GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT made by TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC. and certain of its Subsidiaries in favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent Dated as of August 24, 2005
made
by
TAKE-TWO
INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC.
and
certain of its Subsidiaries
in
favor
of
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent
Dated
as
of August 24, 2005
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
SECTION
1. DEFINED
TERMS
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1
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1.1
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Definitions
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1
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1.2
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Other
Definitional Provisions
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4
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SECTION
2. GUARANTEE
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4
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2.1
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Guarantee
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4
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2.2
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Right
of Contribution
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5
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2.3
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No
Subrogation
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5
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2.4
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Amendments,
etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations
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5
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2.5
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Guarantee
Absolute and Unconditional
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6
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2.6
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Reinstatement
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6
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2.7
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Payments
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7
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SECTION
3. GRANT
OF SECURITY INTEREST
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7
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SECTION
4. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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8
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4.1
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Title;
No Other Liens
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8
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4.2
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Perfected
First Priority Liens
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8
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4.3
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Jurisdiction
of Organization; Chief Executive Office
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8
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4.4
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Inventory
and Equipment
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8
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4.5
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Farm
Products
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9
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4.6
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Investment
Property
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9
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4.7
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Receivables
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9
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4.8
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Intellectual
Property
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9
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4.9
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Commercial
Tort Claims
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9
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SECTION
5. COVENANTS
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10
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5.1
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Delivery
of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper
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10
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5.2
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Maintenance
of Insurance
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10
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5.3
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Payment
of Obligations
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10
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5.4
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Maintenance
of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation
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11
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5.5
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Changes
in Name, etc
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11
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5.6
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Notices
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11
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5.7
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Investment
Property
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11
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5.8
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Receivables
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12
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5.9
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Intellectual
Property
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12
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5.10
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Commercial
Tort Claims
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13
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SECTION
6. REMEDIAL
PROVISIONS
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13
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6.1
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Certain
Matters Relating to Receivables
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13
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6.2
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Communications
with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable
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14
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6.3
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Pledged
Stock
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14
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6.4
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Proceeds
to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent
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15
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6.5
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Application
of Proceeds
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15
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6.6
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Code
and Other Remedies
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15
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6.7
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Registration
Rights
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16
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6.8
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Deficiency
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16
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SECTION
7. THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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16
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7.1
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Administrative
Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc
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16
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7.2
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Duty
of Administrative Agent
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17
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7.3
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Execution
of Financing Statements
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18
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7.4
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Authority
of Administrative Agent
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18
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SECTION
8. MISCELLANEOUS
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18
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8.1
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Amendments
in Writing
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18
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8.2
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Notices
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18
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8.3
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No
Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies
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18
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8.4
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Enforcement
Expenses; Indemnification
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19
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8.5
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Successors
and Assigns
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19
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8.6
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Set-Off
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19
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8.7
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Counterparts
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20
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8.8
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Severability
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20
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8.9
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Section
Headings
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20
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8.10
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Integration
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20
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8.11
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GOVERNING
LAW
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20
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8.12
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Submission
To Jurisdiction; Waivers
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20
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8.13
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Acknowledgements
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20
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8.14
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Additional
Grantors
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21
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8.15
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Releases
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21
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8.16
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
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21
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SCHEDULES
Schedule
1 Notice
Addresses
Schedule
2 Investment
Property
Schedule
3 Perfection
Matters
Schedule
4 Jurisdictions
of Organization and Chief Executive Offices
Schedule
5 Inventory
and Equipment Locations
Schedule
6 Intellectual
Property
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GUARANTEE
AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of August 24, 2005, made by each of the
signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party
hereto as provided herein, the “Grantors”),
in
favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity,
the “Administrative
Agent”)
for
the banks and other financial institutions or entities (the “Lenders”)
from
time to time parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as of August 24, 2005 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”),
among
TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC. (the “Borrower”),
the
Lenders and the Administrative Agent.
W I T N E
;
; ;S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed to make
extensions of credit to the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth therein;
WHEREAS,
the Borrower is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes
each
other Grantor;
WHEREAS,
the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement will be
used
in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to one or more of
the
other Grantors in connection with the operation of their respective
businesses;
WHEREAS,
the Borrower and the other Grantors are engaged in related businesses, and
each
Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making
of
the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their
respective extensions of credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement
that
the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the
Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the
Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower
thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders, as follows:
SECTION
1. DEFINED
TERMS
1.1 Definitions.
(a)
Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement, and the following
terms are used herein as defined in the New York UCC: Accounts, Certificated
Security, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims, Documents, Equipment, Farm
Products, General Intangibles, Instruments, Inventory, Letter-of-Credit Rights
and Supporting Obligations.
(b) The
following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Agreement”:
this
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented
or
otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Borrower
Obligations”:
the
collective reference to the unpaid principal of and interest on the Revolving
Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and all other obligations and liabilities
of
the Borrower (including, without limitation, interest accruing at the then
applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after the maturity of the
Revolving Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and interest accruing at the
then
applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after the filing of any
petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization
or
like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for
post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of any Specified Swap
Agreement or Specified Treasury Agreement, any Affiliate of any Lender), whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now
existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection
with, the Credit Agreement, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Letter
of Credit, any Specified Swap Agreement, any Specified Treasury Agreement or
any
other document made, delivered or given in connection with any of the foregoing,
in each case whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement
obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without
limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent
or
to the Lenders that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the
terms of any of the foregoing agreements).
“Collateral”:
as
defined in Section 3.
“Collateral
Account”:
any
collateral account established by the Administrative Agent as provided in
Section 6.1 or 6.4.
“Copyrights”:
(i)
all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country
or
any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and
whether published or unpublished (including, without limitation, those listed
in
Schedule 6), all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications
in
connection therewith, including, without limitation, all registrations,
recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office, and (ii)
the
right to obtain all renewals thereof.
