GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT made by ATLANTIC AVIATION FBO HOLDINGS LLC, ATLANTIC AVIATION FBO INC., and EACH OF THE OTHER GRANTORS PARTY HERETO in favor of BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Collateral Agent Dated as of May 31, 2013
Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
made by
ATLANTIC AVIATION FBO HOLDINGS LLC,
ATLANTIC AVIATION FBO INC.,
and
EACH OF THE OTHER GRANTORS PARTY HERETO
in favor of
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
as Collateral Agent
Dated as of May 31, 2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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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 |
2.8 | Information | 8 |
SECTION 3. | GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST | 9 |
3.1 | Grant of Security Interests | 9 |
SECTION 4. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 10 |
4.1 | Representations in Credit Agreement | 10 |
4.2 | Title; No Other Liens | 11 |
4.3 | Names; Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office | 11 |
4.4 | Pledged Stock | 11 |
4.5 | Pledged Notes | 11 |
4.6 | Intellectual Property | 11 |
4.7 | Commercial Tort Claims | 11 |
4.8 | Accounts | 12 |
SECTION 5. | COVENANTS | 12 |
5.1 | Covenants in Credit Agreement | 12 |
5.2 | Investment Property | 12 |
5.3 | Commercial Tort Claims | 13 |
5.4 | Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Defense of Claims | 13 |
5.5 | Intellectual Property Security Agreements | 13 |
SECTION 6. | REMEDIAL PROVISIONS | 13 |
6.1 | Certain Matters Relating to Receivables | 13 |
6.2 | Communications with Grantors; Grantors Remain Liable | 14 |
6.3 | Pledged Securities | 14 |
6.4 | Intellectual Property | 15 |
6.5 | Proceeds to be Turned over to Collateral Agent | 16 |
6.6 | Application of Proceeds | 16 |
6.7 | UCC and Other Remedies | 17 |
6.8 | Private Sales | 17 |
6.9 | Deficiency | 17 |
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SECTION 7. | THE COLLATERAL AGENT | 18 |
7.1 | Collateral Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc | 18 |
7.2 | Duty of Collateral Agent | 19 |
7.3 | Execution of Financing Statements; Control Agreements | 19 |
7.4 | Authority of Collateral Agent | 20 |
SECTION 8. | MISCELLANEOUS | 20 |
8.1 | Amendments in Writing | 20 |
8.2 | Notices | 20 |
8.3 | No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies | 20 |
8.4 | Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification | 21 |
8.5 | Successors and Assigns | 21 |
8.6 | Set-Off | 21 |
8.7 | Counterparts | 21 |
8.8 | Severability | 21 |
8.9 | Section Headings | 21 |
8.10 | Integration | 21 |
8.11 | GOVERNING LAW | 21 |
8.12 | Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers | 22 |
8.13 | Acknowledgements | 22 |
8.14 | Additional Grantors | 22 |
8.15 | Releases | 23 |
8.16 | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 23 |
SCHEDULES | |
Schedule 1 | Notice Addresses |
Schedule 2 | Investment Property |
Schedule 3 | Legal Name, Jurisdictions of Organization and Organizational Identification Number |
Schedule 4(a) | Intellectual Property |
Schedule 4(b) | License Arrangements and Agreements |
Schedule 5 | Commercial Tort Claims |
Schedule 6 | Accounts |
ANNEXES | |
Annex I | Assumption Agreement |
Annex II | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
This GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of May 31, 2013, is made by each of the signatories hereto, in favor of BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) for the Secured Parties, including the several banks and other financial institutions or entities (the “Lenders”) from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, waived and/or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Atlantic Aviation FBO Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”), Atlantic Aviation FBO Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto from time to time, and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and the other parties thereto.
WITNESSETH:
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 (as defined below);
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 benefits 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 Secured Parties;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and 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 agrees with the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS
1.1 Definitions. (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement, and the following terms are used herein as defined in the UCC: “Account”, “Certificated Security”, “Chattel Paper”, “Commercial Tort Claim”, “Commodity Account”, “Document”, “Equipment”, “Fixture”, “General Intangible”, “Goods”, “Instrument”, “Inventory”, “Letter-of-Credit Right”, “Securities Account”, “Security”, “Supporting Obligations” and “Uncertificated Securities”.
(a) The following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Agreement”: this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, waived and/or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations”: the collective reference to the unpaid principal of and interest on (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) the Loans (including any New Term Loans, Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Loans and any loans under the Refinancing Revolving Facility or the Refinancing Term Facility), the Reimbursement Obligations and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, in each case, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, the Credit Agreement, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any Letter of Credit, 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 any other Secured Parties that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of any of the foregoing agreements).
