MASTER GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of June 6, 1997, 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 NORWEST
BANK TEXAS, N.A., as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the "Collateral Agent")
for the banks and other financial institutions (the "Lenders") from time to time
parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 6, 1997 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"),
among KEY ENERGY GROUP, INC. (the "Borrower"), the Lenders, PNC BANK, N.A., as
Administrative Agent (the "Administrative Agent") and the Collateral 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 Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Lenders
to enter into the Credit Agreement and to make their respective extensions of
credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees with the
Collateral 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 which are defined in the Uniform
Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York on the date hereof are used
herein as so defined: Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, Farm Products,
Instruments and Inventory.
(b) The following terms shall have the following meanings:
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"Agreement": this Master Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the same
may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Borrower Obligations": the collective reference to the unpaid principal of
and interest on the 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 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, the Collateral Agent or any Lender (or, in the case
of any Hedge Agreement referred to below, 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 or any Hedge Agreement entered into by the Borrower with any Lender
(or, in the case of any Hedge Agreement, any Affiliate of any Lender) 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, the Collateral
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 Collateral
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, 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, granting any right under any Copyright, including, without
limitation, the grant of rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell
materials derived from any Copyright.
"Equipment": all "equipment" as such term is defined in Section 9-109 of
the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York on the date
hereof, excluding any Vehicles and Excluded Vehicles covered by a certificate of
title issued by any State.
"Excluded Assets": any assets of the type specified in Sections 3(a)
through 3(l) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or in which any
Grantor has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or
interest and which is, but only so long as the same is, subject to any Lien (x)
in existence on the date hereof listed on Schedule 7.3 of the Credit Agreement,
(y) permitted under clauses (f), (i) and (j) of Section 7.3 of the Credit
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Agreement, which, in the case of either (x) or (y) prohibits the granting
of a Lien to the Collateral Agent (unless an appropriate consent of the
lienholder thereof has been obtained).
"Excluded Vehicles": all trucks, trailers, construction and earth moving
equipment, drilling rigs, well service rigs and workover rigs covered by a
certificate of title issued by any State and having a purchase price (or if
acquired for other than cash, a fair market value at the time of acquisition) of
less than $50,000.
"General Intangibles": all "general intangibles" as such term is defined in
Section 9-106 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York
on the date hereof and, in any event, including, without limitation, with
respect to any Grantor, all contracts, agreements, instruments and indentures in
any form, and portions thereof, to which such Grantor is a party or under which
such Grantor has any right, title or interest or to which such Grantor or any
property of such Grantor is subject, as the same may from time to time be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, including, without limitation, (i)
all rights of such Grantor to receive moneys due and to become due to it
thereunder or in connection therewith, (ii) all rights of such Grantor to
damages arising thereunder and (iii) all rights of such Grantor to perform and
to exercise all remedies thereunder, in each case to the extent the grant by
such Grantor of a security interest pursuant to this Agreement in its right,
title and interest in such contract, agreement, instrument or indenture is not
prohibited by such contract, agreement, instrument or indenture without the
consent of any other party thereto, would not give any other party to such
contract, agreement, instrument or indenture the right to terminate its
obligations thereunder, or is permitted with consent if all necessary consents
to such grant of a security interest have been obtained from the other parties
thereto (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate
such Grantor to obtain such consents); provided, that the foregoing limitation
shall not affect, limit, restrict or impair the grant by such Grantor of a
security interest pursuant to this Agreement in any Receivable or any money or
other amounts due or to become due under any such contract, agreement,
instrument or indenture.
"Guarantor Obligations": with respect to any Guarantor, the collective
reference to (i) the Borrower Obligations and (ii) all obligations and
liabilities of such Guarantor which may arise under or in connection with this
Agreement or any other Loan Document to which such 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, the
Collateral Agent or to the Lenders that are required to be paid by such
Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document).
"Guarantors": the collective reference to each Grantor other than the
Borrower.
"Hedge Agreements": as to any Person, all foreign exchange transactions,
and commodity, currency and interest rate swaps, caps or collar agreements or
similar arrangements entered into by such Person providing for protection
against fluctuations in hydrocarbon prices, interest rates or currency exchange
rates or the exchange of nominal interest obligations, either generally or under
specific contingencies.
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"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.
"Intercompany Note": any promissory note evidencing loans made by any
Grantor to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
"Issuers": the collective reference to each issuer of a Pledged Security.
"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 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, (ii) all applications for letters patent of
the United States or any other country and all divisions, continuations and
continuations-in-part thereof 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.
"Pledged Notes": all promissory notes listed on Schedule 2, all other
Intercompany Notes at any time issued to any Grantor and all other promissory
notes issued to or held by any Grantor in an amount in excess of $500,000 (other
than promissory notes issued in connection with extensions of trade credit by
any Grantor in the ordinary course of business).
