CANADIAN GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT dated as of June 1, 2011 among CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF API TECHNOLOGIES CORP. and MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as COLLATERAL AGENT
Exhibit 10.3
Execution Copy
CANADIAN GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
dated as of
June 1, 2011
among
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF API TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
and
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as COLLATERAL AGENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 | Credit Agreement | 2 | ||||
Section 1.02 | Other Defined Terms | 2 | ||||
Section 1.03 | Interpretation | 8 | ||||
ARTICLE 2 | ||||||
GUARANTEE | ||||||
Section 2.01 | Guarantee | 9 | ||||
Section 2.02 | Amendments, etc. with respect to the Obligations | 9 | ||||
Section 2.03 | Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional | 10 | ||||
Section 2.04 | Reinstatement | 12 | ||||
Section 2.05 | Payments | 12 | ||||
Section 2.06 | Information | 12 | ||||
Section 2.07 | Payment on Demand | 13 | ||||
Section 2.08 | Interest Act (Canada) | 13 | ||||
Section 2.09 | Judgment Currency | 13 | ||||
Section 2.10 | Limitations Act | 14 | ||||
Section 2.11 | Liability | 14 | ||||
ARTICLE 3 | ||||||
PLEDGE OF COLLATERAL | ||||||
Section 3.01 | Pledge | 14 | ||||
Section 3.02 | Delivery of the Pledged Collateral | 15 | ||||
Section 3.03 | Representations, Warranties and Covenants | 15 | ||||
Section 3.04 | Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations | 17 | ||||
Section 3.05 | Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest | 17 | ||||
ARTICLE 4 | ||||||
SECURITY INTERESTS IN PERSONAL PROPERTY AND OTHER ASSETS | ||||||
Section 4.01 | Security Interest | 19 | ||||
Section 4.02 | Representations and Warranties | 22 | ||||
Section 4.03 | Covenants | 27 | ||||
Section 4.04 | Other Actions | 30 | ||||
Section 4.05 | Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral | 31 | ||||
Section 4.06 | Cash Management System and Securities Accounts | 33 | ||||
Section 4.07 | Certain Uncertificated Securities | 33 |
(i)
ARTICLE 5
REMEDIES
Section 5.01 | Remedies upon Default | 33 | ||||
Section 5.02 | Additional Rights | 35 | ||||
Section 5.03 | Exercise of Remedies | 36 | ||||
Section 5.04 | Receiver’s Powers | 36 | ||||
Section 5.05 | Dealing with the Collateral | 36 | ||||
Section 5.06 | Standards of Sale | 37 | ||||
Section 5.07 | Dealings by Third Parties | 38 | ||||
Section 5.08 | Application of Proceeds | 38 | ||||
Section 5.09 | Grant of License To Use Intellectual Property | 40 | ||||
Section 5.10 | Securities Act | 41 | ||||
ARTICLE 6 | ||||||
SUBORDINATION | ||||||
Section 6.01 | Subordination | 42 | ||||
ARTICLE 7 | ||||||
MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||
Section 7.01 | Notices | 42 | ||||
Section 7.02 | Waivers; Amendment | 43 | ||||
Section 7.03 | Collateral Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification | 43 | ||||
Section 7.04 | Successors and Assigns | 44 | ||||
Section 7.05 | Survival of Agreement | 44 | ||||
Section 7.06 | Counterparts; Effectiveness; Several Agreement | 44 | ||||
Section 7.07 | Severability | 45 | ||||
Section 7.08 | Right of Set-Off | 45 | ||||
Section 7.09 | Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process | 45 | ||||
Section 7.10 | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 46 | ||||
Section 7.11 | Headings | 46 | ||||
Section 7.12 | Security Interest Absolute | 46 | ||||
Section 7.13 | Termination or Release | 46 | ||||
Section 7.14 | Additional Subsidiaries | 48 | ||||
Section 7.15 | Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact | 48 | ||||
Section 7.16 | Pledgee Not a Partner or Limited Liability Company Member | 49 | ||||
Section 7.17 | Amalgamation | 49 | ||||
Section 7.18 | Further Assurances | 50 | ||||
Section 7.19 | Collateral Agent | 50 |
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ADDENDA
Exhibit “I” FORM OF SUPPLEMENT
Exhibit “II” FORM OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN CANADIAN TRADEMARKS
Exhibit “III” FORM OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN CANADIAN PATENTS
Exhibit “IV” FORM OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN CANADIAN COPYRIGHTS
Exhibit “V” UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES CONTROL AGREEMENT
(iii)
CANADIAN GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT dated as of June 1, 2011, among API NANOTRONICS SUB, INC. a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, API ELECTRONICS GROUP CORP., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, FILTRAN LIMITED, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, API NANOTRONICS HOLDINGS CORP., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, EMCON2007 HOLDCO INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada, EMCON EMANATION CONTROL LTD., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada and the other Wholly-Owned Canadian Subsidiaries of API TECHNOLOGIES CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”) from time to time party hereto (whether as original signatories or as additional parties as contemplated by Section 7.14 hereof) (each a “Canadian Subsidiary Guarantor”, and collectively, the “Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors”; the Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors are referred to collectively herein as the “Grantors”), and XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as collateral agent for the Secured Creditors (as defined below) pursuant to the Credit Agreement (as defined below) (together with any successor collateral agent, the “Collateral Agent”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto from time to time and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent (together with any successor administrative agent, the “Administrative Agent”) have entered into the Credit Agreement dated as of June 1, 2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented and/or modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), providing for the making of Loans to the Borrower, all as contemplated therein (collectively, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are herein called the “Lender Creditors”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower and/or one or more other Credit Parties may at any time and from time to time enter into one or more Interest Rate Protection Agreements and/or Other Hedging Agreements with one or more Lenders or any affiliate thereof (each such Lender or affiliate (solely to the extent such affiliate is an affiliate of a Lender at the time any particular Interest Rate Protection Agreement and/or Other Hedging Agreement is entered into with such affiliate), even if the respective Lender subsequently ceases to be a Lender under the Credit Agreement for any reason, together with such Lender’s or affiliate’s successors and permitted assigns, if any, collectively, the “Other Creditors” and, together with the Lender Creditors and their respective successors and permitted assigns, the “Secured Creditors”, with each such Interest Rate Protection Agreement and/or Other Hedging Agreement with an Other Creditor being herein called a “Secured Hedging Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the obligations of the Lenders to extend such credit are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Grantors are affiliates of the Borrower, will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to extend such credit.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
Section 1.01 Credit Agreement. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement.
Section 1.02 Other Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“Account Debtor” means any Person who is or who may become obligated to any Grantor under, with respect to or on account of an Account.
“Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement in this Agreement.
“Agreement” means this Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified, restated and/or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Applicable Securities Laws” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.10.
“Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement in this Agreement.
“Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter” means the disclosure letter, dated as of the date hereof, as amended or supplemented from time to time by the Grantors with the written consent of the Collateral Agent (or as supplemented by the Grantors pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), delivered by the Grantors to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors.
“Canadian Subsidiary Guarantor” means each of API Nanotronics Sub, Inc. a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, API Electronics Group Corp., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Filtran Limited, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, API Nanotronics Holdings Corp., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, EMCON2007 Holdco Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada, EMCON Emanation Control Ltd., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada and each other direct and indirect Wholly-Owned Canadian Subsidiary of the Borrower (in each case, whether existing on the Effective Date or established, created or acquired after the Effective Date) which at any time is or becomes a party hereto (whether as an original party or as contemplated by Section 7.14), unless and until such time as the respective Subsidiary is released from all of its obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the terms and provisions of Section 7.13 hereof.
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“Closing Date Pledged Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.02.
“Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01 and, for greater certainty, includes the Pledged Collateral.
“Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement in this Agreement.
“Contract Rights” means all rights of any Grantor under each Contract, including, without limitation, (i) any and all rights to receive and demand payments under any or all Contracts, (ii) any and all rights to receive and compel performance and to exercise remedies under any or all Contracts and (iii) any and all other rights, interests and claims now existing or in the future arising in connection with any or all Contracts.
“Contracts” means, with respect to any Grantor, all contracts, agreements, Intellectual Property Licenses, instruments and indentures in any form and portions thereof (including, without limitation, any Interest Rate Protection Agreements, Other Hedging Agreements, licensing agreements and any partnership agreements, joint venture agreements and limited liability company agreements), to which such Grantor is a party or under which such Grantor or any property of such Grantor is subject, as the same may from time to time be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified.
“Copyright License” means any agreement, whether written or oral, now or hereafter in effect, granting any right to any third party under any Copyright now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or that such Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting any right to any Grantor under any Copyright now owned or hereafter acquired by any third party, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.
“Copyrights” means all copyright rights, including common law copyright rights, in any works of authorship or any other work subject to the copyright laws of Canada, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise, and all registrations and applications for registration of any such copyright in Canada or any other country, including registrations, recordings, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the Canadian Intellectual Property Office or any foreign equivalent office, as well as rights of renewal and extension and all moral rights and similar rights of authors.
“Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement in this Agreement.
“Credit Document Obligations” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Obligations”.
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“Deposit Accounts” means, collectively, with respect to each Grantor, (i) all “deposit accounts” as such term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York, and in any event shall include all accounts and sub-accounts relating to any of the foregoing accounts and (ii) all cash, funds, cheques, notes and instruments from time to time on deposit in any of the accounts or sub-accounts described in clause (i) of this definition.
“Domain Names” shall mean all Internet domain names and associated uniform resource locator addresses in or to which any Grantor now or hereafter has any right, title or interest.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights in, or other equivalents (however designated and whether voting or non-voting) of, such Person’s capital, including any interest in a partnership, limited partnership or other similar Person and any beneficial interest in a trust, and any and all rights, warrants, options or other rights exchangeable for or convertible into any of the foregoing.
“Excess Exempted Foreign Entity Voting Equity Interests” means the Voting Equity Interests of an Exempted Foreign Entity in excess of 65% of the total combined voting power of all classes of Voting Equity Interests of such Exempted Foreign Entity.
“Excluded Deposit Account” means any Deposit Account (i) maintained with the Collateral Agent, (ii) of the type described in clause (ix) of the final paragraph of Section 4.01(a) or (iii) which individually, or in the aggregate, does not have cash and Cash Equivalents with a value in excess of $500,000 on deposit therein at any time.
“Exempted Foreign Entity” means any corporation, limited liability company or other legal entity or business organization, in each case, organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than (i) the United States or any State or territory thereof or (ii) Canada or any Province or territory thereof.
“Event of Default” means any Event of Default under, and as defined in, the Credit Agreement.
“Grantors” means each of the Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors.
“Indemnitee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.03(b).
“Intellectual Property” means all intellectual and similar property, including Patents, Copyrights, Intellectual Property Licenses, Trademarks, Domain Names, trade secrets, confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know-how or other data or information, software and databases and all embodiments or fixations thereof and related documentation, registrations and franchises, and all additions, improvements and accessions to, and books and records describing or used in connection with, any of the foregoing.
“Intellectual Property License” means any Patent License, Trademark License, Copyright License or other license or sublicense agreement, whether oral or written, pertaining to Intellectual Property to which any Grantor is a party.
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“Judgment Currency” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(a).
“Judgment Currency Conversion Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(a).
“Lender Creditors” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement in this Agreement.
“Obligation Currency” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(a).
“Obligations” means (i) the full and prompt payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all obligations (including obligations which, but for any automatic stay under any Canadian Insolvency Law, would become due), indebtedness and liabilities (including, without limitation, indemnities, fees and interest (including any interest accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding at the rate provided for herein, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim in any such proceeding) thereon) of any Credit Party to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent now existing or hereafter incurred under, arising out of or in connection with this Agreement and each other Credit Document to which any Credit Party is a party and the due performance and compliance by any Credit Party with all the terms, conditions and agreements contained in the Credit Agreement, this Agreement and in each such other Credit Document (the Obligations in this subsection (i), collectively, the “Credit Document Obligations”) and (ii) the full and prompt payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all obligations (including obligations which, but for any automatic stay under Canadian Insolvency Law, would become due), liabilities and indebtedness (including any interest accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding at the rate provided for herein, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim in any such proceeding) of any Credit Party owing to any Other Creditor under any Secured Hedging Agreement (or under this Agreement in respect of any Secured Hedging Agreement) so long as such Other Creditor participates in such Secured Hedging Agreement, if any, whether now in existence or hereafter arising, and the due performance and compliance by such Credit Party with all terms, conditions and agreements contained therein (the Obligations in this subsection (ii), collectively, the “Other Obligations”).
“Other Creditors” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement in this Agreement.
“Other Obligations” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Obligations”.
“Patent License” means any agreement, whether oral or written, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to make, use, sell or import any invention on which a Patent, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, is in existence, or granting to any Grantor any right to make, use, sell or import any invention on which a Patent, now owned or hereafter acquired by any third party, is in existence, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.
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“Patents” means all Canadian and foreign patents, all registrations, issuances and recordings thereof, and all applications for Canadian patents or the equivalent thereof in any other country, including registrations, issuances, recordings and pending applications in the Canadian Intellectual Property Office or any similar offices in any other country and all provisionals, reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals or extensions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to make, use, sell and import the inventions disclosed or claimed therein.
“Permits” means all licenses, permits, rights, orders, variances, franchises or authorizations of or from any Governmental Authority.
“Pledged Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
“Pledged Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
“Pledged Securities” means any promissory notes, stock certificates or other securities now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.
“Pledged Stock” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
“PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario) (or any successor statute) or similar legislation of any other Canadian jurisdiction, including the Civil Code of Québec, the laws of which are required by such legislation to be applied in connection with the issue, perfection, enforcement, opposability, priority, validity or effect of security interests in the Collateral.
“Primary Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.08(b).
“Pro Rata Share” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.08(b).
“Representative” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.08(e).
