Exhibit 10.4
SECURITY AGREEMENT
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SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of February __, 2002, by and between
PRECISION PARTNERS INC., a Delaware corporation ("PRECISION"), its subsidiaries
as identified in the Credit Agreement (the "SUBSIDIARIES"); PRECISION PARTNERS
HOLDING COMPANY (the "GUARANTOR"; together with Precision and the Subsidiaries,
the "GRANTORS"), and GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, a New York
corporation, as agent (in such capacity, "AGENT") for the lenders from time to
time signatory to the Credit Agreement.
WITNESSETH:
Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as even herewith
(as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time,
the "CREDIT AGREEMENT"), by and among (a) Precision, GALAXY INDUSTRIES
CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation ("GALAXY"), MID STATE MACHINE PRODUCTS, a
Maine corporation ("MID STATE"), NATIONWIDE PRECISION PRODUCTS CORP., a New York
corporation ("NATIONWIDE"), GENERAL AUTOMATION, INC., an Illinois corporation
("GA"), XXXXXXXX MACHINE & TOOL CO., INC., a New York corporation ("XXXXXXXX"),
GALAXY PRECISION PRODUCTS CORP., a Delaware corporation ("GPPC") and CERTIFIED
FABRICATORS, INC., a California corporation ("CERTIFIED") (Precision, Galaxy,
Mid State, Nationwide, GA, Xxxxxxxx, GPPC, and Certified, together with their
permitted successors and assigns being sometimes hereinafter called
collectively, the "BORROWERS"); (b) the Guarantor; (c) the Agent, (d) General
Electric Capital Corporation, in its capacity as revolving credit agent
(together with any successor thereto appointed pursuant to the Credit Agreement,
the "REVOLVING CREDIT AGENT"), (e) GECC Capital Markets, Inc., as Lead Arranger
and (f) the Lenders, as hereinafter defined. Capitalized terms used in this
Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, (i) General Electric
Capital Corporation, as revolving lender (together with any and all assignees or
transferees thereof or successors thereto, the "REVOLVING LENDERS") has agreed
to make available to the Borrowers a Revolving Loan facility pursuant to which
the Revolving Lenders will from time to time make available to the Borrowers
advances and letters of credit in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000,000
at any one time outstanding, (ii) GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION and
ABLECO FINANCE LLC, as term lenders (together with any and all assignees or
transferees thereof or successors thereto, the "TERM LENDERS") have agreed to
make available to the Borrowers a Term Loan in the aggregate principal amount of
$44,050,000, and (iii) GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION as lessor (together
with any and all assignees or transferees thereof or successors thereto, the
"LESSORS") have agreed to lease certain equipment to certain Borrowers pursuant
to the Master Lease (the "MASTER LEASE") (the Term Lenders, the Revolving
Lenders and the Lessors being hereinafter called collectively, the "LENDERS").
In order to induce Agent and Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement,
the Master Lease and other Operative Documents and to induce Lenders to make the
Loans and other Credit Accommodations as provided for in the Credit Agreement
and the Master Lease, Grantors have agreed to grant a continuing Lien on the
Collateral (as hereinafter defined) to secure the Obligations.
Each Grantor will derive benefits, directly and indirectly, from the
proceeds of the Loans and the Master Lease, both in its separate capacity and as
a member of the integrated group to which each of the Grantors belong, since the
successful operation of the integrated group is dependent upon the continued
successful performance of the functions of the integrated group as a whole.
Each Grantor has determined that the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement directly benefit, and are in the best interest of such
Grantor.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. DEFINED TERMS. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement. All other
undefined terms contained in this Security Agreement, unless the context
indicates otherwise, have the meanings provided for by the Code to the extent
the same are used or defined therein.
2. GRANT OF LIEN.
(a) To secure the prompt and complete payment of all of the Obligations
(specifically including, without limitation, each Grantor's Obligations arising
under the cross-guaranty provisions of Section 12 of the Credit Agreement), each
Grantor hereby grants, assigns, conveys, mortgages, pledges and hypothecates to
Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, a Lien upon all of its right, title and
interest in, to and under all of the assets of each Grantor, including the
following property, whether now owned by or owing to, or hereafter acquired by
or arising in favor of such Grantor (including under any trade names, styles or
derivations thereof), and whether owned or consigned by or to, or leased from or
to, such Grantor, and regardless of where located (all of which being
hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Collateral"):
(i) all Accounts;
(ii) all Commercial Tort Claims specified on Schedule V;
(iii) all Chattel Paper;
(iv) all Contracts;
(v) all Documents;
(vi) all Equipment, other than any such Equipment which is
subject to a Lien permitted by subsection (k) of the definition of "Permitted
Encumbrances" and the terms of such Lien prohibit the grant of a security
interest in such Equipment, until such time as the granting of a Lien in such
Equipment hereby is no longer prohibited under the terms of such Lien;
(vi) all General Intangibles (including payment intangibles and
Software);
(vii) all Goods (including Inventory and Fixtures);
(viii) all Instruments;
(ix) all Investment Property;
(x) all Borrower Accounts, Concentration Accounts, Disbursement
Accounts, and all other Deposit Accounts and other bank accounts
and all deposits therein;
(xiv) all Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks and all Licenses;
(xv) all Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(xvi) all Supporting Obligations;
(xvii) all money, cash or cash equivalents of any Grantor; and
(xviii) to the extent not otherwise included, all other tangible
and intangible personal property of such Grantor (whether or not subject to the
Code), commercial tort claims, insurance claims and other rights to payments,
and all Proceeds, including all Cash Proceeds and Non-Cash Proceeds, and
products of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements
for, and rents and profits of, each of the foregoing; provided that no security
interest shall be granted hereby in any such item to the extent that any
applicable law, rule or regulation prohibits such grant, except as such grant is
otherwise permitted by Section 9-407 and Section 9-408 of the Code; provided,
further that no Grantor hereby grants, assigns, conveys, mortgages, pledges or
hypothecates any right or interest in any Indebtedness owing to it by any other
Credit Party.
