EX-10.68 3 dex1068.htm MORTGAGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT Execution Copy HEARTLAND PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as mortgagor (Borrower) to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association, as mortgagee (the Administrative...
Exhibit 10.68
Execution Copy
HEARTLAND PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation, as mortgagor
(Borrower)
to
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
a national banking association, as mortgagee
(the Administrative Agent)
MORTGAGE AND
SECURITY AGREEMENT
Dated: January 20, 2011
PREPARED BY AND UPON
RECORDATION RETURN TO:
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
XXXX & XXXXX, LLC
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
(000) 000-0000
MORTGAGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS MORTGAGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Security Instrument”) dated as of January 20, 2011, by HEARTLAND PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation, having an address at 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, as mortgagor (the “Borrower”), for the benefit of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association, having an address at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, in its capacity as administrative agent and mortgagee (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders and the other Secured Parties defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below.
Article 1 - GRANTS OF SECURITY
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(d) Easements. All right, title and interest of the Borrower in all easements, rights-of- way or use, rights, strips and gores of land, streets, ways, alleys, passages, sewer rights, water, water courses, water rights and powers, air rights and development rights, and all estates, rights, titles, interests, privileges, liberties, servitudes, tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances of any nature whatsoever, in any way now or hereafter belonging, relating or pertaining to the Land and the Improvements and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, and all land lying in the bed of any street, road or avenue, opened or proposed, in front of or adjoining the Land, to the center line thereof and all the estates, rights, titles, interests, dower and rights of dower, curtesy and rights of curtesy, property, possession, claim and demand whatsoever, both at law and in equity, of the Borrower of, in and to the Land and the Improvements and every part and parcel thereof; with the appurtenances thereto;
(f) Fixtures. All the Equipment now owned, or the ownership of which is hereafter acquired, by the Borrower which is so related to the Land and the Improvements forming part of the Property that it is deemed fixtures or real property under the law of the particular state in which the Equipment is located, including, without limitation, all building or construction materials intended for construction, reconstruction, alteration or repair of or installation on the Property, construction equipment, appliances, machinery, plant equipment, fittings, apparatuses, fixtures and other items now or hereafter attached to, installed in or used in connection with (temporarily or permanently) any of the Improvements or the Land, including, but not limited to, engines, devices for the operation of pumps, pipes, plumbing, cleaning, call and sprinkler systems, fire extinguishing apparatuses and equipment, heating, ventilating, plumbing, laundry, incinerating, electrical, air conditioning and air cooling equipment and systems, gas and electric machinery, appurtenances and equipment, pollution control equipment, security systems, disposals, dishwashers, refrigerators and ranges, recreational equipment and facilities of all kinds, and water, gas, electrical, storm and sanitary sewer facilities, utility lines and equipment (whether owned individually or jointly with others, and, if owned jointly, to the extent of the Borrower’s interest therein) and all other utilities whether or not situated in easements, all water
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tanks, water supply, water power sites, fuel stations, fuel tanks, fuel supply, and all other structures, together with all accessions, appurtenances, additions, replacements, betterments and substitutions for any of the foregoing and the proceeds thereof (collectively, the “Fixtures”);
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AND without limiting any of the other provisions of this Security Instrument, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower expressly grants to the Administrative Agent, as secured party, a security interest in the portion of the Property which is or may be subject to the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code which are applicable to secured transactions; it being understood and agreed that the Improvements and the Fixtures are part and parcel of the Land (the Land, the Improvements and the Fixtures collectively referred to as the “Real Property”) appropriated to the use thereof and, whether affixed or annexed to the Real Property or not, shall for the purposes of this Security Instrument be deemed conclusively to be real estate and mortgaged hereby.
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law, be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of the Obligations in such priority and proportions as the Administrative Agent in its discretion shall deem proper. The principal place of business of the Borrower (Debtor) is as set forth on page one hereof and the address of the Administrative Agent (Secured Party) is as set forth on page one hereof.
CONDITIONS TO GRANT
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above granted and described Property unto and to the use and benefit of the Administrative Agent and its successors and assigns, forever;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, these presents are upon the express condition that, if the Borrower shall well and truly pay to the Administrative Agent the Obligations at the time and in the manner provided in the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and this Security Instrument, shall well and truly perform the Obligations and shall well and truly abide by and comply with each and every covenant and condition set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, (i) these presents and the estate hereby granted shall cease, terminate and be void and (ii) the Administrative Agent, at the request and expense of the Borrower, will execute and deliver to the Borrower a proper instrument or instruments acknowledging the satisfaction, discharge and termination of this Security Instrument as provided above, and will duly assign, transfer and deliver to the Borrower (without recourse and without any representation or warranty) such of the Property as may be in the possession of the Administrative Agent and as has not theretofore been sold or otherwise applied or released pursuant to this Security Instrument or the other Loan Documents; provided, however, that the Borrower’s obligation to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent pursuant to the provisions hereof or any of the other Loan Documents shall survive any such payment or release to the extent expressly provided herein or in any of the other Loan Documents.