“Required Secured Creditors” means (i) at any time when any Credit Document Obligations (other than indemnities described in Section 7.03 hereof and in the other provisions of the Secured Debt Agreements which are not then due and payable) or any Commitments under the Credit Agreement exist, the Required Lenders (or, to the extent provided in Section 13.12 of the Credit Agreement, each of the Lenders) and (ii) at any time after all of the Credit Document Obligations (other than indemnities described in Section 7.03 hereof and in the other provisions of the Secured Debt Agreements which are not then due and payable) have been paid in full and all Commitments under the Credit Agreement have been terminated and no further Commitments and Letters of Credit may be provided thereunder, the holders of a majority of the Other Obligations.
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“Restricted Asset” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01.
“Secondary Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.08(b).
“Secured Creditors” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement in this Agreement.
“Secured Debt Agreements” means and includes this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and the Secured Hedging Agreements.
“Secured Hedging Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement in this Agreement.
“Secured Obligations” means, with respect to each Grantor, (i) the full and prompt payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all obligations (including obligations which, but for any automatic stay under any Canadian Insolvency Law, would become due), indebtedness and liabilities (including, without limitation, indemnities, fees and interest (including any interest accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding at the rate provided for herein, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim in any such proceeding) thereon) of such Grantor to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent now existing or hereafter incurred under, arising out of or in connection with this Agreement and each other Credit Document to which such Grantor is a party and the due performance and compliance by such Grantor with all the terms, conditions and agreements contained in this Agreement and in each such other Credit Document to which such Grantor is a party; and (ii) the full and prompt payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all obligations (including obligations which, but for any automatic stay under Canadian Insolvency Law, would become due), liabilities and indebtedness (including any interest accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding at the rate provided for herein, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim in any such proceeding) of such Grantor owing to any Other Creditor under any Secured Hedging Agreement (or under this Agreement in respect of any Secured Hedging Agreement) so long as such Other Creditor participates in such Secured Hedging Agreement, if any, whether now in existence or hereafter arising, and the due performance and compliance by such Grantor with all terms, conditions and agreements contained therein.
“Securities Account Control Agreement” means an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent establishing the Collateral Agent’s Control with respect to any Securities Account.
“Security Interest” means the security interests, assignments, mortgages, charges, floating charges, hypothecations and pledges granted pursuant to this Agreement.
“STA” means the Securities Transfer Act (Ontario).
“Termination Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.13(a).
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“Trademark License” means any agreement, whether oral or written, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to use any Trademark now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting to any Grantor any right to use any Trademark now owned or hereafter acquired by any third party, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.
“Trademarks” means (a) all Canadian or foreign trademarks, service marks, trade names, Domain Names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, taglines other source indicators or business identifiers, designs and general Intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in the Canadian Intellectual Property Office , any similar offices in any province or territory of Canada or any foreign equivalent office, all extensions or renewals thereof, (b) all goodwill associated therewith or symbolized thereby; and (c) all other assets, rights and interests that uniquely reflect or embody such goodwill.
“ULC Shares” means shares in any unlimited company or unlimited liability corporation at any time owned or otherwise held by a Grantor.
“Voting Equity Interests” of any Person shall mean all classes of Equity Interests of such Person entitled to vote.
Section 1.03 Interpretation.
(a) Terms defined in the PPSA of Ontario or the STA and used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the same meanings. For greater certainty, the terms “Account”, “Chattel Paper”, “Consumer Goods”, “Document of Title”, “Equipment”, “Goods”, “Instrument”, “Intangible”, “Investment Property”, “Money”, “Personal Property” and “Proceeds” have the meanings given to them in the PPSA; and the terms “Control”, “Delivery”, “Financial Asset”, “Securities Account”, “Security”, “Security Entitlement” and “Uncertificated Security” have the meanings given to them in the STA.
(b) Any reference in any Credit Document to Permitted Liens or Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement and any right of a Grantor to create or suffer to exist Permitted Liens or Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement are not intended to and do not and will not subordinate the Security Interest to any such Lien or give priority to any Person over the Secured Creditors.
(c) In this Agreement the words “including”, “includes” and “include” mean “including (or includes or include) without limitation”. The expressions “Article”, “Section” and other subdivision followed by a number mean and refer to the specified Article, Section or other subdivision of this Agreement.
(d) Any reference in this Agreement to gender includes all genders. Words importing the singular number only include the plural and vice versa.
(e) The schedules attached to this Agreement form an integral part of it for all purposes of it.
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(f) Any reference to this Agreement or any other Credit Document refers to this Agreement or such Credit Document as the same may have been or may from time to time be amended, modified, extended, renewed, restated, replaced or supplemented and includes all schedules attached to it. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any reference in this Agreement to a statute refers to such statute and all rules and regulations made under it as the same may have been or may from time to time be amended or re-enacted.
ARTICLE 2
Guarantee
Section 2.01 Guarantee.
(a) Each of the Grantors hereby unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Creditors, and to each of the Secured Creditors the prompt and complete payment and performance when due and payable (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all Obligations of the Borrower and each Grantor; provided however that no Grantor shall guarantee its own Obligations.
(b) If any or all of the Obligations are not duly performed by the Borrower and the Grantors and are not performed by the Grantors under Section 2.01 for any reason whatsoever, each Grantor will, as a separate and distinct obligation, indemnify and save harmless the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors from and against all losses resulting from the failure of the Borrower and the Grantors to duly perform such Obligations.
(c) No payment made by the Borrower, any of the Grantors, any other grantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor from the Borrower, any of the Grantors, any other grantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or payment of any of the Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Grantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Grantor in respect of the Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Grantor in respect of any of the Obligations), remain liable for the Obligations guaranteed by it hereunder until (but subject to Section 2.04 in the case of the following clause (i)) the earlier to occur of (i) the first date on which all the Loans and all other Obligations then due and owing, are paid in full in cash, and the Total Commitment and all Secured Hedging Agreements have been terminated or (ii) the release of such Grantor from this Agreement in accordance with the express provisions of Section 7.13(b) hereof.
Section 2.02 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Obligations. The obligation of each Grantor under Section 2.01(a) is a continuing guarantee, and the obligation of each Grantor under Section 2.01(b) is a continuing obligation. Each of Section 2.01(a) and Section 2.01(b) extends to all present and future Obligations, applies to and
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secures the ultimate balance of the Obligations due or remaining due to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Creditors and is binding as a continuing obligation of each Grantor until this Agreement is terminated or the Grantor is otherwise released in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Credit Agreement. To the maximum extent permitted by law, each Grantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Grantor and without notice to or further assent by any Grantor, any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor may be rescinded by the Collateral Agent or such other Secured Creditor and any of the Obligations continued, and the Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, subordinated, waived, surrendered or released by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor, and this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Secured Debt Agreements and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, waived, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, in accordance with their respective terms, as the Collateral Agent (or the Required Secured Creditors or, in the case of any Secured Hedging Agreement, the applicable Other Creditor) may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor for the payment of any of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Creditor shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for any of the Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this Article 2 or any property subject thereto, except to the extent required by applicable law.
Section 2.03 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. Each Grantor waives, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor upon the guarantee contained in this Article 2 or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Article 2; each of the Obligations, and any obligation contained therein, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Article 2; and all dealings between the Borrower and any of the other Credit Parties, on the one hand, and the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Article 2. Each Grantor waives, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon any of the Borrower or any of the Grantors with respect to any of the Obligations. Each Grantor understands and agrees, to the extent permitted by law, that the guarantee contained in this Article 2 shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment and not of collection. Each Grantor hereby waives, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, any and all defences that it may have arising out of or in connection with any and all of the following: (a) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Secured Debt Agreements, any of the Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with
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respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor, (b) any contest by the Borrower, any Grantor or any other Person as to the amount of the Obligations, the validity or enforceability of any terms of the Credit Documents or the perfection or priority of any security granted to the Collateral Agent or the Secured Creditors, (c) any defence, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defence of payment or performance) that may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower against the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor, (d) any release, compounding or other variance of the liability of the Borrower, any Grantor or any other Person liable in any manner under or in respect of the Obligations or the extinguishment of all or any part of the Obligations by operation of law, (e) any change in the time, place, manner or place of payment or any consent, waiver, renewal, alteration, extension, compromise, arrangement, concession, release, discharge or other indulgences which the Secured Creditors or the Collateral Agent may grant to the Borrower, any Grantor or any other Person, (f) any amendment or supplement to, or alteration or renewal of, or restatement, replacement, refinancing or modification or variation of (including any increase in the amounts available thereunder or the inclusion of an additional borrower thereunder), or other action or inaction under, the Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents or any other related document or instrument, or the Obligations, (g) any discontinuance, termination, reduction, renewal, increase, abstention from renewing or other variation of any credit or credit facilities to, or the terms or conditions of any transaction with, the Borrower, any Grantor or any other Person, (h) any change in the ownership, control, name, objects, businesses, assets, capital structure or constitution of the Borrower, any Grantor or any other Credit Party or any reorganization (whether by way of reconstruction, consolidation, amalgamation, merger, transfer, sale, lease or otherwise) of the Borrower, a Grantor or any other Credit Party or their respective businesses, (i) any dealings with the security which the Secured Creditors or the Collateral Agent hold or may hold pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Credit Documents, including the taking, giving up or exchange of securities, their variation or realization, the accepting of compositions and the granting of releases and discharges, (j) any limitation of status or power, disability, incapacity or other circumstance relating to the Borrower, any Grantor, any other Credit Party or any other Person, including any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, composition, adjustment, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or other like proceeding involving or affecting the Borrower, any Grantor, any other Credit Party or any other Person or any action taken with respect to this Guarantee by any trustee or receiver, or by any court, in any such proceeding, whether or not any Grantor shall have notice or knowledge of any of the foregoing, (k) the assignment of all or any part of the benefits of this Agreement, (l) any impossibility, impracticability, frustration of purpose, force majeure or illegality of any Credit Document, or the occurrence of any change in the laws, rules, regulations or ordinances of any jurisdiction or by any present or future action of (i) any governmental entity that amends, varies, reduces or otherwise affects, or purports to amend, vary, reduce or otherwise affect, any of the Obligations or the obligations of a Grantor under this Agreement, or (ii) any court order that amends, varies, reduces or otherwise affects any of the Obligations, (m) any taking or failure to take security, any loss of, or loss of value of, any security, or any invalidity, non-perfection or unenforceability of any security held by the Secured Creditors or the Collateral Agent, or any exercise or enforcement of, or failure to exercise or enforce, security, or irregularity or defect in the manner or procedure by which the Collateral Agent and the Secured Creditors realize on
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such security, (n) any application of any sums received to the Obligations, or any part thereof, and any change in such application, and (o) any other circumstance whatsoever (other than payment in full in cash of the Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) guaranteed by it hereunder) (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower or any Grantor) that constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower or any Grantor for its Obligations, or of any Grantor under the guarantee contained in this Article 2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Grantor, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Borrower, any Grantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Obligations guaranteed by such Grantor hereunder or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Borrower, any Grantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Borrower, any Grantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Grantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor against any Grantor. Each Grantor renounces all benefits of discussion and division. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.
Section 2.04 Reinstatement. The guarantee of each Grantor contained in this Article 2 shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Obligations guaranteed by such Grantor hereunder is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Grantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Grantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.
Section 2.05 Payments. Each Grantor hereby agrees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, without set-off, counterclaim or other defence and on the same basis as payments are made under Sections 5.03 and 5.04 of the Credit Agreement. The provisions of this Section 2.05 survive the termination of this Agreement.
Section 2.06 Information. Each Grantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Borrower’s and each other Grantor’s and their Subsidiaries’ financial condition and assets and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Grantor assumes and incurs hereunder and agrees that none of the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Creditors will have any duty to advise such Grantor of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.
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Section 2.07 Payment on Demand. Each Grantor will pay and perform the Obligations and pay all other amounts payable by it to the Secured Creditors or the Collateral Agent under Article 2, and the obligation to do so arises, immediately after demand for such payment or performance is made in writing to it, provided, however, that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
Section 2.08 Interest Act (Canada). Each Grantor acknowledges that certain of the rates of interest applicable to the Obligations may be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days or 365 days, as the case may be and paid for the actual number of days elapsed. For purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), whenever any interest is calculated using a rate based on a year of 360 days or 365 days, as the case may be, such rate determined pursuant to such calculation, when expressed as an annual rate is equivalent to (i) the applicable rate based on a year of 360 days or 365 days, as the case may be, (ii) multiplied by the actual number of days in the calendar year in which the period for such interest is payable (or compounded) ends, and (iii) divided by 360 or 365, as the case may be.
Section 2.09 Judgment Currency.
(a) The Grantors’ obligations hereunder to make payments in any currency (the “Obligation Currency”) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender or recovery pursuant to any judgment expressed in or converted into any currency other than the Obligation Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery results in the effective receipt by the relevant Secured Creditor of the full amount of the Obligation Currency expressed to be payable to such Secured Creditor under this Agreement. If for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against any Grantor in any court or in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into or from any currency other than the Obligation Currency (such other currency being hereinafter referred to as the “Judgment Currency”) an amount due in the Obligation Currency, the conversion shall be made, at the rate of exchange (as quoted by the Administrative Agent or if the Administrative Agent does not quote a rate of exchange on such currency, by a Canadian Schedule I bank designated by the Administrative Agent) determined, in each case, as of the day on which the judgment is given (such day being hereinafter referred to as the “Judgment Currency Conversion Date”).
(b) If there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Judgment Currency Conversion Date and the date of actual payment of the amount due, each Grantor covenants and agrees to pay, or cause to be paid, such additional amounts, if any (but in any event not a lesser amount), as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount in the Obligation Currency which could have been purchased with the amount of Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial award at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Judgment Currency Conversion Date.
(c) For purposes of determining any rate of exchange for this Section, such amounts shall include any premium and costs payable in connection with the purchase of the Obligation Currency.