(b) In addition, to secure the prompt and complete payment,
performance and observance of the Obligations and in order to induce Agent and
Lenders as aforesaid, each Grantor hereby grants to Agent to the extent
permitted by law, for the benefit of Lenders, a right of setoff against the
property of such Grantor held by Agent or any Lender, consisting of property
described above in Section 2(a) now or hereafter in the possession or custody or
in transit to Agent or any Lender, for any purpose, including safekeeping,
collection or pledge, for the account of such Grantor, or as to which such
Grantor may have any right or power. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, after any Lender has exercised its right of setoff pursuant hereto, it
will notify the Borrowers, the Agent, the Revolving Credit Agent and the other
Lenders of such exercise.
3. AGENT'S AND LENDERS' RIGHTS: LIMITATIONS ON AGENT'S AND LENDERS'
OBLIGATIONS.
(a) It is expressly agreed by Grantors that, anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under each of its
Contracts and each of its Licenses to observe and perform all the conditions and
obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder. Neither Agent nor any
Lender shall have any obligation or liability under any Contract or License by
reason of or arising out of this Security Agreement or the granting herein of a
Lien thereon or the receipt by Agent or any Lender of any payment relating to
any Contract or License pursuant hereto. Neither Agent nor any Lender shall be
required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of the obligations
of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Contract or License, or to make any
payment, or to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any
payment received by it or the sufficiency of any performance by any party under
any Contract or License, or to present or file any claims, or to take any action
to collect or enforce any performance or the payment of any amounts which may
have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.
(b) Agent may at any time after an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, upon prior notice to any Grantor, notify Account
Debtors, parties to the Contracts and obligors in respect of Instruments and
Chattel Paper, that the Accounts and the right, title and interest of any
Grantor in and under such Contracts, Instruments and Chattel Paper have been
assigned to Agent, and that payments shall be made directly to Agent. Upon the
reasonable request of Agent, each Grantor shall go notify Account Debtors,
parties to Contracts and obligors in respect of Instruments and Chattel Paper.
(c) Agent may after a Default pursuant to 8(g) or 8(h) of the Credit
Agreement or after an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in
Agent's own name or in the name of any Grantor communicate with Account Debtors,
parties to Contracts, obligors in respect of Instruments and obligors in respect
of Chattel Paper to verify with such Persons, to Agent's reasonable
satisfaction, the existence, amount and terms of any such Accounts, Contracts,
Instruments or Chattel Paper. Each Grantor, at its own expense, shall deliver to
Agent the results of each physical verification, if any, which such Grantor may
in its discretion have made, or caused any other Person to have made on its
behalf, of all or any portion of its Inventory.
4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Grantor represents and warrants
that:
(a) Each Grantor is the sole owner of each item of the Collateral
upon which it purports to xxxxx x Xxxx hereunder, and has good and marketable
title thereto free and clear of any and all Liens other than Permitted
Encumbrances.
(b) No effective security agreement, financing statement, equivalent
security or Lien instrument or continuation statement covering all or any part
of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such as
may have been filed (i) by any Grantor in favor of Agent pursuant to this
Security Agreement or the other Operative Documents, (ii) in connection with any
Permitted Encumbrances, and (iii) as to which UCC-3 termination statements are
being filed on the date hereof.
(c) This Security Agreement is effective to create a valid and
continuing Lien on and, upon the filing of the appropriate financing statements
listed on Schedule I hereto, a perfected Lien in favor of Agent, for the benefit
of Lenders, on the Collateral with respect to which a Lien may be perfected by
filing pursuant to the Code. Upon the taking of such actions required by Section
3.16 of the Credit Agreement, such Lien will be prior to all other Liens, except
Permitted Encumbrances that, as a matter of law, would be prior to Liens in
favor of Agent for the benefit of Lenders, and is enforceable as such as against
any and all creditors of and purchasers from any Grantor (other than purchasers
of Inventory in the ordinary course of business). All action by any Grantor
necessary to protect and perfect such Lien on each item of the Collateral has
been duly taken.