Article 2 - OBLIGATIONS SECURED
This Security Instrument and the grants, assignments and transfers made in Article 1 are given for the purpose of securing the Obligations as more fully described in the Credit Agreement and the performance of all other obligations of the Borrower contained herein and therein.
Article 3 - BORROWER COVENANTS
The Borrower covenants and agrees that:
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Section 3.6 PAYMENT FOR LABOR AND MATERIALS.
(a) Subject to paragraph (b) below, the Borrower will promptly pay when due all bills and costs for labor, materials, and specifically fabricated materials (“Labor and Material Costs”) incurred in connection with the Property and not permit to exist beyond the due date thereof in respect of the Property or any part thereof any lien or security interest, even though inferior to the liens and the security interests hereof, and in any event not permit to be created or exist in respect of the Property or any part thereof any other or additional lien or security interest other than the liens or security interests hereof except for the Permitted Encumbrances.
(b) After prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, at its own expense, may contest by appropriate legal proceeding, promptly initiated and conducted in good faith and with due diligence, the amount or validity or application in whole or in part of any of the Labor and Material Costs, provided that (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Credit Agreement, this Security Instrument or any of the other Loan
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Documents, (ii) the Borrower is permitted to do so under the provisions of any other mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt affecting the Property, (iii) such proceeding shall suspend the collection of the Labor and Material Costs from the Borrower and from the Property or the Borrower shall have paid all of the Labor and Material Costs under protest or shall have provided the bond or other security contemplated by clause (vi) below, (iv) such proceeding shall be permitted under and be conducted in accordance with the provisions of any other instrument to which Borrower is subject and shall not constitute a default thereunder, (v) neither the Property nor any part thereof or interest therein will be in danger of being sold, forfeited, terminated, canceled or lost while such contest is being conducted, and (vi) the Borrower shall have furnished any bond or other security as may be required in the proceeding, or as may be requested by the Administrative Agent to insure the payment of any contested Labor and Material Costs, together with all interest and penalties thereon.
Article 4 - OBLIGATIONS AND RELIANCES
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Section 4.3 NO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OBLIGATIONS.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections 1.1(h) and or Section 1.2, the Administrative Agent is not undertaking the performance of (i) any obligations under the Leases; or (ii) any obligations with respect to such agreements, contracts, certificates, instruments, franchises, permits, trademarks, licenses and other documents.
(b) By accepting or approving anything required to be observed, performed or fulfilled or to be given to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Security Instrument, the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, any officer’s certificate, balance sheet, statement of profit and loss or other financial statement, survey, appraisal, or insurance policy, the Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have warranted, consented to, or affirmed the sufficiency, the legality or effectiveness of same, and such acceptance or approval thereof shall not constitute any warranty or affirmation with respect thereto by the Administrative Agent.
Article 5 - FURTHER ASSURANCES
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(5) Business Days after receipt of the Administrative Agent’s written demand, will execute and deliver, and in the event it shall fail to so execute and deliver, hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute in the name of the Borrower or without the signature of the Borrower to the extent the Administrative Agent may lawfully do so, one or more financing statements (including, without limitation, initial financing statements and amendments thereto and continuation statements) with or without the signature of the Borrower as authorized by applicable law, to evidence more effectively the security interest of the Administrative Agent in the Property. The Borrower also ratifies its authorization for the Administrative Agent to have filed any initial financing statements, amendments thereto and continuation statements, if filed prior to the date of this Security Instrument, the Borrower grants to the Administrative Agent an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest for the purpose of exercising and perfecting any and all rights and remedies available to the Administrative Agent at law and in equity pursuant to this Section 5.2. To the extent not prohibited by applicable law, the Borrower hereby ratifies all acts the Administrative Agent has lawfully done in the past or shall lawfully do or cause to be done in the future by virtue of such power of attorney.
Section 5.3 CHANGES IN TAX DEBT, CREDIT AND DOCUMENTARY STAMP LAWS.