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Section 2.10 Limitations Act. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Limitation Act (Ontario), a claim may be brought against a Grantor based on this Agreement at any time within 6 years from the date on which demand for payment of the Obligations is made to such Grantor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Section 2.11 Liability. For greater certainty, the obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall be several and not joint or joint and several.
ARTICLE 3
Pledge of Collateral
Section 3.01 Pledge. As security for the payment or performance, as applicable, in full of the Secured Obligations of each Grantor, such Grantor hereby confirms the grant to the Collateral Agent, and its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Creditors, pursuant to Section 4.01(a), of the Security Interest in, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under: (a) the Equity Interests of any Person owned by it on the date hereof or at any time thereafter acquired by it, and in all certificates at any time representing any such Equity Interests, and any other shares, stock certificates, options or rights of any nature whatsoever in respect of the Equity Interests of any Person that may be issued or granted to, or held by, such Grantor while this Agreement is in effect (collectively, the “Pledged Stock”); provided that the Pledged Stock shall not include Excess Exempted Foreign Entity Voting Equity Interests; (b) all debt securities and promissory notes held by, or owed to, such Grantor (whether the respective issuer or obligor is the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person) on the Initial Borrowing Date or at any time thereafter, and all securities, promissory notes and any other instruments evidencing the debt securities or promissory notes described above (collectively, the “Pledged Debt”); (c) all other property that may be delivered to and held by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Section 3.01; (d) subject to Section 3.05, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other Proceeds received in respect of, the securities referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above; (e) subject to Section 3.05, all rights and privileges of such Grantor with respect to the securities and other property referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) above; and (f) all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above and this clause (f) being collectively referred to as the “Pledged Collateral”).
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Pledged Collateral, together with all right, title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Creditors, forever, subject, however, to the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.
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Section 3.02 Delivery of the Pledged Collateral.
(a) Except with respect to certificates, agreements or instruments representing or evidencing any Pledged Stock in existence on the date hereof that Administrative Agent has agreed with the Grantors can be delivered after the date hereof pursuant to arrangements specified by the Collateral Agent, each Grantor represents and warrants that all certificates, agreements or instruments representing or evidencing the Pledged Stock and the Pledged Debt in existence on the date hereof (collectively, the “Closing Date Pledged Collateral”) have been delivered to the Collateral Agent in suitable form for transfer by Delivery and accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank. Each Grantor agrees promptly to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any and all Pledged Stock now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor.
(b) In addition to the requirements of preceding clause (a), each Grantor will cause (i) each Intercompany Note or other promissory note issued by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to such Grantor and (ii) each promissory note evidencing any Indebtedness for borrowed money owed to such Grantor by any other Person which is in excess of $500,000 or the equivalent amount in another currency to be delivered to the Collateral Agent.
(c) Upon delivery to the Collateral Agent, (i) any Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by undated stock powers duly executed in blank or other undated instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and by such other instruments and documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all other property comprising part of the Pledged Collateral shall be accompanied by proper instruments of assignment duly executed by the applicable Grantor and such other instruments or documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing such Pledged Securities, which schedule shall be attached as a supplement to Schedule 3.03 to the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter and made a part thereof, provided that failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities. Each schedule so delivered shall supplement any prior schedules so delivered.
Section 3.03 Representations, Warranties and Covenants.
Each Grantor represents, warrants and covenants to and with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, that:
(a) | Schedule 3.03 to the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter correctly sets forth, as of the date hereof, the percentage of the issued and outstanding shares (or units or other comparable measure) of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by the Pledged Stock and includes all Pledged Stock and Pledged Debt; |
(b) | to the knowledge of such Grantor (unless such Pledged Stock and Pledged Debt has been issued by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in which case this representation and warranty shall not be qualified by knowledge), the Pledged Stock and Pledged Debt have been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and (i) in the case of Pledged Stock, are fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) in the case of Pledged Debt, are legal, valid and |
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binding obligations of the issuers thereof, except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws generally affecting creditors’ rights and by equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law); |
(c) | except for the Security Interests, each of the Grantors (i) is and, subject to any transfers made in compliance with the Credit Agreement, will continue to be the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule 3.03 to the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter as owned by such Grantor, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, (iii) except for transfers permitted under the Credit Agreement, will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, other than Permitted Liens, and (iv) will defend its title or interest thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), however arising, of all Persons whomsoever; |
(d) | except for restrictions and limitations imposed by (i) the Secured Debt Agreements, (ii) securities laws generally or (iii) customary provisions in articles of incorporation (or equivalent constating documents) or (iv) customary provisions in joint venture agreements relating to purchase options, rights of first refusal, tag, drag, call or similar rights of a third party that owns Equity Interests in such joint venture, the Pledged Collateral is and will continue to be freely transferable and assignable, and, except for customary provisions in articles of incorporation (or equivalent constating documents) or as otherwise expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement, none of the Pledged Collateral is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter or by-law provision or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect the pledge of such Pledged Collateral hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of rights and remedies hereunder; |
(e) | each of the Grantors has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated; |
(f) | no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other Person was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge effected hereby (other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect); |
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(g) | by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Grantors of this Agreement, when (x) any Pledged Securities are delivered to the Collateral Agent in accordance with this Agreement or (y) the filing of the PPSA financing statements with respect to the respective Grantor is made as described in Section 4.02(f), the Collateral Agent will obtain, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, a legal, valid and first priority perfected lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Securities as security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations of the applicable Grantor to the extent such security interest may be perfected by possession or filing of a PPSA financing statement; |
(h) | each Grantor will ensure that the terms of any interest in a partnership or limited liability company that is Pledged Collateral of such Grantor will expressly provide that such interest is a “security” for purposes of the STA; and |
(i) | each Grantor will promptly inform the Collateral Agent in writing of the acquisition by such Grantor of any ULC shares. |
Section 3.04 Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. The Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Creditors, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities in the name of the applicable Grantor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favour of the Collateral Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, in its own name as pledgee or the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent). Each Grantor will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any notices or other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Grantor. The Collateral Agent shall at all times upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Agreement.
Section 3.05 Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest.
(a) Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Grantors (or any of them) that their rights under this Section 3.05 are being suspended:
(i) | Each Grantor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights and powers enuring to an owner of Pledged Securities or any part thereof for any purpose consistent with the terms in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Secured Debt Agreements, provided that, except as expressly permitted under the Credit Agreement, such rights and powers shall not be exercised in any manner that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the rights enuring to a holder of any Pledged Securities or the rights and remedies of any of the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Creditors under this Agreement or the Credit Agreement or any other Secured Debt Agreements or the ability of the Secured Creditors to exercise the same. |
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(ii) | Each Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Securities to the extent and only to the extent that such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are not prohibited by the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the other Secured Debt Agreements and applicable laws, provided that (x) any noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that would constitute Pledged Stock or Pledged Debt, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Securities or received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and, if received by any Grantor, shall not be commingled by such Grantor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement as described in Section 3.02(c) or otherwise) and (y) any Collateral so received shall be subject to the applicable provisions of Article 4 hereof. |
(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, after the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Grantors (or any of them) in writing of the suspension of their rights under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 3.05, all rights of such Grantors to dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantors are authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 3.05 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions. All dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by any Grantor contrary to the provisions of this Section 3.05 shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors, shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent upon written demand in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement). Any and all Money and other property paid over to or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Collateral Agent in an account to be established by the Collateral Agent upon receipt of such Money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.08.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, after the Collateral Agent shall have notified in writing the Grantors (or any of them) of the suspension of their rights under paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 3.05, all rights of such Grantors to exercise the voting and other consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 3.05 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and
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exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and other consensual rights and powers, provided that, unless otherwise directed by the Required Secured Creditors, the Collateral Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuation of an Event of Default to permit the Grantors to exercise such rights. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, the Grantors shall have the right to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers that they would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(i) above.
(d) Any notice given by the Collateral Agent to the Grantors (or any of them) suspending their rights under paragraph (a) of this Section 3.05 (i) may be given by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing, (ii) may be given to one or more of the Grantors at the same or different times and (iii) may suspend the rights of the Grantors (or any of them) under paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 3.05 in part without suspending all such rights (as specified by the Collateral Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise affecting the Collateral Agent’s rights to give additional notices from time to time suspending other rights so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
ARTICLE 4
Security Interests in Personal Property and other Assets
Section 4.01 Security Interest.
(a) As security for the payment or performance, as applicable, in full of the Secured Obligations of each Grantor, such Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Creditors, a security interest in, and assigns as security, mortgages, charges, hypothecates and pledges to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Creditors, all of the property and undertaking of such Grantor now owned or hereafter acquired and all of the property and undertaking in which such Grantor now has or hereafter acquires any interest, (collectively, the “Collateral”) including all of such Grantor’s:
(i) | present and after acquired Personal Property; |
(ii) | Inventory including Goods held for sale, lease or resale, Goods furnished or to be furnished to third parties under contracts of lease, consignment or service, Goods which are raw materials or work in process, Goods used in or procured for packing and materials used or consumed in the business of such Grantor; |
(iii) | Equipment, machinery, furniture, fixtures, plant, vehicles and other Goods of every kind and description and all licences and other rights and all related records, files, charts, plans, drawings, specifications, manuals and documents; |
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(iv) | Accounts due or accruing and all related agreements, books, accounts, invoices, letters, documents and papers recording, evidencing or relating to them; |
(v) | Money, Documents of Title, Chattel Paper, Financial Assets and Investment Property; |
(vi) | Securities Accounts and all of the credit balances, Security Entitlements, other Financial Assets and items or property (or their value) standing to the credit from time to time in such Securities Accounts; |
(vii) | Instruments and Securities; |
(viii) | Intangibles including all security interests, goodwill, choses in action, contracts, contract rights, licenses and other contractual benefits; |
(ix) | Intellectual Property; |
(x) | all substitutions and replacements of and increases, additions and, where applicable, accessions to the property described in Section 4.01(a)(i) through Section 4.01(a)(ix) inclusive; and |
(xi) | all Proceeds in any form derived directly or indirectly from any dealing with all or any part of the property described in Section 4.01(a)(i) through Section 4.01(a)(x) inclusive, including the Proceeds of such Proceeds; |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral shall not include (i) Consumer Goods; (ii) ULC Shares, (iii) Excess Exempted Foreign Entity Voting Equity Interests; (iv) any Letter of Credit Rights that do not constitute Supporting Obligations (both capitalized terms have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York), (v) any right, title or interest in or to any real property (whether leased or owned), (vi) interests in partnerships and joint ventures that are not Subsidiaries which cannot be pledged without the consent of one or more third parties (whose consent has not been obtained); (vii) assets subject to a Lien permitted by Section 10.01(iii), 10.01(vi) or 10.01(xiv) of the Credit Agreement to the extent the agreements relating to such Lien prohibit the attachment of a security interest in such assets in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, (viii) any trademark or service xxxx applications filed in the Canadian Intellectual Property Office on the basis of a Grantor’s intent to use such trademark or service xxxx, unless and until evidence of use of the xxxx acceptable to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has been filed with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office provided that once evidence of use is submitted and accepted the Security Interest shall attach immediately to such trademark or service xxxx in the manner contemplated in Section 4.01(a), and (ix) any Deposit Accounts (and the cash and Cash Equivalents therein) specifically and exclusively used for (A) payroll, payroll taxes, and other employee wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of any employees of Borrower and its Subsidiaries and accrued and unpaid employee compensation (including salaries, wages, benefits and
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expense reimbursements) and/or (B) taxes required to be collected or withheld (including without limitation federal withholding taxes (including the employer’s share thereof), taxes owing to any governmental unit thereof, sales, use and excise taxes, customs duties, import duties and independent customs brokers’ charges).
(b) Nothing in this Agreement shall constitute a Security Interest which has attached to any Collateral that is a Restricted Asset, but the relevant Grantor will hold as trustee all Proceeds arising under or in connection with the Restricted Asset in trust for the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, on the following basis:
(i) | subject to the Credit Agreement, until the occurrence of an Event of Default that is continuing, the Grantor is entitled to receive all such Proceeds; and |
(ii) | upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, (x) all rights of the relevant Grantor to receive such Proceeds cease and all such proceeds will be immediately paid over to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, and (y) such Grantor will take all actions requested by the Collateral Agent to collect and enforce payment and other rights arising under the Restricted Asset. |
For the purposes of Section 4.01(b), “Restricted Asset” means any Intangibles or other rights arising under leases, Permits, licenses, contracts, agreements or other documents for so long as the grant of a Security Interest therein in the manner contemplated in Section 4.01(a) shall constitute or result in (A) the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any right, title or interest of any Grantor therein, (B) a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, or a default under, any such Intangible lease, Permit, license, contract, agreement or other document, (C) a breach of any law or regulation which prohibits the creation of a security interest thereunder (other than to the extent that any such term specified in clause (A), (B) or (C) above is rendered unenforceable against the Collateral Agent pursuant to section 40(4) of the PPSA (or any successor provision or provisions) of the PPSA of any relevant jurisdiction or any other then-applicable law or principles of equity); provided, however, that the Security Interest created under Section 4.01(a) shall attach immediately at such time as the condition causing such abandonment, invalidation, unenforceability, breach or termination shall no longer be effective and to the extent severable, shall attach immediately to any portion of such right, lease, Permit, license, contract, agreement or other document that does not result in any of the consequences specified in clause (A), (B) or (C) above.
(c) Each Grantor acknowledges that (i) value has been given, (ii) it has rights in the Collateral or the power to transfer rights in the Collateral to the Collateral Agent (other than after-acquired Collateral), (iii) it has not agreed to postpone the time of attachment of the Security Interest, and (iv) it has received a copy of this Agreement.
(d) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent (or its designee) at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any financing statements (including fixture filings) with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof and amendments thereto that (i) indicate the Collateral as “all present and after-
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acquired personal property, and an uncrystalized floating charge on land” of such Grantor or such other description as the Collateral Agent may determine and (ii) contain the information required by the applicable PPSA. Each Grantor agrees to provide such information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon request.
