SECURITY AGREEMENT made by PRC WILLISTON LLC in favor of D.B. ZWIRN SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P. as Administrative Agent Dated as of February 16, 2007
EXHIBIT
10.11
made
by
PRC
WILLISTON LLC
in
favor of
X.X.
XXXXX SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P.
as
Administrative Agent
Dated
as of February 16, 2007
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS;
TERMS GENERALLY
Section 1.01 | Definitions |
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Section 1.02 | Terms Generally; Rules of Construction |
3
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ARTICLE
II
GRANT
OF
SECURITY INTEREST
Section 2.01 | Grant of Security Interest |
3
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Section 2.02 | Authorization to File Financing Statements |
4
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Section 2.03 | Other Actions |
4
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ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Section 3.01 | Debtor’s Legal Status |
6
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Section 3.02 | Concerning Collateral, Etc. |
7
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Section 3.03 | Perfected First Priority Liens |
7
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ARTICLE
IV
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 | Debtor’s Legal Status |
8
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Section 4.02 | Concerning Collateral, Etc. |
8
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Section 4.03 | Further Assurances |
9
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ARTICLE
V
RIGHTS
AND REMEDIES
Section 5.01 | Rights and Remedies |
10
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Section 5.02 | Securities and Deposits |
12
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Section 5.03 | Notification to Account Debtors and Other Persons Obligated on Collateral |
12
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Section 5.04 | Standards for Exercising Rights and Remedies |
12
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Section 5.05 | No Retention in Satisfaction |
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Section 5.06 | Performance by Administrative Agent |
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Section 5.07 | Administrative Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, Etc. |
14
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Section 5.08 | Waiver |
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Section 5.09 | No Release |
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Section 5.10 | Duty of Administrative Agent |
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Section 5.11 | Payment of Expenses, Indemnities, Etc. |
18
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Section 5.12 | Overdue Amounts |
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ARTICLE
VI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 6.01 | Notices |
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Section 6.02 | Amendments |
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Section 6.03 | No Waiver |
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Section 6.04 | Remedies Cumulative: Non-Exclusive; Etc |
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Section 6.05 | Successors and Assigns |
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Section 6.06 | Severability |
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Section 6.07 | Survival; Revival; Restatement |
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Section 6.08 | Counterparts |
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Section 6.09 | Acknowledgments |
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Section 6.10 | GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION |
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Section 6.11 | ENTIRE AGREEMENT |
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Section 6.12 | Relation to Other Security Instruments |
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Section 6.13 | Authority of Administrative Agent |
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Section 6.14 | Interest Rate Limitation |
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Exhibit
A
- Form
of
Perfection Certificate
Schedule
1 - Filings
and Other Actions Required to Perfect Security Interest
Schedule
2 - Existing
Liens
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This
SECURITY
AGREEMENT,
dated
as of February 16, 2007, is between PRC Williston LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the “Debtor”),
and
X.X. Xxxxx Special Opportunities Fund, L.P., as administrative agent (in such
capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the
“Administrative
Agent”)
for
the financial institutions from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement
of
even date herewith (the “Credit
Agreement”),
among
the Debtor, the Lenders parties thereto and the Administrative
Agent.
R
E C I T A L S
WHEREAS,
the
Debtor has requested that the Lenders provide certain loans to and extensions
of
credit on behalf of the Debtor;
WHEREAS,
the
Lenders have agreed to make such loans and extensions of credit subject to
the
terms of the Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
it is a
condition precedent to the obligations of the Lenders to make their respective
loans and extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement that the Debtor
execute and deliver this Agreement;
NOW,
THEREFORE,
in
consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS;
TERMS GENERALLY
Section
1.01 Definitions.
As used
herein:
(a) terms
defined herein have the meanings given such terms herein;
(b) unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein
have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement;
(c) unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Uniform Commercial Code (as
defined herein) and used herein have the same meanings herein as therein
defined; provided, however, that if a term is defined in Article 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code differently than in another Article of the Uniform
Commercial Code, then such term has the meaning specified in Article 9;
and
(d) The
following terms have the following meanings:
“Agreement”
means
this Security Agreement.
“Collateral”
has
the
meaning given such term in Section 2.01.
“Event
of Default”
means
an “Event of Default” under the Credit Agreement.
“Obligations”
means
the collective reference to the payment and performance when due of all
indebtedness, liabilities, obligations and undertakings of the Debtor and its
Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, all Indebtedness) of every kind
or
description arising out of or outstanding under, advanced or issued pursuant,
or
evidenced by, the Secured Documents, including, without limitation, the unpaid
principal of and interest on the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities
of the Debtor and its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, interest
accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after
the
maturity of the Loans and interest accruing after the filing of any petition
in
bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like
proceeding, relating to the Debtor, whether or not a claim for post-filing
or
post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) to the Secured Creditors,
whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or
now
existing or hereafter incurred, arising out of or outstanding under, advanced
or
issued pursuant, or evidenced by, the Secured Documents, and whether on account
of principal, interest, premium, reimbursement obligations, payments in respect
of an early termination date, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise
(including, without limitation, all costs, fees and disbursements of counsel
to
the Secured Creditors that are required to be paid by the Debtor pursuant to
the
terms of any Secured Documents).
“Property”
means
any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed,
or tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, cash, securities,
accounts and contract rights.
“Secured
Creditors”
means
the collective reference to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the
Lenders and Affiliates of the Lenders that are parties to Secured Swap
Agreements.
“Secured
Documents”
means
the collective reference to the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents,
each
Secured Swap Agreement and any other document made, delivered or given in
connection with any of the foregoing.
“Secured
Swap Agreement”
means
any swap agreement, cap, floor, collar, forward agreement or other exchange
or
protection agreements relating to crude oil, natural gas or other Hydrocarbons
or interest rates or currencies between the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender while such Person (or,
in
the case of an Affiliate of a Lender, the Person affiliated therewith) is a
Lender, including any such agreement between such Persons in existence prior
to
the date hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, an agreement ceases to be a Secured
Swap Agreement if the Person that is the counterparty to the Borrower or a
Subsidiary of the Borrower under such agreement ceases to be a Lender under
the
Credit Agreement (or, in the case of an Affiliate of a Lender, the Person
affiliated therewith ceases to be a Lender under the Credit
Agreement).
“Uniform
Commercial Code”
means
the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of
New
York; provided, however, that, in the event that, by reason of mandatory
provisions of law, any of the attachment, perfection or priority of the
Administrative Agent’s security interest in any Collateral is governed by the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State
of
New York, the term “Uniform Commercial Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions
hereof relating to such attachment, perfection, the effect thereof or priority
and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.
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Section
1.02 Terms
Generally; Rules of Construction.
The
definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural
forms
of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall
include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise
(a)
any
definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein
shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document
as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to
any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein
or in the Secured Documents); (b)
any
reference herein to any law shall be construed as referring to such law as
amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect
from time to time; (c)
any
reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s
successors and assigns (subject to the restrictions contained herein);
(d)
the
words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular
provision hereof; (e)
with
respect to the determination of any time period, the word “from” means “from and
including” and the word “to” means “to and including” and (f)
any
reference herein to Articles, Sections or Exhibits shall be construed to refer
to Articles and Sections of, or Exhibits to, this Agreement. No provision of
this Agreement or any other Secured Document shall be interpreted or construed
against any Person solely because such Person or its legal representative
drafted such provision. Each covenant contained herein shall be construed
(absent express provision to the contrary) as being independent of each other
covenant contained herein, so that compliance with any one covenant shall not
(absent such an express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance
with
any other covenant, and where any provision herein refers to action to be taken
by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision
shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by
such
Person. Whenever pursuant to this Agreement, the Administrative Agent exercises
any right given to it to approve or disapprove, or any arrangement or term
is to
be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the decision of the Administrative
Agent to approve or disapprove or to decide whether arrangements or terms are
satisfactory or unsatisfactory shall (except as otherwise specifically herein
provided) be in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and shall be
final and conclusive.
