EXHIBIT 10.2
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
among
X.X. XXXXXXXXX CORPORATION
X.X. XXXXXXXXX INC.
and certain of its Subsidiaries
and
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Collateral Agent
Dated as of December 13, 2005
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SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS.................................................................................. 2
1.1 Definitions.................................................................................... 2
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions.................................................................. 5
SECTION 2. Guarantee...................................................................................... 5
2.1 Guarantee...................................................................................... 5
2.2 Right of Contribution.......................................................................... 6
2.3 No Subrogation................................................................................. 6
2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations..................... 7
2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional........................................................... 7
2.6 Reinstatement.................................................................................. 8
2.7 Payments....................................................................................... 8
SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST..................................................................... 8
3.1 Grant of First Priority Security Interest...................................................... 8
3.2 Grant of Second Priority Security Interest..................................................... 9
3.3 Separate and Distinct Security Interests....................................................... 9
3.4 Excluded Property.............................................................................. 10
3.5 Equal and Ratable Requirements................................................................. 10
3.6 Classification of Credit Agreement Obligations................................................. 10
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES................................................................. 11
4.1 Title; No Other Liens.......................................................................... 11
4.2 Perfected First Priority Lien.................................................................. 11
4.3 Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office........................................... 11
4.4 Farm Products.................................................................................. 12
4.5 Investment Property............................................................................ 12
4.6 Receivables.................................................................................... 12
4.7 Intellectual Property.......................................................................... 12
4.8 Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts.......................................................... 13
SECTION 5. COVENANTS...................................................................................... 13
5.1 Delivery of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper............................. 13
5.2 Maintenance of Insurance....................................................................... 13
5.3 Payment of Obligations......................................................................... 13
5.4 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation.............................. 14
5.5 Changes in Locations, Name, etc................................................................ 14
5.6 Notices........................................................................................ 14
5.7 Investment Property............................................................................ 15
5.8 Receivables.................................................................................... 16
5.9 Intellectual Property.......................................................................... 16
5.10 Commercial Tort Claims......................................................................... 17
5.11 Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts.......................................................... 17
5.12 Unrestricted Subsidiaries...................................................................... 17
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SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS............................................................................ 17
6.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables........................................................ 17
6.2 Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable........................................... 18
6.3 Pledged Stock.................................................................................. 18
6.4 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Collateral Agent................................................. 19
6.5 Code and Other Remedies........................................................................ 19
6.6 Registration Rights............................................................................ 20
6.7 Deficiency..................................................................................... 21
SECTION 7. THE COLLATERAL ACCOUNT; DISTRIBUTIONS.......................................................... 21
7.1 The Collateral Account......................................................................... 21
7.2 Control of Collateral Account.................................................................. 21
7.3 Investment of Funds Deposited in Collateral Account............................................ 21
7.4 Application of Moneys.......................................................................... 21
7.5 Application of Moneys Distributable to the Trustee............................................. 23
7.6 Collateral Agent's Calculations................................................................ 23
7.7 Pro Rata Sharing............................................................................... 24
SECTION 8. AGREEMENTS WITH THE COLLATERAL AGENT........................................................... 24
8.1 Delivery of Secured Debt Agreements............................................................ 24
8.2 Information as to Secured Parties.............................................................. 24
8.3 Compensation and Expenses...................................................................... 24
8.4 Stamp and Other Similar Taxes.................................................................. 24
8.5 Filing Fees, Excise Taxes, Etc................................................................. 25
8.6 Indemnification................................................................................ 25
8.7 Collateral Agent's Lien........................................................................ 26
SECTION 9. THE COLLATERAL AGENT........................................................................... 26
9.1 Collateral Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc........................................ 26
9.2 Appointment of Collateral Agent as Agent for the Secured Parties............................... 27
9.3 Duty of Collateral Agent....................................................................... 28
9.4 Execution of Financing Statements.............................................................. 28
9.5 Authority of Collateral Agent.................................................................. 28
9.6 Exculpatory Provisions......................................................................... 28
9.7 Delegation of Duties........................................................................... 29
9.8 Reliance by Collateral Agent................................................................... 29
9.9 Limitations on Duties of Collateral Agent...................................................... 29
9.10 Moneys to be Held in Trust..................................................................... 29
9.11 Resignation and Removal of the Collateral Agent................................................ 29
9.12 Status of Successor Collateral Agent........................................................... 29
9.13 Merger of the Collateral Agent................................................................. 29
9.14 Co-Collateral Agent; Separate Collateral Agent................................................. 29
9.15 Treatment of Payee or Indorsee by Collateral Agent............................................. 29
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS................................................................................... 29
10.1 Amendments in Writing.......................................................................... 29
10.2 Notices........................................................................................ 29
10.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies............................................ 29
10.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification.......................................................... 29
10.5 Successors and Assigns......................................................................... 29
10.6 Set-Off........................................................................................ 29
10.7 Counterparts................................................................................... 29
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10.8 Severability................................................................................... 29
10.9 Section Headings............................................................................... 29
10.10 Integration.................................................................................... 29
10.11 GOVERNING LAW.................................................................................. 29
10.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers............................................................ 29
10.13 Acknowledgements............................................................................... 29
10.14 Additional Grantors............................................................................ 29
10.15 Releases 37
10.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL........................................................................... 29
SCHEDULES
Schedule 1 Notice Addresses
Schedule 2 Investment Property
Schedule 3 Perfection Matters
Schedule 4 Jurisdictions of Organization, Identification Numbers and Location
of Chief Executive Offices
Schedule 5 Intellectual Property
Schedule 6 Deposit and Securities Accounts
ANNEXES
Annex I Form of Assumption Agreement
Annex II Form of Acknowledgement and Consent
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT,
dated as of December 13, 2005, among each of the signatories hereto (together
with any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein, the
"Grantors"), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent (in
such capacity, together with any successor collateral agent, the "Collateral
Agent") for (i) the banks and other financial institutions or entities (the
"Lenders") from time to time parties to the Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among X.X. Xxxxxxxxx
Corporation ("Holdings"), X.X. Xxxxxxxxx Inc. (the "Borrower"), the Lenders,
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as administrative agent (the
"Administrative Agent") and the other agents named therein (together with the
Administrative Agent, the "Agents") and (ii) the holders from time to time (the
"Holders") of the Borrower's 8-7/8% Senior Notes due 2010 (the "Senior Notes")
issued under the Indenture, dated January 3, 2003 (the "Indenture"), among the
Borrower and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have
severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the Borrower upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth therein;
WHEREAS, the Borrower is a member of an affiliated group of
companies that includes each other Grantor;
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Credit
Agreement will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers
to one or more of the other Grantors in connection with the operation of their
respective businesses;
WHEREAS, the Borrower and the other Grantors are engaged in related
businesses, and each Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit
from the making of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement, certain
parties hereto entered into the Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2004 (the "Existing Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement");
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the
Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower under the
Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this
Agreement to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the holders of
Credit Agreement Obligations (as defined below) (collectively, the "Credit
Agreement Secured Parties"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Indenture, the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries (as defined in the Indenture) are required, under certain
circumstances, to equally and ratably secure the Senior Notes (such
requirements, the "Equal and Ratable Requirements");
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the
Credit Agreement Secured Parties to enter into the Credit Agreement and to
induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower
thereunder and to satisfy the Equal and Ratable
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Requirements of the Indenture, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Collateral
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined below), to
amend and restate the Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in its
entirety as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS
1.1 Definitions. (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the
Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the
Credit Agreement, and the following terms are used herein as defined in the New
York UCC: Accounts, Certificated Security, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort
Claims, Documents, Equipment, Farm Products, General Intangibles, Instruments,
Inventory, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Securities Account and Supporting
Obligations.
(b) The following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Agents": as defined in the preamble.
"Agreement": this Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
"Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations": the collective reference to
the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans 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 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 any Credit Agreement Secured Party (or, in the
case of any Specified Hedge Agreement, any Person who was a Lender or an
Affiliate of a Lender at the time such Specified Hedge Agreement was entered
into), 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 Hedge 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, fees, indemnities,
costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Credit Agreement Secured Parties that are
required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of any of the
foregoing agreements).
"Collateral": as defined in Section 3.
"Collateral Account": the collateral account established by the
Collateral Agent as provided in Section 7.1.
"Collateral Agent Fees": all fees, costs and expenses of the
Collateral Agent of the types described in Sections 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6 and
9.1(c).
"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 (including,
without limitation, those listed in Schedule 5), all registrations and
recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including,
without limitation, all registrations, recordings and applications in the United
States Copyright Office, and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.
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"Copyright Licenses": any written agreement naming any Grantor as
licensor or licensee (including, without limitation, those listed in Schedule
5), granting any right under any Copyright, including, without limitation, the
grant of rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell materials derived
from any Copyright.
"Credit Agreement Obligations": (i) the case of the Borrower, the
Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations, and (ii) in the case of each Guarantor,
its Guarantor Obligations.
"Credit Agreement Secured Parties": as defined in the recitals
hereto.
"Deposit Account": as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of any
applicable jurisdiction and, in any event, including, without limitation, any
demand, time, savings, passbook or like account maintained with a depositary
institution.
"Distribution Date": each date fixed by the Collateral Agent in its
sole discretion for a distribution to the relevant Secured Parties of funds held
in the Collateral Account.
"Equal and Ratable Requirements": as defined in the recitals hereto.
"Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement": as defined in the
recitals hereto.
"First Lien Secured Amount": at any time, the lesser of (i)
$1,525,000,000 and (ii) the maximum amount that can be secured under the
Indenture pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of "Permitted Liens"
contained therein.
"First Priority Interest": as defined in Section 3.
"Foreign Subsidiary": any Subsidiary organized under the laws of any
jurisdiction outside the United States of America.
"Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock": the voting Capital Stock of any
Foreign Subsidiary.
"Grantors": as defined in the preamble hereto.
"Guarantor Obligations": with respect to any Guarantor, all
obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor which may arise under or in
connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 2) or any
other Loan Document to which such Guarantor is a party, in each case whether on
account of guarantee obligations, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities,
costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Credit Agreement Secured Parties that are
required to be paid by such Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or
any other Loan Document).
"Guarantors": the collective reference to each Grantor other than
the Borrower.
"Holders": as defined in the preamble hereto.
"Indenture": as defined in the preamble hereto.
"Intellectual Property": the collective reference to all rights,
priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising
under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including,
without limitation, the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the
Patent Licenses, the Trademarks and the Trademark Licenses, and all rights to
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infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all
proceeds and damages therefrom.
"Intercompany Note": any promissory note evidencing loans made by
any Grantor (other than Holdings) to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.
"Investment Property": the collective reference to (i) all
"investment property," as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the
New York UCC (other than any Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock excluded from the
definition of "Pledged Stock") and (ii) whether or not constituting "investment
property" as so defined, all Pledged Notes and all Pledged Stock.
"Issuers": the collective reference to each issuer of any Investment
Property.
"New York UCC": the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in
effect in the State of New York.
"Patents": (i) all letters patent of the United States, any other
country or any political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions
thereof and all goodwill associated therewith, including, without limitation,
any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5, (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 5 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 referred to in Schedule 5.
"Pledged Notes": all promissory notes listed on Schedule 2, all
Intercompany Notes at any time issued to any Grantor (other than Holdings) and
all other promissory notes issued to or held by any Grantor (other than
Holdings) (other than promissory notes issued in connection with extensions of
trade credit by any Grantor in the ordinary course of business).