“Borrower Hedge Agreement and Cash Management Obligations”: the collective reference to all obligations and liabilities of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in any Specified Hedge Agreement or Cash Management Document 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 any Hedge Counterparty (or any Hedge Counterparty at the time such Specified Hedge Agreement was entered into) or any Cash Management Counterparty (or any Cash Management Party at the time such Cash Management Document was entered into), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, in each case, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, any Specified Hedge Agreement or Cash Management Document, as the case may be, 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 relevant Hedge Counterparty or Cash Management Counterparty, as applicable, that are required to be paid by the Borrower and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms of any Specified Hedge Agreement or such Cash Management Document, as the case may be).
“Borrower Obligations”: collectively, the (i) Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations and (ii) Borrower Hedge Agreement and Cash Management Obligations, but, as to foregoing clause (ii) only to the extent that, and only so long as, the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations are secured and guaranteed pursuant to this Agreement.
“Collateral”: as defined in Section 3.1.
“Collateral Account”: any collateral account established by the Collateral Agent as provided in Section 6.1 or 6.5.
“Collateral Agent”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“Copyright Licenses”: all written agreements naming any Grantor as licensor or licensee (including, without limitation, those listed in Schedule 4), granting any right under any Copyright, including, without limitation, the grant of rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright.
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“Copyrights”: (i) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished (including, without limitation, those listed in Schedule 4), 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.
“Deposit Account”: all deposit accounts as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction and, in any event, including, without limitation, any demand, time, savings, passbook or like account maintained with a depositary institution.
“Excluded Accounts” shall mean:
(a) any Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts or Commodities Accounts (excluding any Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts or Commodities Accounts referred to in clauses (b) through (d) below) with an average daily balance throughout a month of less than $1,000,000 individually or $2,500,000 in the aggregate;
(b) accounts used solely for payroll, taxes, 401(k) plans, retiree benefits, healthcare benefits (including any flexible spending accounts) or other employee benefits or withholding tax;
(c) accounts used for escrow, customs or other fiduciary purposes and accounts established to comply with legal requirements, to the extent such legal requirements prohibit the granting of a Lien thereon; and
(d) any Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts or Commodities Accounts that solely contain property not beneficially owned by any Grantor, including any escrow accounts.
“Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock”: the voting Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary.
“Grantors”: the collective reference to each signatory hereto (other than the Collateral Agent) together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein.
“Guarantor Obligations”: with respect to any Guarantor, all obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor which may arise under or in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 2) or any other Loan Document, Specified Hedge Agreement or Cash Management 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, to the Collateral Agent or to the other Secured Parties that are required to be paid by such Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document), other than any Excluded Hedge Obligation.
“Guarantors”: the collective reference to Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors that are or may become a party hereto as provided herein.
“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, now existing or hereafter adopted, created or acquired, including, without limitation, the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks, the Trademark Licenses, domain names, technology, trade secrets, know-how and processes, and all rights to xxx at law or in equity or otherwise recover for any past, present or future infringement, misappropriation or other violation or impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
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“Intellectual Property Security Agreement”: as defined in Section 5.4.
“Intercompany Note”: any promissory note evidencing loans made by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to any Grantor.
“Investment Property”: the collective reference to (i) all “investment property” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the UCC (other than any Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock or voting Capital Stock of a FSHCO excluded from the definition of “Pledged Stock”) and (ii) whether or not constituting “investment property” as so defined, all Pledged Securities.
“Issuers”: the collective reference to each issuer of a Pledged Security.
“Obligations”: (i) in the case of the Borrower, its Borrower Obligations and (ii) in the case of each Guarantor, its Guarantor Obligations.
“Patent License”: all written agreements providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to manufacture, use, sell or otherwise exploit any invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 4.
“Patents”: (i) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all reissues and extensions thereof, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 4(a), (ii) all applications for letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all divisionals, continuations and continuations in part thereof, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 4(a), and (iii) all rights to obtain any reissues, reexaminations or extensions of the foregoing.
“Pledged Notes”: all promissory notes listed on Schedule 2, all Intercompany Notes at any time issued to any Grantor in excess of $500,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, and all other promissory notes issued to or held by any Grantor in excess of $500,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate.
“Pledged Securities”: the collective reference to the Pledged Notes and the Pledged Stock.
“Pledged Stock”: the collective reference to (i) the shares of Capital Stock listed on Schedule 2, (ii) any other shares, stock certificates, options, interests 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 while this Agreement is in effect and that are required to become Collateral pursuant to Section 3.1; provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the total outstanding (a) Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock and (b) voting Capital Stock of any FSHCO, be required to be pledged hereunder and (iii) all shares of non-voting Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO; provided, that “Pledged Stock” shall not include the Capital Stock of any Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Proceeds”: all “proceeds” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the UCC and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other income from the Investment Property, collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect thereto.
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Hedge Guarantee Obligation, each Loan Party that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant guarantee or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Hedge Guarantee Obligation or such other person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
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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.
“Trademark License”: all written agreements providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to use any Trademark, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 4.
“Trademarks”: (i) all United States and foreign trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, domain 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 otherwise, all common-law rights related thereto, including, without limitation, any registrations and applications for registrations in respect of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 4, and all goodwill of the business connected with the use of or symbolized by any of the foregoing and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.
