PLEDGE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION COPY
PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated as of May 20, 2004 (as the same may be amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “Agreement”), among each of the undersigned pledgors (each, a “Pledgor” and, together with each other entity which becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 30, collectively, the “Pledgors”) in favor of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as collateral agent (together with any successor collateral agent, the “Pledgee”), for the benefit of the Secured Creditors (as defined below). Except as otherwise defined in Section 2 hereof, capitalized terms used herein and defined in the Credit Agreement (as defined below) shall be used herein as therein defined.
and all obligations and liabilities of the Borrower and one or more of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Interest Rate Protection Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements which may hereinafter arise;
(i) the full and prompt payment when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness (including, without limitation, principal, premium, interest (including, without limitation, all interest that accrues after the commencement of any case, proceeding or other action relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding of any Pledgor or any Subsidiary thereof at the rate provided for in the respective documentation, whether or not a claim for post-petition interest is allowed in any such proceeding), reimbursement obligations under Letters of Credit, fees, costs and indemnities) of such Pledgor owing to the Bank Creditors, whether now existing or hereafter incurred under, arising out of, or in connection with, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which such Pledgor is a party (including, in the case of each Pledgor that is a Guarantor, all such obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of such Pledgor under its Guaranty) and the due performance and compliance by such Pledgor with all of the terms, conditions and
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agreements contained in the Credit Agreement and in such other Credit Documents (all such obligations, liabilities and indebtedness under this clause (i), except to the extent consisting of obligations, liabilities or indebtedness with respect to Interest Rate Protection Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements, entitled to the benefits of this Agreement being herein collectively called the “Credit Document Obligations”);
(ii) the full and prompt payment when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness (including, without limitation, indemnities, fees and all interest that accrues after the commencement of any case, proceeding or other action relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding of any Pledgor at the rate provided for in the respective documentation, whether or not a claim for post-petition interest is allowed in any such proceeding) owing by such Pledgor to the Other Creditors now existing or hereafter incurred under, arising out of or in connection with any Interest Rate Protection Agreement or Other Hedging Agreement, whether such Interest Rate Protection Agreement or Other Hedging Agreement is now in existence or hereinafter arising (including, in the case of a Pledgor that is a Guarantor, all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of such Pledgor under its Guaranty in respect of the Interest Rate Protection Agreements and Other Hedging Agreements), and the due performance and compliance by such Pledgor with all of the terms, conditions and agreements contained in each such Interest Rate Protection Agreement and Other Hedging Agreement (all such obligations, liabilities and indebtedness under this clause (ii) being herein collectively called the “Other Obligations”);
(iii) any and all sums advanced by the Pledgee in order to preserve the Collateral (as hereinafter defined) or preserve its security interest in the Collateral;
(iv) in the event of any proceeding for the collection or enforcement of any indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of such Pledgor referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above, after an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the reasonable expenses of retaking, holding, preparing for sale or lease, selling or otherwise disposing of or realizing on the Collateral, or of any exercise by the Pledgee of its rights hereunder, together with reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs;
(v) all amounts paid by any Indemnitee as to which such Indemnitee has the right to reimbursement under Section 11 of this Agreement; and
(vi) all amounts owing to any Agent or any of its affiliates pursuant to any of the Credit Documents in its capacity as such;
all such obligations, liabilities, indebtedness, sums and expenses set forth in clauses (i) through (vi) of this Section 1 being herein collectively called the “Obligations”, it being acknowledged and agreed that the “Obligations” shall include extensions of credit of the types described above, whether outstanding on the date of this Agreement or extended from time to time after the date of this Agreement.
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(b) The following capitalized terms used herein shall have the definitions specified below:
“Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Adverse Claim” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(1) of the UCC.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereof.
“Bank Creditors” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Banks” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Borrower” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Certificated Security” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC.
“Clearing Corporation” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC.
“Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 hereof.
“Collateral Accounts” shall mean any and all accounts established and maintained by the Pledgee in the name of any Pledgor to which Collateral may be credited.
“Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Credit Document Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1(i) hereof.
“Credit Document Obligations Termination Date” shall mean that date upon which all Credit Document Obligations (other than those arising from indemnities for which no request has been made) have been paid in full and all Commitments and Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement have been terminated.
“Domestic Corporation” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Stock.”
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning provided in the Security Agreement.
“Excluded Collateral” shall mean any equity interest owned by any Pledgor in any joint venture which may not be pledged, assigned or otherwise transferred pursuant to the terms of any operating agreement, partnership agreement, other Contract (as defined in the Security
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Agreement) or any organizational documents governing such joint venture provided, however, that Excluded Collateral shall not include any and all proceeds of such equity interest to the extent that the assignment or encumbering of such proceeds is not so restricted.
“Exempted Foreign Entity” shall mean any Foreign Corporation and any limited liability company, partnership or other entity organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States or any State or Territory thereof that, in any such case, is treated as a corporation or an association taxable as a corporation for U.S. Federal income tax purposes.
“Financial Asset” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC.
“Foreign Corporation” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Stock”.
“Holdings” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Indemnitees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11 hereof.
“Instrument” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC.
“Investment Property” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the UCC.
“Limited Liability Company Assets” shall mean all assets, whether tangible or intangible and whether real, personal or mixed (including, without limitation, all limited liability company capital and interest in other limited liability companies), at any time owned by any Pledgor or represented by any Limited Liability Company Interest.
“Limited Liability Company Interests” shall mean the entire limited liability company membership interest at any time owned by any Pledgor in any limited liability company.
“Location” of any Pledgor has the meaning given such term in Section 9-307 of the UCC.
