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EXHIBIT 10.15
EXHIBIT G
SECURITY AGREEMENT
among
SAFELITE GLASS CORP.
and
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Collateral Agent
Dated as of December 20, 1996, as amended and restated through December
17, 1997
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
SECURITY INTERESTS........................................ 2
1.1. Grant of Security Interests..................................................... 2
1.2. Power of Attorney............................................................... 3
ARTICLE II
GENERAL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS........................ 3
2.1. Necessary Filings............................................................... 3
2.2. No Liens........................................................................ 4
2.3. Other Financing Statements...................................................... 4
2.4. Chief Executive Office; Records................................................. 4
2.5. Location of Inventory and Equipment............................................. 5
2.6. Trade Names; Change of Name..................................................... 5
ARTICLE III
SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING
RECEIVABLES; CONTRACT RIGHTS; INSTRUMENTS............................ 6
3.1. Additional Representations and Warranties....................................... 6
3.2. Maintenance of Records.......................................................... 6
3.3. Direction to Account Debtors; Contracting Parties; etc.......................... 6
3.4. Modification of Terms; etc...................................................... 7
3.5. Collection...................................................................... 7
3.6. Instruments..................................................................... 7
ARTICLE IV
SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING TRADEMARKS............................. 8
4.1. Additional Representations and Warranties....................................... 8
4.2. Licenses and Assignments........................................................ 8
(i)
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4.3. Infringements................................................................... 8
4.4. Preservation of Marks........................................................... 9
4.5. Maintenance of Registration..................................................... 9
4.6. Future Registered Marks......................................................... 9
4.7. Remedies........................................................................ 9
ARTICLE V
SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING
PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS AND TRADE SECRETS.............................. 10
5.1. Additional Representations and Warranties....................................... 10
5.2. Licenses and Assignments........................................................ 10
5.3. Infringements................................................................... 10
5.4. Maintenance of Patents.......................................................... 11
5.5. Prosecution of Patent Application............................................... 11
5.6. Other Patents and Copyrights.................................................... 11
5.7. Remedies........................................................................ 11
ARTICLE VI
PROVISIONS CONCERNING ALL COLLATERAL............................... 12
6.1. Protection of Collateral Agent's Security....................................... 12
6.2. Further Actions................................................................. 12
6.3. Financing Statements............................................................ 13
ARTICLE VII
REMEDIES UPON OCCURRENCE OF EVENT OF DEFAULT........................... 13
7.1. Remedies; Obtaining the Collateral Upon Default................................. 13
7.2. Remedies; Disposition of the Collateral......................................... 14
7.3. Waiver of Claims................................................................ 15
7.4. Application of Proceeds......................................................... 16
7.5. Remedies Cumulative............................................................. 17
7.6. Discontinuance of Proceedings................................................... 18
(ii)
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ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNITY............................................ 18
8.1. Indemnity....................................................................... 18
8.2. Indemnity Obligations Secured by Collateral; Survival........................... 19
ARTICLE IX
DEFINITIONS........................................... 19
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS.......................................... 24
10.1. Notices......................................................................... 24
10.2. Waiver; Amendment............................................................... 25
10.3. Obligations Absolute............................................................ 25
10.4. Successors and Assigns.......................................................... 25
10.5. Headings Descriptive............................................................ 26
10.6. Governing Law................................................................... 26
10.7. Assignor's Duties............................................................... 26
10.8. Termination; Release............................................................ 26
10.9. Counterparts.................................................................... 27
10.10. The Collateral Agent............................................................ 27
10.11. Additional Assignors............................................................ 27
ANNEX A Schedule of Chief Executive Offices and other Record Locations
ANNEX B Schedule of Inventory and Equipment Locations
ANNEX C Trade and Fictitious Names
ANNEX D List of Marks
ANNEX E List of Patents and Applications
ANNEX F List of Copyrights and Applications
ANNEX G Assignment of Security Interest in United States Trademarks and Patents
ANNEX H Assignment of Security Interest in United States Copyrights
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SECURITY AGREEMENT
SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of December 20, 1996 (the
"Existing Security Agreement"), as amended and restated through December 17,
1997, among each of the undersigned (each an "Assignor" and, together with any
other entity that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 10.11 hereof, the
"Assignors") and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Collateral Agent (the "Collateral
Agent"), for the benefit of the Secured Creditors (as defined below). Except as
otherwise defined herein, terms used herein and defined in the Credit Agreement
(as defined below) shall be used herein as therein defined.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, Safelite Glass Corp. (the "Borrower"), the lenders
from time to time party thereto (the "Banks"), Bankers Trust Company, as
Syndication Agent, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Credit Partners L.P., as Documentation Agent,
and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Administrative Agent (together with any
