Exhibit 10.20
PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is entered into as of March 12, 2002, by
and between CHROMCRAFT REVINGTON, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"),
and NATIONAL CITY BANK OF INDIANA, a national banking association, having its
principal office in Indianapolis, Indiana, in its capacity as agent (the
"Agent") for the lenders party to the Credit Agreement referred to below.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders are entering into a Credit
Agreement dated as of March 12, 2002 (as it may be amended or modified from time
to time, the "Credit Agreement"). The Borrower is entering into this Pledge and
Security Agreement (as it may be amended or modified from time to time, the
"Security Agreement") in order to induce the Lenders to enter into and extend
credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement.
ACCORDINGLY, the Borrower and the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, hereby
agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Terms Defined in Credit Agreement. All capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
in the Credit Agreement.
Section 1.2 Terms Defined in Indiana Uniform Commercial Code. Terms defined
in the Indiana UCC which are not otherwise defined in this Security Agreement
are used herein as defined in the Indiana UCC.
Section 1.3 Definitions of Certain Terms Used Herein. As used in this
Security Agreement, in addition to the terms defined in the Preliminary
Statement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Accounts", "Chattel Paper", "Deposit Accounts", "Documents", "Equipment",
"Fixtures", "General Intangibles", "Instruments", "Inventory" and "Investment
Property" shall have the meanings set forth in Article 9.1 of the Indiana UCC.
"Article" means a numbered article of this Security Agreement, unless
another document is specifically referenced.
"Collateral" means all Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, Equipment,
Fixtures, General Intangibles, Instruments, Inventory, Investment Property,
Pledged Deposits, and Other Collateral, wherever located, in which the Borrower
now has or hereafter acquires any right or interest, and the proceeds (including
Stock Rights), insurance proceeds and products thereof, together with all books
and records, customer lists, credit files, computer files, programs, printouts
and other computer materials and records related thereto.
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"Control" shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8.1 or, if
applicable, in Section 9.1-104, 9.1-105, 9.1-106 or 9.1-107 of Article 9.1 of
the Indiana UCC.
"Default" means an event described in Section 5.1.
"ESOP Pledged Documents" shall have the meaning set forth in Part E of
Exhibit "D".
"Exhibit" refers to a specific exhibit to this Security Agreement, unless
another document is specifically referenced.
"Foreign Subsidiaries" shall have the meaning set forth in Part B of
Exhibit "D".
"Indiana UCC" means the Indiana Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from
time to time.
"Lenders" means the lenders party to the Credit Agreement and their
successors and assigns.
"Lien" means any lien (statutory or other), security interest, mortgage,
pledge, hypothecation, assignment for the purpose of security, deposit
arrangement for the purpose of security, encumbrance or preference, priority or
other security agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without
limitation, the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale,
Capitalized Lease or other title retention agreement).
"Obligations" means any and all existing and future indebtedness,
obligation and liability of every kind, nature and character, direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent (including all renewals, extensions and
modifications thereof and all fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Agent in
connection with the preparation, administration, collection or enforcement
thereof and all fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Lenders in connection
with the collection or enforcement thereof), of the Borrower to the Agent or any
Lender or any branch, subsidiary or affiliate thereof, arising under or pursuant
to this Security Agreement, the Credit Agreement and any promissory note or
notes now or hereafter issued under the Credit Agreement.
"Other Collateral" means any personal property of the Borrower not included
within the defined terms Accounts, Chattel Paper, Equipment, Fixtures,
Documents, General Intangibles, Instruments, Inventory, Investment Property and
Pledged Deposits, including, without limitation, all cash on hand,
letter-of-credit rights, letters of credit, Stock Rights and Deposit Accounts or
other deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) with
any bank or other financial institution, it being intended that the Collateral
include all property of the Borrower.
"Pledged Deposits" means all time deposits of money (other than Deposit
Accounts and Instruments), whether or not evidenced by certificates, which the
Borrower may from time to time designate as pledged to the Agent or to any
Lender as security for any Obligation, and all rights to receive interest on
said deposits.
"Rate Management Transaction" means any transaction (including an agreement
with respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered into between the
Borrower and any Lender or Affiliate thereof which is a rate swap, basis swap,
forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity
index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option,
foreign exchange transaction,
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cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, forward transaction,
currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option
or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of
these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether linked to one or more
interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity prices, equity prices or other
financial measures.
"Rate Management Obligations" means any and all obligations of the
Borrower, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created,
arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and
modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (i) any and all Rate
Management Transactions, and (ii) any and all cancellations, buy backs,
reversals, terminations or assignments of any Rate Management Transactions.
"Receivables" means the Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, Investment
Property, Instruments or Pledged Deposits, and any other rights or claims to
receive money which are General Intangibles or which are otherwise included as
Collateral.
"Required Secured Parties" means (a) prior to an acceleration of the
obligations under the Credit Agreement, the Required Lenders, (b) after an
acceleration of the obligations under the Credit Agreement but prior to the date
upon which the Credit Agreement has terminated by its terms and all of the
obligations thereunder have been paid in full, Lenders and their Affiliates
holding in the aggregate at least 66-2/3% of the total of (i) the unpaid
principal amount of outstanding Advances and (ii) the aggregate net early
termination payments and all other amounts then due and unpaid from the Borrower
to the Lenders or their Affiliates under Rate Management Transactions, as
determined by the Agent in its reasonable discretion, and (c) after the Credit
Agreement has terminated by its terms and all of the obligations thereunder have
been paid in full (whether or not the obligations under the Credit Agreement
were ever accelerated), Lenders and their Affiliates holding in the aggregate at
least 66-2/3% of the aggregate net early termination payments and all other
amounts then due and unpaid from the Borrower to the Lenders or their Affiliates
under Rate Management Transactions, as determined by the Agent in its reasonable
discretion.
"Schedule of Accounts" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
4.2(e).
"Section" means a numbered section of this Security Agreement, unless
another document is specifically referenced.
