EXHIBIT 4.11
COMPANY SECURITY AGREEMENT
(Note Obligations)
SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of November 30, 2001, made by REVLON CONSUMER
PRODUCTS CORPORATION (the "Grantor") in favor of Wilmington Trust Company, as
collateral agent (in such capacity and as further defined below, the "Note
Collateral Agent") for holders of the Note Obligations (as hereinafter defined).
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, the Grantor and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee (in such
capacity, the "Trustee"), are parties to the Indenture dated as of November 26,
2001 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Indenture") among the Grantor, the Guarantors identified on the signature pages
thereto and the Trustee, providing for the issuance of the Grantor's 12% Senior
Secured Notes Due 2005 (the "Notes"); and
WHEREAS, the Grantor is party to the Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") among the Grantor, the local
borrowing subsidiaries party thereto, the financial institutions party thereto,
JPMorgan Chase Bank ("Chase"), as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
"Bank Agent"), the other agents party thereto and the arranger party thereto;
and
WHEREAS, (i) to secure the Bank Obligations (as defined below), the Grantor
has granted to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the
Bank Obligations, a first priority security interest in the Collateral (as
defined below), and (ii) to secure the Note Obligations, the Grantor now intends
hereby to grant to the Note Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the holders of
the Note Obligations, a second priority security interest in the Collateral (it
being understood that the relative rights and priorities of the grantees in
respect of the Collateral are governed by the Collateral Agency Agreement
referred to herein).
NOW, THEREFORE, the Grantor agrees with the Note Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the holders of the Note Obligations, as follows:
1. Defined Terms.
(a) Definitions. (i) The following terms which are defined in the Uniform
Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York on the date hereof are used
herein as so defined: Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, Equipment, Farm
Products, General Intangibles, Instruments, Inventory and Proceeds (other than
(i) those rights or assets which are not located in or created by, and do not
arise or exist under, the laws of the United States or any State or any
political subdivision thereof, with it being understood that Accounts and
General Intangibles shall be deemed to be located in the jurisdiction of the
filing office in which a secured party would be required to file a financing
statement under the UCC in order to perfect its security interest therein and
(ii) any interest in any Excluded Entity).
(ii) The following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Actionable Event": as defined in the Collateral Agency Agreement.
"Administrative Agent": as defined in the Collateral Agency Agreement.
"Agreement": this Security Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified
or otherwise supplemented from time to time.
"Bank Agent": as defined in the Recitals hereto.
"Bank Obligations": as defined in the Collateral Agency Agreement.
"Collateral": as defined in Section 2(a) of this Agreement.
"Collateral Account": as defined in the Collateral Agency Agreement.
"Collateral Agency Agreement": the Amended and Restated Collateral Agency
Agreement, dated as of May 30, 1997 and as further amended and restated as of
the date hereof, among the Grantor, the Bank Agent, the Administrative Agent,
the Trustee and the Note Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Contracts": with respect to the Grantor, the license agreements listed in
Schedule 1 attached hereto to which the Grantor has any rights, as the same may
be amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time, including,
without limitation, (a) all rights of the Grantor to receive moneys due and to
become due to it thereunder or in connection therewith, (b) all rights of the
Grantor to receive proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guarantee
with respect thereto, (c) all rights of the Grantor to damages arising out of or
for breach or default in respect thereof and (d) all rights of the Grantor to
exercise all remedies thereunder.
"Contractual Obligation": of any Person, any provision of any material debt
security or of any material preferred stock or other equity interest issued by
such Person or of any material indenture, mortgage, agreement, instrument or
undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its
material property is bound.
"Controlling Collateral Agent": (i) with respect to Collateral that is also
subject to Liens granted under any First Lien Document: at all times prior to
the First Lien Termination Date, the Administrative Agent and, thereafter, the
Note Collateral Agent; and (ii) with respect to Collateral that is not subject
to any Lien granted under any First Lien Document: at all times, the Note
Collateral Agent.
"Copyrights": with respect to the Grantor, (a) all copyrights, whether
registered or unregistered, and whether or not the underlying works of
authorship have been published, and all works of authorship and other rights
therein or derived therefrom, all copyrights of works based on, incorporated in,
derived from or relating to works covered by such copyrights, all right, title
and interest to make and exploit all derivative
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works based upon or adopted from works covered by such copyright and all
copyright registrations and copyright applications, and any renewals or
extensions thereof, including without limitation, each copyright registration
and copyright application, if any, identified in Schedule 4 hereto, and
including, without limitation, (a) the right to print, publish and distribute
any of the foregoing, (b) the right to xxx or otherwise recover for any and all
past, present and future infringements and misappropriations thereof, (c) all
income, royalties, damages and other payments now and hereafter due and/or
payable with respect thereto (including, without limitation, payments under all
licenses entered into in connection therewith, and damages and payments for past
or future infringements thereof) and (d) all rights of the Grantor corresponding
thereto throughout the United States and all other rights of any kind whatsoever
of the Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto; provided that, for
purposes hereof, the term "Copyrights" shall not include those rights which are
not created by, or do not arise or exist under, the laws of the United States or
any State or political subdivision thereof.
"Copyright Licenses": with respect to the Grantor, all license agreements
with any other Person in connection with any of the Copyrights of the Grantor,
or such other Person's copyrights, whether the Grantor is a licensor or licensee
under any such license agreement, including, without limitation, the license
agreements listed on Schedule 4 hereto, subject in each case to the terms of
such license agreements, including, without limitation, terms requiring consent
to a grant of a security interest; provided that, for purposes hereof, the term
"Copyright Licenses" shall not include those rights which are not created by, or
do not arise or exist under, the laws of the United States or any State or
political subdivision thereof.
"Credit Documents": as defined in the Collateral Agency Agreement.
"Excluded Entities" means Madison (Services) Pty. Ltd.; Revlon (Aust.)
Services Pty. Ltd.; Revlon Professional Holding Company LLC; Revlon Pension
Trustee Company (U.K.) Limited; and Revlon (Maesteg) Pension Trustee Company
Limited.
"First Lien Documents": as defined in the Collateral Agency Agreement.
"First Lien Termination Date": as defined in the Collateral Agency
Agreement.
"Governmental Authority": any nation or government, any state or other
political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government
(including, without limitation, any governmental department, commission, board,
bureau, agency or instrumentality, or other court or arbitrator, in each case
whether of the United States or foreign) and the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners.
"Intellectual Property Security Agreements": a collective reference to each
Company Copyright Security Agreement, Company Patent Security Agreement and
Company Trademark Security Agreement, made by the Grantor in favor of the Note
Collateral Agent.
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"Liens": as defined in the Indenture.
"Note Collateral Agent": Wilmington Trust Company and any successors
thereof appointed in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Agency
Agreement, in each case as collateral agent for the holders of the Note
Obligations.
