EXHIBIT 10.5
CONFORMED COPY
PLEDGE AGREEMENT dated as of March 13, 1996,
among SHARED TECHNOLOGIES XXXXXXXXX COMMUNICATIONS
CORP., a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"),
SHARED TECHNOLOGIES XXXXXXXXX INC., a Delaware
corporation ("STFI", which term shall, after the
Merger referred to in the Credit Agreement referred
to below, include the surviving corporation in such
Merger), each Subsidiary of the Borrower listed on
Schedule I hereto (each such Subsidiary individually
a "Subsidiary Pledgor" and collectively, the
"Subsidiary Pledgors"; the Borrower, STFI and the
Subsidiary Pledgors are referred to collectively
herein as the "Pledgors") and CREDIT SUISSE, a bank
organized under the laws of Switzerland, acting
through its New York branch ("Credit Suisse"), as
collateral agent (in such capacity, the "Collateral
Agent") for the Secured Parties (as defined in the
Credit Agreement referred to below).
Reference is made to (a) the Credit Agreement dated as of
March 12, 1996 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the "Credit Agreement"), among the Borrower, STFI, the lenders from time
to time party thereto (the "Lenders"), Credit Suisse, as administrative agent
(in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") and as collateral agent (in such
capacity, the "Collateral Agent") for the Lenders, the fronting banks listed on
Schedule 2.20 (the "Fronting Banks"), and each of Citicorp USA, Inc. and
NationsBank, N.A., as documentation agent (individually and collectively in such
capacity, the "Documentation Agent"), (b) the Parent Guarantee Agreement dated
as of March 12, 1996 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, the "Parent Guarantee Agreement"), between STFI and the Collateral
Agent and (c) the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement dated as of March 12, 1996 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Subsidiary
Guarantee Agreement"; and, collectively with the Parent Guarantee Agreement, the
"Guarantee Agreements") among the Subsidiary Pledgors and the Collateral Agent.
The Lenders have agreed to make Loans to the Borrower and the
Fronting Banks have agreed to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the
Borrower, pursuant to, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions
specified in, the Credit Agreement. STFI and the Subsidiary Guarantors have
agreed to guarantee, among other things, all the obligations of the Borrower
under the Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of
the Fronting Banks to issue Letters of Credit are conditioned upon, among other
things, the execution and delivery by the Pledgors of a Pledge Agreement in the
form hereof to secure (a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrower of (i)
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing
during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on
the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or
more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be
made by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement in respect of any Letter of
Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of
disbursements, interest thereon and obligations to provide cash collateral and
(iii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and
indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise
(including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether
allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower to the Secured Parties
under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) the due and
punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities
of the Borrower under or pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all
the covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of STFI under or pursuant
to the Parent Guarantee Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (d) the due and
punctual payment and performance of all the covenants, agreements, obligations
and liabilities of each Subsidiary Pledgor under or pursuant to the Subsidiary
Guarantee Agreement or the other Loan Documents and (e) the due and punctual
payment and performance of all obligations of the Borrower under each Interest
Rate Protection Agreement entered into with any counterparty that was a Lender
at the time such Interest Rate Protection Agreement was entered into (all the
monetary and other obligations referred to in the preceding clauses (a) through
(e) being referred to collectively as the "Obligations"). Capitalized terms used
herein and not defined herein shall have meanings assigned to such terms in the
Credit Agreement.
