SECURITY AGREEMENT Dated October 18, 2005 Amended and Restated as of March 31, 2009 From The Grantors referred to herein as Grantors to Citicorp USA, Inc. as Agent T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
EXECUTION
VERSION
Exhibit
(4.9)
Dated
October 18, 2005
Amended
and Restated as of March 31, 2009
From
The
Grantors referred to herein
as
Grantors
to
Citicorp
USA, Inc.
as Agent
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
Section Page
Section
1. Grant of
Security
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Section
2. Security for
Obligations
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Section
3. Grantors Remain
Liable 6
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Section
4. Delivery and Control of Security
Collateral 6
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Section
5. Maintaining the Account
Collateral 7
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Section
6. Representations and
Warranties
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7. Further Assurances
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8. As to Equipment and Inventory
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9. Insurance
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Section
10. Post-Closing Changes; Collections on Assigned Agreements and
Receivables 14
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11. As to Intellectual Property Collateral
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12. Voting Rights; Dividends; Etc.
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13. As to the Assigned Agreements
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14. As to Letter-of-Credit Rights
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15. Transfers and Other Liens; Additional Shares
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16. Agent Appointed Attorney in Fact
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17. Agent May Perform
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18. The Agent’s Duties
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19. Remedies
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20. Indemnity and Expenses
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21. Amendments; Waivers; Additional Grantors; Etc.
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22. Confidentiality; Notices; References.
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23. Continuing Security Interest; Assignments Under the Credit
Agreement 23
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24. Release; Termination
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25. Execution in Counterparts
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26. Governing Law
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Schedules
Schedule
I - Investment
Property
Schedule
II - Pledged
Deposit Accounts
Schedule
III
- Receivables
and Agreement Collateral
Schedule
IV
- Intellectual
Property
Schedule
V - Location,
Chief Executive Office, Type of Organization, Jurisdiction of
Organization and
Organizational
Identification Number
Schedule
VI - Changes
in Name, Location, Etc.
Schedule
VII - Letters
of Credit
Schedule
VIII
- Equipment
Locations
Schedule
IX
- Inventory
Locations
Schedule
X
- Collateral Reserved
for Sale
Exhibits
Exhibit
A - Form
of Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Exhibit
B -
Form of Intellectual Property Security
Agreement Supplement
Exhibit
C - Form
of Security Agreement Supplement
SECURITY
AGREEMENT dated October 18, 2005, amended and restated as of March 31, 2009
(this "Agreement")
made by Xxxxxxx Kodak Company, a New Jersey corporation (the “Borrower”),
and the other Persons listed on the signature pages hereof, or which at any time
execute and deliver a Security Agreement Supplement in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C (the Borrower and such Persons so listed being,
collectively, the “Grantors”),
to Citicorp USA, Inc., as Agent (in such capacity, together with any successor
Agent appointed pursuant to Article VIII of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter
defined), the “Agent”)
for the Secured Parties (as hereinafter defined).
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS.
(1) The
Borrower has entered into a Credit Agreement dated as of October 18, 2005, which
was amended and restated as of March 31, 2009 (said Credit Agreement, as it may
hereafter be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, being the “Credit
Agreement”) with the Lenders and the Agents (each as defined
therein).
(2) Each
Grantor is the owner of the shares of stock or other equity interests (the
“Initial
Pledged Equity”) set forth opposite such Grantor’s name on and as
otherwise described in Part I of Schedule I hereto and issued by the Persons
named therein and of the indebtedness owed to such Grantor (the “Initial Pledged
Debt”) set forth opposite such Grantor’s name on and as otherwise
described in Part II of Schedule I hereto and issued by the obligors named
therein.
(3) Each
Grantor is the owner of the deposit accounts (the “Pledged Deposit
Accounts”) set forth opposite such Grantor’s name on Schedule II
hereto.
(4) The
Company is the owner of a L/C Cash Deposit Account (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) created in accordance with the Credit Agreement and subject to the
security interest granted under this Agreement on terms and conditions
acceptable to the Agent.
(5) It is a
condition precedent to the making of Advances and the issuance of additional
Letters of Credit by the Lenders under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors
shall have granted the security interest contemplated by this
Agreement. Each Grantor will derive substantial direct or indirect
benefit from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(6) Terms
defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are
used in this Agreement as defined in the Credit Agreement. Further,
unless otherwise defined in this Agreement or in the Credit Agreement, terms
defined in Article 8 or 9 of the UCC (as defined below) are used in this
Agreement as such terms are defined in such Article 8 or 9. “UCC” means
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New
York; provided that, if
perfection or the effect of perfection or non perfection or the priority of the
security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” means
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other
jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection,
effect of perfection or non perfection or priority.
(7) NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and in order to induce the Lenders
to make Advances and issue Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement, each
Grantor hereby agrees with the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties as follows:
Section
1. Grant of
Security
Each
Grantor hereby grants to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties, a security interest in such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and
to the following, in each case, as to each type of property described below,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, wherever located, and
whether now or hereafter existing or arising, provided, however, in no event shall
any lien or security interest be created in any asset which is, or hereafter
becomes, a “Principal Property” or consists of the capital stock or other equity
interest in an entity which is, or hereafter becomes, a “Restricted Subsidiary”
as such terms are defined in the Indenture (as defined in the Credit Agreement)
to the extent that any lien or security interest in such asset created under
this Agreement would require that the notes or other debt securities issued
pursuant to the Indenture be equally and ratably secured by such assets under
the terms of the Indenture, and provided, further, that notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Collateral include or the
security interest granted under this Section 1 hereof attach to: (A) any assets
of any Grantor located outside the United States, (B) any deposit account
for taxes, payroll, employee benefits or similar items and any other account or
financial asset in which such security interest would be unlawful or in
violation of any Plan or employee benefit agreement, (C) any lease,
license, contract, or agreement or other property right (including any United
States of America intent-to-use trademark or service xxxx application), to which
any Grantor is a party or of any of its rights or interests thereunder if and
for so long as the grant of such security interest shall constitute or result
in: (x) the abandonment, invalidation, unenforceability or other
impairment of any right, title or interest of any Grantor therein, or (y) in a
breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, or a default under, any such
lease, license, contract, agreement or other property right, (D) any of the
outstanding capital stock of a CFC in excess of 65% of the voting power of all
classes of capital stock of such CFC entitled to vote, or (E) any real property
or fixture (collectively, the “Collateral”):
(a) all
equipment in all of its forms, including, without limitation, all machinery,
tools, motor vehicles, vessels, aircraft and furniture (excepting all fixtures),
and all parts thereof and all accessions thereto, including, without limitation,
computer programs and supporting information that constitute equipment within
the meaning of the UCC (any and all such property being the “Equipment”);
(b) all
inventory in all of its forms, including, without limitation, (i) all raw
materials, work in process, finished goods and materials used or consumed in the
manufacture, production, preparation or shipping thereof, (ii) goods in which
such Grantor has an interest in mass or a joint or other interest or right of
any kind (including, without limitation, goods in which such Grantor has an
interest or right as consignee) and (iii) goods that are returned to or
repossessed or stopped in transit by such Grantor, and all accessions thereto
and products thereof and documents therefor, including, without limitation,
computer programs and supporting information that constitute inventory within
the meaning of the UCC (any and all such property being the “Inventory”);
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(c) all
accounts, instruments (including, without limitation, promissory notes), deposit
accounts, general intangibles (including, without limitation, payment
intangibles) and other obligations of any kind owing to Grantors, whether or not
arising out of or in connection with the sale or lease of goods or the rendering
of services and whether or not earned by performance (any and all such
instruments, deposit accounts, general intangibles and other obligations to the
extent not referred to in clause (d), (e) or (f) below, being the “Receivables”,