"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 Person that may
be issued or granted to, or held by, any Grantor while this Agreement is in
effect; provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the total outstanding
Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary be required to be
pledged hereunder.
"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 Investment Property,
collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect thereto.
"Receivable": any right to payment for goods sold or leased or for
services rendered, whether or not such right is evidenced by an Instrument or
Chattel Paper and whether or not it has been earned by performance (including,
without limitation, any Account).
"Second Priority Interest": as defined in Section 3.
"Secured Debt Agreements": collectively, (a) the Credit Agreement,
the Loan Documents and any other documents entered into in connection therewith
and (b) the Indenture and any other documents entered into in connection
therewith.
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"Secured Obligations": (i) the Borrower Credit Agreement
Obligations, (ii) the Senior Note Obligations and (iii) the Guarantor
Obligations.
"Secured Parties": collectively, (a) the Credit Agreement Secured
Parties, (b) the Holders and (c) the Collateral Agent.
"Securities Act": the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Senior Notes": as defined in the preamble hereto.
"Senior Note Obligations": the unpaid principal of, and premium, if
any, and interest on, the Senior Notes (including, without limitation, interest
accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the instruments governing the
Senior Notes after the maturity of the Senior Notes and interest accruing at the
then applicable rate provided in such instruments 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).
"Trademarks": (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names,
company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service
marks, logos and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill
associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all
registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection
therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any
similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other
country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common-law
rights related thereto, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing
referred to in Schedule 5, 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 5.
"Trustee": as defined in the preamble hereto.
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.
(d) All references to the Lenders hereunder and in the recitals hereto
shall, where appropriate, include any Affiliate of any Lender that is a party to
a Specified Hedge Agreement.
SECTION 2. GUARANTEE
2.1 Guarantee. (a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally,
unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees as a primary obligor and not merely
as surety to the Collateral Agent, for the
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ratable benefit of the Credit Agreement 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 Credit Agreement Obligations.
(b) Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary
notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed
by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws relating to the
insolvency of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution
established in Section 2.2).
(c) Each Guarantor agrees that the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations
may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such
Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 2
or affecting the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent or any Credit
Agreement Secured Party hereunder.
(d) The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full force
and effect until all the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations and the
obligations of each Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2
shall have been satisfied by payment in full, no Letter of Credit shall be
outstanding and the Commitments shall be terminated, notwithstanding that from
time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement the Borrower may be free
from any Borrower Credit Agreement 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 Collateral Agent
or any Credit Agreement Secured Party from the Borrower, any of the Guarantors,
any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or
any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in
reduction of or in payment of the Borrower Credit Agreement 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 Credit Agreement
Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect
of the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations), remain liable for the Borrower
Credit Agreement Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor
hereunder until the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations are paid in full, no
Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments are terminated.
2.2 Right of Contribution. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that to
the extent that a Subsidiary Guarantor shall have paid more than its
proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Subsidiary Guarantor
shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other
Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of
such payment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor's right of contribution shall be subject
to the terms and conditions of Section 2.3. The provisions of this Section 2.2
shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Subsidiary
Guarantor to the Collateral Agent and the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, and
each Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain liable to the Collateral Agent and the
Credit Agreement Secured Parties for the full amount guaranteed by such
Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.
2.3 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor
hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by the
Collateral Agent or any Credit Agreement Secured Party, no Guarantor shall be
entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Collateral Agent or any
Credit Agreement Secured Party against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or
any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Collateral
Agent or any Credit Agreement Secured Party for the payment of the Borrower
Credit Agreement Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to
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seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower or any other Guarantor
in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing
to the Collateral Agent and the Credit Agreement Secured Parties by the Borrower
on account of the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations are paid in full, no
Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments are terminated. If any
amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at
any time when all of the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations shall not have
been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the
Collateral Agent and the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, segregated from other
funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be
turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor
(duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Collateral Agent, if required), to be
applied against the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations, whether matured or
unmatured, in such order as the Collateral Agent may determine.
2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Credit Agreement
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 Credit Agreement Obligations made by the Collateral Agent or any Credit
Agreement Secured Party may be rescinded by the Collateral Agent or such Secured
Party and any of the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations continued, and the
Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon
or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or
right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in
part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived,
surrendered or released by the Collateral Agent or any Credit Agreement Secured
Party, 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 Collateral
Agent (or the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as the
case may be) may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security,
guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Collateral Agent or any
Secured Party for the payment of the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations may
be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither the Collateral
Agent nor any other Credit Agreement Secured Party shall have any obligation to
protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security
for the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations or for the guarantee contained in
this Section 2 or any property subject thereto.
2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. Each Guarantor waives any and
all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Borrower
Credit Agreement Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the
Collateral Agent or any Credit Agreement Secured Party upon the guarantee
contained in this Section 2 or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this
Section 2; the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations, and any of them, shall
conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed,
extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this
Section 2; and all dealings between the Borrower and any of the Guarantors, on
the one hand, and the Collateral Agent and the Credit Agreement Secured Parties,
on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or
consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2. 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 Credit Agreement Obligations. Each Guarantor understands
and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall be construed as
a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to
(a) the validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan
Document, any of the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations or any other
collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect
thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Collateral Agent or any
Credit Agreement Secured Party, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other
than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be available to
or be asserted by the Borrower or any other Person against the Collateral Agent
or any Credit Agreement Secured Party, or (c) any other
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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 Credit Agreement
Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section
2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or
otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the
Collateral Agent and any Credit Agreement Secured Party may, but shall be under
no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and
remedies as it may have against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other
Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Credit Agreement
Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the
Collateral Agent or any Credit Agreement Secured Party to make any such demand,
to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the
Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such
collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any
release of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such
collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any
Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or
affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a
matter of law, of the Collateral Agent or any Credit Agreement Secured Party
against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof "demand" shall include the
commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.
2.6 Reinstatement. The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall
continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time
payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Borrower Credit Agreement
Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by any Credit
Agreement Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution,
liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a
result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or
trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial
part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been
made.
2.7 Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder
will be paid to the Collateral Agent for the sole benefit of the Credit
Agreement Secured Parties without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars at the
office of the Collateral Agent located at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000.
SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
3.1 Grant of First Priority Security Interest. Subject to Section 3.4,
each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Collateral Agent, and hereby
grants to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Credit Agreement
Secured Parties (and, to the extent the following constitutes "Collateral"
under, and as defined in, the Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement,
hereby confirms (without interruption) its assignment and transfer to the
Collateral Agent under the Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement of), a
first priority, security interest (the "First Priority 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 Credit
Agreement Obligations (provided, that in no event shall the First Priority
Interest at any time secure an amount in excess of (i) principal amounts
outstanding under the Credit Agreement up to the First Lien Secured Amount and
accrued interest and fees thereon plus (ii) any other Credit Agreement
Obligations permitted by the Indenture to be secured on a first priority basis):
(a) all Accounts;
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(b) all Chattel Paper;
(c) all Contracts;
(d) all Deposit Accounts;
(e) all Documents;
(f) all Equipment;
(g) all General Intangibles;
(h) all Instruments;
(i) all Intellectual Property;
(j) all Inventory;
(k) all Investment Property;
(l) all Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(m) all other personal property not otherwise described above;
(n) all books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and
(o) 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.
3.2 Grant of Second Priority Security Interest. Subject to Sections 3.4
and 7.4, each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Collateral Agent, and
hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a
second priority security interest (the "Second Priority Interest") in all right,
title and interest of such Grantor in all Collateral, as collateral security for
the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations.
3.3 Separate and Distinct Security Interests. (a) As set forth in the
separate granting clauses contained in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 above, it is the
intent of each Grantor, the Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent, that such
grants shall create two separate and distinct security interests in all right,
title and interest of each Grantor in all Collateral in favor of (i) the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Credit Agreement Secured Parties and
(ii) the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties. For the
avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the First
Priority Interest and the Second Priority Interest shall constitute valid and
enforceable security interests in the Collateral having the priorities relative
to one another established under Sections 3.1 and 3.2 without regard to whether
the actual numeric priority of any of such security interests may prove to be
different, whether due to the existence of a senior lien or the unenforceability
of any of such security interests.
(b) Notwithstanding (i) anything to the contrary contained in any other
document, filing or agreement related to the creation, attachment, perfection or
existence of the security interests granted herein, (ii) the time, place, order
or method of attachment or perfection of such security interests, (iii) the time
or order of filing or recording of financing statements or other documents filed
or recorded to perfect
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such security interests, and (iv) the rules for determining priority under any
law governing the relative priorities of secured creditors, the Second Priority
Interest is expressly junior in priority, operation and effect to the First
Priority Interest.
(c) The priorities set forth herein are intended solely to define the
relative priorities of the secured interests in relation to one another and
shall not be construed as an agreement by any Secured Party to subordinate its
secured interest in favor of the Lien of a Person which is not a Secured Party.
3.4 Excluded Property. Notwithstanding any of the other provisions set
forth in this Section 3 (other than Section 3.5), this Agreement shall not
constitute a grant of a security interest in, and the Collateral shall not
include, (a) any property to the extent that such grant of a security interest
(i) is prohibited by any Requirements of Law of a Governmental Authority or
requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority pursuant to such
Requirement of Law, (ii) 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 (iii) in the case of any Investment
Property, Pledged Stock or Pledged Note, any applicable shareholder or similar
agreement, except in each case 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 or
(b) any property of Holdings, other than its right, title and interest in and to
the Capital Stock of the Borrower and all Proceeds and products related thereto.
3.5 Equal and Ratable Requirements. Anything herein or in any other Loan
Document to the contrary notwithstanding,
(a) to the extent the Holders are required to be secured equally and
ratably with respect to the Collateral or any other collateral security for the
Credit Agreement Obligations pursuant to the Equal and Ratable Requirements of
the Indenture but are not deemed so secured pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement or any other Security Document, this Agreement or such other Security
Document, as applicable, shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to
comply with the Equal and Ratable Requirements of the Indenture; and
(b) to the extent the Holders are secured with respect to the Collateral
or any other collateral security for the Credit Agreement Obligations pursuant
to this Agreement or any other Security Document to a greater extent than is
required by the Equal and Ratable Requirements of the Indenture, this Agreement
or such other Security Document, as applicable, shall be deemed amended in order
to provide the Holders only those rights and security interests with respect to
the Collateral or collateral security as are required by the Equal and Ratable
Requirements of the Indenture.
3.6 Classification of Credit Agreement Obligations. The Credit Agreement
Obligations secured by the Collateral pursuant to Section 3.1 shall be
classified or reclassified from time to time as having been incurred in reliance
on Section 4.09(c)(1) of the Indenture, and the Credit Agreement Obligations
secured pursuant to Section 3.2 shall be classified or reclassified from time to
time as having been incurred in reliance on any paragraph of Section 4.09 of the
Indenture other than paragraph (c)(1) thereof. Any mandatory repayments made
under the Credit Agreement with Net Available Cash (as defined in the Indenture)
from Asset Sales (as defined in the Indenture) shall be deemed applied first to
obligations outstanding under the Credit Agreement secured by the Second
Priority Interest and second to obligations outstanding under the Credit
Agreement secured by the First Priority Interest.
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Section 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Credit Agreement Secured Parties to enter into the
Credit Agreement and to induce the Credit Agreement Secured Parties to make and
continue their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower under the Credit
Agreement, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent
and each Secured Party that:
4.1 Title; No Other Liens. Except for the security interests granted to
the Collateral Agent for the 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 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 Collateral Agent,
for the 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 or developed by 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 Secured Party
understands that any such licenses may be exclusive to the applicable licensees,
and such exclusivity provisions may limit the ability of the Collateral Agent to
utilize, sell, lease or transfer the related Intellectual Property or otherwise
realize value from such Intellectual Property pursuant hereto.