(d) As of the date hereof, Schedule II hereto lists all Instruments
and Chattel Paper of each Grantor. All action by any Grantor necessary to
protect and perfect the Lien of Agent on each item set forth on Schedule II
(including the delivery of all originals thereof to Agent and the legending of
all Chattel Paper as required by Section 5(h) hereof) has been duly taken. Upon
the taking of such actions required by Section 3.17 of the Credit Agreement, the
Lien of Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, on the Collateral listed on Schedule
II hereto is prior to all other Liens, except Permitted Encumbrances that, as a
matter of law, would be prior to the Liens in favor of Agent as a matter of law,
and is enforceable as such against any and all creditors of and purchasers from
any Grantor.
(e) Each Grantor's name as it appears in its organization documents,
jurisdiction of incorporation, organizational identification number, chief
executive office, principal place of business, corporate offices, all warehouses
and premises where Collateral is stored or located, and the locations of all of
its books and records concerning the Collateral are set forth on Schedule III
hereto. Each Grantor has only one state of incorporation or organization.
(f) As of the date of the most recent Collateral Report, except as
specifically disclosed in such Collateral Report delivered to Agent, there are
no Accounts that are not Eligible Accounts.
(g) As of the date of the most recent Collateral Report, except as
specifically disclosed in such Collateral Report delivered to Agent, there is no
Inventory that is not Eligible Inventory.
(h) As of the date of this Agreement, no Grantor has any interest
in, or title to, any Patent, Trademark or Copyright except as set forth in
Schedule IV hereto. This Security Agreement is effective to create a valid and
continuing Lien on and, upon filing of the Copyright Security Agreements with
the United States Copyright Office and filing of the Patent Security Agreements
and the Trademark Security Agreements with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, perfected Liens in favor of Agent on each Grantor's Patents,
Trademarks and Copyrights and such perfected Liens are enforceable as such as
against any and all creditors of and purchasers from any Grantor. Upon filing of
Copyright Security Agreements with the United States Copyright Office and filing
of the Patent Security Agreements and the Trademark Security Agreements with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the filing of appropriate
financing statements listed on Schedule I hereto, all action necessary or
reasonably desirable to protect and perfect Agent's Lien on each Grantor's
Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights as of the date hereof shall have been duly
taken.
(i) On the date hereof, no Grantor holds any Commercial Tort Claims
or is aware of any such pending claims, except for such claims set forth in
Schedule V hereto.
(j) On the date hereof, no Grantor maintains any securities
account or any commodities account.
5. COVENANTS. Each Grantor covenants and agrees with Agent, for the
benefit of Lenders, that from and after the date of this Security Agreement and
until the Termination Date:
(a) Further Assurances: Pledge of Instruments. At any time and from
time to time, upon the reasonable written request of Agent and at the sole
expense of Grantors, each Grantor shall promptly and duly execute and deliver
any and all such further instruments and documents and take such further actions
as Agent may require to obtain the full benefits of this Security Agreement and
of the rights and powers herein granted, including (i) using commercially
reasonable efforts to secure all consents and approvals necessary or appropriate
for the assignment to or for the benefit of Agent of any License or Contract
held by such Grantor or in which such Grantor has any rights not heretofore
assigned, (ii) filing, or authenticating the filing of, any financing or
continuation statements, or amendments thereto, under the Code with respect to
the Liens granted hereunder or under any other Operative Document, (iii)
transferring Collateral to Agent's possession (for the benefit of Lenders) if
such Collateral consists of Chattel Paper, Instruments or if a Lien on such
Collateral can be perfected only by possession, (iv) obtaining, or using
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, waivers of Liens, if any exist, from
landlords and mortgagees in accordance with the Credit Agreement or the Master
Lease, (v) if at any time after the date hereof, any Grantor acquires or holds
any Commercial Tort Claim, such Grantor shall as soon as practicable, but in no
event later than three (3) Business Days after Grantor acquires such Commercial
Tort Claim, notify Agent in a writing signed by the Grantor setting forth a
brief description of such Commercial Tort Claim and grant to the Agent a
security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, which writing shall
incorporate the provisions hereof and shall be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent, and (vi) taking all actions required by the Code or
by other law, as applicable, in any relevant Code jurisdiction, or by other law
as applicable in any foreign jurisdiction. Each Grantor also hereby authorizes
Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, to file any such financing or continuation
statements and amendments thereto without the signature of such Grantor that (a)
indicate the Collateral (i) as all assets of such Grantor or words of similar
effect, regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the Collateral
falls within the scope of Article 9 of the Code, or (ii) as being of an equal or
lesser scope or with greater detail, and (b) contain any other information
required by part 5 of Article 9 of the Code for the sufficiency or filing office
acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including (i) whether such
Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any organization
identification number issued to such Grantor, and (ii) in the case of a
financing statement filed as a fixture filing or indicating Collateral as
ex-tracted collateral or timber to be cut, a sufficient description of real
property to which the Collateral relates. Each Grantor agrees to furnish any
such information to Agent promptly upon request. Each Grantor also ratifies its
authorization for Agent to have filed any financing statements or amendments
thereto if filed prior to the date hereof. If any amount payable under or in
connection with any of the Collateral is or shall become evidenced by any
Instrument, such Instrument, other than checks and notes received in any
Grantor's ordinary course of business, shall be duly endorsed in a reasonable
manner satisfactory to Agent immediately upon such Grantor's receipt thereof.