“Copyright
Licenses”:
any
written agreement naming any Grantor as licensor or licensee (including, without
limitation, those listed in Schedule 6), granting any right under any Copyright,
including, without limitation, the grant of rights to manufacture, distribute,
exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright.
“Deposit
Account”:
as
defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction and,
in
any event, including, without limitation, any demand, time, savings, passbook
or
like account maintained with a depositary institution.
“Foreign
Subsidiary Voting Stock”:
the
voting Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary.
“Guarantor
Obligations”:
with
respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, all obligations and liabilities of such
Subsidiary Guarantor which may arise under or in connection with this Agreement
(including, without limitation, Section 2) or any other Loan Document to which
such Subsidiary Guarantor is a party, in each case whether on account of
guarantee obligations, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs,
expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements
of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders that are required
to be
paid by such Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or
any
other Loan Document).
“Intellectual
Property”:
the
collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to
intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or
foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, the Copyrights, the
Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks and the
Trademark Licenses, and all rights to xxx at law or in equity for any
infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all
proceeds and damages therefrom.
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“Intercompany
Note”:
any
promissory note evidencing loans made by any Grantor to the Borrower or any
of
its Subsidiaries.
“Investment
Property”:
the
collective reference to (i) all “investment property” as such term is defined in
Section 9-102(a)(49) of the New York UCC (other than (A) any Foreign Subsidiary
Voting Stock excluded from the definition of “Pledged Stock” and (B) any shares
of Capital Stock that are not shares of Capital Stock of Significant
Subsidiaries) and (ii) whether or not constituting “investment property” as so
defined, all Pledged Notes and all Pledged Stock.
“Issuers”:
the
collective reference to each issuer of any Investment Property.
“New
York UCC”:
the
Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New
York.
“Obligations”:
(i) in
the case of the Borrower, the Borrower Obligations, and (ii) in the case of
each
Subsidiary Guarantor, its Guarantor Obligations.
“Patents”:
(i)
all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof and all goodwill
associated therewith, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing
referred to in Schedule
6,
(ii)
all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country
and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, including,
without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule
6,
and
(iii) all rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the foregoing.
“Patent
License”:
all
agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any
Grantor of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered in whole
or in part by a Patent, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing
referred to in Schedule
6.
“Pledged
Notes”:
all
promissory notes listed on Schedule
2,
all
Intercompany Notes at any time issued to any Grantor and all other promissory
notes issued to or held by any Grantor (other than promissory notes issued
in
connection with extensions of trade credit by any Grantor in the ordinary course
of business).
“Pledged
Stock”:
the
shares of Capital Stock listed on Schedule
2,
together with the shares of Capital Stock of each Significant Subsidiary created
or acquired after the Closing Date; provided
that in
no event shall more than 66% of the total outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting
Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary be required to be pledged
hereunder.
“Proceeds”:
all
“proceeds” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the New York UCC
and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other
income from the Investment Property, collections thereon or distributions or
payments with respect thereto.
“Receivable”:
any
right to payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered, whether
or
not such right is evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper and whether or
not
it has been earned by performance (including, without limitation, any
Account).
“Securities
Act”:
the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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“Trademarks”:
(i)
all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names,
fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and other source
or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing
or
hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and
all
applications in connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any
State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or
otherwise, and all common-law rights related thereto, including, without
limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule
6,
and
(ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.
“Trademark
License”:
any
agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor
of any right to use any Trademark, including, without limitation, any of the
foregoing referred to in Schedule
6.
1.2 Other
Definitional Provisions.
(a) The words “hereof,”“herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and words of similar
import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole
and
not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section and Schedule
references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(b) The
meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both
the
singular and plural forms of such terms.
(c) Where
the
context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when
used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or the
relevant part thereof.
SECTION
2. GUARANTEE
2.1 Guarantee.
(a) Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally,
unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the Administrative Agent, for
the
ratable benefit of the Lenders and their respective successors, indorsees,
transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance by
the
Borrower when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise)
of the Borrower Obligations.
(b) Anything
herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the
maximum liability of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed
by
such Subsidiary Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws relating
to
the insolvency of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution
established in Section 2.2).
(c) Each
Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that the Borrower Obligations may at any time and
from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Subsidiary
Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section
2
or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender
hereunder.
(d) The
guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect
until all the Borrower Obligations and the obligations of each Subsidiary
Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall have been
satisfied by payment in full, no Letter of Credit (other than Letters of Credit
that are fully cash collateralized) shall be outstanding and the Revolving
Commitments shall be terminated, notwithstanding that from time to time during
the term of the Credit Agreement the Borrower may be free from any Borrower
Obligations.
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(e) No
payment made by the Borrower, any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, any other
guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender from the Borrower, any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, any
other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or
any
set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in
reduction of or in payment of the Borrower Obligations shall be deemed to
modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Subsidiary
Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than
any payment made by such Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the Borrower
Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Subsidiary Guarantor
in respect of the Borrower Obligations), remain liable for the Borrower
Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder
until the Borrower Obligations are paid in full, no Letter of Credit (other
than
Letters of Credit that are fully cash collateralized) shall be outstanding
and
the
Revolving Commitments are terminated.
2.2 Right
of Contribution.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Subsidiary
Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment
made
hereunder, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive
contribution from and against any other Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder which
has
not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor’s
right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section
2.3. The provisions of this Section 2.2 shall in no respect limit the
obligations and liabilities of any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain liable to
the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders for the full amount guaranteed by such
Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.
2.3 No
Subrogation.
