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EXHIBIT 99.3
EXECUTION COPY
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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
made by
TIME WARNER TELECOM INC.,
TIME WARNER TELECOM HOLDINGS INC.
and certain of its Affiliates
in favor of
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Administrative Agent
Dated as of January___, 2001
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1. DEFINED TERMS..........................................................................................2
1.1 Definitions..........................................................................................2
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions........................................................................5
Section 2. GUARANTEE..............................................................................................5
2.1 Guarantee............................................................................................5
2.2 Right of Contribution................................................................................6
2.3 No Subrogation.......................................................................................6
2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations............................................7
2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional.................................................................7
2.6 Reinstatement........................................................................................8
2.7 Payments.............................................................................................8
Section 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST.............................................................................8
3.1 TWTC Collateral......................................................................................8
3.2 Other Collateral.....................................................................................9
Section 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES........................................................................10
4.1 Title; No Other Liens...............................................................................10
4.2 Perfected First Priority Liens......................................................................10
4.3 Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office................................................10
4.4 Inventory and Equipment.............................................................................10
4.5 Farm Products.......................................................................................10
4.6 Investment Property.................................................................................10
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4.7 Receivables.........................................................................................11
4.8 Intellectual Property...............................................................................11
Section 5. COVENANTS.............................................................................................11
5.1 Delivery of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper..................................11
5.2 Maintenance of Insurance............................................................................12
5.3 Payment of Obligations..............................................................................12
5.4 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation...................................12
5.5 Changes in Locations, Name, etc.....................................................................13
5.6 Notices.............................................................................................13
5.7 Investment Property.................................................................................13
5.8 Receivables.........................................................................................14
5.9 Intellectual Property...............................................................................14
Section 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS...................................................................................16
6.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables.............................................................16
6.2 Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable................................................16
6.3 Pledged Stock.......................................................................................17
6.4 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent..................................................18
6.5 Application of Proceeds.............................................................................18
6.6 Code and Other Remedies.............................................................................18
6.7 Registration Rights.................................................................................19
6.8 Waiver; Deficiency..................................................................................20
Section 7. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT..............................................................................20
7.1 Administrative Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc.........................................20
7.2 Duty of Administrative Agent........................................................................22
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7.3 Execution of Financing Statements...................................................................22
7.4 Authority of Administrative Agent...................................................................22
Section 8. MISCELLANEOUS.........................................................................................23
8.1 Amendments in Writing...............................................................................23
8.2 Notices.............................................................................................23
8.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies.................................................23
8.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification...............................................................23
8.5 Successors and Assigns..............................................................................24
8.6 Set-Off.............................................................................................24
8.7 Counterparts........................................................................................24
8.8 Severability........................................................................................24
8.9 Section Headings....................................................................................25
8.10 Integration........................................................................................25
8.11 GOVERNING LAW......................................................................................25
8.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers................................................................25
8.13 Acknowledgements...................................................................................25
8.14 Additional Grantors................................................................................26
8.15 Releases...........................................................................................26
8.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL...............................................................................26
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SCHEDULES
Schedule 1 Notice Addresses
Schedule 2 Investment Property
Schedule 3 Perfection Matters
Schedule 4 Jurisdictions of Organization and Chief Executive Offices
Schedule 5 Inventory and Equipment Locations
Schedule 6 Intellectual Property
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AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated
as of __________ __, 2001, made by each of the signatories hereto (together with
any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein, the
"Grantors"), in favor of THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as Administrative Agent (in
such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") for the banks and other financial
institutions or entities (the "Lenders") from time to time parties to the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of ________ __, 2001 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement"), among TIME WARNER TELECOM INC. ("TWTC"), TIME
WARNER TELECOM HOLDINGS INC. (the "Borrower"), the Lenders, the Documentation
Agent and the Syndication Agent named therein and the Administrative Agent.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, TWTC, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative
Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agent, and ABN Amro Bank N.V., as
documentation agent, were parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 10,
2000 (the "Existing Credit Agreement"); which was amended and restated in its
entirety by the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, the
Grantors have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent the Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement, dated ___________ (the "Existing Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement");
WHEREAS, the parties to the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement have agreed to (i) amend certain provisions of the Existing Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement, and (ii) restate the Existing Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the
Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;
WHEREAS, the Borrower is a member of an affiliated group of
companies that includes each other Grantor;
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement will be used in part to enable the
Borrower to make valuable transfers to one or more of the other Grantors in
connection with the operation of their respective businesses;
WHEREAS, the Borrower and the other Grantors are engaged in
related businesses, and each Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect
benefit from the making of the extensions of credit under the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement; and
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WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the
Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower under the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and
delivered this Agreement to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of
the Lenders;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions
of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees with the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS
1.1 Definitions. (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms
defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and used herein shall have
the meanings given to them in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, and the
following terms are used herein as defined in the New York UCC: Accounts,
Certificated Security, Chattel Paper, Documents, Equipment, Farm Products,
Instruments and Inventory.
(b) The following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Agreement": this Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.
"Borrower Obligations": the collective reference to the unpaid
principal of and interest on the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and all
other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower (including, without
limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement after the maturity of the Loans and
Reimbursement Obligations and interest accruing at the then applicable rate
provided in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement after the filing of any
petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or
like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for
post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of any Lender Hedge
Agreement, any Affiliate of any Lender), whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which
may arise under, out of, or in connection with, the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement (including, without limitation, the Incremental Facility), this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Letter of Credit, any Lender Hedge
Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection with any
of the foregoing, in each case whether on account of principal, interest,
reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise
(including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Administrative Agent or to the Lenders that are required to be paid by the
Borrower pursuant to the terms of any of the foregoing agreements).
"Collateral": as defined in Section 3.
"Collateral Account": any collateral account established by the
Administrative Agent as provided in Section 6.1 or 6.4.
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"Copyrights": (i) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United
States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether
registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished (including,
without limitation, those listed in Schedule 6), all registrations and
recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including,
without limitation, all registrations, recordings and applications in the United
States Copyright Office, and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.
"Copyright Licenses": any written agreement naming any Grantor as
licensor or licensee (including, without limitation, those listed in Schedule
6), granting any right under any Copyright, including, without limitation, the
grant of rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell materials derived
from any Copyright.
"Deposit Account": as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of any
applicable jurisdiction and, in any event, including, without limitation, any
demand, time, savings, passbook or like account maintained with a depositary
institution.
"Foreign Subsidiary": any Subsidiary organized under the laws of any
jurisdiction outside the United States of America.
"Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock": the voting Capital Stock of any
Foreign Subsidiary.