"Pledged Securities": the collective reference to the Pledged Notes and the
Pledged Stock.
"Pledged Stock": the shares of Capital Stock listed on Schedule 2, together
with any other shares, stock certificates, options or rights of any nature
whatsoever in respect of the Capital Stock of any Person that may be issued or
granted to, or held by, any Grantor after the date of this Agreement and while
this Agreement is in effect which is required by the Credit Agreement to be
pledged hereunder.
"Proceeds": all "proceeds" as such term is defined in Section 9-306(1) of
the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York on the date
hereof and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or
other income from the Pledged Securities, collections thereon or distributions
or payments with respect thereto.
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"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.
"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,
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.
"Vehicles": (a) all trucks, trailers, construction and earth moving
equipment, drilling rigs, well service rigs, workover rigs and other vehicles
not covered by a certificate of title issued by any State, including without
limitation any of the foregoing listed on Schedule 8, (b) all trucks, trailers,
construction and earth moving equipment, drilling rigs, well service rigs,
workover rigs and other vehicles covered by a certificate of title issued by any
State and having a purchase price (or if acquired for other than cash, a fair
market value at the time of acquisition) in excess of $50,000, (c) without
duplication of the foregoing, all items listed on Schedule 8 and (d) all tires
and other appurtenances to any of the foregoing.
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 Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally,
unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the Lenders, and to the
Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, and their respective
successors, indorsees, transferees and
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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 Guarantor hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed
by such 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 Guarantor agrees that the Borrower Obligations may at any time and
from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder
without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or affecting the
rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent or any Lender hereunder.
(d) Subject to the limitations in Section 2.1(b), the guarantee contained
in this Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect until all the Borrower
Obligations and the obligations of each Guarantor under the guarantee contained
in this Section 2 shall have been satisfied by payment in full, no Letter of
Credit shall be outstanding and the 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.
(e) No payment made by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other
guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender from the Borrower, any of the
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
Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than
any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Obligations or any
payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower
Obligations), remain liable for the Borrower Obligations up to the maximum
liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Borrower Obligations are paid in
full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments are
terminated.
2.2 Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent
that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any
payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive
contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid
its proportionate share of such payment. Each 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 Guarantor to the Collateral Agent and the Lenders, and each Guarantor shall
remain liable to the Collateral Agent and the Lenders for the full amount
guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
2.3 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor
hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender, no Guarantor shall be
entitled to be subrogated to
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any of the rights of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any
Lender against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or
guarantee or right of offset held by the Collateral Agent or any Lender for the
payment of the Borrower Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled
to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower or any other
Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all
amounts owing to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders
by the Borrower on account of the Borrower Obligations are paid in full, no
Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments are terminated. If any
amount shall be paid to any 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 Guarantor in trust for Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other funds of such
Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over
to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly
indorsed by such Guarantor to the Collateral Agent, if required), to be applied
against the Borrower Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in the order
specified in Section 6.5.
2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each
Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any
reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further
assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Borrower
Obligations made by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender
may be rescinded by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral 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, the Collateral 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 Administrative Agent, the Collateral 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 Collateral Agent or any Lender for the payment of the
Borrower Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released.
Neither the Collateral 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.
2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. Each 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, the
Collateral 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 Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral 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.
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Each Guarantor waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment
and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Borrower or any of the
Guarantors with respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each Guarantor understands
and agrees that subject to the limitations in Section 2.1(b) 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, the Collateral 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, the Collateral Agent or any Lender, or
(c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of
the Borrower or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to
constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Borrower
Obligations, or of such 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 Guarantor,
Administrative Agent, the Collateral 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 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, the Collateral 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 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 Guarantor or any other Person or any
such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any
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, the Collateral Agent or any Lender
against any 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, the Collateral
Agent or any Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or
reorganization of the Borrower or any 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 Guarantor or any substantial part of its
property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.
2.7 Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will
be paid to the Collateral Agent without set-off or counterclaim (other than a
defense of payment and performance in full of the Borrower Obligations) in
Dollars at the office of the Collateral Agent located at 000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000.
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SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Collateral Agent, and
hereby grants to the Collateral 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, but expressly
excluding the Excluded Assets (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 Documents;
(d) all Equipment;
(e) all General Intangibles;
(f) all Instruments;
(g) all Intellectual Property;
(h) all Inventory;
(i) all Pledged Securities;
(j) all Vehicles;
(k) all books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and
(l) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds 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.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Administrative Agent, the Collateral 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, the Collateral Agent and
each Lender that:
4.1 Representations in Credit Agreement. The representations and warranties
of the Borrower set forth in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement which are
specifically made in respect of a particular Guarantor or in respect of the Loan
Documents to which such
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Guarantor is a party, each of which is hereby incorporated herein by
reference, are true and correct in all material respects, and the Collateral
Agent and each Lender shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if they were
fully set forth herein, provided that each reference in each such representation
and warranty to the Borrower's knowledge shall, for the purposes of this Section
4.1, be deemed to be a reference to such Guarantor's knowledge.