Notwithstanding any payment made by any Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder or any
set-off or application of funds of any Subsidiary Guarantor by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, no Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled
to
be subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender
against the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or any collateral
security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or
any
Lender for the payment of the Borrower Obligations, nor shall any Subsidiary
Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from
the
Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of payments made by such
Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts due and payable to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders by the Borrower on account of the Borrower
Obligations are paid in full, no Letter of Credit (other than Letters of Credit
that are fully cash collateralized) shall be outstanding and the Revolving
Commitments are terminated. If any amount shall be paid to any Subsidiary
Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the
Borrower Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be
held
by such Subsidiary Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Subsidiary Guarantor, and shall,
forthwith upon an Event of Default, be turned over to the Administrative Agent
in the exact form received by such Subsidiary Guarantor (duly indorsed by such
Subsidiary Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied
against the Borrower Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order
as
the Administrative Agent may determine.
2.4 Amendments,
etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations.
Each
Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that,
without any reservation of rights against any Subsidiary Guarantor and without
notice to or further assent by any Subsidiary Guarantor, any demand for payment
of any of the Borrower Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender may be rescinded by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and any
of
the Borrower Obligations continued, and the Borrower Obligations, or the
liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral
security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may,
from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified,
accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, and the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents
and
any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be
amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the
Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may
be) may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee
or right of offset at any time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
for the payment of the Borrower Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived,
surrendered or released. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall
have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time
held by it as security for the Borrower Obligations or for the guarantee
contained in this Section 2 or any property subject thereto.
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2.5 Guarantee
Absolute and Unconditional.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal,
extension or accrual of any of the Borrower Obligations and notice of or proof
of reliance by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the guarantee
contained in this Section 2 or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this
Section 2; the Borrower Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be
deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended,
amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section
2;
and all dealings between the Borrower and any of the Subsidiary Guarantors,
on
the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand,
likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in
reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2. Each Subsidiary
Guarantor waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice
of default or nonpayment to or upon the Borrower or any of the Subsidiary
Guarantors with respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor
understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall
be
construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment
without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement
or
any other Loan Document, any of the Borrower Obligations or any other collateral
security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any
time or from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (b)
any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or
performance) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the
Borrower or any other Person against the Administrative Agent or any Lender,
or
(c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge
of
the Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be
construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for
the
Borrower Obligations, or of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the guarantee
contained in this Section 2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making
any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder
against any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may,
but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise
pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Borrower, any other
Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security
or
guarantee for the Borrower Obligations or any right of offset with respect
thereto, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make
any
such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments
from the Borrower, any other Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person or to
realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such
right of offset, or any release of the Borrower, any other Subsidiary Guarantor
or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of
offset, shall not relieve any Subsidiary Guarantor of any obligation or
liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies,
whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Administrative
Agent or any Lender against any Subsidiary Guarantor. For the purposes hereof
“demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal
proceedings.
2.6 Reinstatement.
The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall continue to be effective, or
be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof,
of
any of the Borrower Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored
or
returned by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the insolvency,
bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver,
intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower
or
any Subsidiary Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise,
all as though such payments had not been made.
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2.7 Payments.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be
paid
to the Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars at the
Funding Office.
SECTION
3. GRANT
OF
SECURITY INTEREST
Each
Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Administrative Agent, and hereby
grants to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders,
a
security interest in, all of the following property now owned or at any time
hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any
time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively,
the
“Collateral”),
as
collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when
due
(whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor’s
Obligations:
(a) all
Accounts;
(b) all
Chattel Paper;
(c) all
Deposit Accounts;
(d) all
Documents (other than title documents with respect to vehicles);
(e) all
Equipment;
(f) all
Fixtures;
(g) all
General Intangibles;
(h) all
Instruments;
(i) all
Intellectual Property;
(j) all
Inventory;
(k) all
Investment Property;
(l) all
Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(m) all
other
property not otherwise described above (except for any property specifically
excluded from any clause in this section above, and any property specifically
excluded from any defined term used in any clause of this section above);
(n) all
books
and records pertaining to the Collateral; and
(o) to
the
extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products
of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees
given
by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing;
provided,
however,
that
notwithstanding any of the other provisions set forth in this Section 3, this
Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in any property
to
the extent that such grant of a security interest (x) is prohibited by any
Requirements of Law of a Governmental Authority, requires a consent not obtained
of any Governmental Authority pursuant to such Requirement of Law or is
prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the
termination of or requires any consent not obtained under, any contract,
license, agreement, instrument or other document evidencing or giving rise
to
such property or, in the case of any Investment Property, Pledged Stock or
Pledged Note, any applicable shareholder or similar agreement, except to the
extent that such Requirement of Law or the term in such contract, license,
agreement, instrument or other document or shareholder or similar agreement
providing for such prohibition, breach, default or termination or requiring
such
consent is ineffective under applicable law or (y) in any license or use
agreement, any trademark license for which a Grantor is a licensee or any
copyright license for which a Grantor is a licensee, in each case in this clause
(y) if (i) the terms thereof prohibit the assignment of such contract, license
or use agreement or a grant of a security interest or Lien therein and (ii)
the
violation of such terms would constitute a default thereunder.
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SECTION
4. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
To
induce
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement
and
to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the
Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the
Administrative
Agent
and each Lender that:
4.1 Title;
No Other Liens.
Except
for the security interest granted to the Administrative Agent for the ratable
benefit of the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement and the other Liens permitted
to exist on the Collateral by the Credit Agreement, such Grantor owns each
item
of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others.
For
the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that any Grantor may, as
part of its business, grant licenses to third parties to use Intellectual
Property owned or developed by a Grantor. For purposes of this Agreement and
the
other Loan Documents, such licensing activity shall not constitute a “Lien” on
such Intellectual Property. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender
understands that any such licenses may be exclusive to the applicable licensees,
and such exclusivity provisions may limit the ability of the Administrative
Agent to utilize, sell, lease or transfer the related Intellectual Property
or
otherwise realize value from such Intellectual Property pursuant
hereto.
4.2 Perfected
First Priority Liens.