subject to restrictions on assignment and/or transfer, and all such supporting
obligations, security agreements, Liens, leases, letters of credit and other
contracts owing to Grantors or supporting the obligations owing to the Grantors
under the Receivables being the “Related
Contracts”);
(d) the
following (the “Security
Collateral”):
(i) the
Initial Pledged Equity and the certificates, if any, representing the Initial
Pledged Equity, and all dividends, distributions, return of capital, cash,
instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or
otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Initial
Pledged Equity and all warrants, rights or options issued thereon or with
respect thereto;
(ii) the
Initial Pledged Debt and the instruments, if any, evidencing the Initial Pledged
Debt, and all interest, cash, instruments and other property from time to time
received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for
any or all of the Initial Pledged Debt;
(iii) all
additional shares of stock and other equity interests from time to time acquired
by such Grantor in any manner of the issuers of such Pledged Equity or of other
Material Subsidiaries of such Borrower, provided that not more than 65% of the
equity in any CFC shall be subject to the pledge hereunder (such shares and
other equity interests, together with the Initial Pledged Equity, being the
“Pledged
Equity”), and the certificates, if any, representing such additional
shares or other equity interests, and all dividends, distributions, return of
capital, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received,
receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all
of such shares or other equity interests and all warrants, rights or options
issued thereon or with respect thereto;
(iv) all
additional indebtedness from time to time owed to such Grantor (such
indebtedness, together with the Initial Pledged Debt, being the “Pledged
Debt”) and the instruments, if any, evidencing such indebtedness, and all
interest, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received,
receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all
of such indebtedness;
(v) subject
to restrictions on assignment and/or transfer, all security entitlements or
commodity contracts carried in a securities account or commodity account, all
security entitlements with respect to all financial assets from time
to
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(vi) time
credited to the L/C Cash Deposit Account and all financial assets, and all
dividends, distributions, return of capital, interest, cash, instruments and
other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed
in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such security entitlements or
financial assets and all warrants, rights or options issued thereon with respect
thereto; and
(vii) subject
to restrictions on assignment and/or transfer, all other investment property
(including, without limitation, all (A) securities, whether certificated or
uncertificated, (B) security entitlements, (C) securities accounts, (D)
commodity contracts and (E) commodity accounts, but excluding any equity
interest in any Affiliate excluded from the Pledged Equity in which such Grantor
has now, or acquires from time to time hereafter, any right, title or interest
in any manner, and the certificates or instruments, if any, representing or
evidencing such investment property, and all dividends, distributions, return of
capital, interest, cash, instruments and other property from time to time
received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for
any or all of such investment property and all warrants, rights or options
issued thereon or with respect thereto;
(e) subject
to restrictions on assignment and/or transfer, each Hedge Agreement to which
such Grantor is now or may hereafter become a party, in each case as such
agreements may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time (collectively, the “Assigned
Agreements”), including, without limitation, (i) all rights of such
Grantor to receive moneys due and to become due under or pursuant to the
Assigned Agreements, (ii) all rights of such Grantor to receive proceeds of any
insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty with respect to the Assigned
Agreements, (iii) claims of such Grantor for damages arising out of or for
breach of or default under the Assigned Agreements and (iv) the right of such
Grantor to terminate the Assigned Agreements, to perform thereunder and to
compel performance and otherwise exercise all remedies thereunder (all such
Collateral being the “Agreement
Collateral”);
(f) the
following (collectively, the “Account
Collateral”):
(i) the
Pledged Deposit Accounts, the L/C Cash Deposit Account and all funds and
financial assets from time to time credited thereto (including, without
limitation, all cash equivalents), and all certificates and instruments, if any,
from time to time representing or evidencing the Pledged Deposit Accounts or the
L/C Cash Deposit Account;
(ii) all
promissory notes, certificates of deposit, checks and other instruments from
time to time delivered to or otherwise possessed by the Agent for or on behalf
of such Grantor in substitution for or in addition to any or all of the then
existing Account Collateral; and
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(iii) all
interest, dividends, distributions, cash, instruments and other property from
time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in
exchange for any or all of the then existing Account Collateral;
and
(g) the
following (collectively, the “Intellectual
Property Collateral”):
(i) all
patents, patent applications, utility models and statutory invention
registrations, all inventions claimed or disclosed therein and all improvements
thereto, other than those patents and related rights currently contemplated to
be sold by the Company or any other Grantor listed on Schedule IV attached
hereto (“Patents”);
(ii) all
trademarks, service marks, domain names, trade dress, logos, designs, slogans,
trade names, business names, corporate names and other source identifiers,
whether registered or unregistered, together, in each case, with the goodwill
symbolized thereby (“Trademarks”);
(iii) all
copyrights, including, without limitation, copyrights in computer software,
internet web sites and the content thereof, whether registered or unregistered
(“Copyrights”);
all confidential and proprietary information, including, without limitation,
know-how, trade secrets, manufacturing and production processes and techniques,
inventions, research and development information, databases and data, including,
without limitation, technical data, financial, marketing and business data,
pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans and customer and
supplier lists and information (collectively, “Trade
Secrets”), and all other intellectual, industrial and intangible property
of any type, including, without limitation, industrial designs and mask
works;
(iv) except as
set forth above, all registrations and applications for registration for any of
the foregoing, including, without limitation, those registrations and
applications for registration, together with all reissues, divisions,
continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals and reexaminations
thereof;
(v) subject
to restrictions on assignment and/or transfer, all agreements, permits,
consents, orders and franchises relating to the license, development, use or
disclosure of any of the foregoing to which such Grantor, now or hereafter, is a
party or a beneficiary (“IP
Agreements”); and
(vi) subject
to restrictions on assignment and/or transfer, any and all claims for damages
and injunctive relief for past, present and future infringement, dilution,
misappropriation, violation, misuse or breach with respect to any of the
foregoing, with the right, but not the obligation, to xxx for and collect, or
otherwise recover, such damages;
(h) all
proceeds of, collateral for, income, royalties and other payments now or
hereafter due and payable with respect to, and supporting obligations relating
to, any and all of the Collateral (including, without limitation, proceeds,
collateral and supporting
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(i) obligations
that constitute property of the types described in clauses (a) through (g) of
this Section 1) and, to the extent not otherwise included, all (A) payments
under insurance (whether or not the Agent is the loss payee thereof), or any
indemnity, warranty or guaranty, payable by reason of loss or damage to or
otherwise with respect to any of the foregoing Collateral, and (B)
cash.
Section
2. Security for
Obligations
This
Agreement secures, in the case of each Grantor, the payment of all obligations
of such Grantor and the Subsidiaries of the Company now or hereafter existing
under (a) the Loan Documents, and (b) as disclosed to the Agent from time to
time and in an amount not to exceed $100,000,000 in the aggregate, as to each
Lender and its Affiliates, for so long as such Lender is a party to the Credit
Agreement, all agreements and other documents relating to any treasury
management services provided by any of the Lenders and their Affiliates to the
Company and any of its Subsidiaries, all agreements evidencing any other
obligations of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries owing to any of the
Lenders and their Affiliates including, without limitation, all letters of
credit issued by any of the Lenders and their Affiliates for the benefit of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, all Hedge Agreements entered into with the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any of the Lenders and their Affiliates,
and each agreement or instrument delivered by any Grantor or Subsidiary of the
Company pursuant to any of the foregoing, as the same may be amended from time
to time in accordance with the provisions thereof (the Loan Documents and the
documents described in this clause (b) are the “Secured
Agreements”), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and
whether for principal, reimbursement obligations, interest, fees, premiums,
penalties, indemnifications, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or
otherwise (all such obligations being the “Secured
Obligations”) owing to the Agent, the Lenders and their respective
Affiliates that are party to any Secured Agreement (the “Secured
Parties”). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
this Agreement secures, as to each Grantor, the payment of all amounts that
constitute part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by such Grantor or
Subsidiary of the Company, as applicable, to any Secured Party under the Loan
Documents or Secured Agreements but for the fact that they are unenforceable or
not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar
proceeding involving any of the Loan Parties and other Subsidiaries of the
Company.