“Vehicles”: all cars, trucks, trailers, construction and earth moving equipment and other vehicles covered by a certificate of title law of any state.
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 Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties and their respective permitted successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance by the Borrower when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Borrower Obligations.
(b) Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each 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).
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(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 other Secured Party hereunder.
(d) The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect until all the Borrower Obligations and the obligations of each Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall have been satisfied by payment in full (other than contingent or indemnification obligations not then asserted or due), no Letter of Credit (that is not cash collateralized or backstopped to the reasonable satisfaction of the Issuing Lender or purchasing Lender, as applicable, in respect thereof) shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall have been terminated, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement the Borrower may be free from any Borrower Obligations.
(e) Except as provided in Section 8.15, no payment made by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party 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 shall have been paid in full (other than contingent or indemnification obligations not then asserted or due), no Letter of Credit (that is not cash collateralized or backstopped to the reasonable satisfaction of the Issuing Lender or purchasing Lender, as applicable, in respect thereof) shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall have been 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 other Secured Parties, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties 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 Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party 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 Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties by the Borrower on account of the Borrower Obligations shall have been paid in full (other than contingent or indemnification obligations not then asserted or due), no Letter of Credit (that is not cash collateralized or backstopped to the reasonable satisfaction of the Issuing Lender or purchasing Lender, as applicable, in respect thereof) shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall have been terminated. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of such Borrower Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, 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 such order as the Collateral Agent may determine.
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2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, 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 Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may be rescinded by the Collateral Agent or such other Secured Party 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 Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, and the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, restated, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders, the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of the Revolving Facility, the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of the Term Facility or all Lenders, as the case may be) may reasonably deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of set-off at any time held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment of the Borrower Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party 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. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, 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 Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party 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, with respect to the Loan Documents and the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, 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. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, 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 the guarantee of such Guarantor contained in this Section 2, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, 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 Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, (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 Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (other than a defense of payment or performance) (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower or any Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower from the Borrower Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee of such Guarantor 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, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party 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 Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party 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 Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof, “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.
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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 Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party 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 (x) without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars at the Funding Office and (y) free and clear of, and without deduction for, any Taxes, except as required by law, on the same terms and to the same extent that payments by the Borrower are required to be made pursuant to the terms of Section 2.20 of the Credit Agreement, applying the provisions of Section 2.20 of the Credit Agreement to such Guarantor and the Collateral Agent mutatis mutandis.
2.8 Information. Each Guarantor (a) assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the financial condition and assets of the Borrower and each other Loan Party, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Borrower Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and (b) agrees that none of the Administrative Agent or the other Secured Parties will have any duty to advise such Guarantor of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.
2.9 Keepwell. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Loan Party to honor all of its obligations under the guarantee contained in this Section 2 in respect of Hedge Guarantee Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 2.9 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 2.9, or otherwise under the guarantee contained in this Section 2, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section shall remain in full force and effect so long as the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 2.9 constitute, and this Section 2.9 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Loan Party for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
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SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
3.1 Grant of Security Interests. Each Grantor (other than Holdings, except with respect to item (j) of this Section 3.1) hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired or created by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Collateral”), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor’s Obligations:
(a) all Accounts;
(b) all Chattel Paper;
(c) all Deposit Accounts;
(d) all Documents;
(e) all Equipment;
(f) all Fixtures;
(g) all General Intangibles;
(h) all Goods not covered by the other clauses of this Section 3;
(i) all Instruments, including the Pledged Notes;
(j) all Pledged Stock;
(k) all Intellectual Property;
(l) all Inventory;
(m) all Investment Property;
(n) all Letter of Credit Rights;
(o) all Commercial Tort Claims described on Schedule 5 and on any supplement thereto received by the Collateral Agent;
(p) all other tangible and intangible personal property not otherwise described above;
(q) all books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and
(r) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products of any of the Collateral 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;