Accordingly, the Pledgors and the Collateral Agent, on behalf
of itself and each Secured Party (and each of their respective successors or
assigns), hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Pledge. As security for the payment and
performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, each Pledgor hereby
transfers, grants, bargains, sells, conveys, hypothecates, pledges, sets over
and delivers unto the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, and hereby
grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of the Pledgor's
right, title and interest in, to and under (a) the shares of capital stock owned
by it and listed on Schedule II hereto and any shares of capital stock obtained
in the future by the Pledgor and the certificates representing all such shares
(the "Pledged Stock"); provided that the Pledged Stock shall not include, to the
extent that applicable law requires that a subsidiary of the Pledgor issue
directors' qualifying shares, such qualifying shares; (b)(i) the debt securities
listed opposite the name of the Pledgor on Schedule II hereto, (ii) any debt
securities in the future issued to the Pledgor and (iii) the promissory notes
and any other instruments evidencing such debt securities (the "Pledged Debt
Securities"); (c) all other property that may be delivered to and held by the
Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms hereof; (d) subject to Section 5, all
payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other
property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed, in
respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of the securities referred to
in clauses (a) and (b) above; (e) subject to Section 5, all rights and
privileges of the Pledgor with respect to the securities and other property
referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) above; and (f) all proceeds of any
of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above being
collectively referred to as the "Collateral"). Upon delivery to the Collateral
Agent, (a) any stock certificates, notes or other securities now or hereafter
included in the Collateral (the "Pledged Securities") shall be accompanied by
undated stock powers duly executed in blank or other instruments of transfer
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and by such other instruments and documents
as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (b) all other property
comprising part of the Collateral shall be accompanied by proper instruments of
assignment duly executed by the applicable Pledgor and such other instruments or
documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request. Each delivery of
Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the securities
theretofore and then being pledged hereunder, which schedule shall be attached
hereto as Schedule II and made a part hereof. Each schedule so delivered shall
supersede any prior schedules so delivered.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Collateral, together with all right,
title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental
thereto, unto the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties, forever; subject, however, to the terms,
covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 2. Delivery of the Collateral. (a) Each Pledgor agrees
promptly to deliver
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or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any and all Pledged Securities,
and any and all certificates or other instruments or documents representing the
Collateral.
(b) Each Pledgor will cause any Indebtedness for borrowed
money owed to the Pledgor by any person to be evidenced by a duly executed
promissory note that is pledged and delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant
to the terms thereof.
SECTION 3. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Each
Pledgor hereby represents, warrants and covenants, as to itself and the
Collateral pledged by it hereunder, to and with the Collateral Agent that:
(a) the Pledged Stock represents that percentage as set forth
on Schedule II of the issued and outstanding shares of each class of
the capital stock of the issuer with respect thereto;
(b) except for the security interest granted hereunder, the
Pledgor (i) is and will at all times continue to be the direct owner,
beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on
Schedule II, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens,
(iii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or
create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on,
the Collateral, other than pursuant hereto, and (iv) subject to
Section 5, will cause any and all Collateral, whether for value paid by
the Pledgor or otherwise, to be forthwith deposited with the Collateral
Agent and pledged or assigned hereunder;
(c) the Pledgor (i) has the power and authority to pledge the
Collateral in the manner hereby done or contemplated and (ii) will
defend its title or interest thereto or therein against any and all
Liens (other than the Lien created by this Agreement), however arising,
of all persons whomsoever;
(d) no consent of any other person (including stockholders or
creditors of any Pledgor) and no consent or approval of any
Governmental Authority or any securities exchange was or is necessary
to the validity of the pledge effected hereby;
(e) by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Pledgors of
this Agreement, when the Pledged Securities, certificates or other
documents representing or evidencing the Collateral are delivered to
the Collateral Agent in accordance with this Agreement, the Collateral
Agent will obtain a valid and perfected first lien upon and security
interest in such Pledged Securities as security for the payment and
performance of the Obligations;
(f) the pledge effected hereby is effective to vest in the
Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, the rights of the
Collateral Agent in the Collateral as set forth herein;
(g) all of the Pledged Stock has been duly authorized and
validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable;
(h) all information set forth herein relating to the Pledged
Stock is accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date
hereof; and
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(i) the pledge of the Pledged Stock pursuant to this Agreement
does not violate Regulation G, T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board
or any successor thereto as of the date hereof.
SECTION 4. Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. The
Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its
sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities in its own name as
pledgee, the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent) or the name of the
Pledgors, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Collateral Agent.
Each Pledgor will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any notices or
other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities
registered in the name of such Pledgor. The Collateral Agent shall at all times
have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities for
certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with
this Agreement.
SECTION 5. Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest,
etc. (a) Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing:
(i) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all
voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of
Pledged Securities or any part thereof for any purpose consistent with
the terms of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents; provided, however, that such Pledgor will not be entitled to
exercise any such right if the result thereof could materially and
adversely affect the rights inuring to a holder of the Pledged
Securities or the rights and remedies of any of the Secured Parties
under this Agreement or the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document
or the ability of the Secured Parties to exercise the same.
