Exhibit 10.13
EXECUTION COPY
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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
made by
GROVE HOLDINGS LLC
GROVE WORLDWIDE LLC
GROVE CAPITAL, INC.
and certain of their Subsidiaries
in favor of
CHASE BANK OF TEXAS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent
Dated as of April 29, 1998
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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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 Obligations .................................... 7
2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional ...................... 7
2.6 Reinstatement ............................................. 8
2.7 Payments .................................................. 8
SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST ............................. 8
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES ......................... 9
4.1 Representations in Credit Agreement;
Holdings Representations ................................ 9
4.2 Title; No Other Liens ..................................... 11
4.3 Perfected First Priority Liens ............................ 11
4.4 Chief Executive Office .................................... 11
4.5 Inventory and Equipment ................................... 11
4.6 Farm Products ............................................. 11
4.7 Pledged Securities ........................................ 11
4.8 Receivables ............................................... 12
4.9 Intellectual Property ..................................... 12
4.10 Vehicles .................................................. 13
SECTION 5. COVENANTS .............................................. 13
5.1 Covenants in Credit Agreement ............................. 13
5.2 Delivery of Instruments and Chattel Paper ................. 13
5.3 Maintenance of Insurance .................................. 14
5.4 Payment of Obligations .................................... 14
5.5 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest;
Further Documentation ................................... 14
5.6 Changes in Locations, Name, etc ........................... 15
5.7 Notices ................................................... 15
5.8 Pledged Securities ........................................ 16
5.9 Receivables ............................................... 17
5.10 Intellectual Property ..................................... 17
5.11 Vehicles .................................................. 18
SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS .................................... 19
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6.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables .................. 19
6.2 Communications with Obligors;
Grantors Remain Liable .................................. 19
6.3 Pledged Stock ............................................ 20
6.4 Proceeds to be Turned Over To
Administrative Agent ................................... 21
6.5 Application of Proceeds .................................. 21
6.6 Code and Other Remedies .................................. 22
6.7 Registration Rights ...................................... 23
6.8 Waiver; Deficiency ....................................... 24
SECTION 7. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ............................. 24
7.1 Administrative Agent's Appointment as
Attorney-in-Fact, etc .................................. 24
7.2 Duty of Administrative Agent ............................. 26
7.3 Execution of Financing Statements ........................ 26
7.4 Authority of Administrative Agent ........................ 26
SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS ........................................ 27
8.1 Amendments in Writing .................................... 27
8.2 Notices .................................................. 27
8.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies ...... 27
8.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification .................... 27
8.5 Successors and Assigns ................................... 28
8.6 Set-Off .................................................. 28
8.7 Counterparts ............................................. 28
8.8 Severability ............................................. 28
8.9 Section Headings ......................................... 29
8.10 Integration .............................................. 29
8.11 GOVERNING LAW ............................................ 29
8.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers ...................... 29
8.13 Acknowledgements ......................................... 30
8.14 Additional Grantors ...................................... 30
8.15 Releases ................................................. 30
8.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL ..................................... 31
8.17 Dealer Receivables Financing ............................. 31
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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of April 29, 1998, made
by each of the signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may
become a party hereto as provided herein, the "Grantors"), in favor of Chase
Bank of Texas, National Association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity,
the "Administrative Agent") for the banks and other financial institutions (the
"Lenders") from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as of April
29, 1998 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement"), among Grove Worldwide LLC and Grove Capital, Inc.
(collectively, the "Borrowers"; individually, a "Borrower"), the Lenders,
BankBoston, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities
Corporation, as Documentation Agent, and the Administrative Agent.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have
severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the Borrowers upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth therein;
WHEREAS, the Borrowers are members 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 Borrowers to make valuable
transfers to one or more of the other Grantors in connection with the operation
of their respective businesses;
WHEREAS, the Borrowers 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; and
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the
Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrowers under the
Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this
Agreement to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to
induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the
Borrowers thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent,
for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, 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
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following terms which are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in
the State of New York on the date hereof are used herein as so defined:
Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, Equipment, Farm Products, Instruments,
Inventory and Investment Property.
(b) The following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Agreement": this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the same
may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Borrower Obligations": "Obligations" as defined in the Credit
Agreement.
"Collateral": as defined in Section 3.
"Collateral Account": any collateral account established by the
Administrative Agent as provided in Section 6.1 or 6.4.
"Copyrights": (i) all copyrights owned by a Grantor arising under
the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof,
whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished
(including those listed in Schedule 6), all registrations and recordings
thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including all
registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright
Office, and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.
"Copyright Licenses": any written agreement naming any Grantor as
licensor or licensee (including those listed in Schedule 6), granting any
right under any Copyright, including the grant of rights to manufacture,
distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright.
"Excluded Assets": (i) any Document, Receivable, Instrument, Chattel
Paper, General Intangible or similar asset sold in connection with, or
securing, the Dealer Receivables Financing or the Existing Factoring
Arrangements, all deposits accounts and other bank accounts related
thereto, all books and records pertaining to the foregoing, all proceeds
and products of the foregoing, and all collateral security and guarantees
with respect to the foregoing and (ii) short-term promissory notes and
letters of credit, drafts and other Instruments issued in favor of a
Grantor in the ordinary course of business in connection with foreign
sales; provided that if there is a Default or Event of Default the assets
described in the preceding clause (ii) shall no longer be deemed to be
Excluded Assets.