"Note Obligation Documents": as defined in the Collateral Agency Agreement.
"Note Obligations": as defined in the Collateral Agency Agreement.
"Notice of an Actionable Event": as defined in the Collateral Agency
Agreement.
"Patents": with respect to the Grantor, all patents, patent applications
and patentable inventions, including, without limitation, each patent and patent
application identified in Schedule 2 attached hereto and made a part hereof, and
including without limitation (i) all inventions and improvements described and
claimed therein, (ii) the right to xxx or otherwise recover for any
misappropriations thereof, (iii) all income, royalties, damages and other
payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto (including,
without limitation, payments under all licenses entered into in connection
therewith, and damages and payments for past and future infringements thereof),
and (iv) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the United States and all
reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, substitutes,
renewals, and extensions thereof, all improvements thereon and all other rights
of any kind whatsoever of the Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto;
provided that, for purposes hereof, the term "Patents" shall not include those
rights which are not created by, or do not arise or exist under, the laws of the
United States or any State or political subdivision thereof.
"Patent Licenses": with respect to the Grantor, all license agreements with
any other Person in connection with any of the Patents of the Grantor, or such
other Person's patents, whether the Grantor is a licensor or licensee under any
such license agreement, including, without limitation, the license agreements
listed on Schedule 2 hereto, subject, in each case, to the terms of such license
agreements, including, without limitation, terms requiring consent to the grant
of a security interest; provided that, for purposes hereof, the term "Patent
Licenses" shall not include those rights which are not created by, or do not
arise or exist under, the laws of the United States or any State or political
subdivision thereof.
"Permitted Liens": as defined in the Indenture.
"Person": as defined in the Indenture.
"Requirement of Law": the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other
organizational or governing documents of a Grantor, and any law, treaty, rule or
regulation, or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental
Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon a Grantor or any of its
material property or to which such Grantor or any of its material property is
subject.
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"Secured Obligations": as defined in the Collateral Agency Agreement.
"Trademarks": with respect to the Grantor, all trademarks, service marks,
trade names, trade dress or other indicia of trade origin, trademark and service
xxxx registrations, and applications for trademark or service xxxx registrations
and any renewals thereof, including, without limitation, each registration and
application identified in Schedule 3 attached hereto and made a part hereof, and
including without limitation (i) the right to xxx or otherwise recover for any
and all past, present and future infringements and misappropriations thereof,
(ii) all income, royalties, damages and other payments now and hereafter due
and/or payable with respect thereto (including, without limitation, payments
under all licenses entered into in connection therewith, and damages and
payments for past or future infringements thereof), and (iii) all rights
corresponding thereto throughout the United States and all other rights of any
kind whatsoever of the Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto,
together in each case with the goodwill of the business connected with the use
of, and symbolized by, each such trademark, service xxxx, trade name, trade
dress or other indicia of trade origin; provided that, for purposes hereof, the
term "Trademarks" shall not include those rights which are not created by, or do
not arise or exist under, the laws of the United States or any State or
political subdivision thereof.
"Trademark Licenses": with respect to the Grantor, all license agreements
with any other Person in connection with any of the Trademarks of the Grantor,
or such other Person's trademarks, whether the Grantor is a licensor or licensee
under any such license agreement, including, without limitation, the license
agreements listed on Schedule 3 hereto, subject, in each case, to the terms of
such license agreements, including, without limitation, terms requiring consent
to the grant of a security interest; provided that, for purposes hereof, the
term "Trademark Licenses" shall not include those rights which are not created
by, or do not arise or exist under, the laws of the United States or any State
or political subdivision thereof.
"UCC": the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the
State of New York.
(b) Other Definitional Provisions. (i) The words "hereof," "herein" 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 paragraph references are to this Agreement unless
otherwise specified.
(ii) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable
to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
2. Grant of Security Interest; Collateral Agency Agreement Controls.
(a) Grant. As collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and
performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise) of the Note Obligations, the Grantor hereby grants to the Note
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Note Obligations, a
security interest in all of the following property now owned or at any
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time hereafter acquired by the Grantor or in which the Grantor now has or at any
time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest, which is located in
or exists under the laws of the United States or any State thereof
(collectively, the "Collateral"):
(i) all Accounts;
(ii) all Chattel Paper;
(iii) all Contracts;
(iv) all Copyrights;
(v) all Copyright Licenses;
(vi) all Documents;
(vii) all Equipment;
(viii) all General Intangibles;
(ix) all Instruments;
(x) all Inventory;
(xi) all Patents;
(xii) all Patent Licenses;
(xiii) all Trademarks;
(xiv) all Trademark Licenses;
(xv) all books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and
(xvi) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds (including,
to the extent not otherwise included therein, all (a) payments under
insurance (whether or not the Note Collateral Agent is the loss payee
thereunder) or any indemnity, warranty or guarantee payable by reason of
loss or damage to or otherwise with respect to any of the foregoing
Collateral and (b) cash) and products of any and all of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Collateral
described herein shall constitute collateral security only for those Note
Obligations with respect to which the Proceeds of such Collateral are applied
pursuant to Section 4.2(b) (or, if applicable, 4.8) and 4.2(e) of the Collateral
Agency Agreement and the Lien and security interest provided hereby shall
encumber the Collateral only to the extent of such Note Obligations.
(b) Collateral Agency Agreement Controls. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement but subject to the last sentence of this
Section 2(b), all of the rights and obligations of the parties hereto set forth
herein are subject to the terms of the
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Collateral Agency Agreement, which shall be controlling. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the rights of the Note Collateral Agent and the
holders of the Note Obligations set forth herein relating to (i) the release of
or realization upon Collateral that is subject to Liens granted under the First
Lien Documents, (ii) amendments to or waivers in respect of this Agreement or
any other Note Obligation Document, (iii) the exercise of remedies with respect
to Collateral that is subject to Liens granted under the First Lien Documents,
(iv) the right to receive, hold and apply Proceeds that are subject to Liens
granted under the First Lien Documents and (v) all other matters addressed
herein are granted subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the
terms of the Collateral Agency Agreement. The terms of this Section 2(b) shall
not prevent the Note Collateral Agent from taking such actions or reasonably
requesting the Grantor to take such actions as are necessary to perfect or
maintain the perfection of the Note Collateral Agent's security interest in the
Collateral, nor shall such terms mitigate the Grantor's obligations hereunder to
take such actions, provide such information and deliver such documents,
instruments and certificates as may be necessary to perfect or maintain the
perfection of such security interest.
3. Representations and Warranties. The Grantor hereby represents and
warrants that:
(a) Enforceable Obligation; Perfected, Second Priority Security Interests.