(a) If any law is enacted or adopted or amended after the date of this Security Instrument which deducts the Obligations from the value of the Property for the purpose of taxation or which imposes a tax, either directly or indirectly, on the Obligations or the Administrative Agent’s interest in the Property (other than income, franchise and similar taxes imposed on the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, their respective affiliates, or assignees of or participants in the Loans), the Borrower will pay the tax, with interest and penalties thereon, if any. If the Administrative Agent is advised by counsel chosen by it that the payment of tax by the Borrower would be unlawful or taxable to the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party or unenforceable or provide the basis for a defense of usury then the Administrative Agent shall have the option by written notice of not less than one hundred twenty (120) days to declare the Obligations immediately due and payable.
(b) the Borrower will not claim or demand or be entitled to any credit or credits on account of the Obligations for any part of the Taxes or other similar charges assessed against the Property, or any part thereof; and no deduction shall otherwise be made or claimed from the assessed value of the Property, or any part thereof, for real estate tax purposes by reason of this Security Instrument or the Obligations. If such claim, credit or deduction shall be required by law, the Administrative Agent shall have the option, by written notice of not less than one hundred twenty (120) days, to declare the Obligations immediately due and payable.
(c) If at any time the United States of America, any State thereof or any subdivision of any such State shall require revenue or other stamps to be affixed to this Security Instrument, or any of the other Loan Documents or impose any other tax or charge on the same (other than income, franchise and similar taxes imposed on the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, their respective affiliates, or assignees of or participants in the Loans), the Borrower will pay for the same, with interest and penalties thereon, if any.
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Article 6 - DUE ON SALE/ENCUMBRANCE
Section 6.1 THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT RELIANCE. The Borrower acknowledges that the Administrative Agent will rely on the Borrower’s ownership of the Property as a means of maintaining the value of the Property as security for repayment and performance of the Obligations. Borrower acknowledges that the Administrative Agent has a valid interest in maintaining the value of the Property so as to ensure that, should the Borrower default in the repayment or performance of the Obligations, the Administrative Agent can recover the Obligations by a sale of the Property.
Section 6.2 No TRANSFER. The Borrower shall not sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of the Property, unless specifically permitted by Section 6.11 of the Credit Agreement.
Article 7 - RIGHTS AND REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT
Section 7.1 REMEDIES. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may take such action, without notice or demand, as it deems advisable to protect and enforce its rights against the Borrower and in and to the Property, including, but not limited to, the following actions, each of which may, subject to applicable law, be pursued concurrently or otherwise, at such time and in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine, in its sole discretion, without impairing or otherwise affecting the other rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent:
(a) declare the entire unpaid Obligations to be immediately due and payable;
(b) institute proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for the complete foreclosure of this Security Instrument under any applicable provision of law, in which case the Property or any interest therein may be sold for cash or upon credit in one or more parcels or in several interests or portions and in any order or manner;
(c) with or without entry, to the extent permitted and pursuant to the procedures provided by applicable law, institute proceedings for the partial foreclosure of this Security Instrument for the portion of the Obligations then due and payable, subject to the continuing lien and security interest of this Security Instrument for the balance of the Obligations not then due, unimpaired and without loss of priority;
(d) to the extent permitted by applicable law, sell for cash or upon credit the Property or any part thereof and all estate, claim, demand, right, title and interest of the Borrower therein and rights of redemption thereof, pursuant to power of sale or otherwise, at one or more sales, as an entirety or in parcels, at such time and place, upon such terms and after such notice thereof as may be required or permitted by law;
(e) institute an action, suit or proceeding in equity for the specific performance of any covenant, condition or agreement contained herein, in the Credit Agreement or in the other Loan Documents;
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(f) subject to applicable law, recover judgment on the Credit Agreement and/or any of the other Loan Documents either before, during or after any proceedings for the enforcement of this Security Instrument or the other Loan Documents;
(g) subject to applicable law, apply for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or conservator of the Property, without notice and without regard for the adequacy of the security for the Obligations and without regard for the solvency of the Borrower, any Guarantor, indemnitor with respect to the Loans or of any Person liable for the payment of all or any portion of the Obligations;