“Non-Deliverable Notes” shall mean promissory notes at any time issued to, or held by, a Pledgor (other than Intercompany Notes) specifically designated by the Pledgor to the Pledgee in writing as “Non-Deliverable Notes” and which do not, collectively, exceed $1,000,000 in aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding.
“Non-Voting Equity Interests” shall mean all Equity Interests of any Person which are not Voting Equity Interests.
“Notes” shall mean (x) all Intercompany Notes at any time issued to each Pledgor and (y) all other promissory notes from time to time issued to, or held by, each Pledgor.
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“Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 hereof.
“Other Creditors” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Other Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 hereof.
“Partnership Assets” shall mean all assets, whether tangible or intangible and whether real, personal or mixed (including, without limitation, all partnership capital and interest in other partnerships), at any time owned by any Pledgor or represented by any Partnership Interest.
“Partnership Interest” shall mean the entire general partnership interest or limited partnership interest at any time owned by any Pledgor in any general partnership or limited partnership.
“Permitted Liens” shall mean Liens which both (i) at all times prior to the Credit Document Obligations Date, constitute Permitted Liens (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement) and (ii) are otherwise permitted by the other Secured Debt Agreements.
“Pledged Notes” shall mean all Notes at any time pledged or required to be pledged hereunder.
“Pledgee” shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereof.
“Pledgor” shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereof.
“Proceeds” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the UCC.
“Registered Organization” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 9-102(a)(70) of the UCC.
“Required Secured Creditors” shall mean (i) at all times prior to the occurrence of the Credit Document Obligations Termination Date, the Required Banks (or, to the extent required by Section 13.12 of the Credit Agreement, each of the Banks) and (ii) at all times on and after the Credit Document Obligations Termination Date, the holders of at least the majority of the then outstanding Other Obligations (determined by the Pledgee in such reasonable manner as is acceptable to it).
“Secured Creditors” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Secured Debt Agreements” shall mean and include (i) this Agreement and (ii) the Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents and, to the extent then in effect, any Interest Rate Protection Agreement or Other Hedging Agreement entered into with any Other Creditors.
“Securities Account” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC.
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“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as in effect from time to time.
“Securities Intermediary” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(14) of the UCC.
“Security” and “Securities” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(15) of the UCC and shall in any event also include all Stock and all Notes (to the extent same constitute “Securities” under Section 8-102(a)(15)).
“Security Entitlement” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC.
“Stock” shall mean (x) with respect to corporations incorporated under the laws of the United States or any State or territory thereof or the District of Columbia (each, a “Domestic Corporation”), all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of any Domestic Corporation at any time owned by any Pledgor and (y) with respect to corporations not Domestic Corporations (each, a “Foreign Corporation”), all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of any Foreign Corporation at any time owned by any Pledgor.
“Termination Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 20 hereof.
“Transmitting Utility” has the meaning given such term in Section 9-102(a)(80) of the UCC.
“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York from time to time; provided that all references herein to specific Sections or subsections of the UCC are references to such Sections or subsections, as the case may be, of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York on the date hereof.
“Uncertificated Security” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 8-102(a)(18) of the UCC.
“Voting Equity Interests” of any Person shall mean all classes of Equity Interests of such Person entitled to vote.
(c) Each Pledgor represents and warrants that on the date hereof: (i) each Subsidiary of such Pledgor, and the direct ownership thereof, is listed in Annex B hereto; (ii) the Stock (and any warrants or options to purchase Stock) held by such Pledgor consists of the number and type of shares of the stock (or warrants or options to purchase any stock) of the corporations as described in Annex C hereto; (iii) such Stock referenced in clause (ii) of this paragraph constitutes that percentage of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the issuing corporation as is set forth in Annex C hereto; (iv) the Notes held by such Pledgor consist of the promissory notes described in Annex D hereto where such Pledgor is listed as the Bank; (v) the Limited Liability Company Interests held by such Pledgor consist of the number and type of interests of the Persons described in Annex E hereto; (vi) each such Limited Liability Company Interest referenced in clause (v) of this paragraph constitutes that percentage of the issued and outstanding equity interest of the issuing Person as set forth in Annex E hereto; (vii) the
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Partnership Interests held by such Pledgor consist of the number and type of interests of the Persons described in Annex F hereto; (viii) each such Partnership Interest referenced in clause (vii) of this paragraph constitutes that percentage or portion of the entire partnership interest of the Partnership as set forth in Annex F hereto; (ix) the exact address of each chief executive office of such Pledgor is listed on Annex G hereto; (x) the Pledgor has complied with the respective procedure set forth in Section 3.2(a) hereof with respect to each item described in Annexes C through F hereto which constitutes Collateral; and (xi) on the date hereof, such Pledgor owns no other Securities, Stock, Notes, Limited Liability Company Interests or Partnership Interests.
