BLANKET LIEN PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT among
Exhibit 4.2
EACH OF CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC.
and
THE GRANTORS PARTY HERETO
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Collateral Trustee
dated as of March 10, 2010
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION. |
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1.1 General Definitions |
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1.2 Certain Definitions; Interpretation |
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SECTION 2. GRANT OF SECURITY. |
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2.1 Grant of Security |
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2.2 Certain Limited Exclusions |
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SECTION
3. GRANTORS REMAIN LIABLE. |
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SECTION
4. CERTAIN PERFECTION REQUIREMENTS. |
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4.1 Delivery Requirements |
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4.2 Control Requirements |
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4.3 Intellectual Property Recording Requirements |
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4.4 Other Actions |
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4.5 Timing and Notice |
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SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. |
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5.1 Grantor Information & Status |
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5.2 Collateral Identification, Special Collateral |
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5.3 Ownership of Collateral and Absence of Other Liens |
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5.4 Status of Security Interest |
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5.5 Goods |
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5.6 Pledged Equity Interests, Investment Related Property |
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5.7 Intellectual Property |
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5.8 Miscellaneous |
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SECTION 6. COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS. |
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6.1 Grantor Information & Status |
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6.2 Collateral Identification; Special Collateral |
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6.3 Ownership of Collateral and Absence of Other Liens |
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6.4 Status of Security Interest |
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6.5 Goods |
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6.6 Pledged Equity Interests, Investment Related Property |
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6.7 Intellectual Property |
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6.8 Maintenance of Collateral |
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6.9 Certain Proceeds. |
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6.10 After-Acquired Property |
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6.11 Collateral Account |
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SECTION 7. RIGHT OF INSPECTION AND FURTHER ASSURANCES; ADDITIONAL GRANTORS. |
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7.1 Right of Inspection |
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7.2 Further Assurances |
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7.3 Additional Grantors |
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SECTION 8. COLLATERAL TRUSTEE APPOINTED ATTORNEY-IN-FACT. |
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8.1 Power of Attorney |
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8.2 No Duty on the Part of Collateral Trustee or Secured Parties |
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SECTION 9. REMEDIES. |
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9.1 Generally |
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9.2 Application of Proceeds |
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9.3 Sales on Credit |
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9.4 Investment Related Property |
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9.5 Grant of Intellectual Property License |
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9.6 Intellectual Property |
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SECTION 10. COLLATERAL TRUSTEE. |
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SECTION 11. CONTINUING SECURITY INTEREST. |
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SECTION 12. STANDARD OF CARE; COLLATERAL TRUSTEE MAY PERFORM. |
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SECTION 13. MISCELLANEOUS. |
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SCHEDULES |
SCHEDULE 5.1 — GENERAL INFORMATION |
SCHEDULE 5.2 — COLLATERAL IDENTIFICATION |
SCHEDULE 5.3 —REPRESENTATION EXCEPTIONS |
SCHEDULE 5.4 — FINANCING STATEMENTS |
SCHEDULE 5.5 — LOCATION OF EQUIPMENT AND INVENTORY |
EXHIBITS |
EXHIBIT A — PLEDGE SUPPLEMENT |
EXHIBIT B — UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES CONTROL AGREEMENT |
EXHIBIT C — TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT |
EXHIBIT D — PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT |
EXHIBIT E — COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT |
EXHIBIT F — DEPOSIT ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT |
EXHIBIT G — CONSENT TO EQUITY PLEDGE |
Index of Defined Terms
Additional Grantor |
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Agreement |
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Assigned Agreements |
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Bankruptcy Code |
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Board of Directors |
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CFC |
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Collateral |
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Collateral Account |
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Collateral Records |
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Collateral Support |
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Collateral Trust Agreement |
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Collateral Trustee |
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Company |
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Control |
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Controlled Foreign Corporation |
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Controlled Issuer |
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Copyright Licenses |
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Copyrights |
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Excluded Asset |
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Excluded Property |
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First Tier Foreign Subsidiary |
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Grantor |
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Guarantor Obligations |
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Indemnitee |
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Indenture |
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Insurance |
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Intellectual Property
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Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
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Internal Revenue Code |
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Investment Accounts |
3 | |||
Investment Related Property |
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Material Adverse Effect |
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Material Intellectual Property |
3 | |||
Newport Beach Property |
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Patent Licenses |
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Patents |
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Pledge Supplement |
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Pledged Debt |
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Pledged Equity Interests |
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Pledged LLC Interests |
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Pledged Partnership Interests |
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Pledged Stock |
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Qualified Related Receivable Rights |
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Receivable |
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Receivables Entity |
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Records |
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Related Inventory Rights |
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Related Receivable Rights |
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Restoration |
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Secured Debt Default |
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Secured Obligations |
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Secured Parties |
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Securities |
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Securities Act |
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Trade Secret Licenses |
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Trade Secrets |
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Trademark Licenses |
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Trademarks |
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Trustee |
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XXX |
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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This BLANKET LIEN PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is dated as of March 10, 2010 (as it may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”),
among CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. (the “Company”), and each of the subsidiary guarantors party
hereto from time to time, whether as an original signatory hereto or as an Additional Grantor (as
herein defined) (the Company and each such additional party, a “Grantor”), and THE BANK OF
NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Collateral Trustee for the Secured Parties (as herein
defined) (in such capacity as Collateral Trustee, together with its successors and permitted
assigns, the “Collateral Trustee”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, reference is made to (a) that certain Indenture dated as of the date hereof (as it
may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Indenture”), by and among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors named therein and The
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee thereunder (the “Trustee”), and (b)
that certain Collateral Trust Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as it may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Collateral Trust
Agreement”) by and among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors from time to time party
thereto, the Trustee and the Collateral Trustee; and
WHEREAS, each Grantor has agreed to secure such Grantor’s obligations under the Indenture and any
future Shared Lien Documents (as defined in the Collateral Trust Agreement) as set forth herein;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants
herein contained, each Grantor and the Collateral Trustee agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION.
1.1 | General Definitions. In this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings: |
“Assigned Agreements” means all agreements and contracts to which such Grantor is a party
as of the date hereof, or to which such Grantor becomes a party after the date hereof, other than
agreements and contracts constituting Excluded Assets, including, without limitation, each material
contract (including, without limitation, those so identified on Schedule 5.2(VI), as each
such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance
with the terms of the Shared Lien Documents.
“Board of Directors” means (a) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the
corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (b) with
respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership, (c)
with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling
committee of managing members thereof and (d) with respect to any other Person, the board or
committee of such Person serving a similar function.
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“Collateral Account” means any account established by the Collateral Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.11 of this Agreement, which shall be a Deposit Account.
“Collateral Records” means books, records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, customer
lists, supplier lists, blueprints, technical specifications, manuals, computer software and related
documentation, computer printouts, tapes, disks and other electronic storage media and related data
processing software and similar items that at any time evidence or contain information relating to
any of the Collateral or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection thereof or
realization thereupon.
“Collateral Support” means all property (real or personal) assigned, hypothecated or
otherwise securing any Collateral and shall include any security agreement or other agreement
granting a Lien or security interest in such real or personal property.
“Control” means: (1) with respect to any Deposit Accounts, control within the meaning of
Section 9-104 of the UCC, (2) with respect to any Security Entitlements, Commodity Contract or
Commodity Account, control within the meaning of Section 9-106 of the UCC, (3) with respect to any
Uncertificated Securities, control within the meaning of Section 8-106(c) of the UCC, (4) with
respect to any Certificated Security, control within the meaning of Section 8-106(a) or (b) of the
UCC, (5) with respect to any Electronic Chattel Paper, control within the meaning of Section 9-105
of the UCC, (6) with respect to Letter of Credit Rights, control within the meaning of Section
9-107 of the UCC and (7) with respect to any “transferable record” (as that term is defined in
Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or in Section
16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction), control
within the meaning of Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National
Commerce Act or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in the
jurisdiction relevant to such transferable record.
“Controlled Foreign Corporation” means “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning
of Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Controlled Issuer” means any issuer that any Grantor beneficially owns and controls in the
aggregate (a) at least 51%, on a fully-diluted basis, of the voting power in the Capital Stock of
such issuer and (6) equity interests in such issuer sufficient to elect a majority of the Board of
Directors of such issuer.
“Copyright Licenses” means any and all agreements, licenses and covenants providing for the
granting of any right in or to any Copyright or otherwise providing for a covenant not to xxx for
infringement or other violation of any Copyright (whether such Grantor is licensee or licensor
thereunder) including, without limitation, each agreement required to be listed in Schedule
5.2(II) under the heading “Copyright Licenses” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement).
“Copyrights” means all United States and foreign copyrights (whether or not the underlying
works of authorship have been published), including but not limited to copyrights in software and
all rights in and to databases, all designs (including but not limited to industrial designs,
Protected Designs within the meaning of 17 U.S.C. 1301 et. Seq. and Community designs), and all
Mask Works (as defined under 17 U.S.C. 901 of the U.S. Copyright Act), whether registered or
unregistered, as well as all moral rights, reversionary interests, and termination rights, and,
with respect to any and all of the foregoing: (i) all registrations and applications therefor
including, without limitation, the registrations and applications required to be listed in
Schedule 5.2(II) under the heading “Copyrights” (as such schedule may be amended or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms of the
Collateral Trust Agreement), (ii) all extensions and renewals thereof, (iii) the right to xxx or
otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement or other violation thereof, (iv)
all Proceeds of the foregoing,
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including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect
thereto, and (v) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout
the world.
“Excluded Asset” means any asset of any Grantor excluded from the security interest
hereunder by virtue of Section 2.2 hereof but only to the extent, and for so long as, so
excluded thereunder.
“First Tier Foreign Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary organized outside the
United States that is directly owned by the Company or a Grantor.
“Guarantor Obligations” means, with respect to any Grantor other than the Company, all
obligations and liabilities of such Grantor which may arise under or in connection with this
Agreement or any other Shared Lien Document to which such Grantor is a party (including, without
limitation, Article 11 of the Indenture), in each case whether on account of guarantee obligations,
reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without
limitation, all attorney costs that are required to be paid by such Grantor pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement or any other Shared Lien Document).
“Indemnitee” means the Collateral Trustee, and its and its Affiliates’ officers, partners,
directors, trustees, employees, agents.
“Insurance” means all insurance policies covering any or all of the Collateral (regardless
of whether the Collateral Trustee is the loss payee thereof).
“Intellectual Property” means, the collective reference to all rights, priorities and
privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under the United States,
multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including without limitation, Copyrights, Copyright
Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks, Trademark Licenses, Trade Secrets, and Trade Secret
Licenses, and the right to xxx or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement,
dilution, misappropriation, or other violation or impairment thereof, including the right to
receive all Proceeds therefrom, including without limitation license fees, royalties, income,
payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit, now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect
thereto.
“Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means each intellectual property security
agreement executed and delivered by the applicable Grantors, substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit C, Exhibit D and Exhibit E, as applicable.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (U.S.C. Title 26), as
amended.
“Investment Accounts” means the Collateral Account and Commodity Accounts.
“Investment Related Property” means: (i) all “investment property” (as such term is
defined in Article 9 of the UCC) other than Securities Accounts (as defined in Section 8-501 of the
UCC) and “investment property” contained in such Securities Accounts and (ii) all of the following
(regardless of whether classified as investment property under the UCC): all Pledged Equity
Interests, Pledged Debt, the Investment Accounts and certificates of deposit.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, results of
operations or financial condition of the Company or the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole (b) the rights and remedies of the Collateral Trustee under any Shared Lien Document or
(c) the ability of any Grantor to perform its obligations under any Shared Lien Document to which
it is a party.
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“Material Intellectual Property” means any Intellectual Property included in the Collateral
that is material to the business of any Grantor or is otherwise of material value.
“Patent Licenses” means all agreements, licenses and covenants providing for the granting
of any right in or to any Patent or otherwise providing for a covenant not to xxx for infringement
or other violation of any Patent (whether such Grantor is licensee or licensor thereunder)
including, without limitation, each agreement required to be listed in Schedule 5.2(II)
under the heading “Patent Licenses” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to
time in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement).
“Patents” means all United States and foreign patents and certificates of invention, or
similar industrial property rights, and applications for any of the foregoing, including, without
limitation: (i) each patent and patent application required to be listed in Schedule
5.2(II) under the heading “Patents” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time
to time in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement), (ii) all reissues,
divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals, and reexaminations thereof,
(iii) all patentable inventions and improvements thereto, (iv) the right to xxx or otherwise
recover for any past, present and future infringement or other violation thereof, (v) all Proceeds
of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims,
damages, and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (vi)
all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.
“Pledge Supplement” means any supplement to this Agreement in substantially the form of
Exhibit A.
“Pledged Debt” means all indebtedness for borrowed money owed to any Grantor, whether or
not evidenced by any Instrument, including, without limitation, all indebtedness described on
Schedule 5.2(I) under the heading “Pledged Debt” (as such schedule may be amended or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof), issued by the obligors named
therein, the instruments, if any, evidencing any of the foregoing, any other promissory note at any
time issued to or held by any Grantor, and all interest, cash, instruments and other property or
proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in
exchange for any or all of the foregoing.
“Pledged Equity Interests” means all Pledged Stock, Pledged LLC Interests, and Pledged
Partnership Interests (excluding any Excluded Assets).
“Pledged LLC Interests” means all interests owned by a Grantor in any limited liability
company and each series thereof including, without limitation, all limited liability company
interests listed on Schedule 5.2(I) under the heading “Pledged LLC Interests” (as such
schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof) and
the certificates, if any, representing such limited liability company interests and any interest of
such Grantor on the books and records of such limited liability company or on the books and records
of any securities intermediary pertaining to such interest and all dividends, distributions, cash,
warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time
received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such
limited liability company interests (excluding any Excluded Assets).
“Pledged Partnership Interests” means all interests owned by a Grantor in any general
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or other partnership including,
without limitation, all partnership interests listed on Schedule 5.2(I) under the heading
“Pledged Partnership Interests” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time
in accordance with the terms hereof) and the certificates, if any, representing such partnership
interests and any interest of such Grantor on the books and records of such partnership or on the
books and records of any securities intermediary pertaining to such interest and all dividends,
distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and
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other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in
exchange for any or all of such partnership interests (excluding any Excluded Assets).
“Pledged Stock” means all shares of Capital Stock owned by a Grantor, including, without
limitation, all shares of Capital Stock described on Schedule 5.2(I) under the heading
“Pledged Stock” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof), and the certificates, if any, representing such shares and any interest of
such Grantor in the entries on the books of the issuer of such shares or on the books of any
securities intermediary pertaining to such shares, and all dividends, distributions, cash,
warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time
received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such
shares (excluding any Excluded Assets).
“Qualified Related Receivable Rights” means, with respect to a Receivable, whether now
existing or hereafter acquired or arising, those property and related rights that are customarily
sold, conveyed or otherwise transferred (as determined by an Officer’s Certificate at the time the
applicable facility providing for a Qualified Receivables Transaction (as defined under the
Collateral Trust Agreement) is established) to a Receivables Entity in connection with an asset
securitization involving Receivables including, without limitation, (a) the goods represented by
such Receivable and all goods returned by or reclaimed, repossessed or recovered from the debtor of
such Receivable, (b) all books and records relating such Receivable, (c) rights in and to any
contract or agreement which gives rise to such Receivable, (d) all accounts, instruments, general
intangibles, documents, chattel paper and letter of credit rights related to such Receivable, (e)
all of the collections or payments received and all rights to receive payment and collections on
such Receivable, (f) any rights of stoppage in transit, replevin, and reclamation relating to such
goods or Receivable, (g) rights in and to all security for such goods or the payment of such
Receivable and guaranties thereof, (h) any collections or casualty insurance proceeds or proceeds
from any receivables or other insurance collected or paid on account of such Receivable or any of
the foregoing, and (g) any rights against third parties with respect thereto.
“Receivable” means a right to receive payment arising from a sale or lease of goods (other
than in respect of goods constituting Collateral which are not Inventory) or the performance of
services by a Person pursuant to an arrangement with another Person pursuant to which such other
Person is obligated to pay for such goods or services under terms that permit the purchase of such
goods and services on credit and will include, in any event, any items of property received in
respect of the sale or lease of such goods or services that would be classified as an “account,”
“chattel paper,” “payment intangible” or “instrument” under the UCC.
“Receivables Entity” has the meaning assigned thereto in the Indenture.
“Records” has the meaning assigned thereto in the UCC.
“Related Inventory Rights” means, with respect to any Inventory, any “supporting
obligations” (as defined in the UCC) related thereto, any documents of title for such
Inventory, all Records in respect thereof, any commercial tort claims or other claims and causes of
action to the extent related primarily to such Inventory and any substitutions, replacements,
accessions, products and proceeds thereof, provided that in no event shall Related Inventory Rights
include intellectual property of the Grantors (for the avoidance of doubt, this proviso shall not
prevent the grant of a non-exclusive license in the Intellectual Property of the Grantors).
“Related Receivable Rights” means, with respect to any Receivable, any “supporting
obligations” (as defined in the UCC) related thereto, all Records in respect thereof, any
commercial tort claims or other claims and causes of action to the extent related primarily to such
Receivable and any substitutions,
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replacements, accessions, products and proceeds thereof .
“Secured Debt Default” means an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture and/or a
Shared Lien Default, as defined in the Collateral Trust Agreement.
“Secured Obligations” means (i) in the case of the Company, its Shared Lien Obligations (as
defined in the Collateral Trust Agreement), and (ii) in the case of each other Grantor, its
Guarantor Obligations.
“Secured Parties” means the holders of the Shared Lien Obligations.
“Securities” means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates,
certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options,
warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured,
convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as
“securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim
certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire,
any of the foregoing.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Trademark Licenses” means any and all agreements, licenses and covenants providing for the
granting of any right in or to any Trademark or otherwise providing for a covenant not to xxx for
infringement dilution or other violation of any Trademark or permitting co-existence with respect
to a Trademark (whether such Grantor is licensee or licensor thereunder) including, without
limitation, each agreement required to be listed in Schedule 5.2(II) under the heading
“Trademark Licenses” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof).
“Trademarks” means all United States, and foreign trademarks, trade names, trade dress,
corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, Internet domain names,
service marks, certification marks, collective marks, logos, other source or business identifiers,
designs and general intangibles of a like nature, whether or not registered, and with respect to
any and all of the foregoing: (i) all registrations and applications therefor including, without
limitation, the registrations and applications required to be listed in Schedule 5.2(II)
under the heading “Trademarks“(as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof), (ii) all extensions or renewals of any of the foregoing, (iii)
all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of and symbolized by any of the
foregoing, (iv) the right to xxx or otherwise recover for any past, present and future
infringement, dilution or other violation of any of the foregoing or for any injury to the related
goodwill, (v) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees,
royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or
payable with respect thereto, and (vi) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or
pertaining thereto throughout the world.
“Trade Secret Licenses” means any and all agreements providing for the granting of any
right in or to Trade Secrets (whether such Grantor is licensee or licensor thereunder) including,
without limitation, each agreement required to be listed in Schedule 5.2(II) under the
heading “Trade Secret Licenses” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time
in accordance with the terms hereof).
“Trade Secrets” means all trade secrets and all other confidential or proprietary
information and know-how whether or not the foregoing has been reduced to a writing or other
tangible form, including all documents and things embodying, incorporating, or referring in any way
to the foregoing, and with respect to any and all of the foregoing: (i) the right to xxx or
otherwise recover for any past, present and future misappropriation or other violation thereof,
(ii) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without
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limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect
thereto; and (iii) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto
throughout the world.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New
York; provided, however, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or
all of the perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, any Collateral is governed by
the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New
York, the term “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other
jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, priority or
remedies.
“United States” means the United States of America.
1.2 Certain Definitions; Interpretation.
(a) In this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the meaning given
to them in the UCC (and, if defined in more than one Article of the UCC, shall have the meaning
given in Article 9 thereof): Account, Account Debtor, As-Extracted Collateral, Bank, Certificated
Security, Chattel Paper, Consignee, Consignment, Consignor, Commercial Tort Claims, Commodity
Account, Commodity Contract, Commodity Intermediary, Deposit Account, Document, Entitlement Order,
Electronic Chattel Paper, Equipment, Farm Products, Fixtures, General Intangible, Goods,
Health-Care-Insurance Receivable, Instrument, Inventory, Letter of Credit Right, Manufactured Home,
Money, Payment Intangible, Proceeds, Record, Securities Account, Securities Intermediary, Security
Certificate, Security Entitlement, Supporting Obligations, Tangible Chattel Paper and
Uncertificated Security.
(b) All other capitalized terms used herein (including the preamble and recitals
hereto) and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Collateral
Trust Agreement. The incorporation by reference of terms defined in the Collateral Trust Agreement
shall survive any termination of the Collateral Trust Agreement until this Agreement is terminated
as provided in Section 11 hereof. Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context
otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the plural, depending on the reference. References
herein to any Section, Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit shall be to a Section, an Appendix, a Schedule
or an Exhibit, as the case may be, hereof unless otherwise specifically provided. The use herein
of the word “include” or “including”, when following any general statement, term or matter, shall
not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth
immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting
language (such as “without limitation” or “but not limited to” or words of similar import) is used
with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall
within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter. The terms lease and
license shall include sub-lease and sub-license, as applicable. If any conflict or inconsistency
exists between this Agreement and the Collateral Trust Agreement, the Collateral Trust
Agreement shall govern. All references herein to provisions of the UCC shall include all
successor provisions under any subsequent version or amendment to any Article of the UCC.