successor agent, the "Administrative Agent," and together with the Collateral
Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agent and the Banks, the "Bank
Creditors"), have entered into a Credit Agreement, dated as of December 20,
1996, as amended and restated through December 17, 1997 (as further amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), providing
for the making of Loans to the Borrower and the issuance of, and participation
in, Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower, all as contemplated
therein;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto have elected to amend and restate
the Existing Security Agreement pursuant to this Agreement rather than enter
into a new security agreement for their convenience and intend that all
indebtedness, obligations and liens created under the Existing Security
Agreement and the other Credit Documents be continued hereunder and thereunder
and remain in full force and effect and not be discharged, paid, satisfied or
cancelled;
WHEREAS, the Borrower may from time to time be party to one or
more (i) interest rate agreements, interest rate cap agreements, interest rate
collar agreements or other similar agreements or arrangements, (ii) foreign
exchange contracts, currency swap agreements or similar agreements or
arrangements designed to protect against the fluctuations in currency values
and\or (iii) other types of hedging agreements from time to time (each such
agreement or arrangement with an Other Creditor (as hereinafter defined), an
"Interest Rate Protection Agreement or Other Hedging Agreement"), with a Bank or
an affiliate of a Bank (each such Bank or affiliate, even if the respective Bank
subsequently ceases to be a Bank under the Credit Agreement for any reason,
together with such Bank's or affiliate's
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successors and assigns, collectively, the "Other Creditors", and together with
the Bank Creditors, the "Secured Creditors");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Subsidiary Guaranty, each Assignor
(other than the Borrower) has jointly and severally guaranteed to the Secured
Creditors the payment when due of all obligations and liabilities of the
Borrower under or with respect to the Credit Documents and the Interest Rate
Protection Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements;
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the making of Loans to
the Borrower under the Credit Agreement that the Assignors shall have executed
and delivered to the Collateral Agent this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, each Assignor desires to execute this Agreement to
satisfy the conditions described in the preceding paragraph;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the benefits accruing to
each Assignor, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
each Assignor hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the
Collateral Agent and hereby covenants and agrees with the Collateral Agent as
follows:
ARTICLE I
SECURITY INTERESTS
1.1. Grant of Security Interests. (a) As security for the
prompt and complete payment and performance when due of all of its Obligations,
each Assignor does hereby assign and transfer unto the Collateral Agent, and
does hereby pledge and grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Creditors, a continuing security interest of first priority in all of
the right, title and interest of such Assignor in, to and under all of the
following, whether now existing or hereafter from time to time acquired: (i)
each and every Receivable, (ii) all Contracts (other than Excluded Contracts
except to the extent provided in the definition thereof), together with all
Contract Rights arising thereunder, (iii) all Inventory, (iv) all Equipment, (v)
all Investment Property, (vi) all Marks, together with the registrations and
right to all renewals thereof, and the goodwill of the business of such Assignor
symbolized by the Marks, (vii) all Patents and Copyrights, (viii) all computer
pro grams of such Assignor and all intellectual property rights therein (to the
extent not constituting Excluded Contracts) and all other proprietary
information of such Assignor, including, but not limited to, trade secrets, (ix)
all other Goods, General Intangibles, Chattel Paper, Documents and Instruments,
(x) the Cash Collateral Account and all monies, securities and instruments
deposited or required to be deposited in such Cash Collateral
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Account, and (xi) all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing (all
of the above, collectively, the "Collateral"). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the term "Collateral" shall not include any Equipment that, as of the date
hereof, serves as security for any Existing Indebtedness but only to the extent
that (and so long as) the terms of such Existing Indebtedness specifically
prohibit the granting of a prior, pari passu or junior Lien and security
interest in such Equipment, and then only so long as any such Existing
Indebtedness remains outstanding after which time such Equipment shall be
subject to the security interests and Liens created by this Agreement.
(b) The security interest of the Collateral Agent under this
Agreement extends to all Collateral of the kind which is the subject of this
Agreement which any Assignor may acquire at any time during the continuation of
this Agreement.
1.2. Power of Attorney. Each Assignor hereby constitutes and
appoints the Collateral Agent its true and lawful attorney, irrevocably, with
full power after the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of
Default (in the name of such Assignor or otherwise) to act, require, demand,
receive, compound and give acquittance for any and all monies and claims for
monies due or to become due to such Assignor 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
which the Collateral Agent may deem to be necessary or advisable to protect the
interests of the Secured Creditors, which appointment as attorney is coupled
with an interest.
ARTICLE II
GENERAL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
Each Assignor represents, warrants and covenants, which
representations, warranties and covenants shall survive execution and delivery
of this Agreement, as follows:
2.1. Necessary Filings. All filings, registrations and
recordings necessary or appropriate to create, preserve and perfect the security
interest granted by such Assignor to the Collateral Agent hereby in respect of
the Collateral have been accomplished and the security interest granted to the
Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement in and to the Collateral creates a
perfected security interest therein prior to the rights of all other Persons
therein and subject to no other Liens (other than Permitted Liens) and is
entitled to all the rights, priorities and benefits afforded by the Uniform
Commercial Code or other relevant law as enacted in any relevant jurisdiction to
perfected security interests, in each case to the extent that the Collateral
consists of the type of property in which a security interest may be perfected
by filing a financing statement or other appropriate documents under the Uniform
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Commercial Code as enacted in any relevant jurisdiction or in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office.