(b) Maintenance of Records, Grantors shall keep and maintain, at
their own cost and expense, satisfactory and complete records of the Collateral,
including a record of any and all payments received and any and all credits
granted with respect to the Collateral and all other dealings with the
Collateral. All Chattel Paper shall be marked with the following legend: "This
writing and the obligations evidenced or secured hereby are subject to the
security interest of General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent, for the
benefit of certain Lenders."
(c) Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral.
(i) Grantors shall notify Agent as soon as practicable, but
in no event later than three (3) business days after they know or have reason to
know that any application or registration relating to any Patent, Trademark or
Copyright (now or hereafter existing) may become abandoned or dedicated, or of
any material adverse determination or development (including the institution of,
or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any court)
regarding any Grantor's ownership of any Patent, Trademark or Copyright, its
right to register the same, or to keep and maintain the same.
(ii) In no event shall any Grantor, either itself or through
any agent, employee, licensee or designee, file an application for the
registration of any Patent, Trademark or Copyright with the United States Patent
and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office
or agency without giving Agent prior written notice thereof, and, upon
reasonable request of Agent, Grantor shall execute and deliver any and all
Patent Security Agreements, Copyright Security Agreements or Trademark Security
Agreements as Agent may reasonably request to evidence Agent's Lien on such
Patent, Trademark or Copyright, and the General Intangibles of such Grantor
relating thereto or represented thereby.
(iii) Grantors shall take all actions necessary or reasonably
requested by Agent to maintain and pursue each application, to obtain the
relevant registration and to maintain the registration of each of the Patents,
Trademarks and Copyrights (now or hereafter existing), including the filing of
applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of noncontestability and
opposition and interference and cancellation proceedings.
(iv) In the event that any of the Patent, Trademark or
Copyright Collateral is infringed upon, or misappropriated or diluted by a third
party, such Grantor shall notify Agent promptly after such Grantor learns
thereof. Such Grantor shall, unless such Grantor shall reasonably determine that
the lack of such Patent, Trademark or Copyright Collateral is not material and
adverse to the conduct of its business or operations, promptly xxx for
infringement, misappropriation or dilution and to recover any and all damages
for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution, and shall take such other
actions as Agent shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to
protect such Patent, Trademark or Copyright Collateral.
(d) Indemnification. Each Grantor shall save, indemnify and keep
Agent and Lenders harmless from and against any and all suits, actions,
proceedings, claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements and other costs of investigation or
defense, including those incurred upon any appeal) which may be instituted or
asserted against or incurred by any such party as the result of this Agreement
or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereunder, or incurred to
enforce any provision of any Account, Chattel Paper, Contract, Document, General
Intangible or Instrument, in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.
(e) Compliance with Terms of Accounts, etc. In all material
respects, each Grantor will perform and comply with all obligations in respect
of its Accounts, Chattel Paper, Contracts and Licenses and all other agreements
to which it is a party or by which it is bound relating to the Collateral.
(f) Limitation on Liens on Collateral. No Grantor will create,
permit or suffer to exist, and each Grantor will defend the Collateral against,
and take such other action as is necessary to remove, any Lien on the Collateral
except Permitted Encumbrances, and will defend the right, title and interest of
Agent and Lenders in and to any of such Grantor's rights under the Collateral
against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.
(g) Limitations on Disposition. No Grantor will sell, lease,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral, or contract to do so
except as permitted by the Credit Agreement or the Master Lease.
(h) Further Identification of Collateral. Grantors will, if so
requested by Agent, furnish to Agent, as often as Agent reasonably requests,
statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and
such other reports in connection with the Collateral as Agent may reasonably
request, all in such detail as Agent may specify.
(i) Notices. Grantors will advise Agent promptly, in reasonable
detail, (i) of any Lien (other than Permitted Encumbrances) or claim made or
asserted against any of the Collateral, and (ii) of the occurrence of any other
event which would have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the
Collateral or on the Liens created hereunder or under any other Operative
Document.