"Secured Obligations" means the Obligations and Rate Management Obligations
entered into with one or more of the Lenders or their Affiliates.
"Security" has the meaning set forth in Article 8 or 8.1 of the Indiana
UCC.
"Stock Rights" means any securities, dividends or other distributions and
any other right or property which the Borrower shall receive or shall become
entitled to receive for any reason whatsoever with respect to, in substitution
for or in exchange for any securities or other ownership interests in a
corporation, partnership, joint venture or limited liability company
constituting Collateral and any securities, any right to receive securities and
any right to receive earnings, in which the Borrower now has or hereafter
acquires any right, issued by an issuer of such securities.
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"Unmatured Default" means an event which but for the lapse of time or the
giving of notice, or both, would constitute a Default.
The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular
and plural forms of the defined terms.
ARTICLE 2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
To secure the prompt and complete payment and performance of the Secured
Obligations, the Borrower hereby pledges and grants to the Agent, on behalf of
and for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and (to the extent specifically
provided herein) their Affiliates, a security interest in (a) all of the
Borrower's right, title and interest in and to the Collateral (other then the
Borrower's interest in Foreign Subsidiaries), and (b) the Borrower's right,
title and interest in and to Sixty-Six Percent (66%) of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of the Borrower's Foreign Subsidiaries.
ARTICLE 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Agent and the Lenders that:
Section 3.1 Title, Authorization, Validity and Enforceability. The Borrower
has good and valid rights in or the power to pledge the Collateral and title to
the Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a security
interest hereunder, free and clear of all Liens except for Liens permitted under
Section 4.1(f), and has full power and authority to grant to the Agent the
security interest in such Collateral pursuant hereto. The execution and delivery
by the Borrower of this Security Agreement has been duly authorized by proper
corporate proceedings, and this Security Agreement constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Borrower and creates a security interest which is
enforceable against the Borrower in all now owned and hereafter acquired
Collateral, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally. When
financing statements have been filed in the appropriate offices against the
Borrower in the locations listed on Exhibit "E", the Agent will have a fully
perfected first priority security interest in that Collateral in which a
security interest may be perfected by filing, subject only to Liens permitted
under Section 4.1(f).
Section 3.2 Conflicting Laws and Contracts. Neither the execution and
delivery by the Borrower of this Security Agreement, the creation and perfection
of the security interest in the Collateral granted hereunder, nor compliance
with the terms and provisions hereof will violate any law, rule, regulation,
order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on the Borrower or
the Borrower's articles or certificate of incorporation or by-laws, the
provisions of any indenture, instrument or agreement to which the Borrower is a
party or is subject, or by which it, or its property, is bound, or conflict with
or constitute a default thereunder, or result in the creation or imposition of
any Lien pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, instrument or agreement
(other than any Lien of the Agent on behalf of the Lenders).
Section 3.3 Type and Jurisdiction of Organization. The Borrower is a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.
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Section 3.4 Principal Location. The Borrower's mailing address and the
location of its place of business (if it has only one) or its chief executive
office (if it has more than one place of business), are disclosed in Exhibit
"A"; the Borrower has no other places of business except those set forth in
Exhibit "A".
Section 3.5 Property Locations. The Inventory, Equipment and Fixtures are
located solely at the locations described in Exhibit "A". All of said locations
are owned by the Borrower except for locations (a) which are leased by the
Borrower as lessee and designated in Part B of Exhibit "A" and (b) at which
Inventory is held in a public warehouse or is otherwise held by a bailee or on
consignment as designated in Part C of Exhibit "A", with respect to which
Inventory the Borrower has delivered bailment agreements, warehouse receipts,
financing statements or other documents satisfactory to the Lenders to protect
the Agent's and the Lenders' security interest in such Inventory.
Section 3.6 No Other Names. Except as shown on any Schedule 3.6 hereto, the
Borrower has not conducted business under any name except the name in which it
has executed this Security Agreement, which is the exact name as it appears in
the Borrower's organizational documents, as amended, as filed with the
Borrower's jurisdiction of organization.
Section 3.7 No Default. No Default or Unmatured Default exists.
Section 3.8 Accounts and Chattel Paper. The names of the obligors, amounts
owing, due dates and other information with respect to the Accounts and Chattel
Paper are and will be correctly stated in all records of the Borrower relating
thereto and in all invoices and reports with respect thereto furnished to the
Agent by the Borrower from time to time. As of the time when each Account or
each item of Chattel Paper arises, the Borrower shall be deemed to have
represented and warranted that such Account or Chattel Paper, as the case may
be, and all records relating thereto, are genuine and in all respects what they
purport to be.
Section 3.9 Federal Filing Requirements. None of the Collateral is of a
type for which security interests or liens may be perfected by filing under any
federal statute except for (a) the vehicles described in Part A of Exhibit "B,"
and (b) patents, trademarks and copyrights held by the Borrower and described in
Part B of Exhibit "B". The legal description, county and street address of the
property on which any Fixtures are located is set forth in Exhibit "C" together
with the name and address of the record owner of each such property.
Section 3.10 No Financing Statements. No financing statement describing all
or any portion of the Collateral which has not lapsed or been terminated naming
the Borrower as debtor has been filed in any jurisdiction except (i) financing
statements naming the Agent on behalf of the Lenders as the secured party, and
(ii) as permitted by Section 4.1(f).
Section 3.11 Federal Employer Identification Number. The Borrower's Federal
employer identification number is 00-0000000.