"General Intangibles": all "general intangibles" as such term is
defined in Section 9-106 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the
State of New York on the date hereof and, in any event, including, without
limitation, with respect to any Grantor, any interest in a partnership or
limited liability company that does not constitute Investment Property (as
such term is defined in Section 9-115 of the Uniform Commercial Code in
effect in the State of New York on the date hereof) owned by such Grantor
and all contracts, agreements, instruments and indentures in any form, and
portions thereof, to which such Grantor is a
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party or under which such Grantor has any right, title or interest or to
which such Grantor or any property of such Grantor is subject, as the same
may from time to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified,
including (i) all rights of such Grantor to receive moneys due and to
become due to it thereunder or in connection therewith, (ii) all rights of
such Grantor to damages arising thereunder and (iii) all rights of such
Grantor to perform and to exercise all remedies thereunder, in each case
to the extent the grant by such Grantor of a security interest pursuant to
this Agreement in its right, title and interest in such contract,
agreement, instrument or indenture is not prohibited by such contract,
agreement, instrument or indenture without the consent of any other party
thereto, would not give any other party to such contract, agreement,
instrument or indenture the right to terminate its obligations thereunder,
or is permitted with consent if all necessary consents to such grant of a
security interest have been obtained from the other parties thereto (it
being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate such
Grantor to obtain such consents); provided, that the foregoing limitation
shall not affect, limit, restrict or impair the grant by such Grantor of a
security interest pursuant to this Agreement in any Receivable or any
money or other amounts due or to become due under any such contract,
agreement, instrument or indenture.
"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 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 all fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders
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 Borrowers.
"Intellectual Property": the collective reference to all rights,
priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, arising under
United States laws, including the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the
Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks and the Trademark Licenses,
and all rights to xxx at law or in equity for any infringement or other
impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and
damages therefrom.
"Intercompany Note": (i) any promissory note evidencing loans made
by any Grantor to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) any
"Intercompany Note" as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement.
"Issuers": the collective reference to each issuer of a Pledged
Security.
"New York UCC": the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in
effect in the State of New York.
"Obligations": (i) in the case of each Borrower, the Borrower
Obligations, and (ii) in the case of each Guarantor, its Guarantor
Obligations.
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"Patents": (i) all letters patent owned by a Grantor of the United
States or any political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions
thereof and all goodwill associated therewith, including any of the
foregoing referred to in Schedule 6, (ii) all applications for letters
patent of the United States and all divisions, continuations and
continuations-in-part thereof, including any of the foregoing referred to
in Schedule 6, and (iii) all rights to obtain any reissues or extensions
of the foregoing.
"Patent License": all agreements, whether written or oral, providing
for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to manufacture, use or
sell any invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent, including any
of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 6.
"Pledged Notes": all promissory notes listed on Schedule 2, all
Intercompany Notes at any time issued to any Grantor and all other
promissory notes issued to or held by any Grantor (other than promissory
notes and similar instruments issued in connection with extensions of
trade credit by any Grantor in the ordinary course of business).
"Pledged Securities": the collective reference to the Pledged Notes
and the Pledged Stock.
"Pledged Stock": the shares of Capital Stock listed on Schedule 2,
together with, subject to the following sentence, any other shares, stock
certificates, options 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. Such Pledged Stock shall at
all times during the effectiveness of this Agreement consist of (i) 100%
of the Capital Stock of each Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor and
(ii) 65% of the Capital Stock of each First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary or, if
such First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary is also a Check-the-Box Subsidiary,
100% of the Capital Stock of each Check-the-Box Subsidiary (provided that
the pledge of 100% of the Capital Stock of a Check-the-Box Subsidiary
shall be reduced to 65% if either (x) such Check-the-Box Subsidiary elects
to no longer be treated as a partnership or to no longer be disregarded as
an entity separate from its owner for United States Federal income tax
purposes or (y) the pledge of more than 65% of the Capital Stock of such
Check-the-Box Subsidiary results in material adverse tax consequences to
such Check-the-Box Subsidiary as notified by the Company to the
Administrative Agent).
"Proceeds": all "proceeds" as such term is defined in Section
9-306(1) of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York
on the date hereof and, in any event, shall include all dividends or other
income from the Pledged Securities, 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 any Account).
"Securities Act": the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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"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 and owned by a Grantor or
hereafter adopted or acquired by a Grantor, 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 political
subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common-law rights related
thereto, including any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 6, and
(ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.
"Trademark License": any agreement, whether written or oral,
providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to use any
Trademark, including any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 6.
"Vehicles": all cars, trucks, trailers, construction and earth
moving equipment and other vehicles (other than Inventory) covered by a
certificate of title law of any state and, in any event including the
vehicles listed on Schedule 7 and all tires and other appurtenances to any
of the foregoing.
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. The words
include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase
"without limitation".
(c) Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or
any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such
Grantor's Collateral or the relevant part thereof.
SECTION 2. GUARANTEE
2.1 Guarantee. (a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and
severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the Administrative
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and their respective successors,
indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and
performance by the Borrowers when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) of the Borrower Obligations.
(b) Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary
notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed
by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws relating to the
insolvency of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution
established in Section 2.2).
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(c) Each Guarantor agrees that the Borrower Obligations may at any
time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor
hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or
affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender
hereunder.
(d) The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full
force and effect until all the Borrower Obligations and the obligations of each
Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall have been
satisfied by payment in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding (unless
cash collateralized) and the Commitments shall be terminated, notwithstanding
that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement the Borrowers may
be free from any Borrower Obligations.
(e) No payment made by either of the Borrowers, any of the
Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender from either of the Borrowers, any of the
Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or
proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from
time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Borrower Obligations shall be
deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any
Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than
any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Obligations or any
payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower
Obligations), remain liable for the Borrower Obligations up to the maximum
liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Borrower Obligations are paid in
full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding (unless cash collateralized) 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 Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and each Subsidiary
Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders 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 Administrative Agent or any Lender, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be
subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender
against the Borrowers or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or
guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for
the payment of the Borrower Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be
entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from either of the Borrowers
or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder,
until all amounts owing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders by the
Borrowers on account of the Borrower Obligations are paid in full, no Letter of
Credit shall be outstanding (unless cash collateralized) 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
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Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such
Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from
other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such
Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received
by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent,
if required), to be applied against the Borrower Obligations, whether matured or
unmatured, in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine.