"General Intangibles": all "general intangibles" as such term is
defined in Section 9-106 of the New York UCC and, in any event, including,
without limitation, with respect to any Grantor, all contracts (other than the
Capacity License Agreements, dated as of July 1, 1998, among Time Warner Cable
Inc. and certain affiliates to Time Warner Telecom LLC), agreements, instruments
and indentures in any form, and portions thereof, to which such Grantor is a
party or under which such Grantor has any right, title or interest or to which
such Grantor or any property of such Grantor is subject, as the same may from
time to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, including, without
limitation, (i) all rights of such Grantor to receive moneys due and to become
due to it thereunder or in connection therewith, (ii) all rights of such Grantor
to damages arising thereunder and (iii) all rights of such Grantor to perform
and to exercise all remedies thereunder, in each case to the extent the terms
thereof do not prohibit the grant by such Grantor of a security interest
pursuant to this Agreement in its right, title and interest therein without the
consent of any other party thereto and do not give any other party thereto the
right to terminate its obligations thereunder (after giving effect to any
consent that has been obtained, it being understood that such Grantor is not
obligated to obtain any such consent); provided, that the foregoing limitation
shall not affect, limit, restrict or impair the grant by such Grantor of a
security interest pursuant to this Agreement in any Receivable or any money or
other amounts due or to become due or other right to payment under any such
contract, agreement, instrument or indenture.
"Guarantor Obligations": with respect to any Guarantor, all obligations
and liabilities of such Guarantor which may arise under or in connection with
this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 2) or any other Loan
Document to which such Guarantor is a party, in each case whether on account of
guarantee obligations, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs,
expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements
of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders that are required to be
paid by such Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document).
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"Guarantors": the collective reference to each Grantor other than TWTC
and the Borrower.
"Intellectual Property": the collective reference to all rights,
priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising
under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including,
without limitation, the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the
Patent Licenses, the Trademarks and the Trademark Licenses, and all rights to
xxx at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof,
including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
"Intercompany Note": any promissory note evidencing loans made by any
Grantor to TWTC or any of its Subsidiaries.
"Investment Property": the collective reference to (i) all "investment
property" as such term is defined in Section 9-115 of the New York UCC (other
than any Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock excluded from the definition of
"Pledged Stock") and (ii) whether or not constituting "investment property" as
so defined, all Pledged Notes and all Pledged Stock.
"Issuers": the collective reference to each issuer of any Investment
Property.
"Lender Hedge Agreements": all Hedge Agreements entered into by the
Borrower with any Lender (or any Affiliate of any Lender).
"New York UCC": the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in
effect in the State of New York.
"Obligations": (i) in the case of the Borrower, the Borrower
Obligations, and (ii) in the case of each Guarantor, its Guarantor Obligations.
"Patents": (i) all letters patent of the United States, any other
country or any political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions
thereof and all goodwill associated therewith, including, without limitation,
any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 6, (ii) all applications for
letters patent of the United States or any other country and all divisions,
continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, including, without limitation,
any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 6, and (iii) all rights to obtain
any reissues or extensions of the foregoing.
"Patent License": all agreements, whether written or oral, providing
for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to manufacture, use or sell any
invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent, including, without
limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 6.
"Pledged Notes": all promissory notes listed on Schedule 2, all
Intercompany Notes at any time issued to any Grantor and all other promissory
notes issued to or held by any Grantor (other than promissory notes issued in
connection with extensions of trade credit by any Grantor in the ordinary course
of business).
"Pledged Stock": the shares of Capital Stock listed on Schedule 2,
together with any other shares, stock certificates, options, interests or rights
of any nature whatsoever in respect of the Capital Stock of any Person that may
be issued or granted to, or held by, any Grantor while
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this Agreement is in effect; provided that in no event (i) shall more than 66%
of the total outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign
Subsidiary be required to be pledged hereunder or (ii) shall any Capital Stock
of a non-Restricted Subsidiary (as defined in the Indenture) be required to be
pledged by TWTC hereunder.
"Proceeds": all "proceeds" as such term is defined in Section 9-306(1)
of the New York UCC and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all
dividends or other income from the Investment Property, collections thereon or
distributions or payments with respect thereto.
"Receivable": any right to payment for goods sold or leased or for
services rendered, whether or not such right is evidenced by an Instrument or
Chattel Paper and whether or not it has been earned by performance (including,
without limitation, any Account).
"Securities Act": the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Trademarks": (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company
names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks,
logos and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated
therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and
recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of
the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common-law rights related thereto,
including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 6,
and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.
"Trademark License": any agreement, whether written or oral, providing
for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to use any Trademark, including,
without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 6 (other than
the Trade Name License Agreement, dated as of July 14, 1998, by and between Time
Warner Inc. and Time Warner Telecom LLC).
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) The words "hereof,"
"herein", "hereto" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this
Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement, and Section and Schedule references are to this
Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(b) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be
equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
(c) Where the context requires, terms relating to the
Collateral or any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer
to such Grantor's Collateral or the relevant part thereof.
SECTION 2. GUARANTEE
2.1 Guarantee. (a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and
severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the Administrative
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and their respective successors,
indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and
performance by the Borrower when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) of the Borrower Obligations.
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(b) Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the
contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be
guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws relating to
the insolvency of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution
established in Section 2.2).
(c) Each Guarantor agrees that the Borrower Obligations may at
any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such
Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 2
or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender
hereunder.
(d) The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in
full force and effect until all the Borrower Obligations and the obligations of
each Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall have been
satisfied by payment in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the
Commitments shall be terminated, notwithstanding that from time to time during
the term of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement the Borrower may be free
from any Borrower Obligations.
(e) No payment made by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors,
any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender from the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any
other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any
set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in
reduction of or in payment of the Borrower Obligations shall be deemed to
modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor
hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment
made by such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Obligations or any payment
received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower
Obligations), remain liable for the Borrower Obligations up to the maximum
liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Borrower Obligations are paid in
full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments are
terminated.
2.2 Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that
to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share
of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and
receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has
not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantor's right of
contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2.3. The
provisions of this Section 2.2 shall in no respect limit the obligations and
liabilities of any Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and
each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
2.3 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment made by any
Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be
subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender
against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or
guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for
the payment of the Borrower Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be
entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower or any
other Guarantor in respect of
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payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders by the Borrower on account of the Borrower
Obligations are paid in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the
Commitments are terminated. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on
account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Borrower
Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such
Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from
other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such
Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received
by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent,
if required), to be applied against the Borrower Obligations, whether matured or
unmatured, in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine.
2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations.
Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without
any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further
assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Borrower
Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be rescinded by
the Administrative Agent or such Lender and any of the Borrower Obligations
continued, and the Borrower Obligations, or the liability of any other Person
upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor
or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in
part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived,
surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, and the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other
documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended,
modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative
Agent (or the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be) may deem
advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of
offset at any time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the
payment of the Borrower Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered
or released. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any
obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it
as security for the Borrower Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this
Section 2 or any property subject thereto.
2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. Each Guarantor
waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any
of the Borrower Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the guarantee contained in this Section
2 or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section 2; the Borrower
Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created,
contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance
upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2; and all dealings between the
Borrower and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively
presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee
contained in this Section 2. Each Guarantor waives diligence, presentment,
protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the
Borrower or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each
Guarantor understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Section 2
shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of
payment without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Borrower
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Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of
offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim
(other than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be
available to or be asserted by the Borrower or any other Person against the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever
(with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower or such Guarantor) which
constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal
discharge of the Borrower for the Borrower Obligations, or of such Guarantor
under the guarantee contained in this Section 2, in bankruptcy or in any other
instance. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and
remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Administrative Agent or any Lender
may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise
pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Borrower, any other
Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee
for the Borrower Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and
any failure by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make any such demand,
to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the
Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such
collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any
release of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such
collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any
Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or
affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a
matter of law, of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against any Guarantor.
For the purposes hereof "demand" shall include the commencement and continuance
of any legal proceedings.
2.6 Reinstatement. The guarantee contained in this Section 2
shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Borrower Obligations is
rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent
or any Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or
reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the
appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar
officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its
property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.
2.7 Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments
hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off or
counterclaim in Dollars at the Funding Office.
SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
3.1 TWTC Collateral. TWTC hereby assigns and transfers to the
Administrative Agent, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in, all of the following
property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by TWTC or in which TWTC
now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest
(collectively, the "TWTC Pledged Collateral"), as collateral security for the
prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Borrower Obligations and the
Guarantor Obligations:
(a) all Pledged Stock; and
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(b) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and
products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and
guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing.
3.2 Other Collateral. Each Grantor (other than TWTC) hereby
assigns and transfers to the Administrative Agent, and hereby grants to the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a security
interest in, all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter
acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the
future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, together with the
TWTC Pledged Collateral, the "Collateral"), as collateral security for the
prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor's Obligations:
(a) all Accounts;
(b) all Chattel Paper;
(c) all Deposit Accounts;
(d) all Documents;
(e) all Equipment;
(f) all General Intangibles;
(g) all Instruments;
(h) all Intellectual Property;
(i) all Inventory;
(j) all Investment Property;
(k) all other property not otherwise described above;
(l) all books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and
(m) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and
products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and
guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding any of the other provisions set forth in this Section 3, this
Agreement shall not constitute an assignment or pledge of, or a grant of a
security interest in or Lien on, any Collateral (a) to the extent that such
assignment, pledge or grant of a security interest or Lien with respect to such
Collateral is prohibited by any applicable Requirement of Law of any
Governmental Authority or (b) to the extent that such assignment, pledge or
grant of a security interest or Lien with respect to such Collateral is
prohibited by, constitutes a breach of, or results in the termination of the
terms of any contract, agreement, instrument or indenture relating to such
Collateral, so long as such contract, agreement, instrument or indenture is
expressly
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permitted by Section 7.13 of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement;
provided, that the foregoing limitation shall not affect, limit, restrict or
impair the grant of a security interest pursuant to this Agreement in any
Receivable or any money or other amounts due or to become due or other right to
payment under any such contract, agreement, instrument or indenture to the
extent a security interest in such Receivable, money or amount due or to become
due is not so limited.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter
into the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make
their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor
hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that:
4.1 Title; No Other Liens. Except for the security interest
granted to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders
pursuant to this Agreement and the other Liens permitted to exist on the
Collateral by the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, such Grantor has title
in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its real property, and
good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its other property that is
Collateral hereunder, and none of such property is subject to any Lien except as
permitted by Section 7.3 of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and except
for any immaterial defects in title.
4.2 Perfected First Priority Liens. This Agreement is
effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
Lenders, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral and
proceeds thereof. In the case of the Pledged Stock, when stock certificates
representing such Pledged Stock are delivered to the Administrative Agent, and
in the case of the other Collateral, when financing statements and other filings
specified on Schedule 3 in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified
on Schedule 3, this Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and
security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Grantors in such
Collateral and the proceeds thereof to the extent perfection may be accomplished
by the filing of such financing statements and other filings, as security for
the Obligations, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person
(except, in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Stock, Liens permitted by
Section 7.3 of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement).
4.3 Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office. On
the date hereof, such Grantor's jurisdiction of organization and the location of
such Grantor's chief executive office or sole place of business are specified on
Schedule 4.
4.4 Inventory and Equipment. On the date hereof, the Inventory
and the Equipment (other than mobile goods) are kept at the locations listed on
Schedule 5.
4.5 Farm Products. None of the Collateral constitutes, or is
the Proceeds of, Farm Products.
4.6 Investment Property. (a) The shares of Pledged Stock
pledged by such Grantor hereunder constitute all the issued and outstanding
shares of all classes of the Capital Stock of each Issuer of Pledged Stock owned
by such Grantor or, in the case of Foreign
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Subsidiary Voting Stock, if less, 66% of the outstanding Foreign Subsidiary
Voting Stock of each relevant Issuer.
(b) All the shares of the Pledged Stock have been duly and
validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
(c) Each of the Pledged Notes constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the obligor with respect thereto, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws
relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, general equitable
principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an
implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
(d) Such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and
has good and marketable title to, the Investment Property pledged by it
hereunder, free of any and all Liens or options in favor of, or claims of, any
other Person, except the security interest created by this Agreement and Liens
permitted by the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
4.7 Receivables. (a) No amount payable to such Grantor under
or in connection with any Receivable in excess of $1,000,000 is evidenced by any
Instrument or Chattel Paper which has not been delivered to the Administrative
Agent.
(b) Governmental Authorities do not constitute obligors with
respect to more than 25% of the aggregate amount of outstanding Receivables.
4.8 Intellectual Property. (a) Schedule 6 lists all
Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor in its own name on the date hereof.
(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 6, on the date hereof,
none of the Intellectual Property is the subject of any licensing or franchise
agreement pursuant to which such Grantor is the licensor or franchisor.
(c) Such Grantor owns, or is licensed to use, all Intellectual
Property necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted. No
material claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or
questioning the use of any Intellectual Property or the validity or
effectiveness of any Intellectual Property, nor does such Grantor know of any
valid basis for any such claim. The use of Intellectual Property by such Grantor
does not infringe on the rights of any Person in any material respect.