SECTION 2. GRANT OF SECURITY.
2.1
Grant of Security.
Each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Trustee, for
the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in and continuing Lien
on all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under all personal
property of such Grantor, subject to the limitations set forth
inSection 2.2,
including, but not
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limited to the following, in each case whether now owned or existing
or hereafter acquired, created or arising in which any Grantor now has or hereafter
acquires an interest and wherever located (all of which being hereinafter collectively
referred to as the “Collateral”) as collateral security for, the prompt and
complete payment or performance in full when due, whether at stated maturity, by
required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including the
payment of amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay
under Section 362(a) of the bankruptcy code of the United States (11 U.S.C. and related
provisions) (the “Bankruptcy Code”) (and any successor provision thereof)), of
such Grantor’s Secured Obligations:
(a) Accounts;
(b) Chattel Paper;
(c) Documents;
(d) Fixtures
(e) General Intangibles;
(f) Goods (including, without limitation, Inventory and Equipment);
(g) Instruments;
(h) Insurance;
(i) Intellectual Property;
(j) Investment Related Property (excluding Deposit Accounts except for the
Collateral Account);
(k) Letter of Credit Rights;
(l) Money;
(m) Commercial Tort Claims now or
hereafter listed on Schedule 5.2(III) (as
amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof);
(n) to the extent not otherwise included above, all other personal property of any
kind and all Collateral Records, Collateral Support and Supporting Obligations relating to any of
the foregoing; and
(o) to the extent not otherwise included above, all Proceeds, products, accessions,
rents and profits of or in respect of any of the foregoing.
2.2
Certain Limited Exclusions.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
in no event shall the Collateral include or the security interest granted under
Section 2.1 hereof attach to any of the following (collectively, the
“Excluded Property”).
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(a) any lease, license, contract or agreement to which the Company or any Grantor is
a party, and any of its rights or interest thereunder, if and to the extent, but only to the
extent, that a security interest in such lease, license, contract or agreement is prohibited by or
in violation of:
(i) any law, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or such Grantor, or
(ii) a term, provision or condition of any such lease, license, contract or
agreement (unless such law, rule, regulation, term, provision or condition would be rendered
ineffective with respect to the creation of the security interest hereunder pursuant to
Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions)
of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or
principles of equity);
provided, however, that the Collateral shall include (and a security interest shall attach)
immediately at such time as the contractual or legal prohibition shall no longer be applicable and
to the extent severable, shall attach immediately to any portion of such lease, license, contract
or agreement not subject to the prohibitions specified in (i) or (ii) above; provided, further,
that the exclusions referred to in this clause 2.2(a) shall not include any “proceeds” (as
defined in the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction) of any
such lease, license, contract or agreement;
(b) all:
(i) Receivables and Related Receivable Rights; and
(ii) to the extent a Receivable was sold to a Receivables Entity pursuant to
a Qualified Receivables Transaction (as defined in the Indenture) permitted by the terms of
the Indenture and any other Shared Lien Documents, any Qualified Related Receivable Rights
with respect to such Receivable but only to the extent such Qualified Related Receivable
Rights were required to be transferred to the Receivables Entity free and clear of all Liens
(c) any of:
(i) the outstanding Capital Stock of any “controlled foreign corporation” (as
defined in the Internal Revenue Code) (a “CFC”) in excess of 65% of the voting power
of all classes of Capital Stock of such CFC entitled to vote; provided that immediately upon
the amendment of the Internal Revenue Code to allow the pledge of a greater percentage of
the voting power of Capital Stock in a CFC without adverse tax consequences, the Collateral
shall include, and the security interest granted by the Company and each Grantor shall
attach to, such greater percentage of Capital Stock of each CFC;
(ii) the outstanding Capital Stock of a CFC other than a First Tier Foreign
Subsidiary; and
(iii) the membership interests of Conexant CF LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company;
(d) any “intent-to-use” application for registration of a Trademark filed pursuant
to Section 1(b) of the Xxxxxx Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use”
pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Xxxxxx Act or an “Amendment to Allege Use” pursuant to Section 1(c)
of the Xxxxxx Act with respect thereto, solely to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the
period, if any, in
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which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or
enforceability of any registration that issues from such intent-to-use application under applicable
federal law;
(e) the real property owned by the Company and located at 0000-0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 (the “Newport Beach Property”), provided that such property
will no longer constitute Excluded Property at any time on or after January 1, 2011 if prior to
such date such property has not been transferred in a bona fide sale to a third party that is not
an Affiliate of the Company;
(f) any leasehold interest in real property;
(g) all cash (other than cash proceeds of the Collateral or other amounts required
to be deposited into the Collateral Account pursuant to Section 6.11 hereof), Deposit
Accounts (other than the Collateral Account) and Securities Accounts;
(h) any motor vehicles, vessels and aircraft or other property subject to a
certificate of title statute of any jurisdiction; and
(i) any Capital Stock in any joint venture with a third party that is not an
affiliate to the extent a pledge of such Capital Stock is prohibited by the documents governing
such joint venture.
In the event that the Company or any Grantor enters into any credit facility secured by Inventory
(among other collateral that may secure such credit facility, if any) providing for a commitment to
extend Revolving Credit Debt in an aggregate principal amount of at least $5,000,000 that is
permitted pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and any Shared Lien Documents, the Liens granted
hereby on such Inventory and any Related Inventory Rights will be released on the date the Company
enters into such Revolving Credit Debt facility, and such Inventory and Related Inventory Rights
then owned or later acquired will no longer constitute Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Collateral shall include, and the security interest granted by the Company and each Grantor
shall attach, to such property or asset referred to in clauses (b) through (i) of this
definition to the extent that the Company or any Grantor grants or permits any Lien on such
property or asset to secure any Shared Lien Obligation.
SECTION 3. GRANTORS REMAIN LIABLE
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) each Grantor shall remain liable for all
obligations under the Collateral and nothing contained herein is intended or shall be a delegation
of duties to the Collateral Trustee or any other Secured Party, (ii) each Grantor shall remain
liable under each of the agreements included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any
agreements relating to Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests, to perform all of
the obligations undertaken by it thereunder all in accordance with
and pursuant to the terms and provisions thereof and neither the
Collateral Trustee nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any of such
agreements by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or any other document related thereto nor
shall the Collateral Trustee nor any Secured Party have any obligation to make any inquiry as to
the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by it or have any obligation to take any action
to collect or enforce any rights under any agreement included in the Collateral, including, without
limitation, any agreements relating to Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests, and
(iii) the exercise by the Collateral Trustee of any of its rights hereunder shall not release any
Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under the contracts and agreements included in the
Collateral.
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SECTION 4. CERTAIN PERFECTION REQUIREMENTS
4.1 Delivery Requirements.
(a) With respect to any Certificated Securities included in the Collateral, each
Grantor shall deliver to the Collateral Trustee the Security Certificates evidencing such
Certificated Securities duly indorsed by an effective endorsement (within the meaning of Section
8-107 of the UCC), or accompanied by share transfer powers or other instruments of transfer duly
endorsed by such an effective endorsement, in each case, to the Collateral Trustee or in blank. In
addition, each Grantor shall cause any certificates evidencing any Pledged Equity Interests,
including, without limitation, any Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests, to be
similarly delivered to the Collateral Trustee regardless of whether such Pledged Equity Interests
constitute Certificated Securities.
(b) With respect to any Instruments or Tangible Chattel Paper included in the
Collateral, each Grantor shall deliver to the Collateral Trustee all such Instruments or Tangible
Chattel Paper to the Collateral Trustee duly indorsed in blank.
4.2 Control Requirements.
(a) With respect to the Collateral Account included in the Collateral, each Grantor
shall ensure that the Collateral Trustee has Control thereof. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, with respect to the Collateral Account, each Grantor shall cause the depositary
institution maintaining such account to enter into a control agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit F hereto (or such other agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Collateral Trustee), pursuant to which the Bank shall agree to comply with the Collateral
Trustee’s instructions with respect to disposition of funds in the Collateral Account without
further consent by such Grantor. With respect to any Commodity Accounts or Commodity Contracts,
each Grantor shall cause Control in favor of the Collateral Trustee in a manner reasonably
acceptable to the Collateral Trustee.
(b) With respect to any Uncertificated Security included in the Collateral, each
Grantor shall cause the issuer of such Uncertificated Security to either (i) register the
Collateral Trustee as the registered owner thereof on the books and records of the issuer or (ii)
execute an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto (or such other agreement
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Trustee), pursuant to which such
issuer agrees to comply with the Collateral Trustee’s instructions with respect to such
Uncertificated Security without further consent by such Grantor.
(c) With respect to any material Letter of Credit Rights included in the Collateral
(other than any Letter of Credit Rights constituting a Supporting Obligation for a Receivable in
which the Collateral Trustee has a valid and perfected security interest), Grantor shall ensure that
Collateral Trustee has Control thereof by obtaining the written consent of each issuer of each
related letter of credit to the assignment of the proceeds of such letter of credit to the
Collateral Trustee.
(d) With respect to any Electronic Chattel Paper or “transferable record” (as that
term is defined in Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce
Act or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant
jurisdiction) included in the Collateral, Grantor shall ensure that the Collateral Trustee has
Control thereof.
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4.3 Intellectual Property Recording Requirements.
(a) In the case of any Collateral (whether now owned or hereafter acquired)
consisting of issued U.S. Patents and applications therefor, each Grantor shall execute and deliver
to the Collateral Trustee Patent Security Agreements in substantially the form of Exhibit D
hereto (or a supplement thereto) covering all such Patents in appropriate form for recordation with
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with respect to the security interest of the Collateral
Trustee.
(b) In the case of any Collateral (whether now owned or hereafter acquired)
consisting of registered U.S. Trademarks and applications therefor, each Grantor shall execute and
deliver to the Collateral Trustee a Trademark Security Agreement in substantially the form of
Exhibit C hereto (or a supplement thereto) covering all such Trademarks in appropriate form
for recordation with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with respect to the security interest of
the Collateral Trustee.
(c) In the case of any Collateral (whether now owned or hereafter acquired)
consisting of registered U.S. Copyrights and exclusive Copyright Licenses in respect of registered
U.S. Copyrights for which any Grantor is the licensee, each Grantor shall (at the time of first
acquiring an interest in such U.S. Copyrights and exclusive Copyright Licenses in respect of
registered U.S. Copyrights for which any Grantor is the licensee) execute and deliver to the
Collateral Trustee a Copyright Security Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit E
hereto (or a supplement thereto) covering all such Copyrights and Copyright Licenses in appropriate
form for recordation with the U.S. Copyright Office with respect to the security interest of the
Collateral Trustee.