(h) subject to applicable law, the license granted to Borrower under Section 1.2 hereof shall automatically be revoked and the Administrative Agent may enter into or upon the Property, either personally or by its agents, nominees or attorneys and dispossess the Borrower and its agents and servants therefrom, without liability for trespass, damages or otherwise and exclude the Borrower and its agents or servants wholly therefrom, and take possession of all books, records and accounts in the Borrower’s possession relating thereto and the Borrower agrees to surrender possession of the Property and of such books, records and accounts to the Administrative Agent upon demand, and thereupon the Administrative Agent may (i) use, operate, manage, control, insure, maintain, repair, restore and otherwise deal with all and every part of the Property and conduct the business thereat; (ii) complete any construction on the Property in such manner and form as the Administrative Agent deems advisable; (iii) make alterations, additions, renewals, replacements and improvements to or on the Property; (iv) exercise all rights and powers of the Borrower with respect to the Property, whether in the name of the Borrower or otherwise, including, without limitation, the right to make, cancel, enforce or modify Leases, obtain and evict tenants, and demand, xxx for, collect and receive all Rents of the Property and every part thereof; (v) require the Borrower to pay monthly in advance to the Administrative Agent, or any receiver appointed to collect the Rents, the fair and reasonable rental value for the use and occupation of such part of the Property as may be occupied by the Borrower; (vi) require the Borrower to vacate and surrender possession of the Property to the Administrative Agent or to such receiver and, in default thereof, the Borrower may be evicted by summary proceedings or otherwise; and (vii) apply the receipts from the Property to the payment of the Obligations, in such order, priority and proportions as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate in its sole discretion after deducting therefrom all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with the aforesaid operations and all amounts necessary to pay the Taxes, other charges, insurance and other expenses in connection with the Property, as well as just and reasonable compensation for the services of the Administrative Agent, its counsel, agents and employees;
(i) exercise any and all rights and remedies granted to a secured party upon default under the Uniform Commercial Code, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing: (i) the right to take possession of the Fixtures, the Equipment and the Personal Property, or any part thereof, and to take such other measures as the Administrative Agent may deem necessary for the care, protection and preservation of the Fixtures, the Equipment and the Personal Property, and (ii) request the Borrower at its expense to assemble the Fixtures, the Equipment and the Personal Property and make it available to the Administrative Agent at a convenient place acceptable to the Administrative Agent. Any notice of sale, disposition or other intended action by the Administrative Agent with respect to the Fixtures, the Equipment and/or the Personal Property sent to the Borrower in accordance with the provisions hereof at least ten (10) days prior to such action, shall constitute commercially reasonable notice to the Borrower;
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(j) apply any sums then deposited or held in escrow or otherwise by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, this Security Instrument or any other Loan Document to the payment of the following items in any order in its uncontrolled discretion:
(i) | Taxes and other charges related to the Property; |
(ii) | insurance premiums related to the Property; |
(iii) | interest on the unpaid principal balance of the Obligations; |
(iv) | amortization of the unpaid principal balance of the Obligations; |
(v) | all other sums payable pursuant to the Credit Agreement, this Security Instrument and the other Loan Documents; |
(k) pursue such other remedies as the Administrative Agent may have under applicable law. In the event of a sale, by foreclosure, power of sale or otherwise, of less than all of the Property, this Security Instrument shall continue as a lien and security interest on the remaining portion of the Property unimpaired and without loss of priority.
Section 7.2 APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS. The purchase money, proceeds and avails of any disposition of the Property, and or any part thereof, pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof, or any other sums collected by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Security Instrument or the other Loan Documents, upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default may be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of the Obligations in such priority and proportions as the Administrative Agent in its discretion shall deem proper.
Section 7.3 RIGHT TO CURE DEFAULTS. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default or if the Borrower fails to make any payment or to do any act as herein provided, the Administrative Agent may, but without any obligation to do so and without notice to or demand on the Borrower and without releasing the Borrower from any obligation hereunder, make or do the same in such manner and to such extent as the Administrative Agent may deem necessary to protect the security hereof, the Administrative Agent is authorized to enter upon the Property for such purposes, or appear in, defend, or bring any action or proceeding to protect its interest in the Property or to foreclose this Security Instrument or collect the Obligations, and the cost and expense thereof (including reasonable attorneys’ fees to the extent permitted by law), with interest as provided in this Section 7.3, shall constitute a portion of the Obligations and shall be due and payable to the Administrative Agent upon demand. All such costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in remedying such Event of Default or such failed payment or act or in appearing in, defending, or bringing any such action or proceeding shall bear interest at the rate described in Section 2.12(c)(ii) of the Credit Agreement, for the period after notice from the Administrative Agent that such cost or
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expense was incurred to the date of payment to the Administrative Agent. All such costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent together with interest thereon calculated at the rate described in Section 2.12(c)(ii) shall be deemed to constitute a portion of the Obligations and be secured by this Security Instrument and the other Loan Documents and shall be immediately due and payable upon demand by the Administrative Agent therefor.
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Section 7.7 OTHER RIGHTS, ETC.