Section
3. Grantors Remain
Liable
Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) each Grantor shall remain liable
under the contracts and agreements included in such Grantor’s Collateral to
perform all of its duties and obligations thereunder to the extent set forth
therein to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (b) the
exercise by the Agent of any of the rights hereunder shall not release any
Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under the contracts and agreements
included in the Collateral and (c) no Secured Party shall have any obligation or
liability under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral by
reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, nor shall any Secured Party
be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any Grantor
thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim for payment
assigned hereunder.
Section
4. Delivery and Control of
Security Collateral
(a) All
certificates or instruments representing or evidencing existing Security
Collateral shall be delivered to and held by or on behalf of the Agent pursuant
hereto and shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or shall be
accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment
in
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blank,
all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent except to the
extent that such transfer or assignment is (x) prohibited by applicable law or
(y) subject to certain corporate actions by the holders or issuers of non-US
Initial Pledged Equity which have not occurred as of the Effective Date and
governmental approvals or consents to pledge or transfer with respect to non-US
Material Subsidiaries which have not yet been obtained as to which Grantor shall
use commercially reasonable effects to complete as soon as practicable after the
date hereof.
(b) With
respect to any Security Collateral representing interest in Material
Subsidiaries in which any Grantor has any right, title or interest and that
constitutes an uncertificated security, such Grantor will use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the issuer thereof to agree in an authenticated
record with such Grantor and the Agent that, upon notice from the Agent that an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such issuer will comply with
instructions with respect to such security originated by the Agent without
further consent of such Grantor, such authenticated record to be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. Upon the request of
the Agent upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
each Grantor will notify each issuer of other Security Collateral as provided in
Section 4(e) below.
(c) With
respect to any securities or commodity account, any Security Collateral that
constitutes a security entitlement as to which the financial institution acting
as Agent hereunder is not the securities intermediary, upon the request of the
Agent upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default the
relevant Grantor will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
securities intermediary with respect to such security or commodity account or
security entitlement to identify in its records the Agent as the entitlement
holder thereof.
(d) Upon the
request of Agent upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, each Grantor shall cause the Security Collateral to be registered in
the name of the Agent or such of its nominees as the Agent shall direct, subject
only to the revocable rights specified in Section 12(a). In addition,
the Agent shall have the right upon the occurrence and during the continuance of
an Event of Default to convert Security Collateral consisting of financial
assets credited to any securities account or the L/C Cash Deposit Account to
Security Collateral consisting of financial assets held directly by the Agent,
and to convert Security Collateral consisting of financial assets held directly
by the Agent to Security Collateral consisting of financial assets credited to
any securities or commodity account or the L/C Cash Deposit
Account.
(e) Upon the
request of the Agent upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default, each Grantor will notify each issuer of Security Collateral granted
by it hereunder that such Security Collateral is subject to the security
interest granted hereunder.
Section
5. Maintaining the Account
Collateral
So long
as any Advance or any other payment obligation of any Loan Party of which the
Company has notice under any Loan Document shall remain unpaid, any Letter of
Credit shall be outstanding or any Lender shall have any
Commitment:
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Upon
request of the Agent made upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, each Grantor will promptly enter into an agreement with the
financial institution holding the Pledged Account pursuant to which such
financial institution shall agree with such Grantor and the Agent to, upon
notice from the Agent, comply with instructions originated by the Agent
directing the disposition of funds in such deposit account without the further
consent of such Grantor, such agreement to be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent (a “Deposit Account
Control Agreement”), and instruct each Person obligated at any time to
make any payment to such Grantor for any reason (an “Obligor”)
to make such payment to such a Pledged Deposit Account or the L/C Cash Deposit
Account.
(a) Upon
notice from the Agent that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
each Grantor agrees to terminate any or all Pledged Deposit Accounts and Deposit
Account Control Agreements upon request by the Agent.
(b) The Agent
may, at any time and without notice to, or consent from, the Grantor, transfer,
or direct the transfer of, funds from the Pledged Deposit Accounts or the L/C
Cash Deposit Account to satisfy the Grantor’s obligations under the Loan
Documents if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing. As soon as reasonably practicable after any such
transfer, the Agent agrees to give written notice thereof to the applicable
Grantor.
Section
6. Representations and
Warranties
Each
Grantor represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Such
Grantor’s exact legal name, chief executive office, type of organization,
jurisdiction of organization and organizational identification number as of the
date hereof is set forth in Schedule V hereto. Within the twelve
months preceding the date hereof, such Grantor has not changed its name, chief
executive office, type of organization, jurisdiction of organization or
organizational identification number from those set forth in Schedule V hereto
except as set forth in Schedule VI hereto.
(b) Such
Grantor is the legal and beneficial owner of the Collateral granted or purported
to be granted by it free and clear of any Lien, claim, option or right of
others, except for the security interest created under this Agreement or Liens
permitted under the Credit Agreement (other than pursuant to Section
5.02(a)(vii) of the Credit Agreement). No effective financing
statement or other instrument similar in effect covering all or any part of such
Collateral or listing such Grantor or any trade name of such Grantor as debtor
is on file in any recording office, except such as may exist on the date of this
Agreement, have been filed in favor of the Agent relating to the Loan Documents
or are otherwise permitted under the Credit Agreement.
(c) All
Equipment of such Grantor having a value in excess of $10,000,000 and Inventory
of such Grantor having a value in excess of $10,000,000 as of the date hereof is
located at the places specified therefor in Schedule VIII and
Schedule IX hereto, respectively. Such Grantor has exclusive
possession and control of its Inventory, other than Inventory stored at any
leased premises or third party warehouse.
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(d) None of
the Receivables or Agreement Collateral is evidenced by a promissory note or
other instrument in excess of $10,000,000 that has not been delivered to the
Agent. All such Receivables or Agreement Collateral valued in excess
of $10,000,000 is listed on Schedule III attached hereto.
(e) All
Security Collateral consisting of certificated securities and instruments with
an aggregate fair market value in excess of $10,000,000 for all such Security
Collateral of the Grantors have been delivered to the Agent.
(f) If such
Grantor is an issuer of Security Collateral, such Grantor confirms that it has
received notice of the security interest granted hereunder.
(g) The
Pledged Equity pledged by such Grantor hereunder has been duly authorized and
validly issued and is fully paid and non assessable. The Pledged Debt
pledged by such Grantor hereunder has been duly authorized, authenticated or
issued and delivered, is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the issuers
thereof and, if evidenced by any promissory notes, such promissory
notes have been delivered to the Agent, and is not in default.
(h) The
Initial Pledged Equity pledged by such Grantor constitutes, as of the date
hereof, 65% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of the issuers
thereof indicated on Part I of Schedule I hereto. The Initial Pledged
Debt constitutes all of the outstanding Debt for Borrowed Money owed to such
Grantor by the issuers thereof.
(i) Such
Grantor has no investment property with a market value in excess of $10,000,000
as of the date hereof, other than the investment property listed on Part III of
Schedule I hereto.
(j) The
Assigned Agreements to which such Grantor is a party have been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by such Grantor and, to such Grantor’s knowledge, any
material Assigned Agreements are in full force and effect and are binding upon
and enforceable against all parties thereto in accordance with their
terms.
(k) Such
Grantor has no material deposit accounts subject to the grant or security in
Section 1 of this Agreement as of the date hereof, other than the Pledged
Deposit Accounts listed on Schedule II hereto.
