AMENDED AND RESTATED CONTINUING GENERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 4.07
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AMENDED AND RESTATED CONTINUING GENERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of the 28th day of October, 2010, made by NAPCO SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Obligor”), to HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”) for the benefit of the Secured Creditors (as hereinafter defined).
E. Obligor, the Collateral Agent and certain lenders have entered into a certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 28, 2010 (the “Credit Agreement”).
F. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, Obligor is receiving Loans and other financial accommodations from the lenders named therein (each a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”).
G. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, Obligor is required to grant to the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Creditors, security and assurance in order to secure the payment and performance by Obligor of all of its present and future Obligations (as defined below).
Obligor represents and warrants that set forth on Schedule I hereto is: (i) the full, correct and current name of Obligor, as its appears in Obligor’s organizational documents, (ii) Obligor’s type of organization and whether Obligor is a Registered Organization, (iii) Obligor’s jurisdiction of organization, (iv) Obligor’s location (as determined pursuant to Section 9-307 of the Uniform Commercial Code), and (v) Obligor’s organizational identification number (if any).
As used in this Agreement:
“Collateral” means all right, title and interest of Obligor in and to any and all of the following property, whether now or hereafter existing or acquired and wherever located, all products and Proceeds (including but not limited to insurance proceeds) of such property, wherever located and in whatever form, and all books and records pertaining to such property and all other property of Obligor in which Collateral Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Creditors or any Secured Creditor, now or hereafter is granted a security interest pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise:
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all Accounts, Chattel Paper (whether tangible or electronic), all Commercial Tort Claims, all Contracts (and all Contract Rights arising thereunder), all Deposit Accounts, all Documents, all General Intangibles (including, without limitation, Intellectual Property), all Goods (including all Inventory, Equipment and Fixtures and embedded software, and all Accessions to any Goods), all Instruments, all Investment Property, all Letter-of-Credit Rights and all Supporting Obligations.
“Collateral Location” means the address(es) listed on Schedule II hereto, where all Collateral consisting of Inventory, Equipment or Fixtures or other tangible property is located.
“Obligor” means the Obligor named above and its successors and assigns, and if more than one Person is named as Obligor, “Obligor” shall mean each, any or all of them, and their liabilities and obligations hereunder shall be joint and several.
In consideration of any extension of credit or other financial accommodation heretofore, now or hereafter made by Collateral Agent or the other Secured Creditors to or for the account of Obligor, or to or for the account of any other Person made by Collateral Agent or the other Secured Creditors at the request of Obligor or with respect to which Obligor’s agreements hereunder have been required by Collateral Agent, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by Obligor, Obligor agrees as follows:
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If any of the Collateral constitutes Electronic Chattel Paper, Obligor shall, at Collateral Agent’s request, grant control of such Electronic Chattel Paper to Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 9-105 of the UCC.
Obligor agrees that all items of income, gain, expense and loss recognized in any such Securities Account or Deposit Account, or any Securities Account holding Collateral or in respect of any other Investment Property constituting Collateral, shall be reported to the Internal Revenue Service and all state and local taxing authorities under the name and taxpayer identification number of Obligor.
As of the date of this Agreement, Obligor does not have any Commercial Tort Claims. If, in the future, any of the Collateral constitutes Commercial Tort Claims, Obligor shall promptly notify Collateral Agent and, at Collateral Agent’s request, shall execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary or desirable, or that Collateral Agent may request, to create, perfect and protect Collateral Agent’s security interest in such Commercial Tort Claim.
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120.1. After the occurrence of an Event of Default, Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors shall have no obligation to make further loans, extensions of credit or other financial accommodations to or on behalf of Obligor, anything in any other agreement to the contrary notwithstanding.
120.2. After the occurrence of an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default referred to in sub-clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 9.1(h) of the Credit Agreement, Collateral Agent may declare by notice to Obligor, any and all Obligations to be immediately due and payable and in the case of any Event of Default referred to in sub-clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 9.1(h) of the Credit Agreement all of the Obligations shall automatically be and become due and payable, in either case without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Obligor, anything in any other agreement to the contrary notwithstanding.