3.1 Pledge. To secure the Obligations now or hereafter owed or to be performed by such Pledgor, each Pledgor does hereby assign and transfer unto the Pledgee for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, and does hereby pledge, grant and create to the Pledgee for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, a continuing security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) in, all of the right, title and interest of such Pledgor in, to and under all of the following Collateral (as defined below) of such Pledgor, or in which or to which such Pledgor has any rights, in each case, whether now existing or hereafter from time to time acquired:
(i) each of the Collateral Accounts (to the extent a security interest therein is not created pursuant to the Security Agreement), including any and all assets of whatever type or kind deposited by such Pledgor in any such Collateral Account, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, existing or arising, including, without limitation, all Financial Assets, Investment Property, monies, checks, drafts, Instruments, Securities or interests therein of any type or nature deposited or required by the Credit Agreement or any other Secured Debt Agreement to be deposited in such Collateral Account, and all investments and all certificates and other Instruments (including depository receipts, if any) from time to time representing or evidencing the same, and all dividends, interest, distributions, cash and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the foregoing;
(ii) all Securities owned or held by such Pledgor from time to time and all options and warrants owned by such Pledgor from time to time to purchase Securities;
(iii) (x) all Limited Liability Company Interests owned by such Pledgor from time to time and all of its right, title and interest in each limited liability company to which each such Limited Liability Company Interests relates and (y) all Partnership Interests owned by such Pledgor from time to time and all of its right, title and interest in each partnership to which each such Partnership Interest relates, as the case may be, whether now existing or hereafter acquired, including, without limitation to the fullest extent permitted under the terms and provisions of the documents and agreements governing such Limited Liability Company Interests and/or Partnership Interests and applicable law:
(A) all its capital therein and its interest in all profits, income, surpluses, losses, Limited Liability Company Assets, Partnership Assets, and other distributions and payments to which such Pledgor shall at any time be
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entitled in respect of such Limited Liability Company Interests and/or Partnership Interests;
(B) all other payments due or to become due to such Pledgor in respect of such Limited Liability Company Interests and/or Partnership Interests, whether under any limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or otherwise, whether as contractual obligations, damages, insurance proceeds or otherwise;
(C) all of its claims, rights, powers, privileges, authority, options, security interests, liens and remedies, if any, under any limited liability company agreement, operating agreement or partnership agreement, or at law or otherwise in respect of such Limited Liability Company Interests and/or Partnership Interests;
(D) all present and future claims, if any, of such Pledgor against any limited liability company and/or partnership for monies loaned or advanced, for services rendered or otherwise;
(E) all of such Pledgor’s rights under any limited liability company agreement, operating agreement or partnership agreement or at law to exercise and enforce every right, power, remedy, authority, option and privilege of such Pledgor relating to such Limited Liability Company Interests and/or Partnership Interests, including any power to terminate, cancel or modify any such limited liability company agreement, operating agreement or partnership agreement, to execute any instruments and to take any and all other action on behalf of and in the name of any of such Pledgor in respect of such Limited Liability Company Interest or Partnership Interest and any such limited liability company and/or partnership, to make determinations, to exercise any election (including, but not limited to, election of remedies) or option or to give or receive any notice, consent, amendment, waiver or approval, together with full power and authority to demand, receive, enforce, collect or receipt for any of the foregoing or for any Limited Liability Company Asset and/or Partnership Asset, to enforce or execute any checks, or other instruments or orders, to file any claims and to take any action in connection with any of the foregoing (with all of the foregoing rights only to be exercisable upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default; and
(F) all other property hereafter delivered in substitution for or in addition to any of the foregoing, all certificates and instruments representing or evidencing such other property and all cash, securities, interest, dividends, rights and other property at any time and from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all thereof;
(iv) all Financial Assets and Investment Property owned by such Pledgor from time to time;
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(v) all Security Entitlements owned by such Pledgor from time to time in any and all of the foregoing; and
(vi) all Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing (collectively, including all of the above, but subject to each proviso below in this Section 3.1, the “Collateral”);
provided that (x) except in the circumstances and to the extent provided by Section 8.12 of the Credit Agreement (in which case this clause (x) shall no longer be applicable), no Pledgor shall be required at any time to pledge hereunder more than 65% of the total combined voting power of all classes of Voting Equity Interests of any Exempted Foreign Entity and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, but subject to Section 8.12 of the Credit Agreement, such percentage of the combined voting power of all classes of Voting Equity Interests of any Exempted Foreign Entity in excess of 65% of the total combined voting power of all classes of Voting Equity Interests of any Exempted Foreign Entity shall not constitute “Collateral” as herein defined, (y) each Pledgor shall be required to pledge hereunder 100% of the Non-Voting Equity Interests of each Exempted Foreign Entity at any time and from time to time acquired by such Pledgor, which Non-Voting Equity Interests shall not be subject to the limitations described in preceding clause (x) and (z) notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of clause (x) and (y), except in the circumstances and to the extent provided by Section 8.12 of the Credit Agreement (in which case this clause (z) shall no longer be applicable) Pledgor shall not be required to pledge shares of stock in a corporation or equity interests in a partnership or limited liability company that is owned, directly or indirectly, by an Exempted Foreign Entity; provided, further, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Excluded Collateral shall not constitute “Collateral” as herein defined.