(e) Each Grantor also ratifies its authorization for the Collateral Agent (or its designee) to file, without the signature of any Grantor, in any relevant jurisdiction any financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations or amendments thereto.
(f) The Collateral Agent (or its designee) is further authorized to file with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (or any successor office or any similar office in any other country) such documents as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interest granted by each Grantor, without the signature of any Grantor, and naming any Grantor or the Grantors as debtors and the Collateral Agent as secured party.
(g) The Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Grantor with respect to or arising out of the Collateral.
Section 4.02 Representations and Warranties.
Each Grantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors that:
(a) | Each Grantor has good and valid rights in and title to the Collateral and has full power and authority to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Creditors, the Security Interest in such Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms in this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other Person other than any consent or approval that has been obtained. |
(b) | Set forth in Schedule 4.02(b) to the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter is, as of the date hereof, (i) the exact legal name of each Grantor as such name appears in its respective certificate or document of formation, (ii) each other legal name such Grantor has had in the past five years, including the date of the relevant name change (if any), and (iii) each other name, including trade names and similar appellations, such Grantor or any of its divisions or other business units has used in connection with the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties at any time during the past five years. |
(c) | Except as provided below, as of the Initial Borrowing Date, no Grantor has changed its identity or business structure in any way within the past five years; it being understood that changes in identity and business structure include mergers, acquisitions, amalgamations, |
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consolidations, liquidations into, or transfers of all or substantially all assets to, any Grantor by any other Person, as well as any change in form, nature or jurisdiction of formation; provided that, if any such merger, acquisition, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation, or transfer, has occurred, Schedule 4.02(c) to the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter sets forth the information required by Section 4.02(b) and (c) as to each acquiree and each other constituent party to such merger, acquisition, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation, or transfer. |
(d) | Set forth in Schedule 4.02(d) to the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter is, as of the date hereof, the (i) type of organization of each Grantor, (ii) location of each Grantor that is a registered organization, (iii) jurisdiction of organization of each Grantor, (iv) organizational identification number, if any, of each Grantor and (v) address of the chief executive office of each Grantor. |
(e) | Set forth in Schedule 4.02(e) to the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter is, as of the date hereof, (i) the name and address of any Person other than a Grantor that has possession of any Collateral with a value in excess of $500,000 (other than Collateral which is in transit or out for repair or maintenance) and (ii) any other addresses where a Grantor maintains or has maintained during the previous four months a place of business or any Collateral with a value in excess of $500,000, which addresses are not otherwise set forth in Schedules 4.02(b) through 4.02(d) to the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter. |
(f) | The PPSA financing statements or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations prepared by the Collateral Agent based upon the information provided to the Collateral Agent by the Grantors pursuant to this Agreement for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 4.02(f) to the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter (or specified by notice from the Borrower to the Collateral Agent after the Initial Borrowing Date in the case of filings, recordings or registrations required by Section 9.12 of the Credit Agreement), are all the filings, recordings and registrations (other than (i) filings required or advisable to be made in the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, or any other similar state or foreign office in order to perfect the Security Interest in Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights, (ii) filings pertaining to the perfection of fixtures) that are necessary to publish notice of and protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Creditors, in respect of all Collateral in which a security interest in personal property may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in Province of Ontario and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is |
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necessary in Canada (or any province, territory or other political subdivision thereof), except as provided under applicable law with respect to the filing of renewal statements or with respect to any changed circumstances requiring an amendment to such filing under applicable law. Each Grantor represents and warrants that a fully executed agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “II”, “III” or “IV” as the case may be, and containing a description of all Collateral consisting of Canadian Intellectual Property registered with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, in each case owned by any Grantor on the date hereof, have been delivered to the Collateral Agent for recording by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. |
(g) | The Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in all the Collateral of a Grantor securing the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations of such Grantor, and (ii) subject to the filings described in Section 4.02(f), a perfected security interest in all Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous document in Canada (or any province, territory or other political subdivision thereof) pursuant to the PPSA or other applicable law in such jurisdictions and (iii) a security interest that shall be perfected in all Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by and upon the receipt and recording of a Grant of Security Interest in Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights, as the case may be, in the form (appropriately completed) attached hereto as Exhibit “II”, “III” and “IV” respectively with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and otherwise as may be required pursuant to the laws of any other necessary jurisdiction. The Security Interest is and shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the Collateral, other than Permitted Liens. |
(h) | The Collateral is owned by the Grantors free and clear of any Lien, except for Permitted Liens. None of the Grantors has filed or consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement or analogous document under the PPSA or any other applicable laws covering any Collateral, (ii) any assignment intended as security in which any Grantor assigns any Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Collateral with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office or (iii) any assignment intended as security in which any Grantor assigns any Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each case, for Permitted Liens. |
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(i) | Each Grantor represents and warrants that the Intellectual Property listed in Schedule 4.02(i) to the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter for such Grantor includes all Intellectual Property that such Grantor owns as of the date hereof that is issued by, registered or applied for at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, or an equivalent thereof in any foreign jurisdiction. Each Grantor represents and warrants that it owns, is licensed to use or otherwise has the right to use, all Intellectual Property that it uses in connection with its business, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Grantor further warrants that, as of the date hereof, it has not received any third party claim in writing that any aspect of such Grantor’s present or presently contemplated business operations infringe, violate, misuse, dilute, or misappropriate any Intellectual Property right of any other third party, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Grantor represents and warrants that (a) it is the true and lawful owner of all registrations and applications for registration of Intellectual Property listed in Schedule 4.02(i) to the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter with respect to such Grantor, (b) to such Grantor’s knowledge, said registrations and applications are valid, subsisting and have not been cancelled as of the date hereof, and (c) except as set forth in Schedule 4.02(i) to the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter, such Grantor is not aware of any third party claim (i) that any of said registrations and applications is invalid or unenforceable, or (ii) challenging Grantor’s rights to such registrations and applications. |
(j) | As of the date hereof and except as set forth in the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter, each Grantor represents and warrants that, to its knowledge, no third party is infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating such Grantor’s rights in any such Trademark, Domain Name, Patent, or Copyright or any other Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor. As of the date hereof and except as set forth in the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter, to each Grantor’s knowledge, there are no facts or circumstances that, either alone or taken together with other facts and circumstances, could reasonably be expected to provide a valid basis for any such claims, and no Person is currently violating, infringing, misusing or misappropriating any Intellectual Property of the Grantors. As of the date hereof and except as set forth in the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter, no Grantors have made or intend to make any claim of a violation, infringement, misuse or misappropriation by any third party (including any employee or former employee of a Grantor) of their rights to, or in connection with, any Intellectual Property which they own. |
(k) | As of the date hereof and except as set forth in the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter, to Grantor’s knowledge, each Grantor’s use of Intellectual Property and present business operations (i) do not infringe any Trademark, Patent, or Copyright, (ii) do not misappropriate any trade secret or other proprietary information, (iii) do not otherwise violate any other Intellectual Property right, including any right of privacy or publicity of any other Person or (iv) are not libelous, slanderous or defamatory. |
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(l) | As of the date hereof and except as set forth in the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter, there are no interferences, cancellation proceedings, oppositions, or other contested proceedings pending or threatened, in the Canadian Intellectual Property Office or any Governmental Authority relating to any Intellectual Property owned by any Grantor. As of the date hereof and except as set forth in the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter, no Grantors have received any written notice of any claim, or a threat of any claim, or offer to license, from any third party, and no third party claims are pending, (i) challenging the right of any Grantor to use any Intellectual Property or indicating that the failure to take a license would result in such a claim, (ii) alleging any violation, infringement, misuse or misappropriation by any Grantor of Intellectual Property owned by any third party, or (iii) asserting any opposition, interference, invalidity, termination, abandonment, unenforceability, cancellation or other infirmity of any Intellectual Property owned by a Grantor or its Subsidiaries. As of the date hereof and except as set forth in the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter, to the knowledge of Grantor, there are no facts or circumstances that, either alone or taken together with other facts and circumstances, could reasonably be expected to provide valid basis for any such claims. |
(m) | Neither the Grantors nor, to the knowledge of the Grantors, any other Person are in breach or have otherwise violated the provisions of any Intellectual Property Licenses or other Contracts concerning Intellectual Property to which a Grantor is a party or under which a Grantor is a beneficiary, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
(n) | Except as provided for in the Secured Debt Agreements, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not alter, encumber, impair or extinguish any Intellectual Property right of any Grantor or impair the right of any Grantor to develop, use, sell, license or dispose of, or to bring any action for the infringement or misappropriation of, any Intellectual Property right of any of any Grantor. The transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result in the termination of, or otherwise require the consent, approval or other authorization of any party to, any material Intellectual Property Licenses or other material agreement under which any Grantor has received or granted a license to use Intellectual Property. |
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Section 4.03 Covenants.
(a) Each Grantor agrees to give the Collateral Agent at least ten Business Days’ advance written notice (which notice period the Collateral Agent may waive in its sole discretion) of any change (i) in its legal name, (ii) in the location of its chief executive office or its principal place of business, (iii) in its identity or type of organization or corporate structure, (iv) in the locations where Collateral is located if the locations are not in the jurisdictions set forth in Schedule 4.02(e) to the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter, or (iv) in its jurisdiction of organization. Each Grantor agrees to promptly provide the Collateral Agent with (A) certified organizational documents reflecting any of the changes described in the first sentence of this Section 4.03(a) and (B) a supplement to the applicable schedules which shall correct all information contained therein for each Grantor reflecting any changes described in this Section 4.03(a). Each Grantor agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the second preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the PPSA necessary or otherwise that are required, if any, in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected first priority security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) in the Collateral (to the extent such security interest may be perfected by the filing of a PPSA financing statement). Each Grantor agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Agent if any portion of the Collateral material to such Grantor’s business owned or held by such Grantor is damaged or destroyed.
(b) Each Grantor shall, at its own expense, take any and all actions necessary to defend title to the Collateral (other than Collateral that is deemed by such Grantor to be immaterial to the conduct of its business) against all Persons claiming any interest adverse to the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor (other than the holders of Permitted Liens) and to defend the security interests of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien (other than Permitted Liens). Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent any Grantor from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of its assets or properties if such discontinuance is (x) desirable in the conduct of its business (in such Grantor’s reasonable business judgment) and (y) permitted by the Credit Agreement.
(c) Subject to Section 13.17 of the Credit Agreement, each Grantor agrees, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further instruments and documents and take all such actions as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request to better assure, preserve, protect and perfect the Security Interests and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the granting of the security interests hereunder and the filing of any financing statements (including fixture filings) or other documents (including execution of agreements in the form of Exhibits II, III and IV attached hereto and filing such agreements with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, and any filings or notices required to be made under any applicable Financial Administration Act (or similar statute in respect of any Governmental Authority which is an Account Debtor) in connection herewith or therewith. If any amount payable to any Grantor under or in connection with any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any promissory note or other instrument issued to such Grantor (i) by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) by any third Person and the face amount of such promissory note or other instrument is in excess of $500,000 or the equivalent amount in another currency, in each such case such note or instrument shall be promptly pledged and delivered to the Collateral Agent, duly endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
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(d) Subject to any restrictions imposed by the DSS or any other Governmental Authority, the Collateral Agent and such Persons as the Collateral Agent may reasonably designate shall have the right to verify under reasonable procedures the validity, amount, quality, quantity, value, condition and status of, or any other matter relating to, the Collateral, including (upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default or with the consent of the applicable Grantor), in the case of Accounts or other Collateral in the possession of any third person, by contacting Account Debtors or the third person possessing such Collateral for the purpose of making such a verification. Subject to Section 13.16 of the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall have the absolute right to share any information it gains from such inspection or verification with any Secured Creditor.
(e) At its sole discretion, the Collateral Agent may discharge past due Taxes, assessments, charges, fees or Liens at any time levied or placed on the Collateral and not permitted pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement, and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Collateral to the extent any Grantor fails to do so as required by the Credit Agreement or this Agreement, and each Grantor agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent on demand for any payment made or any expense incurred by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the foregoing authorization, provided that nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted as excusing any Grantor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Collateral Agent or any Secured Creditor to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises of any Grantor with respect to Taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens and maintenance as set forth in this Agreement or in the other Secured Debt Agreements.
(f) If at any time any Grantor shall take a security interest in any property of an Account Debtor or any other Person with a value in excess of $500,000 or the equivalent amount in another currency to secure payment and performance of an Account, such Grantor shall promptly assign such security interest to the Collateral Agent. Such assignment need not be filed of public record unless necessary to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the Account Debtor or other Person granting the security interest.
(g) Each Grantor shall remain liable to observe and perform all the conditions and material obligations to be observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Collateral, all in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Creditor shall have any obligation or liability under any contract by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor of any payment relating to such contract pursuant hereto, nor shall the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any contract, to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any contract, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to them or to which they may be entitled at any time or times.
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(h) None of the Grantors shall make or permit to be made an assignment, pledge or hypothecation of the Collateral (or any part thereof) or shall grant any other Lien in respect of the Collateral (or any part thereof), except as permitted by the Credit Agreement. Subject to the immediately following sentence, none of the Grantors shall make or permit to be made any transfer of the Collateral (or any part thereof) and each Grantor shall remain at all times in possession of the Collateral owned by it, except (i) as permitted by Sections 10.01 and 10.02 of the Credit Agreement and (ii) for any such Collateral as may be in transit from time to time or out for repair or maintenance. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor agrees that it shall not permit any Inventory or Goods to be in the possession or control of any warehouseman, agent, bailee, or processor at any time unless (x) such Inventory is in transit at such time, (y) the aggregate fair value of the Inventory or Goods in the possession of or subject to the control of such Person is less than $500,000 or the equivalent amount in another currency or (z) such Person shall have been notified of the Security Interest and shall have acknowledged in writing, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, that such warehouseman, agent, bailee or processor holds the Inventory or Goods for the benefit of the Collateral Agent subject to the Security Interest and shall act upon the instructions of the Collateral Agent without further consent from the Grantor, and that such warehouseman, agent, bailee or processor further agrees to waive and release any Lien held by it with respect to such Inventory, whether arising by operation of law or otherwise.