(j) Control. Each Grantor shall take any or all action that may be
necessary or advisable or that Agent may reasonably request in order for the
Agent to obtain control in accordance with Sections 9-105 through 9-107 of the
Code with respect to the following Collateral: (i) Electronic Chattel Paper,
(ii) Investment Property and (iii) Letter-of-Credit Rights.
(k) Letter-of-Credit. Each Grantor that is or becomes the
beneficiary of a letter of credit shall promptly, and in any event within three
(3) Business Days after becoming a beneficiary, notify Agent thereof and enter
into a tri-party agreement with Agent and the issuer and/or confirmation bank
with respect to Letter-of-Credit Rights assigning such Letter-of-Credit Rights
to Agent and directing all payments thereunder to the Collection Account, all in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
(l) Electronic Control. Each Grantor shall take all steps necessary
to grant the Agent control of all electronic chattel paper in accordance with
the Code and all "transferable records" as defined in each of the Uniform
Electronic Transactions Act and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National
Commerce Act.
(m) Terminations. Each Grantor acknowledges that it is not
authorized to file any financing statements without the prior written consent of
Agent and agrees that it will not do so without the prior written consent of
Agent, subject to such Grantor's rights under Section 9-509(d)(2) of the Code.
6. AGENT'S APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT.
(a) On the Closing Date each Grantor shall execute and deliver to
Agent a power of attorney (the "Power of Attorney") substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A. The power of attorney granted pursuant to the
Power of Attorney is a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable
until the Termination Date. The powers conferred on Agent, for the benefit of
Lenders, under the Power of Attorney are solely to protect Agent's interests
(for the benefit of Lenders) in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty
upon Agent or any Lender to exercise any such powers. Agent agrees that (a) it
shall not exercise any power or authority granted under the Power of Attorney
unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and (b) Agent shall
account for any moneys received by Agent in respect of any foreclosure on or
disposition of Collateral pursuant to the Power of Attorney provided that none
of Agent or any Lender shall have any duty as to any Collateral, other than a
duty of reasonable care for any Collateral in its possession and Agent and
Lenders shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a
result of the exercise of such powers. NONE OF AGENT, LENDERS OR THEIR
RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES
SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE TO ANY GRANTOR FOR ANY ACT OR FAILURE TO ACT UNDER ANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY OR OTHERWISE, EXCEPT IN RESPECT OF DAMAGES ATTRIBUTABLE SOLELY
TO THEIR OWN GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT AS FINALLY DETERMINED BY A
COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, NOR FOR ANY PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, INDIRECT OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
(b) Each Guarantor hereby (i) authorizes the Agent to file one or
more financing or continuation statements and amendments thereto, relating to
the Collateral, and (ii) ratifies such authorization to the extent that the
Agent has filed any such financing or continuation statements, or amendments
thereto prior to the date hereof. A photocopy or other reproduction of this
Agreement or any financing statement covering the Collateral or any part thereof
shall be sufficient as a financing statement where permitted by law.
7. REMEDIES: RIGHTS UPON DEFAULT.
(a) In addition to all other rights and remedies granted to it under
this Security Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the Master Lease, the other
Operative Documents and under any other instrument or agreement securing,
evidencing or relating to any of the Obligations, if any Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, Agent may exercise all rights and remedies of a
secured party under the Code. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
each Grantor expressly agrees that if any Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing Agent, without demand of performance or other demand,
advertisement or notice of any kind (except the notice specified below of time
and place of public or private sale) to or upon such Grantor or any other Person
(all and each of which demands, advertisements and notices are hereby expressly
waived to the maximum extent permitted by the Code and other applicable law),
may forthwith enter upon the premises of such Grantor where any Collateral is
located through self-help, without judicial process, without first obtaining a
final judgment or giving such Grantor or any other Person notice and opportunity
for a hearing on Agent's claim or action and may collect, receive, assemble,
process, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and
may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give an option or options to purchase, or
sell or otherwise dispose of and deliver said Collateral (or contract to do so),
or any part thereof, in one or more parcels at a public or private sale or
sales, at any exchange at such prices as it may reasonably deem acceptable on
commercially reasonable terms, for cash or on credit or for future delivery
without assumption of any credit risk. If any Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, 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 for the benefit of Lenders, the whole or any
part of said Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption,
which equity of redemption each Grantor hereby releases. Such sales may be
adjourned and continued from time to time with or without notice. Agent shall
have the right to conduct such sales on any Grantor's premises or elsewhere and
shall have the right to use any Grantor's premises without charge for such time
or times as Agent deems reasonably necessary or advisable.