SECTION 5. COVENANTS
Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the
Obligations shall have been paid in full, no Letter of Credit shall be
outstanding and the Commitments shall have terminated:
5.1 Delivery of Instruments, Certificated Securities and
Chattel Paper. If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the
Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any Instrument, Certificated Security
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or Chattel Paper, such Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper shall
be promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent, duly indorsed in blank by an
effective indorsement that is undated (unless the Administrative Agent shall
specify another form of indorsement), to be held as Collateral pursuant to this
Agreement. It is understood and agreed that Indebtedness between the Borrower
and any of its Subsidiaries, if any, need not be evidenced by notes.
5.2 Maintenance of Insurance. (a) Such Grantor will maintain
with financially sound and reputable companies insurance on all its property in
at least such amounts and against at least such risks (but including in any
event public liability, product liability and business interruption) as are
usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the
same or a similar business.
(b) All such insurance shall (i) provide that no cancellation,
material reduction in amount or material change in coverage thereof shall be
effective until at least 30 days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of
written notice thereof, (ii) name the Administrative Agent as additional insured
for liability policies and as loss payee for casualty policies (as its interest
may appear) for any casualty loss in excess of $10,000,000 per occurrence, (iii)
if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, include a breach of
warranty clause and (iv) be reasonably satisfactory in all other respects to the
Administrative Agent.
(c) The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders a report of a reputable insurance broker with respect to such
insurance substantially concurrently with each delivery of the Borrower's
audited annual financial statements.
5.3 Payment of Obligations. Such Grantor will pay, discharge
or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as
the case may be, all its material obligations of whatever nature except where
the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect
thereto have been provided on the books of such Grantor, as the case may be.
5.4 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further
Documentation. (a) Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by
this Agreement as a perfected security interest having at least the priority
described in Section 4.2 and shall defend such security interest against the
claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.
(b) Such Grantor will furnish to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and
describing the assets and property of such Grantor and such other reports in
connection therewith as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in
reasonable detail.
(c) At any time and from time to time, upon the written
request of the Administrative Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor,
such Grantor will promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such
further instruments and documents and take such further actions as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or
preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers
herein granted, including, without limitation, (i) filing any financing or
continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar
laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests
created hereby and (ii) in the case of Investment Property, Deposit
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Accounts and any other relevant Collateral, taking any actions necessary to
enable the Administrative Agent to obtain "control" (within the meaning of the
applicable Uniform Commercial Code) with respect to the perfection of a security
interest.
5.5 Changes in Locations, Name, etc. Such Grantor will not,
unless it gives written notice to the Administrative Agent within 30 days
thereafter and delivers to the Administrative Agent (a) all additional executed
financing statements and other documents reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the
security interests provided for herein and (b) if applicable, a written
supplement to Schedule 5 showing any additional location at which Inventory or
Equipment shall be kept:
(i) permit any of the Inventory or Equipment to be kept at a
location other than those listed on Schedule 5;
(ii) change its jurisdiction of organization or the location
of its chief executive office or sole place of business from that
referred to in Section 4.3; or
(iii) change its name, identity or corporate or other
organizational structure to such an extent that any financing statement
filed by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement
would become misleading.
5.6 Notices. Such Grantor will advise the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders promptly, in reasonable detail, upon obtaining knowledge of:
(a) any Lien (other than security interests created hereby or
Liens permitted under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) on any of the
Collateral which would adversely affect the ability of the Administrative Agent
to exercise any of its remedies hereunder; and
(b) of the occurrence of any other event which could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value
of the Collateral or on the security interests created hereby.
5.7 Investment Property. (a) If such Grantor shall become
entitled to receive or shall receive any certificate (including, without
limitation, any certificate representing a dividend or a distribution in
connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any
certificate issued in connection with any reorganization), option or rights in
respect of the Capital Stock of any Issuer, whether in addition to, in
substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange for, any shares of the
Pledged Stock, or otherwise in respect thereof, such Grantor shall accept the
same as the agent of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, hold the same in
trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and deliver the same
forthwith to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received, duly indorsed
by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if required, together with an
undated stock power covering such certificate duly executed in blank by such
Grantor and with, if the Administrative Agent so requests, signature guaranteed,
to be held by the Administrative Agent, subject to the terms hereof, as
additional collateral security for the Obligations. Any sums paid upon or in
respect of the Pledged Stock upon the liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer
shall be paid over to the Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as
additional collateral security for the Obligations, and in case any distribution
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capital shall be made on or in respect of the Pledged Stock or any property
shall be distributed upon or with respect to the Pledged Stock pursuant to the
recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of any Issuer or pursuant to
the reorganization thereof, the property so distributed shall, unless otherwise
subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent,
be delivered to the Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as
additional collateral security for the Obligations. If any sums of money or
property so paid or distributed in respect of the Pledged Stock shall be
received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall, until such money or property is
paid or delivered to the Administrative Agent, hold such money or property in
trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other funds
of such Grantor, as additional collateral security for the Obligations.
(b) Without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), such Grantor will not (i)
vote to enable, or take any other action to permit, any Issuer of Pledged Stock
to issue any Capital Stock of any nature or to issue any other securities
convertible into or granting the right to purchase or exchange for any Capital
Stock of any nature of any Issuer of Pledged Stock, (ii) sell, assign, transfer,
exchange, or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, the
Pledged Stock or Proceeds thereof (except pursuant to a transaction expressly
permitted by the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement), (iii) create, incur or
permit to exist any Lien or option in favor of, or any claim of any Person with
respect to, any of the Pledged Stock or Proceeds thereof, or any interest
therein, except for the security interests created by or permitted by this
Agreement or (iv) except as permitted by Section 7.13 of the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, enter into any agreement or undertaking restricting
the right or ability of such Grantor or the Administrative Agent to sell, assign
or transfer any of the Pledged Stock or Proceeds thereof.
(c) In the case of each Grantor which is an Issuer, such
Issuer agrees that (i) it will be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating
to the Investment Property issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar
as such terms are applicable to it, (ii) it will notify the Administrative Agent
promptly in writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section
5.7(a) with respect to the Investment Property issued by it and (iii) the terms
of Sections 6.3(c) and 6.7 shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to
all actions that may be required of it pursuant to Section 6.3(c) or 6.7 with
respect to the Investment Property issued by it.
5.8 Receivables. (a) Other than in the ordinary course of
business consistent with its past practice, such Grantor will not (i) grant any
extension of the time of payment of any Receivable, (ii) compromise or settle
any Receivable for less than the full amount thereof, (iii) release, wholly or
partially, any Person liable for the payment of any Receivable, (iv) allow any
credit or discount whatsoever on any Receivable or (v) amend, supplement or
modify any Receivable in any manner that could adversely affect the value
thereof.
