SECURITY AGREEMENT
PLEDGE
AND SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of November 6, 2008 (as amended, restated,
replaced, supplemented, modified or otherwise changed from time to time, this
"Agreement"),
made by each of the Grantors referred to below, in favor of Ableco Finance LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company, in its capacity as collateral agent for
the Secured Parties referred to below (in such capacity, together with its
successors and assigns in such capacity, if any, the "Collateral
Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
Monaco Coach Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Monaco"), each
subsidiary of Monaco listed as a "Borrower" on the
signature pages thereto (together with Monaco, each a "Borrower" and
collectively, the "Borrowers"), each
subsidiary of Monaco listed as a "Guarantor" on the
signature pages thereto (together with each other Person that becomes a
"Guarantor" thereunder or otherwise guaranties all or any part of the
Obligations (as defined in the Financing Agreement), each a "Guarantor" and
collectively, the "Guarantors", and
together with the Borrowers and each other Person that executes a supplement
hereto and becomes an "Additional Grantor" hereunder, each a "Grantor" and
collectively, the "Grantors"), the
lenders from time to time party thereto (each a "Lender" and
collectively, the "Lenders"), the
Collateral Agent, and Ableco, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such
capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, if any, the
"Administrative
Agent" and together with the Collateral Agent, each an "Agent" and
collectively, the "Agents") are parties
to a Financing Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2008 (such agreement, as
amended, restated, replaced, supplemented, modified or otherwise changed from
time to time, being hereinafter referred to as the "Financing
Agreement");
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Financing Agreement, the Lenders have agreed to make a term loan
(the "Loan") to
the Borrowers in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Total
Commitment (as defined in the Financing Agreement);
WHEREAS,
it is a condition precedent to the Lenders making the Loan to the Borrowers
pursuant to the Financing Agreement that each Grantor shall have executed and
delivered to the Collateral Agent a pledge to the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, and the grant to the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, of (a) a security interest in and Lien on the
outstanding shares of Equity Interests (as defined in the Financing Agreement)
and indebtedness from time to time owned by such Grantor of each Person now or
hereafter existing and in which such Grantor has any interest at any time, and
(b) a security interest in all other personal property and fixtures of such
Grantor;
WHEREAS,
the Grantors are mutually dependent on each other in the conduct of their
respective businesses as an integrated operation, with credit needed from time
to time by each Grantor often being provided through financing obtained by the
other Grantors and the ability to obtain such financing being dependent on the
successful operations of all of the Grantors as a whole; and
WHEREAS,
each Grantor has determined that the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement directly benefit, and are in the best interest of, such
Grantor;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements herein and in
order to induce the Collateral Agent and the Lenders to make and maintain the
Loan to the Borrowers pursuant to the Financing Agreement, the Grantors hereby
jointly and severally agree with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, as follows:
SECTION
1. Definitions .
(a) Reference
is hereby made to the Financing Agreement for a statement of the terms
thereof. All capitalized terms used in this Agreement and the
recitals hereto which are defined in the Financing Agreement or in Article 8 or
9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of
New York (the "Code") and which are
not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as set forth
therein; provided that terms
used herein which are defined in the Code as in effect in the State of New York
on the date hereof shall continue to have the same meaning notwithstanding any
replacement or amendment of such statute except as the Collateral Agent may
otherwise determine.
(b) The
following terms shall have the respective meanings provided for in the
Code: "Accounts", "Account Debtor", "Cash Proceeds", "Certificate of
Title", "Chattel Paper", "Commercial Tort Claim", "Commodity Account",
"Commodity Contracts", "Deposit Account", "Documents", "Electronic Chattel
Paper", "Equipment", "Fixtures", "General Intangibles", "Goods", "Instruments",
"Inventory", "Investment Property", "Letter-of-Credit Rights", "Noncash
Proceeds", "Payment Intangibles", "Proceeds", "Promissory Notes", "Record",
"Security Account", "Software", "Supporting Obligations" and "Tangible Chattel
Paper".
(c) As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings
indicated below, such meanings to be applicable equally to both the singular and
plural forms of such terms:
"Additional
Collateral" has the meaning specified therefor in Section 4(a)(i)
hereof.
"Copyright Licenses"
means all licenses, contracts or other agreements, whether written or oral,
naming any Grantor as licensee or licensor and providing for the grant of any
right to use or sell any works covered by any Copyright (including, without
limitation, all Copyright Licenses set forth in Schedule II
hereto).
"Existing Issuer" has
the meaning specified therefor in the definition of the term "Pledged
Shares".
"Intellectual
Property" means all U.S and non-U.S. (i) published and unpublished works
of authorship (including, without limitation, computer software), copyrights
therein and thereto, and registrations and applications therefor, and all
renewals, extensions, restorations and reversions thereof, including, without
limitation, all copyright registrations and applications
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listed in
Schedule II hereto (collectively, "Copyrights"); (ii)
inventions, discoveries, ideas and all patents, registrations, and applications
therefor, including, without limitation, divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part and renewal applications, and all renewals, extensions and
reissues, including, without limitation, all patents and patent applications
listed in Schedule II hereto (collectively, "Patents"); (iii)
trademarks, service marks, brand names, certification marks, collective marks,
d/b/a's, Internet domain names, logos, symbols, trade dress, assumed names,
fictitious names, trade names, and other indicia of origin, all applications and
registrations for all of the foregoing, and all goodwill associated therewith
and symbolized thereby, and all extensions, modifications and renewals of same,
including, without limitation, all trademark registrations and applications
listed in Schedule II hereto (collectively, "Trademarks"); (iv)
confidential and proprietary information, trade secrets and know-how, including,
without limitation, processes, schematics, databases, formulae, drawings,
prototypes, models, designs and customer lists (collectively, "Trade Secrets"); and
(v) all other intellectual property or proprietary rights and claims or causes
of action arising out of or related to any infringement, misappropriation or
other violation of any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, rights
to recover for past, present and future violations thereof (collectively, "Other Proprietary
Rights").
"Licenses" means the
Copyright Licenses, the Patent Licenses and the Trademark Licenses.
"Patent Licenses"
means all licenses, contracts or other agreements, whether written or oral,
naming any Grantor as licensee or licensor and providing for the grant of any
right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered by any Patent
(including, without limitation, all Patent Licenses set forth in Schedule II
hereto).
"Pledged Debt" means
the indebtedness described in Schedule VII hereto and all indebtedness from time
to time owned or acquired by a Grantor, the promissory notes and other
Instruments evidencing any or all of such indebtedness, and all interest, cash,
Instruments, Investment Property, financial assets, securities, Equity
Interests, other equity interests, stock options and commodity contracts, notes,
debentures, bonds, promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness and all
other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed
in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such indebtedness.
"Pledged Interests"
means, collectively, (a) the Pledged Debt, (b) the Pledged Shares and (c) all
security entitlements in any and all of the foregoing.
"Pledged Issuer" has
the meaning specified therefor in the definition of the term "Pledged
Shares".
"Pledged Shares" means
(a) the shares of Equity Interests described in Schedule VIII hereto, whether or
not evidenced or represented by any stock certificate, certificated security or
other Instrument, issued by the Persons described in such Schedule VIII (the
"Existing
Issuers"), (b) the shares of Equity Interests at any time and from time
to time acquired by a Grantor of any and all Persons now or hereafter existing
(such Persons, together with the Existing Issuers, being hereinafter referred to
collectively as the "Pledged Issuers" and
each individually as a "Pledged Issuer"),
whether or not evidenced or represented by any stock
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certificate,
certificated security or other Instrument, and (c) the certificates representing
such shares of Equity Interests, all options and other rights, contractual or
otherwise, in respect thereof and all dividends, distributions, cash,
Instruments, Investment Property, financial assets, securities, Equity
Interests, other equity interests, stock options and commodity contracts, notes,
debentures, bonds, promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness and all
other property (including, without limitation, any stock dividend and any
distribution in connection with a stock split) from time to time received,
receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all
of such Equity Interests.
"Secured Parties"
means, collectively, the Agents and the Lenders.
"Secured Obligations"
has the meaning specified therefor in Section 3 hereof.
"Shrink-Wrap License"
means a License for the use of generally commercially available software where
the user agrees to its terms by opening the package of or downloading such
software or similarly manifesting consent to the licensor's standard
terms.
"Titled Collateral"
means all Collateral for which the title to such Collateral is governed by a
Certificate of Title or certificate of ownership, including, without limitation,
all motor vehicles (including, without limitation, all trucks, trailers,
tractors, service vehicles, automobiles and other mobile equipment) for which
the title to such motor vehicles is governed by a Certificate of Title or
certificate of ownership.
"Trademark Licenses"
means all licenses, contracts or other agreements, whether written or oral,
naming any Grantor as licensor or licensee and providing for the grant of any
right concerning any Trademark, together with any goodwill connected with and
symbolized by any such trademark licenses, contracts or agreements (including,
without limitation, all Trademark Licenses described in Schedule II
hereto).
SECTION
2. Grant of Security
Interest . As collateral security for the payment,
performance and observance of all of the Secured Obligations, each Grantor
hereby pledges and assigns to the Collateral Agent (and its agents and
designees), and grants to the Collateral Agent (and its agents and designees),
for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in, all
personal property and Fixtures of such Grantor, wherever located and whether now
or hereafter existing and whether now owned or hereafter acquired, of every kind
and description, tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, the
following (all being collectively referred to herein as the "Collateral"):
(a) all
Accounts;
(b) all
Chattel Paper (whether tangible or electronic);
(c) the
Commercial Tort Claims specified on Schedule VI hereto;
(d) all
Deposit Accounts, all cash, and all other property from time to time deposited
therein or otherwise credited thereto and the monies and property in the
possession or under the control of any Agent or any Lender or any affiliate,
representative, agent or correspondent of any Agent or any Lender;
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(e) all
Documents;
(f) all
General Intangibles (including, without limitation, all Payment Intangibles,
Intellectual Property and Licenses);
(g) all
Goods, including, without limitation, all Equipment, Fixtures and
Inventory;
(h) all
Instruments (including, without limitation, Promissory Notes);
(i) all
Investment Property;
(j) all
Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(k) all
Pledged Interests;
(l) all
Supporting Obligations;
(m) all other
tangible and intangible personal property of such Grantor (whether or not
subject to the Code), including, without limitation, all bank and other accounts
and all cash and all investments therein, all proceeds, products, offspring,
accessions, rents, profits, income, benefits, substitutions and replacements of
and to any of the property of such Grantor described in the preceding clauses of
this Section 2 hereof (including, without limitation, any proceeds of insurance
thereon and all causes of action, claims and warranties now or hereafter held by
such Grantor in respect of any of the items listed above), and all books,
correspondence, files and other Records, including, without limitation, all
tapes, disks, cards, Software, data and computer programs in the possession or
under the control of such Grantor or any other Person from time to time acting
for such Grantor that at any time evidence or contain information relating to
any of the property described in the preceding clauses of this Section 2 hereof
or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection or realization thereof;
and
(n) all
Proceeds, including all Cash Proceeds and Noncash Proceeds, and products of any
and all of the foregoing Collateral;
in each
case howsoever such Grantor's interest therein may arise or appear (whether by
ownership, security interest, claim or otherwise).
