral and, in
addition, the Administrative Agent may, without being required to give any
notice, except as herein provided or as may be required by mandatory provisions
of law, withdraw all cash held in the Collateral Accounts and apply such cash as
provided in Section 17 and, if there shall be no such cash or if such cash shall
be insufficient to pay all the Secured Obligations in full, sell, lease, license
or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or any part thereof. Notice of any such
sale or other disposition shall be given to the relevant Lien Grantor(s) as
required by Section 19. The foregoing provisions of this subsection shall apply
to Real Property Collateral only to the extent permitted by applicable law and
the provisions of the Mortgage, any applicable mortgage or other document.
(c) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(i) the Administrative Agent may license or sublicense, whether
general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or non-exclusive
basis, any Pledged intellectual property (including any Pledged Recordable
Intellectual Property) throughout the world for such term or terms, on such
conditions and in such manner as the Administrative Agent shall in its sole
discretion determine; provided that such licenses or sublicenses do not
conflict with any existing license of which the Administrative Agent shall
have received a copy;
(ii) the Administrative Agent may (without assuming any obligation or
liability thereunder), at any time and from time to time, in its sole and
reasonable discretion, enforce (and shall have the exclusive right to
enforce) against any licensee or sublicensee all rights and remedies of any
Lien Grantor in, to and under any of its Pledged intellectual property and
take or refrain from taking any action under any thereof, and each Lien
Grantor releases the Administrative Agent and each other Secured Party from
liability for, and agrees to hold the Administrative Agent and each other
Secured Party free and harmless from and against any claims and expenses
arising out of, any lawful action so taken or omitted to be taken with
respect thereto, except for claims and expenses arising from the
Administrative Agent's or such Secured Party's gross negligence or willful
misconduct; and
(iii) upon request by the Administrative Agent (which shall not be
construed as implying any limitation on its rights or powers), each Lien
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Grantor will execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a power of
attorney, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, for the implementation of any sale, lease, license or
other disposition of any of such Lien Grantor's Pledged intellectual
property or any action related thereto which is authorized hereunder. In
connection with any such disposition, but subject to any confidentiality
restrictions imposed on such Lien Grantor in any license or similar
agreement, such Lien Grantor will supply to the Administrative Agent its
know-how and expertise (to the extent available) relating to the relevant
intellectual property or the products or services made or rendered in
connection with such intellectual property, and its customer lists and
other records relating to such intellectual property and to the
distribution of said products or services.
SECTION 17. Application of Proceeds. If an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent may apply (i) any cash held
in the Collateral Accounts and (ii) the proceeds of any sale or other
disposition of all or any part of the Collateral, in the order of priorities
specified in Section 8.03 of the Credit Agreement, provided that Collateral
owned by a Subsidiary Guarantor and any proceeds thereof shall be applied
pursuant to the foregoing clauses first, second, third and fourth only to the
extent permitted by the limitation in Section 2(i). The Administrative Agent may
make such distributions hereunder in cash or in kind or, on a ratable basis, in
any combination thereof.
(b) If at any time any portion of any monies collected or received by the
Administrative Agent would, but for the provisions of this Section 17(b), be
payable pursuant to Section 17(a) in respect of a Contingent Secured Obligation,
the Administrative Agent shall not apply any monies to pay such Contingent
Secured Obligation but instead shall request the holder thereof, at least 10
days before each proposed distribution hereunder, to notify the Administrative
Agent as to the maximum amount of such Contingent Secured Obligation if then
ascertainable (e.g., in the case of a letter of credit, the maximum amount
available for subsequent drawings thereunder). If the holder of such Contingent
Secured Obligation does not notify the Administrative Agent of the maximum
ascertainable amount thereof at least two Business Days before such
distribution, such holder will not be entitled to share in such distribution. If
such holder does so notify the Administrative Agent as to the maximum
ascertainable amount thereof, the Administrative Agent will allocate to such
holder a portion of the monies to be distributed in such distribution,
calculated as if such Contingent Secured Obligation were outstanding in such
maximum ascertainable amount. However, the Administrative Agent will not apply
such portion of such monies to pay such Contingent Secured Obligation, but
instead will hold such monies or invest such monies in Permitted Investments.
All such monies and Permitted
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Investments and all proceeds thereof will constitute Collateral hereunder, but
will be subject to distribution in accordance with this Section 17(b) rather
than Section 17(a). The Administrative Agent will hold all such monies and
Permitted Investments and the net proceeds thereof in trust until all or part of
such Contingent Secured Obligation becomes a Non-Contingent Secured Obligation,
whereupon the Administrative Agent at the request of the relevant Secured Party
will apply the amount so held in trust to pay such Non-Contingent Secured
Obligation; provided that, if the other Secured Obligations theretofore paid
pursuant to the same clause of Section 17(a) (i.e., clause second or fourth)
were not paid in full, the Administrative Agent will apply the amount so held in
trust to pay the same percentage of such Non-Contingent Secured Obligation as
the percentage of such other Secured Obligations theretofore paid pursuant to
the same clause of Section 17(a). If (i) the holder of such Contingent Secured
Obligation shall advise the Administrative Agent that no portion thereof remains
in the category of a Contingent Secured Obligation and (ii) the Administrative
Agent still holds any amount held in trust pursuant to this Section 17(b) in
respect of such Contingent Secured Obligation (after paying all amounts payable
pursuant to the preceding sentence with respect to any portions thereof that
became Non-Contingent Secured Obligations), such remaining amount will be
applied by the Administrative Agent in the order of priorities set forth in
Section 17(a).
(c) In making the payments and allocations required by this Section, the
Administrative Agent may rely upon information supplied to it pursuant to
Section 21(c). All distributions made by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
this Section shall be final (except in the event of manifest error) and the
Administrative Agent shall have no duty to inquire as to the application by any
Secured Party of any amount distributed to it.
SECTION 18. Fees and Expenses; Indemnification. (a) The Borrower will
forthwith upon demand pay to the Administrative Agent:
(i) the amount of any taxes that the Administrative Agent may have
been required to pay by reason of the Transaction Liens or to free any
Collateral from any other Lien thereon;
(ii) the amount of any and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses,
including transfer taxes and reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and
other experts, that the Administrative Agent may incur in connection with
(x) the administration or enforcement of the Security Documents, including
such expenses as are incurred to preserve the value of the Collateral or
the validity, perfection, rank or value of any Transaction Lien, (y) the
collection, sale or other disposition of any Collateral or (z) the exercise
by the Administrative Agent of any of its rights or powers under the
Security Documents;
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(iii) the amount of any fees that the Borrower shall have agreed in
writing to pay to the Administrative Agent and that shall have become due
and payable in accordance with such written agreement; and
(iv) the amount required to indemnify the Administrative Agent for, or
hold it harmless and defend it against, any loss, liability or expense
(including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and any experts
or sub-agents appointed by it hereunder) incurred or suffered by the
Administrative Agent in connection with the Security Documents, except to
the extent that such loss, liability or expense arises from the
Administrative Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct or a breach
of any duty that the Administrative Agent has under this Agreement (after
giving effect to Sections 20 and 21).
Any such amount not paid to the Administrative Agent within three (3) Business
Days after demand will bear interest for each day thereafter until paid at a
rate per annum equal to the sum of 2% plus the rate applicable to Base Rate
Loans for such day.
(b) If any transfer tax, documentary stamp tax or other tax is payable in
connection with any transfer or other transaction provided for in the Security
Documents, the Borrower will pay such tax and provide any required tax stamps to
the Administrative Agent or as otherwise required by law.
(c) The Borrower shall indemnify each of the Secured Parties, their
respective affiliates and the respective directors, officers, agents and
employees of the foregoing (each an "Indemnitee") against, and hold each
Indemnitee harmless from, any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs and
expenses of any kind (including reasonable expenses of investigation by
engineers, environmental consultants and similar technical personnel and
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) arising out of, or in connection
with any and all Environmental Liabilities, except to the extent that such
liability, loss, damage, cost or expense arises from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, each Lien Grantor waives all rights for contribution and all other
rights of recovery with respect to liabilities, losses, damages, costs and
expenses arising under or related to Environmental Laws that it might have by
statute or otherwise against any Indemnitee, except to the extent that such
liability, loss, damage, cost or expense arises from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
SECTION 19. Authority to Administer Collateral. Each Lien Grantor
irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent its true and lawful attorney, with
full power of substitution, in the name of such Lien Grantor, any Secured Party
or otherwise, for the sole use and benefit of the Secured Parties, but at the
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Borrower's expense, to the extent permitted by law to exercise, at any time and
from time to time while an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, all or any of the following powers with respect to all or any of
such Lien Grantor's Collateral:
(a) to demand, xxx for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any
and all monies due or to become due upon or by virtue thereof,
(b) to settle, compromise, compound, prosecute or defend any action or
proceeding with respect thereto,
(c) to sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of the same or the
proceeds or avails thereof, as fully and effectually as if the
Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof, and
(d) to extend the time of payment of any or all thereof and to make
any allowance or other adjustment with reference thereto;
provided that, except in the case of Personal Property Collateral that is
perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily
sold on a recognized market, the Administrative Agent will give the relevant
Lien Grantor at least ten days' prior written notice of the time and place of
any public sale thereof or the time after which any private sale or other
intended disposition thereof will be made. Any such notice shall (i) contain the
information specified in UCC Section 9-613, (ii) be Authenticated and (iii) be
sent to the parties required to be notified pursuant to UCC Section 9-611(c);
provided that, if the Administrative Agent fails to comply with this sentence in
any respect, its liability for such failure shall be limited to the liability
(if any) imposed on it as a matter of law under the UCC.