3.2 Procedures. (a) To the extent that any Pledgor at any time or from time to time owns, acquires or obtains any right, title or interest in any Collateral, such Collateral shall automatically (and without the taking of any action by such Pledgor) be pledged pursuant to Section 3.1 of this Agreement and, in addition thereto, such Pledgor shall (to the extent provided below) take the following actions as set forth below (as promptly as practicable and, in any event, within 20 Business Days after it obtains such Collateral, or such later date as the Pledgee determines in its sole discretion) for the benefit of the Pledgee and the other Secured Creditors:
(i) with respect to a Certificated Security (other than a Certificated Security credited on the books of a Clearing Corporation or Securities Intermediary), such Pledgor shall physically deliver such Certificated Security to the Pledgee, endorsed to the Pledgee or endorsed in blank;
(ii) with respect to an Uncertificated Security (other than an Uncertificated Security credited on the books of a Clearing Corporation or Securities Intermediary), such Pledgor shall cause the issuer of such Uncertificated Security to duly authorize, execute, and deliver to the Pledgee, an agreement for the benefit of the Pledgee and the other Secured Creditors substantially in the form of Annex H hereto (appropriately completed to the satisfaction of the Pledgee and with such modifications, if any, as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Pledgee) pursuant to which, subject to Section 5 hereof, such issuer agrees to comply with any and all instructions originated by the Pledgee without further consent by the registered owner and not to comply with instructions
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regarding such Uncertificated Security (and any Partnership Interests and Limited Liability Company Interests issued by such issuer) originated by any other Person other than a court of competent jurisdiction;
(iii) with respect to a Certificated Security, Uncertificated Security, Partnership Interest or Limited Liability Company Interest credited on the books of a Clearing Corporation or Securities Intermediary (including a Federal Reserve Bank, Participants Trust Company or The Depository Trust Company), such Pledgor shall promptly notify the Pledgee thereof and shall promptly take (x) all actions required (i) to comply with the applicable rules of such Clearing Corporation or Securities Intermediary and (ii) to perfect the security interest of the Pledgee under applicable law (including, in any event, under Sections 9-314(a), (b) and (c), 9-106 and 8-106(d) of the UCC) and (y) such other actions as the Pledgee deems necessary or desirable to effect the foregoing;
(iv) with respect to a Partnership Interest or a Limited Liability Company Interest (other than a Partnership Interest or Limited Liability Company Interest credited on the books of a Clearing Corporation or Securities Intermediary), (1) if such Partnership Interest or Limited Liability Company Interest is represented by a certificate and is a Security for purposes of the UCC, the procedure set forth in Section 3.2(a)(i) hereof, and (2) if such Partnership Interest or Limited Liability Company Interest is not represented by a certificate or is not a Security for purposes of the UCC, the procedure set forth in Section 3.2(a)(ii) hereof;
(v) with respect to any Note (other than a Non-Deliverable Note), physical delivery of such Note to the Pledgee, endorsed in blank, or, at the request of the Pledgee, endorsed to the Pledgee; and
(vi) after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, with respect to cash proceeds from any of the Collateral described in Section 3.1 hereof, (i) establishment by the Pledgee of a cash account in the name of such Pledgor over which the Pledgee shall have “control” within the meaning of the UCC (and no withdrawals or transfers may be made therefrom by any Person except with the prior written consent of the Pledgee) and (ii) deposit of such cash in such cash account.
(a) In addition to the actions required to be taken pursuant to Section 3.2(a) hereof, each Pledgor shall take the following additional actions with respect to the Collateral:
(i) with respect to all Collateral of such Pledgor whereby or with respect to which the Pledgee may obtain “control” thereof within the meaning of Section 8-106 of the UCC (or under any provision of the UCC as same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, or under the laws of any relevant State other than the State of New York), such Pledgor shall take all actions as may be requested from time to time by the Pledgee so that “control” of such Collateral is obtained and at all times held by the Pledgee; and
(ii) each Pledgor shall from time to time cause appropriate financing statements (on appropriate forms) under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the
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various relevant States, covering all Collateral hereunder (with the form of such financing statements to be satisfactory to the Pledgee), to be filed in the relevant filing offices so that at all times the Pledgee’s security interest in all Investment Property and other Collateral which can be perfected by the filing of such financing statements (in each case to the maximum extent perfection by filing may be obtained under the laws of the relevant States, including, without limitation, Section 9-312(a) of the UCC) is so perfected.
3.3 Subsequently Acquired Collateral. Subject to the last sentence of Section 3.1 hereof, if any Pledgor shall acquire (by purchase, stock dividend, distribution or otherwise) any additional Collateral at any time or from time to time after the date hereof, (i) such Collateral shall automatically (and without any further action being required to be taken) be subject to the pledge and security interests created pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof and, furthermore, such Pledgor will thereafter promptly take (or cause to be taken) all action (as promptly as practicable and, in any event, within 20 Business Days after it obtains such Collateral, or such later date as the Pledgee determines in its sole discretion) with respect to such Collateral in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.2 hereof, and will promptly thereafter deliver to the Pledgee (i) a certificate executed by an authorized officer of such Pledgor describing such Collateral and certifying that the same has been duly pledged in favor of the Pledgee (for the benefit of the Secured Creditors) hereunder and (ii) supplements to Annexes A through G hereto as are necessary to cause such Annexes to be complete and accurate at such time. Without limiting the foregoing, subject to the first proviso in Section 3.1, each Pledgor shall be required to pledge hereunder the Equity Interests of any Exempted Foreign Entity at any time and from time to time after the date hereof acquired by such Pledgor.
3.4 Transfer Taxes. Each pledge of Collateral under Section 3.1 or Section 3.3 hereof shall be accompanied by any transfer tax stamps required in connection with the pledge of such Collateral.
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ratifications shall cease in case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and Section 7 hereof shall become applicable.
(i) all other or additional stock, notes, certificates, limited liability company interests, partnership interests, instruments or other securities or property (including, but not limited to, cash dividends other than as set forth above) paid or distributed by way of dividend or otherwise in respect of the Collateral;
(ii) all other or additional stock, notes, certificates, limited liability company interests, partnership interests, instruments or other securities or property (including, but not limited to, cash (although such cash may be paid directly to the respective Pledgor so long as no Event of Default then exists)) paid or distributed in respect of the Collateral by way of stock-split, spin-off, split-up, reclassification, combination of shares or similar rearrangement; and
(iii) all other or additional stock, notes, certificates, limited liability company interests, partnership interests, instruments or other securities or property (including, but not limited to, cash) which may be paid in respect of the Collateral by reason of any consolidation, merger, exchange of stock, conveyance of assets, liquidation or similar corporate or other reorganization.
Nothing contained in this Section 6 shall limit or restrict in any way the Pledgee’s right to receive the proceeds of the Collateral in any form in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement. All dividends, distributions or other payments which are received by any Pledgor contrary to the provisions of this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Pledgee, shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Pledgor and shall be forthwith paid over to the Pledgee as Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement).
