GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT made by AVIS BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC, AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC and certain of its Subsidiaries in favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent Dated as of April 19, 2006
EXHIBIT
10.3
made
by
AVIS
BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC,
AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
and
certain of its Subsidiaries
in
favor
of
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent
Dated
as
of April 19, 2006
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
SECTION
1.
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DEFINED
TERMS
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1
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1.1 Definitions
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1
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1.2 Other
Definitional Provisions
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4
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Section
2.
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BORROWER
GUARANTEE
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4
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2.1 Borrower
Guarantee
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5
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2.2 No
Subrogation
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5
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2.3 Amendments,
etc. with respect to the Subsidiary Borrower Obligations
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5
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2.4 Guarantee
Absolute and Unconditional
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6
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2.5 Reinstatement
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6
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2.6 Payments
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7
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Section
3.
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HOLDINGS
AND SUBSIDIARY Guarantee
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7
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3.1 Holdings
and Subsidiary Guarantee
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7
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3.2 Right
of Contribution
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7
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3.3 No
Subrogation
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8
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3.4 Amendments,
etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations
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8
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3.5 Guarantees
Absolute and Unconditional
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8
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3.6 Reinstatement
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9
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3.7 Payments
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9
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Section
4.
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GRANT
OF SECURITY INTEREST
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9
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Section
5.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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5.1 Title;
No Other Liens
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10
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5.2 Perfected
Liens
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10
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5.3 Jurisdiction
of Organization; Chief Executive Office
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11
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5.4 Pledged
Stock
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11
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5.5 Intellectual
Property
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11
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Section
6.
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COVENANTS
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12
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6.1 Delivery
of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper
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12
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6.2 Payment
of Obligations
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12
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6.3 Maintenance
of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation
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13
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6.4 Changes
in Name, etc
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13
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6.5 Notices
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13
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6.6 Pledged
Stock
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13
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6.7 Intellectual
Property
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14
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6.8 Foreign
Perfection Matters
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15
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Section
7.
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REMEDIAL
PROVISIONS
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16
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7.1 Pledged
Stock
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7.2 Proceeds
to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent
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16
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7.3 Application
of Proceeds
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16
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7.4 Code
and Other Remedies
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17
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7.5 Registration
Rights
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17
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7.6 Deficiency
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18
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7.7 Grant
of Intellectual Property License
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18
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Section
8.
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THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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19
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8.1 Administrative
Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc
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19
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8.2 Duty
of Administrative Agent
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8.3 Execution
of Financing Statements
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8.4 Authority
of Administrative Agent
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21
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Section
9.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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21
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9.1 Amendments
in Writing
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21
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9.2 Notices
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21
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9.3 No
Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies
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21
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9.4 Enforcement
Expenses; Indemnification
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22
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9.5 Successors
and Assigns
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22
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9.6 Set-Off
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22
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9.7 Counterparts
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22
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9.8 Severability
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23
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9.9 Section
Headings
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23
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9.10 Integration
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23
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9.11 GOVERNING
LAW
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23
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9.12 Submission
To Jurisdiction; Waivers
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23
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9.13 Acknowledgements
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23
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9.14 Additional
Grantors
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24
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9.15 Releases
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24
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9.16 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
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24
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SCHEDULES
Schedule
1
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Notice
Addresses
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Schedule
2
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Pledged
Stock
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Schedule
3
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Domestic
Perfection Matters
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Schedule
4
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Foreign
Perfection Matters
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Schedule
5
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Jurisdictions
of Organization and Chief Executive Offices
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Schedule
6
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Intellectual
Property
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GUARANTEE
AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of April 19, 2006, made by each of the
signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party
hereto as provided herein, the “Grantors”),
in
favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity,
the “Administrative
Agent”)
for
the banks and other financial institutions or entities (the “Lenders”)
from
time to time parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2006
(as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”),
among
AVIS BUDGET HOLDINGS, LLC (“Holdings”),
AVIS
BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC (the “Borrower”),
the
Subsidiary Borrowers (as defined in the Credit Agreement) from time to time
parties to the Credit Agreement, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as Syndication
Agent, BANK
OF
AMERICA, N.A., CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH and
CITICORP
USA, INC., as
Documentation Agents, WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Co-Documentation Agent, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed to make
extensions of credit to the Borrower and the Subsidiary Borrowers upon the
terms
and subject to the conditions set forth therein;
WHEREAS,
the Borrower and each Subsidiary Borrower is a member of an affiliated group
of
companies that includes each other Grantor;
WHEREAS,
the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement will
be used
in part to enable the Borrower and each Subsidiary 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, each Subsidiary Borrower and the other Grantors will derive
substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the extensions
of
credit under the Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their
respective extensions of credit to the Borrower and any Subsidiary Borrower
under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered
this Agreement to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the
Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower and
each
Subsidiary Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees with the
Administrative 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 Article 9 of the New York UCC: Certificated
Security, Chattel Paper, General Intangibles, Instruments and Supporting
Obligations.
(b) The
following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Agreement”:
this
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented
or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“Borrower
Obligations”:
the
collective reference to the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans
and
Reimbursement Obligations and all other obligations and liabilities of the
Borrower (including, without limitation, interest accruing at the then
applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after the maturity of the
Loans
and Reimbursement Obligations and interest accruing at the then applicable
rate
provided in the Credit Agreement after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy,
or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding,
relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or
post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) to the Administrative
Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of any Specified Swap Agreement, any
Affiliate of any Lender), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent,
due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise
under, out of, or in connection with, the Credit Agreement, this Agreement
(including, without limitation, the Borrower Guarantor Obligations), the
other
Loan Documents, any Letter of Credit, any Specified Swap Agreement or any
other
document made, delivered or given in connection with any of the foregoing,
in
each case whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations,
swap coupon or termination payments, fees or indemnities or reasonable
out-of-pocket costs or expenses (including, without limitation, all reasonable
out-of-pocket fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent
or
to the Lenders that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the
terms of any of the foregoing agreements).
“Borrower
Guarantor Obligations”:
without duplicating any Borrower Obligations, all obligations and liabilities
of
the Borrower described in Section 2 of this Agreement.
“Borrower
Termination Event”:
as
defined in Section 3.1(d).
“Collateralized”:
secured by cash collateral arrangements and/or backstop letters of credit
entered into on terms and in amounts reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the relevant Issuing Lender.
“Collateral”:
as
defined in Section 4.
“Collateral
Account”:
any
collateral account established by the Administrative Agent as provided in
Section 7.2.
“Copyright
Licenses”:
any
written or oral agreement naming any Grantor as licensor or licensee (including,
without limitation, those listed in Schedule 6), granting any right under
any
Copyright, including, without limitation, the grant of rights to manufacture,
distribute, exploit and sell Copyrighted materials.
“Copyrights”:
(i)
all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country
or
any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and
whether published or unpublished, all registrations, applications and recordings
thereof in the United States Copyright Office and any other copyright registry
office (including, without limitation, those listed in Schedule 6), 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.