2.2. No Liens. Such Assignor is, and as to Collateral acquired
by it from time to time after the date hereof such Assignor will be, the owner
of, or has rights in, all Collateral free from any Lien, security interest,
encumbrance or other right, title or interest of any Person (other than
Permitted Liens), and such Assignor shall defend the Collateral to the extent of
its rights therein against all claims and demands of all Persons at any time
claiming the same or any interest therein adverse to the Collateral Agent.
2.3. Other Financing Statements. As of the date hereof, there
is no financing statement (or similar statement or instrument of registration
under the law of any jurisdiction) covering any interest of any kind in the
Collateral (other than financing statements filed in respect of Permitted
Liens), and so long as the Total Commitment has not been terminated or any Note
remains unpaid or any of the Obligations remain unpaid or any Interest Rate
Protection Agreement or Other Hedging Agreement or Letter of Credit remains in
effect (other than Letters of Credit, together with all Fees that have accrued
and will accrue thereon through the stated termination date of such Letters of
Credit, which have been supported in a manner satisfactory to the Letter of
Credit Issuer as provided in the Credit Agreement) or any Obligations are owed
with respect thereto, such Assignor will not execute or authorize to be filed in
any public office any financing statement (or similar statement or instrument of
registration under the law of any jurisdiction) or statements relating to the
Collateral, except financing statements filed or to be filed in respect of and
covering the security interests granted hereby by such Assignor or as permitted
by the Credit Agreement.
2.4. Chief Executive Office; Records. The chief executive
office of such Assignor is located at the address or addresses indicated on
Annex A hereto for such Assignor. Such Assignor will not move its chief
executive office except to such new location as such Assignor may establish in
accordance with the last sentence of this Section 2.4. The originals of all
documents evidencing all Receivables and Contract Rights of such Assignor and
the only original books of account and records of such Assignor relating thereto
are, and will continue to be, kept at such chief executive office, at one or
more of the locations set forth on Annex B hereto or at such new locations as
such Assignor may establish in accordance with the last sentence of this Section
2.4. All Receivables and Contract Rights of such Assignor are, and will continue
to be, maintained at, and controlled and directed (including, without
limitation, for general accounting purposes) from, the office locations
described above or such new location established in accordance with the last
sentence of this Section 2.4. No Assignor shall establish new locations for such
offices until (i) it shall have given to the Collateral Agent not less than 30
days' prior written notice of its intention to do so, clearly describing such
new location and providing such other information in connection therewith as the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (ii) with respect to such new
location, it shall have taken all action, satisfactory to the Collateral Agent,
to maintain the
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security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral intended to be
granted hereby at all times fully perfected and in full force and effect.
2.5. Location of Inventory and Equipment. (a) All Inventory
and Equipment held on the date hereof by each Assignor is located at one of the
locations shown on Annex B hereto for such Assignor (other than (i) immaterial
portions of Inventory as may be transferred to another location in connection
with a sale of such Inventory in the ordinary course of business, so long as
such sale occurs within 30 days from the date of such transfer and (ii) various
spare parts held for maintenance or repair of Equipment). Each Assignor agrees
that all Inventory and Equipment now held or subsequently acquired by it shall
be kept at (or shall be in transport to) any one of the locations shown on Annex
B hereto, or such new location as such Assignor may establish in accordance with
the last sentence of this Section 2.5 (other than (i) immaterial portions of
Inventory may be transferred to another location in connection with a sale of
such Inventory in the ordinary course of business, so long as such sale occurs
within 30 days from the date of such transfer or (ii) various spare parts held
for maintenance or repair of Equipment). Any Assignor may establish a new
location for Inventory and Equipment only if (i) it shall have given to the
Collateral Agent not less than 30 days prior written notice of its intention so
to do, clearly describing such new location and providing such other information
in connection therewith as the Collateral Agent may request and (ii) with
respect to such new location, it shall have taken all action satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent to maintain the security interest of the Collateral Agent in
the Collateral intended to be granted hereby at all times fully perfected and in
full force and effect.
(b) Inventory and Equipment may be transferred in accordance
with the terms of the Credit Agreement subject to procedures set forth herein
relating to releases of Collateral.
2.6. Trade Names; Change of Name. No Assignor has or operates
in any jurisdiction under, or in the preceding 12 months has had or has operated
in any jurisdiction under, any trade names, fictitious names or other names
except its legal name and such other trade or fictitious names as are listed on
Annex C hereto. No Assignor shall change its legal name or assume or operate in
any jurisdiction under any trade, fictitious or other name except those names
listed on Annex C hereto and new names established in accordance with the last
sentence of this Section 2.7. No Assignor shall assume or operate in any
jurisdiction under any new trade, fictitious or other name until (i) it shall
have given to the Collateral Agent not less than 30 days' prior written notice
of its intention so to do, clearly describing such new name and the
jurisdictions in which such new name shall be used and providing such other
information in connection therewith as the Collateral Agent may request and (ii)
with respect to such new name, it shall have taken all action requested by the
Collateral Agent, to maintain the security interest of the Collateral Agent in
the Collateral intended to be granted hereby at all times fully perfected and in
full force and effect.