4.2 Title; No Other Liens. Except for the security interest granted to the
Collateral 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. No financing statement or other public notice
with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any
public office, except (i) the financing statements that have been filed in favor
of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, pursuant to
this Agreement, (ii) the financing statements listed on Schedule 9 in respect of
the Existing Credit Facilities, duly executed termination statements in respect
of each of which are being delivered to the Collateral Agent on the Closing Date
and (iii) those filed with respect to Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement.
4.3 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 will constitute valid perfected security interests in all of the
Collateral in favor of the Collateral 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,
except as provided in Section 9-307 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in
the relevant jurisdiction, 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 (i) unrecorded Liens permitted by the
Credit Agreement which have priority over the Liens on the Collateral by
operation of law, (ii) Liens described on Schedule 9, provided that upon the
repayment of the Indebtedness under the Existing Credit Facilities, all Liens
listed on Schedule 9 showing CIT or Norwest as the Secured Party or Assignee
shall be deemed deleted from such Schedule, and (iii) Liens permitted to be
incurred pursuant to clauses (f), (i) and (j) of Section 7.3 of the Credit
Agreement.
4.4 Chief Executive Office, Etc.. On the date hereof, such Grantor's
jurisdiction of organization and the location of such Grantor's chief executive
office, principal place of business and office where records concerning the
Accounts of such Grantor are kept, or its sole place of business, are specified
on Schedule 4.
4.5 Inventory and Equipment. On the date hereof, the Inventory and the
Equipment (other than mobile goods) are kept at the locations listed on Schedule
5.
4.6 Farm Products. None of the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds
of, Farm Products.
4.7 Pledged Securities. (a) The shares of Pledged Stock pledged by such
Grantor hereunder constitute all the issued and outstanding shares of all
classes of the Capital
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Stock of each Issuer owned by such Grantor (except that not more than 65%
of the Capital Stock of any other Foreign Subsidiary is required to be pledged
hereunder).
(b) All the shares of the Pledged Stock have been duly and validly issued
and are fully paid and nonassessable (except that no such representation is made
as to the Capital Stock issued by Servicios).
(c) To the knowledge of the Borrower's executive management, 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
indefeasible title to, the Pledged Securities 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 and except as permitted by the
Credit Agreement.
4.8 Receivables. (a) No amount payable to such Grantor under or in
connection with any Receivable is evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper
in an amount in excess of $500,000 (or in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate
for all such Instruments and Chattel Paper) which has not been delivered to the
Collateral Agent.
(b) Receivables in respect of which the obligor is a Governmental Authority
do not constitute more than 5% of the Receivables.
(c) The amounts represented by such Grantor to the Lenders from time to
time as owing to such Grantor in respect of the Receivables will at such times
be accurate to the best knowledge of such Grantor.
4.9 Intellectual Property. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have no
material Intellectual Property on the date hereof.
4.10 Vehicles. Schedule 8 is a substantially complete and correct list of
all Vehicles with a fair market value in excess of $50,000 owned by such Grantor
on the date hereof.
SECTION 5. COVENANTS
Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Collateral 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 shall be outstanding and the Commitments
shall have terminated:
5.1 Covenants in Credit Agreement. In the case of each Guarantor, such
Guarantor shall take, or shall refrain from taking, as the case may be, each
action that is
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necessary to be taken or not taken, as the case may be, so that no Default
or Event of Default is caused by the failure to take such action or to refrain
from taking such action by such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries.
5.2 Delivery of Instruments and Chattel Paper. If any amount payable under
or in connection with any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any
Instrument or Chattel Paper in an amount in excess of $500,000 (or in excess of
$1,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Instruments and Chattel Paper), such
Instrument or Chattel Paper shall be immediately delivered to the Collateral
Agent, duly indorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.
5.3 Maintenance of Insurance. (a) Such Grantor will maintain, with
financially sound and reputable companies, insurance policies (i) insuring the
Inventory, Equipment and Vehicles against loss by fire, explosion, theft and
such other casualties as may be customary in the business in which the Borrower
is engaged and (ii) insuring such Grantor, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders
against liability for personal injury and property damage relating to such
Inventory, Equipment and Vehicles, such policies to be in such form and amounts
and having such coverage as may be customary in the business in which the
Borrower is engaged.