The
security interests granted pursuant to this Agreement (a) upon completion of
the
filings and other actions specified on Schedule 3 (which, in the case
of
all filings and other documents referred to on said Schedule, have been
delivered to the Administrative Agent in completed and duly executed form)
will
constitute valid perfected security interests in all of the Collateral in favor
of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, as
collateral security for such Grantor’s Obligations, enforceable in accordance
with the terms hereof against all creditors of such Grantor and any Persons
purporting to purchase any Collateral from such Grantor and (b) are prior to
all
other Liens on the Collateral in existence on the date hereof except for Liens
permitted by the Credit Agreement.
4.3 Jurisdiction
of Organization; Chief Executive Office.
On the
date hereof, such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization, identification number
from the jurisdiction of organization (if any), and the location of such
Grantor’s chief executive office or sole place of business or principal
residence, as the case may be, are specified on Schedule 4. Such Grantor has
furnished to the Administrative Agent a certified charter, certificate of
incorporation or other organization document and long-form good standing
certificate as of a date which is recent to the date hereof.
4.4 Inventory
and Equipment.
On the
date hereof, the Inventory and the Equipment of each Grantor (other than mobile
goods) are kept at the locations listed on Schedule 5.
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4.5 Farm
Products.
None of
the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds of, Farm Products.
4.6 Investment
Property.
(d) The
shares of Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor hereunder constitute all the
issued and outstanding shares of all classes of the Capital Stock of each Issuer
of Pledged Stock owned by such Grantor or, in the case of Foreign Subsidiary
Voting Stock, if less, 66% of the outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock
of
each relevant Issuer.
(b) All
the
shares of the Pledged Stock have been duly and validly issued and are fully
paid
and nonassessable.
(c) Each
of
the Pledged Notes constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
obligor with respect thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject
to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding
in
equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair
dealing.
(d) Such
Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable
title
to, the Investment Property pledged by it hereunder, free of any and all Liens
or options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person, except the security
interest created by this Agreement or as permitted by the Credit
Agreement.
4.7 Receivables.
(e) If
any amount payable to such Grantor under or in connection with any Receivable
shall be or become evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper, such Grantor
shall ensure that such Instrument or Chattel Papers is in the possession of
such
Grantor at all times or, if requested by the Administrative Agent, delivered
to
the Administrative Agent.
(b) None
of
the obligors on any Receivables is a Governmental Authority.
4.8 Intellectual
Property.
(f)
Schedule 6 lists all Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks owned by such Grantor
in
its own name on the date hereof.
(b) Except
as
could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, on the date hereof, all Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor
is
valid, subsisting, unexpired and enforceable, has not been abandoned and does
not infringe the intellectual property rights of any other Person.
(c) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
6,
on the
date hereof, no Copyright, Copyright License, Patent, Patent License, Trademark
or Trademark License is the subject of any material licensing or franchise
agreement pursuant to which such Grantor is the licensor or
franchisor.
(d) No
holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental Authority
which would limit, cancel or question the validity of, or such Grantor’s rights
in, any Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor in any respect that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Except
as
could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, no action or proceeding is pending, or, to the knowledge of such
Grantor, threatened, on the date hereof seeking to limit, cancel or question
the
validity of any Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor or such Grantor’s
ownership interest therein.
4.9 Commercial
Tort Claims
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(a) On
the
date hereof, no Grantor has rights in any Commercial Tort Claim with potential
value in excess of $100,000.
(b)
Upon the
filing of a financing statement covering any Commercial Tort Claim referred
to
in Section 5.10 hereof against such Grantor in the jurisdiction specified in
Schedule 3 hereto, the security interest granted in such Commercial Tort Claim
will constitute a valid perfected security interest in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, as collateral
security for such Grantor’s Obligations, enforceable in accordance with the
terms hereof against all creditors of such Grantor and any Persons purporting
to
purchase such Collateral from Grantor, which security interest shall be prior
to
all other Liens on such Collateral except for liens permitted by the Credit
Agreement.
SECTION
5. COVENANTS
Each
Grantor covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
that,
from and after the date of this Agreement until the Obligations shall have
been
paid in full, no Letter of Credit (other than Letters of Credit that are fully
cash collateralized) shall be outstanding and the Revolving Commitments shall
have terminated:
5.1 Delivery
of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper.
If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral shall
be
or become evidenced by any Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper,
such Grantor shall ensure that such Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel
Paper is in the possession of such Grantor at all times or, if requested by
the
Administrative Agent, delivered to the Administrative Agent.
5.2 Maintenance
of Insurance.
(a) Such Grantor will maintain, with financially sound and reputable companies,
insurance policies (i) insuring the Inventory and Equipment against loss by
fire, explosion, theft and such other casualties in a manner consistent with
past practice and (ii) to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent,
insuring such Grantor, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders against
liability for personal injury and property damage relating to such Inventory
and
Equipment, such policies to be in such form and amounts and having such coverage
as is consistent with past practice.
(b) All
such
insurance shall (i) provide that no cancellation, material reduction in amount
or material change in coverage thereof shall be effective until at least 30
days
after receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice thereof, (ii) name
the Administrative Agent as insured party or loss payee, (iii) if reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent, include a breach of warranty clause
and
(iv) be reasonably satisfactory in all other respects to the Administrative
Agent.
(c) The
Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a report
of a
reputable insurance broker with respect to such insurance substantially
concurrently with each delivery of the Borrower’s audited annual financial
statements and such supplemental reports with respect thereto as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
5.3 Payment
of Obligations.
Such Grantor will pay and discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity
or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all taxes, assessments
and
governmental charges or levies imposed upon the Collateral or in respect of
income or profits therefrom, as well as all claims of any kind (including,
without limitation, claims for labor, materials and supplies) against or with
respect to the Collateral, except (a) where the amount or validity thereof
is
currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves
in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books
of
such Grantor or (b) where the failure to pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy
such obligations could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
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5.4 Maintenance
of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation.