4.2 Perfected First Priority Lien. Part I of Schedule 3 lists for each
Grantor, the jurisdiction in which the Collateral Agent has filed an initial
financing statement and applicable amendments to perfect the security interests
granted under the Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. (a) The First
Priority Interest granted or continued pursuant to this Agreement (i) upon the
effective filing of the amendment described in Part II of Schedule 3 to the
financing statement currently on file against Holdings in the filing office
described in Part I of Schedule 3, will constitute valid perfected security
interests in all of the Collateral to which Article 9 of the New York UCC is
applicable in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Credit Agreement Secured Parties, as collateral security for the Credit
Agreement Obligations (provided, that in no event shall the First Priority
Interest at any time secure an amount in excess of (A) principal amounts
outstanding under the Credit Agreement up to the First Lien Secured Amount and
accrued interest and fees thereon plus (B) any other Credit Agreement
Obligations permitted by the Indenture to be secured on a first priority basis),
enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against all creditors of such
Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase any such Collateral from such
Grantor and (ii) are prior to all other Liens on the Collateral to which Article
9 of the New York UCC is applicable in existence on the date hereof except for
Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement to have priority over the First Priority
Interest.
(b) Perfected Second Priority Lien. The Second Priority Interest granted
pursuant to this Agreement (i) upon completion of the filings and other actions
specified in Section 4.2(a)(i) will constitute valid perfected security
interests in all of the Collateral to which Article 9 of the New York UCC is
applicable in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties, as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, enforceable
in accordance with the terms hereof against all creditors of such Grantor and
any Persons purporting to purchase any such Collateral from such Grantor and
(ii) are prior to all other Liens on the Collateral to which Article 9 of the
New York UCC is applicable in existence on the date hereof except for the First
Priority Interest and Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement to have priority
over the First Priority Interest.
4.3 Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office. On the date
hereof, such Grantor's jurisdiction of organization, identification number from
the jurisdiction of organization (if any), and the location of such Grantor's
chief executive office or sole place of business or principal residence, as the
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case may be, are specified on Schedule 4. Such Grantor has furnished to the
Collateral Agent a certified charter, certificate of incorporation or other
organizational document and a long-form good standing certificate as of a date
which is recent to the date hereof.
4.4 Farm Products. None of the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds
of, Farm Products.
4.5 Investment Property. (a) The shares of 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, 65% of the outstanding Foreign
Subsidiary Voting Stock of each relevant Issuer.
(b) All the shares of the Pledged Stock have been duly and validly issued
and are fully paid and nonassessable.
(c) Each of the Pledged Notes constituting Collateral constitutes the
legal, valid and binding obligation of the obligor with respect thereto,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar
laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, general equitable
principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an
implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
(d) Such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good and
marketable title to, the Investment Property pledged by it hereunder, free of
any and all Liens or options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person, except
the security interests created or continued by this Agreement.
4.6 Receivables. With respect to the Receivables constituting Collateral
of any Grantor (other than Holdings) only: (a) No amount payable to such Grantor
under or in connection with any Receivable is evidenced by any Instrument or
Chattel Paper which has not been delivered to the Collateral Agent.
(b) None of the obligors on any Receivables is a Governmental Authority.
(c) The amounts represented by such Grantor to the Secured Parties from
time to time as owing to such Grantor in respect of the Receivables will at such
times be accurate.
4.7 Intellectual Property. With respect to the Intellectual Property
constituting Collateral of any Grantor (other than Holdings) only: (a) Schedule
5 lists all Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents and applications for the foregoing
owned by such Grantor in its own name on the date hereof and all Copyright
Licenses, Patent Licenses and Trademark Licenses.
(b) On the date hereof, all material Intellectual Property is valid,
subsisting, unexpired and enforceable, has not been abandoned and, to the
knowledge of such Grantor, does not infringe the intellectual property rights of
any other Person.
(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 5 hereto, on the date hereof, none of
the Intellectual Property is the subject of any licensing or franchise agreement
pursuant to which such Grantor is the licensor or franchisor.
(d) No holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental
Authority which would limit, cancel or question the validity of, or such
Grantor's rights in, any Intellectual Property in any respect that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(e) No action or proceeding is pending, or, to the knowledge of such
Grantor, threatened, on the date hereof (i) seeking to limit, cancel or question
the validity of any Intellectual Property or such Grantor's ownership interest
therein, or (ii) which, if adversely determined, would have a material adverse
effect on the value of any Intellectual Property.
4.8 Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts . Schedule 6 hereto sets forth
each Deposit Account or Securities Account constituting Collateral in which any
Grantor (other than Holdings) has any interest on the date hereof.
SECTION 5. COVENANTS
Each Grantor other than Holdings, and Holdings for the purposes of
Sections 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6 and 5.7 only, covenants and agrees with the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties that, from and after the
date of this Agreement until the Secured Obligations shall have been paid in
full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall have
terminated:
5.1 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
constituting Collateral, such Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper
shall be immediately delivered to the Collateral Agent, duly indorsed in a
manner satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant
to this Agreement.
5.2 Maintenance of Insurance. (a) Such Grantor will maintain, with
financially sound and reputable companies, insurance policies (i) insuring the
Inventory and Equipment against loss by fire, explosion, theft and such other
casualties as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and (ii) to
the extent requested by the Collateral Agent, insuring such Grantor against
liability for personal injury and property damage relating to such Inventory and
Equipment, such policies to be in such form and amounts and having such coverage
as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
(b) All such insurance shall (i) provide that no cancellation, material
reduction in amount or material change in coverage thereof shall be effective
unless the insurer gives at least 30 days notice to the Collateral Agent, (ii)
name the Collateral Agent as insured party or loss payee, as applicable, and
(iii) be reasonably satisfactory in all other respects to the Collateral Agent.
(c) The Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a report of a
reputable insurance broker with respect to such insurance substantially
concurrently with each delivery of the Borrower's audited annual financial
statements and such supplemental reports with respect thereto as the Collateral
Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
5.3 Payment of Obligations. Such Grantor will pay and discharge or
otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the
case may be, all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed
upon the Collateral or in respect of income or profits therefrom, as well as all
claims of any kind (including, without limitation, claims for labor, materials
and supplies) against or with respect to the Collateral, except that no such
charge need be paid if the amount or validity thereof is currently being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, reserves in conformity with
GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of such Grantor and
such proceedings could not reasonably be expected to result in the sale,
forfeiture or loss of any material portion of the Collateral or any interest
therein.
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5.4 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation. (a)
Such Grantor shall maintain the security interests created by this Agreement as
perfected security interests having the priorities described in Section 4.2 and
shall defend such security interests 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) Such Grantor will furnish to the Collateral Agent from time to time
statements and schedules further identifying and describing the assets and
property of such Grantor and such other reports in connection therewith as the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.
(c) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the
Collateral Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor will
promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further
instruments and documents and take such further actions as the Collateral Agent
may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full
benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted,
including, without limitation, (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 Investment Property, Deposit Accounts and Letter-of-Credit
Rights constituting Collateral and any other relevant Collateral, taking any
actions necessary to enable the Collateral Agent to obtain "control" (within the
meaning of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) with respect thereto.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (other than with
respect to (i) Investment Property and (ii) Deposit Accounts and Securities
Accounts), no Grantor shall be required to take any actions to perfect or
maintain the Collateral Agent's security interest with respect to any personal
property Collateral which (i) cannot be perfected or maintained by filing a
financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code and (ii) has a fair market
value which, together with the value of all other personal property Collateral
of all Grantors with respect to which a security interest is not perfected or
maintained in reliance on this sentence, does not exceed $2,500,000.
(d) Subject to Section 5.11, such Grantor will not establish any
additional Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts constituting Collateral
without executing and delivering, concurrently with the establishment of such
account, a control agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent and the related depositary bank or securities intermediary, as
the case may be, in order to perfect the security interests of the Collateral
Agent in such account under the Uniform Commercial Code.
5.5 Changes in Locations, Name, etc. Such Grantor will not, except upon 15
days' prior written notice to the Collateral Agent and delivery to the
Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent of all additional executed
financing statements and other documents reasonably requested by the Collateral
Agent or the Administrative Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and
priority of the security interests provided for herein:
(i) change its jurisdiction of organization or the location of its chief
executive office or sole place of business or principal residence from that
referred to in Section 4.3; or
(ii) change its name.
5.6 Notices. Such Grantor will advise the Collateral Agent and the
Administrative Agent promptly, in reasonable detail (which notice shall specify
that it is being delivered pursuant to this Section), of:
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(a) any Lien (other than security interests created or continued hereby or
Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement) on any of the Collateral which would
adversely affect the ability of the Collateral Agent to exercise any of its
remedies hereunder; and
(b) the occurrence of any other event which could reasonably be expected
to have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on
the security interests created hereby.
5.7 Investment Property. (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 Collateral Agent
for the benefit of the Secured Parties, hold the same in trust for the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and deliver the same
forthwith to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received, duly indorsed by
such Grantor to the Collateral Agent, if required, together with an undated
stock power covering such certificate duly executed in blank by such Grantor and
with, if the Collateral Agent so requests, signature guaranteed, to be held by
the Collateral Agent, subject to the terms hereof, as additional collateral
security for the Secured Obligations. Any sums paid upon or in respect of the
Investment Property upon the liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer shall be
paid over to the Collateral Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional
collateral security for the Secured Obligations, and in case any distribution of
capital shall be made on or in respect of the Investment Property or any
property shall be distributed upon or with respect to the Investment Property
pursuant to the recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of any
Issuer or pursuant to the reorganization thereof, the property so distributed
shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the
Collateral Agent, be delivered to the Collateral Agent to be held by it
hereunder as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations. If any
sums of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of the Investment
Property shall be received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall, until such money
or property is paid or delivered to the Collateral Agent, hold such money or
property in trust for the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, as additional collateral
security for the Secured Obligations.
(b) Without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, such
Grantor will not (i) vote to enable, or take any other action to permit, any
Issuer to issue any Capital Stock of any nature or to issue any other securities
convertible into or granting the right to purchase or exchange for any Capital
Stock of any nature of any Issuer, except to the extent permitted by the Credit
Agreement, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, or
grant any option with respect to, the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof
(except pursuant to a transaction expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement),
(iii) 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 Investment Property or Proceeds
thereof, or any interest therein, except for the security interests created by
this Agreement and the Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement or (iv) enter
into any agreement or undertaking restricting the right or ability of such
Grantor or the Collateral Agent to sell, assign or transfer any of the
Investment Property or Proceeds thereof.
(c) In the case of each Grantor which is an Issuer, such Issuer agrees
that (i) it will be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the
Investment Property issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such
terms are applicable to it, (ii) it will notify the Collateral Agent promptly in
writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 5.7(a) with
respect to the Investment Property issued by it and (iii) the terms of Sections
6.3(c) and 6.6 shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions
that may be required of it pursuant to Section 6.3(c) or 6.6 with respect to the
Investment Property issued by it.
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5.8 Receivables. (a) Other than in the ordinary course of business
consistent with its past practice, such Grantor will not (i) grant any extension
of the time of payment of any Receivable, (ii) compromise or settle any
Receivable for less than the full amount thereof, (iii) release, wholly or
partially, any Person liable for the payment of any Receivable, (iv) allow any
credit or discount whatsoever on any Receivable or (v) amend, supplement or
modify any Receivable in any manner that could reasonably be expected to
adversely affect the value thereof.