SECTION 20. Limitation on Duty in Respect of Collateral. Beyond the
exercise of reasonable care in the custody and preservation thereof, the
Administrative Agent will have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or
control or in the possession or control of any sub-agent or bailee or any income
therefrom or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other
rights pertaining thereto. The Administrative Agent will be deemed to have
exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in
its possession or control if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially
equal to that which it accords its own property, and will not be liable or
responsible for any loss or damage to any Collateral, or for any diminution in
the value thereof, by reason of any act or omission of any sub-agent or bailee
selected by the Administrative Agent in good faith, except to the extent that
such liability arises from the Administrative Agent's gross negligence or
willful misconduct.
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SECTION 21. General Provisions Concerning the Administrative Agent.
(a) The provisions of Article 9 of the Credit Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of the Administrative Agent, and shall be binding upon all Lien Grantors
and all Secured Parties, in connection with this Agreement and the other
Security Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) the
Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied
duties, regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any
discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary
rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Security Documents that the
Administrative Agent is required in writing to exercise by the Required Lenders
(or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under
the circumstances as provided in Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement), and
(iii) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative
Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for any
failure to disclose, any information relating to any Lien Grantor that is
communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any
of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be
responsible for the existence, genuineness or value of any Collateral or for the
validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of any Transaction Lien,
whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action or omission to
act on its part under the Security Documents. The Administrative Agent shall be
deemed not to have knowledge of any Event of Default unless and until written
notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by Holdings, the Borrower or
a Secured Party.
(b) Sub-Agents and Related Parties. The Administrative Agent may perform
any of its duties and exercise any of its rights and powers through one or more
sub-agents appointed by it. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may
perform any of its duties and exercise any of its rights and powers through its
Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of Section 20 and this Section shall
apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative
Agent and any such sub-agent.
(c) Information as to Secured Obligations and Actions by Secured Parties.
For all purposes of the Security Documents, including determining the amounts of
the Secured Obligations and whether a Secured Obligation is a Contingent Secured
Obligation or not, or whether any action has been taken under any Secured
Agreement, the Administrative Agent will be entitled to rely on information from
(i) its own records for information as to the Lenders, their Secured Obligations
and actions taken by them, (ii) any Secured Party (or any trustee, agent or
similar representative designated pursuant to Section 24(b) to supply such
information) for information as to its Secured Obligations and actions taken by
it, to the extent that the Administrative Agent has not obtained such
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information from its own records, and (iii) the Borrower, to the extent that the
Administrative Agent has not obtained information from the foregoing sources.
(d) Refusal to Act. The Administrative Agent may refuse to act on any
notice, consent, direction or instruction from any Secured Parties or any agent,
trustee or similar representative thereof that, in the Administrative Agent's
opinion, (i) is contrary to law or the provisions of any Security Document, (ii)
may expose the Administrative Agent to liability (unless the Administrative
Agent shall have been indemnified, to its reasonable satisfaction, for such
liability by the Secured Parties that gave such notice, consent, direction or
instruction) or (iii) is unduly prejudicial to Secured Parties not joining in
such notice, consent, direction or instruction.
(e) Copies of Certain Notices. Within two Business Days after it receives
or sends any notice referred to in this subsection, the Administrative Agent
shall send to the Lenders and each Secured Party Requesting Notice, copies of
any certificate designating additional obligations as Secured Obligations
received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 24 and any notice given
by the Administrative Agent to any Lien Grantor, or received by it from any Lien
Grantor, pursuant to Section 16, 17, 19 or 22.
SECTION 22. Termination of Transaction Liens; Release of Collateral. (a)
The Transaction Liens granted by each Guarantor shall terminate when its Secured
Guarantee is released pursuant to Section 2(c).
(b) The Transaction Liens granted by the Borrower shall terminate when all
the Release Conditions are satisfied.
(c) At any time before the Transaction Liens granted by the Borrower
terminate, the Administrative Agent may, at the written request of the Borrower,
(i) release any Collateral (but not all or substantially all the Collateral)
with the prior written consent of the Required Lenders or (ii) release all or
substantially all the Collateral with the prior written consent of all Lenders.
(d) Upon any termination of a Transaction Lien or release of Collateral,
the Administrative Agent will, at the expense of the relevant Lien Grantor,
promptly execute and deliver to such Lien Grantor such documents as such Lien
Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence the termination of such Transaction
Lien or the release of such Collateral, as the case may be.
SECTION 23. Additional Guarantors and Lien Grantors. Any Subsidiary may
become a party hereto by signing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a
Security Agreement Supplement, whereupon such Subsidiary shall become a
"Guarantor" and a "Lien Grantor" as defined herein,
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provided, that no Foreign Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor or a Lien Grantor
hereunder.
SECTION 24. Additional Secured Obligations. (a) The Borrower may from time
to time designate its obligations under any Swap Contract as an additional
Secured Obligation for purposes hereof by delivering to the Administrative Agent
a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer that (i) identifies such Swap
Contract, specifying the name and address of the other party thereto, the
notional principal amount thereof and the expiration date thereof, (ii) states
that the Borrower's obligations thereunder are designated as Secured Obligations
for purposes hereof and (iii) states that such Swap Contract is needed to enable
the Borrower to comply with its obligations under Section 6.14 of the Credit
Agreement.
(b) After the date hereof, the Borrower may from time to time, with the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (which shall not be
unreasonably withheld) and the Required Lenders (which consent shall be in their
sole discretion), designate any other obligation of the Borrower as an
additional Secured Obligation for purposes hereof by delivering to the
Administrative Agent a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer identifying
the obligation so designated, stating that such obligation is designated as a
Secured Obligation for purposes hereof and specifying the name and address of
the holder of such obligation or of a trustee, agent or similar representative
designated to supply information with respect to such additional Secured
Obligation to the Administrative Agent as contemplated by Section 21(c).
SECTION 25. Notices. Each notice, request or other communication given to
any party hereunder shall be given in accordance with Section 10.02 of the
Credit Agreement, and in the case of any such notice, request or other
communication to a Lien Grantor other than the Borrower, shall be given to it in
care of the Borrower.
SECTION 26. No Implied Waivers; Remedies Not Exclusive. No failure by the
Administrative Agent or any Secured Party to exercise, and no delay in
exercising and no course of dealing with respect to, any right or remedy under
any Security Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or
partial exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party of any right
or remedy under any Loan Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof
or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies specified
in the Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other rights
or remedies provided by law.
SECTION 27. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement is for the benefit of
the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties. If all or any part of any
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Secured Party's interest in any Secured Obligation is assigned or otherwise
transferred, the transferor's rights hereunder, to the extent applicable to the
obligation so transferred, shall be automatically transferred with such
obligation. This Agreement shall be binding on the Lien Grantors and their
respective successors and assigns.
SECTION 28. Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement nor any
provision hereof may be waived, amended, modified or terminated except pursuant
to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative
Agent, with the consent of such Lenders as are required to consent thereto under
Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement. No such waiver, amendment or modification
shall (i) be binding upon any Lien Grantor, except with its written consent, or
(ii) affect the rights of a Secured Party (other than a Lender) hereunder more
adversely than it affects the comparable rights of the Lenders hereunder,
without the consent of such Secured Party.
SECTION 29. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance
with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, except as otherwise
required by mandatory provisions of law and except to the extent that remedies
provided by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York are
governed by the laws of such jurisdiction.
SECTION 30. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN
ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY
SECURITY DOCUMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON
CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY
OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK
TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER
PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 31. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the
legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby
and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the
illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic
effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or
unenforceable
38
provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not
invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
39
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year
first above written.
KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE OPERATIONS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Vor Broker
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Vor Broker
Title:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
Administrative Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Guarantors:
KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS,
INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Vor Broker
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Vor Broker
Title:
KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE OPERATIONS
MIDWEST, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Vor Broker
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Vor Broker
Title:
KEY COMP, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Vor Broker
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Vor Broker
Title:
A&A AUTO PARTS STORES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Vor Broker
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Vor Broker
Title:
KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE DISTRIBUTORS,
INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Vor Broker
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Vor Broker
Title:
AMERICAN SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT CORP.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Vor Broker
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Vor Broker
Title:
KAO MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Vor Broker
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Vor Broker
Title:
KEYSTONE MARKETING SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Vor Broker
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Vor Broker
Title:
DRIVERFX. COM, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Vor Broker
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Vor Broker
Title:
KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE OPERATIONS OF
CANADA, INC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Vor Broker
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Vor Broker
Title:
KEY COMP, INC.
By:
---------------------------------
Name:
Title:
A&A AUTO PARTS STORES, INC.
By:
---------------------------------
Name:
Title:
KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE
DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
By:
---------------------------------
Name:
Title:
AMERICAN SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT CORP.