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provided, however, that notwithstanding any of the other provisions set forth in this Section 3.1, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in (i) any leasehold interest of any Grantor in real property, (ii) any Vehicles, (iii) any property to the extent that such grant of a security interest is (A) prohibited by any Requirements of Law of a Governmental Authority, (B) requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority pursuant to such Requirement of Law or (C) prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of or requires any consent not obtained under, any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document evidencing or giving rise to or otherwise related to such property or, in the case of any Investment Property, any Pledged Security, any applicable shareholder or similar agreement, except to the extent that such Requirement of Law or the term in such contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document or shareholder or similar agreement providing for such prohibition, breach, default or termination or requiring such consent is ineffective under applicable law (provided that, the foregoing exclusions of this clause (iii) shall in no way be construed (A) to apply to the extent that any described prohibition is unenforceable under Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408, or 9-409 of the UCC or other applicable law, (B) to limit, impair, or otherwise affect the Collateral Agent’s continuing security interests in and liens upon any rights or interests of any Grantor in or to (x) monies due or to become due under any described contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement (including any Accounts), or (y) any proceeds from the sale, license, lease, or other dispositions of any such contract, lease, permit, license, charter, or license agreement, or (C) to apply to the extent that any consent or waiver has been obtained that would permit the security interest notwithstanding the prohibition), (iv) the Capital Stock of any Person (other than wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiaries) to the extent prohibited by the terms of such Person’s organizational or joint venture documents, (v) Letter-of-Credit Rights with a value of less than $500,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, (vi) Commercial Tort Claims with a value of less than $500,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, (vii) any assets to the extent a security interest in such assets would result in material adverse tax consequences (including as a result of the operation of Section 956 of the Code or any similar Law in any applicable jurisdiction) as reasonably determined by the Borrower in writing in consultation with the Collateral Agent, (viii) any Excluded Accounts, (ix) with respect to any Trademark, any “intent-to-use” Trademark applications prior to the filing and acceptance of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto, to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such “intent-to-use” Trademark application or any registration issuing therefrom under applicable U.S. federal law, or (x) any specifically identified asset with respect to which the Collateral Agent and the Borrower shall have reasonably determined that the cost of obtaining or perfecting a security interest therein outweighs the benefit of a security interest to the Secured Parties afforded thereby. It is hereby understood and agreed that any Property described in the preceding proviso as being expressly excluded from the security interest created hereby, and any Property that is otherwise expressly excluded from clauses (a) through (r) above, shall be excluded from the definition of “Collateral”.
For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, Holdings has not, and shall not be deemed to have, granted a security interest in any of its Property now owned or hereafter acquired, except for the Pledged Stock in the Borrower now owned or hereafter acquired by it.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Lenders and the other Secured Parties to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower, each Guarantor and each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party that:
4.1 Representations in Credit Agreement. In the case of each Guarantor, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement to the extent they refer to such Guarantor or to the Loan Documents to which such 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 other Secured Party 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 Holdings’ or the Borrower’s knowledge shall, for the purposes of this Section 4.1, be deemed to be a reference to such Guarantor’s knowledge.
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4.2 Title; No Other Liens. Except as otherwise permitted under Section 7.3 of the Credit Agreement, such Grantor owns or has rights in each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens. Except as otherwise permitted under Section 7.3 of the Credit Agreement, 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 financing statements that have been filed without the consent of the Grantor. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that any Grantor may, as part of its ordinary course of business, grant licenses to third parties to use Intellectual Property owned, licensed or developed by a Grantor, such licenses to be on fair market value terms. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such licensing activity shall not constitute a “Lien” on such Intellectual Property. The Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party understands that any such license may be exclusive to the applicable licensees, and such exclusivity provisions may limit the ability of the Administrative Agent to utilize, sell, lease or transfer the related Intellectual Property or otherwise realize value from such Intellectual Property pursuant hereto; provided, in each case, that such licenses are granted in the ordinary course of business.
4.3 Names; Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office. On the date hereof, such Grantor’s full and correct legal name, jurisdiction of organization and identification number from its jurisdiction of organization (if any) are specified on Schedule 3.
4.4 Pledged Stock. On the date hereof, the shares of Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor hereunder:
(a) with respect to the shares of Pledged Stock issued by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, have been duly authorized, validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, to the extent such concepts are applicable; and
(b) constitute all the issued and outstanding shares of all classes of the Capital Stock of each Issuer (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) owned by such Grantor or (x) in the case of Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock or voting Capital Stock of a FSHCO, 65% of such outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock or FSHCO voting Capital Stock, as applicable, and (y) in the case of shares of non-voting Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO, 100% of such issued and outstanding shares of each relevant Issuer (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary).
4.5 Pledged Notes. Schedule 2 sets forth a complete and correct list of all promissory notes (other than any held in a Securities Account listed on Schedule 6) held by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors on the date hereof having a principal amount in excess of $500,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate.
4.6 Intellectual Property.
(a) Schedule 4(a) lists all registered or applied for Intellectual Property owned by the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor in its own name on the date hereof.
(b) Schedule 4(b) sets forth all Intellectual Property licenses under which a Grantor is an exclusive licensee or licensor on the date hereof.
4.7 Commercial Tort Claims. The only Commercial Tort Claims of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors existing on the date hereof with a value in excess of $500,000 or $1,000,000 in the aggregate (regardless of whether the defendant or other material facts can be determined and regardless of whether such Commercial Tort Claim has been asserted, threatened or has otherwise been made known to the obligee thereof or whether litigation has been commenced for such claims) are, to the knowledge of the applicable Grantor, those listed on Schedule 5, which sets forth such information separately for each such Grantor in a manner that reasonably identifies each such Commercial Tort Claim.