(ii) The Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to each
Pledgor, or cause to be executed and delivered to each Pledgor, all
such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as such Pledgor
may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Pledgor to
exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled
to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above and to receive the cash
dividends it is entitled to receive pursuant to subparagraph (iii)
below.
(iii) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain any
and all cash dividends, interest and principal paid on the Pledged
Securities to the extent and only to the extent that such cash
dividends, interest and principal are permitted by, and otherwise paid
in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement,
the other Loan Documents and applicable laws. All noncash dividends,
interest and principal, and all dividends, interest and principal paid
or payable in cash or otherwise in connection with a partial or total
liquidation or dissolution, return of capital, capital surplus or
paid-in surplus, and all other distributions (other than distributions
referred to in the preceding sentence) made on or in respect of the
Pledged Securities, whether paid or payable in cash or otherwise,
whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification
of the outstanding capital stock of the issuer of any Pledged
Securities or received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part
thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger,
consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such
issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the
Collateral, and, if received by any Pledgor, shall not be commingled by
such Pledgor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held
separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of
the Collateral
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Agent and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent in the
same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement).
(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default, all rights of any Pledgor to dividends, interest or principal that
such Pledgor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) above shall
cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral
Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive
and retain such dividends, interest or principal. All dividends, interest or
principal received by the Pledgor contrary to the provisions of this Section 5
shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, shall be
segregated from other property or funds of such Pledgor and shall be forthwith
delivered to the Collateral Agent upon demand in the same form as so received
(with any necessary endorsement). Any and all money and other property paid over
to or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this
paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Collateral Agent in an account to be
established by the Collateral Agent upon receipt of such money or other property
and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 7. After all
Events of Default have been cured or waived, the Collateral Agent shall, within
five Business Days after all such Events of Default have been cured or waived,
repay to each Pledgor all cash dividends, interest or principal (without
interest), that such Pledgor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to
the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) above and which remain in such account.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default, all rights of any Pledgor to exercise the voting and consensual
rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of
this Section 5, and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under
paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 5, shall cease, and all such rights shall
thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and
exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and
powers; provided that, unless otherwise directed by the Required Lenders, the
Collateral Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the
continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Pledgors to exercise such
rights; provided further that, notwithstanding the foregoing, all voting and
consensual rights and powers shall remain with the Pledgor pending receipt of
any necessary approval of the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") of any
assignment of transfer of control of the FCC licenses held by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, such
Pledgor will have the right to exercise the voting and consensual rights and
powers that it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of
paragraph (a)(i) above.
SECTION 6. Remedies upon Default. Upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, subject to applicable regulatory
and legal requirements, the Collateral Agent may sell the Collateral, or any
part thereof, at public or private sale or at any broker's board or on any
securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the
Collateral Agent shall deem appropriate. The Collateral Agent shall be
authorized at any such sale (if it deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the
prospective bidders or purchasers to persons who will represent and agree that
they are purchasing the Collateral for their own account for investment and not
with a view to the distribution or sale thereof, and upon consummation of any
such sale the Collateral Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and
deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each such
purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any
claim or right on the part of any Pledgor, and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, the Pledgors hereby waive all rights of redemption, stay,
valuation and appraisal any Pledgor now has or may at any time in the future
have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.
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The Collateral Agent shall give a Pledgor 10 days' prior
written notice (which each Pledgor agrees is reasonable notice within the
meaning of Section 9-504(3) of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the
State of New York or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Collateral
Agent's intention to make any sale of such Pledgor's Collateral. Such notice, in
the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in
the case of a sale at a broker's board or on a securities exchange, shall state
the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the
Collateral, or portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or
exchange. Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within
ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Collateral Agent may
fix and state in the notice of such sale. At any such sale, the Collateral, or
portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate
parcels, as the Collateral Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion)
determine. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any
Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that
notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given. The Collateral Agent
may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause
the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place
fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time
and place to which the same was so adjourned. In case any sale of all or any
part of the Collateral is made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral
so sold may be retained by the Collateral Agent until the sale price is paid in
full by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Collateral Agent shall not
incur any liability in case any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take
up and pay for the Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure, such
Collateral may be sold again upon like notice. At any public (or, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, private) sale made pursuant to this Section 6, any
Secured Party may bid for or purchase, free from any right of redemption, stay
or appraisal on the part of any Pledgor (all said rights being also hereby
waived and released), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and
may make payment on account thereof by using any claim then due and payable to
it from such Pledgor as a credit against the purchase price, and it may, upon
compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property
without further accountability to such Pledgor therefor. For purposes hereof,
(a) a written agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall
be treated as a sale thereof, (b) the Collateral Agent shall be free to carry
out such sale pursuant to such agreement and (c) such Pledgor shall not be
entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto,
notwithstanding the fact that after the Collateral Agent shall have entered into
such an agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the
Obligations paid in full. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale
herein conferred upon it, the Collateral Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at
law or in equity to foreclose upon the Collateral and to sell the Collateral or
any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having
competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed
receiver. Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6 shall be deemed
to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in
Section 9-504(3) of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New
York or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.