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the term "Collateral" shall not include, and no
Grantor is pledging, nor granting a security interest hereunder in (i) any of
such Grantor's right, title or interest in any license, contract or agreement to
which such Grantor is a party or any of its right, title or interest thereunder
to the extent, but only to the extent, that such a grant would, under the
express terms of such license, contract or agreement result in a breach of the
terms of, or constitute a default under, such license, contract or agreement
(other than to the extent that any such term (A) has been waived or (B) would be
rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-408, 9-409 of the Code or
other applicable provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any relevant
jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or
principles of equity); provided, that, the
foregoing exclusion shall in no way be construed so as to limit, impair or
otherwise affect the Collateral
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Agent's
unconditional continuing
security interest in and liens upon any rights or interests of a Grantor in or
to the proceeds of, or any monies due or to become due under, any such license,
contract or agreement, (ii) Equipment that is subject to a purchase money Lien
as permitted by Section 7.02(a) of the Financing Agreement, if under the terms
of the underlying lease or agreement, the grant of a security interest or Lien
in such Equipment to Agent is prohibited (other than to the extent that any such
restriction would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407,
9-408 or 9-409 or any other Section of the UCC); provided, that, in
the case of both clause (i) and (ii) above, immediately upon the
ineffectiveness, lapse, termination or waiver of any such provision, the
Collateral shall include, and such Grantor shall be deemed to have granted a
security interest in, all such right, title and interest as if such provision
had never been in effect or (iii) any intent-to-use United States trademark
applications for which an amendment to allege use or statement of use has not
been filed under 15 U.S.C. § 1051(c) or 15 U.S.C. § 1051(d),
respectively, or if filed, has not been deemed in conformance with 15 U.S.C.
§ 1051(a) or examined and accepted, respectively, by the United States
Patent and Trademark Office, provided that, upon
such filing and acceptance, such intent-to-use applications shall be included in
the definition of Collateral.
SECTION
3. Security for Secured
Obligations . The
security interest created hereby in the Collateral constitutes continuing
collateral security for all of the following obligations, whether now existing
or hereafter incurred (the "Secured
Obligations"):
(a) the
prompt payment by each Grantor, as and when due and payable (whether by
scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), of
all amounts from time to time owing by it in respect of the Financing Agreement
and/or the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, (i) all
Obligations, (ii) in the case of a Guarantor, all amounts from time to time
owing by such Grantor in respect of its guaranty made pursuant to Article XI of
the Financing Agreement or under any other Guaranty to which it is a party,
including, without limitation, all obligations guaranteed by such Grantor and
(iii) all interest (including, without limitation, the PIK Amount), fees,
commissions, charges, expense reimbursements, indemnifications and all other
amounts due or to become due under any Loan Document (including, without
limitation, all interest, the Applicable Prepayment Premium, fees, commissions,
charges, expense reimbursements (including reasonable attorneys' fees and
disbursements), indemnifications and other amounts that accrue after the
commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding of any Loan Party, whether or not the
payment of such interest, fees, commissions, charges, expense reimbursements,
indemnifications and other amounts are unenforceable or are not allowable, in
whole or in part, due to the existence of such Insolvency Proceeding); and
(b) the due
performance and observance by each Grantor of all of its other obligations from
time to time existing in respect of the Loan Documents.
SECTION
4. Delivery of the Pledged
Interests.
(a) (i) All
promissory notes currently evidencing the Pledged Debt and all certificates, if
any, currently representing the Pledged Shares shall be delivered to the
Collateral Agent on or prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement. All other promissory notes, certificates and Instruments
constituting Pledged Interests from time to time required to be pledged to the
Collateral
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Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
or the Financing
Agreement (the "Additional
Collateral") shall be delivered to the Collateral Agent promptly upon,
but in any event within ten (10) days of, receipt thereof by or on behalf of any
of the Grantors. All such promissory notes, certificates and
Instruments shall be held by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent pursuant
hereto and shall be delivered in suitable form for transfer by delivery or shall
be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment or undated
stock powers executed in blank, all in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. If any Pledged Interests
consists of uncertificated securities, unless the immediately following sentence
is applicable thereto, such Grantor shall cause the Collateral Agent (or its
designated custodian or nominee) to become the registered holder thereof, or
cause each issuer of such securities to agree that it will comply with
instructions originated by the Collateral Agent with respect to such securities
without further consent by such Grantor. If any Pledged Interests
consists of security entitlements, such Grantor shall transfer such security
entitlements to the Collateral Agent (or its custodian, nominee or other
designee), or cause the applicable securities intermediary to agree that it will
comply with entitlement orders by the Collateral Agent without further consent
by such Grantor.
(ii) Within
ten (10) days of the receipt by a Grantor of any Additional Collateral, a Pledge
Amendment, duly executed by such Grantor, in substantially the form of Exhibit A
hereto (a "Pledge
Amendment"), shall be delivered to the Collateral Agent, in respect of
the Additional Collateral that must be pledged pursuant to this Agreement and
the Financing Agreement. The Pledge Amendment shall from and after
delivery thereof constitute part of Schedules VII and VIII
hereto. Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to attach
each Pledge Amendment to this Agreement and agrees that all promissory notes,
certificates or Instruments listed on any Pledge Amendment delivered to the
Collateral Agent shall for all purposes hereunder constitute Pledged Interests
and such Grantor shall be deemed upon delivery thereof to have made the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 hereof (to the extent
applicable) with respect to such Additional Collateral.
(b) If any
Grantor shall receive, by virtue of such Grantor's being or having been an owner
of any Pledged Interests, any (i) stock certificate (including, without
limitation, any certificate representing a stock dividend or distribution in
connection with any increase or reduction of capital, reclassification, merger,
consolidation, sale of assets, combination of shares, stock split, spin-off or
split-off), promissory note or other Instrument, (ii) option or right, whether
as an addition to, substitution for, or in exchange for, any Pledged Interests,
or otherwise, (iii) dividends payable in cash (except such dividends permitted
to be retained by any such Grantor pursuant to Section 7 hereof) or in
securities or other property or (iv) dividends, distributions, cash,
Instruments, Investment Property and other property in connection with a partial
or total liquidation or dissolution or in connection with a reduction of
capital, capital surplus or paid-in surplus, such Grantor shall receive such
stock certificate, promissory note, Instrument, option, right, payment or
distribution in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, shall segregate
it from such Grantor's other property and shall deliver it forthwith to the
Collateral Agent, in the exact form received, with any necessary indorsement
and/or appropriate stock powers duly executed in blank, to be held by the
Collateral Agent as Pledged Interests and as further collateral security for the
Secured Obligations.
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SECTION
5. Representations and
Warranties . Each
Grantor jointly and severally represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Schedule
I hereto sets forth (i) the exact legal name of each Grantor, (ii) the state or
jurisdiction of organization of each Grantor, (iii) the type of organization of
each Grantor and (iv) the organizational identification number of each Grantor
or states that no such organizational identification number
exists. The Perfection Certificate, dated November 6, 2008, a copy of
which has been previously delivered to the Collateral Agent, is true, complete
and correct in all respects.
(b) This
Agreement is, and each other Loan Document to which any Grantor is or will be a
party, when executed and delivered, will be, a legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Grantor, enforceable against such Grantor in accordance with
its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally.
(c) There is
no pending or, to the best knowledge of any Grantor, threatened action, suit,
proceeding or claim before any court or other Governmental Authority or any
arbitrator, or any order, judgment or award by any court or other Governmental
Authority or any arbitrator, that, if adversely determined, may adversely affect
the grant by any Grantor, or the perfection, of the security interest purported
to be created hereby in the Collateral, or the exercise by the Collateral Agent
of any of its rights or remedies hereunder.
(d) All
Equipment, Fixtures, Inventory and other Goods now existing are, and all
Equipment, Fixtures, Inventory and other Goods hereafter existing will be,
located at the addresses specified therefor in Schedule III hereto (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section
6(b)). Each Grantor's chief place of business and chief executive
office, the place where such Grantor keeps its Records concerning Accounts and
all originals of all Chattel Paper are located at the addresses specified
therefor in Schedule III hereto (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof). None of the
Accounts is evidenced by Promissory Notes or other Instruments. Set
forth in Schedule IV hereto is a complete and accurate list, as of the date of
this Agreement, of each Deposit Account, Securities Account and Commodities
Account of each Grantor, together with the name and address of each institution
at which each such Account is maintained, the account number for each such
Account and a description of the purpose of each such Account. Set
forth in Schedule II hereto is (i) a complete and correct list of each trade
name, business names, or similar appellations used by each Grantor and (ii) the
name of, and each trade name used by, each Person from which such Grantor has
acquired any substantial part of the Collateral within five years of the date
hereof.
(e) Schedule
II hereto sets forth a true and complete list of all Licenses owned or used by
each Grantor as the date hereof (other than Shrink-Wrap
Licenses). Each Grantor has delivered to the Collateral Agent
complete and correct copies of each such License, including all schedules and
exhibits thereto. Each such License sets forth the entire agreement
and understanding of the parties thereto relating to the subject matter thereof,
and there are no other agreements, arrangements or understandings, written or
oral, relating to the matters covered thereby or the rights of any
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Grantor
or any of its Affiliates in respect thereof. Each License
now existing is, and each other License will be, the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the parties thereto, enforceable against such parties in
accordance with its terms except as enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally. No default under any License
by any such party has occurred, nor does any defense, offset, deduction or
counterclaim exist thereunder in favor of any such party. No party to
any License has given any Grantor written notice of its intention to cancel,
terminate or fail to renew any License.
(f) (i) The
Grantors own and control, or otherwise possess adequate rights to use, all
Intellectual Property necessary to conduct their business in substantially the
same manner as conducted as of the date hereof. Schedule II hereto
sets forth a true and complete list of all issued, registered, renewed,
applied-for or otherwise material Intellectual Property owned or used by each
Grantor as of the date hereof. All such Intellectual Property is
valid, subsisting and enforceable, has not been abandoned in whole or in part
and is not subject to any outstanding order, judgment or decree restricting its
use in any material respect or adversely affecting the Grantor's rights thereto
in any material respect. There are no restrictions or other
limitations on the ability of any Grantor to assign its rights with respect to
any material intellectual property owned, licensed or otherwise used by
it. Except as set forth in Schedule II hereto, no such
Intellectual Property is the subject of any licensing or franchising
agreement.
(ii) To each
Grantor's knowledge, no such Grantor is violating any Intellectual Property
rights. No Grantor has, within the last two years, received a written
notice that it has violated any Intellectual Property rights. There
are no suits, actions, reissues, reexaminations, public protests, interferences,
arbitrations, mediations, oppositions, cancellations, Internet domain name
dispute resolutions or other proceedings (collectively, "Suits") pending,
decided, or to Grantor's knowledge, threatened or asserted concerning any claim
or position that a Grantor or any of its indemnitees have violated any
Intellectual Property rights. There are no Suits or claims pending,
decided, or to the Grantor's knowledge, threatened or asserted concerning the
Intellectual Property owned or controlled by a Grantor, and, to such Grantor's
knowledge, no valid basis for any such Suits or claims exists. There
are no Suits or claims pending, decided, or to the Grantor's knowledge,
threatened or asserted concerning the Licenses or the right of the Grantor to
use the Licenses, and no valid basis for any such Suits or claims
exists.