(b) Such Grantor will deliver to the Collateral Agent a copy of each
material demand, notice or document received by it that questions or calls into
doubt the validity or enforceability of more than 5% of the aggregate amount of
the then outstanding Receivables.
5.9 Intellectual Property. (a) Except to the extent any Grantor reasonably
determines that any Intellectual Property is no longer used or useful in its
business, such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will (i) continue to
use commercially each material Trademark in order to maintain such Trademark in
full force free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (ii) maintain as in
the past the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark,
(iii) use such Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration and all
other notices and legends required by applicable Requirements of Law, (iv) not
adopt or use any xxxx which is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of
such Trademark unless the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties, shall obtain perfected security interests in such xxxx pursuant
to this Agreement (with such priorities as are contemplated in Section 3), and
(v) not (and not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or
knowingly omit to do any act whereby such Trademark may become invalidated or
impaired in any way.
(b) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not do any act,
or omit to do any act, whereby any material Patent may become forfeited,
abandoned or dedicated to the public.
(c) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) (i) will employ each
material Copyright and (ii) will not (and will not permit any licensee or
sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any
material portion of the Copyrights may become invalidated or otherwise impaired.
Such Grantor will not (either itself or through licensees) do any act whereby
any material portion of the Copyrights may fall into the public domain.
(d) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not do any act
that knowingly uses any material Intellectual Property to infringe the
intellectual property rights of any other Person.
(e) Such Grantor will notify the Collateral Agent immediately if it knows,
or has reason to know, that any application or registration relating to any
material Intellectual Property may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to
the public, or of any final or non-appealable adverse determination or
development (including, without limitation, 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 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any other
country or any political subdivision thereof, such Grantor shall report such
filing to the Collateral Agent within five Business Days after the last day of
the fiscal quarter in which such filing occurs. Upon request of the Collateral
Agent, such Grantor shall execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all
agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as the Collateral Agent may
request to evidence the
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Collateral Agent's security interests in any Copyright, Patent or Trademark and
the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or
represented thereby.
(g) Such Grantor will take all reasonable and necessary steps, including,
without limitation, in any proceeding before the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or
agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain
and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to
maintain each registration of the material Intellectual Property, including,
without limitation, filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use and
affidavits of incontestability.
(h) In the event that any material Intellectual Property is infringed,
misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall (i) take such
actions as such Grantor shall reasonably deem appropriate under the
circumstances to protect such Intellectual Property and (ii) if such
Intellectual Property is of material economic value, promptly notify the
Collateral Agent after it learns thereof and xxx for infringement,
misappropriation or dilution, to seek appropriate relief and to recover any and
all damages for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution.
5.10 Commercial Tort Claims. Such Grantor shall advise the Collateral
Agent promptly of any Commercial Tort Claim held by such Grantor in excess of
$1,000,000 and shall promptly execute a supplement to this Agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent to grant security interests in
such Commercial Tort Claim to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties in the manner and having the priorities described in Section 3.
5.11 Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts. No Grantor shall establish or
maintain a Deposit Account or Securities Account for which such Grantor has not
delivered to the Collateral Agent a control agreement executed by all parties
relevant thereto, provided that the Grantors shall not be required to enter into
control agreements with respect to any Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts
having an aggregate balance of less than $1,000,000.
5.12 Unrestricted Subsidiaries. The Borrower shall not, and shall not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, designate any Subsidiary of the Borrower
which is a Loan Party as an "Unrestricted Subsidiary" for purposes of the
Indenture.
SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS
6.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables. With respect to Receivables
constituting Collateral of any Grantor other than Holdings: (a) After an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall have the
right to make test verifications of the Receivables in any manner and through
any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and each Grantor shall
furnish all such assistance and information as the Collateral Agent may require
in connection with such test verifications.
(b) The Collateral Agent hereby authorizes each Grantor to collect such
Grantor's Receivables. The Collateral Agent may curtail or terminate said
authority at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default. If required by the Collateral Agent, upon the request of the
Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, at any time after the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payments of Receivables,
when collected by any Grantor, (i) shall be forthwith (and, in any event, within
two Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly
indorsed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent if required, in the Collateral
Account, subject to withdrawal by the Collateral Agent for the account of the
Secured Parties only as
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provided in Section 7.4, and (ii) until so turned over, shall be held by such
Grantor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties,
segregated from other funds of such Grantor. Each such deposit of Proceeds of
Receivables shall be accompanied by a report identifying in reasonable detail
the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit.
(c) At the Collateral Agent's request, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall deliver to the Collateral
Agent all original and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the
agreements and transactions which gave rise to the Receivables, including,
without limitation, all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.
6.2 Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable. With respect to
Receivables constituting Collateral of any Grantor other than Holdings: (a) The
Collateral Agent in its own name or in the name of others may at any time after
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after prior
notice to the Grantors communicate with obligors under the Receivables to verify
with them to the Collateral Agent's satisfaction the existence, amount and terms
of any Receivables.
(b) After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default
and at the direction of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent in its
own name or in the name of others may, and upon the request of the Collateral
Agent each Grantor shall, notify obligors on the Receivables that the
Receivables have been assigned to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to
the Collateral Agent.
(c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall
remain liable under each of the Receivables to observe and perform all the
conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in
accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise thereto. Neither the
Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability
under any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto) by reason of or
arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Collateral Agent nor any
Secured Party of any payment relating thereto, nor shall the Collateral Agent or
any Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations
of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise
thereto), to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the
sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any
performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take any
action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which
may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or
times.
6.3 Pledged Stock. (a) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have given notice to the relevant
Grantor of the Collateral Agent's intent to exercise its corresponding rights
pursuant to Section 6.3(b), each Grantor shall be permitted to receive all cash
dividends paid in respect of the Pledged Stock and all payments made in respect
of the Pledged Notes, in each case paid in the normal course of business of the
relevant Issuer and consistent with past practice, to the extent permitted in
the Credit Agreement, and to exercise all voting and corporate or other
organizational rights with respect to the Investment Property; 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 result in any violation of any provision of the Credit
Agreement, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(b) If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the
Collateral Agent shall give notice of its intent to exercise such rights to the
relevant Grantor or Grantors, (i) the Collateral Agent shall have the right to
receive any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in respect
of the Investment Property and make application thereof to the Secured
Obligations in such order as the Collateral Agent may determine, and (ii) any or
all of the Investment Property shall be registered in the
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name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee, and the Collateral Agent or its
nominee may thereafter exercise (x) all voting, corporate and other rights
pertaining to such Investment Property 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 Investment Property as if it were the absolute owner
thereof (including, without limitation, the right to exchange at its discretion
any and all of the Investment Property 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 Collateral Agent of any right, privilege or option pertaining to
such Investment Property, and in connection therewith, the right to deposit and
deliver any and all of the Investment Property with any committee, depositary,
transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and
conditions as the Collateral Agent may determine), all without liability except
to account for property actually received by it, but the Collateral Agent shall
have no duty to any Grantor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and
shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing.
(c) Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer of any
Investment Property pledged by such Grantor hereunder to (i) comply with any
instruction received by it from the Collateral Agent in writing that (x) states
that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) is otherwise in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further
instructions from such Grantor, and each Grantor agrees that each Issuer shall
be fully protected in so complying, and (ii) upon delivery of any notice to such
effect pursuant to Section 6.3(a), pay any dividends or other payments with
respect to the Investment Property directly to the Collateral Agent.
6.4 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Collateral Agent. In addition to the
rights of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties specified in Section 6.1
with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Event of Default shall occur and
be continuing, and the Collateral Agent, upon the request of the Administrative
Agent, shall have given notice thereof to the Grantors, all Proceeds received by
any Grantor consisting of cash, checks and other near-cash items shall be held
by such Grantor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties,
segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt
by such Grantor, be turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form
received by such Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent,
if required). All Proceeds received by the Collateral Agent hereunder shall be
held by the Collateral Agent in a Collateral Account maintained under its sole
dominion and control in accordance with Section 7.1. All Proceeds while held by
the Collateral Agent in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for
the Secured Parties) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all
the Secured Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied
as provided in Section 7.4.
6.5 Code and Other Remedies. If an Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders, the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, 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
Secured Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the New
York UCC or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Collateral Agent, without demand of performance or other demand,
presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice
required by law referred to below) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person
(all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby
waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and
realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell,
lease, assign, give option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and
deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the
foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any
exchange, broker's board or office of any Secured Party 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
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credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. Any Secured
Party shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the
extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the
whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of
redemption in any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released.
Each Grantor further agrees, at the Collateral Agent's request, to assemble the
Collateral and make it available to the Collateral Agent at places which the
Collateral Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor's premises or
elsewhere. The Collateral Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken
by it pursuant to this Section 6.5, 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 Secured Parties hereunder, including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements, to the payment in
whole or in part of the Secured Obligations, in such order as the Collateral
Agent may elect, and only after such application and after the payment by the
Collateral Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law,
including, without limitation, Section 9-615(a)(3) of the New York UCC, need the
Collateral Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor. To the extent
permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages and demands
it may acquire against the Secured Parties arising out of the exercise by them
of any rights hereunder. If any notice of a proposed sale or other disposition
of Collateral shall be required by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable
and proper if given at least 10 days before such sale or other disposition.
6.6 Registration Rights. (a) If the Collateral Agent shall determine to
exercise its right to sell any or all of the Pledged Stock pursuant to Section
6.5, and if in the opinion of the Collateral Agent it is necessary or advisable
to have the Pledged Stock, or that portion thereof to be sold, 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 opinion of the Collateral
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
best efforts to cause the registration statement relating thereto to become
effective and to remain effective for a period of one year from the date of the
first public offering of the Pledged Stock, or that portion thereof to be sold,
and (iii) make all amendments thereto and/or to the related prospectus which, in
the opinion of the Collateral 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 Collateral
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 Collateral Agent may be unable to
effect a public sale of any or all the Pledged Stock, by reason of certain
prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities
laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales
thereof to a restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged to agree,
among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for
investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each
Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices
and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and,
notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be
deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. The Collateral
Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Stock
for the period of time necessary to permit the Issuer thereof to register such
securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state
securities laws, even if such Issuer would agree to do so.
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(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 6.6 valid and binding and
in compliance with any and all other applicable Requirements of Law. Each
Grantor further agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this
Section 6.6 will cause irreparable injury to the Collateral Agent and the
Secured Parties, that the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties have no
adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that
each and every covenant contained in this Section 6.6 shall be specifically
enforceable against such Grantor, and such Grantor hereby waives and agrees not
to assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of such
covenants except for a defense that no Event of Default has occurred under the
Credit Agreement.
6.7 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 the Secured Obligations and the fees and disbursements of any attorneys
employed by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to collect such
deficiency.
SECTION 7. THE COLLATERAL ACCOUNT; DISTRIBUTIONS
7.1 The Collateral Account. At such time as the Collateral Agent deems
appropriate, there shall be established and, at all times thereafter until this
Agreement shall have terminated, the Collateral Agent shall maintain a separate
collateral account under its sole dominion and control (the "Collateral
Account"). All moneys which are received by the Collateral Agent or any agent or
nominee of the Collateral Agent in respect of the Collateral, whether in
connection with the exercise of the remedies provided in this Agreement or any
Security Document, shall be deposited in the Collateral Account and held by the
Collateral Agent as part of the Collateral and applied in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.