SECTION 7. Application of Proceeds of Sale. The proceeds of
any sale of Collateral pursuant to Section 6, as well as any Collateral
consisting of cash, shall be applied by the Collateral Agent as follows:
FIRST, to the payment of all costs and expenses incurred by
the Collateral Agent in connection with such sale or otherwise in
connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any of the
Obligations, including all court costs and the reasonable fees and
expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances
made by the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document
on behalf of any Pledgor and any other
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costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right
or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document;
SECOND, to the payment in full of the Obligations (the amounts
so applied to be distributed among the Secured Parties pro rata in
accordance with the amounts of the Obligations owed to them on the date
of any such distribution); and
THIRD, to the Pledgors, their successors or assigns, or as a
court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
The Collateral Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the
time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with
this Agreement. Upon any sale of the Collateral by the Collateral Agent
(including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial
proceeding), the receipt of the purchase money by the Collateral Agent or of the
officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or
purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not
be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid
over to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the
misapplication thereof.
SECTION 8. Reimbursement of Collateral Agent. (a) Each
Pledgor agrees to pay upon demand to the Collateral Agent the amount of any and
all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees, other charges and
disbursements of its counsel and of any experts or agents, that the Collateral
Agent may incur in connection with (i) the administration of this Agreement,
(ii) the custody or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other
realization upon, any of the Collateral, (iii) the exercise or enforcement of
any of the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder or (iv) the failure by such
Pledgor to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.
(b) Without limitation of its indemnification obligations
under the other Loan Documents, each Pledgor agrees to indemnify the Collateral
Agent and the Indemnitees (as defined in Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement)
against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees,
other charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee
arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (i) the execution
or delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement or
instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto
of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the
Transactions and the other transactions contemplated thereby or (ii) any claim,
litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing,
whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto, provided that such indemnity
shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from
the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
(c) Any amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be
additional Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents. The
provisions of this Section 8 shall remain operative and in full force and effect
regardless of the termination of this Agreement, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the
invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Collateral
Agent or any other Secured Party.
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All amounts due under this Section 8 shall be payable on written demand therefor
and shall bear interest at the rate specified in Section 2.06 of the Credit
Agreement.
SECTION 9. Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each
Pledgor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent the attorney-in-fact of such
Pledgor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and
taking any action and executing any instrument that the Collateral Agent may
deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment
is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with full power of
substitution either in the Collateral Agent's name or in the name of such
Pledgor, to ask for, demand, xxx for, collect, receive and give acquittance for
any and all moneys due or to become due under and by virtue of any Collateral,
to endorse checks, drafts, orders and other instruments for the payment of money
payable to the Pledgor representing any interest or dividend or other
distribution payable in respect of the Collateral or any part thereof or on
account thereof and to give full discharge for the same, to settle, compromise,
prosecute or defend any action, claim or proceeding with respect thereto, and to
sell, assign, endorse, pledge, transfer and to make any agreement respecting, or
otherwise deal with, the same; provided, however, that nothing herein contained
shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Collateral Agent to make any
commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment
received by the Collateral Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or
to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the
moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby.
The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for
amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to
them herein, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents
shall be responsible to any Pledgor for any act or failure to act hereunder,
except for their own gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
SECTION 10. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay of
the Collateral Agent in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as
a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or
power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or
power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder
and of the other Secured Parties under the other Loan Documents are cumulative
and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have.