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4.8 Accounts. Schedule 6 sets forth a complete and correct list of all Deposit Accounts (other than Excluded Accounts referenced in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of “Excluded Accounts”) and Securities Accounts (other than Excluded Accounts referenced in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of “Excluded Accounts”) of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
SECTION 5. COVENANTS
Each Guarantor and each Grantor hereby agrees that, so long as so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding (that has not been Cash Collateralized or backstopped) or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or any Agent under the Credit Agreement (other than contingent or indemnification obligations not then asserted or due):
5.1 Covenants in Credit Agreement. In the case of each Guarantor, to the extent applicable, such Guarantor shall take, or shall refrain from taking, as the case may be, each action that is 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 (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary).
5.2 Investment Property. (a) 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 and (ii) the terms of Sections 6.3(c), 6.3(d), 6.7 and 6.8 shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions that may be required of it pursuant to Section 6.3(c), 6.3(d), 6.7 or 6.8 with respect to the Pledged Securities issued by it.
(b) To the extent any Pledged Stock (x) constitutes interests in any limited liability company or limited partnership controlled now or in the future by any Grantor and (y) is a “Security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC and is governed by Article 8 of the UCC, such interest shall be certificated and each such interest shall at all times hereafter continue to be such a security and represented by such certificate. Each Grantor further acknowledges and agrees that with respect to such interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership controlled now or in the future by such Grantor and pledged hereunder that is not a “Security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC, such Grantor shall at no time elect to treat any such interest as a “Security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC, nor shall such interest be represented by a certificate, unless such Grantor provides prior written notification to the Collateral Agent of such election and such interest is thereafter represented by a certificate that is promptly delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms hereof.
(c) To the extent that any Pledged Security is a Certificated Security or an Instrument or is an Uncertificated Security that becomes a Certificated Security or Instrument, the applicable Grantor shall promptly deliver such certificates or Instruments evidencing such Pledged Securities to the Collateral Agent together with stock powers or indorsements thereof reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
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5.3 Commercial Tort Claims. If any Grantor shall at any time after the date of this Agreement acquire or become the beneficiary of a Commercial Tort Claim (regardless of whether the defendant or other material facts can be determined and regardless of whether such Commercial Tort Claim has been asserted, threatened or has otherwise been made known to the obligee thereof or whether litigation has been commenced for such claims) having a value in excess of $500,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, such Grantor shall promptly provide the Collateral Agent with an amended Schedule 5 hereto describing the details thereof in a manner that reasonably identifies such Commercial Tort Claim and which is otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and hereby authorizes the filing of additional financing statements or amendments to existing financing statements describing such Commercial Tort Claim, and agrees to do such other acts or things reasonably deemed necessary or desirable by the Collateral Agent to provide a perfected security interest in any such Commercial Tort Claim. Any supplement to Schedule 5 delivered pursuant to this Section 5.3 shall, after the receipt thereof by the Collateral Agent, become part of Schedule 5 for all purposes hereunder other than in respect of representations and warranties made prior to the date of such receipt.
5.4 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Defense of Claims. Each Grantor agrees to promptly (but in no event later than 30 days from the date of such change occurring) notify the Collateral Agent of any change (i) in its legal name, (ii) in the identity or type of organization or corporate structure of any Grantor, (iii) in the jurisdiction of organization of any Grantor, (iv) in the “location” (as determined in accordance with Section 9-307 of the UCC) of any Grantor or (v) in the organizational identification number of any Grantor. Each Grantor agrees to promptly deliver all documents and take all actions reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent in connection with all filings under the UCC or other applicable Law that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected (to the extent perfection of the security interest in such property is required by the terms hereof), security interest (subject only to Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement and having priority by operation of applicable Law) in the Collateral for its benefit and the benefit of the other Secured Parties.
5.5 Intellectual Property Security Agreements. With respect to its Intellectual Property, each Grantor agrees to execute, or otherwise authenticate, and deliver to the Collateral Agent, an agreement in substantially the form set forth in Annex II hereto or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (an “Intellectual Property Security Agreement”) (together with appropriate supporting documentation as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent), for recording the security interest granted hereunder to the Collateral Agent in such Intellectual Property in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office and any other U.S. state or local governmental authorities as the Collateral Agent may deem necessary in its reasonable judgment and requests hereunder to perfect the security interest hereunder in such Intellectual Property.
SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS
6.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables.
(a) At any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon the Collateral Agent’s reasonable request and at the expense of the relevant Grantor, such Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to 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) 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 three 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 Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties only as provided in Section 6.6 and (ii) until so turned over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, 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.
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(c) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and at the Collateral Agent’s request, each Grantor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent all documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the Receivables, including, without limitation, all orders, invoices and shipping receipts.
6.2 Communications with Grantors; Grantors Remain Liable.
(a) 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 such Receivables have been assigned to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and that payments in respect of such Receivables shall be made directly to the Collateral Agent.