Section 3.12 Pledged Securities and Other Investment Property. Exhibit "D"
sets forth a complete and accurate list of the Instruments, Securities and other
Investment Property delivered to the Agent. The Borrower is the direct and
beneficial owner of each
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Instrument, Security and other type of Investment Property listed on Exhibit "D"
as being owned by it, free and clear of any Liens, except for the security
interest granted to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders hereunder. The
Borrower further represents and warrants that (a) all such Instruments,
Securities or other types of Investment Property which are shares of stock in a
corporation or ownership interests in a partnership or limited liability company
have been (to the extent such concepts are relevant with respect to such
Instrument, Security or other type of Investment Property) duly and validly
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, (b) that this pledge of such
Instruments, Securities and other Investment Property will not violate the
proscriptions or require the consent, license, filing, report, permit,
exemption, regulation or approval, of any Governmental Authority or other Person
or violate any provision of law, (c) all such shares of pledged Securities
represent, in the case of U.S. Subsidiaries, One Hundred Percent (100%) of the
issued and outstanding capital stock of such U.S. Subsidiaries and, in the case
of Foreign Subsidiaries, Sixty-Six Percent (66%) of the issued and outstanding
capital stock of such Foreign Subsidiaries, (d) such Instruments, Securities and
other Investment Property have not been materially altered and all signatures
thereon are genuine, (e) there exists no default by an issuer under any of such
Instruments, Securities and other Investment Property with respect thereto, (f)
no insolvency proceedings have been instituted with respect to the issuer of
such Instruments, Securities or other Investment Property, (g) the Borrower has
executed no instrument of any kind assigning any of such Instruments, Securities
and other Investment Property or the liability of any issuer thereon, or with
respect thereto, which remains in effect, (h) none of the issuers of such
Instruments, Securities or other Investment Property have any obligation,
commitment, subscription, option, warrant or other rights outstanding entitling
the holder thereof to purchase or otherwise acquire any capital stock of such
issuer, and (i) with respect to any certificates delivered to the Agent
representing an ownership interest in a partnership or limited liability
company, either such certificates are Securities as defined in Article 8 or 8.1
(as applicable) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the applicable jurisdiction as
a result of actions by the issuer or otherwise, or, if such certificates are not
Securities, the Borrower has so informed the Agent so that the Agent may take
steps to perfect its security interest therein as a General Intangible.
ARTICLE 4. COVENANTS
From the date of this Security Agreement, and thereafter until this
Security Agreement is terminated:
Section 4.1 General.
(a) Inspection. After notice to the Borrower, the Borrower will permit
the Agent or any Lender, by its representatives and agents (i) to inspect
the Collateral, (ii) to examine and make copies of the records of the
Borrower relating to the Collateral and (iii) to discuss the Collateral and
the related records of the Borrower with, and to be advised as to the same
by, the Borrower's officers and employees (and, in the case of any
Receivable, with any person or entity which is or may be obligated
thereon), all at such reasonable times and intervals as the Agent or such
Lender may determine, and all at the Borrower's expense.
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(b) Taxes. The Borrower will pay when due all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges and levies upon the Collateral, except those which are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect
to which no Lien exists.
(c) Records and Reports; Notification of Default. The Borrower will
maintain complete and accurate books and records with respect to the
Collateral, and furnish to the Agent, with sufficient copies for each of
the Lenders, such reports relating to the Collateral as the Agent shall
from time to time request. The Borrower will give prompt notice in writing
to the Agent and the Lenders of the occurrence of any Default or Unmatured
Default and of any other development, financial or otherwise, which might
materially and adversely affect the Collateral.
(d) Financing Statements and Other Actions; Defense of Title. The
Borrower hereby authorizes the Agent to file, and if requested will execute
and deliver to the Agent, all financing statements and other documents and
take such other actions as may from time to time be requested by the Agent
in order to maintain a first perfected security interest in and, if
applicable, Control of, the Collateral. The Borrower will take any and all
actions necessary to defend title to the Collateral against all persons and
to defend the security interest of the Agent in the Collateral and the
priority thereof against any Lien not expressly permitted hereunder.
(e) Disposition of Collateral. The Borrower will not sell, lease or
otherwise dispose of the Collateral except (i) prior to the occurrence of a
Default or Unmatured Default, dispositions specifically permitted pursuant
to Section 5.2(a) of the Credit Agreement, (ii) until such time following
the occurrence of a Default as the Borrower receives a notice from the
Agent instructing the Borrower to cease such transactions, sales or leases
of Inventory in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) until such time
as the Borrower receives a notice from the Agent pursuant to Article VII,
proceeds of Inventory and Accounts collected in the ordinary course of
business.
(f) Liens. The Borrower will not create, incur, or suffer to exist any
Lien on the Collateral except (i) the security interest created by this
Security Agreement and (ii) other Liens permitted pursuant to Section
5.2(b) of the Credit Agreement.
(g) Change in Corporate Existence, Type or Jurisdiction of
Organization, Location, Name. The Borrower will:
(i) preserve its existence as a corporation and not, in one
transaction or a series of related transactions, merge into or
consolidate with any other entity, or sell all or substantially all of
its assets;
(ii) not change its state of organization;
(iii) not maintain its place of business (if it has only one) or
its chief executive office (if it has more than one place of business)
at a location other than a location specified on Exhibit "A;" and
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(iv) not (i) have any Inventory, Equipment or Fixtures or
proceeds or products thereof (other than Inventory and proceeds
thereof disposed of as permitted by Section 4.1(e) at a location other
than a location specified in Exhibit "A", (ii) change its name or
taxpayer identification number or (iii) change its mailing address,
unless the Borrower shall have given the Agent not less than 30
days' prior written notice of such event or occurrence and the Agent
shall have either (x) determined that such event or occurrence will
not adversely affect the validity, perfection or priority of the
Agent's security interest in the Collateral, or (y) taken such steps
(with the cooperation of the Borrower to the extent necessary or
advisable) as are necessary or advisable to properly maintain the
validity, perfection and priority of the Agent's security interest in
the Collateral.
(h) Other Financing Statements. The Borrower will not sign or
authorize the signing on its behalf or the filing of any financing
statement naming it as debtor covering all or any portion of the
Collateral, except as permitted by Section 4.1(f).
Section 4.2 Receivables.