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ARTICLE III
SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING
RECEIVABLES; CONTRACT RIGHTS; INSTRUMENTS
3.1. Additional Representations and Warranties. As of the time
when each of its Receivables arises, each Assignor shall be deemed to have
represented and warranted that such Receivable is genuine and represents a bona
fide transaction completed in accordance with the terms and provisions contained
in any document related thereto and for which payment is owed to Assignor.
3.2. Maintenance of Records. Each Assignor will keep and
maintain at its own cost and expense accurate records of its Receivables and
Contracts, records of all payments received, all credits granted thereon, all
merchandise returned and all other dealings therewith, and such Assignor will
make the same available on such Assignor's premises to the Collateral Agent for
inspection, at such Assignor's own cost and expense, at any and all reasonable
times upon reasonable prior notice to an Authorized Officer of such Assignor.
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and at the
request of the Collateral Agent, such Assignor shall, at its own cost and
expense, deliver all tangible evidence of its Receivables and Contract Rights
(including, without limitation, all documents evidencing the Receivables and all
Contracts) and such books and records to the Collateral Agent or to its
representatives (copies of which evidence and books and records may be retained
by such Assignor). Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default and if the Collateral Agent so directs, such Assignor shall legend, in
form and manner satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, the Receivables and the
Contracts, as well as books, records and documents (if any) of such Assignor
evidencing or pertaining to such Receivables and Contracts with an appropriate
reference to the fact that such Receivables and Contracts have been assigned to
the Collateral Agent and that the Collateral Agent has a security interest
therein.
3.3. Direction to Account Debtors; Contracting Parties; etc.
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, and if
the Collateral Agent so directs any Assignor, such Assignor agrees (x) upon the
written request of the Collateral Agent, unless an Event of Default of the type
specified in Section 9.05 has occurred and is continuing, to cause all payments
on account of the Receivables and Contracts to be made directly to the Cash
Collateral Account, (y) that the Collateral Agent may, at its option, directly
notify the obligors with respect to any Receivables and/or under any Contracts
to make payments with respect thereto as provided in the preceding clause (x)
and (z) that the Collateral Agent may enforce collection of any Receivables and
Contracts and may adjust, settle or compromise the amount of payment thereof, in
the same manner and to the same extent as such Assignor. Without notice to or
assent by any Assignor, the Collateral Agent
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may apply any or all amounts then in, or thereafter deposited in, the Cash
Collateral Account which application shall be effected in the manner provided in
Section 7.4 of this Agreement. The reasonable costs and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees) of collection, whether incurred by the Assignor or
the Collateral Agent, shall be borne by the relevant Assignor. The Collateral
Agent shall use reasonable efforts to deliver a copy of each notice referred to
in the preceding clause (y) to the relevant Assignor not later than the date of
delivery of such notice to obligors; provided that the failure by the Collateral
Agent to so notify such Assignor shall not affect the effectiveness of such
notice or the other rights of the Collateral Agent created by this Section 3.3.
3.4. Modification of Terms; etc. No Assignor shall rescind or
cancel any indebtedness evidenced by any Receivable or under any Contract, or
modify in any material respect any term thereof or make any material adjustment
with respect thereto, or extend or renew the same, or compromise or settle any
material dispute, claim, suit or legal proceeding relating thereto, or sell any
Receivable or Contract, or interest therein, without the prior written consent
of the Collateral Agent, except as permitted by Section 3.5 hereof. Each
Assignor will duly fulfill all obligations on its part to be fulfilled under or
in connection with the Receivables and Contracts and will do nothing to impair
the rights of the Collateral Agent in the Receivables or Contracts.
3.5. Collection. Each Assignor shall endeavor in accordance
with reasonable business practices to cause to be collected from the account
debtor named in each of its Receivables or obligor under any Contract, as and
when due (including, without limitation, amounts which are delinquent, such
amounts to be collected in accordance with generally accepted lawful collection
procedures) any and all amounts owing under or on account of such Receivable or
Contract, and apply forthwith upon receipt thereof all such amounts as are so
collected to the outstanding balance of such Receivable or under such Contract,
except that, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, any Assignor may
allow in the ordinary course of business as adjustments to amounts owing under
its Receivables and Contracts (i) an extension or renewal of the time or times
of payment, or settlement for less than the total unpaid balance, which such
Assignor finds appropriate in accordance with reasonable business judgment and
(ii) a refund or credit due as a result of returned or damaged merchandise or
improperly performed services or for other reasons which such Assignor finds
appropriate in accordance with reasonable business judgment. The reasonable
costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees)
of collection, whether incurred by an Assignor or the Collateral Agent, shall be
borne by the relevant Assignor.
3.6. Instruments. If any Assignor owns or acquires any
Instrument constituting Collateral with a face amount of $500,000 or more, such
Assignor will within 10 Business Days notify the Collateral Agent thereof, and
upon request by the Collateral Agent will promptly deliver such Instrument to
the Collateral Agent appropriately endorsed
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in blank or to the order of the Collateral Agent as further security hereunder
as requested by the Collateral Agent.