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120.3. After the occurrence of an Event of Default, Collateral Agent may, and at the direction of the Required Lenders shall, without notice to or demand (other than any notice required by law, the giving of which is not waivable) upon Obligor (all of which are hereby waived by Obligor), without releasing Obligor from any obligation under this Agreement or any other instruments or agreements with Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor and without waiving any rights Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor may have or impairing any declaration of default or election to cause the Collateral to be sold or any sale proceeding predicated on the same: (i) demand, collect or receive upon all or any part of the Collateral and assemble or require Obligor, at Obligor’s expense, to assemble all or any part of the Collateral and, if Collateral Agent so requests, Obligor shall assemble the Collateral and make it available to Collateral Agent at a place to be designated by Collateral Agent; (ii) without notice, demand or other process and without charge enter any of Obligor’s premises and without breach of peace until Collateral Agent completes the enforcement of its rights in the Collateral, take possession of such premises or place custodians in exclusive control thereof, remain on such premises and use the same and any of Obligor’s equipment for the purpose of completing any work-in-process, preparing any Collateral for disposition and disposing of or collecting any Collateral, and in exercise of its rights under this Agreement, without payment of compensation of any kind, use any and all trademarks, trade styles, trade names, patents, patent applications, licenses, franchises and the like to the extent of Obligor’s rights therein and Obligor hereby grants a license and the right to grant sublicenses for that purpose; (iii) in such manner and to such extent as Collateral Agent may deem necessary to protect the Collateral or the interests, rights, powers or duties of Collateral Agent, enter into and upon any premises of Obligor and take and hold possession of all or any part of the Collateral (Obligor hereby waiving and releasing any claim for damages in respect of such taking) and exclude Obligor and all other Persons from the Collateral, operate and manage the Collateral and rent and lease the same, perform such reasonable acts of repair or protection as may be reasonably necessary or proper to conserve the value of the Collateral, collect any and all income, rents, issues, profits and proceeds from the Collateral, the same being hereby assigned and transferred to Collateral Agent, and from time to time apply or accumulate such income, rents, issues, profits and proceeds in such order and manner as Collateral Agent, in its sole discretion, shall instruct, it being understood that the collection or receipt of income, rents, issues, profits or proceeds from the Collateral after declaration of default and election to cause the Collateral to be sold under and pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall not affect or impair any event of default or declaration of default under any agreement or instrument between Obligor and Collateral Agent or election to cause any Collateral to be sold or any sale proceedings predicated on the same, but such proceedings may be conducted and sale effected notwithstanding the collection or receipt of any such income, rents, issues, profits and proceeds; (iv) deliver a notice of exclusive control under any control agreement specifying that Collateral Agent has the exclusive right to give Entitlement Orders with respect to the Investment Property covered by such control agreement or to otherwise direct the disposition of any Deposit Account subject to a control agreement or any Electronic Chattel Paper or Letter-of-Credit Rights controlled by Collateral Agent; (v) take control of any and all of the Accounts, contractual or other rights that are included in the Collateral and Proceeds arising from any such Accounts or contractual or other rights, enforce collection, either in the name of Collateral Agent or in the name of Obligor, of any or all of the Accounts, contractual and other rights that are included in the Collateral and Proceeds by suit or otherwise, receive, receipt for, surrender, release or exchange all or any part of such Collateral or compromise, settle, extend or renew (whether or not longer than the original period) any indebtedness under such Collateral; (vi) sell all or any part of the Collateral at public or private sale at such place or places and at such time or times and in such manner and upon such terms, whether for cash or credit, as Collateral Agent in its sole discretion may determine; (vii) endorse in the name of Obligor any Instrument, however received by Collateral Agent, representing Collateral or Proceeds of any of the Collateral; (viii) require Obligor to turn over, or instruct the financial institutions holding the same to turn over, all monies and investments in any of Obligor’s accounts to Collateral Agent; and (viii) exercise all the rights and remedies granted to a secured party under the UCC, and all other rights and remedies given to Collateral Agent under this Agreement or any other instrument or agreement or otherwise available at law or in equity. Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to make any of the payments or do any of the acts referred to in this Section 6 or elsewhere in this Agreement and any of the actions referred to in this Section 6 or elsewhere in this Agreement may be taken regardless of whether any notice of default or election to sell has been given under this Agreement (provided, however, that all notices required by law, the giving of which may not be waived, shall be given in accordance with such law) without regard to the adequacy of the security for the Obligations.