ARTICLE
II
GRANT
OF SECURITY INTEREST
Section
2.01 Grant
of Security Interest.
As
collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when
due
(whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the
Obligations, the Debtor hereby pledges, assigns and transfers to the
Administrative Agent, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, a
continuing security interest in, lien on and right of setoff against, all of
the
following Property, wherever located, whether now owned or at any time hereafter
acquired by the Debtor or in which the Debtor now has or at any time in the
future may acquire any right, title or interest, and all proceeds and products
of, and all supporting obligations and all collateral security and guarantees
given by any Person with respect to, the following (collectively, the
“Collateral”):
all
personal and fixture Property of every kind and nature including without
limitation all goods (including inventory, equipment and any accessions
thereto), instruments (including promissory notes), documents, accounts
(including health-care-insurance receivables), chattel paper (whether tangible
or electronic), deposit accounts, letter-of-credit rights (whether or not the
letter of credit is evidenced by a writing), securities and all
other
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investment
property, supporting obligations, any other contract rights or rights to
the
payment of money, insurance claims and proceeds, and all general intangibles
(including all payment intangibles). Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, in no event shall the security interest granted under this Section
2.01 attach to any lease, license, contract, property rights or agreement
to
which the Debtor is a party or any of its rights or interests thereunder
if and
for so long as the grant of such security interest shall constitute or result
in
(a)
the
abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any right, title or interest
of
the Debtor therein or (b)
in a
breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, or a default under, any such
lease, license, contract property rights or agreement (other than to the
extent
that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406,
9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code), provided, however
that
such security interest shall attach immediately at such time as the condition
causing such abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability shall be remedied
and
to the extent severable, shall attach immediately to any portion of such
lease,
license, contract, property rights or agreement that does not result in any
of
the consequences specified in clauses (a)
or
(b)
above.
Section
2.02 Authorization
to File Financing Statements.
The
Debtor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent at any time and
from time to time to file in any filing office in any relevant jurisdiction
any
financing statements and amendments thereto that (a)
indicate
the Collateral (i)
as all
assets of the Debtor or words of similar effect, regardless of whether any
particular asset comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope of Article
9
of the Uniform Commercial Code or such jurisdiction or (ii)
as being
of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail; and (b)
provide
any other information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial
Code, or such other jurisdiction, for the sufficiency or filing office
acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including (i)
whether
the Debtor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational
identification number issued to the Debtor and (ii)
in the
case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or indicating Collateral
as as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, a sufficient description of
real
property to which the Collateral relates. The Debtor agrees to furnish any
such
information to the Administrative Agent promptly upon the Administrative Agent’s
request. The Debtor also ratifies its authorization for the Administrative
Agent
to have filed in any relevant jurisdiction any like initial financing statements
or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof.
Section
2.03 Other
Actions.
To
further the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the
Administrative Agent to enforce, the Administrative Agent’s security interest in
the Collateral, and without limitation on the Debtor’s other obligations in this
Agreement, the Debtor agrees, in each case at the Debtor’s expense, to take the
following actions with respect to the following Collateral:
(a) Promissory
Notes and Tangible Chattel Paper.
If the
Debtor shall at any time hold or acquire any promissory notes or tangible
chattel paper, the Debtor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same
to the Administrative Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or
assignment duly executed in blank as the Administrative Agent may from time
to
time specify.
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(b) Deposit
Accounts.
For
each deposit account that the Debtor at any time opens or maintains, the Debtor
shall, at the Administrative Agent’s request and option, pursuant to an
agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, either
(i)
cause
the depositary bank to comply at any time with instructions from the
Administrative Agent to such depositary bank directing the disposition of funds
from time to time credited to such deposit account, without further consent
of
the Debtor or (ii)
arrange
for the Administrative Agent to become the customer of the depositary bank
with
respect to the deposit account, with the Debtor being permitted, only with
the
consent of the Administrative Agent, to exercise rights to withdraw funds from
such deposit account. The provisions of this Section 2.03(b) shall not apply
to
(A)
any
deposit account for which the Debtor, the depositary bank and the Administrative
Agent have entered into a cash collateral agreement specially negotiated among
the Debtor, the depositary bank and the Administrative Agent for the specific
purpose set forth therein; (B)
a
deposit account for which the Administrative Agent is the depositary bank and
is
in automatic control and (C)
deposit
accounts specially and exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other
employee wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of the Debtor’s
salaried employees.
(c) Investment
Property.
If the
Debtor shall at any time hold or acquire any certificated securities, the Debtor
shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Administrative
Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed
in blank as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify. If any
securities now or hereafter acquired by the Debtor are uncertificated and are
issued to the Debtor or its nominee directly by the issuer thereof, the Debtor
shall immediately notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, at the
Administrative Agent’s request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, either (i)
cause
the issuer to agree to comply with instructions from the Administrative Agent
as
to such securities, without further consent of the Debtor or such nominee,
or
(ii)
arrange
for the Administrative Agent to become the registered owner of the securities.
If any securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, or other investment
property now or hereafter acquired by the Debtor are held by the Debtor or
its
nominee through a securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, the Debtor
shall immediately notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, at the
Administrative Agent’s request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, either (A)
cause
such securities intermediary or (as the case may be) commodity intermediary
to
agree to comply with entitlement orders or other instructions from the
Administrative Agent to such securities intermediary as to such securities
or
other investment property, or (as the case may be) to apply any value
distributed on account of any commodity contract as directed by the
Administrative Agent to such commodity intermediary, in each case without
further consent of the Debtor or such nominee or (B)
in the
case of financial assets or other investment property held through a securities
intermediary, arrange for the Administrative Agent to become the entitlement
holder with respect to such investment property, with the Debtor being
permitted, only with the consent of the Administrative Agent, to exercise rights
to withdraw or otherwise deal with such investment property. The provisions
of
this Section 2.03(c) shall not apply to any financial assets credited to a
securities account for which the Administrative Agent is the securities
intermediary.
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(d) Collateral
in the Possession of a Bailee.
If any
Collateral is at any time in the possession of a bailee, the Debtor shall
promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, at the Administrative
Agent’s request and option, shall promptly obtain an acknowledgement from the
bailee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that
the
bailee holds such Collateral for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, and
that such bailee agrees to comply, without further consent of the Debtor, with
instructions from the Administrative Agent as to such Collateral.
(e) Electronic
Chattel Paper and Transferable Records.
If the
Debtor at any time holds or acquires an interest in any electronic chattel
paper
or any “transferable record,” as that term is defined in Section 201 of the
federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or in Section
16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant
jurisdiction, the Debtor shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof
and, at the request and option of the Administrative Agent, shall take such
action as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to vest in the
Administrative Agent control, under Section 9-105 of the Uniform Commercial
Code, of such electronic chattel paper or control under Section 201 of the
federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as the
case may be, Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as so in
effect in such jurisdiction, of such transferable record.
(f) Letter-of-Credit
Rights.