(l) Such
Grantor is not a beneficiary or assignee under any letter of credit with a
stated amount in excess of $10,000,000 and issued by a United States financial
institution as of the date hereof, other than the letters of credit described in
Schedule VII hereto.
(m) This
Agreement creates in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a
valid security interest in the Collateral granted by such Grantor under this
Agreement, securing the payment of the Secured Obligations except to the extent
that control or possession by the Agent is required for the creation of the
security interest; all filings and other actions necessary to perfect the
security interest in the Collateral granted by such Grantor have been duly made
or taken and are in full force and effect other than
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(n) (i)
actions necessary to obtain control of Collateral as provided in Sections 9-104,
9-105, 9-106 and 9-107 of the UCC; (ii) actions necessary to perfect the Agent’s
security interest with respect to Collateral evidenced by a certificate of title
or Collateral consisting of vessels or aircraft and (iii) actions necessary to
transfer and prior approval of or filings with any governmental entity required
in connection with any interest in Pledged Equity; provided however, that the
Agent will receive a security interest, but not a first priority security
interest, in (1) Collateral consisting of any securities or commodity account,
(2) Account Collateral maintained with a financial institution other than the
Agent, (3) assets encumbered by Liens on the date of this Agreement, (4)
Collateral evidenced by a certificate of title or consisting of vessels or
aircraft, (5) collateral subject to Liens permitted by the terms of the Credit
Agreement, (6) Collateral with an aggregate book value of less than $10,000,000
and (7) other Collateral to the extent consented to by Agent and approved by the
Required Lenders (collectively, the “Specified
Collateral”).
(o) No
authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any governmental authority or regulatory body or any other third party is
required for (i) the grant by such Grantor of the security interest granted
hereunder or for the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by
such Grantor, (ii) the perfection or maintenance of the security interest
created hereunder (including the first priority nature of such security interest
in Collateral other than the Specified Collateral), except for (A) the filing of
financing and continuation statements under the UCC, which financing statements
have been duly filed and are in full force and effect, (B) the recordation of
the Intellectual Property Security Agreement with respect to certain registered
copyrights attached thereto, which has been delivered for recording and is in
full force and effect, and the actions described in Section 4 with respect to
the Security Collateral, (C) subject to certain corporations actions by the
holders or issuers of Non-U.S. Initial Pledged Equity which have not occurred as
of the Effective Date, necessary to transfer or assign and (D) the governmental
filings required to be made or approvals obtained prior to the creation of
security interest in any Pledged Equity issued by a non-US Person and any
filings or approvals require prior to realizing on any such Pledged Equity, (E)
the control of certain assets as provided in Sections 9-104, 9-105, 9-106 and
9-107 of the UCC, or (F) the exercise by the Agent of its voting or other rights
provided for in this Agreement or the remedies in respect of the Collateral
pursuant to this Agreement, except as set forth above and as may be required in
connection with the disposition of any portion of the Security Collateral by
laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally.
(p) The
Inventory that has been produced or distributed by such Grantor has been
produced in compliance with all requirements of applicable law except where the
failure to so comply would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) As to
itself and its Intellectual Property Collateral:
(i) The
operation of such Grantor’s business as currently conducted or as contemplated
to be conducted and the use of the Intellectual Property Collateral in
connection therewith do not conflict with, infringe, misappropriate,
dilute,
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(ii) misuse or
otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of any third party, except as
are not expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) Such
Grantor is the exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in and to
Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights contained in the Intellectual Property
Collateral, except as set forth in Schedule IV hereto with respect to
co-ownership of certain Patents, and such Grantor is entitled to use all such
Intellectual Property Collateral in accordance with applicable law, subject to
the terms of the IP Agreements.
(iv) The
Intellectual Property Collateral set forth on Schedule IV hereto includes all of
the registered patents, patent applications, domain names, trademark
registrations and applications, copyright registrations and applications owned
by such Grantor as of the date set forth therein.
(v) The
issued Patents and registered Trademarks contained in the Intellectual Property
Collateral have not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable in whole or part, and
to the knowledge of the Company, are valid and enforceable, except to the extent
Grantor has ceased use of any such registered Trademarks.
(vi) Such
Grantor has made or performed all filings, recordings and other acts and has
paid all required fees and taxes, as deemed necessary by Grantor in its
reasonable business discretion, to maintain and protect its interest in each and
every material item of Intellectual Property Collateral owned by such Grantor in
full force and effect.
(vii) No claim
has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the
use of any Intellectual Property Collateral or the validity of effectiveness of
any such Intellectual Property Collateral, nor does the Company know of any
valid basis for any such claim, except, in either case, for such claims that in
the aggregate are not reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. The use of such Intellectual Property Collateral by the
Company and its Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any Person,
except for such claims and infringements that, in the aggregate, are not
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents will not
result in the termination or impairment of any of the Intellectual Property
Collateral.
(viii) With
respect to each IP Agreement: (A) to the knowledge of the Company, such IP
Agreement is valid and binding and in full force and effect; (B) such IP
Agreement will not cease to be valid and binding and in full force and effect on
terms identical to those currently in effect as a result of the rights and
interest granted herein, nor will the grant of such rights and interest
constitute a breach or default under such IP Agreement or otherwise give any
party thereto a right to terminate such IP Agreement; (C) such Grantor has not
received any notice of termination or cancellation under such IP Agreement
within the six months immediately preceding the date of this Security Agreement;
(D) within
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(ix) the six
months immediately preceding the date of this Security Agreement, such Grantor
has not received any notice of a breach or default under such IP Agreement,
which breach or default has not been cured; and (E) neither such Grantor nor, to
such Grantor’s knowledge, any other party to such IP Agreement is in breach or
default thereof in any material respect, and no event has occurred that, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a breach or default or
permit termination or modification under such IP Agreement, in each case except
as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(x) To the
Company’s knowledge, none of the material Trade Secrets of such Grantor has been
used, divulged, disclosed or appropriated to the detriment of such Grantor for
the benefit of any other Person other than such Grantor within the past two
years.
Section
7. Further
Assurances
(a) Each
Grantor agrees that from time to time, in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement at the expense of such Grantor and at the reasonable request of the
Agent, such Grantor will promptly execute and deliver, or otherwise
authenticate, all further instruments and documents, and take all further action
that may be reasonably necessary or desirable, or that the Agent may reasonably
request, in order to perfect and protect any pledge or security interest granted
or purported to be granted by such Grantor hereunder or to enable the Agent to
exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any
Collateral of such Grantor. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, each Grantor will, at the reasonable request of the Agent, promptly
with respect to the Collateral of such Grantor: (i) xxxx
conspicuously each document included in Inventory, each chattel paper included
in Receivables each Assigned Agreement and, at the request of the Agent, each of
its records pertaining to such Collateral with a legend, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, indicating that such document, Assigned
Agreement or Collateral is subject to the security interest granted hereby; (ii)
if any such Collateral shall be evidenced by a promissory note or other
instrument or chattel paper, deliver and pledge to the Agent hereunder such note
or instrument or chattel paper duly indorsed and accompanied by duly executed
instruments of transfer or assignment, all in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent; (iii) file such financing or continuation statements,
or amendments thereto, and such other instruments or notices, as may be
reasonably necessary or desirable, or as the Agent may reasonably request, in
order to perfect and preserve the security interest granted or purported to be
granted by such Grantor hereunder; (iv) at the request of the Agent, take all
action to ensure that the Agent’s security interest is noted on any certificate
of title related to any Collateral evidenced by a certificate of title; and (v)
deliver to the Agent evidence that all other actions that the Agent may deem
reasonably necessary or desirable in order to perfect and protect the security
interest granted or purported to be granted by such Grantor under this Agreement
has been taken.