(i) None of the Grantors will, without the Collateral Agent’s prior written consent, grant any extension of the time of payment of any Accounts included in the Collateral, compromise, compound or settle the same for less than the full amount thereof, release, wholly or partly, any Person liable for the payment thereof or allow any credit or discount whatsoever thereon, other than compromises, compoundings, settlements and collections made in the ordinary course of business or in accordance with the reasonable business judgment of such Grantor.
(j) The Grantors, at their own expense, shall maintain or cause to be maintained insurance covering physical loss or damage to the Inventory and Equipment in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement. Each Grantor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Collateral Agent) as such Grantor’s true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) for the purpose, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, of making, settling and adjusting claims in respect of Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Grantor on any cheque, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto. In the event that any Grantor at any time or times shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required under the Credit Agreement or to pay any premium in whole or part relating thereto, the Collateral Agent may, without waiving or releasing any obligation or liability of the Grantors hereunder or any Event of Default, in its sole discretion, obtain and maintain
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such policies of insurance and pay such premium and take any other actions with respect thereto as the Collateral Agent deems advisable. All sums disbursed by the Collateral Agent in connection with this paragraph, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, out-of-pocket expenses and other charges relating thereto, shall be payable, upon demand, by the Grantors to the Collateral Agent and shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby.
(k) Each Grantor will, at its own expense, from time to time upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, promptly (and in any event within 10 Business Days after its receipt of the respective request) furnish to the Collateral Agent such information with respect to the Collateral (including the identity of the Collateral or such components thereof as may have been requested by the Collateral Agent, the value and location of such Collateral, etc.) as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent.
Section 4.04 Other Actions.
In order to ensure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Collateral Agent to enforce, the Security Interest in accordance with the terms hereof, each Grantor agrees, in each case at such Grantor’s own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Collateral:
(a) | Instruments and Chattel Paper. Each Grantor represents and warrants that each Instrument and each item of Chattel Paper in which such Grantor is a lessor or creditor with a value in excess of $500,000 or the equivalent amount in another currency in existence on the date hereof has been properly endorsed, assigned and delivered to the Collateral Agent, accompanied by instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank. If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any Instruments or Chattel Paper in which such Grantor is a lessor or creditor with a value in excess of $500,000 or the equivalent amount in another currency, such Grantor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Collateral Agent, accompanied by such undated instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request. |
(b) | Letter-of-Credit Rights. If any Grantor is at any time a beneficiary under a letter of credit which constitutes Collateral now or hereafter issued in favour of such Grantor in an amount in excess of $500,000 or the equivalent amount in another currency, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, at the request and option of the Collateral Agent, such Grantor shall, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, use commercially reasonable efforts to either (i) arrange for the issuer and any confirmer of such letter of credit to consent to an assignment to the Collateral Agent of the proceeds of any drawing under such letter of credit or (ii) arrange for the Collateral Agent to become the transferee beneficiary of such letter of credit, with the Collateral Agent agreeing, in each case, that the proceeds of any drawing under such letter of credit are to be paid to the applicable Grantor unless an Event of Default has occurred or is continuing. |
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Section 4.05 Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral.
(a) Each Grantor agrees that it will not do any act or omit to do any act (and will exercise commercially reasonable efforts to prevent its licensees from doing any act or omitting to do any act) whereby any Patent which constitutes Collateral that is material to the conduct of its business would become invalidated or dedicated to the public.
(b) Each Grantor agrees, promptly upon learning thereof, to notify the Collateral Agent in writing of the name and address of, and to furnish such pertinent information that may be available with respect to, any party who such Grantor believes is, or may be, infringing, misappropriating, diluting or otherwise violating any of such Grantor’s rights in and to any Trademark, Domain Name, Patent, Copyright, or other Intellectual Property in any manner that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or with respect to any party claiming in writing that any Grantor or any aspect of such Grantor’s present or contemplated business infringes, misappropriates, dilutes or otherwise violates in any material respect any property right of that party to the extent such claim could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) [RESERVED].
(d) Each Grantor (either itself or through its licensees or sublicensees) agrees to use its Trademarks and Domain Names that are material to such Grantor’s business in interstate commerce during the time in which this Agreement is in effect and to take all such other actions as are necessary to preserve such Trademarks as trademarks or service marks under the laws of Canada or applicable foreign law, including: (i) maintaining such Trademarks in full force free from any claim of abandonment or invalidity for non use, (ii) using commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the quality of products and services offered under such Trademarks, (iii) displaying such Trademarks with appropriate notice of federal or foreign registration (or, if such Trademark is unregistered, display such Trademark with notice as required for unregistered Trademarks) to the extent necessary and sufficient in its reasonable judgment to establish and preserve its material rights under applicable law and (iv) not knowingly using or knowingly permitting the use of such Trademarks in any violation of any third party rights.
(e) Each Grantor (either itself or through its licensees or sublicensees) will, for each work covered by a Copyright and that is material to the conduct of its business, continue to publish, reproduce, display, adopt and distribute the work with appropriate copyright notice as necessary and sufficient in its reasonable judgment to establish and preserve its material rights under applicable copyright laws.
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(f) Subject to Section 4.03(b), each Grantor shall, at its own expense, (a) diligently process all documents required to maintain all registrations for Trademarks, Domain Names, and Copyrights, and all issued Patents, including but not limited to affidavits of use and applications for renewals of registration in the Canadian Intellectual Property Office for all of its registered Trademarks and Copyrights and issued Patents, and (b) diligently prosecute all applications for Trademarks, Patents, and Copyrights listed in Schedule 4.02(i) to the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter for such Grantor; and in each case, shall pay all fees and disbursements in connection therewith and shall not abandon any such filing or affidavit of use, any such application of renewal, or any other such application prior to the exhaustion of all reasonable administrative and judicial remedies without prior written consent of the Collateral Agent. In the event that any Grantor becomes aware of any Person infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating such Grantor’s rights in any Trademark, Domain Name, Patent, Copyright, or other Intellectual Property rights in any manner that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, such Grantor further agrees to xxx for infringement, misappropriation or such other applicable violation in accordance with its reasonable business practices and reasonable business judgment. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent any Grantor from discontinuing the use, maintenance or prosecution of registration of any Collateral that is material to a Grantor’s business consisting of a Patent, Trademark, Domain Name or Copyright, or declining to pursue any claim of infringement, misappropriation or other violation, if (x) desirable in the conduct of its business (in such Grantor’s reasonable business judgment) or (y) permitted by the Credit Agreement.
(g) Each Grantor shall notify the Collateral Agent promptly if it knows that any Patent, Trademark or Copyright material to the conduct of its business could reasonably be expected to become abandoned, lost or dedicated to the public, or of any materially adverse determination or development (including the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the Canadian Intellectual Property Office or any court or similar office of any country) regarding such Grantor’s ownership of any such Patent, Trademark or Copyright, its right to register the same, or its right to keep and maintain the same.
(h) In the event any Grantor, either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, files an application with respect to any Patent, Trademark or Copyright registered with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office or in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, such Grantor shall together with each compliance certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.01(e) of the Credit Agreement, inform the Collateral Agent and execute and deliver a grant of security interest in such Patent, Trademark or Copyright in the form of Exhibits II, III or IV, as applicable, and each Grantor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent as its attorney-in-fact to execute and file such writings as are reasonably necessary for the foregoing purposes, all acts of such attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed; such power, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable until such time as when the Total Commitment and all Secured Hedging Agreements have terminated and the Loans and Notes (in each case together with interest thereon), Fees and all other Obligations (other than indemnities described in Section 7.03 and in the other provisions of the Secured Debt Agreements which are not then due and payable) incurred hereunder and under the other Secured Debt Agreements are paid in full.
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Section 4.06 Cash Management System and Securities Accounts.
(a) Deposit Accounts. As of the date hereof each Grantor has neither opened nor maintains any Deposit Accounts other than the accounts listed on Schedule 4.06(a) to the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter. No Grantor shall hereafter establish or maintain any Deposit Account (other than an Excluded Deposit Account) unless (1) the applicable Grantor shall have given the Collateral Agent 15 days’ prior written notice (or such shorter period as is agreed by the Collateral Agent) of its intention to establish such new Deposit Account with a Bank, and (2) the respective Grantor shall furnish to the Collateral Agent a supplement to Schedule 4.06(b) to the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter containing the relevant information with respect to the respective Deposit Account and the Bank with which same is established.
(b) Securities Accounts. As of the date hereof each Grantor has no Securities Accounts other than those listed in Schedule 4.06(b) to the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter. No Grantor shall hereafter establish and maintain any Securities Account with any Securities Intermediary unless (1) the applicable Grantor shall have given the Collateral Agent 15 days’ prior written notice (or such shorter period as is agreed by the Collateral Agent) of its intention to establish such new Securities Account with such Securities Intermediary, and (2 the respective Grantor shall furnish to the Collateral Agent a supplement to Schedule 4.06(b) to the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter containing the relevant information with respect to the respective Securities Account and the Securities Intermediary with which same is established. No Grantor shall grant Control over any Investment Property to any Person other than the Collateral Agent.
Section 4.07 Certain Uncertificated Securities. In the event that any of the Pledged Collateral consists of limited liability company interests or partnership interests that are Uncertificated Securities for the purposes of the PPSA, then the respective Grantor that owns such Pledged Collateral shall cause (or, in the case of any issuer which is not a Subsidiary of such Grantor, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause) the issuer thereof to duly authorize, execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent an agreement for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors substantially in the form of Exhibit “V hereto.
ARTICLE 5
Remedies
Section 5.01 Remedies upon Default.
Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may realize upon the Collateral and enforce the rights of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Creditors by, subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law:
(a) | entry onto any premises where Collateral consisting of tangible personal property may be located; |
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(b) | entry into possession of the Collateral by any method permitted by law; |
(c) | sale, grant of options to purchase, or lease of all or any part of the Collateral; |
(d) | holding, storing and keeping idle or operating all or any part of the Collateral; |
(e) | exercising and enforcing all rights and remedies of a holder of the Collateral as if the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof (including, if necessary, causing the Collateral to be registered in the name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee if not already done); |
(f) | collection of any Proceeds arising in respect of the Collateral; |
(g) | collection, realization or sale of, or other dealing with, Collateral consisting of Accounts; |
(h) | license or sublicense, whether on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis, of any Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property for such term and on such conditions and in such manner as the Collateral Agent in its sole judgment determines (taking into account such provisions as may be necessary to protect and preserve such Intellectual Property); |
(i) | instruction or order to any issuer or securities intermediary pursuant to any Control the Collateral Agent has over the Collateral; |
(j) | instruction to any bank to transfer all Moneys constituting Collateral held by such bank to an account maintained with or by the Collateral Agent; |
(k) | application of any Moneys constituting Collateral or Proceeds thereof in accordance with Section 5.08; |
(l) | appointment by instrument in writing of a receiver (which term as used in this Agreement includes a receiver and manager) or agent of all or any part of the Collateral and removal or replacement from time to time of any receiver or agent; |
(m) | institution of proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver of all or any part of the Collateral; |
(n) | institution of proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction for sale or foreclosure of all or any part of the Collateral; |
(o) | filing of proofs of claim and other documents to establish claims to the Collateral in any proceeding relating to a Grantor; and |
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(p) | any other remedy or proceeding authorized or permitted under the PPSA or otherwise by law or equity. |
Section 5.02 Additional Rights.
In addition to the remedies set forth in Section 5.01 and elsewhere in this Agreement, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may, subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law:
(a) | require the Grantors (or any of them), at the Grantors’ expense, to assemble the Collateral at a place or places designated by notice in writing and each Grantor agrees to so assemble the Collateral immediately upon receipt of such notice; |
(b) | require the Grantors (or any of them), by notice in writing, to disclose to the Collateral Agent the location or locations of the Collateral and each Grantor agrees to promptly make such disclosure when so required; |
(c) | repair, process, modify, complete or otherwise deal with the Collateral and prepare for the disposition of the Collateral, whether on the premises of the Grantors or otherwise; |
(d) | redeem any prior security interest against any Collateral, procure the transfer of such security interest to itself, or settle and pass the accounts of the prior mortgagee, chargee or encumbrancer (any accounts to be conclusive and binding on the Grantors); |
(e) | pay any liability secured by any Lien against any Collateral (each Grantor will immediately on demand reimburse the Collateral Agent for all such payments); |
(f) | carry on all or any part of the business of the Grantors (or any of them) and, to the exclusion of all others including the Grantors, enter upon, occupy and use all or any of the premises, buildings, and other property of or used by the Grantors for such time as the Collateral Agent sees fit, free of charge, and the Collateral Agent and the Secured Creditors are not liable to the Grantors for any act, omission or negligence (other than their own gross negligence or wilful misconduct) in so doing or for any rent, charges, depreciation or damages incurred in connection with or resulting from such action; |
(g) | borrow for the purpose of carrying on the business of the Grantors (or any of them) or for the maintenance, preservation or protection of the Collateral and grant a security interest in the Collateral, whether or not in priority to the Security Interest, to secure repayment; |
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(h) | commence, continue or defend any judicial or administrative proceedings for the purpose of protecting, seizing, collecting, realizing or obtaining possession or payment of the Collateral, and give good and valid receipts and discharges in respect of the Collateral and compromise or give time for the payment or performance of all or any part of the Accounts or any other obligation of any third party to the Grantors; and |
(i) | at any public sale, and to the extent permitted by law on any private sale, bid for and purchase any or all of the Collateral offered for sale and upon compliance with the terms of such sale, hold, retain and dispose of such Collateral without any further accountability to the Grantors or any other Person with respect to such holding, retention or disposition, except as required by law. In any such sale to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent may, for the purpose of making payment for all or any part of the Collateral so purchased, use any claim for Secured Obligations then due and payable to it as a credit against the purchase price. |
Section 5.03 Exercise of Remedies. The remedies under Section 5.01 and Section 5.02 may be exercised from time to time upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default separately or in combination and are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Creditors however arising or created.