(g) None of
the material Other Proprietary Rights or material Trade Secrets of any Grantor
have been used, divulged, disclosed or appropriated to the detriment of such
Grantor for the benefit of any other Person other than such Grantor; to such
Grantor's knowledge, no employee, independent contractor or agent of any Grantor
has misappropriated any Other Proprietary Rights or Trade Secrets of any other
Person in the course of the performance of his or her duties as an employee,
independent contractor or agent of such Grantor; and, to such Grantor's
knowledge, no employee, independent contractor or agent of any Grantor is in
default or breach of any term of any employment agreement, non-disclosure
agreement, assignment of inventions agreement or similar agreement, or contract
relating an any way to the protection, ownership, development, use or transfer
of such Grantor's Intellectual Property Collateral.
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(h) The
Existing Issuers set forth in Schedule VIII identified as a Subsidiary of a
Grantor are each such Grantor's only Subsidiaries existing on the date
hereof. The Pledged Shares have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and the holders thereof are not
entitled to any preemptive, first refusal or other similar
rights. Except as noted in Schedule VIII hereto, the Pledged Shares
constitute 100% of the issued shares of Equity Interests of the Pledged Issuers
as of the date hereof. All other shares of Equity Interests
constituting Pledged Interests will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable.
(i) The
promissory notes currently evidencing the Pledged Debt have been, and all other
promissory notes from time to time evidencing Pledged Debt, when executed and
delivered, will have been, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
respective makers thereof, and all such promissory notes are or will be, as the
case may be, legal, valid and binding obligations of such makers, enforceable
against such makers in accordance with their respective terms, except as may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar laws affecting creditor's rights generally.
(j) The
Grantors are and will be at all times the sole and exclusive owners of, or
otherwise have and will have adequate rights in, the Collateral free and clear
of any Lien except for the Permitted Liens. No effective financing
statement or other instrument similar in effect covering all or any part of the
Collateral is on file in any recording or filing office except such as may have
been filed to perfect or protect any Permitted Lien.
(k) The
exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of its rights and remedies hereunder
will not contravene any law or any contractual restriction binding on or
otherwise affecting any Grantor or any of its properties and will not result in,
or require the creation of, any Lien upon or with respect to any of its
properties.
(l) No
authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any Governmental Authority or any other Person, is required for (i) the due
execution, delivery and performance by any Grantor of this Agreement,
(ii) the grant by any Grantor of the security interest purported to be
created hereby in the Collateral or (iii) the exercise by the Collateral
Agent of any of its rights and remedies hereunder, except, in the case of this
clause (iii), as may be required in connection with any sale of any Pledged
Interests by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities
generally. No authorization or approval or other action by, and no
notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person, is
required for the perfection of the security interest purported to be created
hereby in the Collateral, except (A) for the filing under the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction of the financing
statements described in Schedule V hereto, all of which financing statements
have been duly filed and are in full force and effect, (B) with respect to
the perfection of the security interest created hereby in the United States
Intellectual Property and Licenses, for the recording of the appropriate Grant
of a Security Interest, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office,
as applicable, (C) with respect to the perfection of the security interest
created hereby in foreign Intellectual Property and Licenses, for registrations
and filings in jurisdictions located
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outside
of the United
States and covering rights in such jurisdictions relating to such foreign
Intellectual Property and Licenses, (D) with respect to the perfection of
the security interest
created hereby in Titled Collateral with a book value in excess of $10,000, for
the submission of an appropriate application requesting that the Lien of the
Collateral Agent be noted on the Certificate of Title or certificate of
ownership, completed and authenticated by the applicable Grantor, together with
the Certificate of Title or certificate of ownership, with respect to such
Titled Collateral, to the appropriate Governmental Authority, (E) with respect
to any action that may be necessary to obtain control of Collateral constituting
Deposit Accounts, Electronic Chattel Paper, Investment Property or
Letter-of-Credit Rights, the taking of such actions, (F) the Collateral Agent's
having possession of all Documents, Chattel Paper, Instruments and cash
constituting Collateral and (G) the Collateral Agent filing an amendment to
financing statements filed under the Uniform Commercial Code with respect to
Commercial Tort Claims arising after the date hereof (subclauses (A), (B), (C),
(D), (E), (F) and (G), each a "Perfection
Requirement" and collectively, the "Perfection
Requirements").
(m) This
Agreement creates a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in favor of
the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Collateral,
as security for the Secured Obligations. The Perfection Requirements
result in the perfection of such security interests. Such security
interests are, or in the case of Collateral in which any Grantor obtains rights
after the date hereof, will be, perfected, (i) in the case of any Liens granted
with respect to assets and property constituting Term Loan Priority Collateral,
first priority security interest and (ii) in the case of any Liens granted with
respect to any assets and property constituting Working Capital Priority
Collateral, second priority security interests (subject only to the Liens
granted pursuant to the Working Capital Loan Documents), and the recording of
such instruments of assignment described above. Such Perfection
Requirements and all other action necessary or desirable to perfect and protect
such security interest have been duly made or taken, except for (i) the
Collateral Agent's having possession of all Instruments, Documents, Chattel
Paper and cash constituting Collateral after the date hereof, (ii) the
Collateral Agent's having control of all Deposit Accounts, Electronic Chattel
Paper, Investment Property or Letter-of-Credit Rights constituting Collateral
after the date hereof, and (iii) the other filings and recordations and actions
described in Section 5(l) hereof.
(n) As of the
date hereof, no Grantor holds any Commercial Tort Claims or is aware of any such
pending claims, except for such claims described in Schedule VI.
(o) With
respect to each Grantor and its Subsidiaries that is a partnership or a limited
liability company, the partnership interest or membership interest of each such
Person is not (A) dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or in securities
markets, (B) securities for purposes of Article 8 of any relevant Uniform
Commercial Code, (C) investment company securities within the meaning of
Section 8-103 of any relevant Uniform Commercial Code or (D) evidenced by a
certificate. Such uncertificated partnership interest or membership
interest constitutes General Intangibles.
SECTION
6. Covenants as to the
Collateral . So
long as any of the Secured Obligations (whether or not due) shall remain unpaid
or any Lender shall have any Commitment under the Financing Agreement, unless
the Collateral Agent shall otherwise consent in writing:
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(a) Further
Assurances. Each Grantor will at its expense, at any time and
from time to time, promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and
documents and take all
further action that may be necessary or reasonably desirable or that the
Collateral Agent may request in order (i) to perfect and protect, or
maintain the perfection of, the security interest and Lien purported to be
created hereby; (ii) to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce
its rights and remedies hereunder in respect of the Collateral; or
(iii) otherwise to effect the purposes of this Agreement, including,
without limitation: (A) marking conspicuously all Chattel Paper,
Instruments and Licenses and, at the request of the Collateral Agent, all of its
Records pertaining to the Collateral with a legend, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, indicating that such Chattel
Paper, Instrument, License or Collateral is subject to the security interest
created hereby, (B) if any Account shall be evidenced by a Promissory Note
or other Instrument or Chattel Paper, delivering and pledging to the Collateral
Agent such Promissory Note, other Instrument or Chattel Paper, duly endorsed and
accompanied by executed instruments of transfer or assignment, all in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, (C) executing
and filing (to the extent, if any, that such Grantor's signature is required
thereon) or authenticating the filing of, such financing or continuation
statements, or amendments thereto, (D) with respect to Intellectual Property
hereafter existing and not covered by an appropriate security interest grant,
the executing and recording in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or
the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, appropriate instruments
granting a security interest, as may be necessary or desirable or that the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to perfect and preserve the
security interest purported to be created hereby, (E) delivering to the
Collateral Agent upon request irrevocable proxies in respect of the Pledged
Interests, (F) furnishing to the Collateral Agent from time to time
statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and
such other reports in connection with the Collateral as the Collateral Agent may
reasonably request, all in reasonable detail, (G) if any Collateral with a
book value in excess of $100,000 (when aggregated with all other Collateral at
the same location) shall be in the possession of a third party, notifying such
Person of the Collateral Agent's security interest created hereby and obtaining
a written agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent, providing access to such Collateral in order to remove such
Collateral from such premises during an Event of Default and acknowledging that
such Person holds possession of the Collateral for the benefit of the Collateral
Agent, (H) if at any time after the date hereof, any Grantor acquires or
holds any Commercial Tort Claim, involving a claim in excess of $100,000,
promptly notifying the Collateral Agent in a writing signed by such Grantor
setting forth a brief description of such Commercial Tort Claim and granting to
the Collateral Agent a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof,
which writing shall incorporate the provisions hereof and shall be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, (I) upon the
acquisition after the date hereof by any Grantor of any Titled Collateral (other
than Equipment that is subject to a purchase money security interest permitted
by Section 7.02(a) of the Financing Agreement), immediately notifying the
Collateral Agent of such acquisition, setting forth a description of the Titled
Collateral acquired and a good faith estimate of the current value of such
Titled Collateral, and, to the extent such Titled Collateral has a book value in
excess of $10,000, immediately causing the Collateral Agent to be listed as the
lienholder on such Certificate of Title or certificate of ownership and
delivering evidence of the same to the Collateral Agent, and (II) taking
all actions required by law in any relevant Uniform Commercial Code
jurisdiction, or by other law as applicable in any foreign
jurisdiction. No Grantor shall take or fail to take any action which
would in any manner impair the validity or enforceability of the Collateral
Agent's security interest in and Lien on any Collateral.
(b) Location of Equipment and
Inventory. Each Grantor will keep the Equipment and Inventory
(other than Equipment and Inventory in transit or sold in the ordinary course of
business in accordance with Section 6(h) hereof) at the locations specified in
Schedule III hereto or, upon not less than thirty (30) days' prior written
notice to the Collateral Agent accompanied by a new Schedule III hereto
indicating each new location of the Equipment and Inventory, at such other
locations in the continental United States as the Grantors may elect, provided that (i) all
action has been taken to grant to the Collateral Agent a perfected, first
priority security interest in such Equipment and Inventory, and (ii) the
Collateral Agent's rights in such Equipment and Inventory, including, without
limitation, the existence, perfection and priority of the security interest
created hereby in such Equipment and Inventory, are not adversely affected
thereby.
(c) Condition of
Equipment. Each Grantor will maintain or cause the Equipment
which is necessary or useful in the proper conduct of its business to be
maintained and preserved in good condition, repair and working order as when
acquired and in accordance with any manufacturer's manual, ordinary wear and
tear excepted, and will forthwith, or upon the occurrence of any loss or damage
affecting the Equipment promptly commence and diligently prosecute the
restoration of the Equipment and make or cause to be made all repairs,
replacements and other improvements in connection therewith which are necessary
or desirable, consistent with past practice, or which the Collateral Agent may
request to such end, without regard to the availability or adequacy of insurance
proceeds and at its sole cost and expenses but in all events in a manner
approved by the Agents. Each Grantor will promptly furnish to the
Collateral Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail any loss or
damage.