(a) Certain Agreements on Receivables. The Borrower will not make or
agree to make any discount, credit, rebate or other reduction in the
original amount owing on a Receivable or accept in satisfaction of a
Receivable less than the original amount thereof, except that, prior to the
occurrence of a Default, the Borrower may reduce the amount of Accounts
arising from the sale of Inventory in accordance with its present policies
and in the ordinary course of business.
(b) Collection of Receivables. Except as otherwise provided in this
Security Agreement, the Borrower will collect and enforce, at the
Borrower's sole expense, all amounts due or hereafter due to the Borrower
under the Receivables.
(c) Delivery of Invoices. The Borrower will deliver to the Agent
immediately upon its request after the occurrence of a Default duplicate
invoices with respect to each Account bearing such language of assignment
as the Agent shall specify.
(d) Disclosure of Counterclaims on Receivables. If (i) any discount,
credit or agreement to make a rebate or to otherwise reduce the amount
owing on a Receivable exists other than in the ordinary course of business
or (ii) if, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any dispute, setoff, claim,
counterclaim or defense exists or has been asserted or threatened with
respect to a Receivable other than disputes, setoffs, claims, counterclaims
or defenses arising in the ordinary course of business, the Borrower will
disclose such fact to the Agent in writing in connection with the
inspection by the Agent of any record of the Borrower relating to such
Receivable and in connection with any invoice or report furnished by the
Borrower to the Agent relating to such Receivable.
(e) Schedule of Accounts. Upon request by the Agent, the Borrower
will, from time to time, deliver to the Agent a schedule identifying each
Account
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("Schedule of Accounts"), together with such schedules and certificates and
reports relative to all or any of the Receivables and the items or amounts
received by the Borrower in full or partial payment or otherwise, as
Proceeds of any of the Receivables. Each Schedule of Accounts or other
schedule, certificate or report shall be executed by its duly authorized
officer and shall be in the form specified by the Agent. Without limiting
the provisions of Section 5.1(f) of the Credit Agreement, any Schedule of
Accounts requested after the occurrence or during the continuance of a
Default shall be accompanied, if the Agent requests, (i) by a true and
correct copy of the invoice evidencing such Account, (ii) by evidence of
shipment, delivery or performance, and/or (iii) by a duly executed
assignment of such Account from the Borrower to the Agent; provided,
however, that the Borrower's failure to execute and deliver any such
Schedule of Account and/or assignment shall not affect or limit the Agent's
security interest or other rights in and to Accounts. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a proper assignment of any Account wherein the United States
Government is the Account Debtor may be requested by the Agent at any time
whether or not there shall have occurred a Default.
(f) Verification of Accounts. After notice to the Borrower, the Agent
and its officers, agents, attorneys, and accountants, may verify Accounts
and returned and repossessed goods and, under reasonable procedures and at
reasonable intervals, directly with the account debtor or by other methods,
and the Borrower shall furnish to the Agent upon request additional
Schedules of Accounts, together with all notes or other papers evidencing
the same and any guaranty, securities or other information relating thereto
reasonably requested by the Agent.
Section 4.3 Inventory and Equipment.
(a) Maintenance of Goods. The Borrower will do all things reasonably
necessary to maintain, preserve, protect and keep the Inventory and the
Equipment in good repair and working and saleable condition.
(b) Insurance. The Borrower will (i) maintain fire and extended
coverage insurance on the Inventory and Equipment containing a lender's
loss payable clause in favor of the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, and
providing that said insurance will not be terminated except after at least
30 days' written notice from the insurance company to the Agent, (ii)
maintain such other insurance on the Collateral for the benefit of the
Agent as the Agent shall from time to time reasonably request, (iii)
furnish to the Agent upon the request of the Agent from time to time the
originals of all policies of insurance on the Collateral and certificates
with respect to such insurance and (iv) maintain general liability
insurance naming the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, as an additional
insured.
Section 4.4 Instruments, Securities, Chattel Paper, Documents and Pledged
Deposits. The Borrower will (a) deliver to the Agent immediately upon execution
of this Security Agreement the originals of all Chattel Paper, Securities and
Instruments constituting Collateral (if any then exist), (b) hold in trust for
the Agent upon receipt and immediately thereafter deliver to the Agent any
Chattel Paper, Securities and Instruments
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constituting Collateral, (c) upon the designation of any Pledged Deposits (as
set forth in the definition thereof), deliver to the Agent such Pledged Deposits
which are evidenced by certificates included in the Collateral endorsed in
blank, marked with such legends and assigned as the Agent shall specify, and (d)
upon the Agent's request, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a
Default, deliver to the Agent (and thereafter hold in trust for the Agent upon
receipt and immediately deliver to the Agent) any Document evidencing or
constituting Collateral.
Section 4.5 Uncertificated Securities and Certain Other Investment
Property. The Borrower will permit the Agent from time to time to cause the
appropriate issuers (and, if held with a securities intermediary, such
securities intermediary) of uncertificated securities or other types of
Investment Property not represented by certificates which are Collateral to xxxx
their books and records with the numbers and face amounts of all such
uncertificated securities or other types of Investment Property not represented
by certificates and all rollovers and replacements therefor to reflect the Lien
of the Agent granted pursuant to this Security Agreement. The Borrower will take
any actions necessary to cause (a) the issuers of uncertificated securities
which are Collateral and which are Securities and (b) any financial intermediary
which is the holder of any Investment Property, to cause the Agent to have and
retain Control over such Securities or other Investment Property. Without
limiting the foregoing, the Borrower will, with respect to Investment Property
held with a financial intermediary, cause such financial intermediary to enter
into a control agreement with the Agent in form and substance satisfactory to
the Agent.
Section 4.6 Stock and Other Ownership Interests.
(a) Changes in Capital Structure of Issuers. Except as permitted in
the Credit Agreement, the Borrower will not (i) permit or suffer any issuer
of privately held corporate securities or other ownership interests in a
corporation, partnership, joint venture or limited liability company
constituting Collateral to dissolve, liquidate, retire any of its capital
stock or other Instruments or Securities evidencing ownership, reduce its
capital or merge or consolidate with any other entity, or (ii) vote any of
the Instruments, Securities or other Investment Property in favor of any of
the foregoing.