4.4 Other Actions.
(a) With respect to any Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged LLC Interests
included in the Collateral, if the Grantors own less than 100% of the equity interests in any
issuer of such Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests, Grantors shall use their
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent (substantially in the form of Exhibit G) of
each other holder of partnership interest or limited liability company interests in such issuer to
the security interest of the Collateral Trustee hereunder and during the continuance of a Secured
Debt Default, the transfer of such Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged LLC Interests to the
Collateral Trustee or its designee, and to the substitution of the Collateral Trustee or its
designee as a partner or member with all the rights and powers related thereto.
(b) Each Grantor consents to the grant by each other Grantor of a Lien in all
Investment Related Property that constitutes Collateral hereunder to the Collateral Trustee and
without limiting the generality of the foregoing consents to the transfer of any Pledged
Partnership Interest and any Pledged LLC Interest to the Collateral Trustee or its designee if a
Secured Debt Default has occurred and is continuing and to the substitution of the Collateral
Trustee or its designee as a partner in any partnership or as a member in any limited liability
company with all the rights and powers related thereto if a Secured Debt Default has occurred and
is continuing.
4.5 Timing and Notice.
With respect to any Collateral in existence on the date
hereof, each Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the
requirements of Section 4 on the date hereof and, should any Grantor be unable
to comply with the requirements of this Section 4 on the date hereof after
employing such commercially reasonable efforts with respect to any Collateral in
existence on the date hereof, such Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts
with respect to such Collateral to comply with the requirements of this Section
4 within ninety (90) days of the date hereof. Each Grantor shall promptly inform
the Collateral
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Trustee of its acquisition of any Collateral
for which any action is
required by Section 4 hereof (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the filing
of any applications for, or the issuance or registration of, any Patents, Copyrights or
Trademarks). With respect to any such Collateral hereafter owned or acquired, such
Grantor shall comply with such requirements within 10 (ten) days of Grantor acquiring
rights therein; provided that notwithstanding the 10 (ten) day requirement above, (a)
with respect to Collateral owned by any Grantor that becomes evidenced by an
Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper with a value in excess of $250,000,
such Grantor shall have 30 (thirty) days to deliver such Instrument, Certificated
Security or Chattel Paper to the Collateral Trustee, (b) with respect to any
Intellectual Property for which a Grantor shall (i) file an application for
registration with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States
Copyright Office, (ii) file a statement of use or any amendment to allege use with
respect to any “intent to use” trademark application or (iii) acquire any patent,
registered trademark, registered copyright or any application for the foregoing, such
Grantor shall report such filing to the Collateral Trustee within thirty (30) days
after the last day of the fiscal quarter in which such filing or acquisition occurs,
and (c) with respect to any after acquired real property acquired by any Grantor after
the Issue Date (as defined in the Indenture), such Grantor shall execute and deliver
such mortgages, deeds of trust, security instruments and other documentation required
by applicable law to vest in the Collateral Trustee a perfect security interest in such
after-acquired real property within ninety (90) days of the acquisition of such
after-acquired real property.
SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants, on the date hereof and on the date of Incurrence of
any Shared Lien Obligation that:
5.1 Grantor Information & Status.
(a) Schedule 5.1(A) & (B) (as such schedule may be amended or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof) sets forth under the
appropriate headings: (1) the full legal name of such Grantor, (2) all trade names or other names
under which such Grantor currently conducts business, (3) the type of organization of such Grantor,
(4) the jurisdiction of organization of such Grantor, (5) its organizational identification number,
if any, and (6) the jurisdiction where the chief executive office or its sole place of business is
located.
(b) except as provided on Schedule 5.1(C), it has not changed its name,
jurisdiction of organization, chief executive office or sole place of business (or principal
residence if such Grantor is a natural person) or its corporate structure in any way (e.g., by
merger, consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise) and has not done business under any other name, in each case, within the
past five (5) years;
(c) except as provided in Schedule 5.1(D), it has not within the last five
(5) years become bound (whether as a result of merger or otherwise) as debtor under a security
agreement entered into by another Person, which has not heretofore been terminated;
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(d) such Grantor has been duly organized and is validly existing as an entity of the
type as set forth opposite such Grantor’s name on Schedule 5.1(A) solely under the laws of
the jurisdiction as set forth opposite such Grantor’s name on Schedule 5.1(A) and remains
duly existing as such. Such Grantor has not filed any certificates of dissolution or liquidation,
any certificates of domestication, transfer or continuance in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) no Grantor is a “transmitting utility” (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(80) of
the UCC).
(f) the execution, delivery and performance by such Grantor of this Agreement are
within such Grantor’s corporate or other powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) violate the terms of such
Grantor’s organizational documents, (b) violate or result in any breach of, or the creation of any
Lien under (other than Liens created by this Agreement and other Permitted Liens), or require any
payment to be made under (i) any contractual obligation to which such Grantor is a party or which
is binding upon such Grantor or the properties of such Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii)
any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which
such Grantor or its property is subject; or (c) violate any law; except with respect to any
violation or breach (but not creation of Liens) referred to in clause (b) and (c) above, to the
extent that such violation or breach could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; and
(g) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Grantor, and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Grantor, enforceable against such Grantor
in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’
rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
5.2 Collateral Identification, Special Collateral.
(a) Schedule 5.2 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time
to time in accordance with the terms hereof) sets forth under the appropriate headings all of such
Grantor’s: (1) Pledged Equity Interests, (2) Pledged Debt, (3) Commodity Contracts and Commodity
Accounts, (4) United States and foreign registrations and issuances of and applications for
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights owned by each Grantor, (5) Patent Licenses, Trademark Licenses,
Trade Secret Licenses and Copyright Licenses, in each case that constitute Material Intellectual
Property, (6) Commercial Tort Claims, (7) Letter of Credit Rights for letters of credit, (8) the
name and address of any warehouseman, bailee or other third party in possession of any Inventory,
Equipment and other tangible personal property. Each Grantor shall supplement such schedules as
necessary to ensure that such schedules are accurate on the date of incurrence of any Shared Lien
Debt, unless waived by the Collateral Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Trust
Agreement;
(b) none of the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds of, (1) Farm Products,
(2) As-Extracted Collateral, (3) Manufactured Homes, (4) Health-Care-Insurance Receivables; (5)
timber to be cut, or (6) aircraft, aircraft engines, satellites, ships or railroad rolling stock. No
material portion of the collateral consists of motor vehicles or other goods subject to a
certificate of title statute of any jurisdiction; and
(c) all written information supplied by any Grantor with respect to any of the
Collateral (in each case taken as a whole with respect to any particular Collateral) is accurate
and complete in all material respects.
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5.3 Ownership of Collateral and Absence of Other Liens.
(a) except as set forth on Schedule 5.3(a), it owns the Collateral purported
to be owned by it or otherwise has the rights it purports to have in each item of Collateral and,
as to all Collateral whether now existing or hereafter acquired, developed or created (including by
way of lease or license), will continue to own or have such rights in each item of the Collateral
(except as otherwise permitted by the Shared Lien Documents), in each case free and clear of any
and all Liens, rights or claims of all other Persons, including, without limitation, (i) Liens
arising as a result of such Grantor becoming bound (as a result of merger or otherwise) as debtor
under a security agreement entered into by another Person other than any Permitted Liens and (ii)
the Lien granted to the Collateral Trustee pursuant to this Agreement; and
(b) other than any financing statements filed in favor of the Collateral Trustee, no
effective financing statement, fixture filing or other instrument similar in effect under any
applicable law covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file in any filing or recording
office except for (x) financing statements for which duly authorized proper termination statements
have been delivered to the Collateral Trustee for filing and (y) financing statements filed in
connection with Permitted Liens. Other than the Collateral Trustee and any automatic control in
favor of a Bank or commodity intermediary maintaining a Deposit Account, or Commodity Contract, no
Person is in Control of any Collateral.
5.4 Status of Security Interest.
(a) upon the filing by each Grantor of financing statements naming each Grantor as
“debtor” and the Collateral Trustee as “secured party” and describing the Collateral in the filing
offices set forth opposite such Grantor’s name on Schedule 5.4 hereof (as such schedule may
be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof), the security
interest of the Collateral Trustee in all Collateral in the United States that can be perfected by
the filing of a financing statement under the UCC as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction will
constitute a valid, perfected, first priority Liens subject in the case of priority only, to any
Permitted Liens with respect to such Collateral. Each agreement purporting to give the Collateral
Trustee Control over any Collateral is effective to establish the Collateral Trustee’s Control of
the Collateral subject thereto;
(b) to the extent perfection or priority of the security interest therein is not
subject to Article 9 of the UCC, upon recordation by each Grantor of the security interests granted
hereunder in Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and exclusive Copyright Licenses in the applicable
intellectual property registries, including but not limited to the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, the security interests granted to the
Collateral Trustee hereunder shall constitute valid, perfected, first priority Liens (subject, in
the case of priority only, to Permitted Liens);
(c) no authorization, consent, approval or other action by, and no notice to or
filing with, any Governmental Authority or regulatory body or any other Person is required for
either (i) the pledge or grant by any Grantor of the Liens purported to be created in favor of the
Collateral Trustee hereunder or (ii) the exercise by Collateral Trustee of any rights or remedies
in respect of any Collateral (whether specifically granted or created hereunder or created or provided for by applicable
law), except (A) for the filings contemplated by clause (a) above and (B) as may be required, in
connection with the disposition of any Investment Related Property that constitutes Collateral
hereunder, by laws generally affecting the offering and sale of Securities; and
(d) each Grantor is in compliance with its obligations under Section 4 hereof.
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5.5 Goods.
(a) No material portion of any Goods now or hereafter produced by any Grantor and
included in the Collateral have been or will be produced in violation of the requirements of the
Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and
(b) other than any Inventory or Equipment in transit, all of the Equipment and
Inventory included in the Collateral is located only at the locations specified in Schedule
5.5 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the
terms hereof).
5.6 Pledged Equity Interests, Investment Related Property.
(a) it is the record and beneficial owner of the Pledged Equity Interests free of
all Liens, rights or claims of other Persons and there are no outstanding warrants, options or
other rights to purchase, or shareholder, voting trust or similar agreements outstanding with
respect to, or property that is convertible into, or that requires the issuance or sale of, any
Pledged Equity Interests. All of the Pledged Equity Interests as to which the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary is the issuer have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable;
(b) no consent of any Person including any other general or limited partner, any
other member of a limited liability company, any other shareholder or any other trust beneficiary
is necessary or desirable in connection with the creation, perfection or first priority status of
the security interest of the Collateral Trustee in any Pledged Equity Interests or the exercise by
the Collateral Trustee of the voting or other rights provided for in this Agreement or the exercise
of remedies in respect thereof except such as have been obtained; and
(c) all of the Pledged LLC Interests and Pledged Partnership Interests are or
represent interests that by their terms provide that they are securities governed by the UCC of an
applicable jurisdiction.