No waiver of any provisions of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any
Pledgor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be
permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No
notice or demand on any Pledgor in any case shall entitle such Pledgor to any
other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be
waived, amended or modified except pursuant to a written agreement entered into
between the Collateral Agent and the Pledgor or Pledgors with respect to which
such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent
required in accordance with Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 11. Securities Act, etc. In view of the position of
the Pledgors in relation to the Pledged Securities, or because of other current
or future circumstances, a question may arise under the Securities Act of 1933,
as now or hereafter in effect, or any similar statute hereafter enacted
analogous in purpose or effect (such Act and any such similar statute as from
time to time in effect
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being called the "Federal Securities Laws") with respect to any disposition of
the Pledged Securities permitted hereunder. Each Pledgor understands that
compliance with the Federal Securities Laws might very strictly limit the course
of conduct of the Collateral Agent if the Collateral Agent were to attempt to
dispose of all or any part of the Pledged Securities, and might also limit the
extent to which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee of any Pledged
Securities could dispose of the same. Similarly, there may be other legal
restrictions or limitations affecting the Collateral Agent in any attempt to
dispose of all or part of the Pledged Securities under applicable Blue Sky or
other state securities laws or similar laws analogous in purpose or effect. Each
Pledgor recognizes that in light of such restrictions and limitations the
Collateral Agent may, with respect to any sale of the Pledged Securities, limit
the purchasers to those who will agree, among other things, to acquire such
Pledged Securities for their own account, for investment, and not with a view to
the distribution or resale thereof. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that in
light of such restrictions and limitations, the Collateral Agent, in its sole
and absolute discretion, (a) may proceed to make such a sale whether or not a
registration statement for the purpose of registering such Pledged Securities or
part thereof shall have been filed under the Federal Securities Laws and (b) may
approach and negotiate with a single potential purchaser to effect such sale.
Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that any such sale might result in prices
and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public
sale without such restrictions. In the event of any such sale, the Collateral
Agent shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of
the Pledged Securities at a price that the Collateral Agent, in its sole and
absolute discretion, may in good xxxxx xxxx reasonable under the circumstances,
notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might have
been realized if the sale were deferred until after registration as aforesaid or
if more than a single purchaser were approached. The provisions of this Section
11 will apply notwithstanding the existence of a public or private market upon
which the quotations or sales prices may exceed substantially the price at which
the Collateral Agent sells.
SECTION 12. Registration, etc. Each Pledgor agrees that, upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, if
for any reason the Collateral Agent desires to sell any of the Pledged
Securities of the Borrower at a public sale, it will, at any time and from time
to time, upon the written request of the Collateral Agent, use its best efforts
to take or to cause the issuer of such Pledged Securities to take such action
and prepare, distribute and/or file such documents, as are required or advisable
in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Collateral Agent to permit the
public sale of such Pledged Securities. Each Pledgor further agrees to
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Collateral Agent, each other Secured
Party, any underwriter and their respective officers, directors, affiliates and
controlling persons from and against all loss, liability, expenses, costs of
counsel (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses to the
Collateral Agent of legal counsel), and claims (including the costs of
investigation) that they may incur insofar as such loss, liability, expense or
claim arises out of or is based upon any alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in any prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or in
any notification or offering circular, or arises out of or is based upon any
alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements in any thereof not misleading, except insofar
as the same may have been caused by any untrue statement or omission based upon
information furnished in writing to such Pledgor or the issuer of such Pledged
Securities by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party expressly for use
therein. Each Pledgor further agrees, upon such written request referred to
above, to use its best efforts to qualify, file or register, or cause the issuer
of such Pledged Securities to qualify, file or register, any of the Pledged
Securities under the Blue Sky or other securities laws of such states as may be
requested by the Collateral Agent and keep effective, or cause to be kept
effective, all such qualifications, filings or registrations. Each Pledgor will
bear all costs and
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expenses of carrying out its obligations under this Section 12. Each Pledgor
acknowledges that there is no adequate remedy at law for failure by it to comply
with the provisions of this Section 12 and that such failure would not be
adequately compensable in damages, and therefore agrees that its agreements
contained in this Section 12 may be specifically enforced.