7.2 Control of Collateral Account. All right, title and interest in and to
the Collateral Account shall vest in the Collateral Agent, and funds on deposit
in the Collateral Account shall constitute part of the Collateral. The
Collateral Account shall be subject to the exclusive dominion and control of the
Collateral Agent.
7.3 Investment of Funds Deposited in Collateral Account. The Collateral
Agent may, but is under no obligation to, invest and reinvest moneys on deposit
in the Collateral Account at any time in Permitted Investments. All such
investments and the interest and income received thereon and the net proceeds
realized on the sale or redemption thereof shall be held in the Collateral
Account and constitute Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible
for any diminution in funds resulting from such investments or any liquidation
prior to maturity.
7.4 Application of Moneys. (a) The Collateral Agent shall have the right
at any time to apply moneys held by it in the Collateral Account to the payment
of due and unpaid Collateral Agent Fees.
(b) All remaining moneys held by the Collateral Agent in the Collateral
Account or received by the Collateral Agent with respect to the Collateral
shall, to the extent available for distribution (it being understood that the
Collateral Agent may liquidate investments prior to maturity in order to make a
distribution pursuant to this Section 7.4), be distributed by the Collateral
Agent on each Distribution Date in the following order of priority (with such
distributions being made by the Collateral Agent to the respective
representatives for the Secured Parties as provided in Section 7.4(d), and each
such
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representative shall be responsible for insuring that amounts distributed to it
are distributed to its Secured Parties in the order of priority set forth
below):
First: to the Collateral Agent for any unpaid Collateral Agent Fees
and then to any Secured Party which has theretofore advanced or paid any
Collateral Agent Fees constituting administrative expenses allowable under
Section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, an amount equal to the amount
thereof so advanced or paid by such Secured Party and for which such
Secured Party has not been reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date,
and, if such moneys shall be insufficient to pay such amounts in full,
then ratably (without priority of any one over any other) to such Secured
Parties in proportion to the amounts of such Collateral Agent Fees
advanced by the respective Secured Parties and remaining unpaid on such
Distribution Date;
Second: to any Secured Party which has theretofore advanced or paid
any Collateral Agent Fees other than such administrative expenses
described in clause First above, an amount equal to the amount thereof so
advanced or paid by such Secured Party and for which such Secured Party
has not been reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date, and, if such
moneys shall be insufficient to pay such amounts in full, then ratably
(without priority of any one over any other) to such Secured Parties in
proportion to the amounts of such Collateral Agent Fees advanced by the
respective Secured Parties and remaining unpaid on such Distribution Date;
Third, to the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, the amount then due
and owing and remaining unpaid in respect of the Credit Agreement
Obligations secured by the First Priority Interest, pro rata among the
parties to which such Credit Agreement Obligations are then due and owing
based on the respective amounts thereof, until such Credit Agreement
Obligations are paid or cash collateralized (to the extent not then due
and payable) in full; provided that in no event shall the aggregate amount
distributed under clauses Third and Fourth of this Section 7.4 exceed (i)
principal amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement up to the First
Lien Secured Amount and accrued interest and fees thereon plus (ii) any
other Credit Agreement Obligations permitted by the Indenture to be
secured on a first priority basis;
Fourth (this clause being applicable only if an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing), to the Credit Agreement Secured
Parties, the amount of unpaid principal, interest, fees, charges, costs
and expenses in respect of the Credit Agreement Obligations secured by the
First Priority Interest, pro rata among the parties holding such Credit
Agreement Obligations based on the respective amounts thereof, until such
Credit Agreement Obligations are paid or cash collateralized (to the
extent not then due and payable) in full; provided that in no event shall
the aggregate amount distributed under clauses Third and Fourth of this
Section 7.4 exceed (i) principal amounts outstanding under the Credit
Agreement up to the First Lien Secured Amount and accrued interest and
fees thereon plus (ii) any other Credit Agreement Obligations permitted by
the Indenture to be secured on a first priority basis;
Fifth (this clause being applicable only if an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing), to the Secured Parties, in respect
of the Second Priority Interest, the amount of unpaid principal, interest,
fees, charges, costs and expenses in respect of the Secured Obligations,
pro rata among the parties holding such Secured Obligations based on the
respective amounts thereof (after giving effect to any distributions made
under clauses Third and Fourth of this Section 7.4), until such Secured
Obligations are paid or cash collateralized (in the case of Credit
Agreement Obligations not then due and payable) in full; and
Sixth, any balance remaining after the Secured Obligations shall
have been paid or cash collateralized in full, no Letters of Credit shall
be outstanding and the Commitments shall have
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terminated shall be paid over to the Borrower or to whomsoever may be lawfully
entitled to receive the same.
(c) The term "unpaid" as used in clause Third, Fourth and Fifth of
Section 7.4(b) refers:
(i) in the absence of a bankruptcy proceeding with respect to
the relevant Grantor(s), to all amounts of Credit Agreement
Obligations or Secured Obligations, as the case may be, outstanding
as of a Distribution Date, and
(ii) during the pendency of a bankruptcy proceeding with
respect to the relevant Grantor(s), to all amounts allowed (within
the meaning of Title 11 of the United States Code entitled
"Bankruptcy") by the bankruptcy court in respect of Credit Agreement
Obligations or Secured Obligations, as the case may be, as a basis
for distribution (including estimated amounts, if any, allowed in
respect of contingent claims),
to the extent that prior distributions (whether actually distributed or set
aside pursuant to Section 7.5) have not been made in respect thereof.
(d) The Collateral Agent shall make all payments and distributions under
this Section 7.4 (i) on account of Credit Agreement Obligations to the
Administrative Agent, pursuant to directions of the Administrative Agent, for
re-distribution in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and
(ii) on account of the Senior Note Obligations to the Trustee, pursuant to
directions of the Trustee, for re-distribution in accordance with the provisions
of the Indenture.
7.5 Application of Moneys Distributable to the Trustee. If at any time any
moneys collected or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement
are distributable pursuant to Section 7.4 to the Trustee, and if the Trustee
shall notify the Collateral Agent in writing that no provision is made under the
Indenture for the application by the Trustee of such moneys (whether because the
Senior Note Obligations under the Indenture have not become due and payable or
otherwise) and that the Indenture does not effectively provide for the receipt
and the holding by the Trustee of such moneys pending the application thereof,
then the Collateral Agent, after receipt of such notification, shall, at the
direction of the Trustee, invest such amounts in Permitted Investments maturing
within 90 days after they are acquired by the Collateral Agent or, in the
absence of such direction, hold such moneys uninvested and shall hold all such
amounts so distributable and all such investments and the net proceeds thereof
in trust solely for the Trustee (in its capacity as trustee) and for no other
purpose until such time as the Trustee shall request in writing the delivery
thereof by the Collateral Agent for application pursuant to the Indenture, as
applicable.
7.6 Collateral Agent's Calculations. In making the determinations and
allocations required by Section 7.4, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely
upon information supplied by the Trustee as to the amounts of unpaid principal
and interest and other amounts outstanding with respect to the Senior Note
Obligations and information supplied by the Administrative Agent as to the
amounts of unpaid principal and interest and other amounts outstanding with
respect to the Credit Agreement Obligations, and the Collateral Agent shall have
no liability to any of the Secured Parties for actions taken in reliance on such
information, provided that nothing in this sentence shall prevent any Grantor
from contesting any amounts claimed by any Secured Party in any information so
supplied. All distributions made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 7.4
shall be (subject to any decree of any court of competent jurisdiction) final
(absent manifest error), and the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to inquire
as to the application by the Administrative Agent or the Trustee of any amounts
distributed to them.
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7.7 Pro Rata Sharing. If, through the operation of any bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency or other laws or otherwise, the Collateral Agent's
security interests hereunder and under the other Security Documents is enforced
with respect to some, but not all, of the Secured Obligations then outstanding,
the Collateral Agent shall nonetheless apply the proceeds of the Collateral for
the benefit of the holders of the Secured Obligations which have been enforced
in the proportions and subject to the priorities specified herein after giving
effect thereto. To the extent that the Collateral Agent distributes Proceeds
collected with respect to Secured Obligations held by one holder to or on behalf
of Secured Obligations held by a second holder, the first holder shall be deemed
to have purchased a participation in the Secured Obligations held by the second
holder, or shall be subrogated to the rights of the second holder to receive any
subsequent payments and distributions made with respect to the portion thereof
paid or to be paid by the application of such Proceeds.
SECTION 8. AGREEMENTS WITH THE COLLATERAL AGENT
8.1 Delivery of Secured Debt Agreements. On or before the date hereof, the
Borrower shall have delivered to the Collateral Agent true and complete copies
of each Secured Debt Agreement as in effect on the date hereof. The Borrower
shall deliver to the Collateral Agent, promptly upon the execution thereof, (i)
a true and complete copy of all amendments, modifications or supplements to any
Secured Debt Agreement entered into after the date hereof, and (ii) a true and
complete copy of any new Secured Debt Agreement entered into after the date
hereof.
8.2 Information as to Secured Parties. The Borrower shall deliver to the
Collateral Agent on the date hereof and quarterly hereafter, and from time to
time upon request of the Collateral Agent, a list setting forth as of a date not
more than 10 days prior to the date of such delivery the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the Secured Obligations. The Borrower shall promptly notify
the Collateral Agent of each change in the identity or address of the
Administrative Agent or the Trustee.
8.3 Compensation and Expenses. Each Grantor, jointly and severally, agrees
to pay to the Collateral Agent, from time to time upon demand, (i) reasonable
compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
compensation of fiduciaries or of a trustee of an express trust) for its
services hereunder and for administering the Collateral and (ii) all of the
fees, costs and expenses of the Collateral Agent (including, without limitation,
the reasonable fees and disbursements of its counsel, advisors and agents) (A)
arising in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, modification,
and termination of this Agreement, each other Security Document, or the
enforcement of any of the provisions hereof or thereof, (B) incurred or required
to be advanced in connection with the administration of the Collateral, the sale
or other disposition of Collateral and the preservation, protection or defense
of the Collateral Agent's rights under this Agreement, each other Security
Document, and in and to the Collateral, (C) incurred by the Collateral Agent in
connection with the removal of the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 9.11 or
(D) the failure by any Grantor to perform or observe any of the provisions of
this Agreement or any other Security Document. Such fees, costs and expenses are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under any other bankruptcy law
relating to creditors' rights generally. The obligations of the Grantors under
this Section 8.3 shall survive the termination of the other provisions of this
Agreement and the other Security Documents and the resignation or removal of the
Collateral Agent hereunder.
8.4 Stamp and Other Similar Taxes. Each Grantor, jointly and severally,
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and each Secured
Party from any present or future claim for liability for any stamp or any other
similar tax, and any penalties or interest with respect thereto, which may be
assessed, levied or collected by any jurisdiction in connection with this
Agreement, any other Security Document or any Collateral. The obligations of the
Grantors under this Section 8.4 shall survive
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the termination of the other provisions of this Agreement and the other Security
Documents and the resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent hereunder.
8.5 Filing Fees, Excise Taxes, Etc. Each Grantor, jointly and severally,
agrees to pay or to reimburse the Collateral Agent for any and all payments made
by the Collateral Agent in respect of all search, filing, recording and
registration fees, taxes, excise taxes and other similar imposts which may be
payable or determined to be payable in respect of the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the other Security Documents. The obligations of the Grantors
under this Section 8.5 shall survive the termination of the other provisions of
this Agreement and the other Security Documents and the resignation or removal
of the Collateral Agent hereunder.