(b) Such Grantor will deliver to the Administrative Agent a
copy of each material demand, notice or document received by it that questions
or calls into doubt the validity or enforceability of more than 5% of the
aggregate amount of the then outstanding Receivables.
5.9 Intellectual Property. (a) Such Grantor will (i) continue
to use each material Trademark on each and every trademark class of goods
applicable to its current line as reflected in its current catalogs, brochures
and price lists in order to maintain such Trademark in full force
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free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (ii) maintain as in the past the
quality of products and services offered under such Trademark, (iii) use such
Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration and all other notices and
legends required by applicable Requirements of Law, (iv) not adopt or use any
xxxx which is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of such Trademark
unless the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, shall
obtain a perfected security interest in such xxxx pursuant to this Agreement,
and (v) not do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby such Trademark
may become invalidated or impaired in any way.
(b) Such Grantor will not do any act, or omit to do any act,
whereby any material Patent may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the
public.
(c) Such Grantor (i) will employ each material Copyright and
(ii) will not do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any material
portion of the Copyrights may become invalidated or otherwise impaired. Such
Grantor will not do any act whereby any material portion of the Copyrights may
fall into the public domain.
(d) Such Grantor will not do any act that knowingly uses any
material Intellectual Property to infringe the intellectual property rights of
any other Person.
(e) Such Grantor will notify the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders promptly if it knows that any application or registration relating to
any material Intellectual Property is likely to become forfeited, abandoned or
dedicated to the public, or of any material adverse determination or development
(including, without limitation, the institution of, or any such determination or
development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
the United States Copyright Office or any court or tribunal in any country)
regarding such Grantor's ownership of, or the validity of, any material
Intellectual Property or such Grantor's right to register the same or to own and
maintain the same.
(f) Whenever such Grantor, either by itself or through any
agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall file an application for the
registration of any Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or
agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, such Grantor
shall report such filing to the Administrative Agent within five Business Days
after the last day of the fiscal quarter in which such filing occurs. Upon
request of the Administrative Agent, such Grantor shall execute and deliver, and
have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Administrative
Agent's and the Lenders' security interest in any Copyright, Patent or Trademark
and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or
represented thereby.
(g) Such Grantor will take all reasonable and necessary steps,
including, without limitation, in any proceeding before the United States Patent
and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office
or agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain
and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to
maintain each registration of the material Intellectual Property, including,
without limitation, filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use and
affidavits of incontestability.
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(h) In the event that any material Intellectual Property is
infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall,
unless such Grantor shall reasonably determine such Intellectual Property would
not reasonably be likely to, in the aggregate, affect the economic value of the
Intellectual Property, taken as a whole, (i) take such actions as such Grantor
shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such
Intellectual Property and (ii) if such Intellectual Property is of material
economic value, promptly notify the Administrative Agent after it learns thereof
and take all reasonable steps to terminate the infringement, misappropriation or
dilution.
SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS
6.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables. (a) Upon
obtaining prior consent from TWTC (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld) or at any time during the occurrence or continuance of a Default or
Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall have the right to make test
verifications of the Receivables in any manner and through any medium that it
reasonably considers advisable, and each Grantor shall furnish all such
assistance and information as the Administrative Agent may require in connection
with such test verifications.
(b) The Administrative Agent hereby authorizes each Grantor to
collect such Grantor's Receivables, subject to the Administrative Agent's
direction and control, and the Administrative Agent may curtail or terminate
said authority at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default. If required by the Administrative Agent at any time after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payments of
Receivables, when collected by any Grantor, (i) shall be forthwith (and, in any
event, within two Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form
received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent if required,
in a Collateral Account maintained under the sole dominion and control of the
Administrative Agent, subject to withdrawal by the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Lenders only as provided in Section 6.5, and (ii) until so turned
over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Grantor. Each such deposit of
Proceeds of Receivables shall be accompanied by a report identifying in
reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit.
(c) At the Administrative Agent's request, each Grantor shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent all original and other documents evidencing,
and relating to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the
Receivables, including, without limitation, all original orders, invoices and
shipping receipts.
6.2 Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable. (a)
The Administrative Agent in its own name or in the name of others may at any
time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default
communicate with obligors under the Receivables to verify with them to the
Administrative Agent's satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any
Receivables.
(b) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent at any time
after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each
Grantor shall notify obligors on the Receivables that the Receivables have been
assigned to the Administrative Agent for the ratable
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benefit of the Lenders and that payments in respect thereof shall be made
directly to the Administrative Agent.
(c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each
Grantor shall remain liable under each of the Receivables to observe and perform
all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it
thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise
thereto. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any
obligation or liability under any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise
thereto) by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender of any payment relating thereto, nor shall
the Administrative Agent or any Lender be obligated in any manner to perform any
of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Receivable (or any
agreement giving rise thereto), to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to
the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the
sufficiency of any performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any
claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment
of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled
at any time or times.
6.3 Pledged Stock. (a) Unless an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing and the Administrative Agent shall have given notice
to the relevant Grantor of the Administrative Agent's intent to exercise its
corresponding rights pursuant to Section 6.3(b), each Grantor shall be permitted
to receive all cash dividends paid in respect of the Pledged Stock and all
payments made in respect of the Pledged Notes, in each case to the extent
permitted in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, and to exercise all
voting and corporate or other organizational rights with respect to the
Investment Property; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or corporate
or other organizational right exercised or other action taken which, in such
Grantor's reasonable judgment, would impair the Collateral or which would be
inconsistent with or result in any violation of any provision of the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(b) If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and
the Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to exercise such rights
to the relevant Grantor or Grantors, (i) the Administrative Agent shall have the
right to receive any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in
respect of the Investment Property and make application thereof to the
Obligations in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine, and (ii)
any or all of the Investment Property shall be registered in the name of the
Administrative Agent or its nominee, and the Administrative Agent or its nominee
may thereafter exercise (x) all voting, corporate and other rights pertaining to
such Investment Property at any meeting of shareholders of the relevant Issuer
or Issuers or otherwise and (y) any and all rights of conversion, exchange and
subscription and any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to such
Investment Property as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including, without
limitation, the right to exchange at its discretion any and all of the
Investment Property upon the merger, consolidation, reorganization,
recapitalization or other fundamental change in the corporate or other
organizational structure of any Issuer, or upon the exercise by any Grantor or
the Administrative Agent of any right, privilege or option pertaining to such
Investment Property, and in connection therewith, the right to deposit and
deliver any and all of the Investment Property with any committee, depositary,
transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and
conditions as the Administrative Agent may determine), all without liability
except to account for property
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actually received by it, but the Administrative Agent shall have no duty to any
Grantor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and shall not be
responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing.