ARTICLE IV
SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING TRADEMARKS
4.1. Additional Representations and Warranties. Each Assignor
represents and warrants that it is the true and lawful owner of or otherwise has
the right to use the registered Marks listed in Annex D hereto for such Assignor
and that said listed Marks constitute all the United States marks and
applications for United States marks registered in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office that such Assignor presently owns or uses in connection with
its business. Each Assignor represents and warrants that it owns, is licensed to
use or otherwise has the right to use all Marks that it uses. Each Assignor
further warrants that it has no knowledge of any third party claim that any
aspect of such Assignor's present or currently contemplated business operations
infringes or will infringe any trademark, service xxxx or trade name held or
used by any other party. Each Assignor represents and warrants that it is the
true and lawful owner of or otherwise has the right to use all U.S. trademark
registrations and applications listed in Annex D hereto and that said
registrations are valid, subsisting, have not been cancelled and that such
Assignor is not aware of any third-party claim that any of said registrations is
invalid or unenforceable, or is not aware that there is any reason that any of
said registrations is invalid or unenforceable, or is not aware that there is
any reason that any of said applications will not pass to registration. Each
Assignor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent an 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 United States Patent and Trademark Office
in order to effect an absolute assignment of all right, title and interest in
each Xxxx, and record the same.
4.2. Licenses and Assignments. Except as otherwise permitted
by the Credit Agreement or this Agreement, each Assignor hereby agrees not to
divest itself of any right under any Xxxx absent prior written approval of the
Collateral Agent.
4.3. Infringements. Each Assignor 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 Assignor believes is infringing or diluting or
otherwise violating in any material respect any of such Assignor's rights in and
to any Xxxx material to such Assignor's business, or with respect to any party
claiming that such Assignor's use of any Xxxx material to such Assignor's
business violates in any material respect any property right of that party. Each
Assignor further agrees, absent direction by the Collateral Agent to the
contrary, diligently to prosecute if it determines to do so in accordance with
reasonable business judgment any
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Person infringing any such Xxxx owned by such Assignor, in accordance with
reasonable business practices.
4.4. Preservation of Marks. Each Assignor agrees to use its
Marks in interstate commerce during the time in which this Agreement is in
effect, sufficiently to preserve such Marks as trademarks or service marks under
the laws of the United States; provided that no Assignor shall be obligated to
preserve any Xxxx in the event such Assignor determines, in its reasonable
business judgment, that the preservation of such Xxxx is no longer desirable in
the conduct of its business.
4.5. Maintenance of Registration. Each Assignor shall, at its
own expense, diligently process all documents required by the Trademark Act of
1946, 15 U.S.C. Sections 1051 et seq. to maintain trademark registrations,
including but not limited to affidavits of use and applications for renewals of
registration in the United States Patent and Trademark Office for all of its
registered Marks pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Sections 1058(a), 1059 and 1065,
and shall pay all fees and disbursements in connection therewith and shall not
abandon any such filing of affidavit of use or any such application of renewal
prior to the exhaustion of all administrative and judicial remedies without
prior written consent of the Collateral Agent; provided that no Assignor shall
be obligated to maintain registration of any Xxxx in the event that such
Assignor determines, in its reasonable business judgment, that such maintenance
of such Xxxx is no longer necessary or desirable in the conduct of its business.
Each Assignor agrees to notify the Collateral Agent three (3) months prior to
the dates on which the affidavits of use or the applications for renewal
registration are due with respect to any registered Xxxx that the affidavits of
use or the renewal is being processed or being abandoned, as the case may be.
4.6. Future Registered Marks. If any Xxxx registration issues
hereafter to any Assignor as a result of any application now or hereafter
pending before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, such Xxxx shall be
deemed to have been assigned by such Assignor for security to the Collateral
Agent and within 30 days of receipt of a certificate of registration, such
Assignor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a copy of such certificate, and
an assignment for security in such Xxxx, to the Collateral Agent and at the
expense of such Assignor, confirming the assignment for security in such Xxxx to
the Collateral Agent hereunder, the form of such security to be substantially
the same as the form hereof or in such other form as may be reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
4.7. Remedies. If an Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing, the Collateral Agent may, by written notice to the relevant
Assignor, take any or all of the following actions: (i) declare the entire
right, title and interest of such Assignor in and to each of the Marks, together
with all trademark rights and rights of protection to the same, vested in the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, in which event such
rights, title and interest shall immediately vest in the Collateral Agent for
the benefit of the
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Secured Creditors, and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to exercise the
power of attorney referred to in Section 4.1 hereof to execute, cause to be
acknowledged and notarized and record said absolute assignment with the
applicable agency; (ii) take and use or sell the Marks and the goodwill of such
Assignor's business symbolized by the Marks and the right to carry on the
business and use the assets of such Assignor in connection with which the Marks
have been used; and (iii) direct such Assignor to refrain, in which event such
Assignor shall refrain, from using the Marks in any manner whatsoever, directly
or indirectly, and, if requested by the Collateral Agent, execute such other and
further documents that the Collateral Agent may request to further confirm this
and to transfer ownership of the Marks and registrations and any pending
trademark application in the United States Patent and Trademark Office to the
Collateral Agent.