By:
---------------------------------
Name:
Title:
KAO MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
By:
---------------------------------
Name:
Title:
KEYSTONE MARKETING SERVICES, INC.
By:
---------------------------------
Name:
Title:
XXXXXXXX.XXX, INC.
By:
---------------------------------
Name:
Title:
KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE OPERATIONS
OF CANADA, INC.
By:
---------------------------------
Name:
Title:
SCHEDULE 1
EQUITY INTERESTS IN SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES
OWNED BY ORIGINAL LIEN GRANTORS
(as of the Closing Date)
Jurisdiction of Owner of Equity Percentage Number of Shares or
Issuer Organization Interest Owned Units
--------------------------------- --------------- ------------------- ---------- -------------------
Keystone Automotive Operations of Delaware Keystone Automotive 100% 1,000
Canada, Inc. Operations, Inc.
Keystone Automotive Operations Delaware Keystone Automotive 100% 100
Midwest, Inc. Operations, Inc.
Key Comp, Inc. Pennsylvania Keystone Automotive 100% 100,000
Operations, Inc.
A&A Auto Parts Stores, Inc. Pennsylvania Keystone Automotive 100% 100,000
Operations, Inc.
Keystone Automotive Distributors, Pennsylvania Keystone Automotive 100% 100,000
Inc. Operations, Inc.
American Specialty Equipment Corp. New York Keystone Automotive 100% 480
Operations, Inc.
KAO Management Services, Inc. Nevada Keystone Automotive 100% 100,000
Operations, Inc.
Keystone Marketing Services, Inc. Nevada Keystone Automotive 100% 100,000
Operations, Inc.
Xxxxxxxx.xxx, Inc. Delaware KAO Management 100% 100
Services, Inc.
S-1-1
SCHEDULE 2
INVESTMENT PROPERTY
(other than Equity Interests in Subsidiaries and Affiliates)
OWNED BY ORIGINAL LIEN GRANTORS
(as of the Closing Date)
PART 1 -- Securities
None.
PART 2 -- Securities Accounts
None.
S-2-1
EXHIBIT A
to Security Agreement
SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT
SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT dated as of , , between [NAME OF
------- ----
LIEN GRANTOR] (the "Lien Grantor") and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative
Agent.
WHEREAS, Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc., the Guarantors party thereto
and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, are parties to a Guarantee
and Security Agreement dated as of October 30, 2003 (as heretofore amended
and/or supplemented, the "Security Agreement") under which Keystone Automotive
Operations, Inc. secures certain of its obligations (the "Secured Obligations")
and the Guarantors guarantee the Secured Obligations and secure their respective
guarantees thereof;
WHEREAS, [name of Lien Grantor] desires to become [is] a party to the
Security Agreement as a Guarantor and Lien Grantor thereunder;/1/ and
WHEREAS, terms defined in the Security Agreement (or whose definitions are
incorporated by reference in Section 1 of the Security Agreement) and not
otherwise defined herein have, as used herein, the respective meanings provided
for therein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Secured Guarantee./2/ The Lien Grantor unconditionally guarantees the
full and punctual payment of each Secured Obligation when due (whether at stated
maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise). The Lien Grantor acknowledges that,
by signing this Security Agreement Supplement and delivering it to the
Administrative Agent, the Lien Grantor becomes a "Guarantor" and "Lien Grantor"
for all purposes of the Security Agreement and that its obligations under the
foregoing Secured Guarantee are subject to all the provisions of the Security
----------
/1/ If the Lien Grantor is the Borrower, delete this recital and Section 1
hereof.
/2/ Delete this Section if the Lien Grantor is the Borrower or a Guarantor
that is already a party to the Security Agreement.
A-1
Agreement (including those set forth in Section 2 thereof) applicable to the
obligations of a Guarantor thereunder.
2. Grant of Transaction Liens. (a) In order to secure [its Secured
Guarantee]/3/ [the Secured Obligations]/4/, the Lien Grantor grants to the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a continuing
security interest in all the following property of the Lien Grantor, whether now
owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising and regardless of where
located (the "New Collateral"):
[describe property being added to the Collateral]/5/
(b) With respect to each right to payment or performance included in
the Collateral from time to time, the Transaction Lien granted therein
includes a continuing security interest in (i) any Supporting Obligation
that supports such payment or performance and (ii) any Lien that (x)
secures such right to payment or performance or (y) secures any such
Supporting Obligation.
(c) The foregoing Transaction Liens are granted as security only (not
as a transfer of the title to any New Collateral, other than upon the
exercise of remedies in accordance with the terms of the Security
Agreement) and shall not subject the Administrative Agent or any other
Secured Party to, or transfer or in any way affect or modify, any
obligation or liability of the Lien Grantor with respect to any of the New
Collateral or any transaction in connection therewith. Each Lien Grantor
may continue to exploit, use, enjoy and protect the New Collateral in the
ordinary course of its business subject to the provisions of the Credit
Agreement.
3. Delivery of Collateral. Concurrently with delivering this Security
Agreement Supplement to the Administrative Agent, the Lien Grantor is complying
with the provisions of Section 9 of the Security Agreement with respect to
Investment Property, in each case if and to the extent included in the New
Collateral at such time.
----------
/3/ Delete bracketed words if the Lien Grantor is the Borrower.
/4/ Delete bracketed words if the Lien Grantor is a Guarantor.
/5/ If the Lien Grantor is not already a party to the Security Agreement,
clauses (i) through (xi) of, and the proviso to, Section 3(a) of the Security
Agreement may be appropriate.
A-2
4. Party to Security Agreement. Upon delivering this Security Agreement
Supplement to the Administrative Agent, the Lien Grantor will become a party to
the Security Agreement and will thereafter have all the rights and obligations
of a Guarantor and a Lien Grantor thereunder and be bound by all the provisions
thereof as fully as if the Lien Grantor were one of the original parties
thereto./6/
5. Representations and Warranties. (a) The Lien Grantor is duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of [jurisdiction of
organization].
(b) The Lien Grantor has delivered a Perfection Certificate to the
Administrative Agent. The information set forth therein is correct and
complete as of the date hereof.
(c) The execution and delivery of this Security Agreement Supplement
by the Lien Grantor and the performance by it of its obligations under the
Security Agreement as supplemented hereby are within its corporate or other
powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other
action, require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any
governmental body, agency or official and do not and will not (a)
contravene the terms of any of the Lien Grantor's Organization Documents;
(b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the
creation of any Lien (except a Transaction Lien) under, (i) any Contractual
Obligation to which the Lien Grantor is a party or affecting the Lien
Grantor or the properties of such Lien Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries
or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority
or any arbitral award to which such Lien Grantor or its property is
subject; or (c) violate any Law, except to the extent any such
contraventions, conflicts and violations (but excluding from this exception
any such contraventions, conflicts or violations under any instrument or
agreement relating to any public Indebtedness), individually or in the
aggregate (together with any such contraventions, conflicts and violations
of the other Loan Parties), could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(d) The Security Agreement as supplemented hereby constitutes a valid
and binding agreement of the Lien Grantor, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except as limited by (i) applicable
----------
/6/ Delete Section 4 if the Lien Grantor is already a party to the Security
Agreement.
A-3
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally and (ii) general principles of
equity.
(e) Each of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections
4, 9 and 10 of the Security Agreement is true as applied to the Lien
Grantor and the New Collateral. For purposes of the foregoing sentence,
references in said Sections to a "Lien Grantor" shall be deemed to refer to
the Lien Grantor, references to Schedules to the Security Agreement shall
be deemed to refer to the corresponding Schedules to this Security
Agreement Supplement, references to "Collateral" shall be deemed to refer
to the New Collateral, and references to the "Closing Date" shall be deemed
to refer to the date on which the Lien Grantor signs and delivers this
Security Agreement Supplement.
6. Governing Law. This Security Agreement Supplement shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Security Agreement
Supplement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the
day and year first above written.
[NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR]
By:
-------------------------------
Name:
Title:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
Administrative Agent
By:
-------------------------------
Name:
Title:
A-4
Schedule 1
to Security Agreement
Supplement
EQUITY INTERESTS IN SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES
OWNED BY LIEN GRANTOR
Jurisdiction
of Percentage Number of
Issuer Organization Owned Shares or Units
------ ------------ ---------- ---------------
A-5
Schedule 2
to Security Agreement
Supplement
INVESTMENT PROPERTY
(other than Equity Interests in Subsidiaries and Affiliates)
OWNED BY LIEN GRANTOR
PART 1 -- Securities
Jurisdiction
of Amount Type of
Issuer Organization Owned Security
------ ------------ ------ --------
PART 2 -- Securities Accounts
The Lien Grantor owns Security Entitlements with respect to Financial Assets
credited to the following Securities Accounts:/1/
----------
/1/ If any such Securities Account holds material long-term investments and
is not a trading account, more detailed information as to such investments could
appropriately be required to be disclosed in this Schedule.