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(d) Taxes,
Etc. Each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to pay promptly
when due all property and other taxes, assessments and governmental charges or
levies imposed upon, and all claims (including claims for labor, materials and
supplies) against, the Equipment and Inventory, except to the extent otherwise
provided in the Financing Agreement.
(e) Insurance. Each
Grantor will, at its own expense, maintain insurance with respect to the
Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Financing
Agreement. Each Grantor will, if so requested by the Collateral
Agent, deliver to the Collateral Agent original or duplicate insurance policies
and, as often as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, a report of a
reputable insurance broker with respect to such insurance. Each
Grantor will also, at the request of the Collateral Agent, execute and deliver
instruments of assignment of such insurance policies and cause the respective
insurers to acknowledge notice of such assignment.
(f) Provisions Concerning the
Accounts and the Licenses.
(i) Each
Grantor will, except as otherwise provided in this subsection (f), continue
to collect, at its own expense, all amounts due or to become due under the
Accounts. In connection with such collections, each Grantor may (and,
at the Collateral Agent's direction, will) take such action as such Grantor (or,
if applicable, the Collateral Agent) may deem necessary or advisable to enforce
collection or performance of the Accounts; provided, however, that the
Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time, upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, to notify the Account Debtors or
obligors
under any Accounts of the assignment of such Accounts to the Collateral Agent
and to direct such Account Debtors or obligors to make payment of all amounts
due or to become due to such Grantor thereunder directly to the Collateral Agent
or its designated agent and, upon such notification and at the expense of such
Grantor and to the extent permitted by law, to enforce collection of any such
Accounts and to adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment thereof, in
the same manner and to the same extent as such Grantor might have
done. After receipt by any Grantor of a notice from the Collateral
Agent that the Collateral Agent has notified, intends to notify, or has enforced
or intends to enforce a Grantor's rights against the Account Debtors or obligors
under any Accounts as referred to in the proviso to the immediately preceding
sentence, (A) all amounts and proceeds (including Instruments) received by
such Grantor in respect of the Accounts shall be received in trust for the
benefit of the Collateral Agent hereunder, shall be segregated from other funds
of such Grantor and shall be forthwith paid over to the Collateral Agent or its
designated agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary
endorsement) to be held as cash collateral and applied as specified in Section
9(d) hereof, and (B) such Grantor will not adjust, settle or compromise the
amount or payment of any Account or release wholly or partly any Account Debtor
or obligor thereof or allow any credit or discount thereon. In
addition, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
to the extent set forth in Section 8.01 of the Financing Agreement, the
Collateral Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) direct any or all of
the banks and financial institutions with which any Grantor either maintains a
Deposit Account or a lockbox or deposits the proceeds of any Accounts to send
immediately to the Collateral Agent or its designated agent by wire transfer (to
such account as the Collateral Agent shall specify, or in such other manner as
the Collateral Agent shall direct) all or a portion of such securities, cash,
investments and other items held by such institution. Any such
securities, cash, investments and other items so received by the Collateral
Agent or its designated agent shall (in the sole and absolute discretion of the
Collateral Agent) be held as additional Collateral for the Secured Obligations
or distributed in accordance with Section 9 hereof.
(ii) Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any breach or default under any
material License by any party thereto other than a Grantor, (A) the relevant
Grantor will, promptly after obtaining knowledge thereof, give the Collateral
Agent written notice of the nature and duration thereof, specifying what action,
if any, it has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto, (B) no Grantor
will, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, declare or
waive any such breach or default or affirmatively consent to the cure thereof or
exercise any of its remedies in respect thereof, and (C) each Grantor will, upon
written instructions from the Collateral Agent and at such Grantor's expense,
take such action as the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable in
respect thereof.
(iii) Each
Grantor will, at its expense, promptly deliver to the Collateral Agent a copy of
each notice or other communication received by it by which any other party to
any material License (A) declares a breach or default by a Grantor of any
material term thereunder, (B) terminates such License or (C) purports to
exercise any of its rights or affect any of its obligations thereunder, together
with a copy of any reply by such Grantor thereto.
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(iv) Each
Grantor will exercise promptly and diligently each and every right which it may
have under each material License (other than any right of termination) and will
duly perform and observe in all respects all of its obligations under each material
License and will take all action necessary to maintain the material Licenses in
full force and effect. No Grantor will, without the prior written
consent of the Collateral Agent, cancel, terminate, amend or otherwise modify in
any material respect, or waive any provision of, any material
License.
(g) Provisions Concerning the
Pledged Interests. Each Grantor will
(i) at the
Grantors' joint and several expense, promptly deliver to the Collateral Agent a
copy of each notice or other communication received by it in respect of the
Pledged Interests;
(ii) at the
Grantors' joint and several expense, defend the Collateral Agent's right, title
and security interest in and to the Pledged Interests against the claims of any
Person;
(iii) not make
or consent to any amendment or other modification or waiver with respect to any
Pledged Interests or enter into any agreement or permit to exist any restriction
with respect to any Pledged Interests other than pursuant to or to the extent
expressly permitted by the Loan Documents; and
(iv) not
permit the issuance of (A) any additional shares of any class of Equity
Interests of any Pledged Issuer, (B) any securities convertible voluntarily by
the holder thereof or automatically upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of any
event or condition into, or exchangeable for, any such shares of Equity
Interests or (C) any warrants, options, contracts or other commitments entitling
any Person to purchase or otherwise acquire any such shares of Equity Interest,
in each case, unless otherwise expressly permitted by Sections 7.02(e) and (l)
of the Financing Agreement.
(h) Transfers and Other
Liens.
(i) Except to
the extent expressly permitted by Section 7.02(c) of the Financing Agreement, no
Grantor will sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise), lease, license,
exchange or otherwise transfer or dispose of any of the Collateral.
(ii) Except to
the extent expressly permitted by Section 7.02(a) of the Financing Agreement, no
Grantor will create, suffer to exist or grant any Lien upon or with respect to
any Collateral.
(i) Intellectual
Property.
(i) Each
Grantor has duly executed and delivered the applicable Grant of a Security
Interest in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
(ii) Each
Grantor (either itself or through its licensees or its sublicensees) agrees that
it will not do any act or omit to do any act whereby any Patent that is material
to the conduct of such Grantor's business may become invalidated or dedicated to
the public, and agrees that it shall continue to xxxx any products covered by a
Patent with the relevant patent number as necessary to establish and preserve
its rights under applicable patent laws,
except where the failure to do so, together with all other such failures
hereunder since the Effective Date, could not reasonably be expected to result
in a material diminution in the value of the Collateral.
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(iii) Each
Grantor (either itself or through its licensees or its sublicensees) will, for
each Trademark material to the conduct of such Grantor's business,
(i) maintain such Trademark in full force free from any claim of
abandonment or invalidity for non-use, (ii) maintain the quality of
products and services offered under such Trademark, (iii) display such
Trademark with notice of U.S. or non-U.S. registration to the extent necessary
to establish and preserve its rights under applicable law, and (iv) not
knowingly use or knowingly permit the use of such Trademark in violation of any
third party rights.
(iv) Each
Grantor (either itself or through its licensees or sublicensees) will, for each
work covered by a material Copyright, continue to publish, reproduce, display,
adopt and distribute the work with appropriate copyright notice as necessary to
establish and preserve its rights under applicable copyright laws, except where
the failure to do so, together with all other such failures hereunder since the
Effective Date, could not reasonably be expected to result in a material
diminution in the value of the Collateral.
(v) Each
Grantor shall notify the Collateral Agent promptly if it knows or has reason to
know that any Intellectual Property material to the conduct of its business may
become abandoned, lost or dedicated to the public, or of any final materially
adverse determination (including the institution of, or any such determination
in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United
States Copyright Office or any court or similar office of any country) regarding
such Grantor's ownership of any Intellectual Property, its right to register the
same, or its right to keep and maintain the same.
(vi) In the
event that any Grantor (i) files an application or registration for any
Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United
States Copyright Office or any office or agency in any political subdivision of
the United States or in any other country or any political subdivision thereof,
either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee or (ii)
obtains rights to or develops any new Intellectual Property or any reissue,
division, continuation, renewal, extension or continuation-in-part of any
existing Intellectual Property, in each case that is the subject of a
registration or a pending application with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any office or agency in any
political subdivision of the United States or in any other country or political
subdivision thereof, or which is material to such Grantor business, whether
pursuant to any license or otherwise; the provisions of Section 2 hereof shall
automatically apply thereto and such Grantor shall give to the Collateral Agent
prompt notice thereof, and, upon request of the Collateral Agent, execute and
deliver any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Collateral Agent's
security interest in such Intellectual Property, and each Grantor hereby
appoints the Collateral Agent as its attorney-in-fact to execute and file such
writings for the foregoing purposes, all acts of such attorney being hereby
ratified and confirmed; such power, being coupled with an interest, is
irrevocable.
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(vii) Each
Grantor will take all necessary steps that are consistent with the practice in
any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United
States Copyright Office or any office or agency in any political subdivision of
the United States or in any other country or any political subdivision thereof,
to maintain and pursue each application relating to the Intellectual Property of
such Grantor (and to obtain the relevant grant or registration) and to maintain
each issued Patent and each registration of the Trademarks and Copyrights, in
each case that is material to the conduct of any Grantor's business as conducted
or proposed to be conducted, including timely filings of applications for
renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of incontestability and payment of
maintenance fees, and, if consistent with good business judgment, to initiate
opposition, interference and cancellation proceedings against third
parties.
(viii) In the
event that any Grantor has reason to believe that any Collateral consisting of
Intellectual Property material to the conduct of any Grantor's business has been
infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall if
consistent with good business judgment, promptly xxx for infringement,
misappropriation or dilution and to recover any and all damages for such
infringement, misappropriation or dilution, and take such other actions as are
appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Collateral and promptly
shall notify the Collateral Agent of the initiation of such suit.
(ix) Upon and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, (i) no Grantor shall abandon or
otherwise permit any Intellectual Property to become invalid and (ii) each
Grantor shall use its best efforts to obtain all requisite consents or approvals
by the licensor of each License that constitutes Collateral owned by such
Grantor to effect the assignment of all such Grantor's right, title and interest
thereunder to the Collateral Agent or its designee.
(x) Each
Grantor shall execute, authenticate and deliver any and all assignments,
agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Collateral Agent may
reasonably request to evidence the Collateral Agent's security interest
hereunder in such Intellectual Property and the General Intangibles of such
Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby, each Grantor hereby appoints
the Collateral Agent as its attorney-in-fact to execute and file such writings
for the foregoing purposes, all acts of such attorney being hereby ratified and
confirmed; such power, being coupled with an interest, is
irrevocable.
(xi) Upon the
Collateral Agent's request, each Grantor agrees, at its own expense, as soon as
practicable after the date of such request, to make such filings and to take
such other actions as are reasonably necessary in each non-U.S. jurisdiction in
which such Grantor owns any Intellectual Property in order to perfect the
Security Interest with respect to such Intellectual Property in such
jurisdiction, provided that no Grantor shall be obligated to make any such
filing or to take any such other action where the Collateral Agent and the
Borrowers agree that the cost of such filing or action exceeds the value of the
security afforded thereby.