“Foreign
Subsidiary Voting Stock”:
the
voting Capital Stock of any first tier Foreign Subsidiary.
“Grantor”:
as
defined in the preamble hereto.
“Guarantor
Obligations”:
with
respect to any Guarantor, without duplicating any Subsidiary Borrower
Obligations, all obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor described
in
Section 3 of this Agreement.
“Guarantors”:
the
collective reference to each Grantor other than the Borrower. For the avoidance
of doubt, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the parties
hereto expressly agree that no Excluded Subsidiary, Foreign Subsidiary or
Securitization Entity shall be a Guarantor.
“Intellectual
Property”:
the
collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges with respect
to
intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational
or
foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, the Copyrights,
the
Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks, the
Trademark Licenses, trade secrets, know-how, and other confidential information,
and all rights to xxx at law or in equity for any infringement or other
impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages
therefrom.
“Issuers”:
the
collective reference to each issuer of any Pledged Stock.
“New
York UCC”:
the
Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New
York.
“Obligations”:
(i) in
the case of the Borrower, the Borrower Obligations and the Borrower Guarantor
Obligations, (ii) in the case of each Guarantor which is also a Subsidiary
Borrower, its Subsidiary Borrower Obligations, and (iii) in the case of each
Guarantor (whether or not a Subsidiary Borrower), its Guarantor
Obligations.
“Patents”:
(i)
all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof, including, without
limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule
6,
(ii)
all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country
and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, including,
without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule
6,
and
(iii) all rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the foregoing.
“Patent
License”:
all
agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any
Grantor of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered in
whole
or in part by a Patent, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing
listed on Schedule
6.
“Pledged
Stock”:
the
shares of Capital Stock listed on Schedule
2,
together with any other shares, stock certificates, options, interests or
rights
of any nature whatsoever in respect of the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary
of
the Borrower (other than any Excluded Subsidiary or any Securitization Entity)
that may be issued or granted to, or held by, any Grantor while this Agreement
is in effect; provided
that in
no event shall Pledged Stock or Collateral include more than 66% of the total
outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign
Subsidiary.
“Proceeds”:
all
“proceeds” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the New York UCC
and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other
income from the Pledged Stock, collections thereon or distributions or payments
with respect thereto.
“Secured
Parties”:
the
collective reference to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and any affiliate
of any Lender to which Borrower Obligations or Guarantor Obligations, as
applicable, are owed.
“Securities
Act”:
the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Subsidiary
Borrower Obligations”:
with
respect to each Subsidiary Borrower, without duplicating any Guarantor
Obligations, the collective reference to the unpaid principal of and interest
on
the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of such Subsidiary Borrower
(including, without limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable
rate
provided in the Credit Agreement after the maturity of the Loans 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 such Subsidiary Borrower,
whether
or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such
proceeding) to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of
any
Specified Swap Agreement, any Affiliate of any Lender), whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or
hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with,
the
Credit Agreement, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Letter of
Credit, any Specified Swap Agreement or any other document made, delivered
or
given in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case whether on account
of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, swap coupon or termination
payments, fees or indemnities or reasonable out-of-pocket costs or expenses
(including, without limitation, all reasonable out-of-pocket fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders that
are
required to be paid by such Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to the terms of
any of
the foregoing agreements).
“Subsidiary
Borrower Termination Event”:
as
defined in Section 2.1(d).
“Trademarks”:
(i)
all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names,
domain names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos
and
other indicators of the source of goods or services, and all goodwill associated
therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations
and
recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether
in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency
of
the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common-law rights therein, including,
without limitation, any of the foregoing listed on Schedule
6,
and
(ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.
“Trademark
License”:
any
agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any
Grantor
of any right to use any Trademark, including, without limitation, any of
the
foregoing referred to in Schedule
6.
1.2 Other
Definitional Provisions.
(a)
The
words “hereof,” “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and words of similar import
when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and
not to
any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section and Schedule references
are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(b) The
meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both
the
singular and plural forms of such terms.
(c) Where
the
context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when
used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or the
relevant part thereof.
SECTION
2. BORROWER
GUARANTEE
2.1 Borrower
Guarantee.
(a)
The
Borrower hereby, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties and
their
respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and
complete payment and performance by each Subsidiary Borrower when due (whether
at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of its Subsidiary Borrower
Obligations.
(b) Anything
herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the
maximum liability of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents
shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by the Borrower
under applicable federal and state laws relating to the insolvency of debtors
(after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section
2.2).
(c) The
guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect
until all the Subsidiary Borrower Obligations shall have been satisfied by
payment in full, each Letter of Credit shall have terminated, expired or
been
Collateralized and the Commitments shall have been terminated (all of the
foregoing conditions together, the “Subsidary
Borrower Termination Event”),
notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement
each Subsidiary Borrower may be free from any Subsidiary Borrower Obligations.
(d) No
payment made by any Subsidiary Borrower, any of the other Guarantors, any
other
guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender from any Subsidiary Borrower, any of the other 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 Subsidiary Borrower Obligations shall be
deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of the
Borrower hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than
any
payment made by the Borrower in respect of the Subsidiary Borrower Obligations
or any payment received or collected from the Borrower in respect of the
Subsidiary Borrower Obligations), remain liable for the Subsidiary Borrower
Obligations up to the maximum liability of the Borrower hereunder until the
occurrence of the Subsidiary Borrower Termination Event.
2.2 No
Subrogation.
Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by the Borrower hereunder, or
any
set-off or application of funds of the Borrower by the Administrative Agent
or
any Lender, the Borrower shall not be entitled to be subrogated to any of
the
rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Subsidiary
Borrowers or against any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset
held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Subsidiary
Borrower Obligations, nor shall the Borrower seek or be entitled to seek
any
contribution or reimbursement from the Subsidiary Borrowers in respect of
payments made by the Borrower hereunder, until the Subsidiary Borrower
Termination Event. If any amount shall be paid to the Borrower on account
of
such subrogation rights at any time before the Subsidiary Borrower Termination
Event, such amount shall be held by the Borrower in trust for the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other funds of the Borrower, and shall,
forthwith upon receipt by the Borrower, be turned over to the Administrative
Agent in the exact form received by the Borrower (duly indorsed by the Borrower
to the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the Subsidiary
Borrower Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the
Administrative Agent may determine.
2.3 Amendments,
etc. with respect to the Subsidiary Borrower Obligations.
The
Borrower shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any
reservation of rights against the Borrower and without notice to or further
assent by the Borrower, any demand for payment of any of the Subsidiary Borrower
Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be rescinded
by
the Administrative Agent or such Lender and any of the Subsidiary Borrower
Obligations continued, and the Subsidiary Borrower Obligations, or the liability
of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or
any
collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect
thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended,
amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released
by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender, and the Credit Agreement and the
other
Loan Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in connection
therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole
or in
part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders or all Lenders,
as
the case may be) may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral
security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Subsidiary Borrower Obligations
may
be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither the Administrative
Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect
or
insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the Subsidiary Borrower
Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or any property
subject thereto.