2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each
Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any
reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further
assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Borrower
Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be rescinded by
the Administrative Agent or such Lender and any of the Borrower Obligations
continued, and the Borrower Obligations, or the liability of any other Person
upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor
or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in
part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived,
surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, and the
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents executed
and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or
terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required
Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from time to
time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held
by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Borrower
Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither the
Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to protect,
secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the
Borrower Obligations or 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 Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or acceptance
of the guarantee contained in this Section 2; the Borrower Obligations, and any
of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or
incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the
guarantee contained in this Section 2; and all dealings between either of the
Borrowers and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively
presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee
contained in this Section 2. Each Guarantor waives diligence, presentment,
protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon
either of the Borrowers or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Borrower
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 Obligations or
any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with
respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a
defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be available to or be
asserted by either of the Borrowers or any other Person against the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, or (c) any other circumstance
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whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of either of the Borrowers or
such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an
equitable or legal discharge of either of the Borrowers for the Borrower
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
Administrative Agent or any Lender may, but shall be under no obligation to,
make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may
have against either of the Borrowers, any other Guarantor or any other Person or
against any collateral security or guarantee for the Borrower Obligations or any
right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or
remedies or to collect any payments from either of the Borrowers, 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 either of
the Borrowers, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral
security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any
obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and
remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender against any Guarantor. For the purposes
hereof "demand" shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal
proceedings.
2.6 Reinstatement. The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall
continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time
payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Borrower Obligations is rescinded or
must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of
either of the Borrowers 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, either 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 Administrative Agent without set-off or
counterclaim in Dollars at the office of the Administrative Agent located at the
Payment Office specified in the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Administrative
Agent, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of
the Lenders, a security interest in, all of the following property now owned or
at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has
or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest
(collectively, the "Collateral", provided that the Excluded Assets shall be
deemed not to constitute part of the Collateral), as collateral security for the
prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor's Obligations:
(a) all Accounts;
(b) all Chattel Paper;
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(c) all Documents;
(d) all Equipment;
(e) all General Intangibles;
(f) all Instruments;
(g) all Intellectual Property;
(h) all Inventory;
(i) all Pledged Securities;
(j) all Vehicles;
(k) all Investment Property (other than as limited by the provisions
of the definition Pledged Stock);
(l) all deposit accounts and other bank accounts;
(m) all books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and
(n) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds 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.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the
Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions
of credit to the Borrowers thereunder, each Grantor hereby represents and
warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that:
4.1 Representations in Credit Agreement; Holdings Representations.
(a) In the case of each Guarantor, the representations and warranties set forth
in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement as they relate to such Guarantor or to the
Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, each of which is hereby
incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct in all material respects,
and the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be entitled to rely on each
of them as if they were fully set forth herein, provided that each reference in
each such representation and warranty to each Borrower's knowledge shall, for
the purposes of this Section 4.1(a), be deemed to be a reference to such
Guarantor's knowledge.
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(b) In the case of Holdings:
(i) Holdings (w) is duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (x)
has the limited liability company power and authority, and the legal
right, to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates
as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged,
(y) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing under
the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of
property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification,
except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (z) is in
compliance with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that the
failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) Holdings has the limited liability company to make,
deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party and has
taken all necessary limited liability company action to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a
party. No consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act
by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is
required in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity
or enforceability of the Loan Documents to which Holdings is a party,
except (i) the filings specified in Schedule 3 and (ii) those which, in
the aggregate, could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect if not obtained or made. This Agreement has been, and each other
Loan Document to which it is a party will be, duly executed and delivered
on behalf of Holdings. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan
Document to which it is a party when executed and delivered will
constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of Holdings enforceable
against Holdings 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.
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan
Documents to which Holdings is a party will not violate any material
Requirement of Law or material Contractual Obligation of Holdings or of
any of its Subsidiaries and will not result in, or require, the creation
or imposition of any Lien on any of its or their respective material
properties or revenues pursuant to any such Requirement of Law or
Contractual Obligation (other than pursuant to this Agreement).
(iv) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.6 of the Credit
Agreement, no litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any
arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of
Holdings, threatened by or against Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or
against any of its or their respective properties or revenues (x) with
respect to any of the Loan Documents or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, or (y) which could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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4.2 Title; No Other Liens. Except for the security interest granted
to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders 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
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, pursuant to this
Agreement or as are permitted by the Credit Agreement.
4.3 Perfected First Priority Liens. Other than as set forth on
Schedule 4.3, the security interests (other than those in Proceeds, to the
extent that such security interests may be perfected under the UCC only by
possession) granted pursuant to this Agreement (other than cash) (a) upon
completion of the timely (as defined, if applicable, in a manner consistent with
the provisions of Section 205 of 17 U.S.C., Section 1060 of 15 U.S.C. and
Section 261 of 35 U.S.C.) filings and other actions specified on Schedule 3
(which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on said
Schedule, have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in completed and duly
executed form) will constitute valid perfected security interests in all of the
Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Lenders, as collateral security for such Grantor's Obligations, effective
against all creditors of such Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase any
Collateral from such Grantor (except purchasers of Inventory in the ordinary
course), and (b) are prior to all other Liens on the Collateral in existence on
the date hereof except for Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement.
4.4 Chief Executive Office. On the date hereof, such Grantor's
jurisdiction of organization and the location of such Grantor's chief executive
office or sole place of business are specified on Schedule 4.
4.5 Inventory and Equipment. On the date hereof, the material
Inventory and the Equipment (other than goods in transit or leased by a Grantor
to a customer) are kept at the locations listed on Schedule 5.
4.6 Farm Products. None of the Collateral constitutes, or is the
Proceeds of, Farm Products.