(b) Issuance of Additional Securities. The Borrower will not permit or
suffer the issuer of privately held corporate securities or other ownership
interests in a corporation, partnership, joint venture or limited liability
company constituting Collateral to issue any such securities or other
ownership interests, any right to receive the same or any right to receive
earnings, except to the Borrower.
(c) Registration of Pledged Securities and other Investment Property.
The Borrower will permit any registerable Collateral to be registered in
the name of the Agent or its nominee at any time at the option of the
Required Secured Parties.
(d) Exercise of Rights in Pledged Securities and other Investment
Property. The Borrower will permit the Agent or its nominee at any time
after the occurrence of a Default, without notice, to exercise all voting
and corporate
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rights relating to the Collateral, including, without limitation, exchange,
subscription or any other rights, privileges, or options pertaining to any
corporate securities or other ownership interests or Investment Property in
or of a corporation, partnership, joint venture or limited liability
company constituting Collateral and the Stock Rights as if it were the
absolute owner thereof.
Section 4.7 Pledged Deposits. The Borrower will not withdraw all or any
portion of any Pledged Deposit or fail to rollover said Pledged Deposit without
the prior written consent of the Agent.
Section 4.8 Deposit Accounts. The Borrower will (a) upon the Agent's
request, cause each bank or other financial institution in which it maintains
(i) a Deposit Account to enter into a control agreement with the Agent, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Agent in order to give the Agent Control of
the Deposit Account or (ii) other deposits (general or special, time or demand,
provisional or final) to be notified of the security interest granted to the
Agent hereunder and cause each such bank or other financial institution to
acknowledge such notification in writing and (b) upon the Agent's request after
the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default, deliver to each such
bank or other financial institution a letter, in form and substance acceptable
to the Agent, transferring ownership of the Deposit Account to the Agent or
transferring dominion and control over each such other deposit to the Agent
until such time as no Default exists. In the case of deposits maintained with
Lenders, the terms of such letter shall be subject to the provisions of the
Credit Agreement regarding setoffs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to
acceleration of the Obligations under the Credit Agreement, the Agent shall not
request or require Control over a Deposit Account having a value less than Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) provided that the aggregate value of all
Deposit Accounts maintained with a bank or other financial institution, other
than a Lender, for which the Agent does not have Control does not exceed One
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) in the aggregate for the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
Section 4.9 Letter-of-Credit Rights. The Borrower will upon the Agent's
request, cause each issuer of a letter of credit, to consent to the assignment
of proceeds of the letter of credit in order to give the Agent Control of the
letter-of-credit rights to such letter of credit.
Section 4.10 Federal, State or Municipal Claims. The Borrower will notify
the Agent of any Collateral which constitutes a claim against the United States
government or any state or local government or any instrumentality or agency
thereof, the assignment of which claim is restricted by federal, state or
municipal law.
ARTICLE 5. DEFAULT
Section 5.1 The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall
constitute a Default:
(a) Any representation or warranty made by or on behalf of the
Borrower under or in connection with this Security Agreement shall be
materially false as of the date on which made.
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(b) The breach by the Borrower of any of the terms or provisions of
Article IV.
(c) The breach by the Borrower (other than a breach which constitutes
a Default under Section 5.1(a) or 5.1(b) of any of the terms or provisions
of this Security Agreement which is not remedied within 10 Banking Days
after the giving of written notice to the Borrower by the Agent.
(d) Any material portion of the Collateral shall be transferred or
otherwise disposed of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, in any manner
not permitted by Section 4.1(e) or Section 8.7 or shall be lost, stolen,
damaged or destroyed.
(e) Any Secured Obligation shall not be paid when due, whether at
stated maturity, upon acceleration, or otherwise, subject to any applicable
grace or cure period.
(f) The occurrence of any "Default" under, and as defined in, the
Credit Agreement.
(g) Any limited partnership interests or ownership interests in a
limited liability company which are included within the Collateral shall at
any time constitute a Security or the issuer of any such interests shall
take any action to have such interests treated as a Security unless (i) all
certificates or other documents constituting such Security have been
delivered to the Agent and such Security is properly defined as such under
Article 8 or 8.1 (as applicable) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the
applicable jurisdiction, whether as a result of actions by the issuer
thereof or otherwise, or (ii) the Agent has entered into a control
agreement with the issuer of such Security or with a securities
intermediary relating to such Security and such Security is defined as such
under Article 8 or 8.1 (as applicable) of the Uniform Commercial Code of
the applicable jurisdiction, whether as a result of actions by the issuer
thereof or otherwise.
Section 5.2 Acceleration and Remedies. Upon the acceleration of the
Obligations under the Credit Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1 thereof, the
Obligations and, to the extent provided for under the Rate Management
Transactions evidencing the same, the Rate Management Obligations, shall
immediately become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, and without relief
from valuation and appraisement laws, and the Agent may, with the concurrence or
at the direction of the Required Secured Parties, exercise any or all of the
following rights and remedies:
(a) Those rights and remedies provided in this Security Agreement, the
Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Document, provided that this Section
shall not be understood to limit any rights or remedies available to the
Agent and the Lenders prior to a Default.
(b) Those rights and remedies available to a secured party under the
Indiana UCC (whether or not the Indiana UCC applies to the affected
Collateral) or under any other applicable law (including, without
limitation, any law governing the exercise of a bank's right of setoff or
bankers' lien) when a debtor is in default under a security agreement.
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(c) Without notice except as specifically provided in Section 8.1 or
elsewhere herein, sell, lease, assign, grant an option or options to
purchase or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or any part thereof in one
or more parcels at public or private sale, for cash, on credit or for
future delivery, and upon such other terms as the Agent may deem
commercially reasonable.