2.4 Guarantee
Absolute and Unconditional.
The
Borrower waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or
accrual of any of the Subsidiary Borrower Obligations and notice of or proof
of
reliance by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the guarantee contained
in this Section 2 or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section
2;
the Subsidiary 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 the Subsidiary Borrowers, on the
one
hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, likewise
shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance
upon
the guarantee contained in this Section 2. The Borrower waives diligence,
presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment
to
or upon the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary Borrower with respect to
the
Subsidiary Borrower Obligations. The Borrower understands and agrees that
the
guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall be construed as a continuing,
absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment (to the extent permitted
by
applicable law) without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Subsidiary Borrower
Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right
of
offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim
(other than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be
available to or be asserted by any Subsidiary Borrower or any other Person
against the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or (c) any other circumstance
whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Borrower) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute,
an
equitable or legal discharge of the Subsidiary Borrowers for the Subsidiary
Borrower Obligations, or of the Borrower under the guarantee contained in
this
Section 2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand
hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against
the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may, but shall be under
no
obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and
remedies as it may have against the Subsidiary Borrowers or any other Person
or
against any collateral security or guarantee for the Subsidiary Borrower
Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure
by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender to make any such demand, to pursue such
other
rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Borrower, any Subsidiary
Borrower, 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 Subsidiary Borrower or any other Person or any such collateral
security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve the Borrower of
any
obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights
and
remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower. For the purposes
hereof, “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal
proceedings.
2.5 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 Subsidiary Borrower Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise
be
restored or returned by the Administrative Agent
or
any
Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or
reorganization of the Borrower, any Subsidiary Borrower or any other 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, any Subsidiary
Borrower or any other Guarantor or any substantial part of its property,
or
otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.
2.6 Payments.
The
Borrower hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the
Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars at the Funding
Office.
SECTION
3. HOLDINGS
AND SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
3.1 Holdings
and Subsidiary Guarantee.
(a)
Each of
the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably,
guarantees to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns,
the
prompt and complete payment and performance by the Borrower when due (whether
at
the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Borrower Obligations.
(b) Anything
herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the
maximum liability of each 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
3.2).
(c) Each
Guarantor agrees that the Borrower Obligations and the Borrower Guarantor
Obligations, either solely or collectively, 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 3 or affecting the rights
and
remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder.
(d) The
guarantee contained in this Section 3 shall remain in full force and effect
until all the Borrower Obligations shall have been satisfied by payment in
full,
each Letter of Credit shall have terminated, expired or been Collateralized,
and
the Commitments shall have been terminated (all of the foregoing conditions
together, the “Borrower
Termination Event”),
notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement
the Borrower may be free from any Borrower Obligations.
(e) No
payment made by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor
or any
other Person or received or collected by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender
from the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other
Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation
or
application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment
of
the Borrower Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise
affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding
any
such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of
the
Borrower Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor
in
respect of the Borrower Obligations), remain liable for the Borrower Obligations
up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the occurrence
of the Borrower Termination Event.
3.2 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 3.3. The provisions of this Section 3.2 shall in no
respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and each
Guarantor
shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for the full
amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
3.3 No
Subrogation.
Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any set-off
or
application of funds of any Guarantor by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender,
no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower or any other Guarantor
or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Borrower Obligations
or the Borrower Guarantor 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
the occurrence of the Borrower Termination Event. If any amount shall be
paid to
any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time before the
occurrence of the Borrower Termination Event, such amount shall be held by
such
Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated
from
other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such
Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received
by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Administrative
Agent,
if required), to be applied against the Borrower Obligations, whether matured
or
unmatured, in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine.
3.4 Amendments,
etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations.
Each
Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without
any
reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further
assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Borrower
Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be rescinded
by
the Administrative Agent or such Lender and any of the Borrower Obligations
continued, and the Borrower Obligations or any collateral security or guarantee
therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time,
in
whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated,
compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent
or any
Lender, and the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other
documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended,
modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative
Agent (or the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be) may deem
advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right
of
offset at any time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the
payment of the Borrower Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered
or released. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any
obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held
by it
as security for the Borrower Obligations or the Borrower Guarantor Obligations
or for the guarantee contained in this Section 3 or any property subject
thereto.
3.5 Guarantees
Absolute and Unconditional.
Each
Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or
accrual of any of the Borrower Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance
by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the guarantee contained in this
Section 3 or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section 3; the
Borrower Obligations 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 3; and all dealings between
the
Borrower and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively
presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee
contained in this Section 3. 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
and
the Borrower Guarantor Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and agrees
that
the guarantee contained in this Section 3 shall be construed as a continuing,
absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment (to the extent permitted
by
applicable law) without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Borrower Obligations
or
the Borrower Guarantor Obligations or any other collateral security therefor
or
guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time
to
time held by the Administrative Agent or
any
Lender, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of
payment or performance) which may at any time be available to or be asserted
by
the Borrower or any other Person against the Administrative Agent or any
Lender,
or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge
of the Borrower or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed
to
constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Borrower
Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section
3, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder
or
otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor,
the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may, but shall be under no obligation
to,
make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as
it may
have against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or against
any collateral security or guarantee for the Borrower Obligations or the
Borrower Guarantor Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto,
and
any failure by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make any such demand,
to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the
Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any
such
collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset,
or any
release of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such
collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any
Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair
or
affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as
a
matter of law, of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against any Guarantor.
For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance
of any legal proceedings.
3.6 Reinstatement.
The
guarantee contained in this Section 3 shall continue to be effective, or
be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof,
of
any of the Borrower Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored
or
returned by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the insolvency,
bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or
any
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.
3.7 Payments.
Each
Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the
Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars at the Funding
Office.
SECTION
4. GRANT
OF
SECURITY INTEREST
Each
Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Administrative Agent, and hereby
grants to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties, a security interest in, all of the following property now owned
or at
any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now
has or
at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest
(collectively, the “Collateral”),
as
collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when
due
(whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor’s
Obligations:
(a) all
Intellectual Property;
(b) all
Pledged Stock;
(c) all
books
and records pertaining to the Collateral; and
(d) to
the
extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products
of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees
given
by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing;
provided,
however,
that
notwithstanding any of the other provisions set forth in this Section 4,
this
Agreement shall not constitute a grant of and the Collateral shall not include
a
security interest in (a) any property to the extent that such grant of a
security interest is prohibited by any Requirements of Law of a Governmental
Authority, requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority
pursuant to such Requirement of Law or is prohibited by, or constitutes a
breach
or default under or results in the termination of or requires any consent
not
obtained under, any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document
evidencing or giving rise to such property or, in the case of any Pledged
Stock,
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, and (b) any trademark applications filed
in
the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the basis of such Grantor's
“intent-to-use” such trademark, unless and until acceptable evidence of use of
the Trademark has been filed with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office
pursuant
to Section 1(c) or Section 1(d) of the Xxxxxx Act (15 U.S.C. 1051, et seq.),
to
the extent that granting a Lien in such Trademark application prior
to such filing would adversely affect the enforceability or
validity of such Trademark application; provided,
that
upon the filing of acceptable evidence of use of the Trademark with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office such application shall be automatically
subject to the security interest granted herein and deemed to be included
in the
Collateral.