SECTION 13. Regulatory Approval. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein, the Collateral Agent will not take any action
pursuant to this Pledge Agreement that would constitute or result in any
assignment of an FCC license or any change of control of the Borrower, any
Subsidiary, any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any STFI Unrestricted Subsidiary
subject to regulation by the FCC if such assignment of FCC license or change of
control would require under then existing law (including the written rules and
regulations promulgated by the FCC), the prior approval of the FCC, without
first obtaining such approval of the FCC. Each Pledgor agrees after the
occurrence of any Event of Default to take any action that the Collateral Agent
may reasonably request in order to obtain and enjoy the full rights and benefits
granted to the Collateral Agent by this Pledge Agreement and each other
agreement, instrument and document delivered to the Collateral Agent in
connection herewith or in any document evidencing or securing the collateral for
any of the Obligations, including specifically, at the Pledgor's own cost and
expense, the use of Pledgor's best efforts to assist in obtaining approval of
the FCC or any applicable state regulatory authority for any action or
transaction contemplated by this Pledge Agreement that is then required by law,
and specifically, without limitation, upon request, to prepare, sign and file
with the FCC or such state regulatory authority the assignor's or transferor's
portion of any application or applications for consent to the assignment of
license or transfer of control necessary or appropriate under the FCC's or such
state regulatory authority's rules and regulations for approval of any
Obligations secured hereby.
SECTION 14. Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the
Collateral Agent hereunder, the grant of a security interest in the Collateral
and all obligations of each Pledgor hereunder, shall be absolute and
unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the
Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any agreement with respect to any of
the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the
foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any
other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver
of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing,
(c) any exchange, release or nonperfection of any other collateral, or any
release or amendment or waiver of or consent to or departure from any guaranty,
for all or any of the Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that might
otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Pledgor in
respect of the Obligations or in respect of this Agreement (other than the
indefeasible payment in full of all the Obligations).
SECTION 15. Termination or Release. (a) This Agreement and
the security interests granted hereby shall terminate when all the Obligations
have been indefeasibly paid in full and the Lenders have no further commitment
to lend under the Credit Agreement, the L/C Exposure has been reduced to zero
and the Fronting Banks have no further obligation to issue Letters of Credit
under the Credit Agreement.
(b) Upon any sale or other transfer by any Pledgor of any
Collateral that is permitted under the Credit Agreement to any person that is
not a Pledgor, or, upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release
of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to
Section 9.08(b) of the Credit Agreement, the security interest in such
Collateral shall be automatically
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released.
(c) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to
paragraph (a) or (b), the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any
Pledgor, at such Pledgor's expense, all documents that such Pledgor shall
reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and
delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 14 shall be without recourse to
or warranty by the Collateral Agent.
SECTION 16. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder
shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit
Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any Subsidiary Pledgor
shall be given to it at the address for notices set forth on Schedule I, with a
copy to the Borrower.
SECTION 17. Further Assurances. Each Pledgor agrees to do such
further acts and things, and to execute and deliver such additional conveyances,
assignments, agreements and instruments, as the Collateral Agent may at any time
reasonably request in connection with the administration and enforcement of this
Agreement or with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or in order
better to assure and confirm unto the Collateral Agent its rights and remedies
hereunder.
SECTION 18. Binding Effect; Several Agreement; Assignments.
Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such
reference shall be deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party;
and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Pledgor that
are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of its
successors and assigns. This Agreement shall become effective as to any Pledgor
when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Pledgor shall have been
delivered to the Collateral Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been
executed on behalf of the Collateral Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon
such Pledgor and the Collateral Agent and their respective successors and
assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such Pledgor, the Collateral Agent
and the other Secured Parties, and their respective successors and assigns,
except that no Pledgor shall have the right to assign its rights hereunder or
any interest herein or in the Collateral (and any such attempted assignment
shall be void), except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents. If all of the capital stock of a Pledgor is sold, transferred or
otherwise disposed of to a person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower
pursuant to a transaction permitted by Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement,
such Pledgor shall be released from its obligations under this Agreement without
further action. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with
respect to each Pledgor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or
released with respect to any Pledgor without the approval of any other Pledgor
and without affecting the obligations of any other Pledgor hereunder
SECTION 19. Survival of Agreement; Severability. (a) All
covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by each Pledgor
herein and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in
connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall
be considered to have been relied upon by the Collateral Agent and the other
Secured Parties and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans and the
issuance of the Letters of Credit by the Fronting Banks, regardless of any
investigation made by the Secured Parties or on their behalf, and shall continue
in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on
any Loan or any other fee or amount payable under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or the L/C Exposure does not equal zero
and as long as the Commitments and the L/C Commitments have not been terminated.