This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Grantor,
enforceable in accordance with its terms. Upon the "timely" (as defined in a
manner consistent with the provisions of Section 205 of 17 U.S.C., Section 1060
of 15 U.S.C. and Section 261 of 35 U.S.C.) filing from time to time of the
relevant Intellectual Property Security Agreements with the United States Patent
and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office and the filing of
all necessary UCC financing statements with the appropriate Governmental
Authorities, the security interests (other than those in Proceeds, to the extent
that such security interests may be perfected under the UCC only by possession)
granted pursuant to this Agreement (i) will constitute second priority,
perfected security interests in the Collateral in favor of the Note Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Note Obligations, subject to
Permitted Liens, and (ii) will be enforceable as such against all creditors of
and purchasers from the Grantor (except purchasers of Inventory in the ordinary
course of business), in each case subject to the Collateral Agency Agreement,
and except as enforceability is affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors' rights generally, general equitable principles (whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good
faith and fair dealing.
(b) Inventory. All Inventory which constitutes Collateral has been produced
in accordance with all requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
(c) Chief Executive Office. On the date hereof, the chief executive office
and chief place of business of the Grantor hereunder is set forth on Schedule 5.
(d) Farm Products. None of the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds
of, Farm Products.
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4. Covenants. The Grantor covenants and agrees with the Note Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the holders of Note Obligations that, from and after
the date of this Agreement until this Agreement is terminated and the security
interests created hereby are released:
(a) Delivery of Instruments and Chattel Paper. If any amount payable under
or in connection with any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any
Instrument or Chattel Paper, such Instrument or Chattel Paper shall be
immediately delivered to the Controlling Collateral Agent, duly indorsed in a
manner satisfactory to the Controlling Collateral Agent, to be held as
Collateral pursuant to this Agreement and the Collateral Agency Agreement.
(b) Maintenance of Property. The Grantor will keep its Inventory in good
saleable order and condition in accordance with its past practice.
(c) Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions. The Grantor
will keep proper books of records and account in which full, true and correct
entries in conformity with GAAP and all material Requirements of Law shall be
made of all dealings and transactions in relation to the Collateral. Upon
reasonable advance notice and during normal business hours, the Grantor will
permit representatives of the Note Collateral Agent to visit and inspect any of
the Grantor's properties where any of such Collateral or any of the Grantor's
books and records relating to such Collateral are located and to inspect such
Collateral and to examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records
as often as may reasonably be desired and to discuss the condition and operation
of such Collateral with officers and employees of the Grantor and with its
independent certified public accountants.
(d) Marking of Records. To the extent necessary to provide the Note
Collateral Agent with a perfected security interest in the Collateral, the
Grantor will xxxx its books and records pertaining to the Collateral granted by
it to evidence this Agreement and the security interests created hereby.
(e) Maintenance of Insurance. The Grantor will maintain, with financially
sound and reputable companies, insurance on its property and against such
liabilities in at least such amounts and against at least such risks as are
usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the
same or a similar business. All such insurance shall (A) provide that no
cancellation, material reduction in amount or material change in coverage
thereof shall be effective until at least 30 days after receipt by the
Controlling Collateral Agent of written notice thereof, (B) name the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Bank Obligations,
and the Note Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Note
Obligations, as insured parties, as their interests may appear (without any
representation or warranty by, or obligation upon, the Administrative Agent, any
holder of the Bank Obligations, the Note Collateral Agent or any holder of the
Note Obligations) and (C) be reasonably satisfactory in all other respects to
the Controlling Collateral Agent. The Grantor shall at any time and from time to
time upon the reasonable request of the Note Collateral Agent promptly deliver
to the Note Collateral Agent a report of a reputable insurance broker with
respect to such insurance maintained by it.
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(f) Payment of Obligations. The Grantor will pay and discharge or otherwise
satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may
be, all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies (other than
maintenance payments for Patents, to the extent that the Grantor is permitted to
abandon such Patent in accordance with the terms of the Credit Documents imposed
upon the Collateral granted by it or in respect of income or profits therefrom,
as well as all claims of any kind (including, without limitation, claims for
labor, materials and supplies) against or with respect to such Collateral,
except that no such tax, assessment, charge or levy need be paid if the amount
or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, reserves (if required) in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto
have been provided on the books of the Grantor and such proceedings do not
involve any material danger of the sale, forfeiture or loss of any of such
Collateral or any interest therein.
(g) Limitation on Dispositions and Liens; Further Documentation.
(i) The Grantor will not sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of
any of the Collateral granted by it in violation of the terms of the
Indenture.
(ii) The Grantor (A) will not create, incur or permit to exist any
Lien or claim on or to the Collateral granted by it, other than the Liens
created hereby and Permitted Liens, (B) will maintain the security interest
created by this Agreement as a second priority, perfected security
interest, subject to Permitted Liens and (C) will defend such security
interest against claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever, other than
in the case of Permitted Liens.
(iii) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of
the Note Collateral Agent, and at the sole expense of the Grantor, the
Grantor will promptly and duly execute and deliver such further instruments
and documents and take such further action as the Note Collateral Agent may
reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full
benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted,
including, without limitation, the filing of any financing or continuation
statements under the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in any jurisdiction
with respect to the security interests created hereby and the filing of the
relevant Intellectual Property Security Agreement with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office (which
financing statements have been delivered to the Note Collateral Agent in
form suitable for filing prior to or on the date hereof).
(iv) Nothing contained herein shall obligate the Grantor to pay any
maintenance fee, renewal fee, annuity or take any steps to maintain any
Patent, Trademark or Copyright which the Grantor reasonably determines is
of no or negligible value to the Grantor and its Subsidiaries.
(h) Change of Name, etc. The Grantor will not change its name, identity or
corporate structure, or the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization to
such an extent that any financing statement filed by the Note Collateral Agent
in connection with this Agreement would become seriously misleading, unless it
shall have given the Note Collateral Agent at least 30 days' prior written
notice of such change.
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(i) Further Identification of Collateral. The Grantor will furnish to the
Note Collateral Agent from time to time statements and schedules further
identifying and describing the Collateral granted by it and such other reports
in connection with such Collateral as the Note Collateral Agent may reasonably
request, all in reasonable detail.
(j) Notices. The Grantor will advise the Note Collateral Agent promptly, in
reasonable detail, at the Note Collateral Agent's address set forth in the
Collateral Agency Agreement or at such other address as the Note Collateral
Agent may provide to the Grantor by notice as provided in Section 13, of:
(i) any Lien (other than Liens created hereby and Permitted Liens) on,
or claim (other than claims arising in the ordinary course of business
which are not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the
value of the Collateral granted by the Grantor) asserted against, any of
the Collateral granted by it; and
(ii) 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 granted by it or on the security interests created hereby.