Each Grantor further agrees, upon the occurrence of and during the
continuation of an Event of Default, at Agent's request, to assemble the
Collateral and make it available to Agent at places which Agent shall select,
whether at such Grantor's premises or elsewhere. Until Agent is able to effect a
sale, lease, or other disposition of Collateral, Agent shall have the right upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default to hold or use
Collateral, or any part thereof, to the extent that it deems appropriate for the
purpose of preserving Collateral or its value or for any other purpose deemed
appropriate by Agent. Agent shall have no obligation to any Grantor to maintain
or preserve the rights of such Grantor as against third parties with respect to
Collateral while Collateral is in the possession of Agent. Agent may, if it so
elects upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession of Collateral
and to enforce any of Agent's remedies (for the benefit of Lenders), with
respect to such appointment without prior notice or hearing as to such
appointment. Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any such collection,
recovery, receipt, appropriation, realization or sale to the Obligations as
provided in the Credit Agreement or the Master Lease, and only after so paying
over such net proceeds, and after the payment by Agent of any other amount
required by any provision of law, shall Agent account for the surplus, if any,
to any Grantor. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor
waives all claims, damages, and demands against Agent or any Lender arising out
of the repossession, retention or sale of the Collateral except such as arise
solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Agent or such Lender
as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Each Grantor agrees
that ten (10) days prior notice by Agent of the time and place of any public
sale or of the time after which a private sale may take place is reasonable
notification of such matters. Grantors shall remain liable for any deficiency if
the proceeds of any sale or disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to
pay all Obligations, including reasonable attorneys' fees and other reasonable
expenses incurred by Agent or any Lender to collect such deficiency.
(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, each Grantor
hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or any notice (to the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law) of any kind in connection with this Security
Agreement or any Collateral.
8. GRANT OF LICENSE TO USE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL. For the
purpose of enabling Agent to exercise rights and remedies under Section 7 hereof
(including, without limiting the terms of Section 7 hereof, in order to take
possession of, hold, preserve, process, assemble, prepare for sale, market for
sale, sell or otherwise dispose of Collateral) at such time as Agent shall be
lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby
grants to Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, an irrevocable, non-exclusive
license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such
Grantor) to use, license or sublicense any Intellectual Property now owned or
hereafter acquired by such Grantor, and wherever the same may be located, and
including in such license access to all media in which any of the licensed items
may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the
compilation or printout thereof.
9. LIMITATION ON AGENT'S AND LENDERS' DUTY IN RESPECT OF COLLATERAL. Agent
and each Lender shall use reasonable care as required by the Code or applicable
law, with respect to the Collateral in its possession or under its control.
Neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any other duty as to any Collateral in
its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or
nominee of Agent or such Lender, or any income thereon or as to the preservation
of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. The
Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and
presentation of any Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded
treatment substantially equal to that which Agent accords its own property of
like tenor.
10. REINSTATEMENT. This Security Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against
any Grantor for liquidation or reorganization, should any Grantor become
insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or
should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of any
Grantor's assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the
case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any
part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or
must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations,
whether as a "voidable preference," "fraudulent conveyance," or otherwise, all
as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any
payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the
Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and
not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
11. NOTICES. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever it is provided
herein that any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other
communication shall or may be given to or served upon any of the parties by any
other party, or whenever any of the parties desires to give and serve upon any
other party any communication with respect to this Security Agreement, each such
notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication
shall be in writing and shall be given in the manner, and deemed received, as
provided for in the Credit Agreement or the Master Lease.
12. SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision of this Security
Agreement shall be interpreted in a manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law, but if any provision of this Security Agreement shall be
prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating
the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Security
Agreement. This Security Agreement is to be read, construed and applied together
with the Credit Agreement, the Master Lease, the other Operative Documents
which, taken together, set forth the complete understanding and agreement of
Agent, Lenders and Grantors with respect to the matters referred to herein and
therein.
13. NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. Neither Agent nor any Lender shall by
any act, delay, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any of its rights
or remedies hereunder, and no waiver shall be valid unless in writing, signed by
Agent and the affected Grantor and then only to the extent therein set forth. A
waiver by Agent of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not
be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which Agent would otherwise have
had on any future occasion. No failure to exercise nor any delay in exercising
on the part of Agent or any Lender, any right, power or privilege hereunder,
shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or future exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and
remedies hereunder provided are cumulative and may be exercised singly or
concurrently, and are not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided by law.
None of the terms or provisions of this Security Agreement may be waived,
altered, modified or amended except by an instrument in writing, duly executed
by Agent and Grantors.
14. LIMITATION BY LAW. All rights, remedies and powers provided in this
Security Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof
does not violate any applicable provision of law, and all the provisions of this
Security Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory
provisions of law that may be controlling and to be limited to the extent
necessary so that they shall not render this Security Agreement invalid,
unenforceable, in whole or in part, or not entitled to be recorded, registered
or filed under the provisions of any applicable law.
15. TERMINATION OF THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT. Subject to Section 10 hereof,
this Security Agreement shall terminate upon the Termination Date.
16. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Security Agreement and all Obligations of
Grantors hereunder shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each
Grantor (including any debtor-in-possession on behalf of such Grantor) and
shall, together with the rights and remedies of Agent, for the benefit of Agent
and Lenders, hereunder, inure to the benefit of Agent and Lenders, all permitted
future holders of any instrument evidencing any of the Obligations and their
respective permitted successors and assigns. No sales of participations, other
sales, assignments, transfers or other dispositions of any agreement governing
or instrument evidencing the Obligations or any portion thereof or interest
therein made in accordance with the Operative Documents shall in any manner
affect the Lien granted to Agent, for full benefit of Agent and Lenders,
hereunder. No Grantor may assign, sell, hypothecate or otherwise transfer any
interest in or obligation under this Security Agreement.
17. COUNTERPARTS. This Security Agreement may be executed in any number of
separate counterparts, each of which shall collectively and separately
constitute one agreement.
18. GOVERNING LAW. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN ANY OF THE
OPERATIVE DOCUMENTS, IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION,
VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING
HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN
THAT STATE, AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. EACH
GRANTOR HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN
NEW YORK COUNTY, CITY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK, SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN GRANTORS, AGENT AND LENDERS
PERTAINING TO THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER OPERATIVE DOCUMENTS OR
TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OF
THE OTHER OPERATIVE DOCUMENTS, PROVIDED THAT AGENT, LENDERS AND GRANTORS
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT
LOCATED OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK COUNTY, CITY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AND, PROVIDED,
FURTHER, NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO PRECLUDE AGENT
FROM BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION TO
REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL OR ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS, OR TO
ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF AGENT. EACH GRANTOR
EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR
SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND EACH GRANTOR HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION
WHICH IT MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR
FORUM NON CONVENIENS AND HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR
EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY SUCH COURT. EACH GRANTOR HEREBY
WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF THE SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN
ANY SUCH ACTION OR SUIT AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINTS AND
OTHER PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO SUCH
GRANTOR AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH ON ANNEX I TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THAT
SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF ACTUAL RECEIPT
THEREOF OR THREE (3) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN THE U.S. MAILS, PROPER
POSTAGE PREPAID.
19. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH
COMPLEX FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN
EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL
LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT DISPUTES
ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATING HERETO BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH
APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF
THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE,
WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, AMONG AGENT, LENDERS, AND
GRANTORS ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE
RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OF
THE OTHER OPERATIVE DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO.
20. SECTION TITLES. The Section titles contained in this Security
Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind
whatsoever and are not a part of the agreement between the parties hereto.
21. NO STRICT CONSTRUCTION. The parties hereto have participated jointly
in the negotiation and drafting of this Security Agreement. In the event an
ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Security
Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no
presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by
virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Security Agreement.
22. ADVICE OF COUNSEL. Each of the parties represents to each other party
hereto that it has discussed this Security Agreement and, specifically, the
provisions of Section 18 and Section 19 with its counsel.
23. BENEFIT OF LENDERS. All Liens granted or contemplated hereby shall be
for the benefit of Lenders, and all proceeds or payments realized from
Collateral in accordance herewith shall be applied to the Obligations in
accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the Master Lease.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Security
Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the
date first set forth above.
PRECISION PARTNERS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
GALAXY INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
MID STATE MACHINE PRODUCTS
NATIONWIDE PRECISION PRODUCTS CORP.
GENERAL AUTOMATION, INC.
CERTIFIED FABRICATORS, INC.
GALAXY PRECISION PRODUCTS CORP.
XXXXXXXX MACHINE & TOOL CO., INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
PRECISION PARTNERS HOLDING
COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
individually and as Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
SCHEDULE I
to
SECURITY AGREEMENT
FILING JURISDICTIONS
Precision Partners, Inc.:
Delaware Secretary of State
Monmouth County Clerk's Office
Precision Partners Holding Company:
Delaware Secretary of State
Galaxy Precision Products Corporation:
Delaware Secretary of State
Mid State Machine Products:
Maine Secretary of State
County of Kennebec Clerk's Office
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Galaxy Industries Corporation:
Michigan Secretary of State
County of Xxxxx Clerk's Office
Certified Fabricators, Inc.:
California Secretary of State
County of Orange Clerk's Office
Xxxxxxxx Machine & Tool Co., Inc.
New York Secretary of State
Nationwide Precision Products Corp.:
New York Secretary of State
General Automation, Inc.:
Illinois Secretary of State
County Clerk's Office
SCHEDULE II
to
SECURITY AGREEMENT
INSTRUMENTS
AND
CHATTEL PAPER
CHATTEL PAPER: None.
INSTRUMENTS: None.
SCHEDULE III
to
SECURITY AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE OF OFFICES, LOCATIONS OF COLLATERAL
AND RECORDS CONCERNING GRANTORS' COLLATERAL
I. Jurisdictions of Incorporation and Organizational Identification Numbers
See Schedule 3.1 to the Credit Agreement
II. Chief Executive Offices and principal places of business
See Schedule 3.2 to the Credit Agreement
III. Corporate Offices
See Schedule 3.2 to the Credit Agreement
IV. Warehouses
PRECISION PARTNERS, INC.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
NATIONWIDE PRECISION PRODUCTS CORP.