5.7 Intellectual Property.
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.3, (i) it is the sole and exclusive
owner of the entire right, title, and interest in and to the Intellectual Property listed on
Schedule 5.2(II)(A), (C) and (E) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof), and, (ii) to such Grantor’s knowledge,
except as would not be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, it owns or has the valid
right to use and, where Grantor does so, sublicense others to use, all other Intellectual Property
used in or necessary to conduct its business;
(b) no Copyright registrations, or applications therefore, are Material Intellectual
Property;
(c) all Material Intellectual Property of such Grantor is, to such Grantor’s
knowledge, subsisting and has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, nor,
in the case of Patents, is any of the Material Intellectual Property the subject of a reexamination
proceeding, and, except in the exercise of such Grantor’s reasonable business judgment, each
Grantor has performed all acts and has paid all renewal, maintenance, and other fees and taxes
required to maintain each and every registration and application of Copyrights, Patents and
Trademarks in full force and effect;
(d) to such Grantor’s actual knowledge, all of its registered or issued Material
Intellectual Property is valid and enforceable; no holding, decision, ruling, or judgment has been
rendered
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in any action or proceeding before any court or administrative authority adversely
affecting the validity, enforceability, or scope of, or such Grantor’s right to register, own or
use, any Material Intellectual Property, and no such action or proceeding is pending or, to the
best of such Grantor’s knowledge, threatened in writing;
(e) except as set forth on Schedule 5.3, all registrations, issuances and
applications for Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks of such Grantor are standing in the name of
such Grantor, and none of the Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights or Trade Secrets owned by such
Grantor has been licensed by such Grantor to any Affiliate or third party where such license (i)
restricts such Grantor’s use or exploitation of any such Intellectual Property in the operation of
its business in any material respect or (ii) is material to the business of such Grantor, except as
disclosed in Schedule 5.2(II) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to
time in accordance with the terms hereof);
(f) each Grantor, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, has used
appropriate statutory notices of registration in connection with its use of registered Trademarks
to the extent constituting Material Intellectual Property;
(g) to the extent such Grantor has not engaged in patent marking practices in
connection with its use of Patents, such decision has been made in such Grantor’s reasonable
business judgment and is consistent with industry standards, except as would not be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(h) each Grantor has taken commercially reasonable steps to protect the
confidentiality of its Trade Secrets constituting Material Intellectual Property in accordance with
industry standards;
(i) each Grantor controls the nature and quality in accordance with industry
standards of all products sold and all services rendered under or in connection with all Trademarks
of such Grantor, in each case consistent with industry standards, and has taken all action which,
in its reasonable business judgment, is necessary or desirable to insure that all licensees of the
Trademarks owned by such Grantor comply with such Grantor’s standards of quality, in each case, to
the extent such Trademarks constitute Material Intellectual Property;
(j) except as set forth on Schedule 5.3, (i) to such Grantor’s knowledge,
the conduct of such Grantor’s business does not infringe, misappropriate, dilute or otherwise
violate any Intellectual Property right of any other Person; (ii) no claim has been made in writing
that the use of any Intellectual Property owned or used by such Grantor (or any of its respective
licensees) infringes, misappropriates, dilutes or otherwise violates the asserted rights of any
other Person; and (iii) to such Grantor’s knowledge, no demand that such Grantor enter into a
license or co-existence agreement has been made but not resolved, in each case except as would not
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(k) except as set forth on Schedule 5.3, to the best of such Grantor’s
knowledge, no Person is infringing, misappropriating, diluting or otherwise violating any rights in
any Material Intellectual Property owned, licensed or used by such Grantor, or any of its respective
licensees, except as would not be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(l) except as set forth on Schedule 5.3, no settlement or consents,
covenants not to xxx, co-existence agreements, non-assertion assurances, or releases have been
entered into by such Grantor or bind such Grantor in a manner that could adversely affect such
Grantor’s rights to own, license or use any Material Intellectual Property.
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5.8 Miscellaneous. No material contract prohibits assignment or requires consent
of or notice to any Person in connection with the assignment to the Collateral Trustee
hereunder, except such as has been given or made.
SECTION 6. COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS.
Each Grantor hereby covenants and agrees that:
6.1 Grantor Information & Status. Without limiting any prohibitions or
restrictions on mergers or other transactions set forth in the Shared Lien Documents,
it shall not change such Grantor’s name, identity, corporate structure (e.g. by merger,
consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise), sole place of business, chief
executive office, type of organization or jurisdiction of organization or establish any
trade names unless it shall have (a) notified the Collateral Trustee in writing at
least fifteen (15) days prior to any such change or establishment, identifying such new
proposed name, identity, corporate structure, sole place of business, chief executive
office, jurisdiction of organization or trade name and providing such other information
in connection therewith as the Collateral Trustee may reasonably request and (b) taken
all actions necessary or to maintain the continuous validity, perfection and the same
or better priority of the Collateral Trustee’s security interest in the Collateral
granted or intended to be granted and agreed to hereby, which shall include, without
limitation, executing and delivering to the Collateral Trustee a completed Pledge
Supplement together with all Supplements to Schedules thereto, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A attached hereto, confirming the grant of the security
interest hereunder.
6.2 Collateral Identification; Special Collateral.
(a) In the event that it hereafter acquires any Collateral of a type described in
Section 5.2(b) hereof, it shall promptly notify there Collateral Trustee thereof in writing
and take such actions and execute such documents and make such filings all at Grantor’s expense as
the Collateral Trustee may reasonably request in order to ensure that the Collateral Trustee has a
valid, perfected, first priority security interest in such Collateral, subject in the case of
priority only, to any Permitted Liens. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Grantor shall be required
to notify the Collateral Trustee or take any such action unless such Collateral is of a material
value or is material to such Grantor’s business.
(b) In the event that it hereafter acquires or has any Commercial Tort Claim, it
shall deliver to the Collateral Trustee a completed Pledge Supplement, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto, together with all Supplements to Schedules thereto, identifying
such new Commercial Tort Claims.
6.3 Ownership of Collateral and Absence of Other Liens.
(a) Except for the security interest created by this Agreement or otherwise in favor
of Collateral Trustee, it shall not create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any
of the Collateral, other than Permitted Liens, and such Grantor shall defend the Collateral against
all Persons at any time claiming any interest therein;
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(b) Upon such Grantor or any officer of such Grantor obtaining knowledge thereof, it
shall promptly notify the Collateral Trustee in writing of any event that occurs with respect to
the Collateral that may have a Material Adverse Effect on the value of the Collateral or any
material portion thereof, the ability of any Grantor or the Collateral Trustee to dispose of the
Collateral or any material portion thereof, or the rights and remedies of the Collateral Trustee in
relation thereto, including, without limitation, the levy of any legal process against the
Collateral or any portion thereof; and
(c) Each Grantor shall not sell, transfer or assign (by operation of law or
otherwise) or exclusively license to another Person any Collateral except as otherwise permitted or
not prohibited by the Shared Lien Documents.
6.4
Status of Security Interest. Subject to each Grantor’s obligations under
Section 4 hereof and the limitations set forth in the following sentence, each
Grantor shall maintain the security interest of the Collateral Trustee hereunder in all
Collateral as valid, perfected, first priority Liens (subject, in the case of priority
only, to Permitted Liens). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Grantor shall be required
to take any action to maintain the security interest of the Collateral Trustee
hereunder, except as and to the extent specified in Section 4 and
Section 7.2 hereof. Neither the Company nor any Grantor will take or omit to
take any action that would materially adversely affect or impair the Liens in favor of
the Collateral Trustee with respect to the Collateral. Neither the Company nor any
Grantor shall grant to any Person, or permit any Person to retain (other than the
Collateral Trustee, the Company or the Grantors), any interest whatsoever in the
Collateral, other than Permitted Liens.
6.5 Goods.
(a) Each Grantor shall not deliver any Document evidencing any Equipment and
Inventory to any Person other than the issuer of such Document to claim the Goods evidenced
therefor or the Collateral Trustee;
(b) If any Equipment or Inventory is in possession or control of any warehouseman,
bailee or other third party (other than a Consignee under a Consignment for which such Grantor is
the Consignor), each Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify the third party of
the Collateral Trustee’s security interest and obtaining an acknowledgment from the third party
that it is holding the Equipment and Inventory for the benefit of the Collateral Trustee and will
permit the Collateral Trustee or its designee to have access to Equipment or Inventory for purposes
of inspecting such Collateral or, following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Secured
Debt Default, to remove same from such premises if the Collateral Trustee so elects; and with
respect to any Goods subject to a Consignment for which such Grantor is the Consignor, Grantor
shall file appropriate financing statements against the Consignee and take such other action as may
be reasonably necessary to ensure that the Collateral Trustee has a first priority perfected
security interest in such Goods.
(c) Each Grantor shall keep the Equipment, Inventory and any Documents evidencing
any Equipment and Inventory in the locations specified on Schedule 5.5 (as such schedule
may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof) unless it
shall have (a) notified the Collateral Trustee in writing, by executing and delivering to the
Collateral Trustee a completed Pledge Supplement together with all Supplements to Schedules
thereto, at least fifteen (15) days prior to any change in locations, identifying such new
locations and providing such other information in connection therewith as the Collateral Trustee
may reasonably request in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement;
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6.6 Pledged Equity Interests, Investment Related Property.
(a) Except as provided in the next sentence, and subject to Section 6.4, in
the event such Grantor receives any dividends, interest or distributions on any Pledged Equity
Interest or other Investment Related Property that constitutes Collateral hereunder, upon the
merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution of any issuer of any Pledged Equity Interest or
Investment Related Property that constitutes Collateral hereunder, then (a) such dividends,
interest or distributions and securities or other property shall be included in the definition of
Collateral without further action and (b) such Grantor shall take all steps, if any, that are
necessary or advisable to ensure the validity, perfection, priority and, if applicable, control of
the Collateral Trustee over such Investment Related Property (including, without limitation,
delivery thereof to the Collateral Trustee) and pending any such action such Grantor shall be
deemed to hold such dividends, interest, distributions, securities or other property in trust for
the benefit of the Collateral Trustee and shall segregate such dividends, distributions, Securities
or other property that constitutes Collateral from all other property of such Grantor.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as no Secured Debt Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, Grantor may retain all ordinary cash dividends and distributions paid in the normal
course of the business of the issuer and consistent with the past practice of the issuer and all
scheduled payments of principal and interest.
(b) Voting.