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(j) Deposit, Commodities and
Securities Accounts. On or prior to the Effective Date, each
Grantor shall, to the extent required by Section 8.01 of the Financing
Agreement, cause each bank and other financial institution with an account
referred to in Schedule IV hereto to execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent
(or its designee) a Cash Management
Agreement, or enter into other arrangements in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent to the extent permitted by the Financing
Agreement, pursuant to which such institution shall irrevocably agree, among
other things, that (i) it will comply at any time with the instructions
originated by the Collateral Agent (or its designee) to such bank or financial
institution directing the disposition of cash, Commodity Contracts, securities,
Investment Property and other items from time to time credited to such account,
without further consent of such Grantor, which instructions the Collateral Agent
(or its designee) will not give to such bank or other financial institution in
the absence of a continuing Event of Default, (ii) all cash, Commodity
Contracts, securities, Investment Property and other items of such Grantor
deposited with such institution shall be subject to a perfected, first priority
security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent (or its designee),
(iii) any right of set off, banker's Lien or other similar Lien, security
interest or encumbrance shall, except as otherwise agreed by the Collateral
Agent, be fully waived as against the Collateral Agent (or its designee) and
(iv) upon receipt of written notice from the Collateral Agent during the
continuance of an Event of Default, such bank or financial institution shall
immediately send to the Collateral Agent (or its designee) by wire transfer (to
such account as the Collateral Agent (or its designee) shall specify, or in such
other manner as the Collateral Agent (or its designee) shall direct) all such
cash, the value of any Commodity Contracts, securities, Investment Property and
other items held by it. Without the prior written consent of the
Collateral Agent, no Grantor shall make or maintain any Deposit Account,
Commodity Account or Securities Account except for the accounts set forth in
Schedule IV hereto. The provisions of this Section 6(j) shall not
apply to (i) Deposit Accounts for which the Collateral Agent is the depositary,
(ii) Deposit Accounts specially and exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes
and other employee wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of a
Grantor's salaried employees, provided that the
funds on deposit in such Deposit Accounts shall at no time exceed the actual
payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit payments then owing
by such Grantor for the immediately succeeding payroll period, and (iii) any
Deposit Account which at all times has a balance of less then $25,000, so long
as the aggregate balance at all Deposit Accounts excluded by this clause (iii)
does not exceed $100,000 at any time.
(k) Titled
Collateral. Each Grantor shall (a) cause all Collateral, now
owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, which under applicable law are
required to be registered, to be properly registered in the name of such
Grantor, (b) cause all Titled Collateral to be properly titled in the name of
such Grantor and, to the extent such Titled Collateral has a book value in
excess of $10,000, with the Collateral Agent's Lien noted thereon and (c) if
requested by the Collateral Agent, promptly deliver to the Collateral Agent (or
its custodian) originals of all such Certificates of Title or certificates of
ownership for such Titled Collateral, with the Collateral Agent's Lien noted
thereon, and take such other actions as may be reasonably required by the
Collateral Agent. Each Grantor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent
as its attorney-in-fact, effective the date hereof and terminating upon the
termination of this Agreement, for the purpose of (A) executing on behalf of
such Grantor title or ownership applications for filing with appropriate
Governmental Authority to enable Titled Collateral now owned or hereafter
acquired by such Grantor to be retitled and the Collateral Agent listed as
lienholder thereof, (B) filing such applications with such Governmental
Authority, and (C) executing such other documents and instruments on behalf of,
and taking such other action in the name of, such Grantor as the Collateral
Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof
(including, without limitation, for the purpose of creating in favor of the
Collateral Agent a perfected Lien on such
Titled Collateral and exercising the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent
hereunder). This appointment as attorney-in-fact is coupled with an
interest and is irrevocable until the date on which all of the Secured
Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash after the termination of
each Lender's Commitment and each of the Loan Documents.
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(l) Control. Each
Grantor hereby agrees to take any or all action that may be necessary or
desirable or that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order for the
Collateral Agent to obtain control in accordance with Sections 9-104, 9-105,
9-106, and 9-107 of the Code with respect to the following
Collateral: (i) except as otherwise provided in Section 6(J)
Deposit Accounts, (ii) Electronic Chattel Paper, (iii) Investment Property and
(iv) Letter of Credit Rights. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and
agrees that any agent or designee of the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to be
a "secured party" with respect to the Collateral under the control of such agent
or designee for all purposes.
(m) Records; Inspection and
Reporting.
(i) Each
Grantor shall keep adequate records concerning the Accounts, Chattel Paper and
Pledged Interests. Each Grantor shall permit any Agent or any agents
or representatives thereof or such professionals or other Persons as any Agent
may designate (A) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from such
Grantor's books and records, (B) to visit and inspect its properties,
(C) to verify materials, leases, notes, Accounts, Inventory and other
assets of such Grantor from time to time, (D) to conduct audits, physical
counts, appraisals and/or valuations, Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site
Assessments or examinations at the locations of such Grantor and (E) to discuss
such Grantor's affairs, finances and accounts with any of its directors,
officers, managerial employees, independent accountants or any of its other
representatives, in each case as provided in Section 7.01(f) of the Financing
Agreement.
(ii) Except as
otherwise expressly permitted by Section 7.02(m) of the Financing Agreement, no
Grantor shall, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, change
(A) its name, identity or type of organization, (B) its jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization as set forth in Schedule I hereto or (C) its chief
executive office as set forth in Schedule III hereto. Each Grantor
shall immediately notify the Collateral Agent upon obtaining an organizational
identification number, if on the date hereof such Grantor did not have such
identification number.
(n) Partnership and Limited
Liability Company Interest. No Grantor that is a partnership
or a limited liability company shall, nor shall any Grantor with any Subsidiary
that is a partnership or a limited liability company, permit such partnership
interests or membership interests to (i) be dealt in or traded on securities
exchanges or in securities markets, (ii) become a security for purposes of
Article 8 of any relevant Uniform Commercial Code, (iii) become an investment
company security within the meaning of Section 8-103 of any relevant Uniform
Commercial Code or (iv) be evidenced by a certificate. Each Grantor
agrees that such partnership interests or membership interests shall constitute
General Intangibles.
(o) Collateral Assignment of
Leases. To further secure the prompt payment and performance
of all Obligations, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent a
security interest in, subject to the final paragraph of Section 2, for the
benefit of Secured Parties, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in,
to and under all now or hereafter existing leases of real property to which such
Grantor is a party, whether as lessor or lessee, and all extensions, renewals,
modifications and proceeds thereof.
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SECTION
7. Voting Rights, Dividends,
Etc. in Respect of the Pledged Interests.
(a) So long
as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(i) each
Grantor may exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining
to any Pledged Interests for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this
Agreement, the Financing Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided, however, that (A)
each Grantor will give the Collateral Agent at least five (5) Business Days'
written notice of the manner in which it intends to exercise, or the reasons for
refraining from exercising, any such right that could reasonably be expected to
adversely affect in any material respect the value, liquidity or marketability
of any Collateral or the creation, perfection and priority of the Collateral
Agent's Lien; and (B) none of the Grantors will exercise or refrain from
exercising any such right, as the case may be, if the Collateral Agent gives a
Grantor written notice that, in the Collateral Agent's reasonable business
judgment, such action (or inaction) could reasonably be expected to adversely
affect in any material respect the value, liquidity or marketability of any
Collateral or the creation, perfection and priority of the Collateral Agent's
Lien; and
(ii) each of
the Grantors may receive and retain any and all dividends, interest or other
distributions paid in respect of the Pledged Interests to the extent permitted
by the Financing Agreement; provided, however, that any and
all (A) dividends and interest paid or payable other than in cash in respect of,
and Instruments and other property received, receivable or otherwise distributed
in respect of or in exchange for, any Pledged Interests, (B) dividends and other
distributions paid or payable in cash in respect of any Pledged Interests in
connection with a partial or total liquidation or dissolution or in connection
with a reduction of capital, capital surplus or paid-in surplus, and (C) cash
paid, payable or otherwise distributed in redemption of, or in exchange for, any
Pledged Interests, together with any dividend, interest or other distribution or
payment which at the time of such payment was not permitted by the Financing
Agreement, shall be, and shall forthwith be delivered to the Collateral Agent,
to hold as, Pledged Interests and shall, if received by any of the Grantors, be
received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, shall be segregated
from the other property or funds of the Grantors, and shall be forthwith
delivered to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received with any necessary
indorsement and/or appropriate stock powers duly executed in blank, to be held
by the Collateral Agent as Pledged Interests and as further collateral security
for the Secured Obligations; and
(iii) the
Collateral Agent will execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and
delivered) to a Grantor all such proxies and other instruments as such Grantor
may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to exercise the
voting and other rights which it is entitled to exercise pursuant to Section
7(a)(i) hereof and to receive the dividends,
interest and/or other distributions which it is authorized to receive and retain
pursuant to Section 7(a)(ii) hereof.
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(b) Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) all
rights of each Grantor to exercise the voting and other consensual rights which
it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 7(a)(i) hereof,
and to receive the dividends, distributions, interest and other payments that it
would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 7(a)(ii)
hereof, shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the
Collateral Agent, which shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise such
voting and other consensual rights and to receive and hold as Pledged Interests
such dividends, distributions and interest payments;
(ii) the
Collateral Agent is authorized to notify each debtor with respect to the Pledged
Debt to make payment directly to the Collateral Agent (or its designee) and may
collect any and all moneys due or to become due to any Grantor in respect of the
Pledged Debt, and each of the Grantors hereby authorizes each such debtor to
make such payment directly to the Collateral Agent (or its designee) without any
duty of inquiry;
(iii) without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent may at its option
exercise any and all rights of conversion, exchange, subscription or any other
rights, privileges or options pertaining to any of the Pledged Interests as if
it were the absolute owner thereof, including, without limitation, the right to
exchange, in its discretion, any and all of the Pledged Interests upon the
merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other adjustment of
any Pledged Issuer, or upon the exercise by any Pledged Issuer of any right,
privilege or option pertaining to any Pledged Interests, and, in connection
therewith, to deposit and deliver any and all of the Pledged Interests with any
committee, depository, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agent upon
such terms and conditions as it may determine; and
(iv) all
dividends, distributions, interest and other payments that are received by any
of the Grantors contrary to the provisions of Section 7(b)(i) hereof shall be
received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, shall be segregated
from other funds of the Grantors, and shall be forthwith paid over to the
Collateral Agent as Pledged Interests in the exact form received with any
necessary indorsement and/or appropriate stock powers duly executed in blank, to
be held by the Collateral Agent as Pledged Interests and as further collateral
security for the Secured Obligations.
SECTION
8. Additional Provisions
Concerning the Collateral .