(a) The failure of the Administrative Agent to insist upon strict performance of any term hereof shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any term of this Security Instrument. The Borrower shall not be relieved of the Borrower’s obligations hereunder by reason of (i) the failure of the Administrative Agent to comply with any request of the Borrower or any guarantor or indemnitor with respect to the Loans to take any action to foreclose this Security Instrument or otherwise enforce any of the provisions hereof or the other Loan Documents, (ii) the release, regardless of consideration, of less than all of the Property except to the extent of the portion of the Property so released, or of any person liable for the Obligations or any portion thereof, or (iii) any agreement or stipulation by the Administrative Agent extending the time of payment or otherwise modifying or supplementing the terms of this Security Instrument or the other Loan Documents (except to the extent expressly provided in such agreement or stipulation).
(b) It is agreed that the risk of loss or damage to the Property is on the Borrower, and the Administrative Agent shall have no liability whatsoever for decline in value of the Property, for failure to maintain any insurance policies in connection with the Property, or for failure to determine whether insurance in force is adequate as to the amount of risks insured. Possession by the Administrative Agent shall not be deemed an election of judicial relief, if any such possession is requested or obtained, with respect to the Property, any Personal Property or Collateral not in the Administrative Agent’s possession.
(c) Subject to applicable law, the Administrative Agent may resort for the payment of the Obligations to any other security held by the Administrative Agent in such order and manner as the Administrative Agent, in its discretion, may elect. Subject to applicable law, the Administrative Agent may take action to recover the Obligations, or any portion thereof, or to enforce any covenant hereof without prejudice to the right of the Administrative Agent thereafter to foreclose this Security Instrument. The rights of the Administrative Agent under this Security Instrument shall be separate, distinct and cumulative and none shall be given effect to the exclusion of the others. Subject to applicable law, no act of the Administrative Agent shall be construed as an election to proceed under any one provision herein to the exclusion of any other provision. The Administrative Agent shall not be limited exclusively to the rights and remedies herein stated but shall be entitled to every right and remedy now or hereafter afforded at law or in equity.
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venturer or shareholder thereof becoming a party to a voluntary or involuntary federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding; (d) any accident, injury to or death of persons or loss of or damage to property occurring in, on or about the Property or any part thereof or on the adjoining sidewalks, curbs, adjacent property or adjacent parking areas, streets or ways; (e) any use, nonuse or condition in, on or about the Property or any part thereof or on the adjoining sidewalks, curbs, adjacent property or adjacent parking areas, streets or ways; (f) any failure on the part of the Borrower to perform or be in compliance with any of the terms of this Security Instrument; (g) performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in respect of the Property or any part thereof, (h) the failure of any person to file timely with the Internal Revenue Service an accurate Form 0000-X, Xxxxxxxxx for Recipients of Proceeds from Real Estate, Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions, which may be required in connection with this Security Instrument, or to supply a copy thereof in a timely fashion to the recipient of the proceeds of the transaction in connection with which this Security Instrument is made; (i) any failure of the Property to be in compliance with any Requirement of Law; (j) the enforcement by any Indemnified Party of the provisions of this Article 9; (k) any and all claims and demands whatsoever which may be asserted against the Administrative Agent by reason of any alleged obligations or undertakings on its part to perform or discharge any of the terms, covenants or agreements contained in any Lease; (1) the payment of any commission, charge or brokerage fee to anyone claiming through the Borrower which may be payable in connection with the funding of the Loans; or (m) any misrepresentation made by the Borrower in this Security Instrument or any other Loan Document; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnification obligations shall not apply to any Losses that are the result of the recklessness, willful misconduct or fraud of any Indemnified Party. Any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent by reason of the application of this Section 9.1 shall become immediately due and payable and shall bear interest at the rate set forth in Section 2.12(c)(ii) of the Credit Agreement from the date loss or damage is sustained by the Administrative Agent until paid. For purposes of this Article 9, the term “Indemnified Parties” means the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, each Lender, the other Secured Parties and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons, any Person in whose name the encumbrance created by this Security Instrument is or will have been recorded, as well as the respective directors, officers, shareholders, partners, employees, agents, servants, representatives, contractors, subcontractors, affiliates, subsidiaries, participants, successors and assigns of any and all of the foregoing.