(b) Each
Grantor hereby authorizes the Agent to file one or more financing or
continuation statements, and amendments thereto, including, without limitation,
one or more financing statements indicating that such financing statements cover
all assets or all personal property (or words of similar effect) of such Grantor
in the United States other than assets now or hereafter constituting Principal
Properties or the equity of Restricted Subsidiaries, or any real property or
fixtures, regardless of whether any particular asset described in such
financing
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(c) statements
falls within the scope of the UCC. A photocopy or other reproduction
of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement where permitted
by law. Each Grantor ratifies its authorization for the Agent to have
filed such financing statements, continuation statements or amendments filed
prior to the date hereof.
(d) Each
Grantor will furnish to the Agent from time to time statements and schedules
further identifying and describing the Collateral of such Grantor and such other
reports in connection with such Collateral as the Agent may reasonably request,
all in reasonable detail.
Section
8. As to Equipment and
Inventory
(a) Each
Grantor will keep its Equipment having a value in excess of $10,000,000 and
Inventory having a value in excess of $10,000,000 (other than Inventory sold in
the ordinary course of business) at the places therefor specified in Schedule
VIII and Schedule IX, respectively, or, upon 30 days’ prior written notice to
the Agent, at such other places designated by such Grantor in such
notice.
(b) Each
Grantor will pay promptly when due all property and other taxes, assessments and
governmental charges or levies imposed upon, and all claims (including, without
limitation, claims for labor, materials and supplies) against, its Equipment and
Inventory, except to the extent payment thereof is not required by Section
5.01(b) of the Credit Agreement. In producing its Inventory, each
Grantor will comply with all requirements of applicable law, except where the
failure to so comply will not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
9. Insurance
(a) Each
Grantor will, at its own expense, maintain or cause to be maintained, insurance
with respect to its Equipment and Inventory in such amounts, against such risks,
in such form and with such insurers, as shall be customary for similar
businesses of the size and scope of the Company on a consolidated basis,
provided however that the Grantor may self insure to the extent consistent with
prudent business practice. Each policy of each Grantor for liability
insurance shall provide for all losses to be paid on behalf of the Agent and
such Grantor as their interests may appear, and each policy for property damage
insurance shall provide for all losses, except for losses of less than
$25,000,000 per occurrence, to be paid directly to the Agent. So long
as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all property
damage insurance payments received by the Agent in connection with any loss,
damage or destruction of Inventory will be released by the Agent to the
applicable Grantor. Each such policy shall in addition (i) name such
Grantor and the Agent as insured parties thereunder (without any representation
or warranty by or obligation upon the Agent) as their interests may appear, (ii)
provide that there shall be no recourse against the Agent for payment of
premiums or other amounts with respect thereto and (iii) provide that at least
10 days’ prior written notice of cancellation or of lapse shall be given to the
Agent by the insurer. Each Grantor will, if so requested by the
Agent, deliver to the Agent certificates of insurance evidencing such insurance
and, as often as the Agent may reasonably request, a report of a reputable
insurance broker or the insurer with respect to such
insurance. Further, each Grantor will, at the request of the Agent,
duly execute and deliver instruments of assignment of such insurance policies to
comply with the requirements of Section 1(h) and cause the insurers to
acknowledge notice of such assignment.
(b) Reimbursement
under any liability insurance maintained by any Grantor pursuant to this
Section 9 may be paid directly to the Person who shall have incurred
damages
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(c) covered
by such insurance. In case of any loss involving damage to Equipment
or Inventory when subsection (c) of this Section 9 is not applicable,
the applicable Grantor, to the extent determined to be in the business interest
of such Grantor, will make or cause to be made the necessary repairs to or
replacements of such Equipment or Inventory, and any proceeds of insurance
properly received by or released to such Grantor shall be used by such Grantor,
except as otherwise required hereunder or by the Credit Agreement, to pay or as
reimbursement for the costs of such repairs or replacements or, if such Grantor
determines not to repair or replace such Equipment or Inventory, treat the loss
or damage as a disposition under Section 5.02(e)(v) of the Credit
Agreement.
(d) So long
as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all insurance
payments received by the Agent in connection with any loss, damage or
destruction of any Inventory or Equipment will be released by the Agent to the
applicable Grantor. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of
any Event of Default, all insurance payments in respect of such Equipment or
Inventory shall be paid to the Agent and shall, in the Agent’s sole discretion,
(i) be released to the applicable Grantor for the repair, replacement or
restoration thereof, (ii) be held as additional Collateral hereunder or
applied as specified in Section 19(b) or (iii) be released to the
Agent Sweep Account and applied as provided in Section 2.18(h) of the Credit
Agreement.
Section
10. Post-Closing Changes;
Collections on Assigned Agreements and Receivables
(a) No
Grantor will change its name, type of organization, jurisdiction of organization
or organizational identification number from those set forth in Schedule V of
this Agreement without first giving at least 15 Business Days prior written
notice to the Agent and taking all action reasonably required by the Agent for
the purpose of perfecting or protecting the security interest granted by this
Agreement. Each Grantor will hold and preserve its records relating
to the Collateral, including, without limitation, the Assigned Agreements and
Related Contracts, and will permit representatives of the Agent at any time
during normal business hours to inspect and make abstracts from such records and
other documents to the extent provided in Section 5.01(e) of the Credit
Agreement. If any Grantor does not have an organizational
identification number and later obtains one, it will forthwith notify the Agent
of such organizational identification number.
(b) Except as
otherwise provided in this subsection (b), each Grantor will continue to
collect, at its own expense, all amounts due or to become due such Grantor under
the Assigned Agreements and Receivables. In connection with such
collections, such Grantor may take (and, at the Agent’s direction, will take)
such action as such Grantor or the Agent may deem necessary or advisable to
enforce collection of the Assigned Agreements and Receivables; provided, however, that the Agent shall
have the right at any time, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default and upon written notice to such Grantor of its intention to do
so, to notify the Obligors under any Assigned Agreements and Receivables of the
assignment of such Assigned Agreements to the Agent and to direct such Obligors
to make payment of all amounts due or to become due to such Grantor thereunder
directly to the Agent and, upon such notification and at the expense of such
Grantor, to enforce collection of any such Assigned Agreements and Receivables,
to adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment thereof, in the same
manner and to the same extent as such Grantor might have done, and to otherwise
exercise all rights with respect to such Assigned Agreements and
Receivables,
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(c) including,
without limitation, those set forth in Section 9-607 of the
UCC. After receipt by any Grantor of the notice from the Agent
referred to in the proviso to the preceding sentence, (i) all amounts and
proceeds (including, without limitation, instruments) received by such
Grantor in respect of the Assigned Agreements and Receivables of such Grantor
shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall be
segregated from other funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith paid over to
the Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary indorsement) to be
deposited in the Agent Sweep Account in the United States and either
(A) released to such Grantor so long as no Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing or (B) if any Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, applied as provided in Section 19(b) of
this Agreement or as provided in Section 2.18(h) of the Credit Agreement, and
(ii) such Grantor will not adjust, settle or compromise the amount or
payment of any Receivable or amount due on any Assigned Agreement, release
wholly or partly any Obligor thereof or allow any credit or discount thereon
other than credits or discounts given in the ordinary course of
business.