A-6
EXHIBIT B
to Security Agreement
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT
(Copyrights, Copyright Registrations, Copyright
Applications and Copyright Licenses)
WHEREAS, [name of Lien Grantor], a corporation/1/ (herein
-------------
referred to as the "Lien Grantor") owns, or in the case of licenses is a party
to, the Copyright Collateral (as defined below);
WHEREAS, Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc. (the "Borrower"), Keystone
Automotive Holdings, Inc., the Lenders party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, are parties to a
Credit Agreement dated as of October 30, 2003 (as amended from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to (i) a Guarantee and Security Agreement dated as of
October , 2003 (as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, the
--
"Security Agreement") among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto and Bank
of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties referred to
therein (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the
"Grantee"), and (ii) certain other Security Documents (including this Copyright
Security Agreement), the Lien Grantor has [secured certain of its obligations
(the "Secured Obligations")]/2/ [guaranteed certain obligations of the Borrower
and secured such guarantee (the "Lien Grantor's Secured Guarantee")]/3/ by
granting to the Grantee for the benefit of such Secured Parties a continuing
security interest in personal property of the Lien Grantor, including all right,
title and interest of the Lien Grantor in, to and under the Copyright Collateral
(as defined below);
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Lien Grantor grants to the
Grantee, to secure the [Secured Obligations] [Lien Grantor's Secured Guarantee],
----------
/1/ Modify as needed if the Lien Grantor is not a corporation.
/2/ Delete these bracketed words if the Lien Grantor is a Guarantor.
/3/ Delete these bracketed words if the Lien Grantor is the Borrower.
B-1
a continuing security interest in all of the Lien Grantor's right, title and
interest in, to and under the following (all of the following items or types of
property being herein collectively referred to as the "Copyright Collateral"),
whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising:
(i) each Copyright (as defined in the Security Agreement) owned by the
Lien Grantor, including, without limitation, each Copyright registration or
application therefor referred to in Schedule 1 hereto;
(ii) each Copyright License (as defined in the Security Agreement) to
which the Lien Grantor is a party, including, without limitation, each
Copyright License identified in Schedule 1 hereto; provided that any
Copyright License which would be rendered invalid or unenforceable by the
grant of a security interest created pursuant to the terms of this
Copyright Security Agreement are excluded from the foregoing security
interests only for so long as, and to the extent that, such prohibition or
reason for such invalidity exists; and
(iii) all proceeds of, revenues from, and accounts and general
intangibles arising out of, the foregoing, including, without limitation,
all proceeds of and revenues from any claim by the Lien Grantor against
third parties for past, present or future infringement of any Copyright
(including, without limitation, any Copyright owned by the Lien Grantor and
identified in Schedule 1), and all rights and benefits of the Lien Grantor
under any Copyright License (including, without limitation, any Copyright
License identified in Schedule 1); provided that any Copyright License
which would be rendered invalid or unenforceable by the grant of a security
interest created pursuant to the terms of this Copyright Security Agreement
are excluded from the foregoing security interests only for so long as, and
to the extent that, such prohibition or reason for such invalidity exists.
The Lien Grantor irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Grantee and any
officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and
lawful attorney-in-fact with full power and authority in the name of the Lien
Grantor or in the Grantee's name, from time to time, in the Grantee's
discretion, so long as any Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, to take with respect to the Copyright Collateral any and all
appropriate action which the Lien Grantor might take with respect to the
Copyright Collateral and to execute any and all documents and instruments which
may be necessary or desirable to carry out the terms of this Copyright Security
Agreement and to accomplish the purposes hereof.
B-2
Except to the extent expressly permitted in the Security Agreement or the
Credit Agreement, the Lien Grantor agrees not to sell, license, exchange, assign
or otherwise transfer or dispose of, or grant any rights with respect to, or
mortgage or otherwise encumber, any of the Copyright Collateral.
The foregoing security interest is granted in conjunction with the security
interests granted by the Lien Grantor to the Grantee pursuant to the Security
Agreement. The Lien Grantor acknowledges and affirms that the rights and
remedies of the Grantee with respect to the security interest in the Copyright
Collateral granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement,
the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if
fully set forth herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Lien Grantor has caused this Copyright Security
Agreement to be duly executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the
day of , .
--- ---------- ----
[NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR]
By:
-------------------------------
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
By:
----------------------------------
Name:
Title:
B-3
STATE OF )
-----------
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
----------
I, , a Notary Public in and for said County, in the
----------------------
State aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that ,
-------------------------
of [NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR] (the "Company"), personally known to
---------------
me to be the same person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument as
such , appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged
-----------------
that (s)he signed, executed and delivered the said instrument as her/his own
free and voluntary act and as the free and voluntary act of said Company, for
the uses and purposes therein set forth being duly authorized so to do.
GIVEN under my hand and Notarial Seal this day of ,
--- ---------------
.
----
[Seal]
--------------------------------
Signature of notary public
My Commission expires
----------
B-4
Schedule 1
to Copyright
Security Agreement
[NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR]
COPYRIGHT REGISTRATIONS
Expiration
Registration No. Registration Date Title Date
---------------- ----------------- ----- ----------
COPYRIGHT APPLICATIONS
Case No. Serial No. Country Date Filing Title
-------- ---------- ------- ---- ------------
COPYRIGHT LICENSES
Name of Parties Date of Subject
Agreement Licensor/Licensee Agreement Matter
--------- ----------------- --------- -------
B-5
EXHIBIT C
to Security Agreement
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
(Patents, Patent Applications and Patent Licenses)
WHEREAS, [name of Lien Grantor], a corporation/1/ (herein
-------------
referred to as the "Lien Grantor") owns, or in the case of licenses is a party
to, the Patent Collateral (as defined below);
WHEREAS, Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc. (the "Borrower"), Keystone
Automotive Holdings, Inc., the Lenders party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, are parties to a
Credit Agreement dated as of October 30, 2003 (as amended from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to (i) a Guarantee and Security Agreement dated as of
October , 2003 (as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, the
--
"Security Agreement") among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto and Bank
of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties referred to
therein (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the
"Grantee"), and (ii) certain other Security Documents (including this Patent
Security Agreement), the Lien Grantor has [secured certain of its obligations
(the "Secured Obligations")]/2/ [guaranteed certain obligations of the Borrower
and secured such guarantee (the "Lien Grantor's Secured Guarantee")]/3/ by
granting to the Grantee for the benefit of such Secured Parties a continuing
security interest in personal property of the Lien Grantor, including all right,
title and interest of the Lien Grantor in, to and under the Patent Collateral
(as defined below);
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Lien Grantor grants to the
Grantee, to secure the [Secured Obligations] [Lien Grantor's Secured Guarantee],
a continuing security interest in all of the Lien Grantor's right, title and
interest in,
----------
/1/ Modify as needed if the Lien Grantor is not a corporation.
/2/ Delete these bracketed words if the Lien Grantor is a Guarantor.
/3/ Delete these bracketed words if the Lien Grantor is the Borrower.
C-1
to and under the following (all of the following items or types of property
being herein collectively referred to as the "Patent Collateral"), whether now
owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising:
(i) each Patent (as defined in the Security Agreement) owned by the
Lien Grantor, including, without limitation, each Patent referred to in
Schedule 1 hereto;
(ii) each Patent License (as defined in the Security Agreement) to
which the Lien Grantor is a party, including, without limitation, each
Patent License identified in Schedule 1 hereto; provided that any Patent
License which would be rendered invalid or unenforceable by the grant of a
security interest created pursuant to the terms of this Patent Security
Agreement are excluded from the foregoing security interests only for so
long as, and to the extent that, such prohibition or reason for such
invalidity exists; and
(iii) all proceeds of and revenues from the foregoing, including,
without limitation, all proceeds of and revenues from any claim by the Lien
Grantor against third parties for past, present or future infringement of
any Patent owned by the Lien Grantor (including, without limitation, any
Patent identified in Schedule 1 hereto) and all rights and benefits of the
Lien Grantor under any Patent License (including, without limitation, any
Patent License identified in Schedule 1 hereto); provided that any Patent
License which would be rendered invalid or unenforceable by the grant of a
security interest created pursuant to the terms of this Patent Security
Agreement are excluded from the foregoing security interests only for so
long as, and to the extent that, such prohibition or reason for such
invalidity exists.
The Lien Grantor irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Grantee and any
officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and
lawful attorney-in-fact with full power and authority in the name of the Lien
Grantor or in the Grantee's name, from time to time, in the Grantee's
discretion, so long as any Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, to take with respect to the Patent Collateral any and all
appropriate action which the Lien Grantor might take with respect to the Patent
Collateral and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be
necessary or desirable to carry out the terms of this Patent Security Agreement
and to accomplish the purposes hereof.
Except to the extent expressly permitted in the Security Agreement or the
Credit Agreement, the Lien Grantor agrees not to sell, license, exchange, assign
or otherwise transfer or dispose of, or grant any rights with respect to, or
mortgage or otherwise encumber, any of the Patent Collateral.
C-2
The foregoing security interest is granted in conjunction with the security
interests granted by the Lien Grantor to the Grantee pursuant to the Security
Agreement. The Lien Grantor acknowledges and affirms that the rights and
remedies of the Grantee with respect to the security interest in the Patent
Collateral granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement,
the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if
fully set forth herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Lien Grantor has caused this Patent Security
Agreement to be duly executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the
day of , .