(c) Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer
of any Investment Property pledged by such Grantor hereunder to (i) comply with
any instruction received by it from the Administrative Agent in writing that (x)
states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) is
otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or
further instructions from such Grantor, and each Grantor agrees that each Issuer
shall be fully protected in so complying, and (ii) unless otherwise expressly
permitted hereby, pay any dividends or other payments with respect to the
Investment Property directly to the Administrative Agent.
6.4 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent. In
addition to the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders specified in
Section 6.1 with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Event of Default
shall occur and be continuing, all Proceeds received by any Grantor consisting
of cash, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor in trust
for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other funds of
such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over
to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly
indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if required). All Proceeds
received by the Administrative Agent following the occurrence and continuance of
an Event of Default hereunder shall be held by the Administrative Agent in a
Collateral Account maintained under its sole dominion and control. All Proceeds
while held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral Account (or by such
Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) shall continue to
be held as collateral security for all the Obligations and shall not constitute
payment thereof until applied as provided in Section 6.5.
6.5 Application of Proceeds. At such intervals as may be
agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, or, if an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time at the Administrative
Agent's election, the Administrative Agent may apply all or any part of Proceeds
constituting Collateral, whether or not held in any Collateral Account, in
payment of the Obligations in such order as the Administrative Agent may elect,
and any part of such funds which the Administrative Agent elects not so to apply
and deems not required as collateral security for the Obligations shall be paid
over from time to time by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower or to
whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same. Any balance of such
Proceeds remaining after the Obligations shall have been paid in full, no
Letters of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall have terminated
shall be paid over to the Borrower or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to
receive the same.
6.6 Code and Other Remedies. If an Event of Default shall
occur and be continuing, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, may
exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to them in this
Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or
relating to the Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under
the New York UCC or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Administrative Agent, without demand of performance or other
demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any
notice required by
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law referred to below) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each
of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may
in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon
the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign,
give option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the
Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one
or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker's
board or office of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or elsewhere upon such
terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem
best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any
credit risk. The Administrative Agent or any Lender shall have the right upon
any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any
such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral
so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Grantor, which right
or equity is hereby waived and released. Each Grantor further agrees, at the
Administrative Agent's request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available
to the Administrative Agent at places which the Administrative Agent shall
reasonably select, whether at such Grantor's premises or elsewhere. The
Administrative Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it
pursuant to this Section 6.6, after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses
of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or
safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or
the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder, including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements, to the payment
in whole or in part of the Obligations, in such order as the Administrative
Agent may elect, and only after such application and after the payment by the
Administrative Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law,
including, without limitation, Section 9-504(1)(c) of the New York UCC, need the
Administrative Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor. To the
extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages and
demands it may acquire against the Administrative Agent or any Lender arising
out of the exercise by them of any rights hereunder. If any notice of a proposed
sale or other disposition of Collateral shall be required by law, such notice
shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least 10 days before such sale
or other disposition.
6.7 Registration Rights. (a) If the Administrative Agent shall
determine to exercise its right to sell any or all of the Pledged Stock pursuant
to Section 6.6, and if in the opinion of the Administrative Agent it is
necessary or advisable to have the Pledged Stock, or that portion thereof to be
sold, registered under the provisions of the Securities Act, the relevant
Grantor will cause the Issuer thereof to (i) execute and deliver, and cause the
directors and officers of such Issuer to execute and deliver, all such
instruments and documents, and do or cause to be done all such other acts as may
be, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, necessary or advisable to
register the Pledged Stock, or that portion thereof to be sold, under the
provisions of the Securities Act, (ii) use its best efforts to cause the
registration statement relating thereto to become effective and to remain
effective for a period of one year from the date of the first public offering of
the Pledged Stock, or that portion thereof to be sold, and (iii) make all
amendments thereto and/or to the related prospectus which, in the opinion of the
Administrative Agent, are necessary or advisable, all in conformity with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission applicable thereto. Each Grantor agrees to
cause such Issuer to comply with the provisions of the securities or "Blue Sky"
laws of any and all jurisdictions which the Administrative Agent shall designate
and to
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make available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, an earnings
statement (which need not be audited) which will satisfy the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.
(b) Each Grantor recognizes that the Administrative Agent may
be unable to effect a public sale of any or all the Pledged Stock, by reason of
certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state
securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more
private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged
to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account
for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each
Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices
and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and,
notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be
deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. The Administrative
Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Stock
for the period of time necessary to permit the Issuer thereof to register such
securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state
securities laws, even if such Issuer would agree to do so.
(c) Each Grantor agrees to use its best efforts to do or cause
to be done all such other acts as may be necessary to make such sale or sales of
all or any portion of the Pledged Stock pursuant to this Section 6.7 valid and
binding and in compliance with any and all other applicable Requirements of Law.
Each Grantor further agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in
this Section 6.7 will cause irreparable injury to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders, that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have no adequate
remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and
every covenant contained in this Section 6.7 shall be specifically enforceable
against such Grantor, and such Grantor hereby waives and agrees not to assert
any defenses against an action for specific performance of such covenants except
for a defense that no Event of Default has occurred under the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement.
6.8 Waiver; Deficiency. Each Grantor waives and agrees not to
assert any rights or privileges which it may acquire under Section 9-112 of the
New York UCC. Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the
proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to
pay its Obligations and the fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by
the Administrative Agent or any Lender to collect such deficiency.
SECTION 7. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
7.1 Administrative Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact,
etc. (a) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the
Administrative Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of
substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable
power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of
such Grantor or in its own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of
this Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and
all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish
the purposes of this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, each Grantor hereby gives the Administrative Agent the power and
right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor,
to do any or all of the following:
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(i) in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise,
take possession of and indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes,
acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due under
any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral and file any
claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or
equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent for
the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any
Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;
(ii) in the case of any Intellectual Property, execute and
deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments,
documents and papers as the Administrative Agent may request to
evidence the Administrative Agent's and the Lenders' security interest
in such Intellectual Property and the goodwill and general intangibles
of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;
(iii) pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or
threatened against the Collateral, effect any repairs or any insurance
called for by the terms of this Agreement and pay all or any part of
the premiums therefor and the costs thereof;
(iv) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in
Section 6.6 or 6.7, any indorsements, assignments or other instruments
of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral; and
(v) (1) direct any party liable for any payment under any of
the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become
due thereunder directly to the Administrative Agent or as the
Administrative Agent shall direct; (2) ask or demand for, collect, and
receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and
other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising
out of any Collateral; (3) sign and indorse any invoices, freight or
express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts
against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other
documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (4) commence and
prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any
court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any
portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any
Collateral; (5) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against
such Grantor with respect to any Collateral; (6) settle, compromise or
adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection
therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Administrative Agent
may deem appropriate; (7) assign any Copyright, Patent or Trademark
(along with the goodwill of the business to which any such Copyright,
Patent or Trademark pertains), throughout the world for such term or
terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as the Administrative
Agent shall in its sole discretion determine; and (8) generally, sell,
transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise
deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the
Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes,
and do, at the Administrative Agent's option and such Grantor's
expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which
the Administrative Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or
realize upon the Collateral and the Administrative Agent's and the
Lenders' security interests therein and to effect the intent of this
Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.