SECTION
5. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
To
induce
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement
and
to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the
Borrower and each Subsidiary Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby represents
and warrants to the Administrative
Agent
and each Lender that:
5.1 Title;
No Other Liens.
Except
for the security interest granted to the Administrative Agent for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement and the other Liens
permitted to exist on the Collateral by the Credit Agreement, such Grantor
owns
each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims
of
others. No effective 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 such as have been filed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for
the
ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement or as
are
permitted by the Credit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood
and agreed that any Grantor may, as part of its business, grant licenses
to
third parties to use Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to a Grantor.
For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such licensing
activity shall not constitute a “Lien” on such Intellectual Property. Each of
the Administrative Agent and each Lender understands that any such licenses
may
be exclusive to the applicable licensees, and such exclusivity provisions
may
limit the ability of the Administrative Agent to utilize, sell, lease or
transfer the related Intellectual Property or otherwise realize value from
such
Intellectual Property pursuant hereto.
5.2 Perfected
Liens.
The
security interests granted pursuant to this Agreement (a) upon completion
of the
filings and other actions specified on Schedule 3 (which, in the case of
all filings and other documents referred to on said Schedule, have been
delivered to the Administrative Agent in completed and duly executed form)
will
constitute valid perfected security interests in all of the Collateral in
favor
of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties,
as
collateral security for such Grantor’s Obligations, enforceable in accordance
with the terms hereof against all creditors of such Grantor and any Persons
purporting to purchase any Collateral from such Grantor and (b) are prior
to all
other Liens on the Collateral in existence on the date hereof except for
(i)
unrecorded Liens
permitted
by the Credit Agreement which have priority over the Liens on the Collateral
by
operation of law and (ii) in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Stock,
Permitted Liens; provided,
however,
that
additional filings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and United
States Copyright Office may be necessary with respect to the perfection of
the
Administrative Agent’s Lien in United States registrations and applications for
Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights which are filed by, issued to, or acquired
by
any Grantor after the date hereof and, provided,
further,
that
additional filings and/or other actions may be required to perfect the
Administrative Agent’s Lien in Intellectual Property Collateral which is created
under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States.
5.3 Jurisdiction
of Organization; Chief Executive Office.
On the
date hereof, such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization and the location of
such Grantor’s chief executive office or sole place of business or principal
residence, as the case may be, are specified on Schedule 5. Such Grantor
has
furnished to the Administrative Agent a certified charter, certificate of
incorporation or other organizational document and long-form good standing
certificate as of a date which is recent to the date hereof.
5.4 Pledged
Stock.
(a)
The
shares of the Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor hereunder constitute
all the
issued and outstanding shares of all classes of the Capital Stock of each
Issuer
owned by such Grantor or, in the case of Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock,
if
less, 66% of the outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of each relevant
Issuer or, if less, such amount as has been previously agreed with the
Administrative Agent.
(b) All
the
shares of the Pledged Stock have been duly and validly issued and are fully
paid
and nonassessable.
(c) Such
Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable
title
to, the Pledged Stock pledged by it hereunder, free of any and all Liens
or
options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person, except the security
interest created by this Agreement and any statutory Liens permitted under
Section 7.3 of the Credit Agreement.
5.5 Intellectual
Property.
(a)
Schedule
6 lists all registrations and applications recorded in the United States
Patent
and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office included in
Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor in its own name on the date hereof
and all licenses under which such Grantor holds or has the right to an exclusive
license in Intellectual Property on the date hereof that such Grantor has
recorded in one of the foregoing offices, including the registration or
application number for such licensed Intellectual Property. With respect
to any
unpublished patent applications (whether disclosed on Schedule 6 or hereafter
disclosed by such Grantor), such Grantor will disclose on Schedule 6 and
in any
subsequent report or disclosure, the application number for such patent
application but not the title or subject matter. In the event that the
Administrative Agent or any agent thereof discovers the title or subject
matter
of any such patent application prior to its publication, through any filing
receipt or otherwise, the Administrative Agent will not knowingly disclose
or
use such information for any purpose.
(b) On
the
date hereof, all material Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor is,
to its
knowledge, valid, subsisting, unexpired and enforceable, has not been abandoned
and, to its knowledge, does not infringe upon the Intellectual Property rights
of any other Person in any material respect except for the alleged infringements
and enforcement activity as disclosed on Schedule 6.
(c) Except
as
set forth in Schedule 6, on the date hereof, no Grantor has granted an exclusive
license in the territory of the United Stated in or to (i) any of the following
Trademarks: AVIS, BUDGET,
and
WE
TRY HARDER or (ii) any Patents that cover the Wizard System. It is understood
that Schedule 6 shall be completed by the Grantor within 30 days after the
date
hereof.
(d) No
holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental Authority
against such Grantor which would limit, cancel or question the validity of,
or
such Grantor’s rights in, any Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor in any
respect that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(e) Except
for the alleged infringements and enforcement activity disclosed on Schedule
6,
to such Grantor’s knowledge, no action or proceeding is pending or threatened on
the date hereof seeking to limit, cancel or assert the invalidity of any
Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor or such Grantor’s ownership interest
therein, which, if adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect
on
the value of any material Intellectual Property owned by such
Grantor.
SECTION
6. COVENANTS
Each
Grantor covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
that,
from and after the date of this Agreement until the Obligations shall have
been
paid in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments
shall
have terminated:
6.1 Delivery
of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper.
If any
amount payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral shall be
or
become evidenced by any Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper,
such
Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper shall be promptly delivered
to the Administrative Agent, duly indorsed (including by delivery of related
stock powers) in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.
6.2 Payment
of Obligations.
Such
Grantor (other than Holdings and the Borrower) will pay, discharge or otherwise
satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case
may
be, all obligations and liabilities in respect of taxes, assessments and
governmental charges or levies imposed upon the Collateral or in respect
of
income or profits therefrom, as well as all claims of any kind against or
with
respect to the Collateral, except where the amount or validity thereof is
currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves
in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books
of
such Grantor or except to the extent that such failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
6.3 Maintenance
of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation.
(a)
Such
Grantor shall not take any action or fail to take any action which would
result
in the security interest created by this Agreement as a perfected security
interest having a priority which is less than that described in Section 5.2
and
shall make commercially reasonable efforts to defend such security interest
against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever, subject to the
rights
of such Grantor under the Loan Documents to dispose of the
Collateral.
(b) At
any
time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Administrative
Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor will promptly
and
duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further instruments and
documents and take such further actions as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits
of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including,
without limitation, (i) filing any financing or continuation statements under
the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any
jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby and (ii)
in
the case of Pledged Stock and any other relevant Collateral, taking any actions
necessary to enable the Administrative Agent
to
obtain
“control” (within the meaning of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) with
respect thereto.