(i) So long as no Secured Debt of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, each Grantor shall be entitled to exercise or refrain from exercising any and
all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the Investment Related Property that
constitutes Collateral hereunder or any part thereof for any purpose;
(ii) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Secured Debt
Default and upon written notice from the Collateral Trustee to such Grantor of the
Collateral Trustee’s intention to exercise such rights:
(1) all rights of each Grantor to exercise or refrain from exercising the
voting and other consensual rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise
pursuant hereto shall cease and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the
Collateral Trustee who shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise such voting
and other consensual rights; and
(2) in order to permit the Collateral Trustee to exercise the voting and other
consensual rights which it may be entitled to exercise pursuant hereto and to
receive all dividends and other distributions which it may be entitled to receive
hereunder: (1) each Grantor shall promptly execute and deliver (or cause to be
executed and delivered) to the Collateral Trustee all proxies, dividend payment
orders and other instruments as the Collateral Trustee may from time to time
reasonably request and (2) each Grantor acknowledges that the Collateral Trustee may utilize the power of
attorney set forth in Section 8.1.
(c) Except as expressly permitted by the Shared Lien Documents, without the prior
written consent of the Collateral Trustee given in accordance with the terms of the Collateral
Agreement, it shall not vote to enable or take any other action to: (i) amend or terminate any
partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, certificate of incorporation, by-laws
or other organizational documents in any way that materially changes the rights of such Grantor
with respect to any Investment Related Property that is issued by a Controlled Issuer or adversely
affects the validity, perfection or priority of the Collateral Trustee’s security interest, (ii)
permit any issuer that is a Controlled Issuer of any
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Pledged Equity Interest to issue any additional stock, partnership interests, limited liability company interests or other equity
interests of any nature or to issue securities convertible into or granting the right of purchase
or exchange for any stock or other equity interest of any nature of such issuer, or (iii) other
than as permitted under the Shared Lien Documents, permit any issuer that is a Controlled Issuer of
any Pledged Equity Interest to dispose of all or a material portion of their assets, cause any
issuer of any Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests of a Controlled Issuer which
are not securities (for purposes of the UCC) on the date hereof to elect or otherwise take any
action to cause such Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests of a Controlled Issuer
to be treated as securities for purposes of the UCC; provided, however, notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any issuer of any Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests takes any
such action in violation of the foregoing in this clause (e), such Grantor shall promptly notify
the Collateral Trustee in writing of any such election or action and, in such event, shall take all
steps necessary or advisable to establish the Collateral Trustee’s “control” thereof; and
(d) Except as expressly permitted by the Shared Lien Documents, without the prior
written consent of the Collateral Trustee given in accordance with the terms of the Collateral
Trust Agreement, it shall not permit any issuer of any Pledged Equity Interest issued by a
Controlled Issuer to merge or consolidate unless (i) such issuer creates a security interest that
is perfected by a filed financing statement (that is not effective solely under section 9-508 of
the UCC) in collateral in which such new debtor has or acquires rights, (ii) all the outstanding
Capital Stock or other equity interests of the surviving or resulting corporation, limited
liability company, partnership or other entity is, upon such merger or consolidation, pledged
hereunder and no cash, securities or other property is distributed in respect of the outstanding
equity interests of any other constituent Grantor; provided that if the surviving or resulting
Grantors upon any such merger or consolidation involving an issuer which is a Controlled Foreign
Corporation, then such Grantor shall only be required to pledge equity interests in accordance with
Section 2.2 and (iii) Grantor promptly complies with the delivery and control requirements
of Section 4 hereof.
6.7 Intellectual Property.
(a) It shall not knowingly, except in its reasonable business judgment, do any act
or omit to do any act whereby any of the Material Intellectual Property may become prematurely
abandoned, canceled, dedicated to the public, forfeited, unenforceable or otherwise impaired, or
which would adversely affect the validity, grant, or enforceability of the security interest
granted therein;
(b) It shall not, with respect to any Trademarks constituting Material Intellectual
Property, cease the use of any of such Trademarks, except in such Grantor’s reasonable business
judgment, or fail to maintain the level of the quality of products sold and services rendered under
any of such Trademark at a level at least substantially consistent with the quality of such
products and services as of the date hereof, and such Grantor shall take all steps, in the exercise
of its reasonable business judgment, necessary or desirable to ensure that licensees of such Trademarks use such
consistent standards of quality;
(c) It shall notify the Collateral Trustee within 30 days after the last day of the
fiscal quarter in which such event occurs, if it knows or has reason to know that any item of
Material Intellectual Property may become (i) abandoned or dedicated to the public or placed in the
public domain, (ii) invalid or unenforceable, (iii) subject to any adverse determination or
development regarding such Grantor’s ownership, registration or use or the validity or
enforceability of such item of Intellectual Property (including the institution of, or any adverse
development with respect to, any action or proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, the United States Copyright Office, any
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state registry, any foreign counterpart of the foregoing, or any court) or (iv) the subject of any reversion or termination rights;
(d) It shall, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, take all
reasonable steps, including in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
the United States Copyright Office, any state registry or any foreign counterpart of the foregoing,
to pursue any application and maintain any registration or issuance of each Trademark, Patent, and
Copyright owned by any Grantor and constituting Material Intellectual Property;
(e) It shall use best efforts so as not to permit the inclusion in any contract to
which it hereafter becomes a party of any provision that could or may in any way materially impair
or prevent the creation of a security interest in, or the assignment of, such Grantor’s rights and
interests in any property included within the definitions of any Material Intellectual Property
acquired under such contracts;
(f) In the event that any Material Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively
licensed to any Grantor is infringed, misappropriated, diluted or otherwise violated by a third
party, such Grantor shall take such actions as such Grantor shall reasonably deem appropriate under
the circumstances to protect its business, including to protect its rights in such Material
Intellectual Property, which may include, among other things, taking no action or the initiation of
a suit for injunctive relief where appropriate and to recover damages;
(g) It shall take all commercially reasonable steps necessary to protect the secrecy
of all Trade Secrets, which may include, among other things, entering into confidentiality
agreements with employees and consultants and labeling and restricting access to secret information
and documents;
(h) It shall, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment consistent with
current standard industry practice, use (or not use) statutory notice in connection with its use of
any of the Material Intellectual Property, except as would not be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the value of the Patents comprising the Material Intellectual Property, taken as
a whole; and
(i) It shall continue to collect, at its own expense, all amounts due or to become
due to such Grantor in respect of the Material Intellectual Property or any portion thereof. In
connection with such collections, such Grantor may take (and, at the Collateral Trustee’s
reasonable direction, shall take) such action as such Grantor may deem reasonably necessary or
advisable to enforce collection of such amounts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral
Trustee shall have the right at any time, to notify, or require any Grantor to notify, any obligors
with respect to any such amounts of the existence of the security interest created hereby.
6.8 Maintenance of Collateral. Each Grantor shall maintain the Collateral in good,
safe and insurable operating order, condition and repair and shall do all other acts as
may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to maintain and preserve the value of the
Collateral. The Company and each Grantor shall pay all real estate and other taxes,
and shall maintain in full force and effect all material permits. The Company and
each Grantor shall provide to the Collateral Trustee evidence of such payment upon
request. The Company and each Grantor shall main such commercially reasonable
insurance coverage, and shall provide to the Collateral Trustee evidence of such
coverage upon request.
6.9 Certain Proceeds. Proceeds from the destruction or condemnation of the
Collateral or from eminent domain proceedings shall be deposited into the Collateral
Account,
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to be invested in Additional Assets (as defined in the Indenture), which may
include the performance to completion of rebuilding or restoration to a wholly operable
state and a value and utility no less than that prior to the event of destruction or
condemnation (such rebuilding or restoration, a “Restoration”) of the affected
Collateral. Any remaining proceeds shall then be applied in accordance with Section 3.4
of the Collateral Trust Agreement.
6.10 After-Acquired Property.
Upon the acquisition , development or creation by the
Company or any Grantor after the Issue Date (as defined in the Indenture) of (1) any
assets, including, but not limited to, any after-acquired real property (other than
leased real property) or any equipment or fixtures that constitute accretions,
additions or technological upgrades to the equipment or fixtures that form part of the
Collateral or (2) any Additional Assets (other than Excluded Assets) out of the Net
Cash Proceeds (as defined in the Indenture) in compliance with the covenant described
in the Indenture and any relevant Shared Lien Documents, the Company or such Grantor
shall execute and deliver such mortgages, deeds of trust, security instruments,
financing statements, certificates and opinions of counsel as are required under the
terms of the Indenture and the other Shared Lien Documents and as may be necessary or
required by applicable law to vest in the Collateral Trustee a perfected security
interest, subject only to Permitted Liens, in such after-acquired property (other than
Excluded Assets) and to have such after-acquired property (other than Excluded Assets)
added to the Collateral, and thereupon all provisions of this Agreement relating to the
Collateral shall be deemed to relate to such after-acquired property to the same extent
and with the same force and effect. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that the
Newport Beach Property has not been transferred on or prior to January 1, 2011 in a
bona fide sale to a third party that is not an Affiliate of the Company, then such
Newport Beach Property shall constitute after-acquired real property hereunder as if it
was acquired on January 1, 2011. Furthermore, the Company and each Grantor shall
comply with any other provisions set forth in the Indenture or any other Shared Lien
Document with respect to the after-acquired property.
6.11 Collateral Account. Each Grantor shall cause to be deposited into the
Collateral Account funds as, when and to the extent contemplated by the Indenture and
any Shared Lien Documents.
SECTION 7. RIGHT OF INSPECTION AND FURTHER ASSURANCES; ADDITIONAL GRANTORS.
7.1 Right of Inspection. The Collateral Trustee shall at all times have access and
inspection rights with respect to the Grantors and the Collateral as provided for in
the Collateral Trust Agreement.
7.2 | Further Assurances. |
(a) Subject to Section 6.4, each Grantor agrees that from time to time, at
the expense of such Grantor, that it shall promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and
documents (including preparing and making all necessary filings to perfect the security interest
granted to the Collateral Trustee herein), and take all further action, that may be reasonably
necessary or required by
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applicable law in order to create and/or maintain the validity, perfection
or priority of and protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or to
enable the Collateral Trustee to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with
respect to any Collateral. The Company shall, and shall cause each Grantor to, at its sole cost
and expense, execute and deliver all such agreements and instruments as necessary or required by
applicable law to more fully or accurately describe the assets and property intended to be
Collateral or the obligations intended to be secured hereby. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, each Grantor shall:
(i) file (or authorize the filing of) such financing or continuation
statements, or amendments thereto, record security interests in Intellectual Property and
execute and deliver such other agreements, instruments, endorsements, powers of attorney or
notices, as may be necessary or required by applicable law in order to effect, reflect,
perfect and preserve the security interests granted or purported to be granted hereby;
(ii) take all actions necessary to ensure the recordation of appropriate
evidence of the Liens and security interest granted hereunder in the Intellectual Property
with any intellectual property registry in which said Intellectual Property is registered or
issued or in which an application for registration or issuance is pending, including,
without limitation, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States
Copyright Office, the various Secretaries of State;
(iii) at any reasonable time, upon request by the Collateral Trustee, allow
inspection of the Collateral during regular business hours by the Collateral Trustee, or
persons designated by the Collateral Trustee (provided that, unless a Secured Debt Default
has occurred and is continuing, no more than one (1) such inspection shall occur per each
twelve-month period);
(iv) at the Collateral Trustee’s reasonable request, appear in and defend any
action or proceeding that may affect such Grantor’s title to or the Collateral Trustee’s
security interest in all or any part of the Collateral; and
(v) furnish the Collateral Trustee with such information regarding the
Collateral, including, without limitation, the location thereof, as the Collateral Trustee
may reasonably request from time to time.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, including without limitation,
Section 7.2(a), Grantor shall not be obligated to make any filings or recordings outside of
the United States solely with respect to the perfection or priority of any security interest in any
such Intellectual Property in connection with this Agreement, and Grantor shall not be responsible for any costs
or expenses arising from any such filings, recordings or other actions made outside of the United
States with respect to any such Intellectual Property in connection with this Agreement, or any
costs or expenses arising from the preparation, execution or delivery or any instruments or
documents relating thereto.