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120.4. Collateral Agent will give Obligor notice of the time and place of any public sale of the Collateral or of the time after which any private sale or any other intended disposition thereof is to be made by sending notice, as provided below, at least ten (10) days before the time of the sale or disposition, which provisions for notice Obligor and Collateral Agent agree are reasonable. No such notice need be given by Collateral Agent with respect to Collateral which is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market.
120.5. Collateral Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any sale, lease or other disposition of Collateral, after deducting all costs and expenses of every kind incurred thereon or incidental to the retaking, holding, preparing for sale, selling, leasing, or the like of the Collateral or in any way relating to the rights of Collateral Agent thereunder, including attorneys’ fees and expenses hereinafter provided for, to the payment of the Obligations as provided in Section 9.2 of the Credit Agreement, whether due or not due, absolute or contingent, making proper rebate for interest or discount on items not then due, and only after so applying such net proceeds and after the payment by Collateral Agent of any other amounts required by any existing or future provision of law (including Section 9-615(a)(3) of the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction in which any of the Collateral may at the time be located) need Collateral Agent account for the surplus, if any. Obligor shall remain liable to Collateral Agent for the payment of any deficiency, with interest at the default rate provided for in the instruments, if any, evidencing the Obligations, but if there is no such instrument with respect to any Obligation or no default rate is specified therein, at a variable rate equal to 3% above Collateral Agent’s reference lending rate applicable to domestic commercial loans as established by Collateral Agent from time to time, but in no event shall such rate exceed the maximum rate allowed by law. Collateral Agent may make loans to its customers above, at or below its reference rate.
120.6. Whether or not an Event of Default shall have occurred, Collateral Agent may sell all or any part of the Collateral, although the Obligations may be contingent or unmatured, whenever in its discretion Collateral Agent considers such sale necessary for its protection. Any such sale may be made without prior demand for payment on account, margin or additional margin or any other demands whatsoever; the making of any such demands shall not establish a course of conduct nor constitute a waiver of the right of Collateral Agent to sell the Collateral as herein provided or of the right of Collateral Agent to accelerate the maturity of the Obligations as herein provided.
121.1. If Obligor, as registered holder of any Collateral, shall become entitled to receive or does receive any stock or other certificate, option, right, dividend or other distribution (whether payable in cash, Investment Property or “in kind”), whether in respect of, as an addition to, in substitution of, or in exchange for, such Collateral, or otherwise, Obligor agrees to accept same as Collateral Agent’s agent and to hold same in trust for Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors, and to forthwith deliver the same to Collateral Agent in the exact form received, with Obligor’s endorsement when necessary or requested by Collateral Agent, to be held by Collateral Agent as Collateral.
121.2. Obligor waives protest, demand for payment, notice of default or nonpayment to Obligor or any other party liable for or upon any of said Obligations or Collateral.
121.3. Obligor consents that the obligation of any party upon or of any guarantor, surety or indemnitor for, any Obligations or any collateral may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, modified, accelerated, compromised, settled or released and that any collateral or Liens for any Obligations may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be exchanged, sold, released or surrendered, by Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors, all without any notice to, or further assent by, or any reservation of rights against, Obligor, and all without in any way affecting or releasing the liability of Obligor with respect to such Obligations or any security interest hereby created.
121.4. Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors shall not be liable for failure to collect or realize upon the Obligations or upon any collateral, or any part thereof, or for any delay in so doing, nor shall Collateral Agent or the other Secured Creditors be under any obligation to take any action whatsoever with regard thereto. Collateral Agent shall use reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession but need not take any steps to preserve rights against prior parties or to keep the Collateral identifiable. Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to comply with any recording, re-recording, filing, re-filing or other legal requirements necessary to establish or maintain the validity, priority or enforceability of, or Collateral Agent’s rights in and to the Collateral or any other collateral or any part thereof. Collateral Agent may exercise any right of Obligor with respect to any Collateral. Collateral Agent shall have no duty to exercise any of the aforesaid rights, privileges or options with respect to any collateral and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing.