(a)
Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by this Agreement
as a
perfected security interest having at least the priority described in Section
4.2 and shall defend such security interest against the claims and demands
of
all Persons whomsoever, subject to the rights of such Grantor under the Loan
Documents to dispose of the Collateral.
(b) Such
Grantor will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from time
to
time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the assets
and
property of such Grantor and such other reports in connection therewith as
the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable
detail.
(c) At
any
time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Administrative
Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor will promptly
and
duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further instruments and
documents and take such further actions as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits
of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including,
without limitation, (i) filing any financing or continuation statements under
the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any
jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby and (ii)
in
the case of Investment Property, Deposit Accounts, Letter-of-Credit Rights
and
any other relevant Collateral, taking any actions necessary to enable the
Administrative Agent to obtain “control” (within the meaning of the applicable
Uniform Commercial Code) with respect thereto.
5.5 Changes
in Name, etc.
Such
Grantor will not, except upon 10 days’ prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent and delivery to the Administrative Agent of all additional
executed financing statements and other documents reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the
security interests provided for herein, (i) change its jurisdiction of
organization or the location of its chief executive office or sole place of
business or principal residence from that referred to in Section 4.3 or (ii)
change its name.
5.6
Notices.
Such
Grantor will advise the Administrative Agent and the Lenders promptly, in
reasonable detail, of any Lien (other than security interests created hereby
or
Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement) on any of the Collateral which
would
materially and adversely affect the ability of the Administrative Agent to
exercise any of its remedies hereunder.
5.7 Investment
Property.
(a) If such Grantor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any
certificate (including, without limitation, any certificate representing a
dividend or a distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase
or
reduction of capital or any certificate issued in connection with any
reorganization), option or rights in respect of the Capital Stock of any Issuer,
whether in addition to, in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange
for, any shares of the Pledged Stock, or otherwise in respect thereof, such
Grantor shall accept the same as the agent of the Administrative Agent and
the
Lenders, hold the same in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
and
deliver the same forthwith to the Administrative Agent in the exact form
received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if
required, together with an undated stock power covering such certificate duly
executed in blank by such Grantor and with, if the Administrative Agent so
requests, signature guaranteed, to be held by the Administrative Agent, subject
to the terms hereof, as additional collateral security for the Obligations.
If
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any sums paid upon or in
respect of the Investment Property upon the liquidation or dissolution of any
Issuer shall be paid over to the Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder
as additional collateral security for the Obligations, and in case any
distribution of capital shall be made on or in respect of the Investment
Property or any property shall be distributed upon or with respect to the
Investment Property pursuant to the recapitalization or reclassification of
the
capital of any Issuer or pursuant to the reorganization thereof, the property
so
distributed shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest
in
favor of the Administrative Agent, be delivered to the Administrative Agent
to
be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Obligations.
If any sums of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of the
Investment Property shall be received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall,
until
such money or property is paid or delivered to the Administrative Agent, hold
such money or property in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
segregated from other funds of such Grantor, as additional collateral security
for the Obligations.
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(b) Without
the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, such Grantor will not
(i)
vote to enable, or take any other action to permit, any Issuer to issue any
Capital Stock of any nature or to issue any other securities convertible into
or
granting the right to purchase or exchange for any Capital Stock of any nature
of any Issuer, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, or otherwise dispose
of,
or grant any option with respect to, the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof
(except pursuant to a transaction expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement),
(iii) create, incur or permit to exist any Lien or option in favor of, or any
claim of any Person with respect to, any of the Investment Property or Proceeds
thereof, or any interest therein, except for the security interests created
by
this Agreement or (iv) enter into any agreement or undertaking restricting
the
right or ability of such Grantor or the Administrative Agent to sell, assign
or
transfer any of the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof.
(c) In
the
case of each Grantor which is an Issuer, such Issuer agrees that (i) it will
be
bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the Investment Property issued
by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable
to
it, (ii) it will notify the Administrative Agent promptly in writing of the
occurrence of any of the events described in Section 5.7(a) with respect to
the
Investment Property issued by it and (iii) the terms of Sections 6.3(c) and
6.7
shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis,
with
respect to all actions that may be required of it pursuant to Section 6.3(c)
or
6.7 with respect to the Investment Property issued by it.
5.8 [Intentionally
omitted]
5.9 Intellectual
Property.
(a) Except where the failure to do so could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, such
Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will (i) maintain as in the past
the quality of products and services offered under each Trademark owned by
such
Grantor and (ii) use such Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration
and all other notices and legends required by applicable Requirements of Law.
Such Grantor will not (and not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to)
do
any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any Trademark owned by such
Grantor may become invalidated or impaired in any way if such invalidations
or
impairments, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected
to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Such
Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not do any act, or omit to
do
any act, whereby any Patent owned by such Grantor may become forfeited,
abandoned or dedicated to the public if such forfeitures, abandonments or
dedications, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected
to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Such
Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not (i) (and will not permit
any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do
any
act whereby any portion of the Copyrights owned by such Grantor may become
invalidated or otherwise impaired and (ii) (either itself or through licensees)
do any act whereby any portion of such Copyrights may fall into the public
domain, in each case if such actions or omissions could, individually or in
the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(d) Such
Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not do any act that knowingly
uses any Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor to infringe the
intellectual property rights of any other Person if such infringements,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(e) To
the
extent that any of the following could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, such Grantor will notify the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders immediately if it knows that any application or registration relating
to
any Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor may become forfeited, abandoned
or dedicated to the public, or of any adverse determination or development
(including, without limitation, the institution of, or any such determination
or
development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
the United States Copyright Office or any court or tribunal in any country)
regarding such Grantor’s ownership of, or the validity of, such Intellectual
Property or such Grantor’s right to register the same or to own and maintain the
same.