4.7 Pledged Securities. (a) The shares of Pledged Stock pledged by
such Grantor hereunder constitute (i) 100% of the issued and outstanding shares
of all classes of the Capital Stock of each Issuer owned by such Grantor which
is a Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) provided that the actions required
by Section 6.10(f) of the Credit Agreement have been complied with, 65% of the
issued and outstanding shares of all classes of the Capital Stock of each Issuer
owned by such Grantor which is a First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary or (iii) 100% of
the issued and outstanding shares of all classes of the Capital Stock of each
Issuer owned by such Grantor which is a Check-the-Box Subsidiary (provided that
the pledge of 100% of the Capital Stock of a Check-the-Box Subsidiary shall be
reduced to 65% if either (x) such Check-the-Box Subsidiary elects to no longer
be treated as a partnership or to no longer be disregarded as an entity separate
from its owner for United States Federal income tax purposes or (y) the pledge
of more than 65% of the Capital Stock of such Check-the-Box Subsidiary results
in material adverse tax consequences to such Check-
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the-Box Subsidiary as notified by the Company to the Administrative Agent).
(b) Provided that the actions required by Section 6.10(f) of the
Credit Agreement have been complied with, all the shares of the Pledged Stock
have been duly and validly issued and are, unless not applicable, fully paid and
nonassessable.
(c) Each of the Pledged Notes 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 Pledged Securities pledged by it hereunder, free of
any and all Liens or options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person, except
the security interest created by this Agreement.
4.8 Receivables. (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 Administrative Agent (except as contemplated
by Section 5.2).
(b) The amounts represented by such Grantor to the Lenders from time
to time as owing to such Grantor in respect of the Receivables will at such
times be accurate in all material respects.
4.9 Intellectual Property. (a) Schedule 6 lists all material
Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor in its own name on the date hereof
and that has been registered, or for which there is a pending application for
registration, in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or the U.S. Copyright
Office, as applicable.
(b) On the date hereof, all material Intellectual Property owned by
each Grantor in its own name and that has been registered in the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office or the U.S. Copyright Office, as applicable, is valid,
subsisting, unexpired and enforceable, has not been abandoned and does not
infringe the intellectual property rights of any other Person except as set
forth in Schedule 6.
(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 6, on the date hereof, none of
the material Intellectual Property owned such Grantor in its own name 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 owned such Grantor in its
own name in any respect that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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(e) Except as set forth on Schedule 6, 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 material
Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor in its own name or such Grantor's
ownership interest therein, or (ii) which, if adversely determined, would have a
material adverse effect on the value of any material Intellectual Property.
(f) Nothing contained in the preceding paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d)
or (e) shall in any way be construed in a manner that would alter the
representations made by the Borrowers in Section 4.19 of the Credit Agreement.
4.10 Vehicles. Schedule 7 is a complete and correct list of all
Vehicles owned by such Grantor on the date hereof.
SECTION 5. COVENANTS
Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the
Obligations shall have been paid in full, no Letter of Credit shall be
outstanding (unless cash collateralized) and the Commitments shall have
terminated:
5.1 Covenants in Credit Agreement. (a) In the case of each
Guarantor, such Guarantor shall take, or shall refrain from taking, as the case
may be, each action that is necessary to be taken or not taken, as the case may
be, so that no Default or Event of Default is caused by the failure to take such
action or to refrain from taking such action by such Guarantor or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(b) Without in any way limiting the obligations of Holdings pursuant
to the preceding paragraph (a), Holdings hereby agrees to be bound by and act in
accordance with the terms and conditions of Sections 2.12(a) and 2.12(b) of the
Credit Agreement as such terms are applicable to (x) the issuance of Capital
Stock and (y) the incurrence of Indebtedness by Holdings, and Holdings agrees to
make the necessary capital contributions to the Company in order to enable the
Company to comply with the provisions of such Sections.
5.2 Delivery of Instruments and Chattel Paper. If any amount payable
under or in connection with any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced
by any Instrument (other than checks and similar instruments received in the
ordinary course of business) or Chattel Paper, such Instrument or Chattel Paper
shall be promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent, duly indorsed in a
manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to be held as Collateral
pursuant to this Agreement; provided that with respect to a Grantor's
distributor agreements and any related security agreements, which may be Chattel
Paper, the company agrees that, in lieu of delivery to the Administrative Agent,
it shall stamp each such document with the phrase "SUBJECT TO A RECORDED
SECURITY INTEREST".
5.3 Maintenance of Insurance. (a) Such Grantor will maintain, with
financially sound and reputable companies, insurance policies (i) insuring the
Inventory and Equipment against
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loss by fire, explosion, theft and such other casualties as may be reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (ii) insuring such Grantor against
liability for personal injury and property damage relating to such Inventory,
Equipment and Vehicles, such policies to be in such form and amounts and having
such coverage as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders.
(b) All such insurance shall (i) provide that no cancellation,
material reduction in amount or material change in coverage thereof shall be
effective until at least 30 days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of
written notice thereof, (ii) name the Administrative Agent as insured party or
loss payee, (iii) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and if
available on commercially reasonable terms, include a breach of warranty clause
and (iv) be reasonably satisfactory in all other respects to the Administrative
Agent.
(c) At the Administrative Agent's request, the Borrowers shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a report of a reputable
insurance broker with respect to such insurance substantially concurrently with
the delivery by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent of their audited
financial statements for each fiscal year and such supplemental reports with
respect thereto as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably
request.
5.4 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 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 with respect thereto to the extent, if any,
required by GAAP 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.
5.5 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further
Documentation. (a) Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by
this Agreement as a perfected security interest having at least the priority
described in Section 4.3 and shall defend such security interest against the
claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.
(b) Such Grantor will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and
describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the
Collateral as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable
detail.
(c) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of
the Administrative Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor
will promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further
instruments and documents and take such further actions as the Administrative
Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full
benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted,
including the filing of
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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.
(d) Such Grantor shall use its reasonable best efforts to, within
120 days after the Closing Date, comply with the terms of the Federal Assignment
of Claims Act, with respect to any material contracts it may have with a
Governmental Authority.