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121.5. In any statutory or non-statutory proceeding affecting Obligor or any Collateral, Collateral Agent or its nominee may, whether or not an Event of Default shall have occurred and regardless of the amount of the Obligations, file a proof of claim for the full amount of any Collateral and vote such Claim for the full amount thereof (i) for or against any proposal or resolution; (ii) for a trustee or trustees or for a committee of creditors; and/or (iii) for the acceptance or rejection of any proposed arrangement, plan of reorganization, wage earners’ plan, composition or extension; and Collateral Agent or its nominee may receive any payment or distribution and give acquittance therefor and may exchange or release any Collateral.
121.6. If an Event of Default shall have occurred, Collateral Agent may, without notice to or demand upon Obligor, (i) commence, appear in or defend any action or proceeding purporting to affect all or any part of the Collateral or the interests, rights, powers or duties of Collateral Agent, whether brought by or against Obligor or Collateral Agent; and/or (ii) pay, purchase, contest or compromise any claim, debt, lien, charge or encumbrance which in the judgment of Collateral Agent may affect or appear to affect the Collateral or the interests, rights, powers or duties of Collateral Agent.
121.7. Any and all Investment Property granted to and/or held by Collateral Agent as Collateral hereunder, whether or not in a Securities Account of Obligor and whether or not subject to a control agreement, may, without notice (if an Event of Default exists), be registered in the name of Collateral Agent or its nominee or be transferred to a Securities Account held in the name of Collateral Agent or its nominee, or otherwise be under the Control of Collateral Agent with Collateral Agent as the Entitlement Holder, disclosing that Collateral Agent is a secured party. Collateral Agent may at its option at any time whether not an Event of Default has occurred become the customer with respect to a Deposit Account constituting Collateral hereunder on which Collateral Agent is not the depository bank. Obligor hereby irrevocably appoints Collateral Agent acting through its officers, employees and agents as its attorney-in-fact, at Obligor’s own cost and expense, to act on Obligor’s behalf to register in the name of Collateral Agent or its nominee any or all such Investment Property and/or to transfer such Investment Property to a Securities Account of and in the name of Collateral Agent, with Collateral Agent being the Entitlement Holder of such Securities Account and having Control thereof, and/or to enter into agreements with the issuers of such Investment Property pursuant to which the issuers will agree to comply with the instructions of Collateral Agent without consent by Obligor, and to take such other action as Collateral Agent may deem appropriate to fully perfect and protect its security interest in the Investment Property and related Securities Account, if any. Obligor may at any time make a request to Collateral Agent to permit a substitution of Investment Property constituting Collateral, whether or not subject to a control agreement or held in a Securities Account, either by delivery or transfer to Collateral Agent of new Investment Property or by a request made to Collateral Agent to sell certain specified Investment Property constituting Collateral, whether held in a Securities Account subject to a control agreement or held in the name of Collateral Agent or its nominees in a Securities Account or otherwise, and to purchase other specified Investment Property, but Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation whatsoever to honor such request or to permit or effect, through a Securities Intermediary, or otherwise, such a substitution and Collateral Agent may in its sole and absolute discretion refuse to do so. Collateral Agent or such nominee (after an Event of Default and regardless of the amount of the Obligations) may, without notice, exercise all voting and corporate rights at any meeting of any corporation issuing such Investment Property, and (whether or not an Event of Default exists and regardless of the amount of the Obligations) exercise any and all rights of conversion, exchange, subscription or any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to such Investment Property as if the absolute owner thereof, including, without limitation, the right to exchange, at its discretion, any and all of such Investment Property for other Investment Property or any other property upon the merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other readjustment of any corporation issuing the same or upon the exercise by the issuing corporation or Collateral Agent of any right, privilege or option pertaining to such Investment Property, and in connection therewith, to deposit and deliver any and all of such Investment Property with any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, all without liability except to account for property actually received by it. COLLATERAL AGENT SHALL HAVE NO DUTY OR OBLIGATION TO EXERCISE ANY OF THE AFORESAID RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES OR OPTIONS OR TO AGREE TO ANY SUCH REQUEST AND SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FAILURE TO DO SO OR FOR ANY DELAY IN SO DOING, OR FOR ANY LOSS IN THE VALUE OF THE COLLATERAL RESULTING FROM COLLATERAL AGENT ACTION OR INACTION.