8.6 Indemnification. Each Grantor, jointly and severally, agrees (a) to
pay or reimburse the Collateral Agent for all of its out-of-pocket costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation and execution
of this Agreement and the other Security Documents and any other documents
prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and
administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including
the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Collateral Agent and
filing and recording fees and expenses, with statements with respect to the
foregoing to be submitted to the Borrower prior to the Closing Date (in the case
of amounts to be paid on the Closing Date), and from time to time thereafter on
a quarterly basis or such other periodic basis as the Collateral Agent shall
deem appropriate, (b) to pay or reimburse the Collateral Agent for all of its
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with any amendment,
supplement or modification to this Agreement and the other Security Documents
and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, (c) to pay
or reimburse each Secured Party and the Collateral Agent for all its costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any
rights under this Agreement, the other Security Documents and any such other
documents (including, without limitation, in connection with any action taken
with respect to the Collateral), including the fees and disbursements of counsel
(including the allocated fees and expenses of in-house counsel) to each Secured
Party and of counsel to the Collateral Agent, (d) to pay, indemnify, and hold
each Secured Party and the Collateral Agent harmless from, any and all recording
and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from
any delay in paying, stamp, excise and other taxes, if any, that may be payable
or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or
consummation or administration of any of the transactions contemplated by, or
any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or
in respect of, this Agreement, the other Security Documents and any such other
documents, and (e) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Secured Party and the
Collateral Agent and their respective officers, directors, employees,
affiliates, agents, trustees, advisors and controlling persons (each, an
"Indemnitee") harmless from and against any and all other 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, the other Security Documents and any such other documents, including
any of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of the Loans or the
violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law
applicable to the operations of any Group Member or any of the Properties and
the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel in connection with claims,
actions or proceedings by any Indemnitee against any Loan Party under any
Security Document (all the foregoing in this clause (e), collectively, the
"Indemnified Liabilities"), provided, that the Borrower shall have no obligation
hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the
extent such Indemnified Liabilities are found by a final and nonappealable
decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. Without limiting the
foregoing, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower agrees
not to assert and to cause its Subsidiaries not to assert, and hereby waives and
agrees to cause its Subsidiaries to waive, all rights for contribution or any
other rights of recovery with respect to all claims, demands, penalties, fines,
liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or
nature,
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under or related to Environmental Laws, that any of them might have by statute
or otherwise against any Indemnitee. The obligations of the Grantors under this
Section 8.6 shall survive the termination of the other provisions of this
Agreement and the other Security Documents and the resignation or removal of the
Collateral Agent hereunder.
8.7 Collateral Agent's Lien. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement or in any other Security Document, as security for the payment of
the Collateral Agent Fees (i) the Collateral Agent is hereby granted a lien upon
all Collateral and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have the right to use and
apply any of the funds held by the Collateral Agent in the Collateral Account to
cover such Collateral Agent Fees.
SECTION 9. THE COLLATERAL AGENT
9.1 Collateral Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc. (a) Each
Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and any
officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and
lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place
and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name,
for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any and all
appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which
may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby gives the
Collateral Agent the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice
to or assent by such Grantor, to do any or all of the following:
(i) in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take
possession of and indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances
or other instruments for the payment of moneys due under any Receivable or
with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or take any other
action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed
appropriate by the Collateral Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all
such moneys due under any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral
whenever payable;
(ii) in the case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver, and
have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as
the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Collateral
Agent's security interest in such Intellectual Property (and the associated
goodwill) and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or
represented thereby;
(iii)pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened
against the Collateral, effect any repairs or any insurance called for by the
terms of this Agreement and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and
the costs thereof;
(iv) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 6.5 or
6.6, any indorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or
transfer with respect to the Collateral; and
(v) (1) direct any party liable for any payment under any of the
Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due
thereunder directly to the Collateral Agent or as the Collateral Agent shall
direct; (2) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt
for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any
time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (3) sign and indorse any
invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse
receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and
other documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (4) commence and
prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court
of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any
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portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral;
(5) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with
respect to any Collateral; (6) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit,
action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or
releases as the Collateral Agent may deem appropriate; (7) assign any
Copyright, Patent or Trademark (along with the goodwill of the business to
which any such Copyright, Patent or Trademark pertains), throughout the world
for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as the
Collateral Agent shall in its sole discretion determine; and (8) generally,
sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise
deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the
Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at
the Collateral Agent's option and such Grantor's expense, at any time, or
from time to time, all acts and things which the Collateral Agent deems
necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and Collateral
Agent's 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 9.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Collateral Agent agrees that it will not exercise any rights under the power of
attorney provided for in this Section 9.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing.
(b) If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements
contained herein, the Collateral Agent, at its option, but without any
obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or
compliance, with such agreement.
(c) The expenses of the Collateral Agent incurred in connection with
actions undertaken as provided in this Section 9.1, together with interest
thereon at the rate applicable hereto under Section 4.5(c) of the Credit
Agreement, from the date of payment by the Collateral Agent to the date
reimbursed by the relevant Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to the
Collateral Agent on demand.
(d) Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies
contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable
until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests created hereby are
released.
9.2 Appointment of Collateral Agent as Agent for the Secured Parties. (a)
By acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement and the Security Documents, each
Secured Party shall be deemed irrevocably (i) to consent to the appointment of
the Collateral Agent as its agent hereunder and under the Security Documents,
(ii) to confirm that the Collateral Agent shall have the authority to act as the
exclusive agent of such Secured Party for enforcement of any provisions of this
Agreement and the Security Documents against any Grantor or the exercise of
remedies hereunder or thereunder, (iii) to agree that such Secured Party shall
not take any action to enforce any provisions of this Agreement or any Security
Document against any Grantor or to exercise any remedy hereunder or thereunder
and (iv) to agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and the Security
Documents.
(b) The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of
its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the
Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or
hereafter arising under and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such
Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the
payment of all Secured Obligations and as security for the performance of and
compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the
Security Documents.
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9.3 Duty of Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent's sole duty with
respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral
in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the New York UCC or otherwise, shall
be to deal with it in the same manner as the Collateral Agent deals with similar
property for its own account. No Secured Party nor any of its officers,
directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or
realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be
under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the
request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action
whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers
conferred on the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties hereunder are solely
to protect the Collateral Agent's and the Secured Parties' interests in the
Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any
Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent and the Secured
Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a
result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their
officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for
any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or
willful misconduct.
9.4 Execution of Financing Statements. Pursuant to any applicable law,
each Grantor authorizes the Collateral Agent to file or record financing
statements and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect
to the Collateral without the signature of such Grantor in such form and in such
offices as the Collateral Agent determines appropriate to perfect the security
interests of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement. Each Grantor (other than
Holdings) authorizes the Collateral Agent to use the collateral description "all
personal property" in any such financing statement. Each Grantor hereby ratifies
and authorizes the filing by the Collateral Agent of any financing statement
with respect to the Collateral made prior to the date hereof.
9.5 Authority of Collateral Agent. Each Grantor acknowledges that the
rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement with
respect to any action taken by the Collateral Agent or the exercise or
non-exercise by the Collateral Agent of any option, voting right, request,
judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising
out of this Agreement shall, as between the Collateral Agent and the other
Secured Parties, be governed by this Agreement and by such other agreements as
may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Collateral Agent and
the Grantors, the Collateral Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting
as agent for the Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act or
refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation, or
entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.
9.6 Exculpatory Provisions. (a) The Collateral Agent shall not be
responsible in any manner whatsoever for the correctness of any recitals,
statements, representations or warranties in any Secured Debt Agreement, all of
which are made solely by the Grantors. The Collateral Agent makes no
representations as to the existence, genuineness, value or condition of any of
the Collateral or any part thereof, or as to the title of the Grantors thereto
or as to the security afforded or intended to be afforded by this Agreement and
the other Security Documents, or as to the validity, execution (except its
execution), enforceability, legality or sufficiency of this Agreement and the
other Security Documents or the Secured Obligations or as to the validity,
perfection, priority or enforceability of the liens or security interests in any
of the Collateral created or intended to be created by this Agreement, or as to
the validity or sufficiency of the Collateral or this Agreement, or as to
insuring the Collateral or as to the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or
liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral,
and the Collateral Agent shall incur no liability or responsibility in respect
of any such matters.
(b) The Collateral Agent shall not be required to ascertain or inquire as
to the performance by the Grantors of any of the covenants or agreements
contained herein, in the other Security Documents or in any Secured Debt
Agreement. Whenever it is necessary, or in the opinion of the Collateral Agent
advisable, for the Collateral Agent to ascertain the amount of Secured
Obligations then held by Secured
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Parties, the Collateral Agent may rely on a certificate of the Administrative
Agent (in the case of the Credit Agreement Obligations) or the Trustee (in the
case of the Senior Note Obligations), and if the Administrative Agent (in the
case of the Credit Agreement Obligations) or the Trustee (in the case of the
Senior Note Obligations) shall not give such information to the Collateral
Agent, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to withhold distributions
hereunder to the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Credit Agreement Secured
Parties) or the Trustee (on behalf of the Holders), as applicable (in which case
distributions to those Persons who have supplied such information to the
Collateral Agent shall be calculated by the Collateral Agent using, for those
Persons who have not supplied such information, the list then most recently
delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.2), and the amount so calculated
to be distributed to the Person who fails to give such information shall be held
in trust for such Person until such information is received by the Collateral
Agent, whereupon on the next Distribution Date the amount distributable to such
Person shall be recalculated using such information and distributed to it.
Nothing in the preceding sentence shall prevent any Grantor from contesting any
amounts claimed by any Secured Party in any certificate so supplied.
(c) The Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation or duty to take any
action under this Agreement or any other Security Document or otherwise if
taking such action (i) would subject the Collateral Agent to a tax in any
jurisdiction where it is not then subject to a tax or (ii) would require the
Collateral Agent to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not
then so qualified, unless the Collateral Agent shall receive security or
indemnity satisfactory to it against such tax (or equivalent liability), or any
liability resulting from such qualification, in each case as results from the
taking of such action under this Agreement or any other Security Document.
(d) The Collateral Agent shall have the same rights with respect to any
Secured Obligation held by it as any other Secured Party and may exercise such
rights as though it were not the Collateral Agent hereunder, and it and its
Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, provide services to and
generally engage in any kind of banking or trust business with, any of the
Grantors as if it were not the Collateral Agent.
(e) The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or
omitted to be taken in accordance with this Agreement or any other Security
Document except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (as
determined by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent
jurisdiction).
(f) The permissive right of the Collateral Agent to take any action under
this Agreement or any other Security Document shall not be construed as a duty
to so act.
9.7 Delegation of Duties. The Collateral Agent may execute any of the
trusts or powers hereof and perform any duty hereunder, or under any other
Security Document either directly or by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact.
The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all
matters pertaining to such trusts, powers and duties. The Collateral Agent shall
not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or
attorneys-in-fact selected by it without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
9.8 Reliance by Collateral Agent. (a) Whenever in the administration of
this Agreement, or any other Security Document the Collateral Agent shall deem
it necessary or desirable that a factual matter be proved or established in
connection with the Collateral Agent taking, suffering or omitting any action
hereunder or thereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof
is herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved or
established by a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the
Collateral Agent, and such certificate shall be full warrant to the Collateral
Agent for any action taken, suffered or omitted in reliance thereon.