The Agent's compliance with any applicable state or federal law
requirements in connection with a disposition of the Collateral will not be
considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of
the Collateral.
If, after the Credit Agreement has terminated by its terms and all of
the Obligations have been paid in full, there remain Rate Management
Obligations outstanding, the Required Secured Parties may exercise the
remedies provided in this Section 5.2 upon the occurrence of any event
which would allow or require the termination or acceleration of any Rate
Management Obligations pursuant to the terms of the agreement governing any
Rate Management Transaction.
Section 5.3 Debtor's Obligations Upon Default. Upon the request of the
Agent after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default, the Borrower
will:
(a) Assembly of Collateral. Assemble and make available to the Agent
the Collateral and all records relating thereto at any place or places
specified by the Agent.
(b) Secured Party Access. Permit the Agent, by the Agent's
representatives and agents, to enter any premises where all or any part of
the Collateral, or the books and records relating thereto, or both, are
located, to take possession of all or any part of the Collateral and to
remove all or any part of the Collateral.
Section 5.4 License. The Agent is hereby granted a license or other right
to use, following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default,
without charge, the Borrower's labels, patents, copyrights, rights of use of any
name, trade secrets, trade names, trademarks, service marks, customer lists and
advertising matter, or any property of a similar nature, as it pertains to the
Collateral, in completing production of, advertising for sale, and selling any
Collateral, and, following the occurrence and during the continuance of a
Default, the Borrower's rights under all licenses and all franchise agreements
shall inure to the Agent's benefit. In addition, the Borrower hereby irrevocably
agrees that the Agent may, following the occurrence and during the continuance
of a Default, sell any of the Borrower's Inventory directly to any person,
including without limitation persons who have previously purchased the
Borrower's Inventory from the Borrower and in connection with any such sale or
other enforcement of the Agent's rights under this Agreement, may sell Inventory
which bears any trademark owned by or licensed to the Borrower and any Inventory
that is covered by any copyright owned by or licensed to the Borrower and the
Agent may finish any work in process and affix any trademark owned by or
licensed to the Borrower and sell such Inventory as provided herein.
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ARTICLE 6. WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES
No delay or omission of the Agent or any Lender to exercise any right or
remedy granted under this Security Agreement shall impair such right or remedy
or be construed to be a waiver of any Default or an acquiescence therein, and
any single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy shall not preclude
any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or
remedy. No waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms, conditions or
provisions of this Security Agreement whatsoever shall be valid unless in
writing signed by the Agent with the concurrence or at the direction of the
Lenders required under Section 12.1 of the Credit Agreement and then only to the
extent in such writing specifically set forth. All rights and remedies contained
in this Security Agreement or by law afforded shall be cumulative and all shall
be available to the Agent and the Lenders until the Secured Obligations have
been paid in full.
ARTICLE 7. PROCEEDS; COLLECTION OF RECEIVABLES
Section 7.1 Lockboxes. Upon request of the Agent after the occurrence and
during the continuance of a Default, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to
the Agent irrevocable lockbox agreements in the form provided by or otherwise
acceptable to the Agent, which agreements shall be accompanied by an
acknowledgment by the bank where the lockbox is located of the Lien of the Agent
granted hereunder and of irrevocable instructions to wire all amounts collected
therein to a special collateral account at the Agent.
Section 7.2 Collection of Receivables. The Agent may at any time after the
occurrence and during the continuance of a Default, by giving the Borrower
written notice, elect to require that the Receivables be paid directly to the
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders. In such event, the Borrower shall, and
shall permit the Agent to, promptly notify the account debtors or obligors under
the Receivables of the Lenders' interest therein and direct such account debtors
or obligors to make payment of all amounts then or thereafter due under the
Receivables directly to the Agent. Upon receipt of any such notice from the
Agent after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default, the Borrower
shall thereafter hold in trust for the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, all
amounts and proceeds received by it with respect to the Receivables and Other
Collateral and immediately and at all times thereafter deliver to the Agent all
such amounts and proceeds in the same form as so received, whether by cash,
check, draft or otherwise, with any necessary endorsements. The Agent shall hold
and apply funds so received as provided by the terms of Section 7.3 and Section
7.4.
Section 7.3 Special Collateral Account. After the occurrence and during the
continuance of a Default, the Agent may require all cash proceeds of the
Collateral to be deposited in a special non-interest bearing cash collateral
account with the Agent and held there as security for the Secured Obligations.
The Borrower shall have no control whatsoever over said cash collateral account.
If any Default has occurred and is continuing, the Agent may (and shall, at the
direction of the Required Secured Parties), from time to time, apply the
collected balances in said cash collateral account to the
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payment of the Secured Obligations whether or not the Secured Obligations shall
then be due.
Section 7.4 Application of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Collateral shall
be applied by the Agent to payment of the Secured Obligations in the following
order unless a court of competent jurisdiction shall otherwise direct:
(a) FIRST, to payment of all reasonable costs and expenses of the
Agent incurred in connection with the collection and enforcement of the
Secured Obligations or of the security interest granted to the Agent
pursuant to this Security Agreement;
(b) SECOND, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations
constituting accrued and unpaid interest and fees, pro rata among the
Lenders and their Affiliates in accordance with the amount of such accrued
and unpaid interest and fees owing to each of them;
(c) THIRD, to payment of the principal of the Secured Obligations and
the net early termination payments and any other Rate Management
Obligations then due and unpaid from the Borrower to any of the Lenders or
their Affiliates, pro rata among the Lenders and their Affiliates in
accordance with the amount of such principal and such net early termination
payments and other Rate Management Obligations then due and unpaid owing to
each of them;
(d) FOURTH, to payment of any Secured Obligations (other than those
listed above) pro rata among those parties to whom such Secured Obligations
are due in accordance with the amounts owing to each of them; and
(e) FIFTH, the balance, if any, after all of the Secured Obligations
have been satisfied, shall be deposited by the Agent into the Borrower's
general operating account with the Agent.