6.4 Changes
in Name, etc.
Such
Grantor will not, except upon 15 days’ prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent, (i) change its jurisdiction of organization from that
referred to in Section 5.3 or (ii) change its name. Such Grantor shall deliver
to the Administrative Agent all additional executed financing statements
and
other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to maintain
the
validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for
herein.
6.5 Notices.
Such
Grantor will advise the Administrative Agent and the Lenders promptly, in
reasonable detail, of:
(a) any
Lien
(other than security interests created hereby or Liens permitted under the
Credit Agreement) on any of the Collateral which would adversely affect the
ability of the Administrative Agent to exercise any of its remedies hereunder;
and
(b) of
the
occurrence of any other event which could reasonably be expected to have
a
material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the
security interests created hereby.
6.6 Pledged
Stock.
(a)
If such
Grantor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any certificate
(including, without limitation, any certificate representing a dividend or
a
distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction
of
capital or any certificate issued in connection with any reorganization),
option
or rights in respect of the Capital Stock of any Issuer, whether in addition
to,
in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange for, any shares of
the
Pledged Stock, or otherwise in respect thereof, such Grantor shall accept
the
same as the agent of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, hold the same
in
trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and deliver the same
forthwith to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received, duly indorsed
by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if required, together with an
undated stock power covering such certificate duly executed in blank by such
Grantor and with, if the Administrative Agent so requests, signature guaranteed,
to be held by the Administrative Agent, subject to the terms hereof, as
additional collateral security for such Grantor’s Obligations. If an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any sums paid upon or in respect
of the Pledged Stock upon the liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer shall
be
paid over to the Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional
collateral security for the applicable Grantor’s Obligations, and in case any
distribution of capital shall be made on or in respect of the Pledged Stock
or
any property shall be distributed upon or with respect to the Pledged Stock
pursuant to the recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of any
Issuer or pursuant to the reorganization thereof, the property so distributed
shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor
of the
Administrative Agent, be delivered to the Administrative Agent to be held
by it
hereunder as additional collateral security for such Obligations. If any
sums of
money or property so paid or distributed in respect of the Pledged Stock
shall
be received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall, until such money or property
is
paid or delivered to the Administrative Agent, hold such money or property
in
trust for the Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, as
additional collateral security for the Obligations.
(b) Without
the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to
be
unreasonably withheld), such Grantor will not (i) sell, assign, transfer,
exchange, or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, the
Pledged Stock or Proceeds thereof (except pursuant to a transaction expressly
permitted by the Credit Agreement), (ii) create, incur or permit to exist
any
Lien or option in favor of, or any claim of any Person with respect to, any
of
the Pledged Stock or Proceeds thereof, or any interest therein, except for
the
security interests created by this Agreement or statutory Liens permitted
by the
Credit Agreement or, in the case of such Proceeds, Permitted Liens or (iii)
enter
into
any
agreement or undertaking restricting the right or ability of such Grantor
or the
Administrative Agent to sell, assign or transfer any of the Pledged Stock
or
Proceeds thereof.
(c) The
Administrative Agent will execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and
delivered) to each Grantor all such proxies and other instruments as such
Grantor may request for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to exercise
the
voting and other rights that it is entitled to exercise and to receive the
dividends or interest payments that it is authorized to receive and retain
under
the Credit Agreement.
(d) 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 Stock issued
by it
and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it,
(ii)
it will notify the Administrative Agent promptly in writing of the occurrence
of
any of the events described in Section 6.6(a) with respect to the Pledged
Stock
issued by it and (iii) the terms of Sections 7.1(c) and 7.5 shall apply to
it,
mutatis mutandis,
with
respect to all actions that may be required of it pursuant to Section 7.1(c)
or
7.5 with respect to the Pledged Stock issued by it.
6.7 Intellectual
Property.
(a)
Such
Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will (i) to the extent consistent
with reasonable commercial judgment, continue to use each material Trademark
owned by such Grantor on each and every trademark class of goods applicable
to
its current line as reflected in its current catalogs, brochures and price
lists
in order to maintain such Trademark in full force free from any claim of
abandonment for non-use, (ii) to the extent consistent with reasonable
commercial judgment, maintain the quality of products and services offered
under
such Trademark at a level substantially consistent with the quality of products
and services offered under such Trademark as of the date hereof, (iii) use
such
Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration and all other notices
and
legends required by applicable Requirements of Law, and (iv) not (and not
authorize any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly
omit
to do any act whereby such Trademark may become unenforceable or impaired
in any
way except to the extent consistent with reasonable commercial judgment.
Every
Trademark adopted or acquired by a Grantor that is confusingly similar to
or a
colorable imitation of any Trademark owned by such Grantor will automatically
be
included in the Collateral for all purposes of this Agreement, and, if a
Grantor
applies to register or registers any such Trademark, the applicable Grantor
shall notify the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.6(f) in order
for
the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties,
to
obtain a perfected security interest in such Trademark pursuant to this
Agreement.
(b) Such
Grantor, to the extent consistent with reasonable commercial judgment, will
not
(and will not authorize its licensees to) do any act, or omit to do any act,
whereby any material Patent is likely to become forfeited, abandoned or
dedicated to the public.
(c) Such
Grantor, to the extent consistent with reasonable commercial judgment, will
not
(and will not authorize any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) (i) do any
act
or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any material portion of the Copyrights
will be materially impaired or (ii) do any act whereby any material portion
of
the Copyrights may fall into the public domain.
(d) Such
Grantor will not (and will not authorize its licensees to) do any act that
knowingly uses any Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor to infringe
upon
the Intellectual Property rights of any other Person in any material
respect.
(e) Such
Grantor will notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders promptly if
it
knows, or has reason to know, that any application or registration relating
to
any material Intellectual Property is likely to become forfeited, abandoned
or
dedicated to the public, or of any material adverse determination
or
development (including, without limitation, the institution of, or any such
determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent
and
Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any court or tribunal
in
any country) regarding such Grantor’s ownership of, or the validity of, any
material Intellectual Property or such Grantor’s right to register the same or
to own and maintain the same.
(f) Whenever
such Grantor, either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or
designee, shall file an application for the registration of any Intellectual
Property owned by, or shall file a recordation of any Intellectual Property
exclusively licensed to, such Grantor with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office
or
agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, such Grantor
shall report such filing to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section
6 of the Credit Agreement, provided that all such disclosure is subject to
the
last sentence of Section 5.5 of this Agreement, and except that such report
shall include all such application and recordation filings by such Grantor
through the date five (5) Business Days prior to the date on which such report
required by Section 6 of the Credit Agreement is sent to the Administrative
Agent. Upon request of the Administrative Agent, such Grantor shall execute
and
deliver, and have recorded, any and all reasonably necessary agreements,
instruments, documents, and papers, in a form to be mutually agreed upon
by the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as the Administrative Agent may request
to evidence the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ security interest
(provided that such Grantor will not have an affirmative obligation to seek
an
application or registration for Intellectual Property which Borrower reasonably
elects not to seek) in any (i) Copyright, Patent, Trademark; and (ii) any
material, exclusive license grant to such Grantor with respect to any Trademark,
Copyright or Patent (provided that (1) the Trademark, Copyright or Patent
registration or application with respect to which such exclusive license
is
granted is identified in the applicable exclusive license agreement or is
otherwise already known to such Grantor; and (2) such Grantor shall not be
obligated to obtain the consent of any third party licensor that may be
necessary to grant such security interest in such exclusive license), and
the
general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby
and,
with respect to Trademarks, the goodwill of the business connected with the
use
of or symbolized by such Trademarks.