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Plant Building #6 West, 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
GENERAL AUTOMATION, INC.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx
CERTIFIED FABRICATORS, INC.
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000, Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
GALAXY INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx
00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx
XXXXXXXX MACHINE & TOOL CO., INC.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
00 Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
00 Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
XXX XXXXX MACHINE PRODUCTS
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx #00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
GALAXY PRECISION PRODUCTS CORP.
None.
PRECISION PARTNERS HOLDING COMPANY
None.
V. Other Premises at which Collateral is Stored or Located
XXXXXXXX MACHINE & TOOL CO., INC.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
00 Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
00 Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
XXX XXXXX MACHINE PRODUCTS
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx #00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx
VI. Locations of Records Concerning Collateral
See Schedule 3.2 to the Credit Agreement
SCHEDULE IV
Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights
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Trademark Registration Number Description Registration
Date
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1,268,864 THE MID-STATE TOMBSTONE 03/06/84
Design portion is representation
of a tombstone with the border
lined for the color orange.
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None of the Companies has any other Intellectual Property Collateral.
SCHEDULE V
Commercial Tort Claims
None.
EXHIBIT A
POWER OF ATTORNEY
This Power of Attorney is executed and delivered by ________________, a
______________ corporation ("Grantor") to General Electric Capital Corporation,
a New York corporation (hereinafter referred to as "Attorney"), as Agent for the
benefit of Lenders, under a Credit Agreement, a Master Lease Agreement and a
Security Agreement, each dated as of February____, 2002, and other related
documents (the "Operative Documents"). No person to whom this Power of Attorney
is presented, as authority for Attorney to take any action or actions
contemplated hereby, shall be required to inquire into or seek confirmation from
Grantor as to the authority of Attorney to take any action described below, or
as to the existence of or fulfillment of any condition to this Power of
Attorney, which is intended to grant to Attorney unconditionally the authority
to take and perform the actions contemplated herein, and Grantor irrevocable
waives any right to commence any suit or action, in law or equity, against any
person or entity which acts in reliance upon or acknowledges full authority
granted under this Power of Attorney. The power of attorney granted hereby is
coupled with an interest, and may not be revoked or canceled by Grantor without
Attorney' s written consent.
Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Attorney (and all
officers, employees or agents designated by Attorney), with full power of
substitution, as Grantor's true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full
irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of Grantor and in the
name of Grantor or in its own name, from time to time in Attorney's discretion,
following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to
take any and all appropriate action and to execute and deliver any and all
documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the
purposes of the Operative Documents and, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, Grantor hereby grants to Attorney the power and right, on behalf of
Grantor, without notice to or assent by Grantor, and at any time, following the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to do the
following: (a) open a post office box on behalf of Grantor, open mail for
Grantor, and ask, demand, collect, give acquittances and receipts for, take
possession of, endorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading,
storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments,
verifications, and notices in connection with any property of Grantor; (b)
effect any repairs to any asset of Grantor, or continue or obtain any insurance
and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and costs thereof, and make,
settle and adjust all claims under such policies of insurance, and make all
determinations and decisions with respect to such policies; (c) pay or discharge
any taxes, liens, security interests, or other encumbrances levied or placed on
or threatened against Grantor or its property; (d) defend any suit, action or
proceeding brought against Grantor if Grantor does not defend such suit, action
or proceeding or if Attorney believes that Grantor is not pursuing such defense
in a manner that will maximize the recovery to Attorney, and settle, compromise
or adjust any suit, action, or proceeding described above and, in connection
therewith, give such discharges or releases as Attorney may deem appropriate;
(e) file or prosecute any claim, litigation, suit or proceeding in any court of
competent jurisdiction or before any arbitrator, or take any other action
otherwise deemed reasonably appropriate by Attorney for the purpose of
collecting any and all such moneys due to Grantor whenever payable and to
enforce any other right in respect of Grantor's property; (f) communicate in its
own name with any party to any Contract with regard to the assignment of the
right, title and interest of such Grantor in and under the Contracts and other
matters relating thereto; and (h) execute, in connection with any sale provided
for in any Operative Document, any endorsements, assignments or other
instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral and to
otherwise direct such sale or resale, all as though Attorney were the absolute
owner of the property of Grantor for all purposes, and to do, at Attorney's
option and Grantor's expense, at any time or from time to time after an Event of
Default, all acts and other things that Attorney reasonably deems necessary to
perfect, preserve, or realize upon Grantor's property or assets and Attorney's
Liens thereon, all as fully and effectively as Grantor might do. Grantor hereby
ratifies, to the extent permitted by law, all that said Attorney shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney is executed by Grantor, and
Grantor has caused its seal to be affixed pursuant to the authority of its board
of directors this ____ day of ___________, 2002.
ATTEST:
By:_____________________________
Title:____________________________