(k) Indemnification. The Grantor agrees to pay, and to save the Note
Collateral Agent and the holders of the Note Obligations from, any and all
liabilities, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable and
documented legal fees, charges and expenses) (A) with respect to, or resulting
from any delay by the Grantor in paying, any and all excise, sales or other
taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of
the Collateral granted by it, (B) with respect to, or resulting from, any delay
by the Grantor in complying with any Requirement of Law applicable to any of the
Collateral granted by it and (C) in connection with any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the enforcement
of this Agreement in accordance with the Collateral Agency Agreement).
5. Provisions Relating to Accounts.
(a) Grantor Remains Liable under Accounts. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Grantor shall remain liable under each of the Accounts to
which it is a party to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to
be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of
any agreement giving rise to each such Account. Neither the Note Collateral
Agent nor any holder of the Note Obligations shall have any obligation or
liability under any such Account (or any agreement giving rise thereto) by
reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Note Collateral
Agent or such holder of the Note Obligations of any payment relating to such
Account pursuant hereto, nor shall the Note Collateral Agent or any holder of
the Note Obligations be obligated in any manner to perform any of the
obligations of the Grantor under or pursuant to any Account to which the Grantor
is a party (or any agreement giving rise thereto), to make any payment, to make
any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or
as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any such Account (or
any agreement giving rise thereto), to present or file any claim, to take any
action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment
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of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled
at any time or times.
(b) Analysis of Accounts. After the First Lien Termination Date, the Note
Collateral Agent shall have the right to make test verifications of the Accounts
in any manner and through any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and
the Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information as the Note
Collateral Agent reasonably may require in connection with such test
verifications. At any time and from time to time, upon the Note Collateral
Agent's request (at reasonable intervals) and at the expense of the Grantor, the
Grantor shall furnish to the Note Collateral Agent reports showing
reconciliations, aging and test verifications of, and trial balances for, the
Accounts to which the Grantor is a party. After the First Lien Termination Date,
the Note Collateral Agent in its own name or in the name of others may
communicate with account debtors on the Accounts to verify with them to the Note
Collateral Agent's reasonable satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of
any Accounts; provided that, during such time as no Notice of an Actionable
Event has been given and remains outstanding, the Note Collateral Agent may
communicate with any such account debtors only in coordination with the Grantor
and the Grantor hereby agrees to coordinate and effectuate any such
communication which reasonably is requested by the Note Collateral Agent within
15 days following the Note Collateral Agent's request therefor.
(c) Collections on Accounts. (i) The Grantor is authorized to collect the
Accounts to which the Grantor is a party, subject to the Controlling Collateral
Agent's direction and control, and the Controlling Collateral Agent may curtail
or terminate said authority at any time after a Notice of an Actionable Event
has been given and remains outstanding and may direct that payments on the
Accounts be made directly to the Controlling Collateral Agent in accordance with
the provisions of Section 8(a). If required by the Controlling Collateral Agent
at any time after a Notice of an Actionable Event has been given and remains
outstanding, any payments of Accounts, when collected by the Grantor, (A) shall
be forthwith (and, in any event, within two Business Days) deposited by the
Grantor in the exact form received, duly indorsed by the Grantor to the
Controlling Collateral Agent, if required, in the Collateral Account, subject to
withdrawal by the Controlling Collateral Agent only as provided in subsection
8(c), and (B) until so turned over, shall be held by the Grantor in trust for
the Controlling Collateral Agent and the other holders of the Secured
Obligations (or, if the Note Collateral Agent is the Controlling Collateral
Agent, the Note Obligations), segregated from other funds of the Grantor.
(ii) Each such deposit of Proceeds of Accounts shall be accompanied by
a report identifying in reasonable detail the nature and source of the
payments included in the deposit.
(iii) At the Controlling Collateral Agent's request at any time when a
Notice of an Actionable Event has been given and remains outstanding, the
Grantor shall deliver to the Controlling Collateral Agent all original and
other documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and
transactions which gave rise to the Accounts to which the Grantor is a
party, including, without limitation, all original orders, invoices and
shipping receipts.
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(d) Representations and Warranties. The Grantor hereby represents and
warrants that:
(i) No amount payable to the Grantor under or in connection with any
Account is evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper which has not been
delivered to the Controlling Collateral Agent.
(ii) The place where the Grantor keeps its records concerning the
Accounts on the date hereof is the location set forth on Schedule 5 hereto
with respect to the Grantor.
(iii) None of the obligors on any Accounts to which the Grantor is a
party on the date hereof is a Governmental Authority, other than as set
forth on Schedule 7.
(e) Covenants. The Grantor covenants and agrees with the Note Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the holders of the Note Obligations that, from and
after the date of this Agreement until this Agreement is terminated and the
security interests created hereby are released:
(i) The amount represented by the Grantor to the Controlling
Collateral Agent from time to time in any report required to be delivered
hereunder by each account debtor or by all account debtors in respect of
the Accounts to which the Grantor is a party will at such time be the
correct amount actually owing by such account debtor or debtors thereunder.
(ii) The Grantor will not amend, modify, terminate or waive any
agreement giving rise to an Account to which it is a party in any manner
which could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the value
of such Account as Collateral.
(iii) The Grantor will not fail to exercise promptly and diligently
each and every material right which it may have under each agreement giving
rise to an Account to which it is a party (other than any right of
termination and other than such rights as the Grantor might reasonably
elect to forego in the ordinary course of business in accordance with past
practice when all such failures to exercise such rights would not, in the
aggregate, be reasonably likely to materially impair the value of the
Collateral provided by the Grantor hereunder).
(iv) The Grantor will not fail to deliver to the Controlling
Collateral Agent a copy of each material demand, notice or document
received by it relating in any way to any agreement giving rise to an
Account to which the Grantor is a party, except to the extent that the
matters contained in such demand, notice or document would not be
reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Collateral
provided by the Grantor hereunder.
(v) Other than in the ordinary course of business as generally
conducted by the Grantor over a period of time, the Grantor will not grant
any extension of the time of payment of any of the Accounts to which it is
a party, compromise, compound or settle the same for less than the full
amount thereof, release, wholly or partially, any Person liable for the
payment thereof, or allow any credit or discount whatsoever thereon.
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(vi) The Grantor will not remove its books and records from the
location specified in paragraph 5(d)(ii), unless the Grantor shall have
provided 30 days' prior written notice to the Note Collateral Agent and
duly completed UCC financing statements shall have been filed in any filing
offices necessary to provide the Note Collateral Agent with a second
priority, perfected security interest, subject to Permitted Liens, in such
books and records in the jurisdiction to which they have been removed.
(vii) In any suit, proceeding or action brought by the Note Collateral
Agent pursuant to Section 8 or 9 hereof under any Account to which the
Grantor is a party for any sum owing thereunder, or to enforce any
provisions of any Contract to which it is a party, the Grantor will save,
indemnify and keep the Note Collateral Agent and the holders of the Note
Obligations harmless from and against all expense (including, without
limitation, the reasonable and documented fees, charges and expenses of
counsel), loss or damage suffered by reason of any defense, setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment or reduction or liability whatsoever of the
account debtor thereunder, arising out of a breach by the Grantor of any
obligation thereunder or arising out of any other agreement, indebtedness
or liability at any time owing to or in favor of such account debtor or its
successors from the Grantor.