(b) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under the Receivables (or any agreements giving rise thereto) 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 other Secured Party 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 other Secured Party of any payment relating thereto, nor shall the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party 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 Securities. (a) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have given notice to the relevant 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 dividends or other payments, distributions or other Proceeds paid in respect of the Pledged Stock and all payments made in respect of the Pledged Notes to the extent permitted in the Credit Agreement, and to exercise all voting and corporate or other organizational rights with respect to the Pledged Securities.
(b) If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall give notice to the relevant Grantor or Grantors of its intent to exercise such rights, (i) unless otherwise provided in the Credit Agreement, 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 of such Grantor or Grantors and make application thereof to the Obligations in the order set forth in Section 6.6 and (ii) any or all of the Pledged Securities of such Grantor or Grantors 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 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 unless the Collateral Agent has given notice of its intent to exercise as set forth above.
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(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.
(d) After all Events of Default have been cured or waived in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, and so long as the Borrower Obligations shall not have been accelerated, (i) each Grantor shall have the right to exercise the voting, corporate and other rights pertaining to such Pledged Securities that it would have otherwise been entitled to and receive all dividends, payments, or other Proceeds paid in respect of the Pledged Securities which it would be authorized to receive and retain, in each case, pursuant to Section 6.3(a), and, to the extent necessary, the Collateral Agent shall deliver a proxy in favor of such Grantor evidencing the same and (ii) to the extent that the Collateral Agent has exercised its rights under Section 6.3(b)(ii), the Collateral Agent shall, promptly after the written request of the applicable Grantor, cause such Pledged Securities to be registered in the name of such Grantor to the extent such Grantor or its nominees holds an interest in such Collateral at such time.
6.4 Intellectual Property.
(a) Without limiting any rights of the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents, for the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise rights and remedies under Section 6, solely during such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, and at no other time and for no other purpose, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, to the extent permitted by law, an irrevocable, non-exclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor) under the Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired or created by such Grantor, wherever the same may be located; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 6.4 shall require a Grantor to grant any license that is prohibited by any rule of law, statute or regulation or is prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of or gives rise to any right of acceleration, modification or cancellation under any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document evidencing, giving rise to a right to use or theretofore granted with respect to such property; provided, further, that such licenses to be granted hereunder with respect to Trademarks shall be subject to the maintenance of quality standards with respect to the goods and services on which such Trademarks are used sufficient to preserve the validity of such Trademarks.
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(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, but subject to the provisions of Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement that limit the rights of the Grantors to dispose of their property but subject to the Collateral Agent’s exercise of its rights and remedies under Section 6, the Grantors will be permitted to exploit, use, enjoy, protect, license, sublicense, assign, sell, dispose of or take other actions with respect to the Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of the business of the Grantors. Subject to the foregoing, the Grantors (or their licensees or sublicensees) shall not do any act or omit to do any act whereby any material Intellectual Property may become invalidated or otherwise impaired. In furtherance of the foregoing, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent shall from time to time, upon the request of the respective Grantor (through the Borrower), execute and deliver any instruments, certificates or other documents, in the form so requested, that such Grantor (through the Borrower) shall have certified are appropriate in its judgment to allow it to take any action permitted above (including relinquishment of the license provided pursuant to clause (a) immediately above as to any specific Intellectual Property). Further, upon the payment in full in cash of all of the Obligations (other than contingent or indemnification obligations not then asserted or due) and cancellation or termination of all Commitments and Letters of Credit (that are not cash collateralized or backstopped to the reasonable satisfaction of the Issuing Lender or purchasing Lender, as applicable, in respect thereof) or earlier expiration of this Agreement or release of the Collateral, the license granted pursuant to clause (a) immediately above shall terminate and become null and void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exercise of rights and remedies under Section 6 by the Collateral Agent shall not terminate the rights of the holders of any licenses or sublicenses theretofore granted by the Grantors in accordance with the first sentence of this clause (b).
(c) If at any time the Trademarks within the Collateral contain any “intent-to-use” applications, the Collateral Agent shall refrain from exercising any of its rights under Section 6, solely to the extent such exercise would invalidate or cause a Grantor to abandon any such applications.
6.5 Proceeds to be Turned over to Collateral Agent. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Loans shall have been accelerated pursuant to Section 8 of the Credit Agreement, 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 other Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, promptly 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 other Secured Parties) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all of the Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in Section 6.6.
6.6 Application of Proceeds. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Loans shall have been accelerated pursuant to Section 8 of the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall apply all or any part of Proceeds constituting Collateral and any proceeds of the guarantee set forth in Section 2, after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any Collateral or otherwise reasonably relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Collateral Agent and any other Secured Party hereunder, in payment of the Obligations, and shall make any such application in accordance with Section 2.18(h) of the Credit Agreement, and only after such application and after the payment by the Collateral Agent of any other amount required by any Requirement of Law, need the Collateral Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor.