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(b) The Collateral Agent may, at the expense of the Grantors, consult with
counsel, and any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken or suffered by it hereunder in
accordance therewith. The Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time to
seek instructions concerning the administration of this Agreement or any other
Security Document from any court of competent jurisdiction. Any opinion of
counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a
certificate of a Responsible Officer or representations made by a Responsible
Officer in a writing delivered to the Collateral Agent.
(c) The Collateral Agent may conclusively rely upon, and shall be fully
protected in acting upon or failing to act as a consequence of, any resolution,
statement, certificate, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent,
order, bond or other paper or document which it believes in good faith is
genuine and has been signed or presented by the proper party or parties or, in
the case of cables, telecopies and telexes, to have been sent by the proper
party or parties. In the absence of its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any such
certificates, opinions or other information and need not investigate any fact or
matter stated therein.
(d) The Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in the Collateral Agent by this Agreement or by
any other Security Document, unless the Collateral Agent shall have been
provided adequate security and indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which may be incurred by the Collateral Agent, its agents and its
counsel in the exercise of any such right or power or in compliance with such
request or direction, including such reasonable advances as may be requested by
the Collateral Agent.
(e) Upon any application or demand by any of the Grantors to the
Collateral Agent to take or permit any action under any of the provisions of
this Agreement or any other Security Document, the Borrower shall furnish to the
Collateral Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement, in any other
Security Document or in any Secured Debt Agreement relating to the proposed
action have been complied with, and in the case of any such application or
demand as to which the furnishing of any document is specifically required by
any provision of this Agreement, any other Security Document or any Secured Debt
Agreement relating to such particular application or demand, such additional
document shall also be furnished.
9.9 Limitations on Duties of Collateral Agent. (a) The Collateral Agent
shall be obligated to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Agreement, or any other Security Document, and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement, or any other
Security Document against the Collateral Agent. By acceptance of the benefits
under this Agreement, the Holders shall be deemed to have agreed that they shall
not be entitled to, and shall not, (i) direct the actions of the Collateral
Agent hereunder or under any Security Document, (ii) have the right to consent
to any amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification to this Agreement or
any Security Document, (iii) take any action, or commence any legal proceeding
seeking, to require, compel or cause the Collateral Agent to enforce any of the
provisions of this Agreement or any Security Document against any Grantor or to
exercise any remedy hereunder or thereunder, (iv) take any action, or commence
any legal proceeding seeking, to prevent or enjoin the Collateral Agent from
taking any action (including, without limitation, the enforcement of any
provisions of this Agreement or any Security Document against any Grantor, the
exercise of any remedy hereunder or thereunder, the release of any Security
Document, the consent to any amendment or modification of this Agreement or any
Security Document or the grant of any waiver hereunder or thereunder), or
refraining from taking any such action, in accordance with this Agreement or any
Security Document, as the case may be, or (v) otherwise take any action, or
commence any legal proceeding seeking, to delay, hinder or otherwise impair the
Collateral Agent in taking any such action in accordance with this Agreement or
any Security Document. By
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acceptance of the benefits under this Agreement, the Holders, as Secured
Parties, will be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that the provisions of
the preceding sentence are intended to induce the Credit Agreement Secured
Parties to permit such Persons to be Secured Parties under this Agreement and
under the Security Documents and are being relied upon by the Credit Agreement
Secured Parties as consideration therefor.
(b) Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, the Collateral Agent
shall not be under any obligation to take any action that is discretionary under
the provisions of this Agreement or of any other Security Document. The
Collateral Agent shall make available for inspection and copying by the
Administrative Agent and the Trustee each certificate or other paper furnished
to the Collateral Agent by any of the Grantors under or with respect to this
Agreement, any other Security Document or the Collateral.
(c) No provision of this Agreement, or any other Security Document shall
be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Collateral Agent to perform
any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or
imposed on it, in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the
Collateral Agent shall be unqualified or incompetent, to perform any such act or
acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation or if such
performance or exercise would constitute doing business by the Collateral Agent
in such jurisdiction or impose a tax on the Collateral Agent by reason thereof
or to risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of its duties hereunder.
9.10 Moneys to be Held in Trust. All moneys received by the Collateral
Agent under or pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, or any other
Security Document (except Collateral Agent Fees) shall be held in trust for the
purposes for which they were paid or are held. The Collateral Agent shall not be
liable for interest on any money or assets received by it except as the
Collateral Agent may agree in writing.
9.11 Resignation and Removal of the Collateral Agent. (a) The Collateral
Agent may at any time, by giving written notice to the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Trustee, resign and be discharged of the
responsibilities hereby created, such resignation to become effective upon (i)
the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent, (ii) the acceptance of such
appointment by such successor Collateral Agent and (iii) the approval of such
successor Collateral Agent evidenced by one or more instruments signed by the
Administrative Agent and (in the absence of an Event of Default) the Borrower
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld). If no successor Collateral Agent
shall be appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 60 days after
the Collateral Agent gives the aforesaid notice of resignation, the Collateral
Agent, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Trustee or any Secured Party
may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor
Collateral Agent to act until such time, if any, as a successor Collateral Agent
shall have been appointed as provided in this Section 9.11. Any successor so
appointed by such court shall immediately and without further act be superseded
by any successor Collateral Agent appointed by the Administrative Agent as
provided in Section 9.11(b). The Administrative Agent may at any time upon
giving 10 days' prior written notice thereof to the Collateral Agent (with a
copy to the Trustee), remove the Collateral Agent for any reason or no reason at
all and appoint a successor Collateral Agent, such removal to be effective upon
the acceptance of such appointment by the successor. The Collateral Agent shall
be entitled to the Collateral Agent Fees to the extent incurred or arising, or
relating to events occurring, before such resignation or removal or in
connection with actions taken in accordance with Section 9.11(b).
(b) If at any time the Collateral Agent shall resign or be removed or
otherwise become incapable of acting, or if at any time a vacancy shall occur in
the office of the Collateral Agent for any other cause, a successor Collateral
Agent may be appointed by the Administrative Agent with the consent
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of the Borrower (in the absence of an Event of Default), which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld. The powers, duties, authority and title of the
predecessor Collateral Agent shall be terminated and canceled without procuring
the resignation of such predecessor and without any other formality (except as
may be required by applicable law) than appointment and designation of a
successor in writing duly acknowledged and delivered to the predecessor and the
Borrower. Such appointment and designation shall be full evidence of the right
and authority to make the same and of all the facts therein recited, and this
Agreement shall vest in such successor, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, all the estates, properties, rights, powers, trusts, duties,
authority and title of its predecessor; but such predecessor shall,
nevertheless, on the written request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower,
or the successor, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor all the estates, properties, rights, powers, trusts, duties, authority
and title of such predecessor hereunder and shall deliver all Collateral held by
it or its agents to such successor. Should any deed, conveyance or other
instrument in writing from any Grantor be required by any successor Collateral
Agent for more fully and certainly vesting in such successor the estates,
properties, rights, powers, trusts, duties, authority and title vested or
intended to be vested in the predecessor Collateral Agent, any and all such
deeds, conveyances and other instruments in writing shall, on request of such
successor, be executed, acknowledged and delivered by such Grantor. If such
Grantor shall not have executed and delivered any such deed, conveyance or other
instrument within 10 days after it received a written request from the successor
Collateral Agent to do so, or if Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the predecessor Collateral Agent may execute the same on behalf of
such Grantor. Such Grantor hereby appoints any predecessor Collateral Agent as
its agent and attorney to act for it as provided in the next preceding sentence.
9.12 Status of Successor Collateral Agent. Every successor Collateral
Agent appointed pursuant to Section 9.11(b) shall be a bank or trust company in
good standing and having power to act as Collateral Agent hereunder,
incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof
or the District of Columbia and having its principal corporate trust office
within the 48 contiguous States and shall also have capital, surplus and
undivided profits of not less than $100,000,000, if there be such an institution
with such capital, surplus and undivided profits willing, qualified and able to
accept the trust hereunder upon reasonable or customary terms.
9.13 Merger of the Collateral Agent. Any corporation into which the
Collateral Agent may be merged, or with which it may be consolidated, or any
corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Collateral
Agent shall be a party, shall be Collateral Agent under this Agreement without
the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the
parties hereto.
9.14 Co-Collateral Agent; Separate Collateral Agent. (a) If at any time or
times it shall be necessary or prudent in order to conform to any law of any
jurisdiction in which any of the Collateral shall be located, or to avoid any
violation of law or imposition on the Collateral Agent of taxes by such
jurisdiction not otherwise imposed on the Collateral Agent, or the Collateral
Agent shall be advised by opinion of counsel that it is necessary or prudent in
the interest of the Secured Parties, or the Collateral Agent shall deem it
desirable for its own protection in the performance of its duties hereunder, the
Collateral Agent and each of the Grantors shall execute and deliver all
instruments and agreements necessary or proper to constitute another bank or
trust company, or one or more persons approved by the Collateral Agent and the
Grantors, either to act as Collateral Agent or co-Collateral Agents of all or
any of the Collateral under this Agreement, jointly with the Collateral Agent
originally named herein or therein or any successor Collateral Agent, or to act
as separate collateral agent or collateral agents of any of the Collateral. If
any of the Grantors shall not have joined in the execution of such instruments
and agreements within 10 days after it receives a written request from the
Collateral Agent to do so, or if an Event of Default shall have occurred and is
continuing, the Collateral Agent may act under the foregoing provisions of this
Section 9.14(a) without the concurrence of such Grantors and execute and deliver
such instruments and agreements on behalf of such Grantors. Each of the Grantors
hereby appoints the
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Collateral Agent as its agent and attorney to act for it under the foregoing
provisions of this Section 9.14(a) in either of such contingencies.
(a) Every separate Collateral Agent and every co-Collateral Agent, other
than any successor Collateral Agent appointed pursuant to Section 9.14(b),
shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act and be such, subject
to the following provisions and conditions:
(i) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred upon the
Collateral Agent in respect of the custody, control and management of moneys,
papers or securities shall be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent or any
agent appointed by the Collateral Agent;
(ii) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon
the Collateral Agent hereunder shall be conferred or imposed and exercised or
performed by the Collateral Agent and such separate Collateral Agent or separate
Collateral Agents or co-Collateral Agent or co-Collateral Agents, jointly, as
shall be provided in the instrument appointing such separate Collateral Agent or
separate Collateral Agents or co-Collateral Agent or co-Collateral Agents,
except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any
particular act or acts are to be performed the Collateral Agent shall be
incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, or unless the
performance of such act or acts would result in the imposition of any tax on the
Collateral Agent which would not be imposed absent such joint act or acts, in
which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and
performed by such separate Collateral Agent or separate Collateral Agents or
co-Collateral Agent or co-Collateral Agents;
(iii)no power given hereby to, or which it is provided herein or therein
may be exercised by, any such co-Collateral Agent or co-Collateral Agents or
separate Collateral Agent or separate Collateral Agents shall be exercised
hereunder or thereunder by such co-Collateral Agent or co- Collateral Agents or
separate Collateral Agent or separate Collateral Agents except jointly with, or
with the consent in writing of, the Collateral Agent, anything contained herein
to the contrary notwithstanding;
(iv) no Collateral Agent hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of
any act or omission of any other Collateral Agent hereunder; and
(v) the Borrower and the Collateral Agent, at any time by an instrument in
writing executed by them jointly, may accept the resignation of or remove (for
any reason or no reason at all) any such separate Collateral Agent or
co-Collateral Agent and, in that case by an instrument in writing executed by
them jointly, may appoint a successor to such separate Collateral Agent or
co-Collateral Agent, as the case may be, anything contained herein to the
contrary notwithstanding. If the Borrower shall not have joined in the execution
of any such instrument within 10 days after it receives a written request from
the Collateral Agent to do so, or if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Collateral Agent shall have the power to accept the resignation
of or remove any such separate Collateral Agent or co-Collateral Agent and to
appoint a successor without the concurrence of the Borrower, the Borrower hereby
appointing the Collateral Agent its agent and attorney to act for it in such
connection in such contingency. If the Collateral Agent shall have appointed a
separate Collateral Agent or separate Collateral Agents or co-Collateral Agent
or co-Collateral Agents as above provided, the Collateral Agent may at any time,
by an instrument in writing, accept the resignation of or remove any such
separate Collateral Agent or co Collateral Agent and the successor to any such
separate Collateral Agent or co-Collateral Agent shall be appointed by the
Borrower and the Collateral Agent, or by the Collateral Agent alone pursuant to
this Section 9.14(b).