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Section 9.5 DUTY TO DEFEND; ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND OTHER FEES AND EXPENSES. Upon written request by any Indemnified Party, the Borrower shall defend such Indemnified Party (if requested by any Indemnified Party, in the name of the Indemnified Party) by attorneys
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and other professionals approved by the Indemnified Parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the defendants in any such claim or proceeding include both the Borrower and any Indemnified Party and the Borrower and such Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that there are any legal defenses available to it and/or other Indemnified Parties that are different from or additional to those available to the Borrower, such Indemnified Party shall have the right to select separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such Indemnified Party, provided that no compromise or settlement shall be entered without the Borrower’s consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Upon demand, the Borrower shall pay or, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Indemnified Parties, reimburse, the Indemnified Parties for the payment of fees and disbursements of attorneys, engineers, environmental consultants, laboratories and other professionals in connection therewith.
Section 10.1 WAIVER OF COUNTERCLAIM. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower hereby waives the right to assert a counterclaim, other than a mandatory or compulsory counterclaim, in any action or proceeding brought against it by the Administrative Agent arising out of or in any way connected with this Security Instrument, the Credit Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or the Obligations.
Section 10.2 MARSHALLING AND OTHER MATTERS. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower hereby waives the benefit of all appraisement, valuation, stay, extension, reinstatement and redemption laws now or hereafter in force and all rights of marshalling in the event of any sale hereunder of the Property or any part thereof or any interest therein. Further, the Borrower hereby expressly waives any and all rights of redemption from sale under any order or decree of foreclosure of this Security Instrument on behalf of the Borrower, and on behalf of each and every person acquiring any interest in or title to the Property subsequent to the date of this Security Instrument and on behalf of all persons to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Section 10.3 WAIVER OF NOTICE. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not be entitled to any notices of any nature whatsoever from the Administrative Agent except with respect to matters for which this Security Instrument specifically and expressly provides for the giving of notice by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and except with respect to matters for which the Administrative Agent is required by applicable law to give notice, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower hereby expressly waives the right to receive any notice from the Administrative Agent with respect to any matter for which this Security Instrument does not specifically and expressly provide for the giving of notice by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower.
Section 10.4 WAIVER OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower hereby expressly waives and releases to the fullest extent permitted by law, the pleading of any statute of limitations as a defense to payment or performance of the Obligations.
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Section 10.5 SURVIVAL. The indemnifications made pursuant to Section 9.3 herein and the representations and warranties, covenants, and other obligations arising in connection with any indemnification related to any Environmental Liability, shall continue indefinitely in full force and effect and shall survive and shall in no way be impaired by: any satisfaction or other termination of this Security Instrument, any assignment or other transfer of all or any portion of this Security Instrument or the Administrative Agent’s interest in the Property (but, in such case, shall benefit both Indemnified Parties and any assignee or transferee), any exercise of the Administrative Agent’s rights and remedies pursuant hereto including but not limited to foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, any exercise of any rights and remedies pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, any transfer of all or any portion of the Property (whether by the Borrower or by the Administrative Agent following foreclosure or acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or at any other time), any amendment to this Security Instrument, the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and any act or omission that might otherwise be construed as a release or discharge of the Borrower from the obligations pursuant hereto.
The provisions of Article VIII and Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference into this Security Instrument to the same extent and with the same force as if fully set forth herein.
All notices or other-written communications hereunder shall be delivered in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 13.1 GOVERNING LAW.
(A) THIS SECURITY INSTRUMENT AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE (WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS) AND ANY APPLICABLE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, EXCEPT THAT AT ALL TIMES (I) THE PROVISIONS FOR THE CREATION, PERFECTION, PRIORITY AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE LIENS AND SECURITY INTERESTS CREATED PURSUANT HERETO WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPERTY (OTHER THAN THAT DESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPH II BELOW) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE PROPERTY AND FIXTURES ARE LOCATED AND (II) WITH RESPECT TO THE PERFECTION, PRIORITY AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE LIENS AND SECURITY INTERESTS CREATED BY THIS SECURITY INSTRUMENT IN PROPERTY WHOSE PERFECTION AND PRIORITY IS COVERED BY ARTICLE 9 OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE, THE LAW OF THE JURISDICTION APPLICABLE IN
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ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 9-301 THROUGH 9-307 OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE AS IN EFFECT IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. THE BORROWER HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM TO ASSERT THAT THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION GOVERNS THIS SECURITY INSTRUMENT AND THIS SECURITY INSTRUMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH ABOVE.