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6.7 UCC and Other Remedies. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself, the Administrative Agent and 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 UCC or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, 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 or notices otherwise provided in the Loan Documents) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived unless otherwise provided in the Loan Documents), 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. Any 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, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, 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 6.7, after deducting all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of every kind actually 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 accordance with Section 2.18(h) of the Credit Agreement, 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 9-615(a)(3) of the UCC, need the Collateral Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor. 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.
6.8 Private Sales. 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.
6.9 Deficiency. Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay its Obligations and the reasonable fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by the Collateral Agent to collect such deficiency. After the Collateral Agent shall apply all or any part of Proceeds constituting Collateral and any proceeds of the guarantee set forth in Section 2, after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any Collateral or otherwise reasonably relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Collateral Agent and any other Secured Party hereunder, in payment of the Obligations, and shall make any such application in accordance with Section 2.18(h) of the Credit Agreement, and only after such application and after the payment by the Collateral Agent of any other amount required by the Loan Documents or any Requirement of Law, the Collateral Agent shall return the surplus, if any, to the Grantors or to whomever a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine is entitled thereto.
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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 after written notice by the Collateral Agent of its intent to do so (provided that 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):
(i) in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due under any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;
(ii) in the case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Collateral Agent may request to evidence and/or perfect the Secured Parties’ 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 provide 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 6.7 or 6.8, 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 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 Secured Parties’ 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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(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 give such Grantor written notice of such failure to perform or comply and if such Grantor fails to perform or comply within three Business Days of receiving such notice (or if the Collateral Agent reasonably determines that irreparable harm to the Collateral or to the security interest of the Secured Parties hereunder could result prior to the end of such three-Business Day period), then the Collateral Agent may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement.
(c) 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. To the extent permitted by law, 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 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. None of the Collateral Agent, any other Secured Party or 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 other Secured Parties hereunder are solely to protect the Collateral Agent’s and the other Secured Parties’ interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties 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 or that of their directors, officers, employees or agents.
7.3 Execution of Financing Statements; Control Agreements.
(a) Pursuant to any 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 (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) under this Agreement and the Collateral Agent agrees to promptly furnish copies of any such filing or recording documents or instruments to the applicable Grantor. Each Grantor authorizes the Collateral Agent to use the collateral description “all personal property” or any similar phrase in any such financing statements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, in connection with any Indebtedness or Lien permitted to be incurred by the Loan Documents or permitted by the Required Lenders, the Collateral Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Lender, any Hedge Counterparty that is a party to any Specified Hedge Agreement or any Cash Management Counterparty that is a party to any Cash Management Document) deliver or authorize the filing of an amendment to any financing statement in favor of the Collateral Agent covering the Collateral to the extent necessary to permit the incurrence of such Indebtedness or Lien and to the extent deemed reasonably necessary by each of the Collateral Agent and the Borrower; provided that such amendment shall not materially detract from the value of the Collateral
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(b) The delivery of executed control agreements with respect to any Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Commodities Accounts other than Excluded Accounts shall be required (i) within 30 days of the Closing Date or (ii) 30 days after the date on which any such account fails to be an Excluded Account, or, in each case, by such later date as the Collateral Agent may in its sole discretion determine. The Collateral Agent agrees with each Grantor that, in the case of any Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodities Account subject to the Collateral Agent’s “control” pursuant to a control agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not give any instructions, entitlement orders or directions directing or preventing the disposition or withdrawal of funds, securities or other property therein unless, in each case, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
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 among the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, 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 Secured Parties 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 above), 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.
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8.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification. 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. 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 Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their successors and permitted 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 (it being understood that Dispositions and fundamental changes permitted under the Credit Agreement shall not be subject to this proviso).
8.6 Set-Off. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent and each Lender at any time and from time to time, in each case, while an Event of Default 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 the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by each Grantor (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise after the expiration of any applicable grace periods) to set-off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final but excluding trust accounts), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent (other than contingent or indemnification obligations not then asserted or due), matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by the Collateral Agent or such Lender to or for the credit or the account of such Grantor. Each of the Collateral Agent and each Lender shall notify such Grantor promptly of any such set-off made by it and the application made by it of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.
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 or other electronic means), 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 Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
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.
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8.12 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto 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 exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in New York County, 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;
(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 Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party 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 Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, 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 Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties or among the Grantors and the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties.
8.14 Additional Grantors. Each Subsidiary of Holdings that is required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.8 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 I hereto.
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8.15 Releases.