---- ------------ ----
[NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR]
By:
-------------------------------
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
By:
----------------------------------
Name:
Title:
C-3
STATE OF )
-----------
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
----------
I, , a Notary Public in and for said County, in the
----------------------
State aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that ,
-------------------------
of [NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR] (the "Company"), personally known to
---------------
me to be the same person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument as
such , appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged
-----------------
that (s)he signed, executed and delivered the said instrument as her/his own
free and voluntary act and as the free and voluntary act of said Company, for
the uses and purposes therein set forth being duly authorized so to do.
GIVEN under my hand and Notarial Seal this day of ,
--- ---------------
.
----
[Seal]
--------------------------------
Signature of notary public
My Commission expires
----------
C-4
Schedule 1
to Patent
Security Agreement
[NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR]
PATENTS AND DESIGN PATENTS
Patent No. Issued Expiration Country Title
---------- ------ ---------- ------- -----
PATENT APPLICATIONS
Case No. Serial No. Country Date Filing Title
-------- ---------- ------- ---- ------------
PATENT LICENSES
Name of Parties Date of Subject
Agreement Licensor/Licensee Agreement Matter
--------- ----------------- --------- -------
C-5
EXHIBIT D
to Security Agreement
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
(Trademarks, Trademark Registrations, Trademark
Applications and Trademark Licenses)
WHEREAS, [name of Lien Grantor], a corporation/1/ (herein
-------------
referred to as the "Lien Grantor") owns, or in the case of licenses is a party
to, the Trademark Collateral (as defined below);
WHEREAS, Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc. (the "Borrower"), Keystone
Automotive Holdings, Inc., the Lenders party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, are parties to a
Credit Agreement dated as of October 30, 2003 (as amended from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to (i) a Guarantee and Security Agreement dated as of
October , 2003 (as amended and/or supplemented from time to time, the
--
"Security Agreement") among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto and Bank
of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties referred to
therein (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the
"Grantee"), and (ii) certain other Security Documents (including this Trademark
Security Agreement), the Lien Grantor has [secured certain of its obligations
(the "Secured Obligations")]/2/ [guaranteed certain obligations of the Borrower
and secured such guarantee (the "Lien Grantor's Secured Guarantee")]/3/ by
granting to the Grantee for the benefit of such Secured Parties a continuing
security interest in personal property of the Lien Grantor, including all right,
title and interest of the Lien Grantor in, to and under the Trademark Collateral
(as defined below);
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Lien Grantor grants to the
Grantee, to secure the [Secured Obligations] [Lien Grantor's Secured Guarantee],
----------
/1/ Modify as needed if the Lien Grantor is not a corporation.
/2/ Delete these bracketed words if the Lien Grantor is a Guarantor.
/3/ Delete these bracketed words if the Lien Grantor is the Borrower.
D-1
a continuing security interest in all of the Lien Grantor's right, title and
interest in, to and under the following (all of the following items or types of
property being herein collectively referred to as the "Trademark Collateral"),
whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising:
(i) each Trademark (as defined in the Security Agreement) owned by the
Lien Grantor, including, without limitation, each Trademark registration
and application referred to in Schedule 1 hereto, and all of the goodwill
of the business connected with the use of, or symbolized by, each
Trademark;
(ii) each Trademark License (as defined in the Security Agreement) to
which the Lien Grantor is a party, including, without limitation, each
Trademark License identified in Schedule 1 hereto, and all of the goodwill
of the business connected with the use of, or symbolized by, each Trademark
licensed pursuant thereto; provided that any Trademark License which would
be rendered invalid or unenforceable by the grant of a security interest
created pursuant to the terms of this Trademark Security Agreement are
excluded from the foregoing security interests only for so long as, and to
the extent that, such prohibition or reason for such invalidity exists; and
(iii) all proceeds of and revenues from the foregoing, including,
without limitation, all proceeds of and revenues from any claim by the Lien
Grantor against third parties for past, present or future unfair
competition with, or violation of intellectual property rights in
connection with or injury to, or infringement or dilution of, any Trademark
owned by the Lien Grantor (including, without limitation, any Trademark
identified in Schedule 1 hereto), and all rights and benefits of the Lien
Grantor under any Trademark License (including, without limitation, any
Trademark License identified in Schedule 1 hereto), or for injury to the
goodwill associated with any of the foregoing; provided that any Trademark
License which would be rendered invalid or unenforceable by the grant of a
security interest created pursuant to the terms of this Trademark Security
Agreement are excluded from the foregoing security interests only for so
long as, and to the extent that, such prohibition or reason for such
invalidity exists.
The Lien Grantor irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Grantee and any
officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and
lawful attorney-in-fact with full power and authority in the name of the Lien
Grantor or in the Grantee's name, from time to time, in the Grantee's
discretion, so long as any Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, to take with respect to the Trademark Collateral any and all
appropriate action which the Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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might take with respect to the Trademark Collateral and to execute any and all
documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to carry out the
terms of this Trademark Security Agreement and to accomplish the purposes
hereof.
Except to the extent expressly permitted in the Security Agreement or the
Credit Agreement, the Lien Grantor agrees not to sell, license, exchange, assign
or otherwise transfer or dispose of, or grant any rights with respect to, or
mortgage or otherwise encumber, any of the Trademark Collateral.
The foregoing security interest is granted in conjunction with the security
interests granted by the Lien Grantor to the Grantee pursuant to the Security
Agreement. The Lien Grantor acknowledges and affirms that the rights and
remedies of the Grantee with respect to the security interest in the Trademark
Collateral granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement,
the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if
fully set forth herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Lien Grantor has caused this Trademark Security
Agreement to be duly executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the
day of , .
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[NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR]
By:
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Name:
Title:
Acknowledged:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
By:
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Name:
Title:
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STATE OF )
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) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
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I, , a Notary Public in and for said County, in the
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State aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that ,
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of [NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR] (the "Company"), personally known to
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me to be the same person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument as
such , appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged
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that (s)he signed, executed and delivered the said instrument as her/his own
free and voluntary act and as the free and voluntary act of said Company, for
the uses and purposes therein set forth being duly authorized so to do.
GIVEN under my hand and Notarial Seal this day of ,
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.
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[Seal]
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Signature of notary public
My Commission expires
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Schedule 1
to Trademark
Security Agreement
[NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR]
U.S. TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS
TRADEMARK REG. NO. REG. DATE
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U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS
TRADEMARK REG. NO. REG. DATE
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TRADEMARK LICENSES
Name of Parties Date of Subject
Agreement Licensor/Licensee Agreement Matter
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EXHIBIT E
to Security Agreement
PERFECTION CERTIFICATE/1/
The undersigned is a duly authorized officer of [NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR] (the
"Lien Grantor"). With reference to the Guarantee and Security Agreement dated as
of October 30, 2003 among Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc., the Guarantors
party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (terms defined
therein being used herein as therein defined), the undersigned certifies to the
Administrative Agent and each other Secured Party as follows:
A. Information Required for Filings and Searches for Prior Filings.
1. Jurisdiction of Organization. The Lien Grantor is a corporation/2/
organized under the laws of .
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2. Name. The exact [corporate] name of the Lien Grantor as it appears
in its [certificate of incorporation] is as follows:
3. Prior Names.(a) Set forth below is each other [corporate] name that
the Lien Grantor has had since its organization, together with the date of
the relevant change:
(b) Except as set forth in Schedule hereto, the Lien Grantor has
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not changed its corporate structure/3/ in any way within the past five
years.
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/1/ This certificate may require substantial modifications, e.g., if the
Lien Grantor is newly formed or if filings and file searches are to occur after
the closing.
/2/ Modify as needed if the Lien Grantor is not a corporation.
/3/ Changes in corporate structure would include mergers and
consolidations, as well as any change in the Lien Grantor's form of
organization. If any such change has occurred, include
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(c) No material portion of the Lien Grantor's Collateral was acquired
from another Person within the past five years, except
(i) property sold to the Lien Grantor by another Person in the
ordinary course of such other Person's business;
(ii) property with respect to which the Transaction Liens are to
be perfected by taking possession or control thereof;
(iii) property acquired in transactions described in Schedule
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hereto; and
(iv) other property having an aggregate fair market value not
exceeding $15,000,000.
4. Filing Office. In order to perfect the Transaction Liens granted by
the Lien Grantor in Collateral for which a security interest therein may be
perfected by filing a Form UCC-1 financing statement, a duly completed
financing statement on Form UCC-1, with the collateral described as set
forth on Exhibit A hereto, should be on file in the office of
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in /5/
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B. Additional Information Required for Searches for Prior Filings Under Old
Article 9.
1. Current Locations. (a) The chief executive office of the Lien
Grantor is located at the following address:
Mailing Address County State
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The Lien Grantor [does] [does not] have a place of business in another county of
the State listed above.
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(continued...)
in Schedule the information required by Part A of this certificate as to each
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constituent party to a merger or consolidation and any other predecessor
organization.
/5/ Insert Lien Grantor's "location" determined as provided in UCC Section
9-307.