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Anything in this Section 7.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Administrative Agent agrees that it will not exercise any rights under the power
of attorney provided for in this Section 7.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing.
(b) If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its
agreements contained herein, the Administrative Agent, at its option, but
without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause
performance or compliance, with such agreement.
(c) The expenses of the Administrative Agent incurred in
connection with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 7.1, together
with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the highest rate per annum at
which interest would then be payable on any category of past due ABR Loans under
the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, from the date of payment by the
Administrative Agent to the date reimbursed by the relevant Grantor, shall be
payable by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent on demand.
(d) Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and
agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are
irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests
created hereby are released.
7.2 Duty of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent's
sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of
the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the New York UCC or
otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Administrative
Agent deals with similar property for its own account. Neither the
Administrative Agent, any Lender nor any of their respective officers,
directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or
realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be
under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the
request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action
whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers
conferred on the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder are solely to
protect the Administrative Agent's and the Lenders' interests in the Collateral
and shall not impose any duty upon the Administrative Agent or any Lender to
exercise any such powers. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be
accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the
exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors,
employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure
to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
7.3 Execution of Financing Statements. Pursuant to Section
9-402 of the New York UCC and any other applicable law, each Grantor authorizes
the Administrative Agent to file or record financing statements and other filing
or recording documents or instruments with respect to the Collateral without the
signature of such Grantor in such form and in such offices as the Administrative
Agent determines appropriate to perfect the security interests of the
Administrative Agent under this Agreement. A photographic or other reproduction
of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement or other filing
or recording document or instrument for filing or recording in any jurisdiction.
7.4 Authority of Administrative Agent. Each Grantor
acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Administrative Agent
under this Agreement with respect to any
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action taken by the Administrative Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the
Administrative Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other
right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this
Agreement shall, as between the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, be
governed by the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and by such other
agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but,
as between the Administrative Agent and the Grantors, the Administrative Agent
shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Lenders with full
and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be
under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such
authority.
SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of
this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except
in accordance with Section 10.1 of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
8.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the
Administrative Agent or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner
provided for in Section 10.2 of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement;
provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Guarantor shall
be addressed to such Guarantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 1.
8.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies.
Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall by any act (except by a
written instrument pursuant to Section 8.1), delay, indulgence, omission or
otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have
acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any
delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any
right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single
or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude
any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power
or privilege. A waiver by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any right or
remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any
right or remedy which the Administrative Agent or such Lender would otherwise
have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are
cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any
other rights or remedies provided by law.
8.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification. (a) Each Guarantor
agrees to pay or reimburse each Lender and the Administrative Agent for all its
costs and expenses incurred in collecting against such Guarantor under the
guarantee contained in Section 2 or otherwise enforcing or preserving any rights
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a
party, including, without limitation, the fees and disbursements of counsel to
each Lender and of counsel to the Administrative Agent.
(b) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders harmless from, any and all liabilities with
respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise,
sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable with
respect to any of the Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
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(c) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders harmless from, any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the
execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this
Agreement to the extent the Borrower would be required to do so pursuant to
Section 10.5 of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
(d) The agreements in this Section 8.4 shall survive repayment
of the Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
8.5 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding
upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit
of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their successors and assigns;
provided that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or
obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent.
8.6 Set-Off. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the
Administrative Agent and each Lender at any time and from time to time while an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, without notice to such
Grantor or any other Grantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each
Grantor, to set-off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or
special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other
credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or
owing by the Administrative Agent or such Lender to or for the credit or the
account of such Grantor, or any part thereof in such amounts as the
Administrative Agent or such Lender may elect, against and on account of the
obligations and liabilities of such Grantor to the Administrative Agent or such
Lender hereunder and claims of every nature and description of the
Administrative Agent or such Lender against such Grantor, in any currency,
whether arising hereunder, under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, any
other Loan Document or otherwise (subject to applicable grace periods), as the
Administrative Agent or such Lender may elect, whether or not the Administrative
Agent or any Lender has made any demand for payment and although such
obligations, liabilities and claims may be contingent or unmatured. The
Administrative Agent and each Lender shall notify such Grantor promptly of any
such set-off and the application made by the Administrative Agent or such Lender
of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not
affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of the
Administrative Agent and each Lender under this Section 8.6 are in addition to
other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of
set-off) which the Administrative Agent or such Lender may have.
8.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or
more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts
(including by telecopy), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be
deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
8.8 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
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such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
8.9 Section Headings. The Section headings used in this
Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the
construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.
8.10 Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
represent the agreement of the Grantors, the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no
promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender relative to subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly
set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.
8.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
8.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each Grantor hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it
is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect
thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of
New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District
of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought
in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the
venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or
proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim
the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or
proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified
mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such
Grantor at its address referred to in Section 8.2 or at such other address of
which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to
effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit
the right to xxx in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any
right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred
to in this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
8.13 Acknowledgements. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation,
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which
it is a party;
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(b) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any
fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Grantor arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the
relationship between the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent
and Lenders, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely
that of debtor and creditor; and
(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan
Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby
among the Lenders or among the Grantors and the Lenders.
8.14 Additional Grantors. Each Subsidiary of TWTC that is
required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.9 of the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement shall become a Grantor for all purposes of
this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of an Assumption
Agreement in the form of Annex 1 hereto.
8.15 Releases. (a) At such time as the Loans, the
Reimbursement Obligations and the other Obligations (other than Obligations in
respect of Lender Hedge Agreements) shall have been paid in full, the
Commitments have been terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding,
the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created hereby, and this
Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such
termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Grantor hereunder shall
terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by
any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantors. At the
request and sole expense of any Grantor following any such termination, the
Administrative Agent shall deliver to such Grantor any Collateral held by the
Administrative Agent hereunder, and execute and deliver to such Grantor such
documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.