(f) Whenever
such Grantor, either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or
designee, shall file an application for the registration of any Intellectual
Property owned by such Grantor with the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency
in
any other country or any political subdivision thereof, such Grantor shall
report such filing to the Administrative Agent within five Business Days after
the last day of the fiscal quarter in which such filing occurs. Upon request
of
the Administrative Agent, such Grantor shall execute and deliver, and have
recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as the
Administrative Agent may request that are necessary to evidence the
Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ security interest in any such Copyright,
Patent or Trademark and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor
relating thereto or represented thereby.
(g) If
the
failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
such Grantor will take all reasonable and necessary steps, including, without
limitation, in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency
in
any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain and pursue
each application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to maintain
each
registration of the Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor, including,
without limitation, filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use and
affidavits of incontestability.
(h) In
the
event that any Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor is infringed,
misappropriated or diluted by a third party and such infringements,
misappropriations or dilutions, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, such Grantor shall
(i)
take such actions as such Grantor shall reasonably deem appropriate under the
circumstances to protect such Intellectual Property and (ii) promptly notify
the
Administrative Agent after it learns thereof and inform the Administrative
Agent
of what action such Grantor proposes to take with respect thereto.
5.10 Commercial
Tort Claims.
If such Grantor shall obtain an interest in any Commercial Tort Claim with
a
potential value in excess of $100,000, such Grantor shall within 30 days of
obtaining such interest sign and deliver documentation acceptable to the
Administrative Agent granting a security interest under the terms and provisions
of this Agreement in and to such Commercial Tort Claim.
SECTION
6. REMEDIAL
PROVISIONS
6.1 [Intentionally
omitted].
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6.2 Communications
with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable.
(a) The
Administrative Agent in its own name or in the name of others may at any time
after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default
communicate with obligors under the Receivables to verify with them to the
Administrative Agent’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any
Receivables.
(b) Upon
the
request of the Administrative Agent at any time after the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall notify obligors
on
the Receivables that the Receivables have been assigned to the Administrative
Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and that payments in respect
thereof shall be made directly to the Administrative Agent.
(c) Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under
each of the Receivables to observe and perform all the conditions and
obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance
with the terms of any agreement giving rise thereto. Neither the Administrative
Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation or liability under any Receivable
(or any agreement giving rise thereto) by reason of or arising out of this
Agreement or the receipt by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any
payment relating thereto, nor shall the Administrative Agent or any Lender
be
obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Grantor under
or pursuant to any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto), to make
any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any
payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party
thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any
performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been
assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.
6.3 Pledged
Stock.
(a) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the
Administrative Agent shall have given notice to the relevant Grantor of the
Administrative Agent’s intent to exercise its corresponding rights pursuant to
Section 6.3(b), each Grantor shall be permitted to receive all cash dividends
paid in respect of the Pledged Stock and all payments made in respect of the
Pledged Notes to the extent permitted in the Credit Agreement, and to exercise
all voting and corporate or other organizational rights with respect to the
Investment Property; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or corporate
or other organizational right exercised or other action taken which, in the
Administrative Agent’s reasonable judgment, would be inconsistent with or result
in any violation of any provision of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or
any
other Loan Document.
(b) If
an
Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Administrative Agent
shall give notice of its intent to exercise such rights to the relevant Grantor
or Grantors, (i) the Administrative Agent shall have the right to receive
any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in respect of the
Investment Property and make application thereof to the Obligations in
accordance with Section 6.5, and (ii) any or all of the Investment Property
shall be registered in the name of the Administrative Agent or its nominee,
and
the Administrative Agent or its nominee may thereafter exercise (x) all voting,
corporate and other rights pertaining to such Investment Property at any meeting
of shareholders of the relevant Issuer or Issuers or otherwise and (y) any
and all rights of conversion, exchange and subscription and any other rights,
privileges or options pertaining to such Investment Property as if it were
the
absolute owner thereof (including, without limitation, the right to exchange
at
its discretion any and all of the Investment Property upon the merger,
consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental change
in
the corporate or other organizational structure of any Issuer, or upon the
exercise by any Grantor or the Administrative Agent of any right, privilege
or
option pertaining to such Investment Property, and in connection therewith,
the
right to deposit and deliver any and all of the Investment Property with any
committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency
upon
such terms and conditions as the Administrative Agent may determine), all
without liability except to account for property actually received by it, but
the Administrative Agent shall have no duty to any Grantor to exercise any
such
right, privilege or option and shall not be responsible for any failure to
do so
or delay in so doing.
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(c) Each
Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer of any Investment Property
pledged by such Grantor hereunder to (i) comply with any instruction received
by
it from the Administrative Agent in writing that (x) states that an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) is otherwise in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from
such
Grantor, and each Grantor agrees that each Issuer shall be fully protected
in so
complying, and (ii) unless otherwise expressly permitted hereby, pay any
dividends or other payments with respect to the Investment Property directly
to
the Administrative Agent.
6.4 Proceeds
to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent.
In addition to the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders specified
in Section 6.1 with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Event of Default
shall occur and be continuing, all Proceeds received by any Grantor consisting
of cash, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor in
trust
for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other funds of
such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned
over
to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly
indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if required). All Proceeds
received by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be held by the
Administrative Agent in a Collateral Account maintained under its sole dominion
and control. All Proceeds while held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral
Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all the
Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided
in Section 6.5.
6.5 Application
of Proceeds.
At such
intervals as may be agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent,
or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time
at
the Administrative Agent's election, the Administrative Agent may apply all
or
any part of Proceeds constituting Collateral, whether or not held in any
Collateral Account, and any proceeds of the guarantee set forth in Section
2, in
payment of the Obligations in the following order:
First,
to pay
incurred and unpaid fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent under the
Loan
Documents;
Second,
to the
Administrative Agent, for application by it towards payment of amounts then
due
and owing and remaining unpaid in respect of the Obligations, pro rata
among
the Lenders according to the amounts of the Obligations then due and owing
and
remaining unpaid to the Lenders; and
Third,
any
balance remaining after the Obligations shall have been paid in full, no Letters
of Credit (other than Letters of Credit that are fully cash collateralized)
shall be outstanding and the Revolving Commitments shall have terminated shall
be paid over to the Borrower or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to
receive the same.