If the
Debtor is at any time a beneficiary under a letter of credit, the Debtor shall
promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, at the request and option
of the Administrative Agent, the Debtor shall, pursuant to an agreement in
form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, either (i)
arrange
for the issuer and any confirmer or other nominated Person of such letter of
credit to consent to an assignment to the Administrative Agent of the proceeds
of the letter of credit or (ii)
arrange
for the Administrative Agent to become the transferee beneficiary of the letter
of credit, with the Administrative Agent agreeing, in each case, that the
proceeds of the letter to credit are to be applied as provided in the Credit
Agreement.
ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
The
Debtor hereby unconditionally represents and warrants to the Administrative
Agent, as of the date hereof and at all times during the terms of this
Agreement, as follows:
Section
3.01 Debtor’s
Legal Status.
(a) The
Debtor has previously delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate signed
by the Debtor and entitled “Perfection Certificate” in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit
A
(the
“Perfection
Certificate”);
(b) the
Debtor’s exact legal name is that indicated on the Perfection Certificate and on
the signature page hereof;
(c) the
Debtor is an organization of the type, and is organized in the jurisdiction
set
forth in the Perfection Certificate;
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(d) the
Perfection Certificate accurately sets forth the Debtor’s organizational
identification number or accurately states that the Debtor has
none;
(e) all
other
information set forth on the Perfection Certificate pertaining to the Debtor
is
accurate and complete; and
(f) there
has
been no change in any information provided in the Perfection Certificate since
the date on which it was executed by the Debtor.
Section
3.02 Concerning
Collateral, Etc.
(a) The
Debtor is the owner of or has other rights in or power to transfer the
Collateral, free from any right or claim or any Person or any adverse lien,
security interest or other encumbrance, except for the security interests and
liens permitted by the Credit Agreement;
(b) no
dispute, right of setoff (other than by operation of law or pursuant to the
Loan
Documents), counterclaim or defense exists with respect to all or any part
of
the Collateral;
(c) there
are
no restrictions on transfer (that have not been waived or otherwise consented
to) in any agreement or document (other than the Loan Documents) governing
the
Collateral or any other agreement relating thereto which would limit or restrict
(i)
the
grant of a security interest or lien in the Collateral; (ii)
the
perfection of such security interest or lien or (iii)
the
exercise of remedies in respect of such perfected security interest in the
Collateral; in each case, as contemplated by this Agreement;
(d) the
performance by the Debtor of its obligations hereunder will not result in the
creation of any security interest or lien on any Collateral other than the
security interest and lien granted hereunder;
(e) none
of
the Collateral constitutes, or is the proceeds of, “farm products” as defined in
Section 9-102(a)(34) of the Uniform Commercial Code;
(f) none
of
the account debtors or other Persons obligated on any of the Collateral is
a
governmental authority covered by the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or like
federal, state or local statute or rule in respect of such
Collateral;
(g) the
Debtor holds no commercial tort claims;
(h) the
Debtor has at all times operated its business in compliance with all applicable
provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended, and with all
applicable provisions of federal, state and local statutes and ordinances
dealing with the control, shipment, storage or disposal of hazardous materials
or substances.
Section
3.03 Perfected
First Priority Liens.
The
security interests granted pursuant to this Agreement (a) upon completion of
the
filings and other actions specified on Schedule
1
(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 the Obligations, enforceable in accordance
with the terms hereof against all creditors of the Debtor and any Persons
purporting to purchase any Collateral from the Debtor and (b) are prior to
all
other Liens on the Collateral in existence on the date hereof except for (i)
unrecorded Liens expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement which have priority
over the Liens created by this Agreement by operation of law and (ii) Liens
described on Schedule
2.
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ARTICLE
IV
COVENANTS
The
Debtor hereby unconditionally covenants and agrees with the Administrative
Agent, until the entire Obligations shall have been paid in full as
follows:
Section
4.01 Debtor’s
Legal Status.
(a) Without
providing at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Administrative
Agent, the Debtor will not change its name or its organizational identification
number;
(b) the
Debtor will not change its type of organization, jurisdiction of organization
or
other legal structure without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent.
Section
4.02 Concerning
Collateral, Etc.
(a) The
Collateral, to the extent not delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant
to
Section 2.03, will be kept at those locations listed on the Perfection
Certificate and the Debtor will not remove the Collateral from such locations,
without providing at least thirty days prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent;
(b) except
for the security interest herein granted and liens permitted by the Credit
Agreement (including Excepted Liens), the Debtor shall be the owner of or have
other rights in the Collateral free from any right or claim of any other Person,
lien, security interest or other encumbrance, and the Debtor shall promptly
give
notice to the Administrative Agent of, and shall defend against, any suit,
action, proceeding or lien that involves the Collateral or that could adversely
affect the security interest and lien granted by it hereunder, and the Debtor
shall defend the security interest and lien created by this Agreement against
the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever;
(c) the
Debtor shall not and shall cause any Subsidiary to not pledge, mortgage or
create or suffer to exist any right of any Person in or claim by any Person
to
the Collateral, or any security interest, lien or encumbrance in the Collateral
in favor of any Person, other than the Administrative Agent, except for liens
permitted by Section 10.03 of the Credit Agreement;
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(d) the
Debtor will keep the Collateral in good repair, working order, and condition
(ordinary wear and tear excepted) and will not use the same in violation of
any
policy of insurance thereon or in any manner prohibited by the Credit
Agreement;
(e) as
provided in the Credit Agreement, the Debtor will permit the Administrative
Agent, or its designee, to inspect the Collateral;
(f) the
Debtor will promptly pay and discharge, or make reasonable and customary efforts
to cause to be paid and discharged, all delay rentals, royalties, expenses
and
indebtedness pertaining to the Collateral and will do all other things necessary
to keep unimpaired its rights with respect thereto and prevent any forfeiture
thereof or default thereunder. The Debtor will, and will cause each Subsidiary
to, pay its obligations (including Tax liabilities of the Debtor and all of
its
Subsidiaries and any agreement material to the business or operations of the
Debtor or its Affiliates) as required by the Credit Agreement.
(g) the
Debtor will furnish to the Administrative Agent from time to time, upon
Administrative Agent’s reasonable request, statements and schedules further
identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection
with the Collateral as the Administrative Agent may request, all in reasonable
detail; and
(h) the
Debtor will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, sell, assign, farm-out,
convey, dispose, abandon or otherwise transfer any of the Collateral, except
as
permitted by the Credit Agreement.
Section
4.03 Further
Assurances.