(i) to receive all amounts payable in respect of the Collateral otherwise payable under Section 6 hereof to the respective Pledgor;
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(ii) to transfer all or any part of the Collateral into the Pledgee’s name or the name of its nominee or nominees;
(iii) to accelerate any Pledged Note which may be accelerated in accordance with its terms, and take any other lawful action to collect upon any Pledged Note (including, without limitation, to make any demand for payment thereon);
(iv) upon provision of notice to the Borrower, to vote (and exercise all rights and powers in respect of voting) all or any part of the Collateral (whether or not transferred into the name of the Pledgee) and give all consents, waivers and ratifications in respect of the Collateral and otherwise act with respect thereto as though it were the outright owner thereof (each Pledgor hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing the Pledgee the proxy and attorney-in-fact of such Pledgor, with full power of substitution to do so);
(v) at any time and from time to time to sell, assign and deliver, or grant options to purchase, all or any part of the Collateral, or any interest therein, at any public or private sale, without demand of performance, advertisement or, notice of intention to sell or of the time or place of sale or adjournment thereof or to redeem or otherwise purchase or dispose (all of which are hereby waived by each Pledgor), for cash, on credit or for other property, for immediate or future delivery without any assumption of credit risk, and for such price or prices and on such terms as the Pledgee in its absolute discretion may determine, provided at least 10 days’ written notice of the time and place of any such sale shall be given to the respective Pledgor. The Pledgee shall not be obligated to make any such sale of Collateral regardless of whether any such notice of sale has theretofore been given. Each Pledgor hereby waives and releases to the fullest extent permitted by law any right or equity of redemption with respect to the Collateral, whether before or after sale hereunder, and all rights, if any, of marshalling the Collateral and any other security for the Obligations or otherwise. At any such sale, unless prohibited by applicable law, the Pledgee on behalf of the Secured Creditors may bid for and purchase all or any part of the Collateral so sold free from any such right or equity of redemption. Neither the Pledgee nor any other Secured Creditor shall be liable for failure to collect or realize upon any or all of the Collateral or for any delay in so doing nor shall any of them be under any obligation to take any action whatsoever with regard thereto; and
(vi) to set off any and all Collateral against any and all Obligations, and to withdraw any and all cash or other Collateral from any and all Collateral Accounts and to apply such cash and other Collateral to the payment of any and all Obligations.
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the exercise by the Pledgee or any other Secured Creditor of any one or more of the rights, powers or remedies provided for in this Agreement or any other Secured Debt Agreement or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by the Pledgee or any other Secured Creditor of all such other rights, powers or remedies, and no failure or delay on the part of the Pledgee or any other Secured Creditor to exercise any such right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof. Unless otherwise required by the Credit Documents, no notice to or demand on any Pledgor in any case shall entitle it to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of any of the rights of the Pledgee or any other Secured Creditor to any other or further action in any circumstances without notice or demand. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Secured Creditors agree that this Agreement may be enforced only by the action of the Pledgee, in each case, acting upon the instructions of the Required Secured Creditors, and that no other Secured Creditor shall have any right individually to seek to enforce or to enforce this Agreement or to realize upon the security to be granted hereby, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised by the Pledgee for the benefit of the Secured Creditors upon the terms of this Agreement.
(b) It is understood and agreed that each Pledgor shall remain jointly and severally liable with respect to its Obligations to the extent of any deficiency between the amount of the proceeds of the Collateral pledged by it hereunder and the aggregate amount of such Obligations.
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under any other Secured Debt Agreement (but excluding any obligations, damages, injuries, penalties, claims, demands, losses, judgments and liabilities (including, without limitation, liabilities for penalties) or expenses of whatsoever kind or nature to the extent incurred or arising by reason of gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision)). In no event shall any Indemnitee hereunder be liable, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision), for any matter or thing in connection with this Agreement other than to account for monies or other property actually received by it in accordance with the terms hereof. If and to the extent that the obligations of any Pledgor under this Section 11 are unenforceable for any reason, such Pledgor hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of such obligations which is permissible under applicable law. The indemnity obligations of each Pledgor contained in this Section 11 shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the full payment of all the Notes issued under the Credit Agreement, the termination of all Interest Rate Protection Agreements and Other Hedging Agreements and Letters of Credit, and the payment of all other Obligations and notwithstanding the discharge thereof.
12. PLEDGEE NOT A PARTNER OR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY MEMBER. (a) Nothing herein shall be construed to make the Pledgee or any other Secured Creditor liable as a member of any limited liability company or as a partner of any partnership and neither the Pledgee 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 or as a partner in any partnership. The parties hereto expressly agree that, unless the Pledgee shall become the absolute owner of Collateral consisting of a Limited Liability Company Interest or a Partnership Interest pursuant hereto, this Agreement shall not be construed as creating a partnership or joint venture among the Pledgee, any other Secured Creditor, any Pledgor and/or any other Person.
(b) Except as provided in the last sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 12, the Pledgee, by accepting this Agreement, did not intend to become a member of any limited liability company or a partner of any partnership or otherwise be deemed to be a co-venturer with respect to any Pledgor, any limited liability company, partnership and/or any other Person either before or after an Event of Default shall have occurred. The Pledgee 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 or as a partner of any partnership or any Pledgor except as provided in the last sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 12.
(c) The Pledgee and the other Secured Creditors shall not be obligated to perform or discharge any obligation of any Pledgor as a result of the pledge hereby effected.
(d) The acceptance by the Pledgee of this Agreement, with all the rights, powers, privileges and authority so created, shall not at any time or in any event obligate the Pledgee or any other Secured Creditor to appear in or defend any action or proceeding relating to the Collateral to which it is not a party, or to take any action hereunder or thereunder, or to expend any money or incur any expenses or perform or discharge any obligation, duty or liability under the Collateral.