6. Provisions Relating to Contracts.
(a) Grantor Remains Liable under Contracts. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Grantor shall remain liable under each of the Contracts to
which it is a party to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to
be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with and pursuant
to the terms and provisions of each such Contract. Neither the Note Collateral
Agent nor any holder of the Note Obligations shall have any obligation or
liability under any Contract by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or
the receipt by the Note Collateral Agent or any such holder of the Note
Obligations of any payment relating to such Contract pursuant hereto, nor shall
the Note Collateral Agent or any holder of the Note Obligations be obligated in
any manner to perform any of the obligations of the Grantor under or pursuant to
any such Contract, to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or
the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any
performance by any party under any such Contract, to present or file any claim,
to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any
amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any
time or times.
(b) Communication With Contracting Parties. After the First Lien
Termination Date, the Note Collateral Agent in its own name or in the name of
others may communicate with parties to the Contracts to verify with them to the
Note Collateral Agent's satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any
Contracts; provided that, during such time after the First Lien Termination Date
as no Notice of an Actionable Event has been given and remains outstanding, the
Note Collateral Agent may communicate with any such parties only in coordination
with the Grantor party to such Contract and the Grantor hereby agrees to
coordinate and effectuate any such communication which reasonably is requested
by the Note Collateral Agent within 15 days following the Note Collateral
Agent's request therefor.
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(c) Representations and Warranties. The Grantor hereby represents and
warrants that:
(i) No consent of any party (other than the Grantor) to any Contract
to which the Grantor is a party is required, or purports to be required, in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
(ii) Except to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii), each
Contract to which the Grantor is a party is in full force and effect and
constitutes a valid and legally enforceable obligation of the Grantor and
(to the knowledge of the Grantor) the other parties thereto, except as
affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors'
rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and
fair dealing.
(iii) No consent or authorization of, filing with or other act by or
in respect of any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the
execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of any of the
Contracts to which the Grantor is a party by the Grantor or (to the
knowledge of the Grantor) any other party thereto other than those which
have been duly obtained, made or performed, are in full force and effect
and do not subject the scope of any such Contract to any material adverse
limitation, either specific or general in nature.
(iv) Neither the Grantor nor (to the best of its knowledge) any other
party to any Contract to which the Grantor is a party is in default or is
reasonably likely to become in default in the performance or observance of
any of the terms thereof, except to the extent that such default would not
be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Collateral
provided by the Grantor hereunder.
(v) The Grantor has performed in all material respects in accordance
with the terms thereof all obligations of the Grantor under each Contract
to which it is a party.
(vi) The right, title and interest of the Grantor in, to and under
each Contract to which the Grantor is a party are not subject to any
defense, offset, counterclaim or claim which would materially adversely
affect the value of the Collateral provided by the Grantor hereunder.
(vii) No amount payable to the Grantor under or in connection with any
Contract to which the Grantor is a party is evidenced by any Instrument or
Chattel Paper which has not been delivered to the Controlling Collateral
Agent.
(viii) None of the parties to any Contracts to which the Grantor is a
party is a Governmental Authority.
(d) Covenants. The Grantor covenants and agrees with the Note Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the holders of the Note Obligations that, from and
after the date of this Agreement until this Agreement is terminated and the
security interests created hereby are released:
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(i) The Grantor will perform and comply in all material respects with
all its obligations under the Contracts to which it is a party and all its
other Contractual Obligations relating to the Collateral.
(ii) Except in the ordinary course of its business in accordance with
past practice, the Grantor will not amend, modify, terminate or waive any
provision of any Contract to which it is a party in any manner which could
reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the value of such
Contract as Collateral.
(iii) The Grantor will not fail to exercise promptly and diligently
each and every material right which it may have under each Contract to
which it is a party (other than any right of termination and other than
such rights as the Grantor might reasonably elect to forego in the ordinary
course of business in accordance with past practice when all such failures
to exercise such rights would not, in the aggregate, be reasonably likely
to materially impair the value of the Collateral provided by the Grantor
hereunder).
(iv) The Grantor will not fail to deliver to the Controlling
Collateral Agent a copy of (A) each Contract of which the Controlling
Collateral Agent reasonably has so requested, including all amendments,
supplements and other modifications thereto (subject to any confidentiality
or other similar restrictions contained therein) and (B) each material
demand, notice or document received by it relating in any way to any
Contract to which it is a party, except (in the case of this clause (B)
only) to the extent that the matters contained in such demand, notice or
document would not be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect
on the Collateral provided by the Grantor hereunder.
(v) In any suit, proceeding or action brought by the Note Collateral
Agent pursuant to Section 8 or 9 hereof under any Contract to which the
Grantor is a party for any sum owing thereunder, or to enforce any
provisions of any such Contract, the Grantor will save, indemnify and keep
the Note Collateral Agent and the holders of the Note Obligations harmless
from and against all expense (including, without limitation, the reasonable
and documented fees, charges and expenses of counsel), loss or damage
suffered by reason of any defense, setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or
reduction or liability whatsoever of the obligor thereunder, arising out of
a breach by the Grantor of any obligation thereunder or arising out of any
other agreement, indebtedness or liability at any time owing to or in favor
of such obligor or its successors from the Grantor.
7. Provisions Relating to Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights.
(a) Representations and Warranties. The Grantor hereby represents and
warrants that:
(i) Schedule 2 hereto includes all registered Patents and Patent
applications, and all Patent Licenses, owned by the Grantor in its own name
as of the date hereof. The Grantor has made all necessary filings and
recordations to protect and maintain its interest in the Patents set forth
in Schedule 2, including, without limitation, all necessary
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filings and recordings, and payment of all maintenance fees, in the United
States Patent and Trademark Office.
(ii) Schedule 3 hereto includes all registered Trademarks, Trademark
applications, and Trademark Licenses, owned by the Grantor in its own name
as of the date hereof (other than the registered Trademarks and Trademark
applications which have been abandoned as of the date hereof). The Grantor
has made all necessary filings and recordations to protect and maintain its
interest in the Trademarks set forth in Schedule 3, including, without
limitation, all necessary filings and recordings in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
(iii) Schedule 4 hereto includes all Copyright registrations owned by
the Grantor in its own name as of the date hereof which are in use on the
date hereof or have been in use at any time during the immediately
preceding four years. The Grantor has made all necessary filings and
recordations to protect and maintain its interest in the Copyrights set
forth in Schedule 4, including, without limitation, all necessary filings
and recordings in the United States Copyright Office.