At any
time and from time to time, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, and
at
the sole expense of the Debtor, the Debtor will promptly and duly give, execute,
deliver, indorse, file or record any and all financing statements, continuation
statements, amendments, notices (including, without limitation, notifications
to
financial institutions and any other Person), contracts, agreements,
assignments, certificates, or other instruments, obtain any and all governmental
or third party approvals and consents, perform or cause to be performed any
and
all further acts and provide such further assurances as may be necessary,
desirable, advisable or proper, in the Administrative Agent’s opinion, to carry
out more effectively the purposes and intents of this Agreement or to create,
perfect, establish the priority of, or to preserve the validity, perfection
or
priority of, the security interest granted by this Agreement, or to enable
the
Administrative Agent to enforce its rights, remedies, powers and privileges
under the Secured Documents or with respect to such security interest or to
otherwise obtain or preserve the full benefits of the Secured Documents and
the
rights, powers and privileges therein granted. Without limiting the obligations
of the Debtor under this Section 4.03 or under any other provision of this
Agreement, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the Debtor shall take
or cause to be taken all actions requested by the Administrative Agent to:
(a)
correct
any defect, error, or omission which may be discovered in the contents of the
Secured Documents or in the execution or acknowledgment thereof; (b)
cause
the Administrative Agent’s name to be noted as Administrative Agent on any
certificate of title for a titled good if such notation is a condition to
attachment, perfection or priority of, or ability of the Administrative Agent
to
enforce, the Administrative Agent’s security interest in such Collateral;
(c)
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cause
the
Administrative Agent to have “control” (within the meaning of Sections 9-104,
9-105, 9-106 and 9-107 of the Uniform Commercial Code) over any deposit
accounts, electronic chattel paper, investment property or letter-of-credit
rights, including, without limitation, executing and delivering any agreements,
in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, with securities
intermediaries, issuers or other Persons in order to establish “control”;
(d)
cause
the Administrative Agent to be a “protected purchaser” (as defined in Section
8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code); (e)
comply
with any provision of any statute, regulation or treaty of the United States
as
to any Collateral if compliance with such provision is a condition to
attachment, perfection or priority of, or ability of the Administrative Agent
to
enforce, the Administrative Agent’s security interest hereunder; (f)
obtain
governmental and other third party waivers, consents and approvals in form
and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, including, without
limitation, any consent of any licensor, lessor or other Person obligated
on
Collateral and (g)
take all
actions under any earlier versions of the Uniform Commercial Code or under
any
other law, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be applicable
in any relevant Uniform Commercial Code or other jurisdiction. This Section
4.03
and the obligations imposed on the Debtor by this Section 4.03 shall be
interpreted as broadly as possible in favor of the Administrative Agent in
order
to effectuate the purpose and intent of this Agreement.
ARTICLE
V
RIGHTS
AND REMEDIES
Section
5.01 Rights
and Remedies.
(a) Upon
the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative
Agent may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to
it
in the Secured Documents and in any other instrument or agreement securing,
evidencing or relating to the Obligations, all rights and remedies of a
Administrative Agent under the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable
law or otherwise available at law or equity. 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 the Debtor or any other
Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices
are
hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive,
appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may
forthwith sell, lease, assign, give option or options to purchase, or otherwise
dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do
any
of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales,
at
any exchange, broker’s board or office of the Administrative Agent or elsewhere
upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices
as it
may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption
of any credit risk. The Administrative Agent and any other Secured Creditor
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, and any such Person purchasing at any such sale
shall have the right to credit upon the amount of the bid made therefor, to
the
extent necessary to satisfy such bid, the Obligations owing to such Person,
or
if such Person holds less than all of the Obligations, the pro rata part thereof
owing to such Person, accounting to all other Persons not joining in such bid
in
cash for the portion of such bid or bids apportionable to such non-bidding
Persons. It shall not be necessary that the Administrative Agent take possession
of the Collateral or any part thereof, prior to the time that any sale pursuant
to the provisions of this Section 5.01(a) is conducted, and it shall not
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be
necessary that the Collateral or any part thereof be present at the location
of
such sale. If applicable to any particular item of Collateral, the Debtor
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 the Debtor’s premises
or elsewhere. Any such sale or transfer by the Administrative Agent either
to
itself, any other Secured Creditor or to any other Person shall be absolutely
free from any claim of right by the Debtor, including any equity or right
of
redemption, stay or appraisal which the Debtor has or may have under any
rule of
law, regulation or statute now existing or hereafter adopted (and the Debtor
hereby waives any rights it may have in respect thereof). Upon any such sale
or
transfer, the Administrative Agent shall have the right to deliver, assign
and
transfer to the purchaser or transferee thereof the Collateral so sold or
transferred. Any and all statements of fact or other recitals made in any
xxxx
of sale or assignment or other instrument evidencing any foreclosure sale
hereunder, the nonpayment of the Obligations, the occurrence of any Event
of
Default, the Secured Creditors having declared all or a portion of such
Obligations to be due and payable, the notice of time, place, and terms of
sale
and of the Properties to be sold having been duly given, or any other act
or
thing having been duly done by the Administrative Agent, shall be taken as
prima
facie evidence of the truth of the facts so stated and recited.
(b) The
Administrative Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it
pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or elsewhere herein if so specified, after deducting
all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith
or incidental to the care, retaking, holding, preparing for sale, lease or
other
disposition, or the sale, lease or other disposition, of the Collateral, or
in
any way relating to the Collateral, the collection of the Obligations, or the
enforcement of the rights of the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees
and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Obligations in
accordance with Section 11.02(c) of the Credit Agreement. To the extent
permitted by applicable law, the Debtor waives all claims, damages and demands
it may acquire against the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Creditor
arising out of the exercise by any of them of any rights hereunder. If any
notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral shall be required
by law, then the Debtor hereby acknowledges and agrees that ten (10) days prior
written notice of such sale or disposition shall be reasonable notice. In
addition, the Debtor waives any and all rights that it may have to a judicial
hearing in advance of the enforcement of any of the Administrative Agent’s
rights and remedies hereunder, including, without limitation, its right
following an Event of Default to take immediate possession of the Collateral
and
to exercise its rights and remedies with respect thereto.
(c) In
the
event that the Administrative Agent elects not to sell the Collateral, the
Administrative Agent retains its rights to dispose of or utilize the Collateral
or any part or parts thereof in any manner authorized or permitted by law or
in
equity, and to apply the proceeds of the same towards payment of the
Obligations. Each and every method of disposition of the Collateral described
in
this Agreement shall constitute disposition in a commercially reasonable
manner.
(d) The
Debtor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or
other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay the Obligations
and
the reasonable fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by the
Administrative Agent to collect such deficiency.
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(e) The
Administrative Agent may appoint any Person as agent to perform any act or
acts
necessary or incident to any sale or transfer of the Collateral.
Section
5.02 Securities
and Deposits.
The
Administrative Agent may at any time following and during the continuance of
an
Event of Default, at its option, transfer to itself or any nominee any
securities constituting Collateral, receive any income thereon and hold such
income as additional collateral or apply it to the Obligations. Whether or
not
any Obligations are due, the Administrative Agent may following and during
the
continuance of an Event of Default demand, xxx for, collect, or make any
settlement or compromise which it deems desirable with respect to the
Collateral. Regardless of the adequacy of Collateral or any other security
for
the Obligations, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
then the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Creditors are hereby
authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted
by
law, to set off and apply any and all deposits or other sums at any time
credited or held by or due from, and other obligations (of whatsoever kind)
at
any time owing by, the Administrative Agent or the Secured Creditors to or
for
the credit or the account of the Debtor against any of and all the obligations
of the Debtor owed to the Administrative Agent or the Secured Creditors now
or
hereafter existing under this Agreement, irrespective of whether or not the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Creditor shall have made any demand
under this Agreement and although such obligations may be
unmatured.
Section
5.03 Notification
to Account Debtors and Other Persons Obligated on Collateral.
If an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then the Debtor shall,
at the request and option of the Administrative Agent, notify account debtors
and other Persons obligated on any of the Collateral of the security interest
of
the Administrative Agent in any account, as-extracted collateral, chattel paper,
general intangible, instrument or other Collateral and that payment thereof
is
to be made directly to the Administrative Agent or to any financial institution
designated by the Administrative Agent as the Administrative Agent’s agent
therefor, and the Administrative Agent may itself, if an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, without notice to or demand upon the Debtor,
so
notify account debtors and other Persons obligated on Collateral. After the
making of such a request or the giving of any such notification, the Debtor
shall hold any proceeds of collection of accounts, as-extracted collateral,
chattel paper, general intangibles, instruments and other Collateral received
by
the Debtor as trustee for the Administrative Agent without commingling the
same
with other funds of the Debtor and shall turn the same over to the
Administrative Agent in the identical form received, together with any necessary
endorsements or assignments. The Administrative Agent shall apply the proceeds
of collection of accounts, as-extracted collateral, chattel paper, general
intangibles, instruments and other Collateral received by the Administrative
Agent to the Obligations in accordance with Section 5.01(b), such proceeds
to be
immediately credited after final payment in cash or other immediately available
funds of the items giving rise to them.
Section
5.04 Standards
for Exercising Rights and Remedies.
To the
extent that applicable law imposes duties on the Administrative Agent to
exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable manner, the Debtor acknowledges
and agrees that it is not commercially unreasonable for the Administrative
Agent: (a)
to fail
to incur expenses reasonably
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deemed
significant by the Administrative Agent to prepare Collateral for disposition
or
otherwise to fail to complete raw material or work in process into finished
goods or other finished products for disposition; (b)
to fail
to obtain third party consents for access to Collateral to be disposed of,
or to
obtain or, if not required by other law, to fail to obtain governmental or
third
party consents for the collection or disposition of Collateral to be collected
or disposed of; (c)
to fail
to exercise collection remedies against account debtors or other Persons
obligated on Collateral or to fail to remove liens or encumbrances on or
any
adverse claims against Collateral; (d)
to
exercise collection remedies against account debtors and other Persons obligated
on Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and other
collection specialists; (e)
to
advertise dispositions of Collateral through publications or media of general
circulation, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature;
(f)
to
contact other Persons, whether or not in the same business as the Debtor,
for
expressions of interest in acquiring all or any portion of the Collateral;
(g)
to hire
one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of Collateral,
whether or not the collateral is of a specialized nature; (h)
to
dispose of Collateral by utilizing Internet sites that provide for the auction
of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable
capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets; (i)
to
dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail markets; (j)
to
disclaim disposition warranties; (k)
to
purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure the Administrative Agent
against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Collateral or to provide
to
the Administrative Agent a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition
of Collateral or (l)
to the
extent deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent, to obtain the services
of
other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to
assist
the Administrative Agent in the collection or disposition of any of the
Collateral. The Debtor acknowledges that the purpose of this Section 5.04
is to
provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by the
Administrative Agent would fulfill the Administrative Agent’s duties under the
Uniform Commercial Code or other law or any other relevant jurisdiction in
the
Administrative Agent’s exercise of remedies against the Collateral and that
other actions or omissions by the Administrative Agent shall not be deemed
to
fail to fulfill such duties solely on account of not being indicated in this
Section 5.04. Without limitation upon the foregoing, nothing contained in
this
Section 5.04 shall be construed to grant any rights to the Debtor or to impose
any duties on the Administrative Agent that would not have been granted or
imposed by this Agreement or by applicable law in the absence of this Section
5.04.
Section
5.05 No
Retention in Satisfaction.
Except
as may be expressly applicable pursuant to Section 9-620 of the Uniform
Commercial Code, no action taken or omission to act by the Administrative Agent
or the Secured Creditors hereunder, including, without limitation, any exercise
of voting or consensual rights or any other action taken or inaction, shall
be
deemed to constitute a retention of the Collateral in satisfaction of the
Obligations or otherwise to be in full satisfaction of the Obligations, and
the
Obligations shall remain in full force and effect, until the Administrative
Agent and the Secured Creditors shall have applied payments (including, without
limitation, collections from Collateral) towards the payment in full of the
Obligations.
Section
5.06 Performance
by Administrative Agent.
If the
Debtor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein
within the applicable grace periods, 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. In addition, in the
Administrative Agent’s discretion, if the Debtor fails to do so, the
Administrative Agent may discharge taxes and other encumbrances at any time
levied or placed on any of the Collateral, maintain any of the Collateral,
make
repairs thereto and pay any necessary filing fees or insurance premiums. The
Debtor agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent on demand for all
expenditures so made. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to
the
Debtor to make any such expenditures, nor shall the making thereof be construed
as the waiver or cure of any Default or Event of Default.
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Section
5.07 Administrative
Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, Etc.
(a) The
Debtor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent
with
full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full
irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of the Debtor and in
the
name of the Debtor, or in the Administrative Agent’s own name, for the purpose
of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any and all reasonably
appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which
may be reasonably necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this
Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Debtor
hereby gives the Administrative Agent the power and right, on behalf of the
Debtor, without notice to or assent by the Debtor, to do any or all of the
following:
(i) pay
or
discharge taxes and liens levied or placed on or threatened against the
Collateral;
(ii) execute,
in connection with any sale provided for herein, any endorsements, assignments
or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral;
and
(iii) (A)
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; (B)
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; (C)
in the
name of the Debtor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and indorse
and collect any check, draft, note, acceptance or other instrument for the
payment of moneys due with respect to any Collateral and 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; (D)
in the
name of the Debtor or in its own name, exercise all rights, powers, privileges
and remedies to which the Debtor would be entitled as the owner of the
Collateral; (E)
defend
any suit, action or proceeding brought against the Debtor with respect to any
Collateral; (F)
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; (G)
arrange
for the transfer of the Collateral on the books of the issuer or any other
Person to the name of the Administrative Agent or to the name of the
Administrative Agent’s nominee; (H)
file and
prosecute registration and transfer applications with the appropriate federal,
state, local or other agencies or authorities with respect to trademarks,
copyrights and patentable inventions and processes; (I)
exercise
voting rights with respect to voting securities; (J)
execute,
deliver and record in connection with any sale or other disposition of any
Collateral, endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or
transfer with respect to such
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Collateral
and (K)
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 the Debtor’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 security interests therein and to effect the intent of
this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as the Debtor might do.
(b) The
Debtor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to
be
done by virtue and in compliance 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.
(c) The
expenses of the Administrative Agent incurred in connection with actions
undertaken as provided in this Section 5.07, shall be payable by the Debtor
to
the Administrative Agent on demand.
(d) THE
POWERS CONFERRED ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SOLELY TO PROTECT
ITS
INTERESTS IN THE COLLATERAL AND SHALL NOT IMPOSE ANY DUTY UPON IT TO EXERCISE
ANY SUCH POWERS. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT SHALL BE ACCOUNTABLE ONLY FOR THE
AMOUNTS THAT IT ACTUALLY RECEIVES AS A RESULT OF THE EXERCISE OF SUCH POWERS,
AND NEITHER IT NOR ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE TO THE
DEBTOR FOR ANY ACT OR FAILURE TO ACT (INCLUDING FOR SUCH PERSON’S OWN ORDINARY
NEGLIGENCE), EXCEPT FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S OWN GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR
WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.
Anything
in this Section 5.07 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 5.07 unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and
be
continuing.
Section
5.08 Waiver.
To the
fullest extent permitted by law, the Debtor hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waives and releases: (a)
all
benefits that might accrue to the Debtor by virtue of any present or future
moratorium law or other law exempting the Collateral from attachment, levy
or
sale on execution or providing for any appraisement, valuation, stay of
execution, exemption from civil process, redemption or extension of time for
payment; (b)
diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or
nonpayment to or upon the Debtor with respect to the Obligations or notice
of
the Secured Creditors’ intention to accelerate maturity of obligations or of the
Secured Creditors’ election to exercise or their actual exercise of any right,
remedy or recourse provided for hereunder or any other Secured Document and
any
other notice of any kind whatsoever; (c)
any
rights, legal and equitable, to a marshalling of assets or a sale in inverse
order of alienation (the Debtor acknowledges and agrees that in exercising
any
rights under or with respect to the Collateral, the Administrative Agent is
under no obligation to marshal any Collateral; the Administrative Agent may,
in
its absolute discretion, realize upon the Collateral in any order and in any
manner it so elects and may, in its absolute discretion, apply the proceeds
of
any or all the Collateral to the Obligations in any order and in any manner
it
so elects); (d)
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any
right
to require the Administrative Agent to proceed against any other Person,
exhaust
any Collateral or other security for the Obligations, or to have any other
Person liable on the Obligations joined with the Debtor in any suit arising
out
of the Obligations or this Agreement, or pursue any other remedy in the
Administrative Agent’s power; (e)
until
all of the Obligations shall have been paid in full in cash, any right to
subrogation and the Debtor waives the right to enforce any remedy which the
Administrative Agent has or may hereafter have against any other Person liable
on the Obligations, and waives any benefit of and any right to participate
in
any other security whatsoever now or hereafter held by the Administrative
Agent;
(f)
any and
all legal rights which might otherwise require the Administrative Agent to
enforce its rights by judicial process (it being understood that the
Administrative Agent may enforce its rights hereunder without prior judicial
process or judicial hearing); (g)
and the
Debtor agrees not to assert any rights or privileges which it may acquire
under
the Uniform Commercial Code, any analogous common law rights or privileges
or
any other applicable law; (h)
the
right to plead any and all statutes of limitation as a defense to any demand
secured by or made pursuant to this Agreement; (i)
all
claims, damages and demands it may acquire against the Secured Creditors
arising
out of the exercise by them of any rights hereunder; (j)
any
notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent or any Person
upon
the provision of collateral contemplated hereby or acceptance of the provision
of collateral contemplated hereby; the 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 provision of collateral
contemplated hereby and no notice of creation of the Obligations or any
extension of credit already or hereafter contracted by or extended to the
Debtor
or any other Person need be given to the Debtor; (k)
any and
all notice of the creation, accrual, modification, rearrangement, renewal
or
extension for any period of any of the Obligations of any other Person liable
on
the Obligations from time to time and (l)
any
defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of any other
Person
or by reason of the cessation from any cause whatsoever of the liability
of any
other Person. If any law referred to in this Agreement and now in force,
of
which the Debtor or its successor or successors might take advantage despite
the
provisions hereof, shall hereafter be repealed or cease to be in force, such
law
shall thereafter be deemed not to constitute any part of the contract herein
contained or to preclude the operation or application of the provisions
hereof.
Section
5.09 No
Release.
Neither
the Debtor nor any other Person hereafter obligated for payment of all or any
part of the Obligations shall be relieved of such obligation by reason of:
(a)
the
failure of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Creditor to comply
with
any request of the Debtor or any other Person so obligated to foreclose the
security interest and lien of the Collateral or to enforce any provision
hereunder or under any other Secured Document; (b)
the
release, regardless of consideration, of the Collateral or any portion thereof
or interest therein or the addition of any other Property to the Collateral
or
the release of any other collateral or credit support arrangement securing
the
Obligations; (c)
the
release, regardless of consideration, of any party liable, either directly
or
indirectly, for the Obligations or for any covenant herein or in any other
Secured Document; (d)
any
agreement or stipulation between any subsequent owner of the Collateral and
the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Creditor extending, renewing,
rearranging or in any other way modifying the terms of this Agreement without
first having obtained the consent of, given notice to or paid any consideration
to the Debtor or such other Person, and in such event the Debtor, all guarantors
and all such other Persons shall continue to be liable to make payment according
to the terms of any such extension or modification agreement unless
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expressly
released and discharged in writing by the Administrative Agent; or (e)
by any
other act or occurrence save and except the complete payment of the Obligations
and the complete fulfillment of all obligations hereunder and under the Secured
Documents. The Debtor authorizes the Administrative Agent and each other
Secured
Creditor, without notice or demand and without any reservation of rights
against
the Debtor and without affecting the Debtor’s liability hereunder or on the
Obligations, and without impairing the security interest and lien and rights
of
the Administrative Agent or the other Secured Creditors hereunder, from time
to
time to (i)
take or
hold any other Property of any type from any other Person as security for
the
Obligations, and exchange, enforce, waive and release any or all of such
other
Property; (ii)
apply
the Collateral or such other Property and direct the order or manner of sale
thereof as the Administrative Agent may in its discretion determine;
(iii)
renew,
extend for any period, accelerate, modify, compromise, settle or release
any of
the obligations of any other Person liable on the Obligations in respect
to any
or all of the Obligations or other security for the Obligations; (iv)
waive,
enforce, modify, amend or supplement any of the provisions of any Secured
Document with any Person other than the Debtor and (v)
release
or substitute any other Person liable on the Obligations. The security interest
and lien and other security rights of the Administrative Agent hereunder
shall
not be impaired by any indulgence, moratorium or release granted by the
Administrative Agent including, but not limited to, any renewal, extension
or
modification which the Secured Creditors may grant with respect to any of
the
Obligations, or any surrender, compromise, release, renewal, extension, exchange
or substitution which the Secured Creditors may grant in respect of the
Collateral or any part thereof or any interest therein, or any release or
indulgence granted to any endorser, guarantor or surety of any of the
Obligations. To the maximum extent permitted by law, all rights of the
Administrative Agent and the other Secured Creditors, all security interests
hereunder, and all obligations of the Debtor hereunder, shall be absolute
and
unconditional irrespective of: (A)
any lack
of validity or enforceability of any of the Obligations or any other agreement
or instrument relating thereto, including any of the Secured Documents;
(B)
any
change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of,
all
or any part of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any
consent to any departure from any of the Secured Documents, or any other
agreement or instrument relating thereto; (C)
any
exchange, release, or non-perfection of any other collateral, or any release
or
amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any Secured Document
or any
guaranty for all or any of the Obligations or (D)
any
other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to,
or a
discharge of, the Debtor. Each successor and assign of the Debtor, including
without limitation, a holder of a security interest or lien subordinate to
the
security interest and lien created hereby (without implying that the Debtor
has,
except as expressly provided herein or in the Credit Agreement, a right to
grant
an interest in, or a subordinate a security interest or lien on, the
Collateral), by acceptance of its interest or lien agrees that it shall be
bound
by the waivers contained herein, as if it gave the waiver
itself.
Section
5.10 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 Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the
same manner as the Administrative Agent deals with similar Property for its
own
account and shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody
and
preservation of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded
treatment substantially equal to that which comparable secured parties accord
comparable collateral. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for failure
to demand, collect or realize upon any
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of
the
Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation
to
sell, otherwise dispose of, or collect or receive payments upon, any Collateral
upon the request of the Debtor or any other Person or to take any other action
whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. Anything herein
to
the contrary notwithstanding, the Debtor shall remain obligated and liable
under
each contract or agreement comprised in the Collateral to be observed or
performed by the Debtor thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not have
any
obligation or liability under any such contract or agreement by reason of
or
arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Administrative Agent
of any
payment relating to any of the Collateral, nor shall the Administrative Agent
be
obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of the Debtor under
or
pursuant to any such contract or agreement, to make inquiry as to the nature
or
sufficiency of any payment received by the Administrative Agent in respect
of
the Collateral or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party under
any such contract or agreement, 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 the Administrative Agent or to which the Administrative
Agent may be entitled at any time or times. THE
POWERS CONFERRED ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ARE SOLELY TO PROTECT THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S INTERESTS IN THE COLLATERAL AND SHALL NOT IMPOSE ANY DUTY
UPON THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT TO EXERCISE ANY SUCH POWERS. THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT SHALL BE ACCOUNTABLE ONLY FOR AMOUNTS THAT IT ACTUALLY RECEIVES AS
A
RESULT OF THE EXERCISE OF SUCH POWERS, AND IT SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE TO
THE
DEBTOR FOR ANY ACT OR FAILURE TO ACT HEREUNDER, EXCEPT FOR ITS OWN GROSS
NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.
Section
5.11 Payment
of Expenses, Indemnities, Etc.
(a) The
Debtor agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and each other
Secured Creditor for all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Person,
including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for
such
Person, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in
connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including, without
limitation, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with (i)
the
custody, use or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from or other
realization upon, any of the Collateral, including the reasonable expenses
of
re-taking, holding, preparing for sale or lease, selling or otherwise disposing
of or realizing on the Collateral; (ii)
the
exercise or enforcement of any rights or remedies granted hereunder or under
any
of the other document or agreement executed or delivered in connection herewith
or otherwise available to it (whether at law, in equity or otherwise) or
(iii)
the
failure by the Debtor to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof or
otherwise enforcing or preserving any rights under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents.
(b) The
Debtor agrees to pay, and to save the Administrative Agent and the Secured
Creditors harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting
from any delay in paying, any and all 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.
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(c) THE
DEBTOR AGREES TO PAY, AND TO INDEMNIFY AND SAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND
THE
SECURED CREDITORS 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
DEBTOR WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DO SO PURSUANT TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT. THE
LIABILITIES OF THE DEBTOR AS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 5.11 SHALL SURVIVE THE
TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE REPAYMENT OF THE
OBLIGATIONS.
(d) All
amounts due under this Section 5.11 shall be payable promptly after written
demand therefor.
Section
5.12 Overdue
Amounts.
Until
paid, all amounts due and payable by the Debtor hereunder shall be a debt
secured by the Collateral and shall bear, whether before or after judgment,
interest from and including the due date to but excluding the date of payment
at
the Post Default Rate.
ARTICLE
VI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
6.01 Notices.
All
notices and other communications provided for herein shall be given in the
manner and subject to the terms of Section 13.01 of the Credit
Agreement.
Section
6.02 Amendments.
No
amendment, supplement or modification of this Agreement, and no waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Debtor therefrom,
shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be effectuated in
accordance with Section 13.02(b) of the Credit Agreement, and then any such
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for
the
purpose for which given.
Section
6.03 No
Waiver.
No
failure on the part of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Creditor
to
exercise and no delay in exercising, and no course of dealing with respect
to,
any right, power or privilege, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps
to
enforce such right, power or privilege, under this Agreement or any other
Secured Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any right, power or privilege under this Agreement or any
other Secured Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, power or privilege.
Section
6.04 Remedies
Cumulative: Non-Exclusive; Etc.
All
rights, remedies, and recourses of the Administrative Agent and the other
Secured Creditors granted in the this Agreement and the other Secured Documents
and any other pledge of collateral, or otherwise available at law or equity:
(a)
shall be
cumulative and concurrent; (b)
may be
pursued separately, successively, or concurrently against the Debtor or others
obligated for payment of the Obligations, or against Collateral or any other
collateral, or any one or more of them, at the sole discretion of the
Administrative Agent or the Secured Creditors; (c)
may be
exercised as often as occasion therefor shall arise, it being agreed by the
Debtor that the exercise
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or
failure to exercise or the beginning, or the abandonment, or the delay of
any of
same, shall in no event be construed as a waiver or release thereof or of
any
other right, remedy, or recourse; (d)
are
intended to be, and shall be, nonexclusive; (e)
shall
not be conditioned upon the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Creditor
exercising or pursuing any remedy in relation to the Collateral prior to
the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Creditor bringing suit to recover
the
Obligations and (f)
in the
event the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Creditor elects to bring
suit on the Obligations and obtains a judgment against the Debtor prior to
the
exercise of any remedies in relation to the Collateral, all liens and security
interests, including the lien and security interest of this Agreement, shall
remain in full force and effect and may be exercised at the Administrative
Agent’s option.
Section
6.05 Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement creates a continuing security interest in the Collateral and the
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon the Debtor and its successors
and permitted assigns and shall inure, together with all the rights and remedies
of the Administrative Agent hereunder, to the benefit of the Administrative
Agent and the Secured Creditors and their respective successors and assigns;
provided that the Debtor may not assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights
or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and any such purported assignment,
transfer or delegation shall be null and void.
Section
6.06 Severability.
Any
provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be
ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability
without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions hereof or thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision
in a
particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
Section
6.07 Survival;
Revival; Restatement.
All
covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Debtor herein
and in the certificates (including, without limitation, the Perfection
Certificate) or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant
to
this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party shall be
considered to have been relied upon by the Administrative Agent and the other
Secured Creditors and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such
other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent
or any Secured Creditor may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or
incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended
hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal
of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable
under the Credit Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the
Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Section 5.11
shall
survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration
or termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement, any
other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof. To the extent that
any
payments on the Obligations or proceeds of any Collateral are subsequently
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required
to
be repaid to a trustee, debtor in possession, receiver or other Person under
any
bankruptcy law, common law or equitable cause, then to such extent, the
Obligations so satisfied shall be revived and
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continue
as if such payment or proceeds had not been received and the Administrative
Agent’s and the Secured Creditors’ liens, security interests, rights, powers and
remedies under this Agreement and each other Loan Document shall continue
in
full force and effect. In such event, each Loan Document shall be automatically
reinstated and the Debtor shall take such action as may be reasonably requested
by the Administrative Agent or the Secured Creditors to effect such
reinstatement.
Section
6.08 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto
on
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all
of
which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. In making proof
of
this Agreement, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for any
counterpart other than one signed by the party against which enforcement is
sought. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this
Agreement by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Agreement.
Section
6.09 Acknowledgments.
The
Debtor hereby acknowledges that (a)
it has
been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Secured Documents to which it is a party; (b)
neither
the Administrative Agent nor any Secured Creditor has any fiduciary relationship
with or duty to the Debtor arising out of or in connection with this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Debtor,
on
the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Secured Creditors, on the
other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and
creditor; and (c)
no joint
venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists
by
virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Secured Creditors
or
among the Debtor and the Secured Creditors. Each of the parties hereto
specifically agrees that it has a duty to read this Agreement, the Security
Instruments and the other Loan Documents and agrees that it is charged with
notice and knowledge of the terms of this Agreement, the Security Instruments
and the other Loan Documents; that it has in fact read this Agreement, the
Security Instruments and the other Loan Documents and is fully informed and
has
full notice and knowledge of the terms, conditions and effects thereof; that
it
has been represented by independent legal counsel of its choice throughout
the
negotiations preceding its execution of this Agreement and the Security
Instruments; and has received the advice of its attorney in entering into this
Agreement and the Security Instruments; and that it recognizes that certain
of
the terms of this Agreement and the Security Instruments result in one party
assuming the liability inherent in some aspects of the transaction and relieving
the other party of its responsibility for such liability. EACH
PARTY HERETO AGREES AND COVENANTS THAT IT WILL NOT CONTEST THE VALIDITY OR
ENFORCEABILITY OF ANY EXCULPATORY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE SECURITY
INSTRUMENTS ON THE BASIS THAT THE PARTY HAD NO NOTICE OR KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH
PROVISION OR THAT THE PROVISION IS NOT “CONSPICUOUS.”
Section
6.10 GOVERNING
LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION.
(a) THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS
OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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(b) ANY
LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LOCATED IN THE BOURROGH OF MANHATTAN, AND, BY EXECUTION
AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF
AND (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW) IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY
AND
UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. EACH PARTY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY OBJECTION
TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH
IT
MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING
IN
SUCH RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS. THIS SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION IS NON-EXCLUSIVE
AND DOES NOT PRECLUDE A PARTY FROM OBTAINING JURISDICTION OVER ANOTHER PARTY
IN
ANY COURT OTHERWISE HAVING JURISDICTION.
(c) EACH
PARTY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OF ANY OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES
THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO IT AT THE ADDRESS
SPECIFIED IN SECTION 13.01 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT (OR SUCH OTHER ADDRESS AS
IS
SPECIFIED PURSUANT TO SECTION 13.01 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT), AS APPLICABLE,
SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER SUCH MAILING. NOTHING
HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF A PARTY OR ANY HOLDER OF A NOTE TO SERVE
PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
OR
OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST ANOTHER PARTY IN ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION.
(d) EACH
PARTY HEREBY (i)
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
LAW,
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT
OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN; (ii)
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT
IT
MAY HAVE TO CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY SUCH LITIGATION ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES OTHER THAN, OR IN ADDITION TO,
ACTUAL DAMAGES; (iii)
CERTIFIES THAT NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENT OF COUNSEL FOR
ANY PARTY HERETO HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, OR IMPLIED THAT SUCH
PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING
WAIVERS AND (iv) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS
AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY
AND
THEREBY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS CONTAINED
IN THIS SECTION 6.10.
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Section
6.11 ENTIRE
AGREEMENT. THIS WRITTEN AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE
FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE
OF
PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO.
THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE
PARTIES.
Section
6.12 Relation
to Other Security Instruments.
The
provisions of this Agreement supplement the provisions of any real estate
mortgage or deed of trust, pledge agreement or other Security Instrument granted
by the Debtor to the Administrative Agent which secures the payment or
performance of any of the Obligations. Nothing contained in any such real estate
mortgage, deed of trust, pledge agreement or other Security Instrument shall
derogate from any of the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent
hereunder.
Section
6.13 Authority
of Administrative Agent.
The
Debtor 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 Debtor, 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
the Debtor shall be under no obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry
respecting such authority.
Section
6.14 Interest
Rate Limitation.
It is
the intention of the parties hereto that each party shall conform strictly
to
usury laws applicable to it. Accordingly, if the transactions contemplated
hereby would be usurious as to any party under laws applicable to it (including
the laws of the United States of America and the State of Texas or any other
jurisdiction whose laws may be mandatorily applicable to such party
notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement), then, in that event,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any of the Secured Documents or
any
agreement entered into in connection with or as security for the Obligations,
it
is agreed as follows: (a)
the
aggregate of all consideration which constitutes interest under law applicable
to any party that is contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received by
such party under any of the Secured Documents or agreements or otherwise in
connection with the Obligations shall under no circumstances exceed the maximum
amount allowed by such applicable law, and any excess shall be canceled
automatically and if theretofore paid shall be credited by such party on the
principal amount of the Obligations (or, to the extent that the principal amount
of the Obligations shall have been or would thereby be paid in full, refunded
by
such party); and (b)
in the
event that the maturity of the Obligations is accelerated by reason of an
election of the holder thereof resulting from any Event of Default under this
Agreement or otherwise, or in the event of any required or permitted prepayment,
then such consideration that constitutes interest under law applicable to any
party may never include more than the maximum amount allowed by such applicable
law, and excess interest, if any, provided for in this Agreement or otherwise
shall be canceled automatically by such party as of the date of such
acceleration or prepayment and, if theretofore paid, shall be credited by such
party on the principal amount of the Obligations (or, to the extent that the
principal amount of the Obligations shall have been or would thereby be paid
in
full, refunded by such party).
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
intending to be legally bound, the Debtor has caused this Agreement to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.
PRC
WILLISTON LLC
By:
/s/
Xxxxx X.
Xxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Title:
Chief
Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT
A
PERFECTION
CERTIFICATE
(UCC
Financing Statements)
The
undersigned, the Chief Executive Officer of PRC Williston LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (the “Debtor”),
with
reference to that certain Security Agreement dated as of February ___, 2007
(the
“Security
Agreement”,
with
terms defined in such Security Agreement having the same meanings herein as
specified therein), between the Debtor and X.X. Xxxxx Special Opportunities
Fund, L.P. (the “Administrative
Agent”),
hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent as follows:
Section
1. Name.
The
exact legal name of the Debtor as that name appears on its Certificate of
Organization is as follows: PRC Williston LLC.
Section
2. Other
Identifying Factors.
(a) The
following is a mailing address for the Debtor: PRC Williston LLC, 0000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000.
(b) The
following is the type of organization of the Debtor: limited liability
company.
(c) The
following is the jurisdiction of the Debtor’s organization:
Delaware.
(d) The
following is the Debtor’s state issued organizational identification number:
DE4281692.
Section
3. Other
Names, etc.
(a) The
following is a list of all other names (including trade names or similar
appellations) used by the Debtor, or any other business or organization to
which
the Debtor became the successor by merger, consolidation, acquisition, change
in
form, nature or jurisdiction of organization or otherwise, now or at any time
during the past five years: N/A.
(b) Attached
hereto as Schedule
3
is the
information required in Section 2 for any other business or organization to
which the Debtor became the successor by merger, consolidation, acquisition
of
assets, change in form, nature or jurisdiction of organization or otherwise,
now
or at any time during the past five years.
Section
4. Current
Locations.
(a) The
following are all locations in the United States of America in which the Debtor
maintains any books or records relating to any of the Collateral consisting
of
accounts, instruments, chattel paper, general intangibles or mobile goods:
PRC
Williston LLC, 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx
00000.
(b) The
following are all locations in the United States of America where any of the
Collateral consisting of inventory or equipment (other than as related to its
oil and gas properties) is located: North Dakota.
(c) The
following are the names and addresses of all Persons or entities other than
the
Debtor, such as lessees, consignees, warehousemen or purchasers of chattel
paper, which have possession or are intended to have possession of any of the
Collateral consisting of instruments, chattel paper, inventory or equipment:
N/A.
Section
5. Prior
Locations.
Set
forth
below is the information required by Section 4(b) or (c) at which, or other
Person with which, any of the Collateral consisting of inventory or equipment
(other than as related to its oil and gas properties) has been previously held
at any time during the past twelve months: N/A.
Section
6. Unusual
Transactions.
All of
the Collateral has been originated by the Debtor in the ordinary course of
the
Debtor’s business or consists of goods which have been acquired by the Debtor in
the ordinary course from a Person in the business of selling goods of that
kind.
N/A
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
intending to be legally bound, the Debtor has caused this Agreement to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.
PRC
WILLISTON LLC
By:
/s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxx
Xxxxx
X. Xxxx, Chief Executive Officer
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Filings
and Other Actions Required to Perfect Security Interest
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UCC-1 with Secretary of State of Delaware.
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Schedule
2
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None
Schedule
2
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3
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Schedule
3