(g) To
the
extent consistent with reasonable commercial judgment, such Grantor will
take
all necessary steps, including, without limitation, in any proceeding before
the
United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office
or
any similar office or agency in any other country or any political subdivision
thereof, to maintain and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant
registration) and to maintain each registration of the material Intellectual
Property, including, without limitation, filing of applications for renewal,
affidavits of use and affidavits of incontestability.
(h) In
the
event that any material Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor is
infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, or any licensee of
such
Intellectual Property breaches the terms and conditions of the applicable
license, such Grantor shall (i) take such actions as such Grantor shall
reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Intellectual
Property and (ii) if such Intellectual Property is of material economic value,
promptly notify the Administrative Agent after it learns thereof if such
infringement, misappropriation, dilution or breach is material, and, if
appropriate in such Grantor’s reasonable commercial judgment, xxx for
infringement, misappropriation, dilution or breach of contract, seek injunctive
relief and recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation,
dilution or breach of contract.
6.8 Foreign
Perfection Matters.
Such
Grantor will use its commercially reasonable efforts to, within 180 days
after
the Closing Date, or such later date upon the consent of the Administrative
Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent (i) the duly executed stock pledge
agreements described in Schedule 4 granting to the Administrative Agent,
for the
benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first priority security
interest
in the Capital Stock of 66% of the Capital Stock of the first-tier Foreign
Subsidiaries owned by such Grantor or, if less, such amount as may be reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (ii) to the extent not delivered
on the
Closing Date, the certificates representing such Capital Stock, together
with
undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized
officer of the Borrower or relevant Grantor and (iii) legal opinions relating
to
the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION
7. REMEDIAL
PROVISIONS
7.1 Pledged
Stock.
(a)
Unless
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Administrative
Agent shall have given notice to the relevant Grantor of the Administrative
Agent’s intent to exercise its corresponding rights pursuant to Section 7.1(b),
each Grantor shall be permitted to receive all cash dividends paid in respect
of
the Pledged Stock of the relevant Issuer to the extent permitted by the Credit
Agreement, to pay and declare dividends to the extent permitted by the Credit
Agreement and to exercise all voting and corporate or other organizational
rights with respect to the Pledged Stock; provided, however, that no vote
shall
be cast or corporate or other organizational right exercised or other action
taken which, in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable judgment, would impair the
Collateral or which would be inconsistent with or result in any violation
of any
provision of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
(b) If
an
Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Administrative Agent
shall give notice of its intent to exercise such rights to the relevant Grantor
or Grantors, (i) the Administrative Agent shall have the right to receive
any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in respect of
the
Pledged Stock and make application thereof to the Obligations in such order
as
the Administrative Agent may determine, and (ii) any or all of the Pledged
Stock
shall be registered in the name of the Administrative Agent or its nominee,
and
the Administrative Agent or its nominee may thereafter exercise (x) all voting,
corporate and other rights pertaining to such Pledged Stock 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 Stock as if it were the
absolute owner thereof (including, without limitation, the right to exchange
at
its discretion any and all of the Pledged Stock upon the merger, consolidation,
reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental change in the corporate
or
other organizational structure of any Issuer, or upon the exercise by any
Grantor or the Administrative Agent of any right, privilege or option pertaining
to such Pledged Stock, and in connection therewith, the right to deposit
and
deliver any and all of the Pledged Stock with any committee, depositary,
transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and
conditions as the Administrative Agent may determine), all without liability
except to account for property actually received by it, but the Administrative
Agent shall have no duty to any Grantor to exercise any such right, privilege
or
option and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in
so
doing.
(c) Each
Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer of any Pledged Stock
pledged
by such Grantor hereunder to (i) comply with any instruction received by
it from
the Administrative Agent in writing that (x) states that an Event of Default
has
occurred and is continuing and (y) is otherwise in accordance with the terms
of
this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from such Grantor,
and
each Grantor agrees that each Issuer shall be fully protected in so complying,
and (ii) unless otherwise expressly permitted hereby, pay any dividends or
other
payments with respect to the Pledged Stock directly to the Administrative
Agent.
7.2 Proceeds
to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent.
If an
Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, all Proceeds received by
any
Grantor consisting of cash, checks and other near-cash items shall be held
by
such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated
from
other funds of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor,
be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by
such
Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if
required). All Proceeds received by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall
be
held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral Account maintained under
its
sole dominion and control. All Proceeds while held by the Administrative
Agent
in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders) shall continue to be held as collateral security for
all
the Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as
provided in Section 7.3.
7.3 Application
of Proceeds.
At such
intervals as may be agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent,
or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any
time at
the Administrative Agent’s election, the Administrative Agent may apply all or
any part of Proceeds constituting Collateral, whether or not held in any
Collateral Account, and any proceeds of the guarantees set forth in Section
2 or
3, as applicable, in payment of the Obligations in the following order (and,
to
the extent applicable, in a manner consistent with the Credit
Agreement):
First,
to pay
incurred and unpaid fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent under the
Loan
Documents;
Second,
to the
Administrative Agent, for application by it towards payment of amounts then
due
and owing and remaining unpaid in respect of the Obligations, pro rata
among
the Secured Parties according to the amounts of the Obligations then due
and
owing and remaining unpaid to the Secured Parties;
Third,
to the
Administrative Agent, for application by it towards prepayment of the
Obligations, pro rata
among
the Secured Parties according to the amounts of the Obligations then held
by the
Secured Parties; and
Fourth,
any
balance remaining after the Obligations shall have been paid in full, no
Letters
of Credit shall be outstanding (other than those Letters of Credit that have
been Collateralized) and the Commitments shall have terminated shall be paid
over to the Borrower or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive
the
same.
7.4 Code
and Other Remedies.
If an
Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Administrative Agent,
on
behalf of the Lenders, may exercise, in addition to all other rights and
remedies granted to them in this Agreement and in any other instrument or
agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Obligations, all rights
and
remedies of a secured party under the New York UCC or any other applicable
law.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent,
without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest,
advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law) to
or
upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses,
advertisements and notices are hereby waived to the fullest extent permitted
by
applicable law), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive,
appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or
may
forthwith sell, lease, license, assign, give option or options to purchase,
or
otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract
to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private
sale or
sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of the Administrative Agent or
any Lender or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable
and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future
delivery without assumption of any credit risk. The Administrative Agent
or any
Lender shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the
extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase
the
whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity
of
redemption in any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released.