(iv) Except to the extent disclosed in Schedule 2, 3 or 4,
respectively, as of the date hereof, each such Patent, Trademark and
Copyright set forth in Schedule 2, 3, or 4, respectively (but other than
any applications listed on such Schedules), is subsisting and has not been
abandoned, and, to the best of the Grantor's knowledge, is valid and
enforceable.
(v) As of the date hereof, except for the Patent Licenses, Trademark
Licenses and Copyright Licenses set forth in Schedule 2, 3, or 4,
respectively, the Grantor has not made a previous assignment, license,
sale, transfer or agreement constituting a present or future assignment or
encumbrance of any of or on any of the Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights,
except for Permitted Liens. Except to the extent disclosed in Schedule 2, 3
or 4, respectively, the Grantor has not granted any release, covenant not
to xxx, or non-assertion assurance to any Person with respect to any
material Patent, Patent License, Trademark, Trademark License, Copyright or
Copyright License.
(vi) No holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any
Governmental Authority which would limit, cancel or question the validity,
registrability or enforceability of any material Patent, Trademark or
Copyright.
(vii) The Grantor has no knowledge of the existence of any right or
any claim that is likely to be made under or against any material Patent,
Trademark or Copyright set forth in Schedule 2, 3 or 4.
(viii) To the best knowledge of the Grantor, no claim has been made
and is continuing or threatened that the use by the Grantor of any material
Patent, Trademark or Copyright is invalid or unenforceable or that the use
by the Grantor of any Patent, or any Trademark or Copyright which
constitutes a material portion of the Collateral of the Grantor, does or
may violate the rights of any Person. To the best of the Grantor's
knowledge, there is currently no infringement or unauthorized use of any
material Patent,
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Trademark or Copyright set forth in Schedule 2, 3 or 4, other than any such
infringement or unauthorized use which is set forth in Schedule 2, 3 or 4.
(ix) No action or proceeding is pending (A) seeking to limit, cancel
or question the validity of any such material Patent, Trademark or
Copyright set forth in Schedule 2, 3 or 4, or (B) which, if adversely
determined, would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on
the value of any such Patent, Trademark or Copyright.
(b) Covenants. The Grantor covenants and agrees with the Note Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the holders of the Note Obligations that, from and
after the date of this Agreement until this Agreement is terminated and the
security interests created hereby are released:
(i) The Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will, except with
respect to any Trademark that the Grantor shall reasonably determine is of
negligible economic value to it or (during such time as no Notice of an
Actionable Event has been given and remains outstanding) to the extent
consistent with its ordinary course of business in accordance with past
practice, (A) continue to use each Trademark on each and every trademark
class of goods applicable to its current line as reflected in its current
catalogs, brochures and price lists in order to maintain such Trademark in
full force free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (B) maintain as
in the past the quality of products and services offered under such
Trademark, (C) employ such Trademark with any appropriate notice of
registration, (D) not adopt or use any xxxx in the United States which is
confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of such Trademark unless the
Note Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Note
Obligations, shall obtain a perfected security interest in such xxxx
pursuant to this Agreement, and (E) not (and not permit any licensee or
sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby
any Trademark would be reasonably likely to become invalid or
unenforceable.
(ii) The Grantor will not, except with respect to any Patent that the
Grantor shall reasonably determine is of negligible economic value to it,
do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any Patent may become invalid,
unenforceable, abandoned or dedicated.
(iii) The Grantor will not, except with respect to any registered
Copyright that the Grantor shall reasonably determine is of negligible
economic value to it, do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any
registered Copyright may become invalid, unenforceable, abandoned or
dedicated.
(iv) The Grantor will notify the Note Collateral Agent promptly if it
knows, or has reason to know, that any application or registration relating
to any material Patent, Trademark or Copyright may become abandoned or
dedicated, and of any adverse determination or material adverse 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) regarding the Grantor's ownership of any Patent, Trademark or
Copyright or its right to register the same or to keep and maintain the
same.
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(v) The Grantor agrees that, in the event that it shall at any time
and from time to time obtain an ownership interest in any Patent, Trademark
or Copyright, the provisions of Section 2 shall automatically apply thereto
and any such Patent, Trademark or Copyright, as the case may be, shall
automatically become part of the Collateral.
(vi) Whenever (i) the Grantor, either by itself or through any agent,
employee, licensee or designee, shall file an application for the
registration of any Patent or Trademark with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, or for the registration of any Copyright with the United
States Copyright Office, or shall acquire any Patent, Trademark or
Copyright, and (ii) if the First Lien Termination Date has not occurred,
the Grantor executes and delivers any agreements, instruments, documents or
papers to evidence the Administrative Agent's security interest in any such
application, Patent, Trademark or Copyright, the Grantor shall report such
filing or acquisition to the Note Collateral Agent within twenty Business
Days after the last day of the fiscal quarter in which such filing or
acquisition occurs and shall execute and deliver any and all agreements,
instruments, documents, and papers as may be necessary (or as the Note
Collateral Agent otherwise may reasonably request) to evidence the Note
Collateral Agent's security interest in any Patent, Trademark or Copyright,
and the goodwill and general intangibles of the Grantor relating thereto or
represented thereby, which security interest shall be subject to the terms
of the Collateral Agency Agreement.
(vii) Except with respect to any Patent, Trademark or Copyright which
the Grantor reasonably determines is of negligible economic value, the
Grantor will take all reasonable and necessary steps, including, without
limitation, in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark
Office or the United States Copyright Office, or any court or tribunal, to
maintain and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant
registration) and to maintain each registration of the Patents, Trademarks
and Copyrights, including, without limitation, the filing of responses to
office actions issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the
filing of applications for renewal, reissue or extension, affidavits of use
and affidavits of incontestability and the participation in opposition,
cancellation, interference, reexamination, infringement and
misappropriation proceedings, and the payment of maintenance fees.
(viii) In the event that any material Patent, Trademark or Copyright
included in the Collateral is infringed or misappropriated by a third
party, the Grantor shall promptly notify the Note Collateral Agent of such
infringement or misappropriation and shall, unless the Grantor shall
reasonably determine that such Patent, Trademark or Copyright is of
negligible economic value to the Grantor (which determination the Grantor
shall promptly report to the Note Collateral Agent), promptly xxx for
infringement or misappropriation, to seek injunctive relief where
appropriate and seek to recover any and all damages for such infringement
or misappropriation, or take such other actions as the Grantor shall
reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Patent,
or Trademark or Copyright.