ARTICLE V
SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING
PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS AND TRADE SECRETS
5.1. Additional Representations and Warranties. Each Assignor
represents and warrants that it is the true and lawful owner or licensee of all
rights in (i) all material United States trade secrets and proprietary
information necessary to operate the business of the Assignor (the "Trade Secret
Rights"), (ii) the Patents listed in Annex E hereto for such Assignor and that
said Patents constitute all the United States patents and applications for
United States patents that such Assignor now owns and (iii) the Copyrights
listed in Annex F hereto for such Assignor and that said Copyrights constitute
all registrations of United States copyrights and applications for United States
copyright registrations that such Assignor now owns. Each Assignor further
warrants that it has no knowledge of any third party claim that any aspect of
such Assignor's present or currently contemplated business operations infringes
or will infringe any patent or any copyright owned or held by any other party or
such Assignor has misappropriated any trade secret or proprietary information
owned or held by any other party. Each Assignor hereby grants to the Collateral
Agent an absolute power of attorney to sign, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default, any document which may be required by the
United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office
in order to effect an absolute assignment of all right, title and interest in
each Patent and Copyright, and to record the same.
5.2. Licenses and Assignments. Except as otherwise permitted
by the Credit Agreement or this Agreement, each Assignor hereby agrees not to
divest itself of any right under any Patent or Copyright absent prior written
approval of the Collateral Agent.
5.3. Infringements. Each Assignor agrees, promptly upon
learning thereof, to furnish the Collateral Agent in writing with all pertinent
information available to such
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Assignor with respect to any infringement, contributing infringement or active
inducement to infringe in any Patent or Copyright material to such Assignor's
business or to any claim that the practice of any such Patent or the use of any
such Copyright violates any property right of a third party, or with respect to
any misappropriation of any Trade Secret Right material to such Assignor's
business or any claim that practice of any such Trade Secret Right violates any
property right of a third party. Each Assignor further agrees, absent direction
of the Collateral Agent to the contrary, diligently to prosecute, if it
determines to do so in accordance with reasonable business judgment, any Person
infringing any Patent or Copyright or any Person misappropriating any Trade
Secret Right in accordance with reasonable business practices.
5.4. Maintenance of Patents. At its own expense, each Assignor
shall make timely payment of all post-issuance fees required pursuant to 35
U.S.C. Section 41 to maintain in force rights under each Patent, absent prior
written consent of the Collateral Agent; provided that no Assignor shall be
obligated to maintain any Patent in the event such Assignor determines, in its
reasonable business judgment, that the maintenance of such Patent is no longer
necessary or desirable in the conduct of its business.
5.5. Prosecution of Patent Application. At its own expense,
each Assignor shall diligently prosecute all applications for United States
Patents listed in Annex E hereto for such Assignor and shall not abandon any
such application prior to exhaustion of all administrative and judicial
remedies, absent written consent of the Collateral Agent; provided that no
Assignor shall be obligated to prosecute any application in the event such
Assignor determines, in its reasonable business judgment, that the prosecuting
of such application is no longer necessary or desirable in the conduct of its
business.
5.6. Other Patents and Copyrights. Within 30 days of the
acquisition or issuance of a United States Patent, registration of a Copyright,
or acquisition of a registered Copyright, or of filing of an application for a
United States Patent or Copyright, such United States Patent or Copyright shall
be deemed to have been assigned by such Assignor for security to the Collateral
Agent, and the relevant Assignor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a copy of
said Copyright or certificate or registration of, or application therefor, said
Patents, as the case may be, with an assignment for security as to such Patent
or Copyright, as the case may be, to the Collateral Agent and at the expense of
such Assignor, confirming the assignment for security, the form of such
assignment for security to be substantially the same as the form hereof or in
such other form as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
5.7. Remedies. If an Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing, the Collateral Agent may by written notice to the relevant Assignor,
take any or all of the following actions: (i) declare the entire right, title,
and interest of such Assignor in each of the Patents and Copyrights vested in
the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
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Creditors, in which event such right, title, and interest shall immediately vest
in the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, in which case
the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to exercise the power of attorney
referred to in Section 5.1 hereof to execute, cause to be acknowledged and
notarized and to record said absolute assignment with the applicable agency;
(ii) take and practice or sell the Patents and Copyrights; and (iii) direct such
Assignor to refrain, in which event such Assignor shall refrain, from practicing
the Patents and using the Copyrights directly or indirectly, and such Assignor
shall execute such other and further documents as the Collateral Agent may
request further to confirm this and to transfer ownership of the Patents and
Copyrights to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors.
ARTICLE VI
PROVISIONS CONCERNING ALL COLLATERAL
6.1. Protection of Collateral Agent's Security. Each Assignor
will do nothing to impair the rights of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral.