(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 Collateral Agent of written notice
thereof, (ii) name the Collateral Agent as insured party or loss payee, (iii) if
reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, include a breach of warranty
clause and (iv) be otherwise customary in the business in which the Borrower is
engaged.
(c) The Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent and the Lenders a
report of a reputable insurance broker with respect to such insurance once in
each calendar year and such supplemental reports with respect thereto as the
Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
5.4 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 a material portion of 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 a material
portion of the Collateral, except that no such charge need be paid if the amount
or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been
provided on the books of such Grantor and such proceedings could not reasonably
be expected to result in the sale, forfeiture or loss of any material portion of
the Collateral or any interest therein.
5.5 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation. (a)
Such Grantor shall take such steps as are reasonably requested by the Collateral
Agent to maintain the security interest created by this Agreement as a perfected
security interest having at least the priority described in Section 4.3.
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(b) Such Grantor will furnish to the Collateral Agent and the Lenders from
time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the
Collateral and such other reports in connection with the Collateral as the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.
(c) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the
Collateral 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 Collateral 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, the filing of 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.
5.6 Changes in Locations, Name, etc. Such Grantor will not, except upon
written notice to the Collateral Agent and delivery (within 30 days thereafter)
to the Collateral Agent of (a) all additional executed financing statements and
other documents reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to maintain the
validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein
and (b) if applicable, a written supplement to Schedule 5 showing any additional
location at which Inventory or Equipment shall be kept:
(i) permit any material portion of the Inventory or Equipment (other than
Inventory or Equipment covered by a certificate of title or constituting mobile
goods) to be kept at a location other than those listed on Schedule 5;
(ii) change the location of its chief executive office, principal place of
business or office where records concerning the Accounts are kept, or sole place
of business from that referred to in Section 4.4; or
(iii) change its name, identity or corporate structure to such an extent
that any financing statement filed by the Collateral Agent in connection with
this Agreement would become misleading.
5.7 Notices. Such Grantor will advise the Collateral Agent and the Lenders
promptly, in reasonable detail, of:
(a) 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 Collateral Agent to exercise
any of its remedies hereunder; and
(b) of the occurrence of any other event which could reasonably be expected
to have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on
the security interests created hereby.
5.8 Pledged Securities. (a) If such Grantor shall become entitled to
receive or shall receive any stock certificate (including, without limitation,
any certificate representing a stock dividend or a distribution in connection
with any reclassification, increase or reduction
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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, the
Collateral Agent and the Lenders, hold the same in trust for the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders and deliver the same forthwith to
the Collateral Agent in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor
to the Collateral Agent, if required, together with an undated stock power
covering such certificate duly executed in blank by such Grantor and with, if
the Collateral Agent so requests, signature guaranteed, to be held by the
Collateral Agent, subject to the terms hereof, as additional collateral security
for the Obligations. Any sums paid upon or in respect of the Pledged Securities
upon the liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer (other than any amount which
the Borrower would not be required to apply to prepay the Loans pursuant to
Section 2.9(c) of the Credit Agreement if such liquidation or dissolution were
an Asset Sale) shall be paid over to the Collateral 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 Pledged Securities
or any property shall be distributed upon or with respect to the Pledged
Securities 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 Collateral Agent, be delivered to the Collateral Agent to be held
by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Obligations. If any
such sums of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of the Pledged
Securities shall be received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall, until such
money or property is paid or delivered to the Collateral Agent, hold such money
or property in trust for the Lenders, segregated from other funds of such
Grantor, as additional collateral security for the Obligations.
(b) Without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, such Grantor
will not (i) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, or grant
any option with respect to, the Pledged Securities or Proceeds thereof (except
pursuant to a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement), (ii) 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 Pledged Securities or Proceeds thereof, or any
interest therein, except for the security interests created by this Agreement or
permitted by the Credit Agreement or (iii) enter into any agreement or
undertaking restricting the right or ability of such Grantor or the Collateral
Agent to sell, assign or transfer any of the Pledged Securities 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 Pledged
Securities issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms
are applicable to it, (ii) it will notify the Collateral Agent promptly in
writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 5.8(a) with
respect to the Pledged Securities 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
Pledged Securities issued by it.
5.9 Receivables. (a) Other than in the ordinary course of business
consistent with its reasonable business practices, such Grantor will not (i)
grant any extension of the
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time of payment of any Receivable, (ii) compromise or settle any Receivable
for less than the full amount thereof, (iii) release, wholly or partially, any
Person liable for the payment of any Receivable, (iv) allow any credit or
discount whatsoever on any Receivable or (v) amend, supplement or modify any
Receivable in any manner that could adversely affect the value thereof.