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(a) Each Pledgor hereby constitutes and appoints the Pledgee its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, irrevocably, with full authority in the place and stead of such Pledgor and in the name of such Pledgor or otherwise, from time to time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in the Pledgee’s discretion, to act, require, demand, receive and give acquittance for any and all monies and claims for monies due or to become due to such Pledgor under or arising out of the Collateral, to endorse any checks or other instruments or orders in connection therewith and to file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings and to execute any instrument which the Pledgee may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, which appointment as attorney is coupled with an interest.
(i) it is the legal, beneficial and record owner of, and has good and marketable title to, all of its Collateral consisting of one or more Securities, Partnership Interests and Limited Liability Company Interests and that it has sufficient interest in all of its Collateral in which a security interest is purported to be created hereunder for such security interest to attach (subject, in each case, to no pledge, lien, mortgage, hypothecation, security interest, charge, option, Adverse Claim or other encumbrance whatsoever, except the liens and security interests created by this Agreement or permitted under the other Secured Debt Agreements);
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(ii) it has full power, authority and legal right to pledge all the Collateral pledged by it pursuant to this Agreement;
(iii) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Pledgor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Pledgor enforceable against such Pledgor in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law);
(iv) except to the extent already obtained or made, no consent of any other party (including, without limitation, any stockholder, partner, member or creditor of such Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries) and no consent, license, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required to be obtained by such Pledgor in connection with (a) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by such Pledgor, (b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement against such Pledgor (except as set forth in clause (iii) above), (c) the perfection or enforceability of the Pledgee’s security interest in such Pledgor’s Collateral or (d) except for compliance with or as may be required by applicable securities laws, the exercise by the Pledgee of any of its rights or remedies provided herein;
(v) neither the execution, delivery or performance by such Pledgor of this Agreement, or any other Secured Debt Agreement to which it is a party, nor compliance by it with the terms and provisions hereof and thereof nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein: (i) will contravene any material provision of any applicable law, statute, rule or regulation, or any applicable order, writ, injunction or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental instrumentality, domestic or foreign, applicable to such Pledgor; (ii) will conflict or be inconsistent with or result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien (except pursuant to the Security Documents) upon any of the properties or assets of such Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any indenture, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, credit agreement, loan agreement or any other material agreement, contract or other instrument to which such Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or is otherwise bound, or by which it or any of its properties or assets is bound or to which it may be subject; or (iii) will violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation or limited
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liability company agreement (or equivalent organizational documents), as the case may be, of such Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries;
(vi) all of such Pledgor’s Collateral (consisting of Securities, Limited Liability Company Interests and Partnership Interests) has been duly and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is subject to no options to purchase or similar rights;
(vii) each of such Pledgor’s Pledged Notes consisting of Intercompany Notes and, to each Pledgor’s knowledge, each of such Pledgor’s Pledged Notes consisting of all other promissory notes, constitutes, or when executed by the obligor thereof will constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligation of such obligor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law);
(viii) the pledge, collateral assignment and delivery to the Pledgee of such Pledgor’s Collateral consisting of Certificated Securities and Pledged Notes (other than Non-Deliverable Notes) pursuant to this Agreement creates a valid and perfected first priority security interest in such Certificated Securities and Pledged Notes, and the proceeds thereof, subject to no prior Lien or encumbrance or to any agreement purporting to grant to any third party a Lien or encumbrance on the property or assets of such Pledgor which would include the Securities (other than the liens and security interests permitted under the Secured Debt Agreements then in effect) and the Pledgee is entitled to all the rights, priorities and benefits afforded by the UCC or other relevant law as enacted in any relevant jurisdiction to perfect security interests in respect of such Collateral; and
(ix) “control” (as defined in Section 8-106 of the UCC) has been obtained by the Pledgee over all of such Pledgor’s Collateral consisting of Securities (including, without limitation, Notes (other than Non-Deliverable Notes) which are Securities) with respect to which such “control” may be obtained pursuant to Section 8-106 of the UCC, except to the extent that the obligation of the applicable Pledgor to provide the Pledgee with “control” of such Collateral has not yet arisen under this Agreement; provided that in the case of the Pledgee obtaining “control” over Collateral consisting of a Security Entitlement, such Pledgor shall have taken all steps in its control so that the Pledgee obtains “control” over such Security Entitlement.
(b) Each Pledgor covenants and agrees that it will defend the Pledgee’s right, title and security interest in and to such Pledgor’s Collateral and the proceeds thereof against the claims and demands of all persons whomsoever; and each Pledgor covenants and agrees that it will have like title to and right to pledge any other property at any time hereafter pledged to the Pledgee by such Pledgor as Collateral hereunder and will likewise defend the right thereto and security interest therein of the Pledgee and the other Secured Creditors.
(c) Each Pledgor covenants and agrees that it will take no action which would violate any of the terms of any Secured Debt Agreement.