Section
11. As to Intellectual Property
Collateral
(a) With
respect to each item of its Intellectual Property Collateral material to the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, each Grantor agrees to take, at
its expense, all commercially reasonable steps as determined in Grantor’s
reasonable discretion, including, without limitation, in the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other governmental
authority, to (i) maintain the validity and enforceability of such Intellectual
Property Collateral and maintain such Intellectual Property Collateral in full
force and effect, and (ii) pursue the registration and maintenance (in
accordance with the exercise of such Grantor's reasonable business discretion)
of each patent, trademark, or copyright registration or application, now or
hereafter included in such Intellectual Property Collateral of such Grantor,
including, without limitation, the payment of required fees and taxes, the
filing of responses to office actions issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, the U.S. Copyright Office or other governmental authorities, the filing
of applications for renewal or extension, the filing of affidavits under
Sections 8 and 15 of the U.S. Trademark Act, the filing of divisional,
continuation, continuation-in-part, reissue and renewal applications or
extensions, the payment of maintenance fees and the participation in
interference, reexamination, opposition, cancellation, infringement and
misappropriation proceedings, in each case except where the failure to so file,
register or maintain is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect. No Grantor shall, without the written consent of the Agent,
which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, discontinue use of or
otherwise abandon any such material Intellectual Property Collateral, or abandon
any right to file an application for patent, trademark, or copyright, unless
such Grantor shall have determined that such use or the pursuit or maintenance
of such Intellectual Property Collateral is no longer necessary or desirable in
the conduct of such Grantor’s business and that the loss thereof would not be
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Until the
termination of the Credit Agreement, each Grantor agrees to provide, annually to
the Agent an updated Schedule of its Patents, Trademarks and registered
Copyrights.
(c) In the
event that any Grantor becomes aware that any item of the Intellectual Property
Collateral is being infringed or misappropriated by a third party, such Grantor
shall take such commercially reasonable actions determined in its reasonable
discretion,
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(d) at its
expense, to protect or enforce such Intellectual Property Collateral, including,
without limitation, suing for infringement or misappropriation and for an
injunction against such infringement or misappropriation.
(e) Each
Grantor shall take all reasonable steps which it deems appropriate under the
circumstances to preserve and protect each item of its material Trademarks
included in the Intellectual Property Collateral, including, without limitation,
maintaining substantially the quality of any and all products or services used
or provided in connection with any of the Trademarks, consistent with the
general quality of the products and services as of the date hereof, and taking
all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any of the
Trademarks use such consistent standards of quality.
(f) With
respect to its Intellectual Property Collateral, upon the reasonable request of
Agent made upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, each Grantor agrees to execute or otherwise authenticate an agreement,
in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto or otherwise in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent (an “Intellectual
Property Security Agreement”), for recording the security interest
granted hereunder to the Agent in such Intellectual Property Collateral with the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office, and any other
governmental authorities necessary to perfect the security interest hereunder in
such Intellectual Property Collateral.
(g) Upon the
occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each entity
which executes a Security Agreement Supplement as Grantor shall execute and
deliver to the Agent with such written notice, or otherwise authenticate, an
agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto or otherwise in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent (an “IP Security
Agreement Supplement”) covering such Intellectual Property, which IP
Security Agreement Supplement shall be recorded with the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other governmental
authorities necessary to perfect the security interest hereunder in such
Intellectual Property.
Section
12. Voting Rights; Dividends;
Etc.
(a) So
long as no Default under Section 6.01(a) or (e) of the Credit Agreement shall
have occurred and be continuing:
(i) Each
Grantor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and other consensual
rights pertaining to the Security Collateral of such Grantor or any part thereof
for any purpose.
(ii) Each
Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest
and other distributions paid in respect of the Security Collateral of such
Grantor if and to the extent that the payment thereof is not otherwise
prohibited by the terms of the Loan Documents; provided, however, that any and all
dividends, interest and other distributions paid or payable in the form of
instruments or certificates in respect of, or in exchange for, any Security
Collateral, shall be promptly delivered to the Agent to hold as Security
Collateral and shall, if received by such Grantor, be received in trust for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, be segregated from the other property or funds
of such Grantor and be promptly delivered to the Agent as Security Collateral in
the same form as so received (with any necessary indorsement).
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(iii) The Agent
will execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to each Grantor
all such proxies and other instruments as such Grantor may reasonably request
for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to exercise the voting and other rights
that it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (i) above and to receive
the dividends or interest payments that it is authorized to receive and retain
pursuant to paragraph (ii) above.
(b) Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of a Default under Section 6.01(a) or (e)
of the Credit Agreement:
(i) All
rights of each Grantor (x) to exercise or refrain from exercising the voting and
other consensual rights that it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant
to Section 12(a)(i) shall, upon notice to such Grantor by the Agent, cease and
(y) to receive the dividends, interest and other distributions that it would
otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 12(a)(ii)
shall automatically cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in
the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, which shall thereupon have the
sole right to exercise or refrain from exercising such voting and other
consensual rights and to receive and hold as Security Collateral such dividends,
interest and other distributions.
(ii) All
dividends, interest and other distributions that are received by any Grantor
contrary to the provisions of paragraph (i) of this Section 12(b) shall be
received in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall be segregated
from other funds of such Grantor and shall be promptly paid over to the Agent as
Security Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary
indorsement).
Section
13. As to the Assigned
Agreements
(a) Each
Grantor will at its expense:
(i) perform
and observe all terms and provisions of the Assigned Agreements to be performed
or observed by it to the extent consistent with its past practice or reasonable
business judgment, maintain the Assigned Agreements to which it is a party in
full force and effect, enforce the Assigned Agreements to which it is a party in
accordance with the terms thereof and take all such action to such end as may be
requested from time to time by the Agent; and
(ii) furnish
to the Agent promptly upon receipt thereof copies of all notices of defaults in
excess of $50,000,000 received by such Grantor under or pursuant to the Assigned
Agreements to which it is a party, and from time to time (A) furnish to the
Agent such information and reports regarding the Assigned Agreements and such
other Collateral of such Grantor as the Agent may reasonably request and (B)
upon request of the Agent, make to each other party to any Assigned Agreement to
which it is a party such demands and requests for information and reports or for
action as such Grantor is entitled to make thereunder.
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(iii) Each
Grantor hereby consents on its behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries to the
assignment and pledge to the Agent for benefit of the Secured Parties of each
Assigned Agreement to which it is a party by any other Grantor
hereunder.
(b) Each
Grantor agrees, upon the reasonable request of Agent, to instruct each other
party to each Assigned Agreement to which it is a party, that all payments due
or to become due under or in connection with such Assigned Agreement will be
made directly to a Pledged Deposit Account.
(c) All
moneys received or collected pursuant to subsection (c) above shall be (i)
released to the applicable Grantor on the terms set forth in Section 5 so long
as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or (ii) if any
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, applied as provided in
Section 19(b).
Section
14. As to Letter-of-Credit
Rights
(a) Except
as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement and this Agreement, each Grantor,
by granting a security interest in its Receivables consisting of
letter-of-credit rights to the Agent, hereby assigns to the Agent such rights
(including its contingent rights) to the proceeds of all Related Contracts
consisting of letters of credit of which it is or hereafter becomes a
beneficiary or assignee. Upon request of the Agent, each Grantor will
promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the issuer of each
letter-of-credit with a stated amount in excess of $10,000,000 and each
nominated person (as defined in Section 5-102 of the UCC) (if any) with respect
thereto to consent to such assignment of the proceeds thereof pursuant to a
consent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and deliver
written evidence of such consent to the Agent.
(b) Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor will,
promptly upon request by the Agent, (i) notify (and such Grantor hereby
authorizes the Agent to notify) the issuer and each nominated person with
respect to each of the Related Contracts consisting of letters of credit that
the proceeds thereof have been assigned to the Agent hereunder and any payments
due or to become due in respect thereof are to be made directly to the Agent or
its designee and (ii) arrange for the Agent to become the transferee beneficiary
of letter of credit.