(b) Such Grantor will deliver to the Collateral Agent a copy of each
material demand, notice or document received by it that questions or calls into
doubt the validity or enforceability of more than 10% of the aggregate amount of
the then outstanding Receivables of such Grantor.
5.10 Intellectual Property. (a) Except to the extent such Grantor, in the
exercise of its reasonable business judgment, may elect not to do so and where
its failure to do so will not have a Material Adverse Effect, such Grantor
(either itself or through licensees) will (i) use each material Trademark on
each and every trademark class of goods applicable to its current line as
reflected in its current catalogs, brochures and price lists in order to
maintain such material Trademark in full force free from any claim of
abandonment for non-use, (ii) maintain as in the past the quality of products
and services offered under such material Trademark, (iii) use such material
Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration and all other notices and
legends required by applicable Requirements of Law, (iv) not adopt or use any
xxxx which is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of such material
Trademark unless the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders,
shall obtain a perfected security interest in such xxxx pursuant to this
Agreement, and (v) not (and not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to)
do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby such material Trademark may
become invalidated or impaired in any way.
(b) Except to the extent such Grantor, in the exercise of its reasonable
business judgment, may elect not to do so and where its failure to do so will
not have a Material Adverse Effect, such Grantor (either itself or through
licensees) will not do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any material
Patent may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public.
(c) Except to the extent such Grantor, in the exercise of its reasonable
business judgment, may elect not to do so and where its failure to do so will
have a Material Adverse Effect, such Grantor (either itself or through
licensees) (i) will employ each material Copyright and (ii) will not (and will
not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit
to do any act whereby any material portion of the Copyrights may become
invalidated or otherwise impaired. Such Grantor will not (either itself or
through licensees) do any act whereby any material portion of the Copyrights may
fall into the public domain.
(d) Except to the extent such Grantor, in the exercise of its reasonable
business judgment, may elect not to do so and where its failure to do so will
not have a Material Adverse Effect, such Grantor (either itself or through
licensees) will not do any act that knowingly uses any material Intellectual
Property to infringe the intellectual property rights of any other Person.
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(e) Except to the extent such Grantor, in the exercise of its reasonable
business judgment, may elect not to do so and where its failure to do so will
not have a Material Adverse Effect, such Grantor will notify the Collateral
Agent and the Lenders immediately if it knows, or has reason to know, that any
application or registration relating to any material Intellectual Property 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, any material Intellectual Property or such Grantor's right to register the
same or to own and maintain the same.
(f) Except to the extent such Grantor, in the exercise of its reasonable
business judgment, may elect not to do so and where its failure to do so will
not have a Material Adverse Effect, 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 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 Collateral Agent within five Business Days after
the last day of the fiscal quarter in which such filing occurs. Upon request of
the Collateral Agent, such Grantor shall execute and deliver, and have recorded,
any and all agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as the Collateral
Agent may request to evidence the Collateral Agent's and the Lenders' security
interest in any Copyright, Patent or Trademark and the goodwill and general
intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby.
(g) Except to the extent such Grantor, in the exercise of its reasonable
business judgment, may elect not to do so and where its failure to do so will
not 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 material Intellectual
Property, including, without limitation, filing of applications for renewal,
affidavits of use and affidavits of incontestability.
(h) In the event that any material Intellectual Property is infringed,
misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall, except to the
extent such Grantor, in the exercise in its reasonable business judgment, may
elect not to do so and where its failure to do so will not have a Material
Adverse Effect, (i) take such actions as such Grantor shall reasonably deem
appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Intellectual Property and
(ii) if such Intellectual Property is of material economic value, promptly
notify the Collateral Agent after it learns thereof and xxx for infringement,
misappropriation or dilution, to seek injunctive relief where appropriate and to
recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution.
5.11 Vehicles. (a) If a Grantor removes a Vehicle covered by a certificate
of title from the State which has issued the certificate of title for such
Vehicle with the intent of
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permanently relocating that Vehicle in a different State, such Grantor
shall, within four months after such relocation, file all applications for
certificates of title indicating the Collateral Agent's first priority security
interest in such Vehicle and take all actions required to continue the perfected
security interest of the Collateral Agent in such Vehicle, unless otherwise
provided in the Credit Agreement.
(b) With respect to any Vehicles acquired by a Grantor subsequent to the
date hereof, within 90 days after the date of acquisition thereof, all
applications for certificates of title indicating the Collateral Agent's first
priority security interest in the Vehicle covered by such certificate, and any
other necessary documentation, shall be filed in each office in each
jurisdiction which the Collateral Agent shall deem advisable to perfect its
security interests in the Vehicles, except as otherwise provided in the Credit
Agreement.
SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS
6.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables. (a) The Collateral Agent shall
have the right to make test verifications of the Receivables in any manner and
through any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and each Grantor
shall furnish all such assistance and information as the Collateral Agent may
require in connection with such test verifications. At any time and from time to
time, upon the Collateral Agent's request and at the expense of the applicable
Grantor, such Grantor shall cause independent public accountants or others
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent to furnish to the Collateral Agent reports
showing reconciliations, aging and test verifications of, and trial balances
for, the Receivables.
(b) The Collateral Agent hereby authorizes each Grantor to collect such
Grantor's Receivables; provided, however, the Collateral Agent may curtail or
terminate said authority at any time after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default. If required by the Collateral Agent at any
time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any
payments of Receivables, when collected by any Grantor, (i) shall be forthwith
(and, in any event, within two Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the
exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent if
required, in a Collateral Account maintained under the sole dominion and control
of the Collateral Agent, subject to withdrawal by the Collateral Agent for the
account of the Lenders only as provided in Section 6.5, and (ii) until so turned
over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the
Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Grantor. Each such deposit of
Proceeds of Receivables shall be accompanied by a report identifying in
reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit.
(c) At the Collateral Agent's request, at any time during the continuance
of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent all
original and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and
transactions which gave rise to the Receivables, including, without limitation,
all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.
6.2 Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable. (a) The
Collateral Agent in its own name or in the name of others may at any time after
the
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occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default communicate
with obligors under the Receivables to verify with them to the Collateral
Agent's satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Receivables.
(b) Upon the request of the Collateral 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 Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and that payments in
respect thereof shall be made directly to the Collateral 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
Collateral 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 Collateral Agent or any Lender of any
payment relating thereto, nor shall the Collateral 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 Collateral Agent shall have given notice to the applicable
Grantor of the Collateral 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, in each case paid in the normal course of business of the
relevant Issuer and consistent with past practice and to exercise all voting and
corporate rights with respect to the Pledged Securities; provided, however, that
no vote shall be cast or corporate right exercised or other action taken which
would materially impair the Collateral or which 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 Collateral
Agent shall give notice of its intent to exercise such rights to the applicable
Grantor or Grantors, (i) the Collateral Agent shall have the right to receive
any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in respect of the
Pledged Securities and make application thereof to the Obligations, and (ii) any
or all of the Pledged Securities shall be registered in the name of the
Collateral Agent or its nominee, and the Collateral Agent or its nominee may
thereafter exercise (x) all voting, corporate and other rights pertaining to
such Pledged Securities 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
Pledged Securities as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including, without
limitation, the right to exchange at its discretion any and all of the Pledged
Securities upon the merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or
other
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fundamental change in the corporate structure of any Issuer, or upon the
exercise by any Grantor or the Collateral Agent of any right, privilege or
option pertaining to such Pledged Securities, and in connection therewith, the
right to deposit and deliver any and all of the Pledged Securities with any
committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon
such terms and conditions as the Collateral Agent may determine), all without
liability except to account for property actually received by it, but the
Collateral 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.
(c) Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer of any Pledged
Securities pledged by such Grantor hereunder to comply with any instruction
received by it from the Collateral 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.
6.4 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Collateral Agent. In addition to the
rights of the Collateral 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 and the Collateral Agent shall have given notice to the applicable
Grantor, 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 Collateral
Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall,
forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the Collateral Agent
in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the
Collateral Agent, if required). All Proceeds received by the Collateral Agent
hereunder shall be held by the Collateral Agent in a Collateral Account
maintained under its sole dominion and control. All Proceeds while held by the
Collateral Agent in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the
Collateral 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 Collateral Agent, or, if an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, at any time at the Collateral Agent's election, the
Collateral 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 Collateral Agent
and 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;
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Third, to the Administrative Agent, for application by it towards
prepayment of the Obligations, pro rata among the Lenders according to the
amounts of the Obligations then held by the Lenders; and
Fourth, any balance of such Proceeds remaining after the Obligations shall
have been paid in full, no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding and the
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 Collateral 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 Collateral 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 Collateral 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, the Collateral 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 Collateral Agent's request, to assemble the
Collateral and make it available to the Collateral Agent at places which the
Collateral Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor's premises or
elsewhere. The Collateral Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken
by it pursuant to this Section 6.6, after deducting all reasonable costs and
expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the
care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to the
Collateral or the rights of the Collateral Agent and the Lenders hereunder,
including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements, to
the payment in whole or in part of the Obligations, in the order set forth in
Section 6.5, and only after such application and after the payment by the
Collateral Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law,
including, without limitation, Section 9-504(1)(c) of the New York UCC, need the
Collateral Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor. To the extent
permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages and demands
it may acquire against the Collateral Agent or any Lender arising out of the
exercise by them of any rights hereunder. If any notice of a proposed sale or
other disposition of Collateral shall be required by law, such notice shall be
deemed reasonable and proper if given at least 10 days before such sale or other
disposition.