5.6 Changes in Locations, Name, etc. Such Grantor will not, except
upon 15 days' prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and delivery to
the Administrative Agent of (a) all additional executed financing statements and
other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to maintain the
validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein
and (b) if applicable, a written supplement to Schedule 5 showing any additional
location at which Inventory or Equipment shall be kept:
(i) permit any of the material Inventory or Equipment (other than
goods in transit or leased by a Grantor to a customer) to be kept at a
location other than those listed on Schedule 5;
(ii) change the location of its chief executive office or sole place
of business from that referred to in Section 4.4; or
(iii) change its name, identity or corporate structure to such an
extent that any financing statement filed by the Administrative Agent in
connection with this Agreement would become misleading.
5.7 Notices. Such Grantor will advise the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders promptly, in reasonable detail, of:
(a) any Lien (other than security interests created hereby or Liens
permitted under the Credit Agreement) on any of the Collateral which would
adversely affect the ability of the Administrative Agent to exercise any of its
remedies hereunder; and
(b) of the occurrence of any other event which could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the
Collateral or on the security interests created hereby.
5.8 Pledged Securities. (a) Subject to the limitations of the
definition of Pledged Stock and the right of the Company and its Subsidiaries to
make dividend payments to Holdings permitted by Section 7.6(b) of the Credit
Agreement, if such Grantor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any
stock certificate (including any certificate representing a stock dividend or a
distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of
capital or any certificate issued in connection with any reorganization), option
or rights in respect of the Capital Stock of any Issuer, whether in addition to,
in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange for, any shares of the
Pledged Stock, or otherwise in respect thereof, such Grantor shall accept the
same as the agent of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, hold the same in
trust for the Administrative Agent
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and the Lenders and deliver the same forthwith to the Administrative Agent in
the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative
Agent, if required, together with an undated stock power covering such
certificate duly executed in blank by such Grantor and with, if the
Administrative Agent so requests, signature guaranteed, to be held by the
Administrative Agent, subject to the terms hereof, as additional collateral
security for the Obligations. Any sums paid upon or in respect of the Pledged
Securities upon the liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer shall be paid over
to the Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral
security for the Obligations, and in case any distribution of capital shall be
made on or in respect of the Pledged Securities or any property shall be
distributed upon or with respect to the Pledged Securities pursuant to the
recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of any Issuer or pursuant to
the reorganization thereof, the property so distributed shall, unless otherwise
subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent,
be delivered to the Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as
additional collateral security for the Obligations. If any sums of money or
property so paid or distributed in respect of the Pledged Securities shall be
received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall, until such money or property is
paid or delivered to the Administrative Agent, hold such money or property in
trust for the Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, as
additional collateral security for the Obligations.
(b) Except as expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement, without
the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, such Grantor will not (i)
vote to enable, or take any other action to permit, any Issuer to issue any
stock or other equity securities of any nature or to issue any other securities
convertible into or granting the right to purchase or exchange for any stock or
other equity securities of any nature of any Issuer, (ii) sell, assign,
transfer, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect
to, the Pledged Securities or Proceeds thereof, (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 Pledged Securities or Proceeds thereof, or any interest therein,
except for the security interests created by this Agreement or (iv) enter into
any agreement or undertaking restricting the right or ability of such Grantor or
the Administrative Agent to sell, assign or transfer any of the Pledged
Securities 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
Pledged Securities issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such
terms are applicable to it, (ii) it will notify the Administrative Agent
promptly in writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section
5.8(a) with respect to the Pledged Securities issued by it and (iii) the terms
of Sections 6.3(c) and 6.7 shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to
all actions that may be required of it pursuant to Section 6.3(c) or 6.7 with
respect to the Pledged Securities issued by it.
5.9 Receivables. (a) With respect to the Collateral, 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
adversely affect the value thereof.
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(b) Such Grantor will deliver to the Administrative 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.
5.10 Intellectual Property. (a) Such Grantor (either itself or
through licensees) will, unless (i) it has a purpose, in the ordinary course of
business, to do otherwise or (ii) to do otherwise could not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect,
(A) continue to use each material Trademark on each and every trademark class of
goods applicable to its current line as reflected in its current catalogs,
brochures and price lists in order to maintain such Trademark in full force free
from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (B) maintain as in the past the
quality of products and services offered under such Trademark, (C) use such
Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration and all other notices and
legends required by applicable Requirements of Law, (D) not adopt or use any
xxxx which is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of such Trademark
unless the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, shall
obtain a perfected security interest in such xxxx pursuant to this Agreement,
and (E) not (and not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act
or knowingly omit to do any act whereby 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, unless (i) it has a purpose, in
the ordinary course of business, to do otherwise or (ii) to do otherwise could
not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect.
(c) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) , unless (i)
it has a purpose, in the ordinary course of business, to do otherwise or (ii) to
do otherwise could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect (A) will employ each material Copyright and
(B) 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 any material
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 Administrative Agent and the
Lenders immediately if it knows, or could reasonably be expected 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 adverse
determination or development (including the institution of, or any such
determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any court or tribunal)
regarding such Grantor's ownership of, or the validity of, any such material
Intellectual Property or such Grantor's right to register the same or to own and
maintain the same.
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(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, such Grantor shall report such filing to the
Administrative Agent within fifteen Business Days after the last day of the
fiscal quarter in which such filing occurs. Upon request of the Administrative
Agent, such Grantor shall execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all
agreements, instruments, documents, and papers necessary to evidence the
Administrative Agent's and the Lenders' security interest 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 in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, the United States Copyright Office to maintain and pursue each
application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to maintain each
registration of the material Intellectual Property, including filing of
applications for renewal, affidavits of use and affidavits of incontestability,
unless (i) it has a purpose, in the ordinary course of business, to do otherwise
or (ii) to do otherwise could not reasonably be expected to have, individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(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
Administrative Agent after it learns thereof and xxx for infringement,
misappropriation or dilution, to seek injunctive relief where appropriate and to
recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution,
unless (i) it has a purpose, in the ordinary course of business, to do otherwise
or (ii) to do otherwise could not reasonably be expected to have, individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
5.11 Vehicles. (a) No Vehicle shall be removed from the state which
has issued the certificate of title/ownership therefor for a period in excess of
4 months, provided that the leased fleet owned by National Crane Corporation
shall be excluded from the provisions of this paragraph.