Section
15. Transfers and Other Liens;
Additional Shares
(a) Each
Grantor agrees that it will not (i) sell, assign or otherwise dispose of, or
grant any option with respect to, any of the Collateral, other than (A) sales,
assignments and other dispositions of Collateral, and options relating to
Collateral, in the ordinary course of business as currently conducted, (B)
sales, assignments and other dispositions of, and options relating to,
Collateral listed on Schedule X hereto, (C) sales, assignments or other
dispositions of Collateral as permitted under the terms of the Credit Agreement,
provided that
sales, assignments and other dispositions of Collateral to Subsidiaries that are
not Loan Parties shall be for fair value determined in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, and such proceeds shall consist of cash and (D)
to any other Grantor, or (ii) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with
respect to any of the Collateral of such Grantor except for the pledge,
assignment and security interest created under this Agreement and Liens
permitted under the Credit Agreement.
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Subject
to the terms of the Credit Agreement and this Agreement, each Grantor agrees
that it will (i) cause each issuer of the Pledged Equity pledged by such Grantor
not to issue any equity interests or other securities in addition to or in
substitution for the Pledged Equity issued by such issuer except to such Grantor
or its Affiliates, and (ii) pledge hereunder, promptly upon its acquisition
(directly or indirectly) thereof, any and all additional equity interests or
other securities as required by Section 5.01(i) of the Credit Agreement from
time to time acquired by such Grantor in any manner.
Section
16. Agent Appointed Attorney in
Fact
Each
Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent such Grantor’s attorney-in-fact,
with full authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of
such Grantor or otherwise, from time to time, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, in the Agent’s discretion, to take any
action and to execute any instrument that the Agent may deem necessary or
advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, without
limitation:
(a) to obtain
and adjust insurance required to be paid to the Agent pursuant to Section
9,
(b) to ask
for, demand, collect, xxx for, recover, compromise, receive and give acquittance
and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in respect of any of the
Collateral,
(c) to
receive, indorse and collect any drafts or other instruments, documents and
chattel paper, in connection with clause (a) or (b) above, and
(d) to file
any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings that the Agent may
deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral or
otherwise to enforce compliance with the terms and conditions of any Assigned
Agreement or the rights of the Agent with respect to any of the
Collateral.
Section
17. Agent May
Perform
If any
Grantor fails to perform any agreement contained herein, the Agent may, but
without any obligation to do so, upon notice to the Company of at least five
Business Days in advance and if the Company fails to cure within such period,
itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, and the expenses of the
Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by such Grantor under
Section 20.
Section
18. The Agent’s
Duties
(a) The
powers conferred on the Agent hereunder are solely to protect the Secured
Parties’ interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to
exercise any such powers. Except for the safe custody of any
Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by
it hereunder, the Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral, as to
ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges,
maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any Collateral, whether or not
any Secured Party has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters, or as to
the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties or any
other rights pertaining to any Collateral. The Agent shall be deemed
to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any
Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment
substantially equal to that which it accords its own property.
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Anything
contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Agent may from time to
time, when the Agent deems it to be necessary, appoint one or more of its
Affiliates (or, with the consent of the Company, any other Persons) subagents
(each a “Subagent”)
for the Agent hereunder with respect to all or any part of the
Collateral. In the event that the Agent so appoints any Subagent with
respect to any Collateral, (i) the assignment and pledge of such Collateral and
the security interest granted in such Collateral by each Grantor hereunder shall
be deemed for purposes of this Security Agreement to have been made to such
Subagent, in addition to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties, as security for the Secured Obligations of such Grantor, (ii) such
Subagent shall automatically be vested, in addition to the Agent, with all
rights, powers, privileges, interests and remedies of the Agent hereunder with
respect to such Collateral, and (iii) the term “Agent,” when used herein in
relation to any rights, powers, privileges, interests and remedies of the Agent
with respect to such Collateral, shall include such Subagent; provided, however, that no such
Subagent shall be authorized to take any action with respect to any such
Collateral unless and except to the extent expressly authorized in writing by
the Agent.
Section
19. Remedies
If any
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and such Event of Default
has resulted in the acceleration of the Secured Obligations, which acceleration
has not been rescinded or otherwise terminated:
(a) The Agent
may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to other rights and
remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and
remedies of a secured party upon default under the UCC (whether or not the UCC
applies to the affected Collateral) and also may: (i) require each
Grantor to, and each Grantor hereby agrees that it will at its expense and upon
request of the Agent forthwith, assemble all or part of the Collateral as
directed by the Agent and make it available to the Agent at a place and time to
be designated by the Agent that is reasonably convenient to both parties; (ii)
without notice except as specified below, sell the Collateral or any part
thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any of the Agent’s
offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and upon such
other terms as the Agent may deem commercially reasonable; (iii) occupy,
consistent with Section 5.01(e) of the Credit Agreement, on a non-exclusive
basis any premises owned or leased by any of the Grantors where the Collateral
or any part thereof is assembled or located for a reasonable period in order to
effectuate its rights and remedies hereunder or under law, without obligation to
such Grantor in respect of such occupation; and (iv) exercise any and all rights
and remedies of any of the Grantors under or in connection with the Collateral,
or otherwise in respect of the Collateral, including, without limitation, (A)
any and all rights of such Grantor to demand or otherwise require payment of any
amount under, or performance of any provision of, the Assigned Agreements, the
Receivables and the other Collateral, (B) withdraw, or cause or direct the
withdrawal, of all funds with respect to the Account Collateral, and (C)
exercise all other rights and remedies with respect to the Assigned Agreements,
the Receivables and the other Collateral, including, without limitation, those
set forth in Section 9-607 of the UCC. Each Grantor agrees that, to
the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten days’ notice to
such Grantor of the time and place of any public sale, or of the time after
which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable
notification. The Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of
Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given.
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(b) The Agent
may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the
time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be
made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned.
(c) Any cash
held by or on behalf of the Agent and all cash proceeds received by or on behalf
of the Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from, or other realization
upon all or any part of the Collateral may, in the discretion of the Agent, be
held by the Agent as collateral for, and/or then or at any time thereafter shall
be applied (after payment of any amounts payable to the Agent pursuant to
Section 20) in whole or in part by the Agent for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties against, all or any part of the Secured Obligations, in the
following manner:
(i) first, paid to the Agent for
any amounts then owing to the Agent in its capacity as such pursuant to Section
9.04 of the Credit Agreement or otherwise under the Loan Documents;
and
(ii) second, ratably (A) paid to
the Secured Parties for any amounts then owing to them, in their capacities as
such, under the Secured Agreements (other than in respect of undrawn Letters of
Credit) ratably in accordance with the amounts then owing to the Secured
Parties, and (B) deposited as Collateral in the L/C Cash Deposit Account as
required by Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.
Any
surplus of such cash or cash proceeds held by or on the behalf of the Agent and
remaining after payment in full of all the Secured Obligations shall be paid
over to the applicable Grantor or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to
receive such surplus.
(d) All
payments received by any Grantor under or in connection with any Assigned
Agreement or otherwise in respect of the Collateral shall be received in trust
for the benefit of the Agent, shall be segregated from other funds of such
Grantor and shall be forthwith paid over to the Agent in the same form as so
received (with any necessary indorsement).
(e) Subject
to the provisions of Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement, the Agent may,
without notice to any Grantor except as required by law and at any time or from
time to time, charge, set off and otherwise apply all or any part of the Secured
Obligations against any funds held with respect to the Account Collateral or in
any other deposit account.
(f) In the
event of any sale or other disposition of any of the Intellectual Property
Collateral of any Grantor, the goodwill symbolized by any Trademarks subject to
such sale or other disposition shall be included therein, and such Grantor shall
supply to the Agent or its designee, to the extent practicable, such Grantor’s
know-how and expertise, and documents and things relating to any Intellectual
Property Collateral subject to such sale or other disposition, and such
Grantor’s customer lists and other records and documents relating to such
Intellectual Property Collateral and to the manufacture, distribution,
advertising and sale of products and services of such Grantor.