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6.7 Private Sales. (a) Each Grantor recognizes that the Collateral Agent
may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all the Pledged Stock, by reason
of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state
securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more
private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged
to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account
for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each
Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices
and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and,
notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be
deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. The Collateral
Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Stock
for the period of time necessary to permit the Issuer thereof to register such
securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state
securities laws, even if such Issuer would agree to do so.
(b) Each Grantor agrees to use its best efforts to do or cause to be done
all such other acts as may be necessary to make such sale or sales of all or any
portion of the Pledged Stock pursuant to this Section 6.7 valid and binding and
in compliance with any and all other applicable Requirements of Law. Each
Grantor further agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this
Section 6.7 will cause irreparable injury to the Collateral Agent and the
Lenders, that the Collateral Agent and the Lenders have no adequate remedy at
law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every
covenant contained in this Section 6.7 shall be specifically enforceable against
such Grantor, and such Grantor hereby waives and agrees not to assert any
defenses against an action for specific performance of such covenants except for
a defense that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the
Credit Agreement.
6.8 Waiver; Deficiency. Each Grantor waives and agrees not to assert any
rights or privileges which it may acquire under Section 9-112 of the New York
UCC. 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
Collateral Agent or any Lender to collect such deficiency.
SECTION 7. THE COLLATERAL AGENT
7.1 Collateral Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc. (a) Each
Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral 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,
for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any and all
appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which
may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby gives the
Collateral Agent the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice
to or assent by such Grantor, to do any or all of the following:
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(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 Contract
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
appropriate by the Collateral Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all
such moneys due under any Receivable or Contract 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
Collateral Agent may request to evidence the Collateral 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 or
6.7, any indorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or
transfer with respect to the Collateral; and
(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 Collateral Agent or as the Collateral 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 Collateral 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
Collateral 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 Collateral
Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the
Collateral Agent's option and such Grantor's expense, at any time, or from time
to time, all acts and things which the Collateral Agent deems necessary to
protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Collateral 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.
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Anything in this Section 7.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Collateral 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 Collateral 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 Collateral 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 Base Rate Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans
under the Credit Agreement, from the date of payment by the Collateral Agent to
the date reimbursed by the relevant Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to
the Collateral 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 Collateral Agent. The Collateral 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 Collateral Agent deals with similar
property for its own account. Neither the Collateral 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 Collateral Agent and the Lenders hereunder are
solely to protect the Collateral Agent's and the Lenders' interests in the
Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any Lender
to exercise any such powers. The Collateral 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.
7.3 Execution of Financing Statements. Pursuant to Section 9-402 of the New
York UCC and any other applicable law, each Grantor authorizes the Collateral
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 Collateral Agent reasonably
determines appropriate to perfect the security interests of the Collateral Agent
under this Agreement. A photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement
shall be sufficient as a financing statement or other filing or recording
document or instrument for filing or recording in any jurisdiction.
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7.4 Authority of Collateral Agent. Each Grantor acknowledges that the
rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement with
respect to any action taken by the Collateral Agent or the exercise or
non-exercise by the Collateral 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 Collateral 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
Collateral Agent and the Grantors, the Collateral 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 Collateral
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 Guarantor shall be addressed to such Guarantor at its
notice address set forth on Schedule 1.
8.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. Neither the
Collateral 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 Collateral 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 Collateral 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 Collateral 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. (a) Each Guarantor agrees to pay
or reimburse each Lender and the Collateral Agent for all its costs and expenses
incurred in collecting against such 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 Guarantor is a party, including,
without limitation, the fees and disbursements of counsel to each Lender and of
counsel to the Collateral Agent.
(b) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Collateral 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
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be payable with respect to any of the Collateral or in connection with any
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Collateral 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, the Collateral 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 Collateral Agent.
8.6 Set-Off. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral 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, the Collateral 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, the Collateral Agent or such Lender may elect, against and
on account of the obligations and liabilities of such Grantor to the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or such Lender hereunder and claims
of every nature and description of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
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, the Collateral Agent or such Lender may elect, whether
or not the Collateral Agent or any Lender has made any demand for payment and
although such obligations, liabilities and claims may be contingent or
unmatured. The Collateral Agent and each Lender shall notify such Grantor
promptly of any such set-off and the application made by the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral 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, the Collateral
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, the Collateral Agent or such Lender may have.
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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.