(c) Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral Trustee to file a Record or
Records, including, without limitation, financing or continuation statements, Intellectual Property
Security Agreements and amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, in any jurisdictions
and with any filing offices as may be required by applicable law are necessary to perfect or
otherwise protect the security interest granted to the Collateral Trustee herein. Such financing
statements may describe the Collateral in the same manner as described herein or may contain an
indication or description of collateral that describes such property in any other manner as may be
required by applicable law or is necessary, to ensure the perfection of the security interest in
the Collateral granted to the Collateral Trustee herein,
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including, without limitation, describing
such property as “all assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, developed or created” or
words of similar effect. Each Grantor shall furnish to the Collateral Trustee from time to time
statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports
in connection with the Collateral as the Collateral Trustee may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.
(d) Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral Trustee to modify this Agreement
after obtaining such Grantor’s approval of or signature to such modification by amending
Schedule 5.2 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof) to include reference to any right, title or interest in any
existing Intellectual Property or any Intellectual Property acquired or developed by any Grantor
after the execution hereof or to delete any reference to any right, title or interest in any
Intellectual Property in which any Grantor no longer has or claims any right, title or interest.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Collateral Trustee shall have no
responsibility for the preparing, recording, filing, re-recording, or re-filing of any financing
statement, continuation statement or other instrument in any public office.
7.3 Additional Grantors.
From time to time subsequent to the date hereof,
additional Persons may become parties hereto as additional Grantors (each, an
“Additional Grantor”), by executing a Pledge Supplement. Upon delivery of any
such Pledge Supplement to the Collateral Trustee, notice of which is hereby waived by
Grantors, each Additional Grantor shall be a Grantor and shall be as fully a party
hereto as if the Additional Grantor were an original signatory hereto.
The terms “Material Restricted Subsidiary” and “First Tier Foreign Subsidiary” used in the
following sentence have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. The Company additionally will
execute a Pledge Supplement and take such further actions as are necessary to (A) pledge the
Capital Stock of each Material Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Receivables Entity) and 65% of
each First Tier Foreign Subsidiary (provided that such pledge of the Capital Stock of each First
Tier Foreign Subsidiary shall not require perfection under foreign law) and (B) in each case take
such actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Collateral Trustee a perfected security
interest in any Collateral held by such Material Restricted Subsidiary or such Capital Stock, as
applicable, subject to Permitted Liens.
Each Grantor expressly agrees that its obligations arising hereunder shall not be affected or
diminished by the addition or release of any other Grantor hereunder, nor by any election of
Collateral Trustee not to cause any Subsidiary of the Company to become an Additional Grantor
hereunder. This Agreement shall be fully effective as to any Grantor that is or becomes a party
hereto regardless of whether any other Person becomes or fails to become or ceases to be a Grantor
hereunder.
SECTION 8. COLLATERAL TRUSTEE APPOINTED ATTORNEY-IN-FACT. |
8.1 Power of Attorney.
Until the discharge of Shared Lien Obligations, each
Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Trustee (such appointment being
coupled with an interest) as such Grantor’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in
the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor, the Collateral
Trustee or otherwise, from time to time in the Collateral Trustee’s discretion to take
any action and to execute any instrument that the Collateral Trustee may, acting in
accordance with the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement, deem reasonably necessary
or, in the Collateral Trustee’s reasonable judgment, advisable to
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accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the following:
(a) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Secured Debt Default, to
obtain and adjust insurance required to be maintained by such Grantor or paid to the Collateral
Trustee pursuant to the Shared Lien Documents or the Collateral Trust Agreement;
(b) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Secured Debt Default, to
ask for, demand, collect, xxx for, recover, compound, receive and give acquittance and receipts for
moneys due and to become due under or in respect of any of the Collateral;
(c) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Secured Debt Default, to
receive, endorse and collect any drafts or other instruments, documents and chattel paper in
connection with clause (b) above;
(d) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Secured Debt Default, to
file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings for the collection of any of the
Collateral or otherwise to enforce the rights of the Collateral Trustee with respect to any of the
Collateral;
(e) to prepare and file any UCC financing statements against such Grantor as debtor;
(f) to prepare, sign, and file for recordation in the intellectual property
registry, appropriate evidence of the Lien and security interest granted herein in any Intellectual
Property in the name of such Grantor as debtor;
(g) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Secured Debt Default, to
take or cause to be taken all actions necessary to perform or comply or cause performance or
compliance with the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, access to pay or
discharge taxes or Liens (other than Permitted Liens) levied or placed upon or threatened against
the Collateral, the legality or validity thereof and the amounts necessary to discharge the same,
as reasonably determined by the Collateral Trustee, any such payments made by the Collateral
Trustee to become obligations of such Grantor to the Collateral Trustee, due and payable
immediately without demand; and
(h) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Secured Debt Default,
generally to sell, transfer, lease, license, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or
otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Collateral Trustee
were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and to do, at the Collateral Trustee’s option and
such Grantor’s expense, at any time or from time to time, all acts and things that the Collateral
Trustee, acting in accordance with the Collateral Trust Agreement, determines are reasonably
necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Collateral Trustee’s security
interest therein in order to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as
such Grantor might do.
8.2 | No Duty on the Part of Collateral Trustee or Secured Parties. |
The powers conferred on the Collateral Trustee hereunder are solely to protect the interests of
the Secured Parties in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral
Trustee or any other Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Trustee
and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually
receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their
officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any
act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
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SECTION 9. REMEDIES.
9.1 Generally.
(a) If any Secured Debt Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Collateral Trustee may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to all other rights and
remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it at law or in equity, all the rights and
remedies of the Collateral Trustee on default under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the
affected Collateral) to collect, enforce or satisfy any Secured Obligations then owing, whether by
acceleration or otherwise, and also may, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, pursue
any of the following separately, successively or simultaneously, in each case without demand of
performance or any other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except
any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon Grantor or any Person (all of which
demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived):
(i) require any Grantor to, and each Grantor hereby agrees that it shall at
its expense and promptly upon request of the Collateral Trustee forthwith, assemble all or
part of the Collateral as directed by the Collateral Trustee, in accordance with the terms
of the Collateral Trust Agreement, and make it available to the Collateral Trustee at a
place to be designated by the Collateral Trustee that is reasonably convenient to both
parties;
(ii) enter onto the property where any Collateral is located and take
possession thereof with or without judicial process;
(iii) prior to the disposition of the Collateral, store, process, repair or
recondition the Collateral or otherwise prepare the Collateral for disposition in any manner
to the extent the Collateral Trustee deems appropriate, in accordance with the terms of the
Collateral Trust Agreement; and
(iv) without notice except as specified below or under the UCC, collect,
receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral or any part thereof and/or sell,
assign, lease, license (on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis) or otherwise dispose of the
Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any of
the Collateral Trustee’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery,
at such time or times and at such price or prices and upon such other terms as the
Collateral Trustee may deem commercially reasonable.
(b) The Collateral Trustee or any other Secured Party may be the purchaser of any or
all of the Collateral at any public or private (to the extent to the portion of the Collateral
being privately sold is of a kind that is customarily sold on a recognized market or the subject of
widely distributed standard price quotations) sale in accordance with the UCC and the Collateral
Trustee, as Collateral
Trustee for and representative of the Secured Parties, shall be entitled, for the purpose of
bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the
Collateral sold at any such sale made in accordance with the UCC, to use and apply any of the
Secured Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the
Collateral Trustee at 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 Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives
(to the extent permitted by applicable law) all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal which
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 Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by
law, at least ten (10) days notice to such Grantor (or such greater minimum amount if prescribed by
applicable law) 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 Collateral Trustee shall not be
obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The
Collateral Trustee may
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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. Each Grantor hereby waives any claims against the Collateral
Trustee arising by reason of the fact that the price at which any Collateral may have been sold at
such a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale, even
if the Collateral Trustee accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to
more than one offeree. If the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are
insufficient to pay all the Secured Obligations, Grantors shall be liable for the deficiency and
the fees of any attorneys employed by the Collateral Trustee to collect such deficiency. Each
Grantor further agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section will cause
irreparable injury to the Collateral Trustee, that the Collateral Trustee has no adequate remedy at
law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this
Section shall be specifically enforceable against such Grantor, and such Grantor hereby waives and
agrees not to assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of such covenants
except for a defense that no default has occurred giving rise to the Secured Obligations becoming
due and payable prior to their stated maturities. Nothing in this Section shall in any way limit
the rights of the Collateral Trustee hereunder.
(c) The Collateral Trustee may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties as
to the Collateral. The Collateral Trustee may specifically disclaim or modify any warranties of
title or the like. This procedure will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial
reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.
(d) The Collateral Trustee shall have no obligation to marshal any of the
Collateral.
9.2 Application of Proceeds. All proceeds received by the Collateral Trustee in
respect of any sale, any collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of
the Collateral shall be applied in full or in part by the Collateral Trustee in
accordance with Section 3.4 of the Collateral Trust
Agreement.
9.3 Sales on Credit. If Collateral Trustee sells any of the Collateral upon
credit, Grantor will be credited only with payments actually made by purchaser and
received by Collateral Trustee and applied to indebtedness of the purchaser. In the
event the purchaser fails to pay for the Collateral, Collateral Trustee may resell the
Collateral and Grantor shall be credited with proceeds of the
sale.