Section 5.04 Receiver’s Powers.
(a) Any receiver appointed by the Collateral Agent is vested with the rights and remedies which could have been exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of a Grantor or the Collateral and such other powers and discretions as are granted in the instrument of appointment and any supplemental instruments. The identity of the receiver, its replacement and its remuneration are within the sole and unfettered discretion of the Collateral Agent.
(b) Any receiver appointed by the Collateral Agent will act as agent for the Collateral Agent for the purposes of taking possession of the Collateral, but otherwise and for all other purposes (except as provided below), as agent for the relevant Grantor. Such receiver may sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of Collateral as agent for the Grantor or as agent for the Collateral Agent as the Collateral Agent may determine in its discretion. Each Grantor agrees to ratify and confirm all actions of such receiver acting as agent for such Grantor, and to release and indemnify the receiver in respect of all such actions.
(c) The Collateral Agent, in appointing or refraining from appointing any receiver, does not incur liability to the receiver, any Grantor or otherwise and is not responsible for any misconduct or negligence of such receiver.
Section 5.05 Dealing with the Collateral.
(a) The Collateral Agent and the Secured Creditors are not obliged to exhaust their recourse against the Grantors (or any of them) or any other Person or against any other security they may hold in respect of the Secured Obligations before realizing upon or otherwise dealing with the Collateral in such manner as the Collateral Agent may consider desirable.
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(b) The Collateral Agent and the Secured Creditors may grant extensions or other indulgences, take and give up securities, accept compositions, grant releases and discharges and otherwise deal with the Grantors and with other Persons, sureties or securities as they may see fit without prejudice to the Secured Obligations, the liability of any of the Grantors or the rights of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Creditors in respect of the Collateral.
(c) Except as otherwise provided by law or this Agreement, the Collateral Agent and the Secured Creditors are not (i) liable or accountable for any failure to collect, realize or obtain payment in respect of the Collateral, (ii) bound to institute proceedings for the purpose of collecting, enforcing, realizing or obtaining payment of the Collateral or for the purpose of preserving any rights of any Persons in respect of the Collateral, (iii) responsible for any loss occasioned by any sale or other dealing with the Collateral or by the retention of or failure to sell or otherwise deal with the Collateral, or (iv) bound to protect the Collateral from depreciating in value or becoming worthless.
Section 5.06 Standards of Sale.
Without prejudice to the ability of the Collateral Agent to dispose of the Collateral in any manner which is commercially reasonable, each Grantor acknowledges that, subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law:
(a) | the Collateral may be disposed of in whole or in part; |
(b) | the Collateral may be disposed of by public auction, public tender or private contract, with or without advertising and without any other formality; |
(c) | any assignee of such Collateral may be the Collateral Agent, a Secured Creditor or a customer of any such Person; |
(d) | any sale conducted by the Collateral Agent will be at such time and place, on such notice and in accordance with such procedures as the Collateral Agent, in its sole discretion, may deem advantageous; |
(e) | the Collateral may be disposed of in any manner and on any terms necessary to avoid violation of applicable law (including compliance with such procedures as may restrict the number of prospective bidders and purchasers, require that the prospective bidders and purchasers have certain qualifications, and restrict the prospective bidders and purchasers to Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale of the Collateral) or in order to obtain any required approval of the disposition (or of the resulting purchase) by any governmental or regulatory authority or official; |
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(f) | a disposition of the Collateral may be on such terms and conditions as to credit or otherwise as the Collateral Agent, in its sole discretion, may deem advantageous; and |
(g) | the Collateral Agent may establish an upset or reserve bid or price in respect of the Collateral. |
Section 5.07 Dealings by Third Parties.
(a) No Person dealing with the Collateral Agent, any of the Secured Creditors or an agent or receiver is required to determine (i) whether the Security Interest has become enforceable, (ii) whether the powers which such Person is purporting to exercise have become exercisable, (iii) whether any money remains due to the Collateral Agent or the Secured Creditors by any Grantor, (iv) the necessity or expediency of the stipulations and conditions subject to which any sale or lease is made, (v) the propriety or regularity of any sale or other dealing by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Creditor with the Collateral, or (vi) how any money paid to the Collateral Agent or the Secured Creditors has been applied.
(b) Any bona fide purchaser of all or any part of the Collateral from the Collateral Agent or any receiver or agent will hold the Collateral absolutely, free from any claim or right of whatever kind, including any equity of redemption, of any Grantor, which each Grantor specifically waives (to the fullest extent permitted by law) as against any such purchaser together with all rights of redemption, stay or appraisal which each Grantor has or may have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter adopted.
Section 5.08 Application of Proceeds.
(a) The Collateral Agent shall apply the Proceeds of any collection or sale of Collateral pursuant to this Article 5, including any Collateral consisting of cash, as follows:
(i) | first, to the payment of all costs and expenses incurred by, and all indemnity and fee obligations owed to, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent in connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with, or pursuant to, this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any of the Secured Obligations, including all court costs and the fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document on behalf of any Grantor and any other costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Credit Document; |
(ii) | second, to the extent Proceeds remain after the application pursuant to the preceding clause (i), an amount equal to the outstanding Primary Obligations shall be paid to the Secured Creditors as provided in Section 5.08(d) hereof, with each Secured Creditor receiving an amount equal to its outstanding Primary Obligations or, if the Proceeds are insufficient to pay in full all such Primary Obligations, its Pro Rata Share of the amount remaining to be distributed; |
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(iii) | third, to the extent Proceeds remain after the application pursuant to the preceding clauses (i) and (ii), inclusive, an amount equal to the outstanding Secondary Obligations shall be paid to the Secured Creditors as provided in Section 5.08(d) hereof, with each Secured Creditor receiving an amount equal to its outstanding Secondary Obligations or, if the Proceeds are insufficient to pay in full all such Secondary Obligations, its Pro Rata Share of the amount remaining to be distributed; and |
(iv) | fourth, to the extent Proceeds remain after the application pursuant to the preceding clauses (i) through (iii), inclusive, and following the termination of the security interests created pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with the express provisions of Section 7.13(a) hereof, to the relevant Grantor or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive such surplus. |
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, (x) “Pro Rata Share” shall mean, when calculating a Secured Creditor’s portion of any distribution or amount, that amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to a fraction the numerator of which is the then unpaid amount of such Secured Creditor’s Primary Obligations or Secondary Obligations, as the case may be, and the denominator of which is the then outstanding amount of all Primary Obligations or Secondary Obligations, as the case may be, (y) “Primary Obligations” shall mean (i) in the case of the Credit Document Obligations, all principal of, premium, fees and interest on, all Loans and all Fees and (ii) in the case of the Other Obligations, all amounts due under each Secured Hedging Agreement (other than indemnities) and (z) “Secondary Obligations” shall mean all Obligations other than Primary Obligations.
(c) When payments to Secured Creditors are based upon their respective Pro Rata Shares, the amounts received by such Secured Creditors hereunder shall be applied (for purposes of making determinations under this Section 5.08 only) (i) first, to their Primary Obligations and (ii) second, to their Secondary Obligations. If any payment to any Secured Creditor of its Pro Rata Share of any distribution would result in overpayment to such Secured Creditor, such excess amount shall instead be distributed in respect of the unpaid Primary Obligations or Secondary Obligations, as the case may be, of the other Secured Creditors, with each Secured Creditor whose Primary Obligations or Secondary Obligations, as the case may be, have not been paid in full to receive an amount equal to such excess amount multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the unpaid Primary Obligations or Secondary Obligations, as the case may be, of such Secured Creditor and the denominator of which is the unpaid Primary Obligations or Secondary Obligations, as the case may be, of all Secured Creditors entitled to such distribution.
(d) All payments required to be made hereunder shall be made (x) if to the Lender Creditors, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender Creditors and (y) if to the Other Creditors, to the trustee, paying agent or other similar representative (each, a “Representative”) for the Other Creditors or, in the absence of such a Representative, directly to the Other Creditors.
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(e) For purposes of applying payments received in accordance with this Section 5.08, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon (i) the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Representative or, in the absence of such a Representative, upon the Other Creditors for a determination (which the Administrative Agent, each Representative and the Other Creditors agree (or shall agree) to provide upon request of the Collateral Agent) of the outstanding Primary Obligations and Secondary Obligations owed to the Lender Creditors or the Other Creditors, as the case may be. Unless it has received written notice from a Lender Creditor or an Other Creditor to the contrary, the Administrative Agent and each Representative, in furnishing information pursuant to the preceding sentence, and the Collateral Agent, in acting hereunder, shall be entitled to assume that no Secondary Obligations are outstanding. Unless it has written notice from an Other Creditor, the Borrower or one or more other Credit Parties party thereto to the contrary, the Collateral Agent, in acting hereunder, shall be entitled to assume that no Secured Hedging Agreements are in existence.
(f) It is understood that the Grantors shall each remain liable to the extent of any deficiency between the amount of the Proceeds of the Collateral and the aggregate amount of the Secured Obligations.
The Collateral Agent shall have sole and absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such Proceeds, Moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any sale of Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.
Section 5.09 Grant of License To Use Intellectual Property. Each Grantor shall grant to the Collateral Agent an irrevocable absolute power of attorney to sign, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any document which may be required by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office or similar registrar in order to effect an absolute assignment of all right, title and interest in any registered Intellectual Property to the extent constituting Collateral and each application for such registration, and record the same. With respect to any Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Collateral Agent may, by written notice to the relevant Grantor, take any or all of the following actions: (i) declare the entire right, title and interest of such Grantor in and to such Intellectual Property, vested in the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Creditors, in which event such rights, title and interest shall immediately vest, in the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Creditors, and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to exercise the power of attorney referred to in this Section 5.09 hereof to execute, cause to be acknowledged and notarized and record said absolute assignment with the applicable agency or registrar; (ii) take and use or sell such Intellectual Property; (iii) take and use or sell the goodwill of such
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Grantor’s business symbolized by Trademarks constituting Collateral and the right to carry on the business and use the assets of such Grantor in connection with which such Trademarks or Domain Names constituting Collateral have been used; (iv) direct such Grantor to refrain, in which event such Grantor shall refrain, from using such Intellectual Property in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, and such Grantor shall execute such further documents that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to further confirm this and to transfer ownership of the Intellectual Property and registrations and any pending applications in the Canadian Intellectual Property Office or a foreign jurisdiction or applicable Domain Name registrar to the Collateral Agent and provide reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof; and (v) each Grantor’s rights under any Patent License, Copyright License or Trademark License constituting Collateral shall enure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent, solely to the extent permitted by such license as it pertains to the Collateral, in each case solely during the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default. Upon and during the continuation of an Event of Default along with the intention to take enforcement action pursuant to the Credit Agreement, each Grantor shall, at the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all requisite consents or approvals by the licensor of each Copyright License, Patent License or Trademark License to effect the assignment of all such Grantor’s right, title and interest thereunder to the Collateral Agent or its designee. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest, is given for valuable consideration (the receipt and adequacy of which is acknowledged) and survives, and does not terminate upon, the bankruptcy, dissolution, winding up or insolvency of the relevant Grantor.
Section 5.10 Securities Act. In view of the position of the Grantors in relation to the Pledged Stock, or because of other current or future circumstances, a question may arise under applicable securities laws (“Applicable Securities Laws”) with respect to any disposition of the Pledged Stock permitted hereunder. Each Grantor understands that compliance with the Applicable Securities Laws might very strictly limit the course of conduct of the Collateral Agent if the Collateral Agent were to attempt to dispose of all or any part of the Pledged Stock, and might also limit the extent to which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee of any Pledged Stock could dispose of the same. Each Grantor recognizes that in light of such restrictions and limitations the Collateral Agent may, with respect to any sale of the Pledged Stock, limit the purchasers to those who will agree, among other things, to acquire such Pledged Stock for their own account, for investment, and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that in light of such restrictions and limitations, the Collateral Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion (a) may proceed to make such a sale whether or not a registration statement for the purpose of registering such Pledged Stock or part thereof shall have been filed under the Applicable Securities Laws and (b) may approach and negotiate with a single potential purchaser to effect such sale. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such sale might result in prices and other terms less favourable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale without such restrictions. In the event of any such sale, the Collateral Agent shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of the Pledged Stock at a price that the Collateral Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, may in good xxxxx xxxx reasonable under the circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might have been realized if the sale were
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deferred until after registration as aforesaid or if more than a single purchaser were approached. The provisions of this Section 5.10 will apply notwithstanding the existence of a public or private market upon which the quotations or sales prices may exceed substantially the price at which the Collateral Agent sells the Pledged Stock.
ARTICLE 6
Subordination
Section 6.01 Subordination. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, all of the Grantors’ rights of indemnity, contribution or subrogation under applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations, and no Grantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor against the Borrower or any other Credit Party or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor for the payment of any of the Obligations, nor shall any Grantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower or any other Credit Party in respect of payments made by such Grantor hereunder (or paid with proceeds of collateral of such Grantor hereunder), in each case, until all amounts owing to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors on account of the Obligations are paid in full in cash, the Total Commitment has been terminated and the Secured Hedging Agreements have been terminated. If any amount shall be paid to any Grantor on account of such contribution or subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall not have been paid in full in cash or any of the Commitments or any Secured Hedging Agreements shall remain in effect, such amount shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly endorsed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent, if required), to be held as collateral security for all of the Obligations (whether matured or unmatured) of, or guaranteed by, such Grantor and/or then or at any time thereafter may be applied against any Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Collateral Agent may determine.