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(b) In the event any one or more of the provisions contained
in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being
understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular
jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in
any other jurisdiction). The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations
to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid
provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of
the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 20. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of
which, when taken together, shall constitute a single contract, and shall become
effective as provided in Section 18. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a
signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective
as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 22. Rules of Interpretation. The rules of
interpretation specified in Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement shall be
applicable to this Agreement. Section headings used herein are for convenience
of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the
construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting this
Agreement.
SECTION 23. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of
Process. (a) Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for
itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State
court or Federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City,
and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for
recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be
heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law,
in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment
in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in
other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by
law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Collateral Agent
or any other Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents against any Pledgor or
its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(b) Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any
objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit,
action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents in any New York State or Federal court. Each of the parties
hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the
defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding
in any such court.
(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to
service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 15. Nothing in
this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve
process in any other manner permitted by law.
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SECTION 24. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE
TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING
OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY HERETO
(A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS
REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE
EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS
AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS
SECTION.
SECTION 25. Additional Pledgors. Pursuant to Section 5.11 of
the Credit Agreement, each Subsidiary of STFI, the Borrower or any Subsidiary
that was not in existence or not a Subsidiary on the date of the Credit
Agreement is required to enter in this Agreement as a Subsidiary Pledgor upon
becoming a Subsidiary if such Subsidiary owns or possesses property of a type
that would be considered Collateral hereunder. Upon execution and delivery by
the Collateral Agent and a Subsidiary of an instrument in the form of Annex 1,
such Subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Pledgor hereunder with the same force
and effect as if originally named as a Subsidiary Pledgor herein. The execution
and delivery of such instrument shall not require the consent of any Pledgor
hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall remain in
full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Subsidiary Pledgor
as a party to this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
SHARED TECHNOLOGIES XXXXXXXXX INC.,
by____________________________
/s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Officer
SHARED TECHNOLOGIES XXXXXXXXX
COMMUNICATIONS CORP.,
by___________________________
/s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Officer
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MULTI-TENANT SERVICES, INC.,
by__________________________
/s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Officer
BOSTON TELECOMMUNICATIONS
GROUP, INC.
d/b/a BOSTON TELECOMMUNICATIONS
COMPANY,
by__________________________
/s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Officer
FINANCIAL PLACE COMMUNICATIONS
COMPANY,
by__________________________
/s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Officer of
Shared Technologies
Xxxxxxxxx Inc., its
General Partner
STI INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
by__________________________
/s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Officer
OFFICE TELEPHONE MANAGEMENT,
by__________________________
/s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Officer
VSI CORPORATION,
by_________________________
/s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx
Title: Authorized Officer
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CREDIT SUISSE, as Collateral Agent,
by_________________________
/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. X'Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxxx X. X'Xxxxx
Title: Member of Senior
Management
by_________________________
/s/ Will Xxxxxx
Name: Will Xxxxxx
Title: Associate
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SUBSIDIARY PLEDGORS
Name Address
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CAPITAL STOCK Schedule II to the
Pledge Agreement
Number of Registered Number and Class Percentage
Issuer Certificate Owner of Shares of Shares
DEBT SECURITIES
Principal Date of Maturity
Issuer Amount Note Date
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Annex 1 to the
Pledge Agreement
SUPPLEMENT NO. dated as of , to the PLEDGE
AGREEMENT dated as of March 13, 1996, among SHARED
TECHNOLOGIES XXXXXXXXX COMMUNICATIONS CORP., a
Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), SHARED
TECHNOLOGIES XXXXXXXXX INC., a Delaware corporation
("STFI", which term shall, after the Merger referred
to in the Credit Agreement referred to below, include
the surviving corporation in such Merger), each
Subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Schedule I
hereto (each such Subsidiary individually a
"Subsidiary Pledgor" and collectively, the
"Subsidiary Pledgors"; the Borrower, STFI and the
Subsidiary Pledgors are referred to collectively
herein as the "Pledgors") and CREDIT SUISSE, a bank
organized under the laws of Switzerland, acting
through its New York branch ("Credit Suisse"), as
collateral agent (in such capacity, the "Collateral
Agent") for the Secured Parties (as defined in the
Credit Agreement referred to below).