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17. LEGAL NAMES; TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (AND WHETHER A REGISTERED ORGANIZATION AND/OR A TRANSMITTING UTILITY); JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION; LOCATION; ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS; CHANGES THERETO; ETC. The exact legal name of each Pledgor, the type of organization of such Pledgor, whether or not such Pledgor is a Registered Organization, the jurisdiction of organization of such Pledgor, such Pledgor’s Location, the organizational identification number (if any) of each Pledgor, and whether or not such Pledgor is a Transmitting Utility, is listed on Annex A hereto for such Pledgor. No Pledgor shall change its legal name, its type of organization, its status as a Registered Organization (in the case of a Registered Organization), its status as a Transmitting Utility or as a Person which is not a Transmitting Utility, as the case may be, its jurisdiction of organization, its Location, or its organizational identification number (if any), except that any such changes shall be permitted (so long as not in violation of the applicable requirements of the Secured Debt Agreements and so long as same do not involve (x) a Registered Organization ceasing to constitute same or (y) any Pledgor changing its jurisdiction of organization or Location from the United States or a State thereof to a jurisdiction of organization or Location, as the case may be, outside the United States or a State thereof) if (i) it shall have given to the Collateral Agent not less than 15 Business Days’ prior written notice of each change to the information listed on Annex A (as adjusted for any subsequent changes thereto previously made in accordance with this sentence), together with a supplement to Annex A which shall correct all information contained therein for such Pledgor, and (ii) in connection with the respective such change or changes, it shall have taken all action reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to maintain the security interests of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral intended to be granted hereby at all times fully perfected and in full force and effect. In addition, to the extent that any Pledgor does not have an organizational identification number on the date hereof and later obtains one, such Pledgor shall promptly thereafter deliver a notification of the Collateral Agent of such organizational identification number and shall take all actions reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent to the extent necessary to maintain the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral intended to be granted hereby fully perfected and in full force and effect.
(i) any renewal, extension, amendment or modification of, or addition or supplement to or deletion from any Secured Debt Agreement (other than this Agreement in accordance with its terms), or any other instrument or agreement referred to therein, or any assignment or transfer of any thereof;
(ii) any waiver, consent, extension, indulgence or other action or inaction under or in respect of any such agreement or instrument including, without limitation, this Agreement (other than a waiver, consent or extension with respect to this Agreement in accordance with its terms);
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(iii) any furnishing of any additional security to the Pledgee or its assignee or any acceptance thereof or any release of any security by the Pledgee or its assignee;
(iv) any limitation on any party’s liability or obligations under any such instrument or agreement or any invalidity or unenforceability, in whole or in part, of any such instrument or agreement or any term thereof; or
(v) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, composition, adjustment, dissolution, liquidation or other like proceeding relating to any Pledgor or any Subsidiary of any Pledgor, or any action taken with respect to this Agreement by any trustee or receiver, or by any court, in any such proceeding, whether or not such Pledgor shall have notice or knowledge of any of the foregoing.
(b) If at any time when the Pledgee shall determine to exercise its right to sell all or any part of the Collateral consisting of Securities, Limited Liability Company Interests or Partnership Interests pursuant to Section 7 hereof, and such Collateral or the part thereof to be sold shall not, for any reason whatsoever, be effectively registered under the Securities Act, as
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then in effect, the Pledgee may, in its sole and absolute discretion, sell such Collateral or part thereof by private sale in such manner and under such circumstances as the Pledgee may deem necessary or advisable in order that such sale may legally be effected without such registration. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in any such event the Pledgee, in its sole and absolute discretion (i) may proceed to make such private sale notwithstanding that a registration statement for the purpose of registering such Collateral or part thereof shall have been filed under such Securities Act, (ii) may approach and negotiate with a single possible purchaser to effect such sale, and (iii) may restrict such sale to a purchaser who will represent and agree that such purchaser is purchasing for its own account, for investment, and not with a view to the distribution or sale of such Collateral or part thereof. In the event of any such sale, the Pledgee shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of the Collateral at a price which the Pledgee, in its sole and absolute discretion, may in good xxxxx xxxx reasonable under the circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might be realized if the sale were deferred until the registration as aforesaid.
(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 Credit Document Obligations Termination Date, in connection with a sale or disposition permitted by Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement or is otherwise released at the direction or with the consent of the Required Secured Creditors or (y) at any time thereafter, to the extent permitted by the other Secured Debt Agreements then in effect, 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
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be so applied, the Pledgee, at the request and expense of such Pledgor, will duly release from the security interest created hereby (and will execute and deliver such documentation, including termination or partial release statements and the like in connection therewith) and assign, transfer and deliver to such Pledgor (without recourse and without any representation or warranty) such of the Collateral as is then being (or has been) so sold or released and as may be in the possession of the Pledgee (or, in the case of Collateral held by any sub-agent designated pursuant to Section 4 hereto, such sub-agent) and has not theretofore been released pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) At any time that any Pledgor desires that Collateral be released as provided in the foregoing Section 20(a) or (b), it shall deliver to the Pledgee (and the relevant sub-agent, if any, designated pursuant to Section 4 hereof) a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of such Pledgor stating that the release of the respective Collateral is permitted pursuant to Section 20(a) or (b) hereof.
(d) The Pledgee 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 the absence of gross negligence and willful misconduct believes to be in accordance with) this Section 20.
| (a) | if to any Pledgor, c/o: |
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telephone No.: 000-000-0000
Facsimile No.: 000-000-0000
with a copy to:
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: General Counsel
Telephone No.: 000-000-0000
Facsimile No.: 000-000-0000
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| (b) | if to the Pledgee, at: |
Deustche Bank Trust Company Americas
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
(c) if to any Bank Creditor (other than the Pledgee), either (x) to the Administrative Agent, at the address of the Administrative Agent specified in the Credit Agreement, or (y) at such address as such Bank Creditor shall have specified in the Credit Agreement;
(d) if to any Other Creditor, at such address as such Other Creditor shall have specified in writing to the Pledgors and the Pledgee;
or at such other address or addressed to such other individual as shall have been furnished in writing by any Person described above to the party required to give notice hereunder.
25. GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. (a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS
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AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, IN EACH CASE WHICH ARE LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PLEDGOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. EACH PLEDGOR HEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH COURTS LACK PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER SUCH PLEDGOR, AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT BROUGHT IN ANY OF THE AFORESAID COURTS THAT ANY SUCH COURT LACKS PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER SUCH PLEDGOR. EACH PLEDGOR FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ANY SUCH PLEDGOR AT ITS ADDRESS FOR NOTICES AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 21 ABOVE, SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS AFTER SUCH MAILING. EACH PLEDGOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS AND FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING COMMENCED HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT THAT SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS WAS IN ANY WAY INVALID OR INEFFECTIVE. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE PLEDGEE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY SECURED CREDITOR, TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST ANY PLEDGOR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
(b) EACH PLEDGOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT BROUGHT IN THE COURTS REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE (a) ABOVE AND HEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY SUCH COURT THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
(c) EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
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Agreement, except for the safekeeping of Collateral actually in Pledgor’s possession, nor shall the Pledgee be required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of the obligations of any Pledgor under or with respect to any Collateral.
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Equity Interests in such Pledgor for purposes of this Section), and the Pledgee is authorized and directed to execute and deliver such instruments of release as are reasonably satisfactory to it. At any time that the Borrower desires that a Pledgor be released from this Agreement as provided in this Section 32, the Borrower shall deliver to the Pledgee a certificate signed by a principal executive officer of the Borrower stating that the release of such Pledgor is permitted pursuant to this Section 32. The Pledgee shall have no liability whatsoever to any other Secured Creditor as a result of the release of any Pledgor by it in accordance with, or which it believes to be in accordance with, this Section 32.
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| CONSOLIDATED CONTAINER HOLDINGS | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
| CONSOLIDATED CONTAINER COMPANY | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
| XXXX PLASTICS GROUP LLC, | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
| CONSOLIDATED CONTAINER COMPANY LP, as a Pledgor | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
SIGNATURE PAGE TO PLEDGE AGREEMENT
| PLASTIC CONTAINERS LLC, as a Pledgor | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
| CONSOLIDATED CONTAINER CAPITAL, INC., as a Pledgor | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
| CONTINENTAL CARIBBEAN CONTAINERS, INC., as a Pledgor | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
| Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
SIGNATURE PAGE TO PLEDGE AGREEMENT
| Accepted and Agreed to: | ||
| DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Pledgee | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx XxXxxxx | |
| Name:Xxxxx XxXxxxx Title: Director | ||
SIGNATURE PAGE TO PLEDGE AGREEMENT
Table of Contents
| Page | ||||
| 1. |
SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS |
2 | ||
| 2. |
DEFINITIONS; REPRESENTATIONS |
4 | ||
| 3. |
PLEDGE OF SECURITIES, ETC. |
8 | ||
| 3.1 Pledge |
8 | |||
| 3.2 Procedures |
10 | |||
| 3.3 Subsequently Acquired Collateral |
12 | |||
| 3.4 Transfer Taxes |
12 | |||
| 4. |
APPOINTMENT OF SUB-AGENTS; ENDORSEMENTS, ETC. |
12 | ||
| 5. |
VOTING, ETC., WHILE NO NOTICED EVENT OF DEFAULT |
12 | ||
| 6. |
DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS |
13 | ||
| 7. |
REMEDIES IN CASE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT |
13 | ||
| 8. |
REMEDIES, CUMULATIVE, ETC. |
14 | ||
| 9. |
APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS |
15 | ||
| 10. |
PURCHASERS OF COLLATERAL |
15 | ||
| 11. |
INDEMNITY |
15 | ||
| 12. |
PLEDGEE NOT A PARTNER OR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY MEMBER |
16 | ||
| 13. |
FURTHER ASSURANCES; XXXXX-XX-XXXXXXXX |
00 | ||
| 00. |
THE PLEDGEE AS COLLATERAL AGENT |
17 | ||
| 15. |
TRANSFER BY THE PLEDGORS |
17 | ||
| 16. |
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE PLEDGORS |
17 | ||
| 17. |
LEGAL NAMES; TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (AND WHETHER A REGISTERED ORGANIZATION AND/OR A TRANSMITTING UTILITY); JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION; LOCATION; ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS; CHANGES THERETO; ETC. | 20 | ||
| 18. |
PLEDGORS’ OBLIGATIONS ABSOLUTE, ETC. |
20 | ||
(i)
Table of Contents
(continued)
| Page | ||||
| 19. |
SALE OF COLLATERAL WITHOUT REGISTRATION | 21 | ||
| 20. |
TERMINATION; RELEASE | 22 | ||
| 21. |
NOTICES, ETC. | 23 | ||
| 22. |
WAIVER; AMENDMENT | 24 | ||
| 23. |
SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS | 24 | ||
| 24. |
HEADINGS DESCRIPTIVE | 24 | ||
| 25. |
GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 24 | ||
| 26. |
PLEDGOR’S DUTIES | 25 | ||
| 27. |
COUNTERPARTS | 26 | ||
| 28. |
SEVERABILITY | 26 | ||
| 29. |
RECOURSE | 26 | ||
| 30. |
ADDITIONAL PLEDGORS | 26 | ||
| 31. |
LIMITED OBLIGATIONS | 26 | ||
| 32. |
RELEASE OF PLEDGORS | 26 | ||
| ANNEX A |
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SCHEDULE OF LEGAL NAMES, TYPE OF ORGANIZATION, JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION, LOCATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS | ||
| ANNEX B |
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SCHEDULE OF SUBSIDIARIES | ||
| ANNEX C |
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SCHEDULE OF STOCK | ||
| ANNEX D |
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SCHEDULE OF NOTES | ||
| ANNEX E |
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SCHEDULE OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTERESTS | ||
| ANNEX F |
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SCHEDULE OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS | ||
| ANNEX G |
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SCHEDULE OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICES | ||
| ANNEX H |
FORM OF AGREEMENT REGARDING UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTERESTS AND PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS |
(ii)