ARTICLE 7
Miscellaneous
Section 7.01 Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted in this Agreement) be in writing and given as provided in Section 13.03 of the Credit Agreement, provided that any communication or notice hereunder from the Collateral Agent to any Grantor upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default may be given by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing. All communications and notices hereunder to any Grantor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower as provided in Section 13.03 of the Credit Agreement.
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Section 7.02 Waivers; Amendment.
(a) No failure or delay by any Secured Creditor in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Secured Debt Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Secured Creditors hereunder and under the other Secured Debt Agreements are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision in this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Grantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall have been effected in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section 7.02, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, regardless of whether any Secured Creditor may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time. No notice or demand on any Grantor in any case shall entitle any Grantor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Collateral Agent and the Grantor or Grantors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 13.12 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 7.03 Collateral Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.
(a) The parties hereto agree that the Collateral Agent (and any of its sub-agents) shall be entitled to reimbursement of its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred hereunder as provided in Section 13.01 of the Credit Agreement.
(b) Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Secured Debt Agreements but subject to any limitations on such indemnification obligations under such other Secured Debt Agreements, each Grantor agrees to indemnify the Collateral Agent (and any of its sub-agents), each other Secured Creditor and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, agents, affiliates, trustees and investment advisors (hereinafter in this Section 7.03 referred to individually as “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one primary counsel and one counsel in each relevant local jurisdiction for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing agreements or instruments contemplated hereby, or to the Collateral, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available with respect to such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related out-of-pocket expenses (i) to the extent incurred by reason of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final decision), (ii) to the extent resulting from a material breach by such Indemnitee of its obligations or (iii) incurred in connection with disputes among any such Indemnitees, except for claims involving the Collateral Agent or any agent in its capacity as such.
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(c) Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents. The provisions of this Section 7.03 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement or any other Secured Debt Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Secured Debt Agreement, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor. All amounts due under this Section 7.03 shall be payable within 15 days after written demand therefor.
Section 7.04 Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Grantor or the Collateral Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and enure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns and shall enure to the benefit of the other Secured Creditors and their respective successors and assigns.
Section 7.05 Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Credit Parties in the Credit Documents and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Credit Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Secured Creditors and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Secured Debt Agreements and the making of any Loans or entering into of any Secured Hedging Agreements, regardless of any investigation made by any Secured Creditor or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Secured Creditor may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended under the Credit Agreement, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under any Secured Debt Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Commitments and the Secured Hedging Agreements have not been terminated.
Section 7.06 Counterparts; Effectiveness; Several Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective as to any Grantor when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Grantor shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Collateral Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such Grantor and the Collateral Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall enure to the benefit of such Grantor, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors and their respective successors and assigns, except that no Grantor shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest in this
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Agreement or in the Collateral (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except in accordance with Section 13.04 of the Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each Grantor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any Grantor without the approval of any other Grantor and without affecting the obligations of any other Grantor hereunder.
Section 7.07 Severability. Any provision in this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavour in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
Section 7.08 Right of Set-Off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Secured Creditor and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Secured Creditor or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Grantor against any of and all the obligations of such Grantor now or hereafter existing under this Agreement owed to such Secured Creditor, irrespective of whether or not such Secured Creditor shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The applicable Secured Creditor shall notify the Borrower, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent of such set-off or application, provided that any failure to give or any delay in giving such notice shall not affect the validity of any such set-off or application under this Section 7.08. The rights of each Secured Creditor under this Section 7.08 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) which such Secured Creditor may have.
Section 7.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) This Agreement will be governed by, interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.
(b) The Collateral Agent and each Grantor hereto hereby irrevocably attorn and unconditionally submit, for itself and its property, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any court of competent jurisdiction of the Province of Ontario sitting in Toronto, Ontario in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Each Grantor irrevocably waives objection to the venue of any action or proceeding in such court or that such court provides an inconvenient forum. Nothing in this Section limits the right of the Collateral Agent to bring proceedings against a Grantor in the courts of any other jurisdiction.
(c) The Collateral Agent and each Grantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section 7.09.
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(d) The Collateral Agent and each Grantor hereby irrevocably consent to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 7.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Credit Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
Section 7.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.10.
Section 7.11 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
Section 7.12 Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, the Security Interest, the grant of a security interest in the Pledged Collateral and all obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Secured Debt Agreement, any agreement with respect to any of the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any other Secured Debt Agreement or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Obligations, or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defence available to, or a discharge of, any Grantor in respect of the Obligations or this Agreement (other than a release of any Grantor in accordance with Section 7.13).
Section 7.13 Termination or Release.
(a) After the Termination Date, this Agreement shall terminate (provided that all indemnities set forth herein including, without limitation in Section 7.03 hereof, shall survive such termination) and the Collateral Agent, at the request and expense of the respective Grantor, will promptly execute and deliver to such Grantor a proper instrument
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or instruments (including financing change statements) acknowledging the satisfaction and termination of this Agreement, and will duly assign, transfer and deliver to such Grantor (without recourse and without any representation or warranty) such of the Collateral as may be in the possession of the Collateral Agent and as has not theretofore been sold or otherwise applied or released pursuant to this Agreement. As used in this Agreement, “Termination Date” shall mean the date upon which the Total Commitment under the Credit Agreement has been terminated, no Note under the Credit Agreement is outstanding, all Loans thereunder have been repaid in full, all Secured Hedging Agreements have been terminated and all Obligations then due and payable have been paid in full.
(b) In the event that any part of the Collateral is sold or otherwise disposed of (to a Person other than a Credit Party) (x) at any time prior to the time at which all Credit Document Obligations have been paid in full and all Commitments under the Credit Agreement have been terminated, in connection with a sale or disposition permitted by Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement or is otherwise released at the direction of the Required Lenders (or all Lenders if required by Section 13.12 of the Credit Agreement) or (y) at any time thereafter, to the extent permitted by the other Secured Debt Agreements, and in the case of clauses (x) and (y), the proceeds of such sale or disposition (or from such release) are applied in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement or such other Secured Debt Agreement, as the case may be, to the extent required to be so applied, the Collateral Agent, at the request and expense of such Grantor, will duly release from the security interest created hereby (and will execute and deliver such documentation, including financing change statements, termination or partial release statements and the like in connection therewith) and assign, transfer and deliver to such Grantor (without recourse and without any representation or warranty) such of the Collateral as is then being (or has been) so sold or otherwise disposed of, or released, and as may be in the possession of the Collateral Agent and has not theretofore been released pursuant to this Agreement. Furthermore, in the event that all of the capital stock or other Equity Interests of one or more Grantors is sold or otherwise disposed of (in each case to a Person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof) or liquidated (x) at any time prior to the time at which all Credit Document Obligations have been paid in full and all Commitments under the Credit Agreement have been terminated, in compliance with the requirements of Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement (or such sale, other disposition or liquidation has been approved in writing by the Required Lenders (or all the Lenders if required by Section 13.12 of the Credit Agreement)) or (y) at any time thereafter, to the extent permitted by the other Secured Debt Agreements, and in the case of clauses (x) and (y), the proceeds of such sale, disposition or liquidation are applied in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, to the extent applicable, such Grantor (and the Collateral at such time assigned by such Grantor pursuant hereto) shall, upon consummation of such sale or other disposition (except to the extent that such sale or disposition is to the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof), be released from this Agreement (it being understood and agreed that the sale of one or more Persons that own, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other Equity Interests of any Grantor shall be deemed to be a sale of such Grantor for the purposes of this Section 7.13(b)).
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(c) At any time that a Grantor desires that the Collateral Agent take any action to acknowledge or give effect to any release of Collateral pursuant to the foregoing Section 7.13(a) or (b), such Grantor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a certificate signed by a principal executive officer of such Grantor stating that the release of the respective Collateral is permitted pursuant to such Section 7.13(a) or (b). At any time that the Borrower or the respective Grantor desires that a Subsidiary of the Borrower which has been released from its guarantee pursuant to Article 2 hereunder be released hereunder as provided in the last sentence of Section 7.13(b), it shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a certificate signed by a principal executive officer of the Borrower and the respective Grantor stating that the release of the respective Grantor (and its Collateral) is permitted pursuant to such Section 7.13(b).
(d) The Collateral Agent shall have no liability whatsoever to any other Secured Creditor as the result of any release of Collateral by it in accordance with (or which the Collateral Agent in good faith believed to be in accordance with) this Section 7.13.
Section 7.14 Additional Subsidiaries. Pursuant to Section 9.12 of the Credit Agreement, each Wholly-Owned Canadian Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) that was not in existence or, was not a Wholly-Owned Canadian Subsidiary or was an Immaterial Subsidiary on the date of the Credit Agreement, is required to enter in this Agreement as a Grantor upon becoming such a Wholly-Owned Canadian Subsidiary (or ceasing to be an Immaterial Subsidiary). Upon execution and delivery by the Collateral Agent and such Subsidiary of an instrument in the form of Exhibit “I” hereto, such Subsidiary shall become a Grantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other Grantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor as a party to this Agreement.
Section 7.15 Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Grantor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of such Grantor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof upon the occurrence of and during the continuation of an Event of Default, which appointment is irrevocable (until all Loans and Notes (in each case together with interest thereon), Fees and all other Obligations (other than indemnities described in Section 7.03 and the other provisions of the Secured Debt Agreements which are not then due and payable) incurred hereunder and thereunder, are paid in full) and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, with full power of substitution either in the Collateral Agent’s name or in the name of such Grantor (a) to receive, endorse, assign and/or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, cheques, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof; (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to sign the name of any Grantor on any invoice or xxxx of lading relating to any of the Collateral; (d) to send verifications of Accounts to any Account Debtor; (e) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions
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or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (f) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral; (g) to notify, or to require any Grantor to notify, Account Debtors to make payment directly to the Collateral Agent; and (h) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes, provided that nothing in this Agreement contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Collateral Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Collateral Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the Moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them in this Agreement, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision).
Section 7.16 Pledgee Not a Partner or Limited Liability Company Member.
(a) Nothing herein shall be construed to make the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditor liable as a member of any limited liability company, unlimited liability company or partnership and neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Creditor by virtue of this Agreement or otherwise (except as referred to in the following sentence) shall have any of the duties, obligations or liabilities of a member of any limited liability company, unlimited liability company or partnership. The parties hereto expressly agree that, unless the Collateral Agent shall notify the relevant Grantor of its intention to become the absolute owner of Collateral consisting of the entire interest owned by any Grantor in a limited liability company, unlimited liability company or partnership upon the enforcement of the Security Interest, and the Collateral Agent thereafter becomes the absolute owner thereof, this Agreement shall not be construed as creating a partnership or joint venture among the Collateral Agent, any other Secured Creditor and/or such Grantor.
(b) Except as provided in the last sentence of Section 7.16(a), the Collateral Agent, by accepting this Agreement, did not intend to become a member of any limited liability company, unlimited liability company or partnership or otherwise be deemed to be a co-venturer with respect to any Grantor or any limited liability company, unlimited liability company or partnership either before or after an Event of Default shall have occurred. The Collateral Agent shall have only those powers set forth herein and the Secured Creditors shall assume none of the duties, obligations or liabilities of a member of any limited liability company, unlimited liability company or partnership or any Grantor except as provided in the last sentence of Section 7.16(a).
Section 7.17 Amalgamation. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that in the event it amalgamates with any other corporation or corporations, it is the intention of the parties that the Security Interest (i) subject to Section 4.01, extends to: (A) all of the
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property, assets and undertaking that any of the amalgamating corporations then owns, (B) all of the property, assets and undertaking that the amalgamated corporation thereafter acquires, (C) all of the property, assets and undertaking in which any of the amalgamating corporations then has any interest and (D) all of the property, assets and undertaking in which the amalgamated corporation thereafter acquires any interest; and (ii) secures the payment and performance of all debts, liabilities and obligations, present or future, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time or from time to time due or accruing due and owing by or otherwise payable by each of the amalgamating corporations and the amalgamated corporation to the Secured Creditors in any currency, however or wherever incurred, and whether incurred alone or jointly with another or others and whether as principal, guarantor or surety and whether incurred prior to, at the time of or subsequent to the amalgamation. The Security Interest attaches to the additional collateral at the time of amalgamation and to any collateral thereafter owned or acquired by the amalgamated corporation when such becomes owned or is acquired. Upon any such amalgamation, the defined term “Grantor” means, collectively, each of the amalgamating corporations and the amalgamated corporation, the defined term “Collateral” means all of the property, assets, undertaking and interests described in (i) above, and the defined term “Secured Obligations” means the obligations described in (ii) above.
Section 7.18 Further Assurances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the parties hereto agree to comply with the requirements set forth in Section 9.12 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 7.19 Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall act in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 of the Credit Agreement, the provisions of which shall be deemed incorporated by reference herein as fully as if set forth in their entirety herein. Each Secured Creditor, by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, agrees to the provisions of Section 12 of the Credit Agreement, including as same apply to the actions of the Collateral Agent hereunder.
[Signature pages to follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
EMCON 2007 HOLDCO INC., a Canadian corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
EMCON EMANATION CONTROL LTD., a Canadian corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
FILTRAN LIMITED, an Ontario corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
API ELECTRONICS GROUP CORP., an Ontario corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
API NANOTRONICS SUB, INC., an Ontario corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
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API NANOTRONICS HOLDINGS CORP., an Ontario corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Brain Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: President, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer and Secretary | ||
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Collateral Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Title: Vice President |
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Exhibit “I” to
the Canadian Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement
Exhibit “I”
FORM OF SUPPLEMENT
SUPPLEMENT NO. (this “Supplement”) dated as of [—], to the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of June 1, 2011 (as amended, amended and restated, waived, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”), among API NANOTRONICS SUB, INC. a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, API ELECTRONICS GROUP CORP., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, FILTRAN LIMITED, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, API NANOTRONICS HOLDINGS CORP., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, EMCON2007 HOLDCO INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada, EMCON EMANATION CONTROL LTD., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada and each other Wholly-Owned Canadian Subsidiary of API Technologies Corp. (the “Borrower”) from time to time party thereto (each such subsidiary individually a “Canadian Subsidiary Guarantor” and collectively, the “Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors”; the Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors are referred to collectively herein as the “Grantors”) and XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as collateral agent (together with any successor collateral agent, the “Collateral Agent”).
A. Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of June 1, 2011 (as amended, amended and restated, waived, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent.
B. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement and the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement referred to therein.
C. The Grantors have entered into the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans and the Other Creditors to enter into Secured Hedging Agreements as contemplated in the Credit Agreement. Section 7.14 of the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement provides that additional Wholly-Owned Canadian Subsidiaries of the Borrower may become Grantors under the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary [in its own capacity (“—”) and as partner/general partner/managing partner for and on behalf of —] ([“—” and together with —,] (the “New Subsidiary”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become a Grantor under the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make additional Loans and the various Lenders and their affiliates to enter into Secured Hedging Agreements and as consideration for Loans previously made and Letters of Credit previously issued.
Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and the New Subsidiary agree as follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 7.14 of the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the New Subsidiary by its signature below becomes a Grantor under the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and the New Subsidiary hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement applicable to it as a Grantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Grantor thereunder are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof (it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects only as of such specified date). In furtherance of the foregoing, the New Subsidiary, as security for the payment and performance in full of its Secured Obligations (as defined in the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Creditors, a security interest in, and assigns, mortgages, charges, hypothecates and pledges to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Creditors, all of the New Subsidiary’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral (as defined in the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) of the New Subsidiary. Each reference to a “Grantor” in the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Subsidiary. The Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby incorporated in this Agreement by reference.
SECTION 2. The New Subsidiary represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally any by principles of equity.
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the Collateral Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Supplement that bears the signature of the New Subsidiary and the Collateral Agent has executed a counterpart hereof. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.
SECTION 4. The New Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants that set forth under its signature hereto is, as of the date hereof, (i) the true and correct legal name of the New Subsidiary, (ii) its jurisdiction of formation and (iii) the location of its chief executive office. The New Subsidiary hereby further represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof, Schedule “I” hereto accurately sets forth all information which would have been required pursuant to the Schedules to the Canadian GCA Disclosure Letter referred to in the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement had the New Subsidiary been a Grantor on the date of the execution and delivery of the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (it being understood and agreed, however, that the information so furnished by the New Subsidiary is accurate as of the date of this Supplement rather than the date of the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement).
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SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. This supplement shall be governed by, interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.
SECTION 7. Any provision of this Supplement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof and in the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavour in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 7.01 of the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
SECTION 9. The New Subsidiary agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Collateral Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
[NAME OF NEW SUBSIDIARY] | ||
By: |
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Name: — | ||
Title: — | ||
Legal Name: Jurisdiction of Formation: Location of Chief Executive Office: | ||
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Collateral Agent | ||
By: |
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Name: — | ||
Title: — | ||
By: |
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Name: — | ||
Title: — |
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SCHEDULE “I”
to the Supplement No.
to the Canadian Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement
LOCATION OF COLLATERAL
Description |
Location |
EQUITY INTERESTS
Issuer |
Registered Owner |
Certificate Number |
Number and Class of Equity Interests |
Percentage of Equity Interests |
DEBT SECURITIES
Issuer |
Principal Amount |
Date of Note |
Maturity Date |
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
I. Copyrights
Registered Owner |
Title |
Registration Number |
Expiration Date |
II. Copyright Applications
Registered Owner |
Title |
Application Number |
Date Filed |
III. Copyright Licenses
Licensee |
Licensor |
Title |
Registration Number |
Expiration Date |
IV. Patents
Registered Owner |
Xxxx |
Registration Number |
Expiration Date |
V. Patent Applications
Registered Owner |
Xxxx |
Application Number |
Date Filed |
VI. Patent Licenses
Licensee |
Licensor |
Xxxx |
Registration Number |
Expiration Date |
VII. Trademarks
Registered Owner |
Xxxx |
Registration Number |
Expiration Date |
VIII. Trademark Applications
Registered Owner |
Xxxx |
Registration Number |
Date Filed |
IX. Trademark Licenses
Licensee |
Licensor |
Title |
Registration Number |
Expiration Date |
Exhibit “II” to
the Canadian Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement
Exhibit “II”
FORM OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
IN CANADIAN TRADEMARKS
This GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN CANADIAN TRADEMARKS (“Grant”), dated as of [—], 2011 is made by [NAME OF GRANTOR], a [—] (the “Grantor”) with principal offices at [—], in favor of XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Collateral Agent, with principal offices at 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 (the “Grantee”) for the benefit of the Secured Creditors (as defined in the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as defined below) pursuant to that certain Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2011 (as amended, modified, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”), among certain subsidiaries of API Technologies Corp., and other grantors from time to time party thereto and the Grantee.
FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantor hereby grants to the Grantee, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, a continuing security interest in (i) all of the Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Canadian trademarks, trademark registrations and trademark applications (the “Marks”) set forth on Schedule A attached hereto; (ii) all proceeds and products of the Marks, (iii) the goodwill of the businesses with which the Marks are associated and (iv) all causes of action arising prior to or after the date hereof for infringement of any of the Marks or unfair competition regarding the same.
THIS GRANT is made to secure the satisfactory performance and payment of all the Secured Obligations, as such term is defined in the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, of the Grantor for the purpose of recording the grant of security interest herein with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.
The rights and remedies of the Grantee with respect to the security interest granted herein are as set forth in the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, all terms and provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference. In the event that any provisions of this Grant are deemed to conflict with the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the provisions of the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall govern.
THIS GRANT may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together constitute one and the same original.
[Remainder of this page intentionally left blank; signature page follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Grant as of the date first written above.
[NAME OF GRANTOR], Grantor | ||
By: |
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Name: — | ||
Title: — | ||
XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Collateral Agent and Grantee | ||
By: |
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Name: — | ||
Title: — |
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SCHEDULE A
XXXX |
REG. NO./SERIAL NO. |
REG. DATE |
Exhibit “III” to
the Canadian Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement
Exhibit “III”
FORM OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
IN CANADIAN PATENTS
This GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN CANADIAN PATENTS (“Grant”), dated as of [—], 2011 is made by [NAME OF GRANTOR], a [—] (the “Grantor”) with principal offices at [—], in favor of XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Collateral Agent, with principal offices at 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 (the “Grantee”) for the benefit of the Secured Creditors (as defined in the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as defined below) pursuant to that certain Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2011 (as amended, modified, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”), among certain subsidiaries of API Technologies Corp., and other grantors from time to time party thereto and the Grantee.
FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantor hereby grants to the Grantee, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, a continuing security interest in (i) all of the Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Canadian patents, patent registrations and patent applications (the “Patents”) set forth on Schedule A attached hereto and (ii) all proceeds and products of the Patents; and (iii) all causes of action arising prior to or after the date hereof for infringement of any of the Patents.
THIS GRANT is made to secure the satisfactory performance and payment of all the Secured Obligations, as such term is defined in the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, of the Grantor for the purpose of recording the grant of security interest herein with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.
The rights and remedies of the Grantee with respect to the security interest granted herein are as set forth in the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, all terms and provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference. In the event that any provisions of this Grant are deemed to conflict with the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the provisions of the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall govern.
THIS GRANT may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together constitute one and the same original.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Grant as of the date first written above.
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SCHEDULE A
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Exhibit “IV” to
the Canadian Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement
Exhibit “IV”
FORM OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
IN CANADIAN COPYRIGHTS
This GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN CANADIAN COPYRIGHTS (“Grant”), dated as of [—], 2011 is made by [NAME OF GRANTOR], a [—] (the “Grantor”) with principal offices at [—], in favor of XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Collateral Agent, with principal offices at 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 (the “Grantee”) for the benefit of the Secured Creditors (as defined in the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as defined below) pursuant to that certain Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2011 (as amended, modified, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”), among certain subsidiaries of API Technologies Corp., and other grantors from time to time party thereto and the Grantee.
FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantor hereby grants to the Grantee, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, a continuing security interest in (i) all of the Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Canadian copyrights, copyright registrations and copyright applications set forth on Schedule A attached hereto and (ii) all proceeds and products of the Copyrights; and (iii) all causes of action arising prior to or after the date hereof for infringement of any of the Copyrights.
THIS GRANT is made to secure the satisfactory performance and payment of all the Secured Obligations, as such term is defined in the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, of the Grantor for the purpose of recording the grant of security interest herein with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.
The rights and remedies of the Grantee with respect to the security interest granted herein are as set forth in the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, all terms and provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference. In the event that any provisions of this Grant are deemed to conflict with the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the provisions of the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall govern.
THIS GRANT may be executed in counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together constitute one and the same original.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Grant as of the date first written above.
[NAME OF GRANTOR], as Grantor | ||
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Collateral Agent and Grantee | ||
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SCHEDULE A
COPYRIGHT |
REG. NO./APP. NO. |
REG. DATE |
Exhibit “V” to
the Canadian Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement
Exhibit “V”
UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES CONTROL AGREEMENT
UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES CONTROL AGREEMENT (as amended, modified, restated and/or supplemented from time to time, this “Agreement”), dated as of [—], 2011, among the undersigned pledgor (the “Pledgor”), Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc., not in its individual capacity but solely as Collateral Agent (the “Pledgee”), and [—], as the issuer of the Uncertificated Securities (each as defined below) (the “Issuer”).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Pledgor, certain of its affiliates and the Pledgee have entered into a Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2011 (as amended, modified, restated and/or supplemented from time to time, the “Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”), under which, among other things, in order to secure the payment of the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) of the Pledgor, the Pledgor has or will pledge to the Pledgee for the benefit of the Secured Creditors (as defined in the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), and grant a security interest in favor of the Pledgee for the benefit of the Secured Creditors in, all of the right, title and interest of the Pledgor in and to any and all “uncertificated securities” (as defined in [ ]) (“Uncertificated Securities”), from time to time issued by the Issuer, whether now existing or hereafter from time to time acquired by the Pledgor; and
WHEREAS, the Pledgor desires the Issuer to enter into this Agreement in order to perfect the security interest of the Pledgee under the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in the Uncertificated Securities, to vest in the Pledgee control of the Uncertificated Securities and to provide for the rights of the parties under this Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises and agreements contained herein, and for other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
2. | The Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Issuer, and the Issuer hereby agrees, to comply with any and all instructions and orders originated by the Pledgee (and its successors and assigns) regarding any and all of the Uncertificated Securities without the further consent by the registered owner (including the Pledgor), and, following its receipt of a notice from the Pledgee stating that the Pledgee is exercising exclusive control of the Uncertificated Securities, not to comply with any instructions or orders regarding any or all of the Issuer Pledged Securities originated by any person or entity other than the Pledgee (and its successors and assigns) or a court of competent jurisdiction. |
3. | The Issuer hereby certifies that (i) no notice of any security interest, lien or other encumbrance or claim affecting the Uncertificated Securities (other than the security interest of the Pledgee) has been received by it, and (ii) the security interest of the Pledgee in the Uncertificated Securities has been registered in the books and records of the Issuer. |
4. | The Issuer hereby represents and warrants that (i) the pledge by the Pledgor of, and the granting by the Pledgor of a security interest in, the Uncertificated Securities to the Pledgee, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, does not violate the charter, by-laws, partnership agreement, membership agreement or any other agreement governing the Issuer or the Uncertificated Securities, and (ii) the Uncertificated Securities consisting of capital stock of a corporation are fully paid and nonassessable. |
5. | Following delivery by the Pledgee of a notice of exclusive control, all notices, statements of accounts, reports, prospectuses, financial statements and other communications to be sent to the Pledgor by the Issuer in respect of the Issuer will also be sent to the Pledgee at the following address: |
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Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: [—]
Telephone No.: [—]
Telecopier No.: [—]
6. | Following its receipt of a notice from the Pledgee stating that the Pledgee is exercising exclusive control of the Uncertificated Securities and until the Pledgee shall have delivered written notice to the Issuer that this Agreement is terminated, the Issuer will send any and all redemptions, distributions, interest or other payments in respect of the Uncertificated Securities from the Issuer for the account of the Pledgee only by wire transfers to such account as the Pledgee shall instruct. |
7. | Except as expressly provided otherwise in Sections 4 and 5, all notices, instructions, orders and communications hereunder shall be sent or delivered by mail, telegraph, telex, telecopy, cable or overnight courier service and all such notices and communications shall, when mailed, telexed, telecopied, cabled or sent by overnight courier, be effective when deposited in the mails or delivered to overnight courier, prepaid and properly addressed for delivery on such or the next Business Day, or sent by telex or telecopier, except that notices and communications to the Pledgee or the Issuer shall not be effective until received. All notices and other communications shall be in writing and addressed as follows: |
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or at such other address as shall have been furnished in writing by any Person described above to the party required to give notice hereunder. As used in this Section 6, “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or other day in which banks in New York are authorized to remain closed.
8. | This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Pledgor and the Issuer and shall enure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Pledgee and its successors and assigns. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by means of facsimile transmission), each of which shall be an original, including by means of facsimile transmission, but all of which shall constitute one instrument. In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall prove to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be deemed to be severable from the other provisions of this Agreement which shall remain binding on all parties hereto. None of the terms and conditions of this Agreement may be changed, waived, modified or varied in any manner whatsoever except in writing signed by the Pledgee, the Issuer and the Pledgor. |
9. | This Agreement shall be governed by, interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Pledgor, the Pledgee and the Issuer have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly elected officers duly authorized as of the date first written above.
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