Each Assignor will at all times keep its Inventory and Equipment insured in
favor of the Collateral Agent, at such Assignor's own expense to the extent and
in the manner provided in the Credit Agreement; all policies or certificates
with respect to such insurance (and any other insurance maintained by such
Assignor) (i) shall be endorsed to the Collateral Agent's satisfaction for the
benefit of the Collateral Agent (including, without limitation, by naming the
Collateral Agent as additional insured and loss payee) and (ii) shall state that
such insurance policies shall not be cancelled or revised without at least 30
days' prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Collateral Agent; and
certified copies of such policies or certificates shall be deposited with the
Collateral Agent. If any Assignor shall fail to insure its Inventory and
Equipment in accordance with the preceding sentence, or if any Assignor shall
fail to so endorse and deposit all policies or certificates with respect
thereto, the Collateral Agent shall have the right (but shall be under no
obligation) to procure such insurance and such Assignor agrees to promptly
reimburse the Collateral Agent for all costs and expenses of procuring such
insurance. Except as otherwise permitted to be retained by the relevant Assignor
pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall, at the time such
proceeds of such insurance are distributed to the Secured Creditors, apply such
proceeds in accordance with Section 7.4 hereof. Each Assignor assumes all
liability and responsibility in connection with the Collateral acquired by it
and the liability of such Assignor to pay the Obligations shall in no way be
affected or diminished by reason of the fact that such Collateral may be lost,
destroyed, stolen, damaged or for any reason whatsoever unavailable to such
Assignor.
6.2. Further Actions. Each Assignor will, at its own expense,
make, execute, endorse, acknowledge, file and/or deliver to the Collateral Agent
from time to time such lists, descriptions and designations of its Collateral,
warehouse receipts, receipts in the
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nature of warehouse receipts, bills of lading, documents of title, vouchers,
invoices, schedules, confirmatory assignments, conveyances, financing
statements, transfer endorsements, powers of attorney, certificates, reports and
other assurances or instruments and take such further steps relating to the
Collateral and other property or rights covered by the security interest hereby
granted, which the Collateral Agent deems reasonably appropriate or advisable to
perfect, preserve or protect its security interest in the Collateral.
6.3. Financing Statements. Each Assignor agrees to execute and
deliver to the Collateral Agent such financing statements, in form reasonably
acceptable to the Collateral Agent, as the Collateral Agent may from time to
time reasonably request or as are necessary or desirable in the opinion of the
Collateral Agent to establish and maintain a valid, enforceable, first priority
perfected security interest in the Collateral as provided herein and the other
rights and security contemplated hereby all in accordance with the Uniform
Commercial Code as enacted in any and all relevant jurisdictions or any other
relevant law. Each Assignor will pay any applicable filing fees, recordation
taxes and related expenses relating to its Collateral. Each Assignor hereby
authorizes the Collateral Agent to file any such financing statements without
the signature of such Assignor where permitted by law.
ARTICLE VII
REMEDIES UPON OCCURRENCE OF EVENT OF DEFAULT
7.1. Remedies; Obtaining the Collateral Upon Default. Each
Assignor agrees that, if any Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, then and in every such case, the Collateral Agent, in addition to
any rights now or hereafter existing under applicable law, shall have all rights
as a secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial Code in all relevant
jurisdictions and may:
(i) personally, or by agents or attorneys, immediately take
possession of the Collateral or any part thereof, from such Assignor or
any other Person who then has possession of any part thereof with or
without notice or process of law, and for that purpose may enter upon
such Assignor's premises where any of the Collateral is located and
remove the same and use in connection with such removal any and all
services, supplies, aids and other facilities of such Assignor;
(ii) instruct the obligor or obligors on any agreement,
instrument or other obligation (including, without limitation, the
Receivables and the Contracts) constituting the Collateral to make any
payment required by the terms of such agreement, instrument or other
obligation directly to the Collateral Agent;
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(iii) withdraw all monies, securities and instruments in the
Cash Collateral Account for application to the Obligations in
accordance with Section 7.4 hereof;
(iv) sell, assign or otherwise liquidate any or all of the
Collateral or any part thereof in accordance with Section 7.2 hereof,
or direct the relevant Assignor to sell, assign or otherwise liquidate
any or all of the Collateral or any part thereof, and, in each case,
take possession of the proceeds of any such sale or liquidation;
(v) take possession of the Collateral or any part thereof, by
directing the relevant Assignor in writing to deliver the same to the
Collateral Agent at any place or places designated by the Collateral
Agent, in which event such Assignor shall at its own expense:
(x) forthwith cause the same to be moved to the place
or places so designated by the Collateral Agent and there
delivered to the Collateral Agent;
(y) store and keep any Collateral so delivered to the
Collateral Agent at such place or places pending further
action by the Collateral Agent as provided in Section 7.2
hereof; and
(z) while the Collateral shall be so stored and kept,
provide such guards and maintenance services as shall be
necessary to protect the same and to preserve and maintain
them in good condition; and
(vi) license or sublicense, whether on an exclusive or
nonexclusive basis, any Marks, Patents or Copyrights included in the
Collateral for such term and on such conditions and in such manner as
the Collateral Agent shall in its sole judgment determine (taking into
account such provisions as may be necessary to protect and preserve
such Marks, Patents or Copyrights);
it being understood that each Assignor's obligation so to deliver the Collateral
is of the essence of this Agreement and that, accordingly, upon application to a
court of equity having jurisdiction, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to a
decree requiring specific performance by such Assignor of said obligation. The
Secured Creditors agree that this Agreement may be enforced only by the action
of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, in each case acting upon
the instructions of the Required Banks (or, after the date on which all Credit
Document Obligations have been paid in full, the holders of at least the
majority of the outstanding Other Obligations) 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
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent or the holders of at least a
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majority of the outstanding Interest Rate Obligations, as the case may be, for
the benefit of the Secured Creditors upon the terms of this Agreement.