(B) ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR THE BORROWER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SECURITY INSTRUMENT MAY AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S OPTION BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN XXX XXXX XX XXX XXXX, XXXXXX XX XXX XXXX, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE BORROWER WAIVES ANY OBJECTIONS WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE BASED ON VENUE AND/OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AND THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. THE BORROWER AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON THE BORROWER MAILED OR DELIVERED TO THE BORROWER IN THE MANNER PROVIDED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED IN EVERY RESPECT EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON THE BORROWER IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 13.2 USURY LAWS. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, (a) all agreements and communications between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent are hereby and shall automatically be limited so that, after taking into account all amounts deemed interest, the interest contracted for, charged or received by the Administrative Agent shall never exceed the maximum lawful rate or amount, (b) in calculating whether any interest exceeds the lawful maximum, all such interest shall be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread over the full amount and term of all principal indebtedness of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and (c) if through any contingency or event, the Administrative Agent receives or is deemed to receive interest in excess of the lawful maximum, any such excess shall be deemed to have been applied toward payment of the principal of any and all then outstanding indebtedness of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, or if there is no such indebtedness, shall immediately be returned to the Borrower.
Section 13.3 PROVISIONS SUBJECT To APPLICABLE LAW. All rights, powers and remedies provided in this Security Instrument may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provisions of law and are intended to be limited to the extent necessary so that they will not render this Security Instrument invalid, unenforceable or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable law. If any term of this Security Instrument or any application thereof shall be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Security Instrument and any other application of the term shall not be affected thereby.
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All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement. Unless the context clearly indicates a contrary intent or unless otherwise specifically provided herein, words used in this Security Instrument may be used interchangeably in singular or plural form and the word “Borrower” shall mean “each Borrower and any subsequent owner or owners of the Property or any part thereof or any interest therein,” the word “the Administrative Agent” shall mean “the Administrative Agent and any subsequent administrative agent,” the word “Pro pert “ shall include any portion of the Property and any interest therein, and the phrases “attorneys’ ‘ fees”, “legal fees” and “counsel fees” shall include any and all attorneys’, paralegal and law clerk fees and disbursements, including, but not limited to, fees and disbursements at the pre-trial, trial and appellate levels incurred or paid by the Administrative Agent in protecting its interest in the Property, the Leases and the Rents and enforcing its rights hereunder.
Article 15 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 15.1 No ORAL CHANGE. This Security Instrument, and any provisions hereof, may not be modified, amended, waived, extended, changed, discharged or terminated orally or by any act or failure to act on the part of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only by an agreement in writing signed by (i) the Borrower; and (ii) the Administrative Agent (acting with the consent of the Required Lenders or, to the extent required by Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement, each of the Lenders).
Section 15.2 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Security Instrument shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and their respective successors and assigns forever.
Section 15.3 INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS. If any term, covenant or condition of this Security Instrument is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, this Security Instrument shall be construed without such provision.
Section 15.4 HEADINGS. The headings and captions of various Sections of this Security Instrument are for convenience of reference only and are not to be construed as defining or limiting, in any way, the scope or intent of the provisions hereof.
Section 15.5 NUMBER AND GENDER. Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural and vice versa.
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Article 16 - STATE-SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
(a) Maturity. The Loans have a final maturity date of November 24, 2015.
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BORROWER: | ||
HEARTLAND PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X.X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. | |
Name: Xxxxxx X.X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. | ||
Title: President and Chief Financial Officer |
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
STATE OF New Jersey
COUNTY OF XXXXXX
BEFORE ME, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the above-named County and State, this 20th day of January, 2011, personally appeared Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Jr , as President & Chief Financial Officer of Heartland Payment Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and acknowledged the execution of the foregoing Mortgage and Security Agreement.
WITNESS my hand and notarial seal.