A. Reference is made to (a) the Credit Agreement dated as of
March 12, 1996 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the "Credit Agreement"), among the Borrower, STFI, the lenders from time
to time party thereto (the "Lenders"), Credit Suisse, as administrative agent
(in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") and as collateral agent (in such
capacity, the "Collateral Agent") for the Lenders, the fronting banks listed on
Schedule 2.20 (the "Fronting Banks"), and each of Citicorp USA, Inc. and
NationsBank, N.A., as documentation agent (individually and collectively in such
capacity, the "Documentation Agent"), (b) the Parent Guarantee Agreement dated
as of March 12, 1996 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, the "Parent Guarantee Agreement"), between STFI and the Collateral
Agent and (c) the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement dated as of March 12, 1996 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Subsidiary
Guarantee Agreement"; and, collectively with the Parent Guarantee Agreement, the
"Guarantee Agreements") among the Subsidiary Pledgors and the Collateral Agent.
B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
C. The Pledgors have entered into the Pledge Agreement in
order to induce the Lenders to make Loans and the Fronting Banks to issue
Letters of Credit. Pursuant to Section 5.11 of the Credit Agreement, each
Subsidiary of STFI, the Borrower or any Subsidiary that was not in existence or
not a Subsidiary on the date of the Credit Agreement is required to enter into
the Pledge Agreement as a Subsidiary Pledgor upon becoming a Subsidiary if such
Subsidiary owns or possesses property of a type that would be considered
Collateral under the Pledge Agreement. Section 25 of the Pledge Agreement
provides that such Subsidiaries may become Subsidiary Pledgors under the Pledge
Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this
Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary (the "New Pledgor") is executing this
Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become
a Subsidiary Pledgor under the Pledge Agreement in order to induce the Lenders
to make additional Loans and the Fronting Banks to issue additional Letters of
Credit and as consideration for Loans previously made and Letters of Credit
previously issued.
Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and the New Pledgor agree as
follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 25 of the Pledge
Agreement, the New Pledgor by its signature below becomes a Pledgor under the
Pledge Agreement with the same force and
effect as if originally named therein as a Pledgor and the New Pledgor hereby
agrees (a) to all the terms and provisions of the Pledge Agreement applicable to
it as a Pledgor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the
representations and warranties made by it as a Pledgor thereunder are true and
correct on and as of the date hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, the New
Pledgor, as security for the payment and performance in full of the Obligations
(as defined in the Pledge Agreement), does hereby create and grant to the
Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, their successors and assigns, a security interest in and lien on all of
the New Pledgor's right, title and interest in and to the Collateral (as defined
in the Pledge Agreement) of the New Pledgor. Each reference to a "Subsidiary
Pledgor" or a "Pledgor" in the Pledge Agreement shall be deemed to include the
New Pledgor. The Pledge Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. The New Pledgor represents and warrants to the
Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid
and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts,
each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together
shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when
the Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that,
when taken together, bear the signatures of the New Pledgor and the Collateral
Agent. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile
transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart
of this Supplement.
SECTION 4. The New Pledgor hereby represents and warrants that
set forth on Schedule I attached hereto is a true and correct schedule of all
its Pledged Securities.
SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Pledge
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 7. In case any one or more of the provisions contained
in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect, neither party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision
for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable,
but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
contained herein and in the Pledge Agreement shall not in any way be affected or
impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to
replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions
the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid,
illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall be
in writing and given as provided in Section 15 of the Pledge Agreement. All
communications and notices hereunder to the New Pledgor shall be given to it at
the address set forth under its signature hereto, with a copy to the Borrower.
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SECTION 9. The New Pledgor agrees to reimburse the Collateral
Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this
Supplement, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of
counsel for the Collateral Agent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Pledgor and the Collateral Agent
have duly executed this Supplement to the Pledge Agreement as of the day and
year first above written.
[Name of New Pledgor],
by_____________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
CREDIT SUISSE, as Collateral Agent,
by_____________________
Name:
Title:
by_____________________
Name:
Title:
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Schedule I to
Supplement No.
to the Pledge Agreement
Pledged Securities of the New Pledgor
CAPITAL STOCK
Number of Registered Number and Class Percentage
Issuer Certificate Owner of Shares of Shares
DEBT SECURITIES
Principal Date of Maturity
Issuer Amount Note Date