6.6 Code
and Other Remedies.
If an
Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Administrative Agent, on
behalf of the Lenders, may exercise, in addition to all other rights and
remedies granted to them in this Agreement and in any other instrument or
agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Obligations, all rights and
remedies of a secured party under the New York UCC or any other applicable
law.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent,
without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest,
advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred
to below) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which
demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such
circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the
Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign,
give
option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the
Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the foregoing), in
one
or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s
board or office of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or elsewhere upon
such
terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may
deem
best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any
credit risk. The Administrative Agent or any Lender shall have the right upon
any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any
such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral
so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Grantor, which right
or equity is hereby waived and released. Each Grantor further agrees, at the
Administrative Agent’s request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available
to the Administrative Agent at places which the Administrative Agent shall
reasonably select, whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere. The
Administrative Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it
pursuant to this Section 6.6 in accordance with Section 6.5.
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6.7 [Intentionally
omitted].
6.8 Deficiency.
Each
Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale
or
other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay its Obligations
and
the fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by the Administrative
Agent
or any Lender to collect such deficiency.
SECTION
7. THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
7.1 Administrative
Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc.
(d) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Administrative
Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as
its
true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority
in
the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its
own name, to do any or all of the following:
(i) in
the
name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and
indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments
for the payment of moneys due under any Receivable or with respect to any other
Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any
court of law or equity or otherwise deemed reasonably appropriate by the
Administrative Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys
due
under any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral whenever
payable;
(ii) in
the
case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver, and have recorded,
any
and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Administrative
Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Administrative Agent’s and the
Lenders’ security interest in such Intellectual Property and the goodwill and
general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented
thereby;
(iii) pay
or
discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the
Collateral, effect any repairs or any insurance called for by the terms of
this
Agreement and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs
thereof;
(iv) execute,
in connection with any sale provided for in Section 6.6, any indorsements,
assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to
the
Collateral; and
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(v) (1) direct
any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment
of
any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the
Administrative Agent or as the Administrative Agent shall direct;
(2) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and
receipt
for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any
time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (3) sign
and
indorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or
warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices
and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (4) commence
and
prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court
of
competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and
to
enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral; (5) defend any
suit,
action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect to any
Collateral; (6) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding
and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the
Administrative Agent may deem appropriate; (7) assign any Copyright, Patent
or
Trademark (along with the goodwill of the business to which any such Copyright,
Patent or Trademark pertains), throughout the world for such term or terms,
on
such conditions, and in such manner, as the Administrative Agent shall in its
sole discretion determine; and (8) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make
any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral
as
fully and completely as though the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner
thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Administrative Agent’s option and such
Grantor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which
the Administrative Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon
the Collateral and the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ security
interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully
and
effectively as such Grantor might do.
Anything
in this Section 7.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Administrative
Agent
agrees that it will not exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided
for in this Section 7.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and
be
continuing.
(b) If
any
Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein,
the Administrative Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do,
may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such
agreement.
(c) The
expenses of the Administrative Agent incurred in connection with actions
undertaken as provided in this Section 7.1, together with interest thereon
at a
rate per annum equal to the rate per annum at which interest would then be
payable on past due Revolving Loans under the Credit Agreement, from the date
of
payment by the Administrative Agent to the date reimbursed by the relevant
Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent on
demand.
(d) Each
Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause
to be
done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in
this
Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until this Agreement
is terminated and the security interests created hereby are
released.
7.2 Duty
of Administrative Agent.
The
Administrative Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and
physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207
of the New York UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner
as
the Administrative Agent deals with similar property for its own account.
Neither the Administrative Agent, any Lender nor any of their respective
officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand,
collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so
or
shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral
upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action
whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers
conferred on the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder are solely
to
protect the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ interests in the Collateral
and shall not impose any duty upon the Administrative Agent or any Lender to
exercise any such powers. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be
accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the
exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors,
employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure
to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
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7.3 Execution
of Financing Statements.
Pursuant to any applicable law, each Grantor authorizes the Administrative
Agent
to file or record financing statements and other filing or recording documents
or instruments with respect to the Collateral without the signature of such
Grantor in such form and in such offices as the Administrative Agent determines
appropriate to perfect the security interests of the Administrative Agent under
this Agreement. Each Grantor authorizes the Administrative Agent to use the
collateral description “all personal property” in any such financing statements.
7.4 Authority
of Administrative Agent.
Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the
Administrative Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken
by
the Administrative Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Administrative
Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy
provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as
between the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, be governed by the Credit
Agreement and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from
time to time among them, but, as between the Administrative Agent and the
Grantors, the Administrative Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting
as agent for the Lenders with full and valid authority so to act or refrain
from
acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make
any inquiry respecting such authority.
SECTION
8. MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Amendments
in Writing.
None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified except in accordance with Section 10.1 of
the
Credit Agreement.
8.2 Notices.
All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Administrative Agent or any
Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 10.2
of the Credit Agreement; provided that any such notice, request or demand to
or
upon any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be addressed to such Subsidiary Guarantor
at
its notice address set forth on Schedule 1.
8.3 No
Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies.
Neither
the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall by any act (except by a written
instrument pursuant to Section 8.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise
be
deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in
any
Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in
exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right,
power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or
partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude
any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power
or
privilege. A waiver by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any right
or
remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any
right or remedy which the Administrative Agent or such Lender would otherwise
have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are
cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of
any
other rights or remedies provided by law.
8.4 Enforcement
Expenses; Indemnification.