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9.15 Treatment of Payee or Indorsee by Collateral Agent. (a) The
Collateral Agent may treat the registered holder or, if none, the payee or
indorsee of any promissory note or debenture evidencing a Secured Obligation as
the absolute owner thereof for all purposes and shall not be affected by any
notice to the contrary, whether such promissory note or debenture shall be past
due or not.
(b) Any Person (other than the Administrative Agent and the Trustee) that
shall be designated as the duly authorized representative of one or more Secured
Parties to act as such in connection with any matters pertaining to this
Agreement, any other Security Document or the Collateral shall present to the
Collateral Agent such documents, including, without limitation, opinions of
counsel, as the Collateral Agent may reasonably require, in order to demonstrate
to the Collateral Agent the authority of such Person to act as the
representative of such Secured Parties.
9.16 Existing Deposit Account Control Agreements. Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas acknowledges and agrees that to the extent it is a party to any
control agreement with respect to any Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts of
any Grantor, it shall exercise its rights as a secured party thereunder in its
capacity as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall
distribute any amounts received with respect thereto in accordance with the
terms and conditions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section
7.4).
Section 10. MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this
Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except with
the consent of the Collateral Agent and in accordance with Section 11.1 of the
Credit Agreement.
10.2 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 11.2 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 or such other address
specified in writing to the Administrative Agent in accordance with such
Section. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Collateral Agent shall
be effected in the manner provided for in Section 11.2 of the Credit Agreement
and shall be addressed to the Collateral Agent at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Trustee or any
Holder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 11.2 of the
Credit Agreement and shall be addressed to it (or, in the case of any Holder, to
it care of the Trustee) at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 21 West, New York, New York
10286, Attention: Corporate Trust Department or at such other address provided
by the Borrower to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 8.2.
10.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. Neither the
Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written
instrument pursuant to Section 10.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise
be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in
any Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in
exercising, on the part of the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party, any right,
power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or
partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege. A waiver by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party of any right or
remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any
right or remedy which the Collateral Agent or such Secured Party would
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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.
10.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification. (a) Each Guarantor agrees to
pay or reimburse the Collateral Agent and each Secured Party for all its costs
and expenses incurred in collecting against such Guarantor under the guarantee
contained in Section 2 or otherwise enforcing or preserving any rights under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party,
including, without limitation, the fees and disbursements of counsel (including
the allocated fees and expenses of in-house counsel) to the Collateral Agent and
each Secured Party.
(b) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Collateral Agent and the
Secured Parties 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.
(c) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Collateral Agent and the
Secured Parties 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 11.5 of the Credit
Agreement.
(d) The agreements in this Section 10.4 shall survive repayment of the
Secured Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents.
10.5 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the
Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties and their successors and assigns;
provided that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or
obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the
Collateral Agent.
10.6 Set-Off. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral
Agent and each Credit Agreement Secured Party at any time and from time to time,
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 such Secured Party to or for the credit
or the account of such Grantor, or any part thereof in such amounts as the
Collateral Agent or such Credit Agreement Secured Party may elect, against and
on account of the obligations and liabilities of such Grantor to the Collateral
Agent or such Credit Agreement Secured Party hereunder and claims of every
nature and description of the Collateral Agent or such Credit Agreement Secured
Party against such Grantor, in any currency, whether arising hereunder, under
the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise, as the Collateral
Agent or such Credit Agreement Secured Party may elect, whether or not the
Collateral Agent or such Credit Agreement Secured Party has made any demand for
payment and although such obligations, liabilities and claims may be contingent
or unmatured. The Collateral Agent and each Credit Agreement Secured Party shall
notify such Grantor promptly of any such set-off and the application made by the
Collateral Agent or such Credit Agreement Secured Party 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 Collateral Agent and each Credit
Agreement Secured Party under this Section 10.6 are in addition to other rights
and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) which the
Collateral Agent and each Credit Agreement Secured Party may have.
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10.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the
parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by
telecopy), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to
constitute one and the same instrument.
10.8 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.
10.9 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.
10.10 Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent
the agreement of the Grantors, the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises,
undertakings, representations or warranties by the Collateral Agent or any
Secured Party relative to subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set
forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.
10.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
10.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each Grantor and each of the
Holders 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 10.2 or at such other address of which the
Collateral Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of
process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to xxx in
any other jurisdiction; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may
have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this
Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
10.13 Acknowledgements. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:
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(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party;
(b) neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party has any
fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Grantor arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the
relationship between the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Collateral Agent and
the Secured Parties, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is
solely that of debtor and creditor; and
(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or
otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the
Secured Parties or among the Grantors and the Secured Parties.
10.14 Additional Grantors. Each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is
required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.10 of the
Credit Agreement shall become a Grantor for all purposes of this Agreement upon
execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of an Assumption Agreement in the form
of Annex I hereto.
10.15 Releases. (a) At such time as the Loans and the other Credit
Agreement Obligations (other than Credit Agreement Obligations in respect of
Specified Hedge Agreements) shall have been paid in full and the Commitments
have been terminated, the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created
hereby, and this Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly
stated to survive such termination) of the Collateral Agent and each Grantor
hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance
of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the
Grantors. At the request and sole expense of any Grantor following any such
termination, the Collateral Agent shall deliver to such Grantor any Collateral
held by the Collateral Agent hereunder, and execute and deliver to such Grantor
such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such
termination.
(b) If any of the Collateral shall be sold, transferred or otherwise
disposed of by any Grantor in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement,
then the Collateral Agent, at the request and sole expense of such Grantor,
shall execute and deliver to such Grantor all releases or other documents
reasonably necessary or desirable for the release of the Liens created hereby on
such Collateral. At the request and sole expense of the Borrower, a Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be released from its obligations hereunder in the event that all
the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or
otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement;
provided that the Borrower shall have delivered to the Collateral Agent, at
least ten Business Days prior to the date of the proposed release, a written
request for release identifying the relevant Subsidiary Guarantor and the terms
of the sale or other disposition in reasonable detail, including the price
thereof and any expenses in connection therewith, together with a certification
by the Borrower stating that such transaction is in compliance with the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(c) Upon receipt by the Collateral Agent from the Administrative Agent of
a written notice stating that the Credit Agreement Obligations consisting of
outstanding principal amounts of Loans under the Credit Agreement are less than
the First Lien Secured Amount, the security interests created by Section 3.2
shall terminate forthwith.
(d) The Collateral Agent will, at any time, upon the written instruction
of the Administrative Agent, at the sole expense of the relevant Grantor,
execute and deliver to the relevant Grantor all releases or other documents
reasonably necessary or desirable for the release of the Liens created by the
Security Documents on the Collateral specified by the Administrative Agent in
such instruction (provided that the
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Administrative Agent may not direct the Collateral Agent to release the liens
created by Section 3.2 without simultaneously releasing the liens created by
Section 3.1 unless the Credit Agreement Obligations consisting of outstanding
principal amounts of Loans under the Credit Agreement are less than the First
Lien Secured Amount). The Administrative Agent may give such instructions at any
time, whether or not at any such time any or all of the Secured Obligations are
still outstanding.
10.16 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.
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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.
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS, as Collateral Agent
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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X.X.XXXXXXXXX CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Vice President, General
Counsel and Corporate
Secretary
X.X.XXXXXXXXX INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Vice President, General
Counsel and Corporate
Secretary
X.X.XXXXXXXXX APIL, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Vice President and
Assistant Secretary
X.X.XXXXXXXXX PUBLISHING & ADVERTISING,
INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Vice President and
Corporate Secretary
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GET DIGITAL XXXXX.XXX, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Vice President, General
Counsel and Corporate
Secretary
X.X. XXXXXXXXX PUBLISHING &
ADVERTISING OF ILLINOIS PARTNERSHIP
By: X.X. Xxxxxxxxx Publishing &
Advertising of Illinois
Holdings, LLC, its managing partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Vice President and Secretary
DONTECH II PARTNERSHIP
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Vice President and Secretary
DONTECH HOLDINGS, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Vice President Secretary
X.X. XXXXXXXXX PUBLISHING & ADVERTISING
OF ILLINOIS HOLDINGS, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Vice President and Secretary
ANNEX I
FORM OF ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of __________ __, 200_, made by
______________________________ (the "Additional Grantor"), in favor of Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent") for the banks and other financial institutions or
entities (the "Lenders") parties to the Credit Agreement referred to below. All
capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in
such Credit Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H :
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WHEREAS, X.X. Xxxxxxxxx Corporation ("Holdings"), X.X. Xxxxxxxxx
Inc., (the "Borrower"), the Lenders parties thereto, X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint
Bookrunners, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Bear Xxxxxxx
Corporate Lending Inc., Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, Xxxxxxx Sachs
Credit Partners L.P., UBS Securities LLC and Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as Co-Documentation Agents and the Administrative Agent have
entered into the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
December 13, 2005, (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the "Credit Agreement");
WHEREAS, in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Borrower and
certain of its Affiliates (other than the Additional Grantor) have entered into
the Second Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of
December 13, 2005, (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the "Guarantee and Collateral Agreement") in favor of the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders;
WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement requires the Additional Grantor to
become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Additional Grantor has agreed to execute and deliver
this Assumption Agreement in order to become a party to the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:
1. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. By executing and delivering
this Assumption Agreement, the Additional Grantor, as provided in Section 10.14
of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, hereby becomes a party to the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as a Grantor thereunder with the same force
and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all obligations and
liabilities of a Grantor thereunder. The information set forth in Annex 1-A
hereto is hereby added to the information set forth in the Schedules to the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. The Additional Grantor hereby represents and
warrants that each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 4
of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is true and correct on and as the date
hereof (after giving effect to this Assumption Agreement) as if made on and as
of such date.
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2. GOVERNING LAW. THIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY,
AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assumption
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
[ADDITIONAL GRANTOR]
By:___________________________
Name:
Title:
Annex 1-A to
Assumption Agreement
Supplement to Schedule 1
Supplement to Schedule 2
Supplement to Schedule 3
Supplement to Schedule 4
Supplement to Schedule 5
Supplement to Schedule 6
ANNEX II
FORM OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONSENT
The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Second
Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of December 13,
2005 (the "Agreement"), made by the Grantors parties thereto for the benefit of
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders.
The undersigned agrees for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders as follows:
1. The undersigned will be bound by the terms of the Agreement and
will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to the
undersigned.
2. The undersigned will notify the Administrative Agent promptly in
writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 5.6(a) of
the Agreement.
3. The terms of Sections 6.3(c) and 6.6 of the Agreement shall apply
to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions that may be required of it
pursuant to Section 6.3(c) or 6.6 of the Agreement.
[NAME OF ISSUER]
By:_____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Address for Notices:
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
Fax:
