PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT MADE BY EACH UNDERSIGNED EQUITYHOLDER TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE Dated as of March 9, 2011
Exhibit 10.2
MADE BY
EACH UNDERSIGNED EQUITYHOLDER
TO
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE
Dated as of March 9, 2011
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ARTICLE I RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINED TERMS |
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Section 1.1 Rules of Construction and Defined Terms |
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ARTICLE II PLEDGE |
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Section 2.1 Pledge |
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ARTICLE III DELIVERY OF ISSUER PLEDGED COLLATERAL |
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Section 3.1 Delivery of Issuer Pledged Collateral |
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Section 3.2 Capital Securities |
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 4.1 Representations and Warranties |
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ARTICLE V SUPPLEMENTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES |
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Section 5.1 Supplements |
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Section 5.2 Further Assurances |
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ARTICLE VI COVENANTS |
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Section 6.1 No Sale and No Liens |
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Section 6.2 Notices |
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Section 6.3 Voting Rights |
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Section 6.4 Dividends and Distributions |
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Section 6.5 Capital Securities |
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Section 6.6 Legal Existence |
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Section 6.7 Compliance with Laws |
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Section 6.8 Modifications |
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Section 6.9 No Liquidation or Dissolution |
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Section 6.10 Monies Held in Trust |
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Section 6.11 No Claims |
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Section 6.12 Notice to Trustee |
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Section 6.13 Other Covenants |
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ARTICLE VII TRUSTEE APPOINTED ATTORNEY-IN-FACT |
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Section 7.1
Trustee Appointed Attorney-In-Fact |
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ARTICLE VIII REASONABLE CARE |
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Section 8.1 Reasonable Care |
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ARTICLE IX NO LIABILITY |
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Section 9.1 No Liability |
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ARTICLE X REMEDIES UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT |
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Section 10.1 Remedies Upon Event of Default |
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ARTICLE XI PURCHASE OF THE ISSUER PLEDGED COLLATERAL |
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Section 11.1 Purchase of the Issuer Pledged Collateral |
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ARTICLE XII EXPENSES |
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Section 12.1 Expenses |
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ARTICLE XIII NO WAIVER; REMEDIES |
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Section 13.1 No Waiver; Remedies |
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ARTICLE XIV AMENDMENTS |
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Section 14.1 Amendments |
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ARTICLE XV RELEASE; TERMINATION |
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Section 15.1 Release; Termination |
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ARTICLE XVI NOTICES |
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Section 16.1 Notices |
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ARTICLE XVII CONTINUING SECURITY INTEREST |
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Section 17.1 Continuing Security Interest |
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ARTICLE XVIII SECURITY INTEREST ABSOLUTE |
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Section 18.1 Security Interest Absolute |
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Section 18.2 Obligations of Equityholders Several and Not Joint |
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ARTICLE XIX INDEMNITY |
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Section 19.1 Indemnity |
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ARTICLE XX OBLIGATIONS SECURED BY ISSUER PLEDGED COLLATERAL |
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Section 20.1 Obligations Secured by Issuer Pledged Collateral |
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ARTICLE XXI SEVERABILITY |
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Section 21.1 Severability |
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ARTICLE XXII COUNTERPARTS; EFFECTIVENESS |
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Section 22.1 Counterparts; Effectiveness |
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ARTICLE XXIII REINSTATEMENT |
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Section 23.1 Reinstatement |
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ARTICLE XXIV SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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Section 24.1 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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ARTICLE XXV GOVERNING LAW |
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Section 25.1 GOVERNING LAW |
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ARTICLE XXVI TABLE OF CONTENTS AND HEADINGS |
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Section 26.1 Table of Contents and Headings |
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Annex A Rules of Construction and Defined Terms
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This PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of March 9, 2011, is made by each undersigned
Equityholder in favor of U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as the
Trustee under the Indenture, as grantee hereunder.
WITNESSETH :
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Pledge and Security
Agreement, pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Seller has sold, transferred, conveyed,
assigned, contributed and granted all of the Purchased Assets to the Issuer, in consideration of
the payment by the Issuer to the Seller of the Purchase Price and the issuance by the Issuer to the
Seller of all of the Capital Securities of the Issuer owned by the Seller;
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Pledge and Security
Agreement, pursuant to the Indenture, the Issuer has issued its Original Class A Notes to the
Noteholders;
WHEREAS, in order to secure the repayment of such Original Class A Notes, the Issuer shall,
except as otherwise expressly provided in the Indenture, grant a security interest in all of its
property and rights to the Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, including the Purchased
Assets, its rights under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, any Accounts and certain other collateral
in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the grant of security interest by the Issuer to the Trustee as set
forth in the immediately preceding recital, in order to further secure repayment of the Original
Class A Notes, the Trustee desires that each Equityholder pledge all of the Capital Securities of
the Issuer owned by such Equityholder to the Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, and in order to induce
the Noteholders to purchase the Original Class A Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture, each
Equityholder agrees, severally but not jointly, for the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of each
Noteholder, as follows:
ARTICLE I
RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINED TERMS
RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINED TERMS
Section
1.1 Rules of Construction and Defined Terms. The rules of construction set forth in
Annex A shall apply to this Pledge and Security Agreement and are hereby incorporated by
reference into this Pledge and Security Agreement as if set forth fully in this Pledge and Security
Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Pledge and Security Agreement
shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in Annex A, which is hereby
incorporated by reference into this Pledge and
Security Agreement as if set forth fully in this Pledge and Security Agreement. Not all terms
defined in Annex A are used in this Pledge and Security Agreement.
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Article II
PLEDGE
PLEDGE
Section 2.1 Pledge. As security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations and
subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Pledge and Security Agreement, each
Equityholder hereby pledges, grants, assigns, hypothecates, transfers and delivers (subject to
Section 3.1) to the Trustee, its successors and assigns, for the security and benefit of the
Noteholders, a continuing security interest in all of such Equityholder’s right, title and interest
in, to and under the following property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (the “Issuer
Pledged Collateral”):
(a) all of such Equityholder’s Capital Securities in the Issuer, whether now owned or acquired
in the future, and all certificates, agreements or other instruments, if any, representing such
Capital Securities (the “Issuer Pledged Equity”);
(b) subject to Section 6.4, the right to receive all monies and property representing a
distribution in respect of the Issuer Pledged Equity of such Equityholder (except for proceeds of
the Notes to the extent not applicable to any Redemption of the Notes), whether by way of dividend,
redemption, liquidation payments, repurchase or otherwise; and
(c) subject to Section 6.4, all proceeds of the Issuer Pledged Equity of such Equityholder and
any of the foregoing, including all shares, securities, rights, monies or other property accruing,
offered or issued at any time by way of redemption, conversion, exchange, substitution, preference,
option or otherwise in respect of the Issuer Pledged Equity of such Equityholder; provided,
however, that all of the proceeds received or unbilled but to be received by such
Equityholder in respect of any sale, transfer or other disposition of such Issuer Pledged Equity
shall be excluded (x) to the extent such Issuer Pledged Equity remains or concurrently therewith
becomes subject to this Pledge and Security Agreement and (y) such sale, transfer or other
disposition is permitted pursuant to Sections 6.1 and 17.1;
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Issuer Pledged Collateral of such Equityholder, together with all right,
title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the
Trustee, its successors and assigns, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
ARTICLE III
DELIVERY OF ISSUER PLEDGED COLLATERAL
DELIVERY OF ISSUER PLEDGED COLLATERAL
Section
3.1 Delivery of Issuer Pledged Collateral. Contemporaneously with the execution of this
Pledge and Security Agreement, each Equityholder shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Trustee, to the extent not previously delivered, (a) any and all certificates and other instruments
evidencing the Issuer Pledged Equity
then held in the form of certificates or other instruments by such Equityholder, together with
undated stock powers or assignments of such certificates duly executed and signed in blank, (b) any
and all certificates or other instruments or documents representing any of the Issuer Pledged
Collateral then held by such Equityholder and (c) all other property comprising part of the Issuer
Pledged Collateral then held in the form of certificates or other instruments by such Equityholder
with proper instruments of
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assignment or transfer duly executed and such other instruments or
documents as the Trustee may reasonably request to effect the purposes contemplated hereby.
Section 3.2 Capital Securities. If any Equityholder shall become entitled to receive or shall
receive, in respect of the Issuer Pledged Equity, any Capital Securities, options, warrants, rights
or other similar property, including any certificate representing any distribution in connection
with any recapitalization, reclassification or increase or reduction of capital (whether as an
addition to, in substitution of or in exchange for such Issuer Pledged Equity or otherwise), such
Equityholder agrees:
(a) to accept the same as the agent of the Trustee;
(b) to hold the same in trust on behalf of and for the benefit of the Trustee and separate and
apart from its other property; and
(c) to deliver any and all certificates or instruments evidencing the same to the Trustee on
or before the close of business on the fifth Business Day following the receipt thereof by such
Equityholder, in the exact form received, with the endorsement or assignment in blank of such
Equityholder when necessary and with appropriate undated irrevocable proxies duly executed in blank
(with signatures properly guaranteed), to be held by the Trustee, subject to the terms of this
Pledge and Security Agreement, as additional Issuer Pledged Collateral.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 4.1 Representations and Warranties. Each Equityholder represents and warrants to the
Trustee, as of the date such Equityholder becomes a party to this Pledge and Security Agreement,
severally but not jointly, as follows:
(a) If such Equityholder is not a natural person, such Equityholder has been duly organized,
is validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and,
except where the failure to do so would be a Material Adverse Change, has all licenses, permits,
franchises and governmental authorizations necessary to carry on its business as now being
conducted and shall appoint and employ agents or attorneys in each jurisdiction where it shall be
necessary to take action under this Pledge and Security Agreement. Such Equityholder is duly
licensed or qualified to do business in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required by law, except where the failure to do so would be a Material Adverse
Change. Such Equityholder has the full power and authority to own the property it purports to own
and to carry on its business as presently conducted and as proposed to
be conducted. The jurisdiction of organization and principal place of business of such
Equityholder as of the date hereof is set forth under such Equityholder’s signature hereto.
(b) Such Equityholder is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Issuer Pledged Collateral
of such Equityholder, free and clear of any Lien other than the Lien created pursuant to this
Pledge and Security Agreement and the Indenture or other Permitted Liens. No security agreement,
financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Issuer Pledged
Collateral of such Equityholder is on file or of record in any public office,
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except such as may
have been filed in favor of the Trustee pursuant to this Pledge and Security Agreement and the
Indenture.
(c) The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly and validly
authorized by such Equityholder. Such Equityholder has full power to execute and deliver this
Pledge and Security Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and to pledge all the Issuer
Pledged Collateral of such Equityholder pursuant to this Pledge and Security Agreement. This
Pledge and Security Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such
Equityholder. This Pledge and Security Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation
of such Equityholder enforceable against such Equityholder in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar
laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and except as enforceability may be limited by general
principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in equity). All requisite action has
been taken by such Equityholder to make this Pledge and Security Agreement valid and binding upon
such Equityholder.
(d) All necessary governmental approvals and consents of other parties (including directors,
officers, partners, members, managers or creditors of such Equityholder) have been obtained that
are required (i) for the execution, delivery and performance by such Equityholder of this Pledge
and Security Agreement or (ii) for the pledge by such Equityholder of the Issuer Pledged Collateral
of such Equityholder pursuant to this Pledge and Security Agreement (except as may be required (w)
in connection with filings of any UCC financing statements, (x) in connection with any disposition
of all or any part of the Issuer Pledged Collateral of such Equityholder under any laws affecting
the offering and sale of securities generally, (y) under applicable federal and state laws, rules
and regulations and applicable interpretations thereof providing for the supervision or regulation
of the banking or trust businesses generally and applicable to the Trustee and (z) with respect to
the Trustee as a result of any relationship that the Trustee may have with Persons not parties to,
or any activity or business the Trustee may conduct other than pursuant to, any of the Deal
Documents).
(e) This Pledge and Security Agreement creates a valid security interest in the Issuer Pledged
Collateral of such Equityholder securing the Secured Obligations, and such Equityholder has done
such other acts, if any, reasonably requested by the Trustee to perfect the security interest in
the Issuer Pledged Collateral of such Equityholder granted hereunder (including permitting the
Trustee to file any appropriate UCC financing statement against such Equityholder).
(f) The execution, delivery and performance by such Equityholder of this Pledge and Security
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Pledge
and Security Agreement with respect to such Equityholder do not (i) violate the provisions of
the organizational documents of such Equityholder, (ii) violate the provisions of any Applicable
Law (including any usury law), regulation or order of any Governmental Authority applicable to such
Equityholder except where such violation would not reasonably be expected to be a Material Adverse
Change, (iii) result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement relating
to the management or affairs of such Equityholder, or any indenture, credit agreement or loan
agreement or any other similar material agreement, lease or instrument to which such Equityholder
is a party or by which such Equityholder or any of its material properties may be
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bound (which
default or breach has not been permanently waived by the other party to such document) except where
such breach or default would not be a Material Adverse Change or (iv) result in or create any Lien
(other than Permitted Liens) under, or require any consent that has not been obtained under, any
indenture (including the Indenture), credit agreement or loan agreement or any other material
agreement, instrument or document or the provisions of any order, writ, judgment, injunction,
decree, determination or award of any Governmental Authority, binding upon the Issuer Pledged
Collateral of such Equityholder.
(g) There are no proceedings and there is no action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity or
by or before any Governmental Authority now pending against such Equityholder or, to the best
knowledge of such Equityholder, threatened against such Equityholder that questions the validity or
legality of or seeks damages in connection with this Pledge and Security Agreement or that seeks to
prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Pledge and Security
Agreement.
(h) The percentage of limited liability company interests of Issuer Pledged Equity held by
such Equityholder is set forth under such Equityholder’s signature hereto.
ARTICLE V
SUPPLEMENTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES
SUPPLEMENTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES
Section 5.1 Supplements. Each Equityholder agrees that, at any time and from time to time, at
such Equityholder’s expense and upon the Trustee’s reasonable request and without assuming any
obligation for which it is not otherwise liable, such Equityholder will promptly execute and
deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action, that may be necessary,
in order to perfect the security interest of the Trustee in the Issuer Pledged Collateral of such
Equityholder and to carry out the provisions of this Pledge and Security Agreement or to enable the
Trustee to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Issuer
Pledged Collateral of such Equityholder. Each Equityholder hereby authorizes the Trustee to file
(or cause to be filed) such UCC financing statements or continuation statements, or amendments
thereto, and such other instruments or notices as may be necessary to perfect and preserve the
security interests and other rights granted or purported to be granted to the Trustee hereby in
respect of the Issuer Pledged Collateral of such Equityholder. With respect to the foregoing and
the grant of the security interest hereunder, each Equityholder hereby authorizes the Trustee to
file one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, relative to all or
any part of the Issuer Pledged Collateral of such Equityholder.
Section 5.2 Further Assurances. If any Equityholder fails to perform any agreement contained
herein on its part after receipt of a written request to do so from the Trustee (it being
understood that no such request need be given after the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default), the Trustee may itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, in
which case the reasonable expenses of the Trustee, including the reasonable fees and expenses of
its counsel, incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by such Equityholder under Section
12.1 to the extent such Equityholder would have otherwise been responsible therefor under this
Pledge and Security Agreement.
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ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
COVENANTS
Section 6.1 No Sale and No Liens. Each Equityholder agrees that, without the consent of the
Trustee pursuant to Section 9.1 or Section 9.2 of the Indenture, as applicable, it will not (a)
sell or otherwise dispose of the Issuer Pledged Collateral of such Equityholder or any interest
therein or (b) except for Permitted Liens, create or permit to exist any Lien upon or with respect
to any of the Issuer Pledged Collateral of such Equityholder or any interest therein;
provided, however, that, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing in respect of which such Equityholder has received written notice from the Trustee or
otherwise has actual knowledge thereof, each Equityholder will be entitled to sell, transfer,
assign, convey, contribute or grant the Issuer Pledged Equity of such Equityholder (x) subject to
the lien of this Pledge and Security Agreement and (y) so long as (i) such Issuer Pledged Equity in
the hands of each transferee remains subject to the pledge under this Pledge and Security
Agreement, (ii) the Trustee shall have been provided with an Opinion of Counsel as to the
continuing validity of such pledge and perfection of the security interest of the Trustee therein
and a written acknowledgement from the transferee that it is acquiring such Issuer Pledged Equity
subject to such pledge and security interest and making representations and warranties to the
effect set forth in Article IV, (iii) the Trustee shall have been provided with an Opinion of
Counsel from a law firm with a nationally recognized tax practice that such sale, transfer,
assignment, conveyance, contribution or granting should not cause a “significant modification” of
the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes; provided, however, that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be required to be provided with such an
Opinion of Counsel if there has been a Change in Law and counsel to such Equityholder determines in
good faith that it is unable to render such an Opinion of Counsel (whereas it would have been able
to render such an Opinion of Counsel had the Change in Law not occurred), (iv) the transferee
agrees in writing for the benefit of the Trustee to be bound by the provisions of this Pledge and
Security Agreement and (v) the transferee is not subject to Japanese withholding tax in respect of
the Royalties.
Section 6.2 Notices. Each Equityholder shall promptly provide the Trustee with copies of all
notices and other communications received by such Equityholder with respect to any Issuer Pledged
Collateral registered in the name of such Equityholder that could adversely affect in any material
respect the validity, perfection or priority of the pledge of the Issuer Pledged Collateral
owned by it pursuant to this Pledge and Security Agreement.
Section 6.3 Voting Rights. So long as any Equityholder is the owner of the Issuer Pledged
Collateral of such Equityholder, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Pledge and
Security Agreement or any other Deal Document, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing in respect of which such Equityholder has received written notice from the Trustee or
otherwise has actual knowledge thereof, such Equityholder may exercise any and all voting and
consensual powers pertaining to the Issuer Pledged Collateral of such Equityholder or any part
thereof. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing in respect of which such
Equityholder has received written notice from the Trustee, and the Trustee shall have notified such
Equityholder that the Trustee shall thereafter exercise all voting and consensual powers pertaining
to the Issuer Pledged Collateral of such Equityholder or any specified part thereof, such
Equityholder shall thereafter not be entitled to exercise any of the powers described in the
preceding sentence as to the Issuer Pledged Collateral of such Equityholder or the specified part
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thereof, which powers shall be exercised exclusively by the Trustee, until further notice to the
contrary from the Trustee.
Section 6.4 Dividends and Distributions. So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing in respect of which such Equityholder has received written notice from the Trustee or
otherwise has actual knowledge thereof, each Equityholder may receive and retain any dividends and
other distributions on the Issuer Pledged Equity of such Equityholder. If an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing in respect of which such Equityholder has received written notice from
the Trustee or otherwise has actual knowledge thereof, such Equityholder shall not be entitled to
receive any subsequent dividends or other distributions on the Issuer Pledged Equity of such
Equityholder and, unless otherwise agreed by the Senior Trustee at the Direction of Noteholders of
a majority of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Senior Class of Notes, all such subsequent
dividends and other distributions otherwise payable or distributable thereafter in respect of such
Equityholder’s Issuer Pledged Collateral shall constitute Issuer Pledged Collateral of such
Equityholder.
Section 6.5 Capital Securities. Each Equityholder agrees that it will not accept any Capital
Securities of the Issuer or any rights or options to acquire any such Capital Securities, each in
addition to or in substitution for the Issuer Pledged Collateral of such Equityholder, without
prior written consent from the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.1 or Section 9.2 of the Indenture, as
applicable, unless the foregoing are pledged to the Trustee pursuant hereto.
Section 6.6 Legal Existence. Each Equityholder shall preserve and maintain (a) its legal
existence as an entity in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and (b)
its qualification to do business in every jurisdiction where the ownership of its properties and
the nature of its business
require it to be so qualified and where the failure to be so qualified would have a material
adverse effect on the security interest created by this Pledge and Security Agreement in respect of
the Issuer Pledged Collateral owned by it; provided, however, that a Change of
Control shall not be deemed a violation of this Section 6.6.
Section 6.7 Compliance with Laws. Each Equityholder shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
comply with all laws, and obtain, maintain and comply with all government approvals as shall now or
hereafter be necessary under Applicable Law, in each case in connection with the making and
performance by such Equityholder of any material provision of this Pledge and Security Agreement in
respect of the Issuer Pledged Collateral owned by it.
Section 6.8 Modifications. No Equityholder shall agree to or permit (a) the amendment,
supplement, modification, cancellation or termination of, or waiver with respect to, any of the
organizational documents of the Issuer, except upon the expiration of the stated term thereof (but
in no event prior to the Final Legal Maturity Date), or (b) any amendment, supplement or
modification of, or waiver with respect to, any of the provisions of any of such organizational
documents, if any such amendment, supplement, modification or waiver would result in a material
adverse change in respect of the validity, perfection or priority of the pledge of the Issuer
Pledged Collateral owned by it pursuant to this Pledge and Security Agreement or the exercise of
the rights by the Trustee of the rights granted to it hereunder in respect thereof.
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Section 6.9 No Liquidation or Dissolution. Without the prior written direction by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 9.1 or Section 9.2 of the Indenture, as applicable, no Equityholder shall take
any action to liquidate, dissolve or terminate the Issuer, or to authorize or cause any such
liquidation, dissolution or termination, until all of the Secured Obligations are paid in full.
Section 6.10 Monies Held in Trust. Subject to Section 2.1(c) and Section 6.4, each Equityholder
shall hold all monies received by it that constitute Issuer Pledged Collateral of such Equityholder
(including any payment or other benefit in breach of this Section 6.10 or Section 6.11) in trust
for the Trustee.
Section 6.11 No Claims. Subject to Section 6.4, no Equityholder shall claim payment, whether
directly or by set-off, lien, counterclaim or otherwise, of any amount that may be or has become
due to such Equityholder from the Issuer (other than Expenses in accordance with Section 3.7(a) of
the Indenture, net proceeds from any Subordinated Note Issuance and proceeds of the issuance of the
Original Class A Notes) until all of the Secured Obligations have been paid in full, other than if
any amount received in respect thereof becomes Issuer Pledged Collateral or is entitled to become
Issuer Pledged Collateral or to prevent a claim from becoming time-barred.
Section 6.12 Notice to Trustee. Upon any sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance, contribution or
granting of any Issuer Pledged Equity by an Equityholder, such Equityholder shall cause the
transferee (and, if any Issuer Pledged Equity is retained by such Equityholder, the Equityholder)
to provide the Trustee with executed signature pages to this Pledge and Security Agreement, which
shall set forth the percentage of limited liability company interests of Issuer Pledged Equity held
by the transferee and, if applicable, such Equityholder.
Section 6.13 Other Covenants. Each Equityholder shall:
(a) file all tax returns and reports required by law to be filed by it and pay all taxes
required to be paid by it, except any such taxes that are being diligently contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been set
aside on its books, and it shall not file any tax return or report under any name other than its
exact legal name;
(b) maintain, and shall cause the Issuer to maintain, the status of the Issuer as an entity
that is not classified as a corporation or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for
U.S. federal income tax purposes;
(c) cause the Issuer to use commercially reasonable efforts to file any form (or comply with
any other administrative formalities) required for an exemption from or a reduction of any
withholding tax for which the Issuer is eligible;
(d) treat the Notes as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
(e) maintain in place all policies and procedures, and take and continue to take all actions,
described in the assumptions as to facts relating to the separateness of the Issuer and the Seller
set forth in, and forming the basis of, the true sale and non-consolidation opinion delivered
pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Purchase Agreements, and comply with the provisions of Section
5.2(o) of the Indenture (as to the Issuer);
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(f) not take any action to cause the Issuer (except as required by law) to become subject to
any Voluntary Bankruptcy or Involuntary Bankruptcy;
(g) not institute against the Issuer, or join any Person in instituting against the Issuer,
any Voluntary Bankruptcy or Involuntary Bankruptcy until one year and one day after the date on
which the Notes have been paid in full;
(h) not cause the Issuer to petition for a Voluntary Bankruptcy or an Involuntary Bankruptcy
before one year and one day have elapsed since the Notes have been paid in full or, if longer, the
applicable preference period then in effect; and
(i) not pass a resolution to cause the Issuer to be liquidated before one year and two days
have elapsed since the Notes have been paid in full.
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE APPOINTED ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
TRUSTEE APPOINTED ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
Section 7.1 Trustee Appointed Attorney-In-Fact. Each Equityholder hereby appoints the Trustee, or
any Person (including any officer or agent) whom the Trustee may designate, as such Equityholder’s
true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead
of such Equityholder and in the name of such Equityholder or in its own name, at such
Equityholder’s cost and expense, from time to time in the Trustee’s reasonable discretion to take
any action and to execute any instrument that the Trustee may reasonably deem necessary or
advisable to enforce its rights under this Pledge and Security Agreement, including authority to
receive, endorse and collect all instruments made payable to such Equityholder representing any
distribution, interest payment or other payment in respect of the Issuer Pledged Collateral of such
Equityholder or any part thereof and to give full discharge for the same and to sign, complete and
deliver all transfers, proxies and letters of resignation; provided, however, that
the Trustee will not exercise its powers under this Section 7.1 unless so instructed by the
Noteholders pursuant to and in accordance with the Indenture; provided, further,
that if there is more than one Equityholder, the Trustee will enforce its rights and exercise its
remedies against all Equityholders ratably and shall not enforce its rights or exercise its
remedies against one Equityholder without similarly enforcing its rights and exercising its
remedies against all Equityholders in the same manner.
ARTICLE VIII
REASONABLE CARE
REASONABLE CARE
Section 8.1 Reasonable Care. The Trustee shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the
custody and preservation of the Issuer Pledged Collateral in its possession if the Issuer Pledged
Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Trustee accords its own
property of the type of which the Issuer Pledged Collateral consists, it being understood that the
Trustee shall have no responsibility for (a) ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls,
conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any Issuer Pledged
Collateral, whether or not the Trustee has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters, or (b)
taking any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties with respect to any Issuer
Pledged Collateral absent its bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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ARTICLE IX
NO LIABILITY
NO LIABILITY
Section 9.1 No Liability. Neither the Trustee nor any of its directors, officers, employees or
agents shall be deemed to have assumed any of the liabilities or obligations of any Equityholder as
a result of the pledge and security interest granted under or pursuant to this Pledge and Security
Agreement. In the absence of bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct, the Trustee or any
of its directors, officers, employees or agents shall not be liable for any failure to collect or
realize
upon the Secured Obligations or any collateral security or guarantee therefor, or any part
thereof, or for any delay in so doing nor shall it be under any obligation to take any action
whatsoever with regard thereto.
ARTICLE X
REMEDIES UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT
REMEDIES UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT
Section 10.1 Remedies Upon Event of Default. Subject to Section 4.3 of the Indenture and to the
extent permitted by Applicable Law, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
and the Trustee shall have given written notice of such Event of Default to the Equityholders:
(a) The Trustee may exercise the power of attorney described in Section 7.1 with respect to
any of the certificates or other instruments delivered pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to the
Issuer Pledged Collateral and may sign, complete and deliver all transfers, proxies and letters of
resignation and do all acts and things that the Trustee may in its absolute discretion specify to
enable or assist the Trustee to perfect or improve its security over the Capital Securities, to
vest ownership of the Capital Securities in the Trustee or its nominee, to provide that the Trustee
is registered as the holder of the Capital Securities, to exercise any rights or powers attaching
to the Capital Securities, to sell the Capital Securities or otherwise to enforce any of the rights
of the Trustee under this Pledge and Security Agreement.
(b) The Trustee may exercise in respect of the Issuer Pledged Collateral, in addition to other
rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies
of a secured party on default under the UCC, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law or the UCC
as then in effect in any applicable jurisdiction, and the Trustee may also in its sole discretion,
without notice except as specified below or except as required by mandatory provisions of the UCC
and other Applicable Law, sell, subject to Section 11.1, the Issuer Pledged Collateral or any part
thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale or at any of the Trustee’s offices or
elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and at such price or prices and upon such
other terms as the Trustee may deem commercially reasonable, irrespective of the impact of any such
sales on the market price of the Issuer Pledged Collateral at any such sale. Each purchaser at any
such sale shall hold the property, sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any
Equityholder, and each Equityholder hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of
redemption, stay and/or appraisal that it now has or may at any time in the future have under any
rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. Each Equityholder agrees that, to the
extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten days’ notice to such Equityholder of
the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall
constitute reasonable notification. The Trustee shall not be
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obligated to make any sale of Issuer
Pledged Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Trustee may adjourn any
public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and
such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned.
The Trustee shall incur no liability as a result of the sale of the Issuer Pledged Collateral, or
any part thereof, at any public or private sale, absent bad faith, gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
(c) Each Equityholder recognizes that the Trustee may elect in its sole discretion to sell all
or a part of the Issuer Pledged Collateral to one or more purchasers in privately negotiated
transactions in which the purchasers will be obligated to agree, among other things, to acquire the
Issuer Pledged Collateral for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the
distribution or resale thereof. Each Equityholder acknowledges that any such private sales may be
at prices and on terms less favorable than those obtainable through a public sale (including a
public offering made pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act), and the
Equityholders and the Trustee agree that such private sales shall be deemed to have been made in a
commercially reasonable manner and that the Trustee has no obligation to engage in public sales or
to delay sale of any Issuer Pledged Collateral to permit the Issuer to register the Issuer Pledged
Collateral for a form of public sale thereof requiring registration under the Securities Act.
(d) Any cash held by the Trustee as Issuer Pledged Collateral and all cash proceeds received
by the Trustee in respect of any sale of, collection from or other realization upon all or any part
of the Issuer Pledged Collateral shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, be applied (after
payment of any amounts payable to the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.1) by the Trustee
first to the payment of the costs and expenses of such sale, collection or other
realization, if any, including reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Trustee
(including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of its counsel), and all reasonable
expenses, liabilities and advances made or incurred by the Trustee in connection therewith,
second to the payment of the Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture and third to each Equityholder or its successors or assigns in respect to its
respective Issuer Pledged Collateral as indicated in the signature page hereto (or pursuant to
Section 6.12) and in respect to its respective portion of the proceeds from any sale of, collection
from or other realization upon all or any part of the Issuer Pledged Collateral.
(e) Each Equityholder agrees that:
(i) in any sale of any of the Issuer Pledged Collateral, whenever an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee is hereby authorized to comply with any
limitation or restriction in connection with such sale as it may be advised by counsel is
necessary in order to:
(A) avoid any violation of Applicable Law (including compliance with such procedures as may
restrict the number of prospective bidders and purchasers, require that such prospective bidders
and purchasers have certain qualifications and restrict such prospective bidders and purchasers to
Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing for their own account for investment
and not with a view to the distribution or resale of such Issuer Pledged Collateral); or
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(B) obtain any required approval of the sale or of the purchaser by any Governmental Authority
or official; and
(ii) such compliance shall not result in such sale being considered or deemed not to
have been made in a commercially reasonable manner, nor shall the Trustee be liable or
accountable to any Equityholder for any discount allowed by the
reason of the fact that such Issuer Pledged Collateral is sold in compliance with any
such limitation or restriction.
ARTICLE XI
PURCHASE OF THE ISSUER PLEDGED COLLATERAL
PURCHASE OF THE ISSUER PLEDGED COLLATERAL
Section 11.1 Purchase of the Issuer Pledged Collateral. In connection with the potential
foreclosure or sale of any Issuer Pledged Collateral upon the occurrence and continuation of an
Event of Default, the Seller (as long as it holds any of the Capital Securities of the Issuer)
shall have the right, but not the obligation, to match any offer to purchase all or any portion of
such Issuer Pledged Collateral from a third party. In the event that the Seller does not offer to
purchase any Issuer Pledged Collateral within 10 Business Days of such offer, the Trustee may sell
any remaining Issuer Pledged Collateral to third parties; provided, that such third parties
shall have first executed a confidentiality agreement substantially similar to the Confidentiality
Agreement and delivered such confidentiality agreement to the Trustee and the Seller. Subject to
the immediately preceding sentence, any Equityholder may, but shall not be required to, bid on and
be a purchaser of the Issuer Pledged Collateral or any part thereof (including any Issuer Pledged
Collateral of such Equityholder) or any right or interest therein at any sale thereof, whether
pursuant to foreclosure, power of sale or otherwise. In connection with any such sale of any
Issuer Pledged Collateral by the Trustee pursuant to this Section 11.1, the Trustee may apply the
purchase price to the payment of the Secured Obligations secured hereby. Any purchaser of all or
any part of the Issuer Pledged Collateral shall, upon any such purchase, acquire good title to the
Issuer Pledged Collateral so purchased, free of the security interests created by this Pledge and
Security Agreement.
ARTICLE XII
EXPENSES
EXPENSES
Section 12.1 Expenses. Each Equityholder will upon demand pay to the Trustee the amount of any and
all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any
experts and the Trustee, and any transfer taxes, in each case payable upon sale of the Issuer
Pledged Collateral of such Equityholder, which the Trustee may incur solely in connection with (a)
the custody or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from or other realization upon, any of
the Issuer Pledged Collateral of such Equityholder, (b) the exercise or enforcement of any of the
rights of the Trustee hereunder against such Equityholder or the Issuer Pledged Collateral of such
Equityholder, (c) the failure by such Equityholder to perform or observe any of the provisions
hereof or (d) the administration of this Pledge and Security Agreement in respect of such
Equityholder. Any amount payable by an Equityholder pursuant to this Section 12.1 shall constitute
Secured Obligations secured hereby; provided, however, that in
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no event shall the
Issuer Pledged Collateral of one Equityholder be used to satisfy the failure by another
Equityholder to make any such payment.
ARTICLE XIII
NO WAIVER; REMEDIES
NO WAIVER; REMEDIES
Section 13.1 No Waiver; Remedies. No failure or delay on the part of the Trustee to exercise, and
no course of dealing with respect to, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by the
Trustee of any right, power or remedy preclude any additional exercise by the Trustee of such
right, power or remedy. The remedies herein provided are to the fullest extent permitted by law
cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies provided by law. No notice to or demand on any
Equityholder in any case shall entitle such Equityholder to any other or further notice or demand
in similar or other circumstances.
ARTICLE XIV
AMENDMENTS
AMENDMENTS
Section 14.1 Amendments.
(a) No waiver, amendment, modification or termination of any provision of this Pledge and
Security Agreement, or consent to any departure by any Equityholder therefrom, shall in any event
be effective without the written concurrence of the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.1 or Section 9.2
of the Indenture, as applicable, and (except as otherwise provided in Section 15.1) none of the
Issuer Pledged Collateral shall be released without the written consent of the Trustee pursuant to
Section 9.1 or Section 9.2 of the Indenture, as applicable. Any such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
(b) As long as the Seller is the holder of any Capital Securities of the Issuer, no amendment,
modification or termination of any provision of this Pledge and Security Agreement shall be
effective without the written concurrence of the Seller.
ARTICLE XV
RELEASE; TERMINATION
RELEASE; TERMINATION
Section 15.1 Release; Termination. Upon payment and performance in full of the Secured Obligations
or discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Section 11.1 of the Indenture, this Pledge and Security
Agreement shall terminate automatically, and the Trustee (a) upon written request by any
Equityholder shall promptly deliver to such Equityholder any remaining Issuer Pledged Collateral of
such Equityholder and money received in respect thereof in its possession, and all documents,
agreements or instruments representing the Issuer Pledged Collateral of such Equityholder held by
the Trustee prior to such termination, and (b) upon written request by any Equityholder, shall
promptly execute and deliver to such Equityholder and, if necessary, file or record, at such
Equityholder’s expense, all such documentation (including UCC termination statements) necessary to
release, and evidence the release of, the liens on the Issuer Pledged
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Collateral of
such Equityholder, such documentation to be prepared by such Equityholder and delivered to the
Trustee. If the Trustee fails to promptly deliver or file or record the UCC termination statements
referred to in, and in accordance with, clause (b) in the immediately preceding sentence, then such
Equityholder may file or record such UCC termination statements.
ARTICLE XVI
NOTICES
NOTICES
Section 16.1 Notices. All Notices shall be in writing and shall be effective (a) upon receipt when
sent through the mails, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
with such receipt to be effective the date of delivery indicated on the return receipt, (b) upon
receipt when sent by an overnight courier, (c) on the date personally delivered to an authorized
officer of the party to which sent, (d) on the date transmitted by legible telecopier transmission
with a confirmation of receipt or (e) in the case of any report that is of a routine nature, on the
date sent by first class mail or overnight courier or transmitted by legible telecopier
transmission, in all cases, with a copy emailed to the recipient at the applicable address,
addressed to an Equityholder as set forth under such Equityholder’s signature hereto and to the
Trustee in accordance with Section 12.5 of the Indenture. Each party hereto may, by notice given
in accordance herewith to each other party hereto, designate any further or different address to
which subsequent Notices shall be sent.
ARTICLE XVII
CONTINUING SECURITY INTEREST
CONTINUING SECURITY INTEREST
Section 17.1 Continuing Security Interest. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, this Pledge
and Security Agreement shall create a continuing Lien in the Issuer Pledged Collateral and remain
in full force and effect until the release thereof pursuant to Section 15.1 or the sale thereof
pursuant to Section 11.1, shall be binding upon each Equityholder and its respective successors,
transferees and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Trustee and its
successors, transferees and assigns; provided, however, that no Equityholder may
(unless otherwise permitted hereunder) assign any of its obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of the Noteholders or the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. The Trustee and the
Noteholders may assign or otherwise transfer any indebtedness held by any of them secured by this
Pledge and Security Agreement to any other Person in accordance with the Indenture, and such other
Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to the
Trustee herein or otherwise.
ARTICLE XVIII
SECURITY INTEREST ABSOLUTE
SECURITY INTEREST ABSOLUTE
Section 18.1 Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Trustee and security interests
hereunder, and all obligations of each Equityholder hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional
irrespective of, and each
Equityholder hereby irrevocably waives vis-à-vis the Trustee any defenses it may now have or
may hereafter acquire in any way relating to, any or all of the following:
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(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any of the Deal Documents or any other
agreement or instrument relating thereto (other than against the Trustee);
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any
of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure
from the Deal Documents or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto, including any
increase in the Secured Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit;
(c) any taking, exchange, surrender, release or non-perfection of any Issuer Pledged
Collateral or any other collateral securing the Secured Obligations, or any release or amendment or
waiver of or consent to any departure from any guaranty, for all or any of the Secured Obligations;
(d) any manner of application of any other collateral, or proceeds thereof, to all or any of
the Secured Obligations, or any manner of sale or other disposition of any other collateral
securing all or any of the Secured Obligations or any other obligations of the Issuer under or in
respect of the Deal Documents or of any other assets of the Issuer;
(e) any change, restructuring or termination of the limited liability company structure or
existence of the Issuer;
(f) the release or reduction of liability of any guarantor or surety with respect to the
Secured Obligations; or
(g) any other circumstance (including any statute of limitations) or any existence of or
reliance on any representation to the Trustee that might otherwise constitute a defense available
to, or a discharge of, the obligations of any Equityholder.
Section 18.2 Obligations of Equityholders Several and Not Joint. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Pledge and Security Agreement, the obligations of each Equityholder hereunder
shall be several and not joint and in no event shall the Issuer Pledged Collateral of one
Equityholder be used to satisfy the failure by any other Equityholder to perform any obligation
hereunder.
ARTICLE XIX
INDEMNITY
INDEMNITY
Section 19.1 Indemnity. Each Equityholder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify,
reimburse, defend and save and hold the Trustee and its officers, directors, employees, trustees,
agents, advisors and affiliates (each, an “Indemnitee” and, collectively, the
“Indemnitees”) harmless from and against, and shall pay on demand, any and all liabilities,
losses, obligations, damages, injuries, penalties, claims, demands, actions, suits, judgments and
any and all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) of whatsoever kind and
nature imposed on,
asserted against or incurred by any of the Indemnitees solely (a) in connection with the
custody or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from or other realization upon, any of the
Issuer Pledged Collateral of such Equityholder pursuant to the exercise or
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enforcement of any of
the rights of the Trustee hereunder, (b) in connection with the failure by such Equityholder to
perform or observe any of the provisions hereof to be performed by it or (c) arising out of or in
connection with or resulting from this Pledge and Security Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby in respect of such Equityholder, excluding those arising out of the bad faith,
gross negligence or willful misconduct of any Indemnitee. Each Indemnitee agrees to use its best
efforts to promptly notify the indemnitor(s) of any assertion of any such liability, damage,
injury, penalty, claim, demand, action, judgment or suit of which such Indemnitee has knowledge.
The obligations of each Equityholder in this Section 19.1 shall survive the termination of
this Pledge and Security Agreement.
ARTICLE XX
OBLIGATIONS SECURED BY ISSUER PLEDGED COLLATERAL
OBLIGATIONS SECURED BY ISSUER PLEDGED COLLATERAL
Section 20.1 Obligations Secured by Issuer Pledged Collateral. Any amounts paid by any Indemnitee
as to which such Indemnitee has the right to indemnification, and any amounts paid by the Trustee
in preservation of any of its rights or interest in the Issuer Pledged Collateral, shall constitute
Secured Obligations secured by the Issuer Pledged Collateral.
ARTICLE XXI
SEVERABILITY
SEVERABILITY
Section 21.1 Severability. Any provision of this Pledge and Security Agreement that is prohibited
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent
of such prohibition or unenforceability without, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law,
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Where provisions of any law or regulation
resulting in such prohibition or unenforceability may be waived, they are hereby waived by the
parties hereto to the full extent permitted by law so that this Pledge and Security Agreement shall
be deemed a valid, binding agreement in accordance with its terms, to the extent permitted by
Applicable Law.
ARTICLE XXII
COUNTERPARTS; EFFECTIVENESS
COUNTERPARTS; EFFECTIVENESS
Section 22.1 Counterparts; Effectiveness . This Pledge and Security Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements may
be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an
original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
This Pledge and Security Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery of a
counterpart hereof by each of the original parties hereto and, with respect to any Person becoming
a party hereto after the date hereof, upon the execution and delivery hereof by such Person.
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ARTICLE XXIII
REINSTATEMENT
REINSTATEMENT
Section 23.1 Reinstatement. This Pledge and Security Agreement shall continue to be effective or
be reinstated, as the case may be, with respect to any Equityholder if at any time any amount
received by the Trustee hereunder or pursuant hereto is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or
returned by the Trustee, as the case may be, upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution,
liquidation or reorganization of such Equityholder or upon the appointment of any intervenor or
conservator of, or trustee or similar official for, such Equityholder or any substantial part of
its assets, or upon the entry of an order by a bankruptcy court avoiding the payment of such
amount, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.
ARTICLE XXIV
SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
Section 24.1 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
(a) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY
DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO MAY BE BROUGHT IN XXX XXXXXX XX XXX XXXXX XX XXX XXXX LOCATED IN THE
BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
YORK, AND EACH EQUITYHOLDER HEREBY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS RESPECTIVE PROPERTY,
GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. EACH
EQUITYHOLDER AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY, AND EACH EQUITYHOLDER HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING 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.
(b) EACH EQUITYHOLDER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OF ANY OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE SENDING OF COPIES THEREOF BY FEDERAL
EXPRESS OR OTHER OVERNIGHT COURIER COMPANY, TO SUCH EQUITYHOLDER
AT ITS ADDRESS SPECIFIED BY SECTION 16.1, SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON DELIVERY
THEREOF TO SUCH EQUITYHOLDER.
(c) NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE TRUSTEE TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST ANY EQUITYHOLDER IN
ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
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ARTICLE XXV
GOVERNING LAW
GOVERNING LAW
Section 25.1 GOVERNING LAW. THIS PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE
RULES THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAW OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL
BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THE VALIDITY OR PERFECTION OF THE
SECURITY INTEREST HEREUNDER, OR THE REMEDIES HEREUNDER, ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF ANY
JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ARTICLE XXVI
TABLE OF CONTENTS AND HEADINGS
TABLE OF CONTENTS AND HEADINGS
Section 26.1 Table of Contents and Headings. The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles
and Sections of this Pledge and Security Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference
only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the
terms or provisions hereof.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Pledge and Security Agreement as of
the day and year first written above.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee |
By: | /s/ Alison X.X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Alison X.X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President |
BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
Percentage of Limited Liability Company Interests of Issuer Pledged Equity as of the date hereof: 100% Notice Information pursuant to Section 16.1: Address: 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000 Attention: General Counsel Telephone: 000-000-0000 Facsimile: 000-000-0000 Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx Jurisdiction of Organization as of the date hereof: Delaware |
ANNEX A
RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINED TERMS
RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINED TERMS
Unless the context otherwise requires, in this Annex A and each Transaction Document (or
other document) to which this Annex A is attached:
(a) | A term has the meaning assigned to it and an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP. | |
(b) | Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein or therein that are defined in the UCC shall have the meanings stated in the UCC. | |
(c) | Words of the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall mean and include the correlative words of other genders, and words in the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa. | |
(d) | The terms “include”, “including” and similar terms shall be construed as if followed by the phrase “without limitation”. | |
(e) | References to an agreement or other document include references to such agreement or document as amended, restated, reformed, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof and include any Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules attached thereto, and the provisions thereof apply to successive events and transactions. | |
(f) | References to any statute or other legislative provision shall include any statutory or legislative modification or re-enactment thereof, or any substitution therefor. | |
(g) | References to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns. | |
(h) | The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. | |
(i) | The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereunder” and similar terms when used in this Annex A or any Transaction Document (or other document) shall refer to this Annex A or such Transaction Document (or other document) as a whole and not to any particular provision hereof or thereof, and Article, Section, Annex, Schedule and Exhibit references herein and therein are references to Articles and Sections of, and Annexes, Schedules and Exhibits to, the relevant Transaction Document (or other document) unless otherwise specified. | |
(j) | In the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from“ means “from and including“ and each of the words “to“ and “until“ means “to but excluding”. | |
(k) | References to a class of Notes shall be to the Original Class A Notes, to a class of Subordinated Notes or to a class of Refinancing Notes, as applicable. |
(l) | References to the Notes include the terms and conditions in the relevant Transaction Document (or other document) applicable to the Notes, and any reference to any amount of money due or payable by reference to the Notes shall include any sum covenanted to be paid by the Issuer under the relevant Transaction Document (or other document) in respect of the Notes. | |
(m) | References to any action, remedy or method of judicial proceeding for the enforcement of the rights of creditors or of security shall be deemed to include, in respect of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, references to such action, remedy or method of judicial proceeding for the enforcement of the rights of creditors or of security available or appropriate in such jurisdiction as shall most nearly approximate such action, remedy or method of judicial proceeding described or referred to in the relevant Transaction Document (or other document). | |
(n) | Where any payment is to be made, any funds are to be applied or any calculation is to be made under any Transaction Document (or other document) on a day that is not a Business Day, unless any Transaction Document (or other document) otherwise provides, such payment shall be made, such funds shall be applied and such calculation shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and payments shall be adjusted accordingly, including interest unless otherwise specified; provided, however, that no interest shall accrue in respect of any payments made on Fixed Rate Notes on that next succeeding Business Day. | |
(o) | References to any Calculation Date or Relevant Calculation Date, in each case that would be prior to the first Calculation Date that follows the Closing Date, shall be deemed to refer to the Closing Date. | |
(p) | Any reference herein to a term that is defined by reference to its meaning in the Counterparty License Agreement or the UAB Agreement shall refer to such term’s meaning in the Counterparty License Agreement or the UAB Agreement, as the case may be, as in existence on the date of the relevant Transaction Document (or other document) to which this Annex A is attached (and not to any new, substituted or amended version thereof). |
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“144A Global Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b) of the Indenture.
“Acceleration Default” means any Event of Default of the type described in Section
4.1(f) of the Indenture.
“Acceleration Notice” means a written notice given after the occurrence and
continuation of an Event of Default to the Issuer by the Senior Trustee pursuant to Section 4.2 of
the Indenture declaring all Outstanding principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes
to be immediately due and payable.
“Accounts” means the Collection Account, the Redemption Account, the Escrow Account,
the Capital Account, the Interest Reserve Account and any other account established pursuant to
Section 3.1 of the Indenture.
“Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(a) of the Indenture.
“Actual Beneficial Holder List” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(d) of the
Indenture.
“Additional Interest” means, with respect to the Notes, interest accrued on the amount
of any interest and Premium, if any, in respect of such Notes that is not paid when due at the
Stated Rate of Interest of such Notes for each Interest Accrual Period until any such unpaid
interest or Premium is paid in full, compounded annually on each Payment Date, to the fullest
extent permitted by Applicable Law.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or
indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or is a
director, officer or manager of such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of
a Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of Voting
Securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlled” and “controlling”
have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Agent Members” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(a) of the Indenture.
“Applicable Law” means, with respect to any Person, all laws, rules, regulations and
orders of Governmental Authorities applicable to such Person or any of its properties or assets.
“Applicants” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.13 of the Indenture.
“Approved Holder List” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(d) of the Indenture.
“Audit Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.14(b) of the Indenture.
“Authorized Agent” means, with respect to the Notes, any authorized Calculation Agent,
Paying Agent or Registrar acting as such for the Notes.
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“Available Collections Amount” means, for any Payment Date, the sum of (a) the amount
of U.S. dollars on deposit in the Collection Account as of the Calculation Date immediately
preceding such Payment Date and (b) the amount of any net investment income on amounts on deposit
in the Accounts (other than the Capital Account) as of such Calculation Date.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.
“Beneficial Holder” means any Person that holds a Beneficial Interest in any Global
Note through an Agent Member.
“Beneficial Interest” means any beneficial interest in any Global Note, whether held
directly by an Agent Member or held indirectly through an Agent Member’s beneficial interest in
such Global Note.
“Xxxx of Sale” means that certain xxxx of sale dated as of the Closing Date executed
by the Seller and the Issuer.
“Business Day” means (a) any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by Applicable Law to remain closed or
a day on which the Corporate Trust Office is closed for business and (b) for purposes of
calculating any amounts at the London interbank offered rate and related calculations relative to
the making, continuing, prepaying or repaying of Indebtedness in respect thereof, any day that is a
Business Day described in clause (a) that is also a day on which dealings in dollars are carried on
in the London interbank market.
“Calculation Agent” means U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking
association, as Calculation Agent under the Indenture, and any successor appointed pursuant to
Section 2.3 of the Indenture.
“Calculation Date” means, for any Payment Date, the fifth Business Day preceding such
Payment Date.
“Calculation Date Information” means, with respect to any Calculation Date, the
information provided by the Servicer under Section 3.1(c) of the Servicing Agreement with respect
to such Calculation Date.
“Calculation Report” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(b) of the Indenture.
“Capital Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a) of the Indenture.
“Capital Securities” means, with respect to any Person, all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such
Person’s capital, whether now outstanding or issued after the Closing Date, including common
shares, ordinary shares, preferred shares, membership interests or share capital in a limited
liability company or other Person, limited or general partnership interests in a partnership,
beneficial interests in trusts or any other equivalent of such ownership interest or any options,
warrants and other rights to acquire such shares or interests, including rights to allocations and
distributions,
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dividends, redemption payments and liquidation payments, but in any event excluding any
membership interest in the Issuer held by the Independent Member.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of the Memorandum, of any of the
following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, statute, ordinance, regulation or
treaty; (b) any change in any law, rule, statute, ordinance, regulation or treaty or in the
administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority whether or not
such change can be relied on as precedent; or (c) the making or issuance of any guideline,
directive, private ruling or administrative guidance (whether or not having the force of law) by
any Governmental Authority (including any IRS private letter ruling or field service advisory).
“Change of Control” means, with respect to an Equityholder (or any parent entity of an
Equityholder), any merger, consolidation or amalgamation (or any transaction substantially similar
to any of the foregoing) with, or, in the case of clause (a) below, a sale of all or substantially
all of the assets of such Equityholder (or such parent entity) to, any other Person if such
Equityholder (or such parent entity) (a) is not the continuing or surviving entity but the
continuing or surviving entity shall have assumed all of the obligations of such Equityholder under
the Deal Documents to which such Equityholder is a party immediately prior to such transaction
(including such Equityholder’s obligations under the Pledge and Security Agreement in accordance
with Sections 6.1 and 17.1 of the Pledge and Security Agreement) or (b) is the continuing or
surviving entity.
“Class A Notes” means the Original Class A Notes and any Refinancing Notes issued to
refinance the foregoing.
“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, a French société anonyme.
“Closing Date” means March 9, 2011.
“Closing Day Accounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b) of the Indenture.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations
thereunder.
“Collateral” has the meaning set forth in the Granting Clause of the Indenture.
“Collection Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a) of the Indenture.
“Collections” means, without duplication, (a) the Royalties, (b) the Currency Hedge
Payments, (c) any net investment income on amounts on deposit in the Accounts (other than the
Capital Account) and (d) any other amounts received by the Issuer (other than the proceeds of any
Notes and capital contributions from the Equityholders), including any amounts payable to the
Issuer pursuant to Section 4.5(c) of the Purchase and Sale Agreement or Article VI of the Purchase
and Sale Agreement in respect of the Royalties.
“Compound” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(m) of the Counterparty License
Agreement.
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“Confidential Information” means, as it relates to the Seller and its Affiliates, the
Licensed Products and the Intellectual Property Rights, all information (whether written or oral,
or in electronic or other form) furnished after the Closing Date involving or relating in any way,
directly or indirectly, to the Purchased Assets or the Royalties, including (a) any license,
sublicense, assignment, product development, royalty, sale, supply or other agreements (including
the Counterparty License Agreement, the UAB Agreement and the Currency Hedge Agreement) involving
or relating in any way, directly or indirectly, to the Purchased Assets, the Royalties or the
intellectual property, compounds or products giving rise to the Purchased Assets, and including all
terms and conditions thereof and the identities of the parties thereto, (b) any reports, data,
materials or other documents of any kind concerning or relating in any way, directly or indirectly,
to the Seller, the Purchased Assets, the Royalties or the intellectual property, compounds or
products giving rise to the Purchased Assets, and including reports, data, materials or other
documents of any kind delivered pursuant to or under any of the agreements referred to in clause
(a) above, and (c) any inventions, devices, improvements, formulations, discoveries, compositions,
ingredients, patents, patent applications, know-how, processes, trial results, research,
developments or any other intellectual property, trade secrets or information involving or relating
in any way, directly or indirectly, to the Purchased Assets or the compounds or products giving
rise to the Purchased Assets.
“Confidentiality Agreement” means, with respect to Noteholders or Beneficial Holders
at the Closing Date with respect to the Original Class A Notes (or, with respect to Noteholders or
Beneficial Holders with respect to any Subordinated Notes or any Refinancing Notes), a
confidentiality agreement for the benefit of the Issuer provided to the Registrar on or prior to
the Closing Date (or on or prior to the date of issuance of any such Subordinated Notes or
Refinancing Notes), and otherwise means a confidentiality agreement for the benefit of the Issuer
substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Indenture or substantially in the form of any
confidentiality agreement referenced in Schedule 1 to an applicable Purchase Agreement.
“Confidential Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.13 of the Indenture.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee in the city at which at any
particular time the Trustee’s duties under the Transaction Documents shall be principally
administered and, on the Closing Date, shall be U.S. Bank National Association, Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Services (JPR Royalty Sub LLC /
BioCryst).
“Counterparty” means Shionogi & Co., Ltd., a Japanese corporation.
“Counterparty Instruction” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the Purchase
and Sale Agreement.
“Counterparty License Agreement” means that certain License, Development and
Commercialization Agreement dated as of February 28, 2007, as amended by that certain First
Amendment to License, Development and Commercialization Agreement dated as of September 30, 2008,
that certain letter agreement dated May 10, 2010 and that certain Consent Agreement dated as of
November 2, 2010, between the Seller and Counterparty.
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“Currency Hedge Agreement” means that certain Confirmation (including the related
letter agreement) dated as of March 9, 2011 and the ISDA Master Agreement (including the schedule
and credit support annex included therein) (solely insofar as such ISDA Master Agreement relates to
such Confirmation and not to any other “Transaction” as such term is defined in such ISDA Master
Agreement) dated as of March 7, 2011, in each case between the Seller and the Currency Hedge
Provider (and any replacement foreign currency hedge arrangement entered into by the Seller as
permitted by Section 4.11(e)(i) of the Purchase and Sale Agreement) and, with respect to such
letter agreement, among the Seller, the Currency Hedge Provider, the Issuer and the Trustee.
“Currency Hedge Payments” means the amounts required to be paid to the Seller by the
Currency Hedge Provider pursuant to the Currency Hedge Agreement (subject to all of the Currency
Hedge Provider’s rights under the Currency Hedge Agreement (including, to the extent provided in
the Currency Hedge Agreement, liquidation, netting and setoff rights, specified conditions
precedent to the Currency Hedge Provider’s required payments and performance and rights to realize
on margin or other collateral)) except any amount required to be paid to the Seller by the Currency
Hedge Provider pursuant to the Currency Hedge Agreement as a result of a termination of the
Currency Hedge Agreement by the Seller permitted by Section 4.11(e) of the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.
“Currency Hedge Provider” means Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Capital Services Inc.
“Deal Documents” means the Transaction Documents, the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the
Xxxx of Sale and the Counterparty Instruction.
“Default” means a condition, event or act that, with the giving of notice or the lapse
of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Definitive Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b) of the Indenture.
“Direction” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(c) of the Indenture.
“Distribution Report” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(a) of the Indenture.
“Dollar” or the sign “$” means United States dollars.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective
successors.
“DTC List” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(d) of the Indenture.
“Eligibility Requirements” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c) of the
Indenture.
“Eligible Account” means a trust account maintained on the books and records of an
Eligible Institution in the name of the Issuer.
“Eligible Institution” means any bank organized under the laws of the U.S. or any
state thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank), which at all
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has either (a) a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least A2 by Xxxxx’x and A by S&P or (b)
a certificate of deposit rating of at least P-1 by Xxxxx’x and A-1 by S&P.
“Eligible Investments” means, in each case, book-entry securities, negotiable
instruments or securities represented by instruments in bearer or registered form that evidence:
(a) direct obligations of, and obligations fully Guaranteed as to timely payment of
principal and interest by, the U.S. or any agency or instrumentality thereof the
obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. (having original
maturities of no more than 365 days or such lesser time as is required for the distribution
of funds); or
(b) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of the Operating Bank or
of depositary institutions or trust companies organized under the laws of the U.S. or any
state thereof or the District of Columbia (or any domestic branch of a foreign bank) with
capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 (i) having original maturities of no more
than 365 days or such lesser time as is required for the distribution of funds;
provided, that, at the time of investment or contractual commitment to invest
therein, the short-term debt rating of such depositary institution or trust company shall
be at least P-1 by Xxxxx’x and A-1 by S&P or (ii) having maturities of more than 365 days
and, at the time of the investment or contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating of
at least A2 by Xxxxx’x and A by S&P;
provided, however, that no investment shall be made in any obligations of any
depositary institution or trust company that is identified in a written notice to the Trustee from
the Issuer or the Servicer as having a contractual right to set off and apply any deposits held, or
other indebtedness owing, by the Issuer to or for the credit or the account of such depositary
institution or trust company, unless such contractual right by its terms expressly excludes all
Eligible Investments.
“Equityholder” means a holder of Capital Securities of the Issuer. The only
Equityholder as of the Closing Date is the Seller.
“ERISA” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business that is treated as a single employer
with the Issuer or the Seller under Section 414 of the Code.
“Escrow Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a) of the Indenture.
“Escrow List” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(d) of the Indenture.
“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 of the Indenture.
“Excess Holder Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.17 of the Indenture.
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“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Expenses” means any and all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses of the
Issuer, including the reasonable fees, expenses and indemnities of the Service Providers
(provided, that, with respect to the Servicer, such expenses shall only be the Servicing
Fee and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses), reasonable and customary directors and officers
liability insurance for any directors and officers of the Issuer, the fees and out-of-pocket
expenses of counsel to the Independent Member, the Trustee and the Issuer incurred after the
Closing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Deal Documents, any Audit
Expenses, the fees and expenses of any nationally recognized independent public accounting firm
engaged as auditors of the Issuer (including any fees incurred by any accounting firm in connection
with auditing the records of Counterparty), any expenses incurred in connection with the exercise
of audit rights at the direction of the Issuer or at the direction of the Noteholders pursuant to
Section 6.14(a) of the Indenture and any payments by the Issuer to third parties in respect of
obligations for which indemnification payments have been received from the Seller;
provided, however, that, except as expressly provided in the Indenture, Expenses
shall not include any Transaction Expenses, any amounts related to any indemnification or
contribution obligations of the Issuer set forth in the Issuer Organizational Documents, any
Servicing Fee to the extent greater than $20,000 per year, any amounts payable on the Notes
pursuant to Section 3.7(a)(i), 3.7(a)(iii), 3.7(a)(iv) and 3.7(a)(v) of the Indenture, any fees,
costs or expenses relating to the Subordinated Notes or any other amounts ranking pari passu with
or junior to interest payable on the Class A Notes in the priority of payments set forth under
Section 3.7 of the Indenture.
“Field” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(u) of the Counterparty License
Agreement.
“Final Legal Maturity Date” means, with respect to (a) the Original Class A Notes,
December 1, 2020, and (b) with respect to any Subordinated Notes or Refinancing Notes, the date
specified in the indenture supplemental to the Indenture providing for their issuance;
provided, that the Final Legal Maturity Date with respect to any Subordinated Notes where
the proceeds thereof are not used to redeem or refinance all of the Outstanding Class A Notes shall
be no earlier than December 1, 2020.
“Fixed Rate Notes” means (a) the Original Class A Notes and (b) any Subordinated Notes
or Refinancing Notes issued with a fixed rate of interest.
“Floating Rate Notes” means any Subordinated Notes or Refinancing Notes issued with a
floating or variable rate of interest.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States
from time to time.
“Global Notes” means any 144A Global Note and Regulation S Global Note.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States, any other nation
or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority (including
supranational authority), commission, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or
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other Person exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative
powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
“Guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or
indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person and, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or
payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation of such other Person or (b) entered into for
purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other obligation of
the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in
part); provided, that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” when used
as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Holder Lists” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.17 of the Indenture.
“Incur” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(d) of the Indenture.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person at any date of determination (without
duplication), (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or other similar monetary
obligations, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other
similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person as an account party in respect of letters
of credit or other similar instruments (including reimbursement obligations with respect thereto),
(d) all the obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or
services (other than obligations to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business in
connection with the obtaining of goods, materials or services), which purchase price is due more
than 90 days after the date of purchasing such property or service or taking delivery and title
thereto or the completion of such services, and payment deferrals arranged primarily as a method of
raising funds to acquire such property or service, (e) all monetary obligations of such Person and
its Subsidiaries under any leasing or similar arrangement that have been (or, in accordance with
GAAP, should be) classified as capitalized leases, (f) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of
any of the foregoing, (g) all monetary obligations of such Person with respect to any interest rate
hedge, cap, floor, swap, option or other interest rate hedge agreement, (h) all Indebtedness (as
defined in clauses (a) through (g) of this definition) of other Persons secured by a lien on any
asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person, and (i) all
Indebtedness (as defined in clauses (a) through (g) of this definition) of other Persons Guaranteed
by such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Indebtedness” shall not include any surety
or performance bonds required to be obtained in connection with the performance or enforcement by
the Issuer of any Deal Document or the Counterparty License Agreement or the Issuer’s defense of
any action, suit or proceeding.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 19.1 of the Pledge and Security
Agreement.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 19.1 of the Pledge and Security
Agreement.
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“Indenture” means that certain indenture, dated as of the Closing
Date, by and between the Issuer and the Trustee.
“Indenture Estate” has the meaning set forth in the Granting Clause of the Indenture.
“Independent Member” means a Member (i) who is not at the time of such Person’s
admission to the Issuer, (ii) who is not and (iii) who has not been at any time during the
preceding five years: (a) a director, manager, officer or employee of the Issuer or an Equityholder
(other than in the capacity of Independent Member) or any Affiliate of the Issuer or an
Equityholder (other than in the capacity of Independent Member); (b) a Person related to any
officer, director, manager or employee of the Issuer or an Equityholder (other than in the capacity
of Independent Member) or any Affiliate of the Issuer or an Equityholder (other than in the
capacity of Independent Member); (c) a holder (directly or indirectly) of any Voting Securities of
the Issuer or an Equityholder or any Affiliate of the Issuer or an Equityholder (other than in the
capacity of Independent Member); (d) a Person related to a holder (directly or indirectly) of any
Voting Securities of the Issuer or an Equityholder or any Affiliate of the Issuer or an
Equityholder (other than in the capacity of Independent Member); (e) a creditor, supplier,
contractor, purchaser, customer or any other Person who derives any of his, her or its revenues
from interactions with the Issuer or an Equityholder or any Affiliate of the Issuer or an
Equityholder or a family member of such creditor, supplier, contractor, purchaser, customer or
other Person; (f) a trustee in bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding for, or a reorganization
of, an Equityholder or any Affiliate of an Equityholder; or (g) a Person who controls (directly or
indirectly) the Issuer or an Equityholder or any Affiliate of the Issuer or an Equityholder or any
creditor, supplier, employee, officer, director, manager or contractor of the Issuer or an
Equityholder or any Affiliate of the Issuer or an Equityholder.
“Initial Interest Reserve Amount” means $3,000,000.
“Institutional Accredited Investor” means a Person that is an accredited investor as
that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
“Intellectual Property Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the
Purchase and Sale Agreement.
“Interest Accrual Period” means the period beginning on (and including) the Closing
Date (or, with respect to any Subordinated Notes or any Refinancing Notes, the date of issuance of
such Subordinated Notes or Refinancing Notes) and ending on (and including) September 1, 2011 and
each successive period beginning on (and including) September 2 of each year and ending on (and
including) September 1 of the succeeding year; provided, however, that the final
Interest Accrual Period shall end on but exclude the final Payment Date (or, if earlier, with
respect to any class of Notes repaid in full, the date such class of Notes is repaid in full).
“Interest Amount” means, with respect to the Outstanding Principal Balance of any
class of Notes, on any Payment Date, the amount of accrued and unpaid interest at the Stated Rate
of Interest with respect to the Outstanding Principal Balance of such class of Notes on such
Payment Date (including any Additional Interest, if any), determined in accordance with the
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terms thereof (including interest accruing after the commencement of a proceeding in
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, whether or not permitted as a claim under such law).
“Interest Reserve Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a) of the
Indenture.
“Interest Shortfall” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a)(x) of the Indenture.
“Involuntary Bankruptcy” means, without the consent or acquiescence of the Issuer, the
entering of an order for relief or approving a petition for relief or reorganization or any other
petition seeking any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation,
dissolution or other similar relief under any present or future bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
statute, law or regulation, or the filing of any such petition against the Issuer, or, without the
consent or acquiescence of the Issuer, the entering of an order appointing a trustee, custodian,
receiver or liquidator of the Issuer or of all or any substantial part of the property of the
Issuer, in each case where such petition or order shall remain unstayed or shall not have been
stayed or dismissed within 90 days from entry thereof.
“IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
“Issuer” means JPR Royalty Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as issuer of
the Notes pursuant to the Indenture.
“Issuer Organizational Documents” means the certificate of formation of the Issuer
dated January 14, 2011 and effective January 20, 2011 and the limited liability company agreement
of the Issuer dated as of the Closing Date.
“Issuer Pledged Collateral” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of the Pledge and
Security Agreement.
“Issuer Pledged Equity” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) of the Pledge and
Security Agreement.
“Judgment Currency” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.9(e) of the Indenture.
“Legend” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 of the Indenture.
“Licensed Product” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(jj) of the Counterparty
License Agreement.
“Lien” means any security interest, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment,
deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge against or interest in
property or other priority or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including
any conditional sale, any sale with recourse or any agreement to give any security interest.
“Loss” means any loss, set-off, off-set, rescission, counterclaim, reduction,
deduction, defense, cost, charge, expense, interest, fee, payment, demand, liability, claim,
action, proceeding, penalty, fine, damages, judgment, order or other sanction.
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“Manager” means the manager of the Issuer.
“Material Adverse Change” means any event, circumstance or change resulting in a
material adverse effect on (a) the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Deal
Documents, the Counterparty License Agreement or the back-up security interest granted pursuant to
Section 2.1(d) of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, (b) the right or ability of the Seller (or any
permitted assignee), the Issuer or the Servicer, as the case may be, to perform its obligations
under any of the Deal Documents or the Counterparty License Agreement, in each case to which it is
a party, or to consummate the transactions contemplated under any of the Transaction Documents or
the Counterparty License Agreement, (c) the rights or remedies of the Issuer under any of the Deal
Documents or the Counterparty License Agreement, (d) the timing, amount or duration of the
Royalties or any Currency Hedge Payments, (e) the Purchased Assets, (f) the Intellectual Property
Rights or (g) the ability of the Trustee to realize the practical benefit of the Pledge and
Security Agreement (including any failure to have a perfected Lien on any of the Issuer Pledged
Collateral as required by the Indenture).
“Member” means a member of the Issuer.
“Memorandum” means the private placement memorandum of the Issuer for the Original
Class A Notes dated March 1, 2011.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto or, if such
corporation or its successor shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a rating
agency, “Moody’s” shall be deemed to refer to any other nationally recognized statistical
rating organization (within the meaning ascribed thereto by the Exchange Act) designated by the
Issuer.
“Non-U.S. Person” means a person who is not a U.S. person within the meaning of
Regulation S.
“Noteholder” means any Person in whose name a Note is registered from time to time in
the Register for such Note.
“Note Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of the Purchase
Agreements.
“Note Purchasers” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the Purchase Agreements.
“Notes” means the Original Class A Notes, any Subordinated Notes and any Refinancing
Notes.
“Notices” means notices, demands, certificates, requests, directions, instructions and
communications.
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by, with respect to the Issuer, a
Responsible Officer of the Issuer and, with respect to any other Person, any officer, director,
manager, partner, trustee or equivalent representative of such Person.
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“Operating Bank” means U.S. Bank National Association or any other Eligible
Institution at which the Accounts are held; provided, that (a) upon the resignation or
removal and the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the successor
trustee appointed thereunder shall be the Operating Bank, and (b) if at any time the Operating Bank
ceases to be an Eligible Institution, a successor shall be appointed by the Issuer (or the
Servicer) on behalf of the Trustee and all Accounts shall thereafter be transferred to and be
maintained at such successor in the name of the Trustee and such successor shall thereafter be the
“Operating Bank”.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion signed by legal counsel, who may be an
employee of or counsel to the Issuer or the Seller, that meets the requirements of Section 1.2 of
the Indenture.
“Option” means a foreign currency exchange option set forth in the Currency Hedge
Agreement.
“Options” means, collectively, the foreign currency exchange options set forth in the
Currency Hedge Agreement.
“Optional Redemption” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.9(b) of the Indenture.
“Original Class A Notes” means the JPR PhaRMASM Senior Secured 14% Notes
due 2020 of the Issuer in the initial Outstanding Principal Balance of $30,000,000, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture.
“Other Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of the Purchase
Agreements.
“Other Note Purchasers” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of the Purchase
Agreements.
“Other Prices” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of the Purchase Agreements.
“Outstanding” means (a) with respect to the Notes of any class at any time, all Notes
of such class theretofore authenticated and delivered by the Trustee except (i) any such Notes
cancelled by, or delivered for cancellation to, the Trustee, (ii) any such Notes, or portions
thereof, for the payment of principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on which moneys have been
distributed to Noteholders by the Trustee and any such Notes, or portions thereof, for the payment
or redemption of which moneys in the necessary amount have been deposited in the Redemption Account
for such Notes; provided, that, if such Notes are to be redeemed prior to the maturity
thereof in accordance with the requirements of Section 3.9 of the Indenture, written notice of such
Redemption shall have been given and not rescinded as provided in Section 3.10 of the Indenture, or
provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such written notice, and, if
Redemption does not occur, then this clause (ii) ceases to apply as of the Payment Date that was
supposed to be the date of Redemption, and (iii) any such Notes in exchange or substitution for
which other Notes, as the case may be, have been authenticated and delivered, or which have been
paid pursuant to the terms of the Indenture (unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented
that any of such Notes is held by a Person in whose hands such Note is a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Issuer), and (b) when used with respect
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to any other evidence of Indebtedness, at any time, any principal amount thereof then unpaid
and outstanding (whether or not due or payable).
“Outstanding Principal Balance” means, with respect to any Note or other evidence of
Indebtedness Outstanding, the total principal amount of such Note or other evidence of Indebtedness
unpaid and Outstanding at any time, as determined in the case of the Notes in the Calculation
Report to be provided to the Issuer (or the Servicer) and the Trustee by the Calculation Agent
pursuant to Section 3.5 of the Indenture.
“Paying Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a) of the Indenture.
“Payment Date” means each September 1, commencing on September 1, 2011, and the Final
Legal Maturity Date; provided, that, if any such date would otherwise fall on a day that is
not a Business Day, the Payment Date falling on such date shall be the first following day that is
a Business Day; provided, further, however, that, if any such date on or
after September 1, 2016 would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the Payment Date
falling on such date shall be the first preceding day that is a Business Day (in which case the
full interest payment for the related Interest Accrual Period shall nonetheless be payable on such
first preceding Business Day).
“Permanent Regulation S Global Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b) of
the Indenture.
“Permitted Holder” means (a) the Seller, (b) the Issuer and (c) any Person (including
the Noteholders) that has executed a Confidentiality Agreement and delivered such Confidentiality
Agreement to the Registrar in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
“Permitted Lien” means (a) any lien for Taxes, assessments and governmental charges or
levies not yet due and payable or that are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been set aside on the
books of the relevant Person, (b) any Lien created in favor of the Trustee and (c) any other Lien
expressly permitted under the Deal Documents (including any security interest created or required
to be created under the Indenture, including in connection with the issuance of any Subordinated
Notes and any Refinancing Notes).
“Person” means any natural person, firm, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
Governmental Authority or any other legal entity, including public bodies, whether acting in an
individual, fiduciary or other capacity.
“Placement Agent” means Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated.
“Plan” means, with respect to any Person, any employee benefit plan (within the
meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA), whether or not subject to ERISA, in each case that is (or within
the preceding six years has been) maintained, or to which contributions are (or within the
preceding six years have been) required to be made by such Person or an ERISA Affiliate or with
respect to which such Person may have any liability.
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“Plan Assets” has the meaning given to such term by Section 3(42) of ERISA and
regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, but also includes assets of an employee benefit
plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Similar Laws.
“Pledge and Security Agreement” means that certain pledge and security agreement dated
as of the Closing Date made by the Equityholders to the Trustee.
“Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any Redemption Date, any Redemption
Premium, if applicable, or, with respect to any Redemption Date, the portion of the Redemption
Price of the Notes being redeemed in excess of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes being
redeemed.
“Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of the Purchase Agreements.
“Purchase Agreement” means that certain note purchase agreement dated the Closing Date
among the Issuer, the Seller and the Purchaser party thereto.
“Purchase Agreements” means, collectively, each Purchase Agreement and the Other
Agreements.
“Purchase and Sale Agreement” means that certain purchase and sale agreement dated as
of the Closing Date between the Seller and the Issuer.
“Purchased Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.
“Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 of the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.
“Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the Purchase Agreements.
“Purchaser Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 of the Purchase
and Sale Agreement.
“QIB” means a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A.
“RAPIACTA” means (i) the brand name for peramivir in Japan and (ii) the equivalent
product sold by Counterparty or its Affiliates in Taiwan under such brand name or another brand
name.
“Receiver” means any Person or Persons appointed as (and any additional Person or
Persons appointed or substituted as) administrative receiver, receiver, manager or receiver and
manager.
“Record Date” means, with respect to each Payment Date, the close of business on the
fifteenth day preceding such Payment Date and, with respect to the date on which any Direction is
to be given by the Noteholders, the close of business on the last Business Day prior to the
solicitation of such Direction.
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“Redemption” means any Optional Redemption and any other redemption of Notes described
in Section 3.9(c) of the Indenture.
“Redemption Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a) of the Indenture.
“Redemption Date” means the date, which may be any Business Day on or after March 9,
2012, on which Notes are redeemed pursuant to a Redemption.
“Redemption Premium” means, in the case of any Subordinated Notes or Refinancing
Notes, the amount, if any, specified in the Resolution and set forth in any indenture supplemental
to the Indenture to be paid in the event of a Redemption of such Subordinated Notes or Refinancing
Notes separately from the Redemption Price.
“Redemption Price” means (a) in respect of an Optional Redemption of the Original
Class A Notes, an amount equal to the product of (x) the applicable Class A Redemption Percentage
as set forth below and (y) the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Original Class A Notes that are
being redeemed on such Business Day, plus the accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date on
the Original Class A Notes that are being redeemed:
Business Day | Class A Redemption Percentage | |||
From and including March 9, 2012
to and including March 8, 2013 |
107.00 | % | ||
From and including March 9, 2013
to and including March 8, 2014 |
103.50 | % | ||
From and including March 9, 2014 and thereafter |
100.00 | % |
and (b) in respect of any Subordinated Notes or Refinancing Notes, the redemption price, if any,
plus the accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date on the Subordinated Notes or
Refinancing Notes, as the case may be, established by or pursuant to a Resolution and set forth in
any indenture supplemental to the Indenture providing for the issuance of such Notes or designated
as such in the form of such Notes (any such Redemption Price in respect of any Subordinated Notes
or Refinancing Notes may include a Redemption Premium, and such Resolution and indenture
supplemental to the Indenture may specify a separate Redemption Premium).
“Reference Date” means, with respect to each Interest Accrual Period, the day that is
two Business Days prior to the Payment Date on which such Interest Accrual Period commences;
provided, however, that the Reference Date with respect to the initial Interest
Accrual Period means the date that is two Business Days prior to the Closing Date (or, with respect
to any Subordinated Notes or any Refinancing Notes, the date that is two Business Days prior to the
date of issuance of such Subordinated Notes or Refinancing Notes).
“Refinancing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(a) of the Indenture.
“Refinancing Expenses” means all Transaction Expenses incurred in connection with an
offering and issuance of Refinancing Notes.
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“Refinancing Notes” means any class (or sub-class) of Notes issued by the Issuer under
the Indenture at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.15 of
the Indenture, the proceeds of which are used to repay all of the Outstanding Principal Balance of
a class of Notes.
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a) of the Indenture.
“Registrar” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a) of the Indenture.
“Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
“Regulation S Global Note Exchange Date” means the date of exchange of any Temporary
Regulation S Global Note for any Permanent Regulation S Global Note, which date shall be 40 days
after the Closing Date (or, with respect to any Subordinated Notes or any Refinancing Notes, 40
days after the date of issuance of such Subordinated Notes or Refinancing Notes).
“Regulation S Global Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b) of the
Indenture.
“Relevant Calculation Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a) of the
Indenture.
“Relevant Information” means any information provided to the Trustee, the Calculation
Agent or the Paying Agent in writing by any Service Provider retained from time to time by the
Issuer pursuant to the Deal Documents.
“Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by a Responsible Officer of the
Issuer as having been duly adopted by the Issuer and being in full force and effect on the date of
such certification.
“Responsible Officer” means (a) with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the
Corporate Trust Office, including any principal, vice president, managing director, director,
manager, associate or other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to
those performed by any of the above-designated officers and also, with respect to a particular
matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge and
familiarity with the particular subject, (b) with respect to the Seller, any officer of the Seller,
and (c) with respect to the Issuer, any officer of the Manager or person designated by the
governing body of the Manager as a Responsible Officer for purposes of the Deal Documents.
“Royalties” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto or, if such division or its successor shall for any
reason no longer perform the functions of a rating agency, “S&P” shall be deemed to refer
to any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization (within the meaning ascribed
thereto by the Exchange Act) designated by the Issuer.
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“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Secured Obligations” has the meaning set forth in the Granting Clause of the
Indenture.
“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Security Interest” means the security interest granted or expressed to be granted in
the Collateral pursuant to the Granting Clause of the Indenture and in the Issuer Pledged
Collateral pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Seller” means BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Seller Payments” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4 of the Indenture.
“Seller Shortfall” means the amount, if any, payable by the Seller to Counterparty
under the Counterparty License Agreement or to the Currency Hedge Provider under the Currency Hedge
Agreement that is due and payable but that has not been paid by the Seller.
“Seller Shortfall Payment” means any payment made by the Trustee in respect of any
Seller Shortfall.
“Senior Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(a) of the Indenture.
“Senior Class of Notes” means (a) so long as any Class A Notes are Outstanding, the
Class A Notes, or (b) if no Class A Notes are Outstanding, the class or classes (or sub-class or
sub-classes) of Subordinated Notes defined as such pursuant to the Resolution(s) and/or
indenture(s) supplemental to the Indenture providing for the issuance of such Subordinated Notes.
“Senior Trustee” means the Trustee, acting in its capacity as the trustee of the
Senior Class of Notes.
“Service Providers” means the Servicer, the Trustee, the Independent Member, the
Calculation Agent, the Paying Agent, the Registrar, the Operating Bank, any outside law firm or
accounting firm providing services to the Issuer and any Person that becomes a Servicer, the
Trustee, the Independent Member, the Calculation Agent, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or the
Operating Bank in accordance with the terms of the applicable agreement and, subject to the written
approval of the Noteholders of a majority of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Senior Class
of Notes, any other Person designated as a Service Provider by the Issuer.
“Servicer” means the Seller, acting in its capacity as servicer pursuant to the
Servicing Agreement (or any other Person appointed to succeed the Seller as such or any successor
thereto pursuant to the Servicing Agreement).
“Servicer Termination Event” means any one of the following events:
(a) the Seller shall resign as Servicer in accordance with the terms of the Servicing
Agreement;
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(b) the Servicer shall fail to pay any amount when due under the Servicing Agreement
and such failure shall continue unremedied for five Business Days;
(c) the Servicer shall fail to deliver the Distribution Report and the other required
accompanying materials with respect to any Payment Date in accordance with the provisions
of the Servicing Agreement within five Business Days of the date such Distribution Report
and the other required accompanying materials are required to be delivered under the
Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that the Servicer shall have
received in a timely manner any Calculation Report (unless the failure to receive such
Calculation Report was due to the breach by the Servicer of Section 3.1(c)(vi) of the
Servicing Agreement);
(d) the Servicer shall fail to carry out its obligations under Section 3.1(c)(ii) of
the Servicing Agreement that shall have or reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the Noteholders;
(e) the Servicer shall fail to carry out its obligations under Section 3.1(c)(v),
Section 3.1(c)(viii) or Section 3.1(c)(ix) of the Servicing Agreement;
(f) the Servicer shall fail to observe or perform in any material respect any of the
covenants or agreements on the part of the Servicer contained in the Servicing Agreement
(other than for which provision is made in clauses (a) through (e) above) and such failure
shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of
such failure requiring the same to be remedied shall have been given to the Servicer by the
Trustee, and such failure continues to materially adversely affect the Noteholders for such
period;
(g) a court having jurisdiction in the premises enters a decree or order for (i)
relief in respect of the Servicer under any Applicable Law relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization, examination, relief of
debtors or other similar law in effect now or after the Closing Date, (ii) appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, examiner, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar
official of the Servicer or (iii) the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the
Servicer and, in each case, such decree or order shall remain unstayed or such writ or
other process shall not have been stayed or dismissed within 90 days from entry thereof;
(h) the Servicer (i) commences a voluntary case under any Applicable Law relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization, examination,
relief of debtors or other similar law in effect now or after the Closing Date, or consents
to the entry of an order for relief in any involuntary case under any such law, (ii)
consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, examiner,
assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Servicer or for all
or substantially all of the property and assets of the Servicer or (iii) effects any
general assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(i) the Servicer’s business activities are terminated by any Governmental Authority;
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(j) a material adverse change occurs in the financial condition or operations of the
Servicer that is a Material Adverse Change;
(k) an Event of Default shall have occurred, other than an Event of Default solely
caused by the Trustee, the Calculation Agent, the Paying Agent or the Registrar failing to
perform any of its respective obligations under the Indenture or any other Transaction
Document; or
(l) so long as the Seller is the Servicer, the Seller sells, transfers, conveys,
assigns, contributes or grants a majority of the Capital Securities of the Issuer to
another Person or Persons.
“Servicing Agreement” means that certain servicing agreement dated as of the Closing
Date between the Issuer and the Seller.
“Servicing Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of the Servicing Agreement.
“Similar Laws” means, with respect to a Plan that is not subject to Section 406 of
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, all Applicable Laws that may affect the Plan’s investment in the
Notes and that is substantially similar to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
“Stated Rate of Interest” means, with respect to any class of the Notes for any
Interest Accrual Period, the interest rate set forth in such class of Notes for such Interest
Accrual Period.
“Subordinated Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(a) of the Indenture.
“Subordinated Note Issuance” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(a) of the
Indenture.
“Subordinated Notes” means any class (or sub-class) of Notes issued in such form as
shall be authorized by a Resolution and set forth in any indenture supplemental to the Indenture in
respect thereof pursuant to Section 2.16 of the Indenture and any Refinancing Notes issued to
refinance the foregoing.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which more than
50% of the outstanding Voting Securities of such other Person (irrespective of whether at the time
Capital Securities of any other class or classes of such other Person shall or might have voting
power upon the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or
controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person or by
one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Taxes” means (a) any and all taxes, fees, levies, duties, tariffs, imposts and other
charges of any kind (together with any and all interest, penalties, loss, damage, liability,
expense, additions to tax and additional amounts or costs incurred or imposed with respect thereto)
now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or otherwise assessed by the U.S. or by any
state, local, foreign or other Governmental Authority (or any subdivision or agency thereof) or
other taxing authority, including taxes or other charges on or with respect to income, franchise,
windfall or other profits, gross receipts, property, sales, use, capital stock, payroll,
employment,
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social security, workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation or net worth and similar
charges and taxes or other charges in the nature of excise, deduction, withholding, ad valorem,
stamp, transfer, value added, taxes on goods and services, escheat, gains taxes, license,
registration and documentation fees, customs duties, tariffs and similar charges, (b) liability for
such a tax that is imposed by reason of United States Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 or
similar provision of law and (c) liability for the payment of any amounts as a result of any
express or implied obligation to indemnify any other Person with respect to the payment of any
amounts described in clause (a) or clause (b).
“Temporary Regulation S Global Note” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b) of
the Indenture.
“Territory” means Japan and Taiwan.
“Transaction Documents” means the Indenture, the Notes, the Servicing Agreement, the
Pledge and Security Agreement, the Purchase Agreements and the Currency Hedge Agreement, and each
other agreement pursuant to which the Trustee (or its agent) is granted a Lien to secure the
obligations under the Indenture or the Notes.
“Transaction Expenses” means the out-of-pocket expenses payable by the Issuer in
connection with (a) the issuance of the Original Class A Notes, including placement fees, any
initial fees payable to Service Providers and the documented fees and expenses of Pillsbury
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Noteholders in connection with the offering and issuance
of the Original Class A Notes, as set forth in the Purchase Agreements, and (b) the offering and
issuance of any Subordinated Notes or any Refinancing Notes, to the extent specified in the
Resolution authorizing such offering and issuance.
“Trustee” means U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as
initial trustee of the Notes under the Indenture, and any successor appointed in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture; provided, that, for purposes of Section 3.1(b) of the
Indenture, “Trustee” means U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association,
as the Operating Bank and/or initial trustee of the Notes under the Indenture, as the context may
require.
“Trustee Closing Account” means the account of the Issuer maintained with the Trustee
at U.S. Bank National Association, ABA No. 000000000, Account No. 173103321092, Ref. JPR Royalty,
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx.
“Trust Indenture Act” means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
“UAB” means The UAB Research Foundation, a non-profit corporation.
“UAB Agreement” means that certain Joint Research and License Agreement dated as of
November 23, 1994 between the Seller and UAB, as amended by that certain letter agreement dated
October 9, 1996 and by that certain Agreement dated as of December 16, 2010 between the Seller and
UAB.
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“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of
New York; provided, that, if, with respect to any financing statement or by reason of any
provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the Liens
granted to the Trustee pursuant to the applicable Transaction Document is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction of the United States other than the State of New
York, then “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such
other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions of each Transaction Document and any financing
statement relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection.
“United States Treasury” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
“U.S.” or “United States” means the United States of America, its 50 states,
each territory thereof and the District of Columbia.
“U.S. Person” means a U.S. person within the meaning of Regulation S.
“Voluntary Bankruptcy” means (a) an admission in writing by the Issuer of its
inability to pay its debts generally or a general assignment by the Issuer for the benefit of
creditors, (b) the filing of any petition or answer by the Issuer seeking to adjudicate itself as
bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking for itself any liquidation, winding-up, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief or composition of the Issuer or its debts under any law
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization,
examination, relief of debtors or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or seeking,
consenting to or acquiescing in the entry of an order for relief in any case under any such law, or
the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee, custodian, liquidator, examiner,
assignee, sequestrator or other similar official for the Issuer or for any substantial part of its
property, or (c) limited liability company action taken by the Issuer to authorize any of the
actions set forth in clause (a) or clause (b) above.
“Voting Securities” means, with respect to any Person, Capital Securities of any class
or kind ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors, managers or other voting
members of the governing body of such Person.
“Yen” or the sign “¥” means Japanese yen.
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