(b) With respect to any Vehicles acquired by such Grantor subsequent
to the date hereof, within 45 days after the end of the fiscal quarter in which
any such Vehicle is acquired, all applications for certificates of
title/ownership indicating the Administrative Agent's first priority security
interest in the Vehicle covered by such certificate, and any other necessary
documentation, shall be filed in each office in each jurisdiction which the
Administrative Agent shall deem advisable to perfect its security interests in
the Vehicles.
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SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS
6.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables. (a) With respect to the
Collateral, the Administrative 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 Administrative Agent may require in connection
with such test verifications. At any time and from time to time, upon the
Administrative Agent's request (at reasonable intervals) and at the expense of
the relevant Grantor, such Grantor shall cause independent public accountants or
others satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to furnish to the Administrative
Agent reports showing reconciliations, aging and test verifications of, and
trial balances for, the Receivables.
(b) With respect to the Collateral, the Administrative Agent hereby
authorizes each Grantor to collect such Grantor's Receivables, subject to the
Administrative Agent's direction and control, and the Administrative 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 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
Administrative Agent if required, in a Collateral Account maintained under the
sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent, subject to withdrawal by
the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders only as provided in
Section 6.5, and (ii) until so turned over, shall be held by such Grantor in
trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, 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) With respect to the Collateral, at the Administrative Agent's
request, each Grantor shall deliver to the Administrative Agent all original and
other documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions
which gave rise to the Receivables, including all original orders, invoices and
shipping receipts.
6.2 Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable. (a) With
respect to the Collateral, the Administrative Agent in its own name or in the
name of others may at any time communicate with obligors under the Receivables
to verify with them to the Administrative Agent's satisfaction the existence,
amount and terms of any Receivables.
(b) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent at any time after
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor
shall notify obligors on the Receivables that the Receivables have been assigned
to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and that
payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to the Administrative 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
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observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any
agreement giving rise thereto. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender
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 Administrative Agent or any Lender of any payment relating
thereto, nor shall the Administrative Agent or any Lender 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 Administrative Agent shall have given notice
to the relevant Grantor of the Administrative 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, and to exercise all voting and
corporate rights with respect to the Pledged Securities; provided, however, that
no vote shall be cast or corporate right exercised or other action taken which,
in the Administrative Agent's reasonable judgment, would impair the Collateral
or which would be inconsistent with or result in any violation of any provision
of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and, provided
further that this paragraph (a) shall not be deemed in any way to modify the
provisions of Section 7.6(b) of the Credit Agreement.
(b) If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the
Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to exercise such rights to
the relevant Grantor or Grantors, and subject to the right of the Company and
its Subsidiaries to make dividend payments to Holdings permitted by Section
7.6(b) of the Credit Agreement, (i) the Administrative Agent shall have the
right to receive any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in
respect of the Pledged Securities and make application thereof to the
Obligations in the order set forth in Section 6.5, and (ii) any or all of the
Pledged Securities shall be registered in the name of the Administrative Agent
or its nominee, and the Administrative Agent or its nominee may thereafter
exercise (x) all voting, corporate and other rights pertaining to such Pledged
Securities at any meeting of shareholders of the relevant Issuer or Issuers or
otherwise and (y) any and all rights of conversion, exchange and subscription
and any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to such Pledged
Securities as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including the right to
exchange at its discretion any and all of the Pledged Securities upon the
merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental
change in the corporate structure of any Issuer, or upon the exercise by any
Grantor or the Administrative Agent of any right, privilege or option pertaining
to such Pledged Securities, and in connection therewith, the right to deposit
and deliver any and all of the Pledged Securities with any committee,
depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms
and conditions as the Administrative Agent may determine), all without liability
except to account for property actually received by it, but the Administrative
Agent shall have no duty to any Grantor to exercise any such right, privilege or
option and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so
doing.
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(c) Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer of any
Pledged Securities pledged by such Grantor hereunder to (i) comply with any
instruction received by it from the Administrative Agent in writing that (x)
states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) is
otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or
further instructions from such Grantor, and each Grantor agrees that each Issuer
shall be fully protected in so complying, and (ii) unless otherwise expressly
permitted hereby and subject to the right of the Company and its Subsidiaries to
make dividend payments to Holdings permitted by Section 7.6(b) of the Credit
Agreement, pay any dividends or other payments with respect to the Pledged
Securities directly to the Administrative Agent.
6.4 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent. In addition
to the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders specified in Section
6.1 with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Event of Default shall occur
and be continuing, all Proceeds received by any Grantor on account of any
Collateral consisting of cash, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by
such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated
from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such
Grantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received
by such Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if
required). All Proceeds received by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be
held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral Account maintained under its
sole dominion and control. All Proceeds while held by the Administrative Agent
in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all
the Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as
provided in Section 6.5. Nothing contained in this Section 6.4 shall be deemed
to modify in any way the provisions of Section 7.6(b) of the Credit Agreement.
6.5 Application of Proceeds. At such intervals as may be agreed upon
by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, or, if an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, at any time at the Administrative Agent's
election, the Administrative Agent may (subject to the right of the Company and
its Subsidiaries to make dividend payments to Holdings permitted by Section
7.6(b) of the Credit Agreement) apply all or any part of Proceeds constituting
Collateral, whether or not held in any Collateral Account, and any proceeds of
the guarantee set forth in Section 2, in payment of the Obligations in the
following order:
First, to pay incurred and unpaid fees and expenses of the
Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents;
Second, to the Administrative Agent, for application by it towards
payment of amounts then due and owing and remaining unpaid in respect of
the Obligations, pro rata among the Lenders according to the amounts of
the Obligations then due and owing and remaining unpaid to the Lenders;
Third, to the Administrative Agent, for application by it towards
prepayment of the Obligations, pro rata among the Lenders according to the
amounts of the Obligations then held by the Lenders; and
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Fourth, any balance of such Proceeds remaining after the Obligations
shall have been paid in full, no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding
(unless cash collateralized) and the Commitments shall have terminated
shall be paid over to the Borrowers or to whomsoever may be lawfully
entitled to receive the same.