Each Grantor further agrees, at the Administrative Agent’s request, to assemble
the Collateral and make it available to the Administrative
Agent
at
places which the Administrative Agent shall reasonably select, whether at
such
Grantor’s premises or elsewhere. The Administrative Agent shall apply the net
proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this Section 7.4, after deducting
all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith
or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any
way
relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Administrative 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
such
order as the Administrative Agent may elect, and only after such application
and
after the payment by the Administrative Agent of any other amount required
by
any provision of law, including, without limitation, Section 9-615(a)(3)
of the
New York UCC, need the Administrative Agent account for the surplus, if any,
to
any Grantor. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives
all
claims, damages and demands it may acquire against the Administrative Agent
or
any Lender arising out of the exercise by them of any rights hereunder.
7.5 Registration
Rights.
(a)
If the
Administrative Agent shall determine to exercise its right to sell any or
all of
the Pledged Stock pursuant to Section 7.4, and if in the opinion of the
Administrative Agent it is necessary or advisable to have the Pledged Stock,
or
that portion thereof to be sold or registered under the provisions of the
Securities Act, the relevant Grantor will cause the Issuer thereof to (i)
execute and deliver, and cause the directors and officers of such Issuer
to
execute and deliver, all such instruments and documents, and do or cause
to be
done all such other acts as may be, in the reasonable opinion of the
Administrative Agent, necessary or advisable to register the Pledged Stock,
or
that portion thereof to be sold, under the provisions of the Securities Act,
(ii) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the registration
statement relating thereto to become effective and (iii) make all amendments
thereto and/or to the related prospectus which, in the opinion of the
Administrative Agent, are necessary or advisable, all in conformity with
the
requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission applicable thereto. Each Grantor agrees
to
cause such Issuer to comply with the provisions of the securities or “Blue Sky”
laws of any and all jurisdictions which the Administrative Agent shall designate
and to make available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, an
earnings statement (which need not be audited) which will satisfy the provisions
of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.
(b) Each
Grantor recognizes that the Administrative 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 Administrative 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.
(c) Each
Grantor agrees to use its best efforts to do or cause to be done all such
other
acts as may be necessary to make such sale or sales of all or any portion
of the
Pledged Stock pursuant to this Section 7.5 valid and binding and in compliance
with any and all other applicable Requirements of Law.
7.6 Deficiency.
Each
Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale
or
other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay its Obligations
and
the fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by the Administrative
Agent
or any Lender to collect such deficiency.
7.7 Grant
of Intellectual Property License.
If an
Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, and for so long as such Event
of
Default in continuing, each Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent
an
irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully paid-up, worldwide license or (for third
party
rights) sublicense, to use, license or sublicense any of the Intellectual
Property now or hereafter owned, licensed in (to the fullest extent permitted
by
such license), held for use or acquired by such Grantor (and subject to the
applicable terms and conditions governing such Grantor’s rights in and to such
Intellectual Property at the time of the Event of Default), for the purpose
of
enabling the Administrative Agent to exercise rights and remedies under Section
7 hereof at such time as it shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights
and remedies, and for no other purpose; subject to (i) the maintenance of
quality control standards with respect to all goods and services sold under
any
licensed Trademarks substantially consistent with those in effect immediately
prior to the Event of Default in order to maintain the validity and
enforceability of such Trademarks and (ii) exclusive licenses granted by
such
Grantor prior to the Event of Default to the extent such licenses conflict
at
the time of the Event of Default with the granting of other licenses in and
to
the same Intellectual Property. Such license or sublicense to the Administrative
Agent shall include access to all media in which any of the applicable
intellectual property may be recorded, processed or stored and all computer
programs related thereto.
SECTION
8. THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
8.1 Administrative
Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc.
(a)
Each
Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent
and
any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true
and
lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the
place
and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name,
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
Administrative 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:
(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 with respect to any 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 Administrative Agent for the purpose
of
collecting any and all such moneys due under any Collateral whenever
payable;
(ii) in
the
case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver, and have recorded,
any
and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Administrative
Agent may request to evidence the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’
security interest in such Intellectual Property and the goodwill connected
with
the use of and symbolized by any Trademarks and general intangibles of such
Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;
(iii) pay
or
discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the
Collateral, effect any repairs or any insurance called for by the terms of
this
Agreement and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs
thereof;
(iv) execute,
in connection with any sale provided for in Section 7.4 or 7.5, 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
Administrative Agent or as the Administrative Agent shall direct; (2)
ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and
receipt
for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at
any
time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (3)
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; (4) defend
any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect
to any
Collateral; (5)
settle,
compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection
therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Administrative Agent may
deem
appropriate; (6)
license
or assign any Copyright, Patent or Trademark owned by or licensed to (to
the
fullest extent permitted by such license and subject to the terms and conditions
of such license) such Grantor (along with the goodwill of the business connected
with the use of and symbolized by any Trademarks), throughout the world for
such
term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as the Administrative
Agent shall in its reasonable discretion determine; and (7)
generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to
or
otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though
the
Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and
do,
at the Administrative Agent’s option and such Grantor’s expense, at any time, or
from time to time, all acts and things which the Administrative Agent deems
necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the
Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ security interests therein and to effect
the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor
might
do.
Anything
in this Section 8.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Administrative
Agent
agrees that it will not exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided
for in this Section 8.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be
continuing.
(b) If
any
Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its material agreements contained
herein, the Administrative Agent, at its option, but without any obligation
so
to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance,
with
such agreement.
(c) The
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent incurred in
connection with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 8.1 shall
be
payable by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent on demand.
(d) Each
Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause
to be
done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained
in this
Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until this Agreement
is terminated and the security interests created hereby are
released.
8.2 Duty
of Administrative Agent.
The
Administrative Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and
physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section
9-207
of the New York UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner
as
the Administrative Agent deals with similar property for its own account.
Neither the Administrative Agent, any Lender nor any of their respective
officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand,
collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so
or
shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral
upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other
action
whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers
conferred on the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder are solely
to
protect the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ interests in the Collateral
and shall not impose any duty upon the Administrative Agent or any Lender
to
exercise any such powers. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall
be
accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the
exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors,
employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure
to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
8.3 Execution
of Financing Statements.
Pursuant to any applicable law, each Grantor authorizes the Administrative
Agent
to file or record financing statements, continuation statements, and amendments
to financing statements in any jurisdictions and with any filing offices
as the
Administrative Agent may determine are necessary or advisable to perfect
the
security interest granted to the Administrative Agent in connection herewith
with respect to the Collateral without the signature of such Grantor, to
the
extent permitted by law, in such form as the Administrative Agent determines
appropriate to perfect the security interests of the Administrative Agent
under
this Agreement. Such financing statements may describe the Collateral in
the
same manner as described in this Agreement or may contain an indication or
description of Collateral that describes such property in any other manner
as
the Administrative Agent may determine, in its sole discretion, is necessary,
advisable or prudent to ensure the perfection of the security interest in
the
Collateral granted to the Administrative Agent in connection with this
Agreement, including, without limitation, describing such property as “all
assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired” or “all personal property,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired.” Each Grantor hereby ratifies and
authorizes the filing by the Administrative Agent of any financing statement
with respect to the Collateral made prior to the date hereof.