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If to Obligor, to the address or facsimile number set forth below its signature or such other address or facsimile number as it may designate, by written notice to Collateral Agent as herein provided or to any other address or facsimile number as may appear in the records of Collateral Agent as Obligor’s address.
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If to Collateral Agent, to the address of Collateral Agent that appears on the first page of this Agreement, or such other address as it may designate, by written notice to Obligor as herein provided.
“Accessions,” “Account,” “Chattel Paper,” “Commodity Accounts,” “Commodity Contracts,” “Control,” , “Deposit Account”, “Document,” “Electronic Chattel Paper,” “Entitlement Holder,” “Entitlement Order,” “Equipment,” “Financial Assets,” “Fixtures,” “General Intangibles,” “Goods,” “Health-Care-Insurance Receivables,” “Instrument,” “Inventory,” “Investment Property,” “Payment Intangibles,” “Proceeds,” “Promissory Notes,” “Registered Organization,” “Securities,” “Securities Account,” “Securities Entitlements,” “Securities Intermediary” and “Supporting Obligations” have the meanings assigned to those terms by the UCC.
“Agreement” means this Continuing General Security Agreement, as same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“Bank Product Obligations” has the meaning provided in the Credit Agreement.
“Collateral Agent” means HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, and its successors and assigns, and any Person acting as agent or nominee for HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and any corporation the stock of which is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by, or is under common control with, HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and/or HSBC Holdings plc.
“Copyright Security Agreement” means, if any, each Copyright Security Agreement executed and delivered by Obligor to Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented and in effect from time to time.
“Copyrights” means any copyrights, copyright registrations and copyright applications, and all renewals, extensions and continuations of any of the foregoing.
“Event of Default” means any of the events described in Section 5 of this Agreement.
“Hedge Agreement” has the meaning provided in the Credit Agreement.
“Intellectual Property” means, collectively, all Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks.
“Lien” has the meaning provided in the Credit Agreement.
“Obligations” has the meaning provided in the Credit Agreement.
“Patent Security Agreement” means, if any, each Patent Security Agreement executed and delivered by Obligor to Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented and in effect from time to time.
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“Patents” means any patents, patent registrations and patent applications and all renewals, extensions and continuations of any of the foregoing.
“Person” has the meaning provided in the Credit Agreement.
“Responsible Parties” includes all Obligors and all makers, endorsors, acceptors, sureties and guarantors of, and all other parties to, the Obligations or the Collateral.
“Secured Creditors” means (i) any Agent, (ii) any Lender, (iii) any Issuing Lender and (iv) any Agent or any Lender or any Affiliate of any Agent or any Lender that has entered into a Hedge Agreement with any Borrower or is owed Bank Product Obligations.
“Trademark Security Agreement” means, if any, each Trademark Security Agreement executed and delivered by Obligor to Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented and in effect from time to time.
“Trademarks” means any trademarks, trademark registrations, and trademark applications, all renewals, extensions and continuations of any of the foregoing and all goodwill attributable to any of the foregoing.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York.
SECTION 132: Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Service of Process. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed wholly within that state. Obligor hereby consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of the County of New York, State of New York and the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and consents that any action or proceeding hereunder 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; and authorizes the service of process on Obligor by registered or certified mail sent to any address authorized in Section 15 as an address for the sending of notices.