(a) At such time as the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations and the other Obligations (other than Borrower Hedge Agreement and Cash Management Obligations and contingent or indemnification obligations not then asserted or due) shall have been paid in full, the Commitments shall have been terminated or expired and no Letter of Credit (that is not cash collateralized or backstopped to the reasonable satisfaction of the Issuing Lender or purchasing Lender, as applicable, in respect thereof) shall be outstanding, the Collateral shall be automatically 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 assign, transfer and 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 or permitted by the Required Lenders, then (i) the security interest in any such Collateral shall be automatically released to the extent that such Disposition does not (x) pertain to Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or other Collateral in the possession of the Collateral Agent or (y) involve the filing of amendments to or termination of any financing statement or mortgage in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and (ii) the Collateral Agent, 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 reasonable request and sole expense of the Borrower, a Guarantor shall be released from its obligations hereunder in the event that all the Capital Stock of such Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or otherwise Disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement or permitted by the Required Lenders, or if such Guarantor shall be designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.16 of the Credit Agreement, and the Collateral Agent will assign, transfer and deliver to the Borrower such of the applicable Collateral concerning such Capital Stock as may then be in possession of the Collateral Agent and execute and deliver to the Borrower such documents as the Borrower shall reasonably request to evidence the release of such Unrestricted Subsidiary of its obligations hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents.
8.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GRANTOR AND, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THE BENEFITS HEREOF, EACH of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each OTHER SECURED PARTY, 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.
(signature pages follow)
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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.
ATLANTIC AVIATION FBO HOLDINGS LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
ATLANTIC AVIATION FBO INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
AAC SUBSIDIARY, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
ACM PROPERTY SERVICES, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
ATLANTIC AVIATION ALBUQUERQUE, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
[guarantee and collateral agreement]
ATLANTIC AVIATION CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
ATLANTIC AVIATION FLIGHT SUPPORT, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
ATLANTIC AVIATION HOLDING COPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
ATLANTIC AVIATION INVESTORS, INC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
ATLANTIC AVIATION OF SANTA XXXXXX, L.P. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
ATLANTIC AVIATION OREGON FBO INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
[guarantee and collateral agreement]
ATLANTIC AVIATION OREGON GENERAL AVIATION SERVICES INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
ATLANTIC AVIATION PHILADELPHIA, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
ATLANTIC AVIATION XXXXXXX LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
ATLANTIC SMO GP LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
ATLANTIC SMO HOLDINGS LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
AVIATION CONTRACT SERVICES, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
[guarantee and collateral agreement]
BASI HOLDINGS, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
XXXXXXXX AIRPORT SERVICES, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
BRIDGEPORT AIRPORT SERVICES, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
CHARTER OAK AVIATION, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
COAI HOLDINGS, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
CORPORATE WINGS-CGF, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
[guarantee and collateral agreement]
EAGLE AVIATION RESOURCES, LTD. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
EXECUTIVE AIR SUPPORT, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
FLIGHTWAYS OF LONG ISLAND, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
GENERAL AVIATION HOLDINGS, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
GENERAL AVIATION OF NEW ORLEANS, L.L.C. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
GENERAL AVIATION, L.L.C. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
[guarantee and collateral agreement]
ILG AVCENTER, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
JET CENTER PROPERTY SERVICES, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
JETSOUTH, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
MACQUARIE AIRPORTS NORTH AMERICA INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
MACQUARIE AVIATION NORTH AMERICA 2 INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
MACQUARIE AVIATION NORTH AMERICA INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
[guarantee and collateral agreement]
MERCURY AIR CENTER-ADDISON, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
MERCURY AIR CENTER-BAKERSFIELD, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
MERCURY AIR CENTER-BIRMINGHAM, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
MERCURY AIR CENTER-BURBANK, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
MERCURY AIR CENTER-CHARLESTON, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
MERCURY AIR CENTER-CORPUS CHRISTI, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
[guarantee and collateral agreement]
MERCURY AIR CENTER-FT.XXXXX, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
MERCURY AIR CENTER-XXXXXXX, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
MERCURY AIR CENTER-XXXXX ISLAND, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
MERCURY AIR CENTER-LOS ANGELES, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
MERCURY AIR CENTER-NASHVILLE, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
MERCURY AIR CENTER-NEWPORT NEWS, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
[guarantee and collateral agreement]
MERCURY AIR CENTER-PEACHTREE-DEKALB, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
MERCURY AIR CENTER-RENO, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
MERCURY AIR CENTERS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
MERCURY AIR CENTER-SANTA XXXXXXX, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
MERCURY AIR CENTER-TULSA, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
NEWPORT FBO TWO LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
[guarantee and collateral agreement]
PALM SPRINGS FBO TWO LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
PRO-AIR AVIATION MAINTENANCE, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
RIFLE AIR, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
RIFLE JET CENTER MAINTENANCE, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
RIFLE JET CENTER, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
SB AVIATION GROUP, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
[guarantee and collateral agreement]
SBN, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
SIERRA AVIATION, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
SJJC AIRLINES SERVICES, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
SJJC AVIATION SERVICES, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
SJJC FBO SERVICES, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
SUN VALLEY AVIATION, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
[guarantee and collateral agreement]
TRAJEN LIMITED, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
TRAJEN FBO, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
TRAJEN FLIGHT SUPPORT, LP | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
TRAJEN FUNDING, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
TRAJEN HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
WAUKESHA FLYING SERVICES, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
[guarantee and collateral agreement]
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Collateral Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Director |
[guarantee and collateral agreement]