/s/ Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Notary Public |
My Commission expires:
10/5/2013
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx |
Printed Name |
Resident of XXXXXX County. |
This instrument was prepared by:
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
XXXX & XXXXX, LLC
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
(000) 000-0000
* I affirm, under the penalties for perjury, that I have taken reasonable care to redact each Social Security Number in this document, unless required by law. Xxxxx X. Xxxx
EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
The following is a legal description prepared this 17th day of February, 2006, of real property being a part of Survey #14 of the Illinois Grant, Utica Township, Xxxxx County, Indiana, being depicted in a survey by Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx & Associates, Job No. 05-10450, more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the North corner of said Survey #14; thence along the Northwest line of said Survey #14 South 54° 35' 43" West 813.21 feet to the East corner of said Survey #23; thence continuing South 54° 35' 43" West 74.58 feet to the Southwesterly right-of-way line of Centennial Boulevard; thence along said right-of-way as follows: along a non-tangent curve to the right (said curve having a radius of 670.00 feet, a chord bearing South 49° 10' 33" East, and a chord length of 498.08 feet) a distance of 510.33 feet; thence South 27° 21' 20" East 94.18 feet; thence along a tangent curve to the right (said curve having a radius of 30.00 feet, a chord bearing South 18° 07' 00" West, and a chord length of 42.08 feet) a distance of 46.64 feet; thence South 63° 35' 21" West 39.50 feet; thence South 26° 24' 39" East 60.00 feet; thence North 63° 35' 21" East 40.49 feet; thence along a tangent curve to the right (said curve having a radius of 30.00 feet, a chord bearing South 71 ° 53' 00" East, and a chord length: of 42.78 feet) a distance of 47.63 feet; thence South 27° 21' 20" East 97.54 feet; thence along a tangent curve to the right (said curve having a radius of 1970.00 feet, a chord bearing South 17° 29' 58" East, and a chord length of 674.44 feet) a distance of 677.78 feet to a Jacobi, Toombs, and Xxxx pin and cap at the East corner of that property conveyed to WBW Real Estate, LLC, in Instrument #200521211 and the point of beginning; thence continuing on a curve to the right (said curve having a radius of 1970.00 feet, a chord bearing South 00° 19' 39" East, and a chord length of 501.68 feet) a distance of 503.05 feet to a #5 reinforcing bar with a yellow plastic cap stamped “Primavera & Assoc. #0049", hereinafter this type of monument is referred to as a capped reinforcing bar; thence along a tangent curve to the right (said curve having a radius of 30.00 feet, a chord bearing South 52° 26' 21" West, and a chord length of 42.43 feet) a distance of 47.13 feet to a capped reinforcing bar; thence North 82° 34' 10" West 39.99 feet to a capped reinforcing bar; thence South 07° 25' 50" West 60.00 feet to a capped reinforcing bar; thence South 82° 34' 10" East 38.61 feet to a capped reinforcing bar; thence along a tangent curve to the right (said curve having a radius of 30.00 feet, a chord bearing South 36° 26' 16" East, and a chord length of 41.61 feet) a distance of 45.98 feet; thence South 09° 41' 43" West 146.95 feet to a capped reinforcing bar; thence along a tangent curve to the left (said curve having a radius of 662.62 feet, a chord bearing South 11 ° 52' 04" East, and a chord length of 487.06 feet) a distance of 498.75 feet to a capped reinforcing bar; thence South 33° 25' 51" East 291.35 feet to a capped reinforcing bar; thence leaving said right-of-way North 54° 52' 12" East 26.58 feet; thence South 35° 02' 26" East 291.42 feet; thence South 56° 38' 45" West 21.35 feet to a capped reinforcing bar, thence South 20° 29' 41" East 59.96 feet; thence South 32° 54' 41" East 268.85 feet; thence South 08° 04' 47" East 105.63 feet; thence South 23° 03' 58" West 84.57 feet; thence South 23° 04' 45" West 53.43 feet; thence South 22° 27' 07" West 54.46 feet; thence South 23° 32' 26" West 54.27 feet; thence South 25° 28' 29" West 10.26 feet; thence South 54° 27' 35" West 33.66 feet to a capped reinforcing bar; thence South 33° 20' 49" East 16.52 feet to that property conveyed to the State of Indiana in Deed Drawer 14, Instrument 7253; thence along the Northwest line of said property South 54° 04' 58" West 147.82 feet to a capped reinforcing bar on the northeasterly right-of-way
of Port Road; thence along said right-of-way as follows: North 42° 51' 36" West 845.83 feet to a capped reinforcing bar; thence along a tangent curve to the right (said curve having a radius of 2774.96 feet; a chord bearing North 37° 45' 04" West, and a chord length of 494.28 feet) a distance of 494.93 feet to a capped reinforcing bar; thence North 19° 09' 47" West 391.19 feet to a capped reinforcing bar; thence North 32° 29' 21" West 302.03 feet to a capped reinforcing bar; thence North 25° 50' 08" West 328.61 feet to a capped reinforcing bar; thence along a tangent curve to the left (said curve having a radius of 1366.28 feet, a chord length of 37.33 feet) a distance of 37.33 feet to a Jacobi, Toombs, and Xxxx pin and cap at the South corner of that property conveyed to WBW Real Estate, LLC, in Instrument #200521211; thence along the Southeast line of said property North 63° 21' 03" East 1111.71 feet to the point of beginning, containing 35.728 Acres, more or less.
Being a part of those properties conveyed to North Port Development Corporation in Deed Drawer 27, Instrument 8795, Deed Drawer 29, Instrument 17322, and Deed Xxxxxx 00, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000.