(ix) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Section 7(b), the Grantor shall have the right to license its Patents and
Trademarks to third parties on an arms' length basis (and, during such time
as no Notice of an Actionable Event has
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been given and remains outstanding, to retain the proceeds thereof);
provided, except with respect to Trademarks and Patents which constitute an
asset permitted to be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of pursuant
to the Credit Documents or with respect to which the only substantial use
by the Grantor and its Subsidiaries is in connection with a business
permitted to be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of pursuant to the
Credit Documents, that any such license of (i) a Trademark shall be for use
with respect to products which are not reasonably likely to be competitive
with those produced and/or marketed by the Grantor and its Subsidiaries and
(ii) a Patent shall be for applications which would not be reasonably
likely to diminish the value of any product line of the Grantor and its
Subsidiaries. The Note Collateral Agent and each holder of a Note
Obligation by its acceptance of such Note Obligation acknowledges and
agrees that any security interest held by the Note Collateral Agent
hereunder in any Patent or Trademark which is licensed in accordance with
the provisions of this clause (ix) shall be subordinate to such license
agreement.
8. Remedies.
(a) Notice to Account Debtors and Contract Parties. Upon the request of the
Controlling Collateral Agent at any time after a Notice of an Actionable Event
has been given and remains outstanding, the Grantor shall notify account debtors
on the Accounts to which the Grantor is a party and parties to the Contracts to
which the Grantor is a party that such Accounts and Contracts have been assigned
to the Controlling Collateral Agent and that payments in respect thereof shall
be made directly to the Controlling Collateral Agent.
(b) Proceeds to be Turned Over To Controlling Collateral Agent. In addition
to the rights specified in subsection (c) with respect to payments of Accounts,
if a Notice of an Actionable Event shall have been given and remain outstanding
all Proceeds consisting of cash, checks and other near-cash items received by
the Grantor on account of any Collateral shall be held by the Grantor in trust
for the Controlling Collateral Agent and the holders of the Secured Obligations
(or, if the Note Collateral Agent is the Controlling Collateral Agent, the Note
Obligations), segregated from other funds of the Grantor, and shall, forthwith
upon receipt by the Grantor, be turned over to the Controlling Collateral Agent
in the exact form received by the Grantor (duly indorsed by the Grantor to the
Controlling Collateral Agent, if required) and held by the Controlling
Collateral Agent in the Collateral Account. All Proceeds while held by the
Controlling Collateral Agent in the Collateral Account (or by the Grantor in
trust for the Controlling Collateral Agent and the holders of the Secured
Obligations (or, if the Note Collateral Agent is the Controlling Collateral
Agent, the Note Obligations)) shall continue to be held as collateral security
for all the Secured Obligations (or, if the Note Collateral Agent is the
Controlling Collateral Agent, the Note Obligations) and shall not constitute
payment thereof until applied as provided in subsection 8(c).
(c) Application of Proceeds. The application of Proceeds held in the
Collateral Account shall be made in accordance with and governed by the terms of
the Collateral Agency Agreement.
(d) UCC Remedies. If a Notice of an Actionable Event has been given and
remains outstanding, the Controlling Collateral Agent, on behalf of the holders
of the Secured
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Obligations (or, if the Note Collateral Agent is the Controlling Collateral
Agent, the Note Obligations), 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 Note Obligations, but subject
to the terms of the Collateral Agency Agreement, all rights and remedies of a
secured party under the UCC. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Controlling Collateral Agent, without demand of performance or other demand,
presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice
required by law referred to below) to or upon the Grantor or any other Person
(all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby
waived), when Notice of an Actionable Event has been given and remains
outstanding, subject to the terms of the Collateral Agency Agreement, forthwith
may collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part
thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give option or options to
purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof
(or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or
private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker's board or office of the
Controlling Collateral Agent 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 Controlling
Collateral Agent or any other holder of the Secured Obligations (or, if the Note
Collateral Agent is the Controlling Agent, the Note Obligations) 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 the Grantor,
which right or equity is hereby waived or released. The Grantor further agrees,
at the Controlling Collateral Agent's request, to assemble the Collateral and
make it available to the Controlling Collateral Agent at places which the
Controlling Collateral Agent shall reasonably select, whether at the Grantor's
premises or elsewhere. The Controlling Collateral Agent shall apply the proceeds
of any such collection, recovery, receipt, appropriation, realization or sale in
accordance with the Collateral Agency Agreement. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, the Grantor waives all claims, damages and demands it may
acquire against the Controlling Collateral Agent arising out of the exercise by
them of any rights hereunder, except to the extent arising out of the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the Controlling Collateral Agent. If any
notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral shall be required
by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least 10
days before such sale or other disposition. All waivers by the Grantor of rights
(including rights to notice), and all rights and remedies afforded the
Controlling Collateral Agent herein, and all other provisions of this Agreement,
are expressly made subject to any applicable mandatory provisions of law
limiting, or imposing conditions (including conditions as to reasonableness)
upon, such waivers or the effectiveness thereof or any such rights and remedies.
(e) Intellectual Property. In the event of any sale, assignment or other
disposition of any of the Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks, Trademark
Licenses, Copyrights or Copyright Licenses of the Grantor pursuant to this
Section 8, the goodwill of the business connected with and symbolized by any
Trademarks subject to such disposition shall be included, and the Grantor shall
supply to the Controlling Collateral Agent or its designee the Grantor's
know-how and expertise, and any documents and things embodying the same,
relating to the manufacture, distribution, advertising and sale of products or
the provision of services relating to any Patent, Patent License, Trademark,
Trademark License, Copyright or Copyright License subject to such disposition,
and the Grantor's customer lists and other records and documents
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relating to such Patent, Patent License, Trademark, Trademark License, Copyright
or Copyright License and to the manufacture, distribution, advertising and sale
of such products and services.
(f) Deficiency. The Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the
proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral granted by it are
insufficient to pay the Note Obligations and the reasonable and documented fees,
charges and disbursements of any attorneys employed by the Note Collateral Agent
to collect such deficiency.
9. Note Collateral Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact; Note Collateral
Agent's Performance of Grantor's Obligations.