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(g) (f) In
each case under this Agreement in which the Agent takes any action with respect
to the Collateral, including proceeds, the Agent shall provide to the Company
such records and information regarding the possession, control, sale and any
receipt of amounts with respect to such Collateral as may be reasonably
requested by the Company as a basis for the preparation of the company's
financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
Section
20. Indemnity and
Expenses
(a) Each
Grantor agrees to indemnify, defend and save and hold harmless each Secured
Party and each of their Affiliates and their respective officers, directors,
employees, trustees, agents and advisors (each, an “Indemnified
Party”) from and against, and shall pay on demand, any and all claims,
damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation,
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) that may be incurred by or asserted or
awarded against any Indemnified Party, in each case arising out of or in
connection with or resulting from this Agreement (including, without limitation,
enforcement of this Agreement), except to the extent such claim, damage, loss,
liability or expense is found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnified Party’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
(b) Each
Grantor will upon demand pay to the Agent the amount of any and all reasonable
expenses, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of its
counsel and of any experts and agents, that the Agent may incur in connection
with (i) the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or the sale of,
collection from or other realization upon, any of the Collateral of such
Grantor, (ii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Agent or
the other Secured Parties hereunder or (iii) the failure by such Grantor to
perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.
Section
21. Amendments; Waivers;
Additional Grantors; Etc.
(a) No
amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and no consent to any
departure by any Grantor herefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be in writing and signed by the Agent and, with respect to any
amendment, the Company on behalf of the Grantors, and then such waiver or
consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given. No failure on the part of the Agent or any
other Secured Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising any right hereunder,
shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right.
(b) Upon the
execution and delivery by any Person of a security agreement supplement in
substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (each a “Security
Agreement Supplement”), such Person shall be referred to as an “Additional
Grantor” and shall be and become a Grantor hereunder, and each reference
in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to “Grantor” shall also mean and
be a reference to such Additional Grantor, each reference in this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents to the “Collateral” shall also mean and be a reference
to the Collateral granted by such Additional Grantor and each reference in this
Agreement to a Schedule shall also mean and be a reference to the schedules
attached to such Security Agreement Supplement.
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(c) Confidentiality;
Notices; References.
(d) The
confidentiality provisions of Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement shall apply
to all information received by the Agent or any Lender under this
Agreement.
(b) All
notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be delivered as
provided in Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement.
(c) The
definitions of certain terms used in this Agreement are set forth in the
following locations:
Account
Collateral
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Section
1(f)
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Agreement
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Preamble
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Agreement
Collateral
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Section
1(e)
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Assigned
Agreements
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Section
1(e)
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Borrower
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Preamble
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Collateral
|
Section
1
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Copyrights
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Section
1 (g)(iii)
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Credit
Agreement
|
Recitals
A(1)
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Deposit
Account Control Agreement
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Section
5(a)
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Equipment
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Section
1(a)
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Grantor,
Grantors
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Preamble
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Initial
Pledged Equity
|
Recitals
A(2)
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Initial
Pledged Debt
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Recitals
A(2)
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Intellectual
Property Collateral
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Section
1(g)
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Inventory
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Section
1(b)
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IP
Agreements
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Section
1(g)(v)
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Obligor
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Section
5(a)
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Patents
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Section
1(g)(i)
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Pledged
Debt
|
Section
1(d)(iv)
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Pledged
Deposit Accounts
|
Recitals
A(3)
|
Pledged
Equity
|
Section
1(d)(iii)
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Receivables
|
Section
1(c)
|
Related
Contracts
|
Section
1(c)
|
Secured
Agreements
|
Section
2
|
Secured
Obligations
|
Section
2
|
Secured
Parties
|
Section
2
|
Security
Collateral
|
Section
1(d)
|
Specified
Collateral
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Section
6(m)
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Trademarks
|
Section
1(g)(iii)
|
Trade
Secrets
|
Section
1(g)(iii)
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UCC
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Recitals
A(6)
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Section
22. Continuing Security
Interest; Assignments Under the Credit Agreement
This
Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and
shall (a) except as otherwise provided in Section 9.14 of the Credit
Agreement, remain in full force
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and
effect until the latest of (i) the payment in full in cash of the Secured
Obligations, (ii) the Termination Date and (iii) the termination or
expiration of all Letters of Credit, (b) be binding upon each Grantor, its
successors and assigns and (c) inure, together with the rights and remedies
of the Agent hereunder, to the benefit of the Secured Parties and their
respective successors, permitted transferees and permitted
assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c),
to the extent permitted in Section 9.07 of the Credit Agreement, any Lender
may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and
obligations under the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, all or
any portion of its Commitments, the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes,
if any, held by it) to any permitted transferee, and such permitted
transferee shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect
thereof granted to such Lender herein or otherwise.
Section
23. Release;
Termination
(a)
Upon any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of any item of
Collateral of any Grantor in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, or
upon any Subsidiary ceasing to be a Material Subsidiary, the security interests
granted under this Agreement by such Grantor shall immediately terminate and
automatically be released and Agent will promptly deliver at the Grantor’s
request to such Grantor all certificates representing any Pledged Equity
released and all notes and other instruments representing any Pledged Debt,
Receivables or other Collateral, and Agent will, at such Grantor’s expense,
promptly execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor
shall reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from
the assignment and security interest granted hereby; provided, however, that no
such documents shall be required unless such Grantor shall have delivered to the
Agent, at least five Business Days prior to the date such documents are required
by Grantor, a written request for release describing the item of Collateral and
the consideration to be received in the sale, transfer or other disposition and
any expenses in connection therewith, together with a form of release for
execution by the Agent and a certificate of such Grantor to the effect that the
transaction is in compliance with the Loan Documents.
(b) As
provided in Section 9.14(b) of the Credit Agreement, the pledge and security
interest granted hereby shall terminate immediately and automatically and all
rights to the Collateral shall revert to the applicable Grantor and the Agent
will promptly deliver to Grantors all certificates representing any Pledged
Equity or Pledged Debt, Receivables or other Collateral. Upon any
such termination, the Agent will, at the applicable Grantor’s expense, promptly
execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall
reasonably request to evidence such termination.
Section
24. Execution in
Counterparts
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall
constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier shall be
effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this
Agreement.
Section
25. Governing
Law
This
Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of
the State of New York.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above
written.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Agreement to be executed by its
officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above
written.
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XXXXXXX
KODAK COMPANY
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By/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Love
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Love
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Title:
Treasurer
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KODAK
CANADA INC.
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By/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Love
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Love
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Title:
Assistant Treasurer
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CREO
MANUFACTURING AMERICA LLC
KODAK
AVIATION LEASING LLC
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By/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Love
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Love
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Title:
Manager
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EASTMAN
GELATINE CORPORATION
XXXXXXX
KODAK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL COMPANY, INC.
FAR EAST
DEVELOPMENT LTD.
FPC
INC.
KODAK
(NEAR EAST), INC.
KODAK
AMERICAS, LTD.
KODAK
IMAGING NETWORK, INC.
KODAK
PORTUGUESA LIMITED
KODAK
REALTY, INC.
LASER
EDIT, INC.
LASER-PACIFIC
MEDIA CORPORATION
PACIFIC
VIDEO, INC.
PAKON,
INC.
QUALEX
INC.
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By/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Love
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Love
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Title:
Treasurer
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KODAK
PHILIPPINES LTD.
NPEC
INC.
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By/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Love
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Love
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Title:
Assistant Treasurer
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