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(b) The following are all places of business of the Lien Grantor not
identified above:
Mailing Address County State
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(c) The following are all locations not identified above where the
Lien Grantor maintains any Inventory:
Mailing Address County State
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(d) The following are the names and addresses of all Persons (other
than the Lien Grantor) that have possession of any of the Lien Grantor's
Inventory:
Mailing Address County State
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2. Prior Locations. (a) Set forth below is the information required by
paragraphs (a) and (b) of Part B-1 above with respect to each other
location or place of business maintained by the Lien Grantor at any time
during the past five years:
(b) Set forth below is the information required by paragraphs (c) and
(d) of Part B-1 above with respect to each other location or bailee where
or with whom any of the Lien Grantor's Inventory has been lodged at any
time during the past four months:
C. Search Reports.
Attached hereto as Schedule is a true copy of a file search report from
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the central UCC filing office in each jurisdiction identified in Part A-4 and
Part B above with respect to each name set forth in Part A-2 and Part A-3 above
(searches in local filing offices, if any, are not required). Attached hereto as
Schedule is a true copy of each financing statement or other filing
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identified in such file search reports.
D. UCC Filings.
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Attached hereto as Schedule is a schedule setting forth filing
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information with respect to the filings referred to in Part A-4 and Part B
above. All filing fees and taxes payable in connection with such filings have
been paid. Attached hereto as Schedule is a true copy of each such filing
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duly acknowledged by the filing officer.
E. Absence of Certain Property.
The Lien Grantor does not own any assets of material value which constitute
commercial tort claims, farm products, electronic chattel paper,
letter-of-credit rights which are not supporting obligations or as-extracted
collateral, as each of the foregoing terms is defined in the UCC.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this day of ,
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.
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Name:
Title:
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Exhibit A
to Perfection Certificate
DESCRIPTION OF COLLATERAL
All personal property.
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Schedule to
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Perfection Certificate
SCHEDULE OF FILINGS
AGAINST ,
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AS DEBTOR
Filing Office File Number Date of Filing/9/
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/9/ Also indicate lapse date, if other than fifth anniversary.
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EXHIBIT F
to Security Agreement
ISSUER CONTROL AGREEMENT
ISSUER CONTROL AGREEMENT dated as of , among (the
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"Lien Grantor"), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the "Secured
Party"), and (the "Issuer"). All references herein to the "UCC" refer
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to the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in [Issuer's
jurisdiction of incorporation].
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Lien Grantor is the registered holder of [specify Pledged
Uncertificated Securities issued by the Issuer] issued by the Issuer (the
"Securities");
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Guarantee and Security Agreement dated as of October
30, 2003 (as such agreement may be amended and/or supplemented from time to
time, the "Security Agreement"), the Lien Grantor has granted to the Secured
Party a continuing security interest (the "Transaction Lien") in all right,
title and interest of the Lien Grantor in, to and under the Securities, whether
now existing or hereafter arising; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are entering into this Agreement in order to
perfect the Transaction Lien on the Securities;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Nature of Securities. The Issuer confirms that (i) the
Securities are "uncertificated securities" (as defined in Section 8-102 of the
UCC) and (ii) the Lien Grantor is registered on the books of the Issuer as the
registered holder of the Securities.
Section 2. Instructions. The Issuer agrees to comply with any "instruction"
(as defined in Section 8-102 of the UCC) originated by the Secured Party and
relating to the Securities without further consent by the Lien Grantor or any
other person. The Lien Grantor consents to the foregoing agreement by the
Issuer.
Section 3. Waiver of Lien; Waiver of Set-off. The Issuer waives any
security interest, lien or right of set-off that it may now have or hereafter
acquire in or with respect to the Securities. The Issuer's obligations in
respect of the
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Securities will not be subject to deduction, set-off or any other right in favor
of any person other than the Secured Party.
Section 4. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of
[Issuer's jurisdiction of incorporation]./1/
Section 5. Conflict with Other Agreements. There is no agreement (except
this Agreement) between the Issuer and the Lien Grantor with respect to the
Securities [except for [identify any existing other agreements] (the "Existing
Other Agreements")]. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any
portion hereof) and any other agreement [(including any Existing Other
Agreement)] between the Issuer and the Lien Grantor with respect to the
Securities, whether now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this
Agreement shall prevail.
Section 6. Amendments. No amendment or modification of this Agreement or
waiver of any right hereunder shall be binding on any party hereto unless it is
in writing and is signed by all the parties hereto.
Section 7. Notice of Adverse Claims. Except for the claims and interests of
the Secured Party and the Lien Grantor in the Securities, the Issuer does not
know of any claim to, or interest in, the Securities. If any person asserts any
lien, encumbrance or adverse claim (including any writ, garnishment, judgment,
attachment, execution or similar process) against the Securities, the Issuer
will promptly notify the Secured Party and the Lien Grantor thereof.
Section 8. Maintenance of Securities. In addition to, and not in lieu of,
the obligation of the Issuer to honor instructions as agreed in Section 2
hereof, the Issuer agrees as follows:
(i) Lien Grantor Instructions; Notice of Exclusive Control. So long as
the Issuer has not received a Notice of Exclusive Control (as defined
below), the Issuer may comply with instructions of the Lien Grantor or any
duly authorized agent of the Lien Grantor in respect of the Securities.
After the Issuer receives a written notice from the Secured
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/1/ If the Issuer's jurisdiction of incorporation is not a State in the
United States that has adopted the revisions to Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC
promulgated in 1994, this form of Issuer Control Agreement may not be
appropriate. It may be necessary to transfer the relevant securities into the
Administrative Agent's name to obtain comparable results under the laws of such
jurisdiction.
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Party that it is exercising exclusive control over the Securities (a
"Notice of Exclusive Control"), the Issuer will cease complying with
instructions of the Lien Grantor or any of its agents.
(ii) Dividends and Distributions. Upon receipt of a Notice of
Exclusive Control, the Issuer shall deliver to the Secured Party all
dividends, interest and other distributions paid or made upon or with
respect to the Securities.
(iii) Voting Rights. Until the Issuer receives a Notice of Exclusive
Control, the Lien Grantor shall be entitled to direct the Issuer with
respect to voting the Securities.
(iv) Statements and Confirmations. Upon receipt of a Notice of
Exclusive Control or, prior to receipt of such notice, at the request of
the Secured Party, the Issuer will promptly send copies of all statements
and other correspondence concerning the Securities simultaneously to each
of the Lien Grantor and the Secured Party at their respective addresses
specified in Section 11 hereof.
(v) Tax Reporting. All items of income, gain, expense and loss
recognized in respect of the Securities shall be reported to the Internal
Revenue Service and all state and local taxing authorities under the name
and taxpayer identification number of the Lien Grantor.
Section 9. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Issuer. The
Issuer makes the following representations, warranties and covenants:
(i) This Agreement is a valid and binding agreement of the Issuer
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other
similar laws and equitable principles relating to or limiting creditors'
rights generally.
(ii) The Issuer has not entered into, and until the termination of
this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person
relating to the Securities pursuant to which it has agreed, or will agree,
to comply with instructions (as defined in Section 8-102 of the UCC) of
such person. The Issuer has not entered into any other agreement with the
Lien Grantor or the Secured Party purporting to limit or condition the
obligation of the Issuer to comply with instructions as agreed in Section 2
hereof.
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Section 10. Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall
inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns.
Section 11. Notices. Each notice, request or other communication given to
any party hereunder shall be in writing (which term includes facsimile or other
electronic transmission) and shall be effective (i) when delivered to such party
at its address specified below, (ii) when sent to such party by facsimile or
other electronic transmission, addressed to it at its facsimile number or
electronic address specified below, and such party sends back an electronic
confirmation of receipt or (iii) ten days after being sent to such party by
certified or registered United States mail, addressed to it at its address
specified below, with first class or airmail postage prepaid:
Lien Grantor:
Secured Party:
Issuer:
Any party may change its address, facsimile number and/or e-mail address for
purposes of this Section by giving notice of such change to the other parties in
the manner specified above.
Section 12. Termination. The rights and powers granted herein to the
Secured Party (i) have been granted in order to perfect the Transaction Lien,
(ii) are powers coupled with an interest and (iii) will not be affected by any
bankruptcy of the Lien Grantor or any lapse of time. The obligations of the
Issuer hereunder shall continue in effect until the Secured Party has
acknowledged in writing that the Transaction Lien has been terminated pursuant
to the Security Agreement.
Section 13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any
party hereto may execute this Agreement by signing and delivering one or more
counterparts.
[NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR]
By:
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Name:
Title:
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XXXX XX XXXXXXX. N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
By:
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Name:
Title:
[NAME OF ISSUER]
By:
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Name:
Title:
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Exhibit A
[Letterhead of Secured Party]
[Date]
[Name and Address of Issuer]
Attention:
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Re: Notice of Exclusive Control
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As referenced in the Issuer Control Agreement dated as of ,
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among [name of Lien Grantor], us and you (a copy of which is attached), we
notify you that we will hereafter exercise exclusive control over [specify
Pledged Uncertificated Securities] registered in the name of [name of Lien
Grantor] (the "Securities"). You are instructed not to accept any directions or
instructions with respect to the Securities from any person other than the
undersigned unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
You are instructed to deliver a copy of this notice by facsimile
transmission to [name of Lien Grantor].