ARTICLE 8. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 8.1 Notice of Disposition of Collateral; Condition of Collateral.
The Borrower hereby waives notice of the time and place of any public sale or
the time after which any private sale or other disposition of all or any part of
the Collateral may be made. To the extent such notice may not be waived under
applicable law, any notice made shall be deemed reasonable if sent to the
Borrower, addressed as set forth in Article IX, at least ten days prior to (i)
the date of any such public sale or (ii) the time after which any such private
sale or other disposition may be made. Agent shall have no obligation to
clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale.
Section 8.2 Compromises and Collection of Collateral. The Borrower and the
Agent recognize that setoffs, counterclaims, defenses and other claims may be
asserted by obligors with respect to certain of the Receivables, that certain of
the Receivables may be or become uncollectible in whole or in part and that the
expense and probability of success in litigating a disputed Receivable may
exceed the amount that reasonably may be expected to be recovered with respect
to a Receivable. In view of the foregoing, the Borrower agrees that the Agent
may at any time and from time to time, if a Default has occurred and is
continuing, compromise with the obligor on any Receivable, accept in
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full payment of any Receivable such amount as the Agent in its sole discretion
shall determine or abandon any Receivable, and any such action by the Agent
shall be commercially reasonable so long as the Agent acts in good faith based
on information known to it at the time it takes any such action.
Section 8.3 Secured Party Performance of Debtor Obligations. Without having
any obligation to do so, the Agent, after notice to the Borrower, may perform or
pay any obligation which the Borrower has agreed to perform or pay in this
Security Agreement and the Borrower shall reimburse the Agent for any amounts
paid by the Agent pursuant to this Section 8.3. The Borrower's obligation to
reimburse the Agent pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be a Secured
Obligation payable on demand.
Section 8.4 Authorization for Secured Party to Take Certain Action. The
Borrower irrevocably authorizes the Agent at any time and from time to time in
the sole discretion of the Agent and appoints the Agent as its attorney in fact
(i) to execute on behalf of the Borrower as debtor and to file financing
statements necessary or desirable in the Agent's sole discretion to perfect and
to maintain the perfection and priority of the Agent's security interest in the
Collateral, (ii) after the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default,
to indorse and collect any cash proceeds of the Collateral, (iii) to file a
carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Security Agreement or any
financing statement with respect to the Collateral as a financing statement and
to file any other financing statement or amendment of a financing statement
(which does not add new collateral or add a debtor) in such offices as the Agent
in its sole discretion deems necessary or desirable to perfect and to maintain
the perfection and priority of the Agent's security interest in the Collateral,
(iv) subject to the terms of Section 4.8 and after notice to the Borrower, to
contact and enter into one or more agreements with the issuers of uncertificated
securities which are Collateral and which are Securities or with financial
intermediaries holding other Investment Property as may be necessary or
advisable to give the Agent Control over such Securities or other Investment
Property, (v) subject to the terms of Section 4.1(e), to enforce payment of the
Receivables in the name of the Agent or the Borrower, (vi) to apply the proceeds
of any Collateral received by the Agent to the Secured Obligations as provided
in Article VII and (vii) after notice to the Borrower, to discharge past due
taxes, assessments, charges, fees or Liens on the Collateral (except for such
Liens as are specifically permitted hereunder), and the Borrower agrees to
reimburse the Agent on demand for any payment made or any expense incurred by
the Agent in connection therewith, provided that this authorization shall not
relieve the Borrower of any of its obligations under this Security Agreement or
under the Credit Agreement.
Section 8.5 Specific Performance of Certain Covenants. The Borrower
acknowledges and agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in
Section 4.1(e), Section 4.1(f), Section 4.4, Section 5.3, or Section 8.7 or in
Article VII will cause irreparable injury to the Agent and the Lenders, that the
Agent and Lenders have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breaches and
therefore agrees, without limiting the right of the Agent or the Lenders to seek
and obtain specific performance of other obligations of the Borrower contained
in this Security Agreement, that the covenants of the Borrower contained in the
Sections referred to in this Section 8.5 shall be specifically enforceable
against the Borrower.
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Section 8.6 Use and Possession of Certain Premises. Upon the occurrence of
a Default, the Agent shall be entitled to occupy and use any premises owned or
leased by the Borrower where any of the Collateral or any records relating to
the Collateral are located until the Secured Obligations are paid or the
Collateral is removed therefrom, whichever first occurs, without any obligation
to pay the Borrower for such use and occupancy.
Section 8.7 Dispositions Not Authorized. The Borrower is not authorized to
sell or otherwise dispose of the Collateral except as set forth in Section
4.1(e) and notwithstanding any course of dealing between the Borrower and the
Agent or other conduct of the Agent, no authorization to sell or otherwise
dispose of the Collateral (except as set forth in Section 4.1(e) shall be
binding upon the Agent or the Lenders unless such authorization is in writing
signed by the Agent with the consent or at the direction of the Required
Lenders.
Section 8.8 Benefit of Agreement. The terms and provisions of this Security
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the
Agent and the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns (including all
persons who become bound as a debtor to this Security Agreement), except that
the Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights or delegate its
obligations under this Security Agreement or any interest herein, without the
prior written consent of the Agent.
Section 8.9 Survival of Representations. All representations and warranties
of the Borrower contained in this Security Agreement shall survive the execution
and delivery of this Security Agreement.
Section 8.10 Taxes and Expenses. Any taxes (including income taxes) payable
or ruled payable by Federal or State authority in respect of this Security
Agreement shall be paid by the Borrower, together with interest and penalties,
if any. The Borrower shall reimburse the Agent for any and all out-of-pocket
expenses and internal charges (including reasonable attorneys', auditors' and
accountants' fees and reasonable time charges of attorneys, paralegals, auditors
and accountants who may be employees of the Agent) paid or incurred by the Agent
in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration,
collection and enforcement of this Security Agreement and in the audit,
analysis, administration, collection, preservation or sale of the Collateral
(including the reasonable expenses and charges associated with any periodic or
special audit of the Collateral). Any and all costs and expenses incurred by the
Borrower in the performance of actions required pursuant to the terms hereof
shall be borne solely by the Borrower.