(e) Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to pay or reimburse each Lender and the
Administrative Agent for all its costs and expenses incurred in collecting
against such Subsidiary Guarantor under the guarantee contained in Section
2 or
otherwise enforcing or preserving any rights under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents to which such Subsidiary Guarantor is a party, including, without
limitation, the fees and disbursements of counsel to each Lender and of counsel
to the Administrative Agent; provided
that the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall not be responsible to pay or reimburse more than
one
counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, taken as a group, pursuant
to this clause (a) except in cases in which more than one counsel is
necessitated by legal conflicts.
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(b) Each
Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Administrative Agent and
the
Lenders harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting
from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other taxes which
may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of the Collateral
or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(c) Each
Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Administrative Agent and
the
Lenders harmless from, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any
kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement,
performance and administration of this Agreement to the extent the Borrower
would be required to do so pursuant to Section 10.5 of the Credit
Agreement.
(d) The
agreements in this Section 8.4 shall survive repayment of the Obligations and
all other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
8.5 Successors
and Assigns.
This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor
and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
and
their successors and assigns; provided that no Grantor may assign, transfer
or
delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the
prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent.
8.6 Set-Off.
Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent and each
Lender at any time and from time to time while an Event of Default pursuant
to
Section 8(a) of the Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing,
without notice to such Grantor or any other Grantor, any such notice being
expressly waived by each Grantor, to set-off and appropriate and apply any
and
all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in
any
currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in
each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or
unmatured, at any time held or owing by the Administrative Agent or such Lender
to or for the credit or the account of such Grantor, or any part thereof in
such
amounts as the Administrative Agent or such Lender may elect, against and on
account of the obligations and liabilities of such Grantor to the Administrative
Agent or such Lender hereunder and claims of every nature and description of
the
Administrative Agent or such Lender against such Grantor, in any currency,
whether arising hereunder, under the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document
or otherwise, as the Administrative Agent or such Lender may elect, whether
or
not the Administrative Agent or any Lender has made any demand for payment
and
although such obligations, liabilities and claims may be contingent or
unmatured. The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall notify such Grantor
promptly of any such set-off and the application made by the Administrative
Agent or such Lender of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to
give
such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.
The
rights of the Administrative Agent and each Lender under this Section 8.6 are
in
addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other
rights of set-off) which the Administrative Agent or such Lender may
have.
8.7 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on
any
number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy), and all of said
counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument.
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8.8 Severability.
Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent
of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision
in any
other jurisdiction.
8.9 Section
Headings.
The Section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference
only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into
consideration in the interpretation hereof.
8.10 Integration.
This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the agreement of the
Grantors, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject
matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings,
representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative
to subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to
herein or in the other Loan Documents.
8.11 GOVERNING
LAW.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
8.12 Submission
To Jurisdiction; Waivers.
Each Grantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits
for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or for
recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the
non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York,
the
courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of
New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents
that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives
any
objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action
or
proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought
in an
inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees
that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by
mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially
similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Grantor at its address referred
to in Section 8.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent
shall have been notified pursuant thereto;
(d) agrees
that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in
any
other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to xxx in any other
jurisdiction; and
(e) waives,
to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim
or
recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any
special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
8.13 Acknowledgements.
Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it
has
been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party;
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(b) neither
the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with
or
duty to any Grantor arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or
any
of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Grantors, on
the
one hand, and the Administrative Agent and Lenders, on the other hand, in
connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor;
and
(c) no
joint
venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists
by
virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the
Grantors and the Lenders.
8.14 Additional
Grantors.
Each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is required to become a party to this
Agreement pursuant to Section 6.10 of the Credit Agreement shall become a
Grantor for all purposes of this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such
Subsidiary of an Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex 1
hereto.
8.15 Releases.
(a) At such time as the Revolving Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations and
the
other Obligations (other than Obligations in respect of Specified Swap
Agreements and Specified Treasury Agreements) shall have been paid in full,
the
Revolving Commitments have been terminated and no Letters of Credit (other
than
Letters of Credit that are fully cash collateralized) shall be outstanding,
the
Collateral shall be released from the Liens created hereby, and this Agreement
and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such
termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Grantor hereunder shall
terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act
by
any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantors. At
the
request and sole expense of any Grantor following any such termination, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver to such Grantor any Collateral
held
by the Administrative Agent hereunder, and execute and deliver to such Grantor
such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such
termination.
(b) If
any of
the Collateral shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by any
Grantor in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement, then the
Administrative Agent, at the request and sole expense of such Grantor, shall
promptly execute and deliver to such Grantor all releases or other documents
reasonably necessary or desirable for the release of the Liens created hereby
on
such Collateral. At the request and sole expense of the Borrower, a Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be released from its obligations hereunder in the event that
all
the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or
otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement;
provided
that the
Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, at least two Business
Days prior to the date of the proposed release, a written request for release
identifying the relevant Subsidiary Guarantor and the terms of the sale or
other
disposition in reasonable detail, including the price thereof and any expenses
in connection therewith, together with a certification by the Borrower stating
that such transaction is in compliance with the Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents.
8.16WAIVER
OF JURY
TRIAL.
EACH GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN
ANY
LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT
AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first
above written.
TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC. | ||
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Chief Financial Officer
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2K GAMES, INC. | ||
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Chief Financial Officer
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XXXX OF ALL GAMES, INC. | ||
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Chief Financial Officer
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INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC. | ||
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Chief Financial Officer
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List
of Omitted Schedules
SCHEDULES
Schedule
1 Notice
Addresses
Schedule
2 Investment
Property
Schedule
3 Perfection
Matters
Schedule
4 Jurisdictions
of Organization and Chief Executive Offices
Schedule
5 Inventory
and Equipment Locations
Schedule
6 Intellectual
Property
The
Registrant will furnish the omitted schedules to the Commission upon
request.
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