9.4 Investment Related Property. Each Grantor recognizes that, by reason of
certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities
laws, the Collateral Trustee may be compelled, with respect to any sale of all or any
part of the Investment Related Property conducted without prior registration or
qualification of such Investment Related Property under the Securities Act and/or
such state securities laws, to limit purchasers to those who will agree, among other
things, to acquire the Investment Related Property for their own account, for
investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor
acknowledges that any such private sale may be at prices and on terms less favorable
than those obtainable through a public sale without such restrictions (including a
public offering made pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act)
and, notwithstanding such circumstances, each Grantor agrees that any such private
sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner and that
the Collateral Trustee shall have no obligation to engage in public sales and no
obligation to delay the sale of any Investment Related Property for the period of
time necessary to permit the issuer thereof to register it for a form of public sale
requiring registration under the Securities Act or under
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applicable state securities
laws, even if such issuer would, or should, agree to so register it. If the
Collateral Trustee determines to exercise its right to sell any or all of the
Investment Related Property, upon written request, each Grantor shall and shall
cause each issuer of any Pledged Stock to be sold hereunder, each partnership and
each limited liability company from time to time to furnish to the Collateral
Trustee all such information as the Collateral Trustee may request in order to
determine the number and nature of interest, shares or other instruments included in
the Investment Related Property which may be sold by the Collateral Trustee in
exempt transactions under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, as the same are from time to time in
effect.
9.5 Grant of Intellectual Property License.
For the purpose of enabling the
Collateral Trustee, during the continuance of a Secured Debt Default, to exercise
rights and remedies under Section 9 hereof at such time as the Collateral
Trustee shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, and for no
other purpose, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Trustee, to the extent
assignable, an irrevocable (during the continuance of a Secured Debt Default),
non-exclusive license, subject, in the case of Trademarks, to sufficient rights to
quality control and inspection in favor of such Grantor to avoid the risk of
invalidation of such Trademarks, to use, assign, license or sublicense and otherwise
exploit any of the Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter owned by such Grantor,
wherever the same may be located and including in such license access to all media in
which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer programs
used for the compilation or printout hereof.
9.6 | Intellectual Property. |
(a) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in addition to the
other rights and remedies provided herein, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a
Secured Debt Default:
(i) the Collateral Trustee shall have the right (but not the obligation) to
bring suit or otherwise commence any action or proceeding in the name of any Grantor, the
Collateral Trustee or otherwise, in the Collateral Trustee’s sole discretion, to enforce any
Intellectual Property rights of such Grantor, in which event such Grantor shall, at the
request of the Collateral Trustee, do any and all lawful acts and execute any and all
documents required by the Collateral Trustee in aid of such enforcement, and such Grantor
shall promptly, upon demand, reimburse
and indemnify the Collateral Trustee as provided in Section 12 hereof in
connection with the exercise of its rights under this Section 9.6;
(ii) upon written demand from the Collateral Trustee, each Grantor shall
grant, assign, convey or otherwise transfer to the Collateral Trustee or such Collateral
Trustee’s designee all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to any
Intellectual Property and shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Trustee such documents
as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement;
(iii) each Grantor agrees that such an assignment and/or recording shall be
applied to reduce the Secured Obligations outstanding only to the extent that the Collateral
Trustee (or any other Secured Party) receives cash proceeds in respect of the sale of, or
other realization upon, any such Intellectual Property;
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(iv) within five (5) Business Days after written notice from the Collateral
Trustee, each Grantor shall make available to the Collateral Trustee, to the extent within
such Grantor’s power and authority, such personnel in such Grantor’s employ on the date of
such Secured Debt Default as the Collateral Trustee may reasonably designate, by name, title
or job responsibility, to permit such Grantor to continue, directly or indirectly, to
produce, advertise and sell the products and services sold or delivered by such Grantor
under or in connection with any Trademarks or Trademark Licenses, such persons to be
available to perform their prior functions on the Collateral Trustee’s behalf and to be
compensated by the Collateral Trustee at such Grantor’s expense on a per diem, pro-rata
basis consistent with the salary and benefit structure applicable to each as of the date of
such Secured Debt Default; and
(v) the Collateral Trustee shall have the right to notify, or require each
Grantor to notify, any obligors with respect to amounts due or to become due to such Grantor
in respect of any Intellectual Property of such Grantor, of the existence of the security
interest created herein, to direct such obligors to make payment of all such amounts
directly to the Collateral Trustee, and, upon such notification and at the expense of such
Grantor, to enforce collection of any such amounts and to adjust, settle or compromise the
amount or payment thereof, in the same manner and to the same extent as such Grantor might
have done;
(1) all amounts and proceeds (including checks and other instruments) received
by Grantor in respect of amounts due to such Grantor in respect of the Collateral or
any portion thereof shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral
Trustee hereunder, shall be segregated from other funds of such Grantor and shall be
forthwith paid over or delivered to the Collateral Trustee in the same form as so
received (with any necessary endorsement) to be held as cash Collateral and applied
as provided by Section 9.7 hereof; and
(2) Grantor shall not adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment of any
such amount or release wholly or partly any obligor with respect thereto or allow
any credit or discount thereon.
(b) If (i) a Secured Debt Default shall have occurred and, by reason of cure,
waiver, modification, amendment or otherwise, no longer be continuing, (ii) no other Secured Debt
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (iii) an assignment or other transfer to the
Collateral Trustee of any rights, title and interests in and to any Intellectual Property of such
Grantor shall have been previously made and shall have become absolute and effective, and (iv) the
Secured Obligations shall not have become immediately due and payable, upon the written request of
any Grantor, the Collateral Trustee
shall promptly execute and deliver to such Grantor, at such Grantor’s sole cost and expense,
such assignments or other transfer as may be necessary to reassign to such Grantor any such rights,
title and interests as may have been assigned to the Collateral Trustee as aforesaid, subject to
any disposition thereof that may have been made by the Collateral Trustee; provided, after giving
effect to such reassignment, the Collateral Trustee’s security interest granted pursuant hereto, as
well as all other rights and remedies of the Collateral Trustee granted hereunder, shall continue
to be in full force and effect; and provided further, the rights, title and interests so reassigned
shall be free and clear of any other Liens granted by or on behalf of the Collateral Trustee and
the Secured Parties.
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SECTION 10. COLLATERAL TRUSTEE.
The Collateral Trustee has been appointed to act as Collateral Trustee hereunder by the Secured
Parties. In furtherance of the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Secured Party, by its
acceptance of the benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon
any of the Collateral hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all
rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Collateral Trustee for the benefit of
Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Section. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Trustee pursuant to this
Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by such Collateral Trustee hereunder are subject
to the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement.
SECTION 11. CONTINUING SECURITY INTEREST.
This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall remain in
full force and effect until the Discharge of Shared Lien Obligations, be binding upon each Grantor,
its successors and assigns, and inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Collateral
Trustee hereunder, to the benefit of the Collateral Trustee and its successors, transferees and
assigns. To the extent a release of Liens upon all or any portion of the Collateral is expressly
contemplated pursuant to the Collateral Trust Agreement and the relevant release provisions of the
Collateral Trust Agreement have been complied with in respect of such Collateral, then upon the
Collateral Trustee’s execution and delivery of such release in accordance with the terms of the
Collateral Trust Agreement, the security interest granted hereby in such Collateral shall be
released of record and all rights to such Collateral shall revert to the Grantors.
Upon any such termination the Collateral Trustee shall, at the Grantors’ expense, execute and
deliver to the Grantors or otherwise authorize the filing of such documents as the Grantors shall
reasonably request and provide, including financing statement amendments to evidence such
termination, the Liens granted herein shall be deemed to be automatically released and such
property shall automatically revert to the applicable Grantor with no further action on the part of
any Person. The Collateral Trustee shall, at the applicable Grantor’s expense, execute and deliver
or otherwise authorize the filing of such documents as Grantors shall reasonably request and
provide, including financing statement amendments to evidence such release.
SECTION 12. STANDARD OF CARE; COLLATERAL TRUSTEE MAY PERFORM.
The powers conferred on the Collateral Trustee hereunder are solely to protect its interest in the
Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. Except for the
exercise of reasonable care in the custody of any Collateral in its possession and the accounting
for moneys actually received by it hereunder, and its duty to release Collateral under Section
11 of this Agreement, the Collateral Trustee shall have no duty as to any Collateral or as to
the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or any other rights
pertaining to any Collateral. Neither the Collateral Trustee nor any of its directors, officers,
employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon all or any part
of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or
otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or otherwise. If any Grantor
fails to perform any agreement contained herein, the Collateral Trustee may (but without an
obligation to do so) itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, and the expenses of
the Collateral Trustee incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by each Grantor under
Section 7.10 of the Collateral Trust
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Agreement. In the performance of its obligations hereunder,
the Collateral Trustee shall be entitled to the same rights, benefits, protections, indemnities and
immunities afforded to it pursuant to the Collateral Trust Agreement.
SECTION 13. MISCELLANEOUS.
Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be given in accordance with
Section 7.7 of the Collateral Trust Agreement. No failure or delay on the part of the Collateral
Trustee in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Shared Lien
Document shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default
or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or
privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right or privilege.
All rights and remedies existing under this Agreement and the other Collateral Trust Agreement are
cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise available. In case any
provision in or obligation under this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations,
or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a
particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be
permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant
shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or a Secured Debt Default if such action is taken or
condition exists. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Collateral
Trustee and the Grantors and their respective successors and assigns. No Grantor shall, without
the prior written consent of the Collateral Trustee given in accordance with the Collateral Trust
Agreement, assign any right, duty or obligation hereunder. This Agreement, the Collateral Trust
Agreement and the other Shared Lien Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between
the Grantors and the Collateral Trustee and supersede all prior agreements and understandings
between such parties relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Accordingly, the
Collateral Trust Agreement may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or
subsequent oral agreements of the parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements between the
parties. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by all parties hereto including in
the Collateral Trustee acting under the authority of the Collateral Trust Agreement. This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
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; signature pages may be
detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all
signature pages are physically attached to the same document. Delivery of an executed signature
page to
this Agreement by facsimile, pdf file or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as
delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND ALL CLAIMS AND
CONTROVERSIES ARISING OUT OF THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT LAW, TORT LAW
OR OTHERWISE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE
APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW
GOVERNING PERFECTION AND THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTEREST).
THE PROVISIONS OF THE COLLATERAL TRUST AGREEMENT UNDER THE HEADINGS “CONSENT TO JURISDICTION” AND
“WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL” ARE INCORPORATED
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HEREIN BY THIS REFERENCE AND SUCH INCORPORATION SHALL
SURVIVE ANY TERMINATION OF THE COLLATERAL TRUST AGREEMENT.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Lien and security interest granted to the
Collateral Trustee pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the
Collateral Trustee hereunder may be subject to the provisions of an ABL Intercreditor Agreement
and/or Receivables Facility Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the
terms of an ABL Intercreditor Agreement or Receivables Facility Intercreditor Agreement and this
Agreement, the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement or Receivables Facility Intercreditor
Agreement shall govern and control.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor and the Collateral Trustee have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first
written above.
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC., as Grantor |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx. X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx. X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
CONEXANT, INC., as Grantor |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx. X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx. X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
CONEXANT SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE, INC., as Grantor |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx. X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx. X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||
BROOKTREE BROADBAND HOLDING, INC., as Grantor |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx. X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx. X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Collateral Trustee |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx XxXxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx XxXxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
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