(b) If any of the Collateral shall be sold, transferred or
otherwise disposed of by any Grantor in a transaction permitted by the Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement, then the Administrative Agent, at the request and
sole expense of such Grantor, shall execute and deliver to such Grantor all
releases or other documents reasonably necessary or desirable for the release of
the Liens created hereby on such Collateral. At the request and sole expense of
TWTC, a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released from its obligations hereunder in
the event that all the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be sold,
transferred or otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement; provided that the Borrower shall have delivered
to the Administrative Agent, at least ten Business Days prior to the date of the
proposed release, a written request for release identifying the relevant
Subsidiary Guarantor and the terms of the sale or other disposition in
reasonable detail, including the price thereof and any expenses in connection
therewith, together with a certification by the Borrower stating that such
transaction is in compliance with the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents.
8.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING
TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the
date first above written.
TIME WARNER TELECOM INC.
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM HOLDINGS
INC.
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
INTERNET CONNECT, INC.
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM HOLDINGS II
LLC
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its sole member
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM GENERAL
PARTNERSHIP
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its general partner
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
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METROCOMM, INC.
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
METROCOMM AXS, L.P.
By: Metrocomm, Inc., its general
partner
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
By: Time Warner Telecom of Ohio,
L.P., its general partner
By: Time Warner Telecom General
Partnership, its general partner
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its general partner
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF ILLINOIS
LLC
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its sole member
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF COLORADO
LLC
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its sole member
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF MINNESOTA
LLC
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its sole member
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By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF SOUTH
CAROLINA LLC
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its sole member
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF
CALIFORNIA, L.P.
By: Time Warner Telecom General
Partnership, its general partner
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its general partner
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF FLORIDA,
L.P.
By: Time Warner Telecom General
Partnership, its general partner
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its general partner
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF GEORGIA,
L.P.
By: Time Warner Telecom General
Partnership, its general partner
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its general partner
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By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF HAWAII,
L.P.
By: Time Warner Telecom General
Partnership, its general partner
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its general partner
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF INDIANA,
L.P.
By: Time Warner Telecom General
Partnership, its general partner
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its general partner
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF THE
MID-SOUTH, L.P.
By: Time Warner Telecom General
Partnership, its general partner
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its general partner
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF NEW
JERSEY, L.P.
By: Time Warner Telecom General
Partnership, its general partner
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its general partner
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By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM - N.Y., L.P.
By: Time Warner Telecom General
Partnership, its general partner
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its general partner
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF OHIO,
L.P.
By: Time Warner Telecom General
Partnership, its general partner
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its general partner
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF TEXAS,
L.P.
By: Time Warner Telecom General
Partnership, its general partner
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its general partner
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
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TIME WARNER TELECOM OF
WISCONSIN, L.P.
By: Time Warner Telecom General
Partnership, its general partner
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its general partner
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF NORTH
CAROLINA, L.P.
By: Time Warner Telecom General
Partnership, its general partner
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its general partner
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF ARIZONA
LLC
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its sole member
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF IDAHO LLC
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its sole member
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF NEVADA
LLC
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its sole member
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
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TIME WARNER TELECOM OF NEW
MEXICO LLC
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its sole member
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF OREGON
LLC
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its sole member
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF UTAH LLC
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its sole member
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
TIME WARNER TELECOM OF
WASHINGTON LLC
By: Time Warner Telecom Holdings
Inc., its sole member
By:
-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
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Schedule 1
NOTICE ADDRESSES OF GUARANTORS
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Schedule 2
DESCRIPTION OF INVESTMENT PROPERTY
PLEDGED STOCK:
Issuer Class of Stock Stock Certificate No. No. of Shares
------ -------------- --------------------- -------------
PLEDGED NOTES:
Issuer Payee Principal Amount
------ ----- ----------------
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Schedule 3
FILINGS AND OTHER ACTIONS
REQUIRED TO PERFECT SECURITY INTERESTS
Uniform Commercial Code Filings
[List each office where a financing statement is to be filed]
Patent and Trademark Filings
[List all filings]
Actions with respect to Pledged Stock
Other Actions
[Describe other actions to be taken]
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Schedule 4
LOCATION OF JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Jurisdiction of Location of Chief
Grantor Organization Executive Office
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Schedule 5
LOCATIONS OF INVENTORY AND EQUIPMENT
Grantor Locations
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Schedule 6
COPYRIGHTS AND COPYRIGHT LICENSES
PATENTS AND PATENT LICENSES
TRADEMARKS AND TRADEMARK LICENSES
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONSENT
The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement dated as of December __, 2000 (the "Agreement"), made
by the Grantors parties thereto for the benefit of THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as
Administrative Agent. The undersigned agrees for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders as follows:
1. The undersigned will be bound by the terms of the Agreement and will
comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to the undersigned.
2. The undersigned will notify the Administrative Agent promptly in
writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 5.7(a) of
the Agreement.
3. The terms of Sections 6.3(c) and 6.7 of the Agreement shall apply to
it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions that may be required of it
pursuant to Section 6.3(c) or 6.7 of the Agreement.
[NAME OF ISSUER]
By:
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Name:
Title:
Address for Notices:
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Fax:
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Annex 1 to
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of ________________, 200_, made
by ______________________________ (the "Additional Grantor"), in favor of THE
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent") for the banks and other financial institutions or
entities (the "Lenders") parties to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
referred to below. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in such Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
WITNESSETH :
WHEREAS, TIME WARNER TELECOM INC. ("TWTC"), TIME WARNER
TELECOM HOLDINGS INC. (the "Borrower"), the Lenders, the Documentation Agent and
the Syndication Agent named therein and the Administrative Agent have entered
into a Credit Agreement, dated as of April 10, 2000 (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement");
WHEREAS, in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Borrower
and certain of its Affiliates (other than the Additional Grantor) have entered
into the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of December __, 2000 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement") in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit
of the Lenders;
WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement requires the Additional Grantor
to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Additional Grantor has agreed to execute and
deliver this Assumption Agreement in order to become a party to the Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:
1. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. By executing and
delivering this Assumption Agreement, the Additional Grantor, as provided in
Section 8.14 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, hereby becomes a party
to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as a Grantor thereunder with the same
force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all
obligations and liabilities of a Grantor thereunder. The information set forth
in Annex 1-A hereto is hereby added to the information set forth in the
Schedules to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. The Additional Grantor
hereby represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties
contained in Section 4 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is true and
correct on and as the date hereof (after giving effect to this Assumption
Agreement) as if made on and as of such date.
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2. Governing Law. THIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assumption
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
[ADDITIONAL GRANTOR]
By:
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Name:
Title:
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Annex 1-A to
Assumption Agreement
Annex-1