Section 8.11 Headings. The title of and section headings in this Security
Agreement are for convenience of reference only, and shall not govern the
interpretation of any of the terms and provisions of this Security Agreement.
Section 8.12 Termination. This Security Agreement shall continue in effect
(notwithstanding the fact that from time to time there may be no Secured
Obligations outstanding) until (i) the Credit Agreement has terminated pursuant
to its express terms and (ii) all of the Secured Obligations have been
indefeasibly paid and performed in full and no commitments of the Agent or the
Lenders which would give rise to any Secured Obligations are outstanding.
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Section 8.13 Reinstatement. If, at any time after payment in full by the
Borrower of all Obligations and termination of the Agent's security interest,
any payments on the Obligations previously made by the Borrower or any other
Person must be disgorged by the Agent or any Lender for any reason whatsoever,
including, without limitation, the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of
the Borrower or such Person, this Security Agreement and the Agent's security
interests herein shall be reinstated as to all disgorged payments as though such
payments had not been made, and the Borrower shall sign and deliver to the Agent
all documents, and shall do such other acts and things, as may be necessary to
re-perfect the Agent's security interest.
Section 8.14 Entire Agreement. This Security Agreement embodies the entire
agreement and understanding between the Borrower and the Agent relating to the
Collateral and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the
Borrower and the Agent relating to the Collateral.
SECTION 8.15 CHOICE OF LAW. THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY,
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF
CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF INDIANA, BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE
TO NATIONAL BANKS.
Section 8.16 Indemnity. The Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify the Agent
and the Lenders, and their respective successors, assigns, agents and employees,
from and against any and all liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs, and
expenses of any kind and nature (including, without limitation, all expenses of
litigation or preparation therefor whether or not the Agent or any Lender is a
party thereto) imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Agent or the
Lenders, or their respective successors, assigns, agents and employees, in any
way relating to or arising out of this Security Agreement, or the manufacture,
purchase, acceptance, rejection, ownership, delivery, lease, possession, use,
operation, condition, sale, return or other disposition of any Collateral
(including, without limitation, latent and other defects, whether or not
discoverable by the Agent or the Lenders or the Borrower, and any claim for
patent, trademark or copyright infringement), except for liabilities, damages,
penalties, suits, costs and expenses caused by the Agent's or the Lenders' gross
negligence or wilful misconduct.
Section 8.17 Release of ESOP Collateral. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, the Borrower shall be entitled to release to the trustee
of the ESOP a certain number of shares of Borrower's stock held as collateral
under the ESOP Pledged Documents pursuant to and in accordance with the ESOP
Pledged Documents. The Agent agrees, upon ten (10) days written notice from the
Borrower to the Agent, that the Agent will release to the ESOP Trustee (but not
more than once per plan year of the ESOP unless required under the terms of the
ESOP, the ESOP Pledged Documents or applicable law) a number of shares of
Borrower's stock held as collateral to be released to the ESOP trustee pursuant
to the ESOP Pledged Documents, the ESOP and applicable law; provided that the
number of shares of Borrower's stock released in any plan year of the ESOP shall
not exceed the product of (a) the number of shares held by the Agent, multiplied
by (b) the quotient of (i) the amount of principal and interest paid on the ESOP
Loan for that plan year, divided by (ii) the sum of (A) the amount of principal
and interest paid on the ESOP Loan for that year, plus (B) the total amount of
principal and interest projected to be paid for all future years under the ESOP
Loan. The Agent's
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release of such shares shall be conditioned upon the Agent's satisfactory
receipt of (y) written certification signed by the Borrower and the trustee of
the ESOP setting forth the number of shares to be released and the calculation
therefor, and (z) an original share certificate, together with appropriate stock
powers, endorsements and other appropriate instruments of assignment endorsed in
blank, representing the balance of the pledged stock held by the Agent pursuant
to this Security Agreement.
ARTICLE 9. NOTICES
Section 9.1 Sending Notices. Any notice required or permitted to be given
under this Security Agreement shall be sent (and deemed received) in the manner
and to the addresses set forth in Article XIII of the Credit Agreement.
Section 9.2 Change in Address for Notices. Each of the Borrower, the Agent
and the Lenders may change the address for service of notice upon it by a notice
in writing to the other parties.
ARTICLE 10. THE AGENT
National City Bank of Indiana has been appointed Agent for the Lenders
hereunder pursuant to Article 9 of the Credit Agreement. It is expressly
understood and agreed by the parties to this Security Agreement that any
authority conferred upon the Agent hereunder is subject to the terms of the
delegation of authority made by the Lenders to the Agent pursuant to the Credit
Agreement, and that the Agent has agreed to act (and any successor Agent shall
act) as such hereunder only on the express conditions contained in such Article
9. Any successor Agent appointed pursuant to Article 9 of the Credit Agreement
shall be entitled to all the rights, interests and benefits of the Agent
hereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower and the Agent have executed this Security
Agreement as of the date first above written.
"BORROWER"
CHROMCRAFT REVINGTON, INC.
By:_____________________________________
Xxxxx X. Xxxx, Vice President-Finance
"AGENT"
NATIONAL CITY BANK OF INDIANA,
as Agent
By:_____________________________________
Title:__________________________________
STATE OF INDIANA )
) SS:
COUNTY OF XXXXXX )
Before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally
appeared Xxxxx X. Xxxx, known to me to be the Vice President-Finance of
Chromcraft Revington, Inc., and acknowledged the execution of the foregoing for
and on behalf of said company.
Witness my hand and Notarial Seal, this _______ day of March, 2002.
_____________________________
Notary Public - Signature
_____________________________
Notary Public - Printed
My Commission Expires: My County of Residence:
______________________ _____________________________
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