(a) To the
maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and for the purpose of taking any
action that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish
the purposes of this Agreement, each Grantor hereby (i) authorizes the
Collateral Agent to execute any such agreements, instruments or other documents
in such Grantor's name and to file such agreements, instruments or other
documents in such Grantor's name and in any appropriate filing office,
(ii) authorizes the Collateral Agent at any time and from time to time to
file, one or more financing or continuation
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statements and
amendments thereto, relating to the Collateral (including, without limitation,
any such financing statements that (A) describe the Collateral as "all assets"
or "all personal property" (or words of similar effect) or that describe or
identify the Collateral by type or in any other manner as the Collateral Agent
may determine, regardless of whether any particular asset of such Grantor falls
within the scope of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or whether any
particular asset of such Grantor constitutes part of the Collateral, and (B)
contain any other information required by Part 5 of Article 9 of the Code for
the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement,
continuation statement or amendment, including, without limitation, whether such
Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational
identification number issued to such Grantor) and (iii) ratifies such
authorization to the extent that the Collateral Agent has filed any such
financing statements, continuation statements, or amendments thereto, prior to
the date hereof. A photocopy or other reproduction of this Agreement
or any financing statement covering the Collateral or any part thereof shall be
sufficient as a financing statement where permitted by law.
(b) Each
Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as its attorney-in-fact
and proxy, with full authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the
name of such Grantor or otherwise, from time to time in the Collateral Agent's
discretion, to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Collateral
Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this
Agreement (subject to the rights of a Grantor under Section 6 hereof and Section
7(a) hereof), including, without limitation, (i) to obtain and adjust insurance
required to be paid to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Financing Agreement,
(ii) to ask, demand, collect, xxx for, recover, compound, receive and give
acquittance and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in respect of
any Collateral, (iii) to receive, endorse, and collect any drafts or other
Instruments, Documents and Chattel Paper in connection with clause (i) or (ii)
above, (iv) to receive, indorse and collect all Instruments made payable to such
Grantor representing any dividend, interest payment or other distribution in
respect of any Pledged Interests and to give full discharge for the same, (v) to
file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings which the
Collateral Agent may deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any
Collateral or otherwise to enforce the rights of the Collateral Agent and the
Lenders with respect to any Collateral, (vi) to execute assignments, licenses
and other documents to enforce the rights of the Collateral Agent and the
Lenders with respect to any Collateral, (vii) to pay or discharge taxes or Liens
levied or placed upon or threatened against the Collateral, the legality or
validity thereof and the amounts necessary to discharge the same to be
determined by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion, and such payments
made by the Collateral Agent to become Obligations of such Grantor to the
Collateral Agent, due and payable immediately without demand, and (viii) to sign
and endorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or
warehouse receipts, assignments, verifications and notices in connection with
Accounts, Chattel Paper and other documents relating to the
Collateral. This power is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable
until the date on which all of the Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly
paid in full in cash after the termination of each Lender's Commitment and each
of the Loan Documents.
(c) For the
purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise rights and remedies
hereunder, at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to
exercise such rights and remedies, and for no other purpose, each Grantor hereby
(i) grants to the Collateral Agent an irrevocable, non-exclusive license
(exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to
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any
Grantor) to use, assign, license or sublicense any Intellectual Property now or
hereafter owned by any Grantor, wherever the same may be located, including in
such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items
may be recorded or stored and to all computer programs used for the compilation
or printout thereof; and (ii) assigns to the Collateral Agent, to the extent
assignable, all of its rights to any Intellectual Property now or hereafter
licensed or used by any Grantor. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, but subject to the provisions of the Financing Agreement
that limit the right of a Grantor to dispose of its property and Section 6(i)
hereof, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
each Grantor may exploit, use, enjoy, protect, license, sublicense, assign,
sell, dispose of or take other actions with respect to the Intellectual
Property. In furtherance of the foregoing, unless an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent shall from time to
time, upon the request of a Grantor, execute and deliver any instruments,
certificates or other documents, in the form so requested, which such Grantor
shall have certified are appropriate (in such Grantor's judgment) to allow it to
take any action permitted above (including relinquishment of the license
provided pursuant to this clause (c) as to any Intellectual
Property). Further, upon the date on which all of the Secured
Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash after the termination of
each Lender's Commitment and each of the Loan Documents, the Collateral Agent
(subject to Section 13(e) hereof) shall release and reassign to the Grantors all
of the Collateral Agent's right, title and interest in and to the Intellectual
Property, and the Licenses, all without recourse, representation or warranty
whatsoever and at the Grantors' sole expense. The exercise of rights
and remedies hereunder by the Collateral Agent shall not terminate the rights of
the holders of any licenses or sublicenses theretofore granted by any Grantor in
accordance with the second sentence of this clause (c). Each Grantor
hereby releases the Collateral Agent from any claims, causes of action and
demands at any time arising out of or with respect to any actions taken or
omitted to be taken by the Collateral Agent under the powers of attorney granted
herein other than actions taken or omitted to be taken through the Collateral
Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final
determination of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(d) If any
Grantor fails to perform any agreement or obligation contained herein, the
Collateral Agent may itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement or
obligation, in the name of such Grantor or the Collateral Agent, and the
expenses of the Collateral Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be
jointly and severally payable by the Grantors pursuant to Section 10 hereof and
shall be secured by the Collateral.
(e) The
powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect its
interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any
such powers. Other than the exercise of reasonable care to assure the
safe custody of any Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys
actually received by it hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to
any Collateral or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights
against prior parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral and shall
be relieved of all responsibility for any Collateral in its possession upon
surrendering it or tendering surrender of it to any of the Grantors (or
whomsoever shall be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of
competent jurisdiction shall direct). The Collateral Agent shall be
deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any
Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment
substantially equal to that which the Collateral Agent accords its own property,
it being understood that the Collateral Agent shall not have
responsibility for ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls,
conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relating to any
Collateral, whether or not the Collateral Agent has or is deemed to have
knowledge of such matters. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable
or responsible for any loss or damage to any of the Collateral, or for any
diminution in the value thereof, by reason of the act or omission of any
warehouseman, carrier, forwarding agency, consignee or other agent or bailee
selected by the Collateral Agent in good faith.
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(f) Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding (i) each Grantor shall remain liable
under the Licenses and otherwise in respect of the Collateral to the extent set
forth therein to perform all of its obligations thereunder to the same extent as
if this Agreement had not been executed, (ii) the exercise by the
Collateral Agent of any of its rights hereunder shall not release any Grantor
from any of its obligations under the Licenses or otherwise in respect of the
Collateral, and (iii) the Collateral Agent shall not have any obligation or
liability by reason of this Agreement under the Licenses or otherwise in respect
of the Collateral, nor shall the Collateral Agent be obligated to perform any of
the obligations or duties of any Grantor thereunder or to take any action to
collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder.
(g) The
Collateral Agent may at any time in its discretion (i) without notice to any
Grantor, transfer or register in the name of the Collateral Agent or any of its
nominees any or all of the Pledged Interests, subject only to the revocable
rights of such Grantor under Section 7(a) hereof, and (ii) exchange certificates
or Instruments constituting Pledged Interests for certificates or Instruments of
smaller or larger denominations.
SECTION
9. Remedies Upon
Default . If
any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(a) The
Collateral Agent may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to any
other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all
of the rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the Code
(whether or not the Code applies to the affected Collateral), and also may
(i) take absolute control of the Collateral, including, without limitation,
transfer into the Collateral Agent's name or into the name of its nominee or
nominees (to the extent the Collateral Agent has not theretofore done so) and
thereafter receive, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Lenders, all
payments made thereon, give all consents, waivers and ratifications in respect
thereof and otherwise act with respect thereto as though it were the outright
owner thereof, (ii) require each Grantor to, and each Grantor hereby agrees
that it will at its expense and upon request of the Collateral Agent forthwith,
assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by the Collateral Agent and
make it available to the Collateral Agent at a place or places to be designated
by the Collateral Agent that is reasonably convenient to both parties, and the
Collateral Agent may enter into and occupy any premises owned or leased by any
Grantor where the Collateral or any part thereof is located or assembled for a
reasonable period in order to effectuate the Collateral Agent's rights and
remedies hereunder or under law, without obligation to any Grantor in respect of
such occupation, and (iii) without notice except as specified below and
without any obligation to prepare or process the Collateral for sale,
(A) sell the Collateral or any part thereof in
one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any of the Collateral Agent's
offices, at any exchange or broker's board or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or
for future delivery, and at such price or prices and upon
such other terms as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable and/or
(B) lease, license or otherwise dispose of the
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Collateral
or any part thereof upon such terms as the Collateral Agent may deem
commercially reasonable. Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent
notice of sale or any other disposition of the Collateral shall be required by
law, at least five (5) days prior written notice to the applicable Grantor of
the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale
or other disposition of the Collateral is to be made shall constitute reasonable
notification. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any
sale or other disposition of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been
given. The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale
from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such
sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was
so adjourned. Each Grantor hereby waives any claims against the
Collateral Agent and the Lenders arising by reason of the fact that the price at
which the Collateral may have been sold at a private sale was less than the
price which might have been obtained at a public sale or was less than the
aggregate amount of the Secured Obligations, even if the Collateral Agent
accepts the first offer received and does not offer the Collateral to more than
one offeree, and waives all rights that such Grantor may have to require that
all or any part of the Collateral be marshaled upon any sale (public or private)
thereof. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that (i) any such sale
of the Collateral by the Collateral Agent shall be made without warranty,
(ii) the Collateral Agent may specifically disclaim any warranties of
title, possession, quiet enjoyment or the like, (iii) the Collateral Agent may
bid (which bid may be, in whole or in part, in the form of cancellation of
indebtedness), if permitted by law, for the purchase, lease, license or other
disposition of the Collateral or any portion thereof for the account of the
Collateral Agent (on behalf of itself and the Lenders) and (iv) such
actions set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above shall not adversely
affect the commercial reasonableness of any such sale of the
Collateral. In addition to the foregoing, (i) upon written
notice to any Grantor from the Collateral Agent, each Grantor shall cease any
use of the Intellectual Property or any trademark, patent or copyright similar
thereto for any purpose described in such notice; (ii) the Collateral Agent may,
at any time and from time to time, upon five days prior written notice to any
Grantor, license, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an
exclusive or non-exclusive basis, any of the Intellectual Property, throughout
the universe for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as
the Collateral Agent shall in its sole discretion determine; and (iii) the
Collateral Agent may, at any time, pursuant to the authority granted in Section
8 hereof (such authority being effective upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default), execute and deliver on behalf of a Grantor,
one or more instruments of assignment of the Intellectual Property (or any
application or registration thereof), in form suitable for filing, recording or
registration in any country.