8.4 Authority
of Administrative Agent.
Each
Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Administrative
Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the
Administrative Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Administrative
Agent
of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided
for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between
the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, be governed by the Credit Agreement
and by
such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time
among
them, but, as between the Administrative Agent and the Grantors, the
Administrative Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent
for
the Lenders with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting,
and
no Grantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry
respecting such authority.
SECTION
9. MISCELLANEOUS
9.1 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.
9.2 Notices.
All
notices, requests and demands to or upon the Administrative Agent or any
Grantor
hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 10.2 of
the
Credit Agreement; provided that any such notice, request or demand to or
upon
any Guarantor shall be addressed to such Guarantor at its notice address
set
forth on Schedule 1.
9.3 No
Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies.
Neither
the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall by any act (except by a written
instrument pursuant to Section 8.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise
be
deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced
in any
Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in
exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right,
power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single
or
partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude
any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power
or
privilege. A waiver by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any right
or
remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any
right or remedy which the Administrative Agent or such Lender would otherwise
have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are
cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive
of any
other rights or remedies provided by law.
9.4 Enforcement
Expenses; Indemnification.
(a)
Each
Guarantor agrees to pay or reimburse each Lender and the Administrative Agent
for all its reasonable documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred
in
collecting against such Guarantor under the guarantees contained in Section
2 or
3, as applicable, or otherwise enforcing or preserving any rights under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party,
including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
(including the allocated fees and expenses of in-house counsel) to each Lender
and of counsel to the Administrative Agent.
(b) Each
Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from
any
delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other taxes which may
be
payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of the Collateral
or in
connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and,
to
the extent applicable, in a manner consistent with Section 2.19 of the Credit
Agreement.
(c) Each
Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
harmless from, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or
nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement,
performance and administration of this Agreement to the extent the Borrower
would be required to do so pursuant to Section 10.5 of the Credit
Agreement.
(d) The
agreements in this Section 9.4 shall survive repayment of the Obligations
and
all other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
9.5 Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor
and
shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and
their
successors and assigns; provided that no Grantor may assign, transfer or
delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the
prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent.
9.6 Set-Off.
Each
Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent and each Lender
at any time and from time to time while an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, without notice to such Grantor or any other Grantor, any
such
notice being expressly waived by each Grantor, to set-off and appropriate
and
apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional
or
final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in
any
currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent,
matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by the Administrative Agent
or
such Lender to or for the credit or the account of such Grantor, or any part
thereof in such amounts as the Administrative Agent or such Lender may elect,
against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of such Grantor
to the
Administrative Agent or such Lender hereunder and claims of every nature
and
description of the Administrative Agent or such Lender against such Grantor,
in
any currency, whether arising hereunder, under the Credit Agreement, any
other
Loan Document or otherwise, as the Administrative Agent or such Lender may
elect, whether or not the Administrative Agent or any Lender has made any
demand
for payment and although such obligations, liabilities and claims may be
contingent or unmatured. The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall notify
such Grantor promptly of any such set-off and the application made by the
Administrative Agent or such Lender of the proceeds thereof, provided that
the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off
and
application. The rights of the Administrative Agent and each Lender under
this
Section 9.6 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without
limitation, other rights of set-off) which the Administrative Agent or such
Lender may have.
9.7 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement
on any
number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic
transmission),
and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute
one
and the same instrument.
9.8 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.
9.9 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.
9.10 Integration.
This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the agreement of the Grantors,
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter
hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations
or
warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to subject
matter
hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the
other
Loan Documents.
9.11 GOVERNING
LAW.
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
9.12 Submission
To Jurisdiction; Waivers.
Each
Grantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits
for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to
this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or for
recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the
non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York,
the
courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of
New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents
that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives
any
objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action
or
proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought
in an
inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees
that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected
by
mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially
similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Grantor at its address referred
to in Section 9.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent
shall have been notified pursuant thereto;
(d) agrees
that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in
any
other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to xxx in any other
jurisdiction; and
(e) waives,
to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim
or
recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any
special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
9.13 Acknowledgements.
Each
Grantor hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it
has
been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party;
(b) neither
the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with
or
duty to any Grantor arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or
any
of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Grantors, on
the
one hand, and the Administrative Agent and Lenders, on the other hand, in
connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor;
and
(c) no
joint
venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists
by
virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among
the
Grantors and the Lenders.
9.14 Additional
Grantors.
Each
Subsidiary of the Borrower that is required to become a party to this Agreement
pursuant to Section 6.9 of the Credit Agreement shall become a Grantor for
all
purposes of this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary
of an
Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex 1 hereto.
9.15 Releases.
(a)
At such
time as the Obligations (other than Obligations in respect of Specified Swap
Agreements) shall have been paid in full, the Commitments have been terminated
and the Letters of Credit shall have terminated, expired or been Collateralized,
the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created hereby, and this
Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive
such
termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Grantor hereunder shall
terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act
by
any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantors.
At the
request and sole expense of any Grantor following any such termination, the
Administrative Agent shall deliver to such Grantor any Collateral held by
the
Administrative Agent hereunder, and promptly execute and deliver to such
Grantor
such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such
termination.
(b) If
any of
the Collateral shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by any
Grantor in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement, then the
Administrative Agent, at the request and sole expense of such Grantor, shall
promptly execute and deliver to such Grantor all releases or other documents
reasonably necessary or desirable for the release of the Liens created hereby
on
such Collateral. At the request and sole expense of the Borrower, a Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be released from its obligations hereunder in the event that
all
the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be sold, transferred
or
otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement;
provided
that the
Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a written request
for
release identifying the relevant Subsidiary Guarantor, together with a
certification by the Borrower stating that such transaction is in compliance
with the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
9.16 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY
IN ANY
LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT
AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first
above written.
Avis
Budget Holdings, LLC
Avis
Budget Finance, Inc.
Avis
Car Rental Group, LLC
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Executive
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
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ARACS
LLC
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Name:
Title:
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Xxxxxx
Xxxx
Vice
President and Assistant Secretary
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Avis
Operations, LLC
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Name:
Title:
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Xxxxxx
Xxxx
Vice
President and Assistant Secretary
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Avis
Asia and Pacific, Limited
Avis
Caribbean, Limited
Avis
Enterprises, Inc.
Avis
Group Holdings, LLC
Avis
International, Ltd.
PF
Claims Management, Ltd.
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Chief
Financial Officer
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Avis
Rent A Car System, LLC
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Chief
Financial Officer
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BGI
Leasing, Inc.
Budget
Rent A Car System, Inc.
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
President
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Cendant
Car Rental Operations Support, Inc.
Wizard
Co., Inc.
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Executive
Vice President and Treasurer
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Budget
Truck Rental, LLC
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Senior
Vice President
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