6.6 Code and Other Remedies. If an Event of Default shall occur and
be continuing, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, may exercise,
in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to them in this Agreement
and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the
Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the New York UCC
or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Administrative Agent, without demand of performance or other demand,
presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice
required by law 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 when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing forthwith
collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part
thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give option or options to
purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof
(or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or
private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker's board or office of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions
as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on
credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. The
Administrative Agent or any Lender shall have the right upon any such public
sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale
or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of
any right or equity of redemption in any Grantor, which right or equity is
hereby waived and released. Each Grantor further agrees, at the Administrative
Agent's request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the
Administrative Agent at places which the Administrative Agent shall reasonably
select, whether at such Grantor's premises or elsewhere. The Administrative
Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this
Section 6.6, after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind
incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any
of the Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the rights of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder, including reasonable attorneys'
fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Obligations,
in such order as the Administrative Agent may elect, and only after such
application and after the payment by the Administrative Agent of any other
amount required by any provision of law, including Section 9- 504(1)(c) of the
New York UCC, need the Administrative Agent account for the surplus, if any, to
any Grantor. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all
claims, damages and demands it may acquire against the Administrative Agent or
any Lender arising out of the exercise by them of any rights hereunder, except
to the extent arising out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Administrative Agent or any Lenders. If any notice of a proposed sale or other
disposition of Collateral shall be required by law, such notice shall be deemed
reasonable and proper if given at least 10 days before such sale or other
disposition. All waivers by any Grantor of rights (including rights to notice),
and all rights and remedies afforded the Administrative Agent herein, and all
other provisions of this Agreement, are expressly made subject to any applicable
mandatory provisions of law limiting, or imposing conditions upon, such waivers
or the effectiveness thereof or any such rights and remedies.
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6.7 Registration Rights. (a) If the Administrative Agent shall
determine to exercise its right to sell any or all of the Pledged Stock pursuant
to Section 6.6, and if in the opinion of the Administrative Agent it is
necessary or advisable to have the Pledged Stock, or that portion thereof to be
sold, registered under the provisions of the Securities Act, the relevant
Grantor will cause the Issuer thereof to (i) execute and deliver, and use its
best efforts to cause the directors and officers of such Issuer to execute and
deliver, all such instruments and documents, and do or cause to be done all such
other acts as may be, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent,
necessary or advisable to register the Pledged Stock, or that portion thereof to
be sold, under the provisions of the Securities Act, (ii) use its 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
reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, are necessary or advisable, all
in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission applicable thereto. Each
Grantor agrees to cause such Issuer to comply with the provisions of the
securities or "Blue Sky" laws of any and all jurisdictions which the
Administrative Agent shall designate and to make available to its security
holders, as soon as practicable, an earnings statement (which need not be
audited) which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities
Act.
(b) Each Grantor recognizes that the Administrative Agent may be
unable to effect a public sale of any or all the Pledged Stock, by reason of
certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state
securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more
private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged
to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account
for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each
Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices
and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and,
notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be
deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. The Administrative
Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Stock
for the period of time necessary to permit the Issuer thereof to register such
securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state
securities laws, even if such Issuer would agree to do so.
(c) Each Grantor agrees to use its best efforts to do or cause to be
done all such other acts as may be necessary to make such sale or sales of all
or any portion of the Pledged Stock pursuant to this Section 6.7 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 6.7 will cause irreparable injury to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders, that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have no adequate
remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and
every covenant contained in this Section 6.7 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 and was continuing under the
Credit Agreement at the time the Administrative Agent gave notice pursuant to
Section 6.3(b).
6.8 Waiver; Deficiency. Each Grantor waives and agrees not to assert
any rights or privileges which it may acquire under Section 9-112 of the New
York UCC. Each Grantor shall
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remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other
disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay its Obligations and the
fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by the Administrative Agent or
any Lender to collect such deficiency.
SECTION 7. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
7.1 Administrative Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc. (a)
Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Administrative
Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its
true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in
the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its
own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take
any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and
instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of
this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each
Grantor hereby gives the Administrative Agent the power and right, on behalf of
such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, to do any or all of
the following:
(i) in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take
possession of and indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes,
acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due 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 Administrative 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 Administrative Agent may request to evidence the
Administrative Agent's and the Lenders' security interest in such
Intellectual Property and the goodwill and general intangibles of such
Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;
(iii) pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or
threatened against the Collateral, effect any repairs or 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
6.6 or 6.7, any indorsements, assignments or other instruments of
conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral; and
(v) (1) direct any party liable for any payment under any of the
Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due
thereunder directly to the Administrative Agent or as the Administrative
Agent shall direct; (2) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of
and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to
become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (3)
sign and indorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading,
storage or warehouse
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receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and
other documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (4) commence and
prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any
court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion
thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral; (5)
defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with
respect to any Collateral; (6) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit,
action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or
releases as the Administrative 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 Administrative 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 Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all
purposes, and do, at the Administrative Agent's option and such Grantor's
expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the
Administrative Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon
the Collateral and the Administrative Agent's and the Lenders' security
interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully
and effectively as such Grantor might do.
Anything in this Section 7.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Administrative Agent agrees that it will not exercise any rights under the power
of attorney provided for in this Section 7.1(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 Administrative Agent, at its option, but
without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause
performance or compliance, with such agreement.
(c) The expenses of the Administrative Agent incurred in connection
with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 7.1, together with interest
thereon at a rate per annum equal to the rate per annum at which interest would
then be payable on past due Revolving Credit Loans that are Base Rate Loans
under the Credit Agreement, from the date of payment by the Administrative Agent
to the date reimbursed by the relevant Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor
to the Administrative Agent on demand.