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133.1. OBLIGOR AGREES THAT ANY ACTION, DISPUTE, PROCEEDING, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY BETWEEN OR AMONG THE PARTIES WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE (“DISPUTE” OR “DISPUTES”) SHALL, AT COLLATERAL AGENT ELECTION, WHICH ELECTION MAY BE MADE AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF A JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY COLLATERAL AGENT, OR IN THE EVENT OF A JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INSTITUTED BY OBLIGOR, AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE LAST DAY TO ANSWER AND/OR RESPOND TO A SUMMONS AND/OR COMPLAINT MADE BY OBLIGOR, BE RESOLVED BY ARBITRATION IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 19 AND SHALL, AT THE ELECTION OF COLLATERAL AGENT, INCLUDE ALL DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH (I) THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY RELATED AGREEMENTS OR INSTRUMENTS, (II) ALL PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE AGREEMENTS INVOLVING THE PARTIES, (III) ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND ALL PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE PARTIES AND (IV) ANY ASPECT OF THE PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES. Collateral Agent may elect to require arbitration of any Dispute with Obligor without thereby being required to arbitrate all Disputes between Collateral Agent and Obligor. Any such Dispute shall be resolved by binding arbitration in accordance with Article 75 of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules and the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”). In the event of any inconsistency between such Rules and these arbitration provisions, these provisions shall supersede such Rules. All statutes of limitations which would otherwise be applicable shall apply to any arbitration proceeding under this subsection 19(a). In any arbitration proceeding subject to these provisions, the arbitration panel (the “arbitrator”) is specifically empowered to decide (by documents only, or with a hearing, at the arbitrator’s sole discretion) pre-hearing motions which are substantially similar to pre-hearing motions to dismiss and motions for summary adjudication. In any such arbitration proceeding, the arbitrator shall not have the power or authority to award punitive damages to any party. Judgment upon the award rendered may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Whenever an arbitration is required, the parties shall select an arbitrator in the manner provided in subsection 19(d).
133.2. No provision of, nor the exercise of any rights under, subsection 19(a) shall limit the right of any party (i) to foreclose against any real or personal property collateral through judicial foreclosure, by the exercise of a power of sale under a deed of trust, mortgage or other security agreement or instrument, pursuant to applicable provisions of the UCC, or otherwise pursuant to applicable law, (ii) to exercise self help remedies including but not limited to setoff and repossession, or (iii) to request and obtain from a court having jurisdiction before, during or after the pendency of any arbitration, provisional or ancillary remedies and relief including but not limited to injunctive or mandatory relief or the appointment of a receiver. The institution and maintenance of an action or judicial proceeding for, or pursuit of, provisional or ancillary remedies or exercise of self help remedies shall not constitute a waiver of the right of Collateral Agent, even if Collateral Agent is the plaintiff, to submit the Dispute to arbitration if Collateral Agent would otherwise have such right.
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133.3. Collateral Agent may require arbitration of any Dispute(s) concerning the lawfulness, unconscionableness, propriety, or reasonableness of any exercise by Collateral Agent of its right to take or dispose of any Collateral or its exercise of any other right in connection with Collateral including, without limitation, judicial foreclosure, exercising a power of sale under a deed of trust or mortgage, obtaining or executing a writ of attachment, taking or disposing of property with or without judicial process pursuant to Article 9 of the UCC or otherwise as permitted by applicable law, notwithstanding any such exercise by Collateral Agent.
133.4. Whenever an arbitration is required under subsection 19(a), the arbitrator shall be selected, except as otherwise herein provided, in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the AAA. A single arbitrator shall decide any claim of $100,000 or less and he or she shall be an attorney with at least five years’ experience. Where the claim of any party exceeds $100,000, the Dispute shall be decided by a majority vote of three arbitrators, at least two of whom shall be attorneys (at least one of whom shall have not less than five years’ experience representing commercial banks).
133.5. In the event of any Dispute governed by this Section 19, each of the parties shall, subject to the award of the arbitrator, pay an equal share of the arbitrator’s fees. The arbitrator shall have the power to award recovery of all costs and fees (including attorneys’ fees, administrative fees, arbitrator’s fees, and court costs) to the prevailing party.
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By:/s/XXXXX X XXXXXX
Name:XXXXX X XXXXXX
Title:SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
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ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
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HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent
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By:/s/XXXXXXX XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President