(b) In the
event that the Collateral Agent determines to exercise its right to sell all or
any part of the Pledged Interests pursuant to Section 9(a) hereof, each Grantor
will, at such Grantor's expense and upon request by the Collateral
Agent: (i) execute and deliver, and cause each issuer of such Pledged
Interests and the directors and officers thereof to execute and deliver, all
such instruments and documents, and do or cause to be done all such other acts
and things, as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Collateral Agent,
advisable to register such Pledged Interests under the provisions of the
Securities Act, and to cause the registration statement relating thereto to
become effective and to remain effective for such period as prospectuses are
required by law to be furnished, and to make all amendments and supplements
thereto and to the related prospectus which, in the opinion of the Collateral
Agent, are necessary or advisable, all in conformity with the requirements of
the
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Securities Act and the
rules and regulations of the SEC applicable thereto, (ii) cause each issuer of
such Pledged Interests to qualify such Pledged Interests under the state
securities or "Blue Sky" laws of each jurisdiction, and to obtain all necessary
governmental approvals for the sale of the Pledged Interests, as requested by
the Collateral Agent, (iii) cause each Pledged Issuer to make available to its
securityholders, as soon as practicable, an earnings statement which will
satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, and (iv) do or
cause to be done all such other acts and things as may be necessary to make such
sale of such Pledged Interests valid and binding and in compliance with
applicable law. Each Grantor acknowledges the impossibility of
ascertaining the amount of damages which would be suffered by the Collateral
Agent by reason of the failure by any Grantor to perform any of the covenants
contained in this Section 9(b) and, consequently, agrees that, if any Grantor
fails to perform any of such covenants, it shall pay, as liquidated damages and
not as a penalty, an amount equal to the value of the Pledged Interests on the
date the Collateral Agent demands compliance with this Section 9(b); provided, however, that the
payment of such amount shall not release any Grantor from any of its obligations
under any of the other Loan Documents.
(c) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 9(b) hereof, each Grantor recognizes that the
Collateral Agent may deem it impracticable to effect a public sale of all or any
part of the Pledged Shares or any other securities constituting Pledged
Interests and that the Collateral Agent may, therefore, determine to make one or
more private sales of any such securities to a restricted group of purchasers
who will be obligated to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities
for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or
resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges that any such private sale
may be at prices and on terms less favorable to the seller than the prices and
other terms which might have been obtained at a public sale and, notwithstanding
the foregoing, agrees that such private sales shall be deemed to have been made
in a commercially reasonable manner and that the Collateral Agent shall have no
obligation to delay the sale of any such securities for the period of time
necessary to permit the issuer of such securities to register such securities
for public sale under the Securities Act. Each Grantor further
acknowledges and agrees that any offer to sell such securities which has been
(i) publicly advertised on a bona fide basis in a newspaper or other publication
of general circulation in the financial community of New York, New York (to the
extent that such an offer may be so advertised without prior registration under
the Securities Act) or (ii) made privately in the manner described above to not
less than fifteen bona fide offerees shall
be deemed to involve a "public disposition" for the purposes of Section 9-610(c)
of the Code (or any successor or similar, applicable statutory provision) as
then in effect in the State of New York, notwithstanding that such sale may not
constitute a "public offering" under the Securities Act, and that the Collateral
Agent may, in such event, bid for the purchase of such securities.
(d) Any cash
held by the Collateral Agent (or its agent or designee) as Collateral and all
Cash Proceeds received by the Collateral Agent (or its agent or designee) in
respect of any sale of or collection from, or other realization upon, all or any
part of the Collateral may, in the discretion of the Collateral Agent, be held
by the Collateral Agent (or its agent or designee) as collateral for, and/or
then or at any time thereafter applied (after payment of any amounts payable to
the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 10 hereof) in whole or in part by the
Collateral Agent against, all or any part of the Secured Obligations in such
order as the Collateral
Agent shall elect, consistent with the provisions of the Financing
Agreement. Any surplus of such cash or Cash Proceeds held by the
Collateral Agent (or its agent or designee) and remaining after the date on
which all of the Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash
after the termination of each Lender's Commitment and each of the Loan
Documents, shall be paid over to whomsoever shall be lawfully entitled to
receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction shall
direct.
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(e) In the
event that the proceeds of any such sale, collection or realization are
insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Collateral Agent and the Lenders
are legally entitled, the Grantors shall be jointly and severally liable for the
deficiency, together with interest thereon at the highest rate specified in any
applicable Loan Document for interest on overdue principal thereof or such other
rate as shall be fixed by applicable law, together with the costs of collection
and the reasonable fees, costs, expenses and other client charges of any
attorneys employed by the Collateral Agent to collect such
deficiency.
(f) Each
Grantor hereby acknowledges that if the Collateral Agent complies with any
applicable requirements of law in connection with a disposition of the
Collateral, such compliance will not adversely affect the commercial
reasonableness of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral.
(g) The
Collateral Agent shall not be required to marshal any present or future
collateral security (including, but not limited to, this Agreement and the
Collateral) for, or other assurances of payment of, the Secured Obligations or
any of them or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of
payment in any particular order, and all of the Collateral Agent's rights
hereunder and in respect of such collateral security and other assurances of
payment shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however
existing or arising. To the extent that any Grantor lawfully may,
such Grantor hereby agrees that it will not invoke any law relating to the
marshalling of collateral which might cause delay in or impede the enforcement
of the Collateral Agent's rights under this Agreement or under any other
instrument creating or evidencing any of the Secured Obligations or under which
any of the Secured Obligations is outstanding or by which any of the Secured
Obligations is secured or payment thereof is otherwise assured, and, to the
extent that it lawfully may, each Grantor hereby irrevocably waives the benefits
of all such laws.
SECTION
10. Indemnity and
Expenses .
(a) Each
Grantor jointly and severally agrees to defend, protect, indemnify and hold
harmless each Agent and each other Indemnitee from and against any and all
claims, losses, damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties, fees, reasonable
costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees,
costs, expenses and disbursements) incurred by such Agent or such Indemnitee to
the extent that they arise out of or otherwise result from or relate to or are
in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, enforcement of
this Agreement), except claims, losses or liabilities resulting solely and
directly from such Agent's or any such Indemnitee's gross negligence or willful
misconduct, as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(b) Each
Grantor jointly and severally agrees to pay to the Agents upon demand the amount
of any and all costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees, costs,
expenses and disbursements of counsel for the Agents and of any experts and
agents (including, without limitation, any collateral trustee which may act as
agent of the Agents), which the Agents may incur in connection with (i) the
preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery, recordation, administration,
amendment, waiver or other modification or termination of this Agreement,
(ii) the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or the sale of,
collection from, or other realization upon, any Collateral, (iii) the
exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Agents hereunder, or
(iv) the failure by any Grantor to perform or observe any of the provisions
hereof.
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SECTION
11. Notices, Etc. All
notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be given in
accordance with the notice provision of the Financing
Agreement.
SECTION
12. Security Interest Absolute;
Joint and Several Obligations .
(a) All
rights of the Secured Parties, all Liens and all obligations of each of the
Grantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (i) any
lack of validity or enforceability of the Financing Agreement or any other Loan
Document, (ii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any
other term in respect of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other
amendment or waiver of or consent to any departure from the Financing Agreement
or any other Loan Document, (iii) any exchange or release of, or non-perfection
of any Lien on any Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or
consent to departure from any guaranty, for all or any of the Secured
Obligations, or (iv) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a
defense available to, or a discharge of, any of the Grantors in respect of the
Secured Obligations. All authorizations and agencies contained herein
with respect to any of the Collateral are irrevocable and powers coupled with an
interest.
(b) Each
Grantor hereby waives (i) promptness and diligence, (ii) notice of acceptance
and notice of the incurrence of any Obligation by any Borrower, (iii) notice of
any actions taken by any Agent, any Lender, any Guarantor or any other Person
under any Loan Document or any other agreement, document or instrument relating
thereto, (iv) all other notices, demands and protests, and all other formalities
of every kind in connection with the enforcement of the Obligations, the
omission of or delay in which, but for the provisions of this subsection (b),
might constitute grounds for relieving such Grantor of any such Grantor's
obligations hereunder and (v) any requirement that any Agent or any Lender
protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or other lien on any
property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against any
Grantor or any other Person or any collateral.
(c) All of
the obligations of the Grantors hereunder are joint and several. The
Collateral Agent may, in its sole and absolute discretion, enforce the
provisions hereof against any of the Grantors and shall not be required to
proceed against all Grantors jointly or seek payment from the Grantors
ratably. In addition, the Collateral Agent may, in its sole and
absolute discretion, select the Collateral of any one or more of the Grantors
for sale or application to the Secured Obligations, without regard to the
ownership of such Collateral, and shall not be required to make such selection
ratably from the Collateral owned by all of the Grantors. The release
or discharge of any Grantor by the Collateral Agent shall not release or
discharge any other Grantor from the obligations of such Person
hereunder.
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SECTION
13. Miscellaneous.
(a) No
amendment of any provision of this Agreement (including any Schedule attached
hereto) shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by each Grantor
affected thereby and the Collateral Agent, and no waiver of any provision of
this Agreement, and no consent to any departure by any Grantor therefrom, shall
be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the Collateral Agent, and
then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and
for the specific purpose for which given.
(b) No
failure on the part of the Secured Parties to exercise, and no delay in
exercising, any right hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate
as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right. The rights and remedies of the Secured Parties provided herein
and in the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are in addition to, and not
exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law. The rights of
the Secured Parties under any Loan Document against any party thereto are not
conditional or contingent on any attempt by such Person to exercise any of its
rights under any other Loan Document against such party or against any other
Person, including but not limited to, any Grantor.
(c) This
Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and
shall (i) remain in full force and effect, subject to paragraph (e) below, until
the date on which all of the Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in
full in cash after the termination of each Lender's Commitment and each of the
Loan Documents and (ii) be binding on each Grantor all other Persons who become
bound as debtor to this Agreement in accordance with Section 9-203(d) of the
Code, and shall inure, together with all rights and remedies of the Secured
Parties hereunder, to the benefit of the Secured Parties and their respective
successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality
of clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Secured Parties may
assign or otherwise transfer their respective rights and obligations under this
Agreement and any other Loan Document to any other Person pursuant to the terms
of the Financing Agreement, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested
with all of the benefits in respect thereof granted to the Secured Parties
and herein or otherwise. Upon any such assignment or
transfer, all references in this Agreement to any Secured Party shall mean the
assignee of any such Secured Party. None of the rights or obligations
of any Grantor hereunder may be assigned or otherwise transferred without the
prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, and any such assignment or
transfer shall be null and void.
(d) Upon the
date on which all of the Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full
in cash after the termination of each Lender's Commitment and each of the Loan
Documents, (i) subject to paragraph (e) below, this Agreement and the security
interests, powers of attorney and licenses created hereby shall terminate and
all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantors and (ii) the
Collateral Agent will, upon the Grantors' request and at the Grantors' expense,
without any representation, warranty or recourse whatsoever, (A) return to the
Grantors (or whomsoever shall be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a
court of competent jurisdiction shall direct) such of the Collateral as shall
not have been sold or otherwise disposed of or applied pursuant to the terms
hereof and (B) execute and deliver to the Grantors such documents as the
Grantors shall reasonably request to evidence such
termination.
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(e) This Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against
any Grantor for liquidation or reorganization, should any Grantor become
insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or
should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of any
Grantor's assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the
case may be, if at any time payment or performance of the Secured Obligations,
or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in
amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Secured
Obligations, whether as a "voidable preference," "fraudulent conveyance," or
otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been
made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is
rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Secured Obligations shall be
reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded,
reduced, restored or returned.