Very truly yours,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
By:
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Name:
Title:
cc: [name of Lien Grantor]
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EXHIBIT G
to Security Agreement
SECURITIES ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT
SECURITIES ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT dated as of , among
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(the "Lien Grantor"), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative
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Agent (the "Secured Party"), and (the "Securities Intermediary"). All
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references herein to the "UCC" refer to the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
from time to time in [the State of New York]./1/ Terms defined in the UCC have
the same meanings when used herein.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Lien Grantor is the entitlement holder with respect to the
Account (as defined below);
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Guarantee and Security Agreement dated as of October
30, 2003 (as such agreement may be amended and/or supplemented from time to
time, the "Security Agreement"), the Lien Grantor has granted to the Secured
Party a continuing security interest (the "Transaction Lien") in all right,
title and interest of the Lien Grantor in, to and under the Account, all
financial assets credited thereto and all security entitlements in respect
thereof, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are entering into this Agreement in order to
perfect the Transaction Lien on the Account, all financial assets from time to
time credited thereto and all security entitlements in respect thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Establishment of Account. The Securities Intermediary confirms
that:
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/1/ See Section 4 below and the footnote thereto.
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(i) the Securities Intermediary has established account number
[identify account number] in the name of "[name of Lien Grantor]" (such
account and any successor account, the "Account"),
(ii) the Account is a "securities account" as defined in Section 8-501
of the UCC,
(iii) the Securities Intermediary is acting as a "securities
intermediary" (as defined in Section 8-102 of the UCC) in respect of the
Account,
(iv) the Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this
Agreement, treat the Lien Grantor as entitled to exercise the rights that
comprise all financial assets from time to time credited to the Account,
(v) all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary by or on
behalf of the Lien Grantor will be promptly credited to the Account, and
(vi) all financial assets (except cash) credited to the Account will
be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the
Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another securities
account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no
case will any financial asset credited to the Account be registered in the
name of the Lien Grantor, payable to the order of the Lien Grantor or
specially indorsed to the Lien Grantor unless such financial asset has been
further indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank.
Section 2. "Financial Assets" Election. The parties hereto agree that each
item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security,
instrument, cash or other property) credited to the Account shall be treated as
a "financial asset" within the meaning of Sections 8-102(a)(9) and 8-103 of the
UCC.
Section 3. Entitlement Orders. The Securities Intermediary agrees to comply
with any "entitlement order" (as defined in Section 8-102 of the UCC) originated
by the Secured Party and relating to the Account or any financial asset credited
thereto without further consent by the Lien Grantor or any other person. The
Lien Grantor consents to the foregoing agreement by the Securities Intermediary.
Section 4. Waiver of Lien; Waiver of Set-off. The Securities Intermediary
waives any security interest, lien or right to make deductions or setoffs that
it may now have or hereafter acquire in or with respect to the Account, any
financial
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asset credited thereto or any security entitlement in respect thereof. Neither
the financial assets credited to the Account nor the security entitlements in
respect thereof will be subject to deduction, set-off, banker's lien, or any
other right in favor of any person other than the Secured Party (except that the
Securities Intermediary may set off (i) all amounts due to it in respect of its
customary fees and expenses for the routine maintenance and operation of the
Account and (ii) the face amount of any checks that have been credited to the
Account but are subsequently returned unpaid because of uncollected or
insufficient funds).
Section 5. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance
with and governed by the laws of [the State of New York]./2/ [The State of New
York] shall be deemed to be the Securities Intermediary's jurisdiction for
purposes of the UCC (including, without limitation, Section 8-110 thereof).
Section 6. Conflict with Other Agreements. There is no agreement (except
this Agreement) between the Securities Intermediary and the Lien Grantor with
respect to the Account [except for [identify any existing other agreements] (the
"Existing Other Agreements")]. In the event of any conflict between this
Agreement (or any portion hereof) and any other agreement [(including any
Existing Other Agreement)] between the Securities Intermediary and the Lien
Grantor with respect to the Account, whether now existing or hereafter entered
into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. [If any Existing Other
Agreement does not specify that it is governed by the laws of [the jurisdiction
specified in Section 5], such Existing Other Agreement is hereby amended to
specify that it is governed by the laws of [the jurisdiction specified in
Section 5].
Section 7. Amendments. No amendment or modification of this Agreement or
waiver of any right hereunder shall be binding on any party hereto unless it is
in writing and is signed by all the parties hereto.
Section 8. Notice of Adverse Claims. Except for the claims and interests of
the Secured Party and the Lien Grantor, the Securities Intermediary does not
know of any claim to, or interest in, the Account, any financial asset credited
thereto or any security entitlement in respect thereof. If any person asserts
any lien, encumbrance or adverse claim (including any writ, garnishment,
judgment,
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/0/ Xxx Xxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx is acceptable, but the choice of New
York law (which Section 9-304 of the UCC permits regardless of other contacts)
allows a New York lawyer to give an opinion as to the effect of this Agreement.
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attachment, execution or similar process) against the Account, any financial
asset credited thereto or any security entitlement in respect thereof, the
Securities Intermediary will promptly notify the Secured Party and the Lien
Grantor thereof.
Section 9. Maintenance of Account. In addition to, and not in lieu of, the
obligation of the Securities Intermediary to honor entitlement orders as agreed
in Section 3 hereof, the Securities Intermediary agrees to maintain the Account
as follows:
(i) Lien Grantor Entitlement Orders; Notice of Exclusive Control. So
long as the Securities Intermediary has not received a Notice of Exclusive
Control (as defined below), the Securities Intermediary may, subject to
paragraph (iii) below, comply with entitlement orders of the Lien Grantor
or any duly authorized agent of the Lien Grantor in respect of the Account
and any or all financial assets credited thereto. After the Securities
Intermediary receives a written notice from the Secured Party that is
exercising exclusive control over the Account (a "Notice of Exclusive
Control"), the Securities Intermediary will cease complying with
entitlement orders of the Lien Grantor or any of its agents.
(ii) Voting Rights. Until the Securities Intermediary receives a
Notice of Exclusive Control, the Lien Grantor shall be entitled to direct
the Securities Intermediary with respect to the voting of any financial
assets credited to the Account.
(iii) Permitted Investments. Until the Securities Intermediary
receives a Notice of Exclusive Control, the Lien Grantor shall be entitled
to direct the Securities Intermediary with respect to the selection of
investments to be made and credited to the Account; provided that the
Securities Intermediary shall not honor any instruction or entitlement
order to purchase any investment except investments of a type described in
Exhibit B hereto./3/
(iv) Statements and Confirmations. Upon receipt of a Notice of
Exclusive Control or, prior to receipt of such notice, at the request of
the Secured Party, the Securities Intermediary will promptly send copies of
all statements, confirmations and other correspondence concerning the
Account and/or any financial assets credited thereto simultaneously to
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/3/ This Schedule should list the types of investments that are Permitted
Investments.
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each of the Lien Grantor and the Secured Party at their respective
addresses specified in Section 12 hereof.
(v) Tax Reporting. All items of income, gain, expense and loss
recognized in the Account or in respect of any financial assets credited
thereto that are required to be reported shall be reported to the Internal
Revenue Service and all state and local taxing authorities under the name
and taxpayer identification number of the Lien Grantor.
Section 10. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Securities
Intermediary. The Securities Intermediary makes the following representations,
warranties and covenants:
(i) The Account has been established as set forth in Section 1 above
and will be maintained in the manner set forth herein until this Agreement
is terminated. The Securities Intermediary will not change the name or
account number of the Account without the prior written consent of the
Secured Party.
(ii) No financial asset credited to the Account is or will be
registered in the name of the Lien Grantor, payable to the order of the
Lien Grantor, or specially indorsed to the Lien Grantor, unless such
financial asset has been further indorsed by the Lien Grantor to the
Securities Intermediary or in blank.
(iii) This Agreement is a valid and binding agreement of the
Securities Intermediary enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(iv) The Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the
termination of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any
person (other than the Secured Party) relating to the Account and/or any
financial asset credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed, or will
agree, to comply with entitlement orders of such person. The Securities
Intermediary has not entered into any other agreement with the Lien Grantor
or the Secured Party purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the
Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders as agreed in
Section 3 hereof.
Section 11. Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall
inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns.
Section 12. Notices. Each notice, request or other communication given to
any party hereunder shall be in writing (which term includes facsimile or other
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electronic transmission) and shall be effective (i) when delivered to such party
at its address specified below, (i) when sent to such party by facsimile or
other electronic transmission, addressed to it at its facsimile number or
electronic address specified below, and such party sends back an electronic
confirmation of receipt or (iii) ten days after being sent to such party by
certified or registered United States mail, addressed to it at its address
specified below, with first class or airmail postage prepaid:
Lien Grantor:
Secured Party:
Securities Intermediary:
Any party may change its address, facsimile number and/or e-mail address for
purposes of this Section by giving notice of such change to the other parties in
the manner specified above.
Section 13. Termination. The rights and powers granted herein to the
Secured Party (i) have been granted in order to perfect the Transaction Lien,
(ii) are powers coupled with an interest and (iii) will not be affected by any
bankruptcy of the Lien Grantor or any lapse of time. The obligations of the
Securities Intermediary hereunder shall continue in effect until the Secured
Party has acknowledged in writing that the Transaction Lien has been terminated
pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement.
[NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR]
By:
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Name:
Title:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
By:
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Name:
Title:
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[NAME OF SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY]
By:
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Name:
Title:
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Exhibit A
[Letterhead of Secured Party]
[Date]
[Name and Address of Securities Intermediary]
Attention:
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Re: Notice of Exclusive Control
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As referenced in the Securities Account Control Agreement dated as of
among [name of Lien Grantor], us and you (a copy of which is
------, ----
attached), we notify you that we will hereafter exercise exclusive control over
securities account number (the "Account"), all financial assets from
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time to time credited thereto and all security entitlements in respect thereof.
You are instructed not to accept any directions, instructions or entitlement
orders with respect to the Account or the financial assets credited thereto from
any person other than the undersigned unless otherwise ordered by a court of
competent jurisdiction.
You are instructed to deliver a copy of this notice by facsimile
transmission to [name of Lien Grantor].
Very truly yours,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
By:
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Name:
Title:
cc: [name of Lien Grantor]
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Exhibit B
Permitted Investments
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Exhibit H
DEPOSIT ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT
DEPOSIT ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT dated as of among
------, ----
(the "Lien Grantor"), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative
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Agent (the "Secured Party"), and (the "Bank"). All references herein
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to the "UCC" refer to the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time
in [the State of New York]./1/ Terms defined in the UCC have the same meanings
when used herein.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Lien Grantor is the Bank's customer (as defined in Section
4-104(1)(e) of the UCC) with respect to the Account (as defined below);
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Guarantee and Security Agreement dated as of October
30, 2003 (as such agreement may be amended and/or supplemented from time to
time, the "Security Agreement"), the Lien Grantor has granted to the Secured
Party a continuing security interest (the "Transaction Lien") in all right,
title and interest of the Lien Grantor in, to and under the Account; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are entering into this Agreement in order to
perfect the Transaction Lien on the Account and any and all funds or deposits
from time to time held therein or credited thereto, whether now owned or
existing or hereafter acquired or arising;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Establishment of Account. The Bank confirms that:
(i) the Bank has established account number [identify account number]
in the name of "[name of Lien Grantor]" (such account and any successor
account, the "Account");
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/1/ See Section 4 below and the footnote thereto.
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(ii) the Account is a "deposit account" as defined in Section
9-102(a)(29) of the UCC; and
(iii) the Bank is a "bank" (as defined in section 9-102 of the UCC)
and is acting in such capacity in respect of the Account.
Section 2. Instructions. The Lien Grantor, the Secured Party and the Bank
agree that the Bank will comply with (i) any instruction originated by the
Secured Party directing disposition of funds in the Account and (ii) any other
instruction from the Secured Party in respect of the Account, in each case
without further consent by the Lien Grantor or any other person.
Section 3. Waiver of Lien; Waiver of Set-off. The Bank waives any security
interest, lien or right to make deductions or setoffs that it may now have or
hereafter acquire in or with respect to the Account or any or all funds or
deposits from time to time held therein or credited thereto. No amounts credited
to the Account will be subject to deduction, set-off, banker's lien, or any
other right in favor of any person other than the Secured Party (except that the
Bank may set off (i) all amounts due to it in respect of its customary fees and
expenses for the routine maintenance and operation of the Account and (ii) the
face amount of any checks that have been credited to the Account but are
subsequently returned unpaid because of uncollected or insufficient funds).
Section 4. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance
with and governed by the laws of [the State of New York]./2/ [The State of New
York] shall be deemed to be the bank's jurisdiction (as defined in Section 9-304
of the UCC) with respect to the Account.
Section 5. Conflict with Other Agreements. There is no agreement (except
this Agreement) between the Bank and the Lien Grantor with respect to the
Account [except for [identify any existing other agreements] (the "Existing
Other Agreements")]. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any
portion hereof) and any other agreement [(including any Existing Other
Agreement)] between the Bank and the Lien Grantor with respect to the Account or
any or all funds or deposits from time to time held therein or credited thereto,
whether now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement
shall prevail. [If any Existing Other Agreement does not specify that it is
governed by
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/2/ Any State in the United States is acceptable, but the choice of New
York law (which Section 9-304 of the UCC permits regardless of other contacts)
allows a New York lawyer to give an opinion as to the effect of this Agreement.
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the laws of [the jurisdiction specified in Section 5], such Existing Other
Agreement is hereby amended to specify that it is governed by the laws of [the
jurisdiction specified in Section 5].
Section 6. Amendments. No amendment or modification of this Agreement or
waiver of any right hereunder shall be binding on any party hereto unless it is
in writing and is signed by all the parties hereto.
Section 7. Notice of Adverse Claims. Except for the claims and interests
of the Secured Party and the Lien Grantor, the Bank does not know of any claim
to, or interest in, the Account or any or all funds or deposits held therein or
credited thereto. If any person asserts any lien, encumbrance or adverse claim
(including any writ, garnishment, judgment, attachment, execution or similar
process) against the Account or any or all funds or deposits held therein or
credited thereto, the Bank will promptly notify the Secured Party and the Lien
Grantor thereof.
Section 8. Maintenance of Account. In addition to, and not in lieu of, the
obligation of the Bank to honor instructions originated by the Secured Party as
agreed in Section 3 hereof, the Bank agrees to maintain the Account as follows:
(i) Lien Grantor Entitlement Orders; Notice of Exclusive Control. So
long as the Bank has not received a Notice of Exclusive Control (as defined
below), the Bank may comply with instructions originated by the Lien
Grantor or any duly authorized agent of the Lien Grantor in respect of the
Account and any or all funds or deposits held therein or credited thereto.
After the Bank receives a written notice from the Secured Party that it is
exercising exclusive control over the Account (a "Notice of Exclusive
Control"), the Bank will cease complying with instructions originated by
the Lien Grantor or any of its agents.
(ii) Statements. Upon receipt of a Notice of Exclusive Control or,
prior to receipt of such notice, at the request of the Secured Party, the
Bank will promptly send copies of all statements and other correspondence
concerning the Account simultaneously to each of the Lien Grantor and the
Secured Party at their respective addresses specified in Section 12 hereof.
(iii) Tax Reporting. All items of income, gain, expense and loss
recognized in the Account or in respect of any funds or deposits held
therein or credited thereto that are required to be reported shall be
reported to the Internal Revenue Service and all state and local taxing
authorities under the name and taxpayer identification number of the Lien
Grantor.
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Section 9. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Bank. The Bank
makes the following representations, warranties and covenants:
(i) The Account has been established as set forth in Section 1 above
and will be maintained in the manner set forth herein until this Agreement
is terminated. The Bank will not change the name or account number of the
Account without the prior written consent of the Secured Party.
(ii) Neither the Account nor any funds or deposits at any time held
therein or credited thereto is or will be evidenced by any instrument (as
defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC) or constitutes or will constitute
investment property (as defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC)
(iii) This Agreement is a valid and binding agreement of the Bank
enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(iv) The Bank has not entered into, and until the termination of this
Agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any person (other than
the Secured Party) relating to the Account and/or any funds or deposits
held therein or credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed, or will
agree, to comply with instructions of such person. The Bank has not entered
into any other agreement with the Lien Grantor or the Secured Party
purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Bank to comply with
instructions originated by the Secured Party as agreed in Section 3 hereof.
Section 10. Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall
inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns.
Section 11. Notices. Each notice, request or other communication given to
any party hereunder shall be in writing (which term includes facsimile or other
electronic transmission) and shall be effective (i) when delivered to such party
at its address specified below, (ii) when sent to such party by facsimile or
other electronic transmission, addressed to it at its facsimile number or
electronic address specified below, and such party sends back an electronic
confirmation of receipt or (iii) ten days after being sent to such party by
certified or registered United States mail, addressed to it at its address
specified below, with first class or airmail postage prepaid:
Lien Grantor:
Secured Party:
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Bank:
Any party may change its address, facsimile number and/or e-mail address for
purposes of this Section by giving notice of such change to the other parties in
the manner specified above.
Section 12. Termination. The rights and powers granted herein to the
Secured Party (i) have been granted in order to perfect the Transaction Lien,
(ii) are powers coupled with an interest and (iii) will not be affected by any
bankruptcy of the Lien Grantor or any lapse of time. The obligations of the Bank
hereunder shall continue in effect until the Secured Party acknowledged in
writing that the Transaction Lien has been terminated pursuant to the terms of
the Security Agreement.
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[NAME OF LIEN GRANTOR]
By:
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Name:
Title:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
By:
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Name:
Title:
[NAME OF BANK]
By:
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Name:
Title:
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Exhibit A
[Letterhead of Secured Party]
[Date]
[Name and Address of Bank]
Attention:
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Re: Notice of Exclusive Control
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As referenced in the Deposit Account Control Agreement dated as of
------,
among [name of Lien Grantor], us and you (a copy of which is attached), we
----
notify you that we will hereafter exercise exclusive control over deposit
account number (the "Account") and all funds and deposits from time
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to time held therein or credited thereto. You are instructed not to accept any
directions or instructions with respect to the Account or the funds or deposits
held therein or credited thereto from any person other than the undersigned
unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
You are instructed to deliver a copy of this notice by facsimile
transmission to [name of Lien Grantor].
Very truly yours,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
By:
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Name:
Title:
cc: [name of Lien Xxxxxxx]
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