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, the Collateral 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, the Collateral 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
Collateral Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;
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(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;
(b) neither the Administrative Agent, the Collateral 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, the Collateral 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 WAIVER 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.
8.15 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.
8.16 Releases. (a) At such time as the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations
and the other Obligations shall have been paid in full, the Commitments have
been terminated and no Letters of Credit 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 Collateral 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 Collateral Agent
shall deliver to such Grantor any Collateral held by the Collateral 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 Collateral Agent,
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at the request and sole expense of such Grantor, shall 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 Collateral Agent, at least five Business Days prior
to the date of the proposed release, a written request for release identifying
the applicable 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
KEY ENERGY GROUP, INC.
By: _______________________________
Title:
YALE E. KEY, INC.
By: _______________________________
Title:
WELLTECH EASTERN, INC.
By: _______________________________
Title:
TST PARAFFIN SERVICE CO., INC.
By: _______________________________
Title:
KEY ENERGY DRILLING, INC.
d/b/a XXXXX XXXX DRILLING
By: _______________________________
Title:
KALKASKA OILFIELD SERVICES, INC.
By: _______________________________
Title:
ODESSA EXPLORATION INCORPORATED
By: _______________________________
Title:
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NORWEST BANK TEXAS, N.A.,
as Collateral Agent
By: _______________________________
Title:
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EXECUTION COPY
MASTER GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
made by
KEY ENERGY GROUP, INC.
and certain of its Subsidiaries
in favor of
NORWEST BANK TEXAS, N.A.,
as Collateral Agent
Dated as of June 6, 1997
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS................................................... 1
1.1 Definitions................................................... 1
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions................................. 5
SECTION 2. GUARANTEE....................................................... 5
2.1 Guarantee..................................................... 5
2.2 Right of Contribution......................................... 6
2.3 No Subrogation................................................ 6
2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations..... 7
2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional.......................... 7
2.6 Reinstatement................................................. 8
2.7 Payments...................................................... 8
SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST...................................... 9
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.................................. 9
4.1 Representations in Credit Agreement........................... 9
4.2 Title; No Other Liens......................................... 10
4.3 Perfected First Priority Liens................................ 10
4.4 Chief Executive Office, Etc................................... 10
4.5 Inventory and Equipment....................................... 10
4.6 Farm Products................................................. 10
4.7 Pledged Securities............................................ 10
4.8 Receivables................................................... 11
4.9 Intellectual Property......................................... 11
4.10 Vehicles..................................................... 11
SECTION 5. COVENANTS....................................................... 11
5.1 Covenants in Credit Agreement................................. 11
5.2 Delivery of Instruments and Chattel Paper..................... 12
5.3 Maintenance of Insurance...................................... 12
5.4 Payment of Obligations........................................ 12
5.5 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Doc....... 12
5.6 Changes in Locations, Name, etc............................... 13
5.7 Notices....................................................... 13
5.8 Pledged Securities............................................ 13
5.9 Receivables................................................... 14
5.10 Intellectual Property........................................ 15
5.11 Vehicles..................................................... 16
SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS............................................. 17
6.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables....................... 17
6.2 Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable.......... 17
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6.3 Pledged Stock................................................. 18
6.4 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Collateral Agent................ 19
6.5 Application of Proceeds....................................... 19
6.6 Code and Other Remedies....................................... 20
6.7 Private Sales................................................. 21
6.8 Waiver; Deficiency............................................ 21
SECTION 7. THE COLLATERAL AGENT............................................ 21
7.1 Collateral Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc....... 21
7.2 Duty of Collateral Agent...................................... 23
7.3 Execution of Financing Statements............................. 23
7.4 Authority of Collateral Agent................................. 24
SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS................................................... 24
8.1 Amendments in Writing......................................... 24
8.2 Notices....................................................... 24
8.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies........... 24
8.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification......................... 24
8.5 Successors and Assigns........................................ 25
8.6 Set-Off....................................................... 25
8.7 Counterparts.................................................. 26
8.8 Severability.................................................. 26
8.9 Section Headings.............................................. 26
8.10 Integration.................................................. 26
8.11 GOVERNING LAW................................................ 26
8.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers.......................... 26
8.13 Acknowledgements............................................. 27
8.14 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL......................................... 27
8.15 Additional Grantors.......................................... 27
8.16 Releases..................................................... 27
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SCHEDULES
1 Notice Addresses of Grantors
2 Description of Pledged Securities
3 Filings and Other Actions Required to Perfect Security Interests
4 Location of Jurisdiction of Organization and Chief Executive Office
5 Location of Inventory and Equipment
6 [Reserved]
7 [Reserved]
8 Vehicles
9 Existing Prior Liens
ANNEXES
1 Form of Assumption Agreement
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