(f) Upon the execution and delivery, or
authentication, by any Person of a security agreement supplement in
substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto
(each a "Security
Agreement Supplement"), (i) such Person shall be referred to as an "Additional Grantor"
and shall be and become a Grantor, and each reference in this Agreement to
"Grantor" shall also mean and be a reference to such Additional Grantor, and
each reference in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to "Collateral"
shall also mean and be a reference to the Collateral of such Additional Grantor,
and (ii) the supplemental Schedules I-VIII
attached to each Security Agreement Supplement shall be incorporated into and
become a part of and supplement Schedules I-VIII,
respectively, hereto, and the Collateral Agent may attach such Schedules as
supplements to such Schedules, and each reference to such Schedules shall mean
and be a reference to such Schedules, as supplemented pursuant
hereto.
(g) THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF LAW
AND EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE VALIDITY AND PERFECTION OR THE PERFECTION AND
THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR NON-PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTEREST CREATED
HEREBY, OR REMEDIES HEREUNDER, IN RESPECT OF ANY PARTICULAR COLLATERAL ARE
GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW
YORK. ANY LEGAL ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO MAY BE BROUGHT IN XXX XXXXXX XX XXX
XXXXX XX XXX XXXX IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK OR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS THEREOF, AND BY
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH GRANTOR HEREBY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF
AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION
OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. EACH GRANTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
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FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT
MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING
IN SUCH RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS AND CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR
EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE COURT. EACH GRANTOR
AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE
CONCLUSIVE AND MAYBE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT, OR
IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.
(h) In
addition to and without limitation of any of the foregoing, this Agreement shall
be deemed to be a Loan Document and shall otherwise be subject to all of terms
and conditions contained in Sections 12.10 and 12.11 of the Financing Agreement,
mutatis
mutandi.
(i) Each
Grantor irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right it may have to claim or
recover in any legal action, suit or proceeding with respect to this Agreement
any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
(j) Any
provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining portions
hereof or thereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision
in any other jurisdiction.
(k) Section
headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not
constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose.
(l) So long
as the Working Capital Agent is acting as bailee and as agent for perfection on
behalf of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement, any obligation of any Grantor in this Agreement that requires
delivery of Collateral to, or the possession or control of Collateral with, the
Collateral Agent shall be deemed complied with and satisfied if such delivery of
Collateral is made to, or such possession or control of Collateral is with, the
Working Capital Agent.
(m) This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different
parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and
the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this
Agreement by facsimile or electronic mail shall be equally effective as delivery
of an original executed counterpart.
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OF THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Agreement to be executed and
delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above
written.
GRANTORS:
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MONACO
COACH CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ P. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: P.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Vice
President
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SIGNATURE MOTORCOACH
RESORTS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ P. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: P.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Vice
President
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NAPLES
MOTORCOACH RESORT INC.
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By:
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/s/ P. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: P.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Vice
President
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PORT
OF THE ISLES MOTORCOACH RESORT, INC.
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By:
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/s/ P. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: P.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Vice
President
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OUTDOOR
RESORTS OF LAS VEGAS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ P. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: P.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Vice
President
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Sched.
I-1
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OUTDOOR
RESORTS MOTORCOACH COUNTRY
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CLUB,
INC.
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By:
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/s/ P. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: P.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Vice
President
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LA
QUINTA MOTORCOACH RESORT, INC.
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By:
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/s/ P. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: P.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Vice
President
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SIGNATURE RESORTS
OF MICHIGAN, INC.
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By:
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/s/ P. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: P.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Vice
President
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R-VISION
HOLDINGS LLC
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By:
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/s/ P. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: P.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Vice
President
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R-VISION,
INC.
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By:
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/s/ P. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: P.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Vice
President
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R-VISION
MOTORIZED LLC
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By:
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/s/ P. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: P.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Vice
President
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BISON MANUFACTURING,
LLC
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By:
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/s/ P. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: P.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Vice
President
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ROADMASTER
LLC
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By:
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/s/ P. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: P.
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Vice
President
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3
EXHIBIT
A
PLEDGE
AMENDMENT
This
Pledge Amendment, dated _________ __, __ , is delivered
pursuant to Section 4 of the Pledge and Security Agreement referred to
below. The undersigned hereby agrees that this Pledge Amendment may
be attached to the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated November 6, 2008, as it
may heretofore have been or hereafter may be amended, restated, supplemented,
modified or otherwise changed from time to time (the "Security Agreement")
and that the promissory notes or shares listed on this Pledge Amendment shall be
hereby pledged and assigned to the Collateral Agent and become part of the
Pledged Interests referred to in such Pledge Agreement and shall secure all of
the Secured Obligations referred to in such Security Agreement.
Pledged Debt
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Grantor
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Name of Maker
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Description
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Principal
Amount
Outstanding as of
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Pledged Shares
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Grantor
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Name
of
Pledged Issuer
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Number
of
Shares
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Percentage
of Outstanding
Shares
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Class
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Certificate
Number
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[GRANTOR]
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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ABLECO
FINANCE LLC,
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as
the Collateral Agent
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Exh.
A-1
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EXHIBIT
B
GRANT OF
A SECURITY INTEREST --[TRADEMARKS] [PATENTS] [COPYRIGHTS]
WHEREAS,
________________ (the "Grantor") [has
adopted, used and is using, and holds all right, title and interest in and to,
the trademarks and service marks listed on the attached Schedule A, which
trademarks and service marks are registered or applied for in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office (the "Trademarks")] [holds
all right, title and interest in the letter patents, design patents and utility
patents listed on the attached Schedule A,
which patents are issued or applied for in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (the "Patents")] [holds all
right, title and interest in the copyrights listed on the attached Schedule A, which
copyrights are registered in the United States Copyright Office (the "Copyrights")];
WHEREAS,
the Grantor has entered into a Pledge and Security Agreement, dated November 6,
2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented, modified or otherwise changed from
time to time, the "Security Agreement"),
in favor of Ableco Finance LLC, as the Collateral Agent for itself and certain
lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, if any, the
"Grantee");
and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Security Agreement, the Grantor has granted to the Grantee, and
granted to the Grantee for the benefit of the Secured Parties (each such term as
defined in the Security Agreement), a continuing security interest in all right,
title and interest of the Grantor in, to and under the [Trademarks, together
with, among other things, the goodwill of the business symbolized by the
Trademarks] [Patents] [Copyrights] and the applications and registrations
thereof, and all proceeds thereof, including, without limitation, any and all
causes of action which may exist by reason of infringement thereof and any and
all damages arising from past, present and future violations thereof (the "Collateral"), to
secure the payment, performance and observance of the Secured Obligations (as
defined in the Security Agreement).
NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantor does hereby grant to the Grantee and
grant to the Grantee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing
security interest in the Collateral to secure the prompt payment, performance
and observance of the Secured Obligations.
The
Grantor does hereby further acknowledge and affirm that the rights and remedies
of the Grantee with respect to the Collateral are more fully set forth in the
Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated
herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.
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Exh.
B-1
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantor has caused this Assignment to be duly executed by
its officer thereunto duly authorized as of ___________ ____,
200___.
[GRANTOR]
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Exh.
B-2
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SCHEDULE A TO GRANT OF A
SECURITY INTEREST
[Trademark
Registrations and Applications]
[Patents
and Patent Applications]
[Copyright
Registrations and Applications]
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Exh.
B-3
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EXHIBIT
C
FORM OF
SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT
[Date of
Security Agreement Supplement]
Ableco
Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent
000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
[ ]
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
Reference
hereby is made to (i) the Financing Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2008
(such agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented, modified or otherwise
changed from time to time, including any replacement agreement therefor, being
hereinafter referred to as the "Financing Agreement")
by and among Monaco Coach Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Monaco"), each
subsidiary of Monaco listed as a "Borrower" on the
signature pages thereto (each a "Borrower" and
collectively, the "Borrowers"), each
subsidiary of Monaco listed as a "Guarantor" on the
signature pages thereto (together with each other Person (as defined in the
Financing Agreement) that guarantees all or any portion of the Obligations (as
defined in the Financing Agreement) (each a "Guarantor" and
collectively, the "Guarantors"), the
lenders from time to time party thereto (each a "Lender" and
collectively, the "Lenders"), the
Collateral Agent, and Ableco, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such
capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, if any, the
"Administrative
Agent" and together with the Collateral Agent, each an "Agent" and
collectively, the "Agents") and (ii) the
Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2008 (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Security Agreement"),
made by the Grantors from time to time party thereto in favor of the Collateral
Agent. Capitalized terms defined in the Financing Agreement or the
Security Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined
in the Financing Agreement or the Security Agreement.
SECTION
1. Grant of
Security. The undersigned hereby grants to the Collateral
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in,
all of its right, title and interest in and to all of the Collateral (as defined
in the Security Agreement) of the undersigned, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired by the undersigned, wherever located and whether now or hereafter
existing or arising, including, without limitation, the property and assets of
the undersigned set forth on the attached supplemental schedules to the
Schedules to the Security Agreement.
SECTION
2. Security for
Obligations. The grant of a security interest in the
Collateral by the undersigned under this Security Agreement Supplement and the
Security Agreement secures the payment of all Secured Obligations of the
undersigned now or hereafter existing under or in respect of the Loan Documents,
whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal,
reimbursement obligations, interest, premiums, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or
otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of
this Security Agreement Supplement and the Security Agreement secures the
payment of all amounts that constitute part of the Secured Obligations and that
would be owed by the undersigned to the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party
under the Loan Documents but for the fact that such Secured Obligations are
unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy,
reorganization or similar proceeding involving a Grantor.
Exh.
C-1
SECTION
3. Supplements to Security
Agreement Schedules. The undersigned has attached hereto
supplemental Schedules
I through VIII to Schedules I through
VIII,
respectively, to the Security Agreement, and the undersigned hereby certifies,
as of the date first above written, that such supplemental Schedules have been
prepared by the undersigned in substantially the form of the equivalent
Schedules to the Security Agreement, and such supplemental Schedules include all
of the information required to be scheduled to the Security Agreement and do not
omit to state any information material thereto.
SECTION
4. Representations and
Warranties. The undersigned hereby makes each representation
and warranty set forth in Section 5 of the
Security Agreement (as supplemented by the attached supplemental Schedules) to
the same extent as each other Grantor.
SECTION
5. Obligations Under the
Security Agreement. The undersigned hereby agrees, as of the
date first above written, to be bound as a Grantor by all of the terms and
provisions of the Security Agreement to the same extent as each of the other
Grantors. The undersigned further agrees, as of the date first above
written, that each reference in the Security Agreement to an "Additional
Grantor" or a "Grantor" shall also mean and be a reference to the
undersigned.
SECTION
6. Governing
Law. This Security Agreement Supplement shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York.
SECTION
7. Loan
Document. In addition to and without limitation of any of the
foregoing, this Security Agreement Supplement shall be deemed to be a Loan
Document and shall otherwise be subject to all of terms and conditions contained
in Sections 12.10 and 12.11 of the Financing Agreement, mutatis mutandi.
Very
truly yours,
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[NAME
OF ADDITIONAL LOAN PARTY]
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Exh.
C-2
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Acknowledged
and Agreed:
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ABLECO
FINANCE LLC,
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as
Collateral Agent
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Exh. C-3