(a) Powers. The Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the
Note Collateral Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of
substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable
power and authority in the place and stead of the Grantor and in the name of the
Grantor or in its own name, from time to time in the Note Collateral Agent's
reasonable discretion, 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, the Grantor hereby gives the Note Collateral Agent the power and
right, on behalf of the Grantor, without notice to or assent by the Grantor, to
do the following, subject to the terms of the Collateral Agency Agreement:
(i) at any time when a Notice of an Actionable Event has been given
and remains outstanding, in the name of the Grantor or its own name, or
otherwise, to take possession of and indorse and collect any checks,
drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys
due under any Account, Instrument, General Intangible or Contract or with
respect to any other Collateral and to file any claim or to take any other
action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise reasonably
deemed appropriate by the Note Collateral Agent for the purpose of
collecting any and all such moneys due under any Account, Instrument,
General Intangible or Contract or with respect to any other Collateral
whenever payable;
(ii) in the case of any Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights, to execute
and deliver any and all agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as
the Note Collateral Agent reasonably may request to evidence the Note
Collateral Agent's security interest in any Patent, Trademark or Copyright
and the goodwill and general intangibles of the Grantor relating thereto or
represented thereby;
(iii) to pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or
threatened against the Collateral granted by the Grantor, to effect any
repairs or any insurance called for by the terms of this Agreement and to
pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof;
(iv) to execute, in connection with the sale provided for in Section
(d) hereof, any indorsements, assignments or other instruments of
conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral granted by the
Grantor; and
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(v) at any time when a Notice of an Actionable Event has been given
and remains outstanding, (A) to direct any party liable for any payment
under any of the Collateral granted by the Grantor to make payment of any
and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Note
Collateral Agent or as the Note Collateral Agent shall direct; (B) to ask
or demand for, collect, 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 granted by the Grantor; (C) to
sign and indorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading,
storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments,
verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the
Collateral granted by the Grantor; (D) to commence and prosecute any suits,
actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent
jurisdiction to collect the Collateral granted by the Grantor or any
thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any such Collateral;
(E) to defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against the Grantor
with respect to any Collateral granted by it; (F) to settle, compromise or
adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, to
give such discharges or releases as the Note Collateral Agent may deem
appropriate; (G) to assign any Patent, Trademark or Copyright (along with
the goodwill of the business to which any such Patent, Trademark or
Copyright pertains), for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in
such manner, as the Note Collateral Agent shall in its sole discretion
determine; and (H) generally, to sell, transfer, pledge and make any
agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral
granted by the Grantor as fully and completely as though the Note
Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and to
do, at the Note Collateral Agent's option and the Grantor's expense, at any
time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Note Collateral
Agent reasonably deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the
Collateral granted by the Grantor and the Note Collateral Agent's security
interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully
and effectively as the Grantor might do.
(b) Performance by Note Collateral Agent of Grantor's Obligations. If the
Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein,
the Note Collateral Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do
and subject to the terms of the Collateral Agency Agreement, may perform or
comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement.
(c) Grantor's Reimbursement Obligation. The reasonable and documented
expenses of the Note Collateral Agent incurred in connection with actions
undertaken as provided in this Section, together with interest thereon at a rate
per annum equal to 5-3/4% above the Alternate Base Rate (as defined in the
Credit Agreement) (or, if the Credit Agreement is not in effect, 12%) from the
date of payment by the Note Collateral Agent to the date reimbursed by the
Grantor shall be payable by the Grantor to the Note Collateral Agent on demand.
(d) Ratification; Power Coupled With An Interest. The 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.
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10. Duty of Note Collateral Agent. The Note Collateral Agent's sole duty
with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the
Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the UCC or otherwise, shall
be to deal with it in the same manner as the Note Collateral Agent deals with
similar property for its own account. Neither the Note Collateral Agent, any
holder of the Note Obligations nor any of their respective directors, officers,
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
the 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 Note
Collateral Agent and the holders of the Note Obligations hereunder are solely to
protect the Note Collateral Agent's and the holders of the Note Obligations'
interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Note
Collateral Agent or any holder of the Note Obligations to exercise any such
powers. The Note Collateral Agent and the holders of the Note Obligations 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 the Grantor for any act or failure
to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
11. Execution of Financing Statements. Pursuant to Section 9-509 of the
UCC, the Grantor authorizes the Note Collateral Agent to file financing
statements and continuations thereof with respect to the Collateral granted by
the Grantor without the signature of the Grantor in such form and in such filing
offices as the Note Collateral Agent reasonably determines appropriate to
perfect the security interests of the Note Collateral Agent under this
Agreement. A carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement shall
be sufficient as a financing statement for filing in any jurisdiction. During
such time as no Notice of an Actionable Event has been given and remains
outstanding, the Note Collateral Agent shall provide to the Grantor a
file-stamped copy of such financing statement or continuation thereof promptly
following its return to the Note Collateral Agent by the relevant filing
officer; provided that the failure to provide such financing statement or
continuation thereof shall not impair the validity thereof and shall not subject
the Note Collateral Agent to any liability to the Grantor.
12. Authority of Note Collateral Agent. The Grantor acknowledges that the
rights and responsibilities of the Note Collateral Agent under this Agreement
with respect to any action taken by the Note Collateral Agent or the exercise or
non-exercise by the Note Collateral Agent of any option, voting right, request,
judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising
out of this Agreement shall, as between the holders of the Note Obligations, be
governed by the Indenture, the Collateral Agency Agreement and by such other
agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but,
as between the Note Collateral Agent and the Grantor, the Note Collateral Agent
shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the holders of the Note
Obligations with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and
the Grantor shall be under no obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry
respecting such authority.
13. Notices. All notices, consents, requests and demands to or upon the
Note Collateral Agent or the Grantor to be effective shall be in writing and,
unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly
given or made when delivered by hand or by
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mail, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when sent, addressed to the Note
Collateral Agent or the Grantor, as the case may be, as follows:
if to the Grantor:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Senior Vice President and
General Counsel
if to the Note Collateral Agent:
Wilmington Trust Company
Xxxxxx Square North
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
The Note Collateral Agent and the Grantor may change their addresses and
transmission numbers for notices by notifying the other parties hereto of such
change in the manner provided in this Section.
14. 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.
15. Amendments; No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. (a) Amendments. None of the
terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified except in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the
Collateral Agency Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
amendments, waivers and consents effected in respect of certain provisions of
the First Lien Documents shall, upon their effectiveness but only to the extent
provided in the Collateral Agency Agreement, apply with equal force to the
comparable provisions of this Agreement and become effective with respect
thereto without the consent of or any other action on the part of any Person.
(b) No Waiver by Course of Conduct. Neither the Note Collateral Agent nor
any other holder of the Note Obligations shall by any act, delay, indulgence,
omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or
to have acquiesced in any Actionable Event or in any breach of any of the terms
and conditions hereof, except as otherwise provided in subsection 15(a) hereof.
No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Note
Collateral Agent or any holder of the Note Obligations, 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 Note Collateral Agent or any other holder of the Note
Obligations of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be
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construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Note Collateral Agent or
such holder of the Note Obligations would otherwise have on any future occasion.
(c) Remedies Cumulative. 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.
16. Section Headings. The section and subsection 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.
17. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
successors and assigns of the Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the
Controlling Collateral Agent, the Note Collateral Agent and the holders of the
Note Obligations and their successors and assigns.
18. Release of Collateral and Termination. Collateral shall be released
from the Lien created hereby, and this Security Agreement and all obligations of
the Note Collateral Agent and the Grantor hereunder shall terminate, in
accordance with the provisions of Sections 8 and 10.6 of the Collateral Agency
Agreement.
19. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Security
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
REVLON CONSUMER PRODUCTS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,as Note Collateral Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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