(d) Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and
agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are
irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests
created hereby are released.
7.2 Duty of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent's sole
duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the
Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the New York UCC or
otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Administrative
Agent deals with similar property for its own account. Neither the
Administrative Agent, any Lender nor any of their respective officers,
directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or
realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in
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doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any
Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any
other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The
powers conferred on the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder are
solely to protect the Administrative Agent's and the Lenders' interests in the
Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Administrative Agent or any
Lender to exercise any such powers. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders
shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of
the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers,
directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act
or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
7.3 Execution of Financing Statements. Pursuant to Section 9-402 of
the New York UCC and any other applicable law, each Grantor authorizes the
Administrative 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 Administrative
Agent reasonably determines appropriate to perfect the security interests of the
Administrative Agent under this Agreement. A photographic or other reproduction
of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement or other filing
or recording document or instrument for filing or recording in any jurisdiction.
During such time as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Administrative Agent shall provide to such Grantor a
file-stamped copy of such financing statement or other filing or recording
document or instrument promptly following its return to the Administrative Agent
by the relevant filing officer; provided, that the failure to provide such
financing statement or other filing or recording document or instrument shall
not impair the validity thereof and shall not subject the Administrative Agent
to any liability to such Grantor.
7.4 Authority of Administrative Agent. Each Grantor acknowledges
that the rights and responsibilities of the Administrative Agent under this
Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the
exercise or non-exercise by the Administrative Agent of any option, voting
right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or
resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, be governed by the Credit Agreement and by such other
agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but,
as between the Administrative Agent and the Grantors, the Administrative Agent
shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Lenders with full
and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be
under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such
authority.
SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this
Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in
accordance with Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement.
8.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the
Administrative Agent or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner
provided for in Section 10.2 of the Credit
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Agreement; provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any
Guarantor shall be addressed to such Guarantor at its notice address set forth
on Schedule 1.
8.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. Neither the
Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall by any act (except by a written
instrument pursuant to Section 8.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be
deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any
Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in
exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right,
power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or
partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege. A waiver by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any right or
remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any
right or remedy which the Administrative Agent or such Lender would otherwise
have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are
cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any
other rights or remedies provided by law.
8.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification. (a) Each Guarantor agrees
to pay or reimburse each Lender and the Administrative Agent for all its
reasonable 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 the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
(including the allocated fees and expenses of in-house counsel) to each Lender
and of counsel to the Administrative Agent.
(b) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or
resulting from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other
taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of
the Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
(c) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders harmless from, any and all liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution,
delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement to the
extent the Borrowers would be required to do so pursuant to Section 10.5 of the
Credit Agreement.
(d) The agreements in this Section shall survive repayment of the
Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents.
8.5 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their successors and assigns; provided
that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or
obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent.
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8.6 Set-Off. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the
Administrative Agent and each Lender 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 the Administrative Agent or such Lender
to or for the credit or the account of such Grantor, or any part thereof in such
amounts as the Administrative Agent or such Lender may elect, against and on
account of the obligations and liabilities of such Grantor to the Administrative
Agent or such Lender hereunder and claims of every nature and description of the
Administrative Agent or such Lender against such Grantor, in any currency,
whether arising hereunder, under the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document
or otherwise, as the Administrative Agent or such Lender may elect, whether or
not the Administrative Agent or any Lender has made any demand for payment and
although such obligations, liabilities and claims may be contingent or
unmatured. The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall notify such Grantor
promptly of any such set-off and the application made by the Administrative
Agent or such Lender of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to give
such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The
rights of the Administrative Agent and each Lender under this Section are in
addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) which
the Administrative Agent or such Lender may have.
8.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of
the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including
by telecopy), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to
constitute one and the same instrument.
8.8 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
8.9 Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Agreement
are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction
hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.
8.10 Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
represent the agreement of the Grantors, the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no
promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender relative to subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly
set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.
8.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
8.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. (a) Each Grantor hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally:
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(i) 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;
(ii) 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;
(iii) agrees that service of process in any such action or
proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or
certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage
prepaid, to such Grantor at its address referred to in Section 8.2 or at
such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been
notified pursuant thereto;
(iv) 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
(b) Each of the Grantors, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to
claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section
any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
8.13 Acknowledgements. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a
party;
(b) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any
fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Grantor arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the
relationship between the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative
Agent and Lenders, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith
is solely that of debtor and creditor; and
(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan
Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated
hereby among the Lenders or among the Grantors and the Lenders.
8.14 Additional Grantors. Each Subsidiary of either Borrower that is
required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.10 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 1 hereto.
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8.15 Releases. (a) At such time as the Loans, the Reimbursement
Obligations and the other Obligations shall have been paid in full, the
Commitments have been terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding
(unless cash collateralized), the Collateral shall be released from the Liens
created hereby, and this Agreement and all obligations (other than those
expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent and
each Grantor hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument
or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall
revert to the Grantors. At the request and sole expense of any Grantor following
any such termination, the Administrative Agent shall deliver to such Grantor any
Collateral held by the Administrative Agent hereunder, and execute and deliver
to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to
evidence such termination.
(b) If any of the Collateral shall be sold, transferred or otherwise
disposed of by any Grantor in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement,
then the Administrative Agent, at the request and sole expense of such Grantor,
shall 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 either 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 such Borrower shall have delivered to the
Administrative 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 such Borrower stating that such
transaction is in compliance with the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
8.16 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.
8.17 Dealer Receivables Financing. If requested by the Borrowers,
the Administrative Agent shall enter into a satisfactory intercreditor
arrangement with respect to any Dealer Receivables Financing, provided that the
terms of any such arrangement shall be upon terms and conditions reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.
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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.
GROVE HOLDINGS LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
GROVE WORLDWIDE LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
GROVE CAPITAL, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
GROVE U.S. LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
CRANE ACQUISITION CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
CRANE HOLDING INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
GROVE FINANCE LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