7.2. Remedies; Disposition of the Collateral. Any Collateral
repossessed by the Collateral Agent under or pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof and
any other Collateral whether or not so repossessed by the Collateral Agent, may
be sold, assigned, leased or otherwise disposed of under one or more contracts
or as an entirety, and without the necessity of gathering at the place of sale
the property to be sold, and in general in such manner, at such time or times,
at such place or places and on such terms as the Collateral Agent may, in
compliance with any mandatory requirements of applicable law, determine to be
commercially reasonable. Any of the Collateral may be sold, leased or otherwise
disposed of, in the condition in which the same existed when taken by the
Collateral Agent or after any overhaul or repair at the expense of the relevant
Assignor which the Collateral Agent shall determine to be commercially
reasonable. Any such disposition which shall be a private sale or other private
proceedings permitted by such requirements shall be made upon not less than 10
days' written notice to the relevant Assignor specifying the time at which such
disposition is to be made and the intended sale price or other consideration
therefor, and shall be subject, for the 10 days after the giving of such notice,
to the right of the relevant Assignor or any nominee of such Assignor to acquire
the Collateral involved at a price or for such other consideration at least
equal to the intended sale price or other consideration so specified. Any such
disposition which shall be a public sale permitted by such requirements shall be
made upon not less than 10 days' written notice to the relevant Assignor
specifying the time and place of such sale and, in the absence of applicable
requirements of law, shall be by public auction (which may, at the Collateral
Agent's option, be subject to reserve), after publication of notice of such
auction not less than 10 days prior thereto in two newspapers in general
circulation in the City of New York. To the extent permitted by any such
requirement of law, the Collateral Agent may bid for and become the purchaser
of the Collateral or any item thereof, offered for sale in accordance with this
Section without accountability to the relevant Assignor. If, under mandatory
requirements of applicable law, the Collateral Agent shall be required to make
disposition of the Collateral within a period of time which does not permit the
giving of notice to the relevant Assignor as hereinabove specified, the
Collateral Agent need give such Assignor only such notice of disposition as
shall be reason ably practicable in view of such mandatory requirements of
applicable law.
7.3. Waiver of Claims. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, EACH ASSIGNOR HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, NOTICE AND JUDICIAL HEARING IN CONNECTION WITH THE COLLATERAL AGENT'S
TAKING POSSESSION OR THE COLLATERAL AGENT'S DISPOSITION OF ANY OF THE
COLLATERAL, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY AND ALL PRIOR NOTICE AND HEARING
FOR ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDY OR REMEDIES AND ANY SUCH RIGHT WHICH SUCH ASSIGNOR
WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OR
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ANY STATUTE OF THE UNITED STATES OR OF ANY STATE, and each Assignor hereby
further waives, to the extent permitted by law:
(i) all damages occasioned by such taking of possession except
any damages which are the direct result of the Collateral Agent's gross
negligence or willful misconduct;
(ii) all other requirements as to the time, place and terms of
sale or other requirements with respect to the enforcement of the
Collateral Agent's rights here under; and
(iii) all rights of redemption, appraisement, valuation, stay,
extension or moratorium now or hereafter in force under any applicable
law in order to prevent or delay the enforcement of this Agreement or
the absolute sale of the Collateral or any portion thereof, and each
Assignor, for itself and all who may claim under it, insofar as it or
they now or hereafter lawfully may, hereby waives the benefit of all
such laws.
Any sale of, or the grant of options to purchase, or any other realization upon,
any Collateral shall operate to divest all right, title, interest, claim and
demand, either at law or in equity, of the relevant Assignor therein and
thereto, and shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in equity against such
Assignor and against any and all Persons claiming or attempting to claim the
Collateral so sold, optioned or realized upon, or any part thereof, from,
through and under such Assignor.
7.4. Application of Proceeds. (a) All moneys collected by the
Collateral Agent (or, to the extent the Pledge Agreement, the Mortgages or
Additional Security Documents require proceeds of collateral under such Security
Documents to be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the
Pledgee or Mortgagee under such other Security Document) upon any sale or other
disposition of the Collateral, together with all other moneys received by the
Collateral Agent hereunder, shall be applied as follows:
(i) first, to the payment of all Obligations owing to the
Collateral Agent of the type provided in clauses (iii) and (iv) of the
definition of Obligations;
(ii) second, to the extent proceeds remain after the
application pursuant to the preceding clause (i), an amount equal to
the outstanding Obligations shall be paid to the Secured Creditors as
provided in Section 7.4(c) hereof with each Secured Creditor receiving
an amount equal to its outstanding Obligations or, if the proceeds are
insufficient to pay in full all such Obligations, its Pro Rata Share of
the amount remaining to be distributed; and
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(iii) third, to the extent proceeds remain after the
application pursuant to the preceding clauses (i) and (ii) and
following the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.8
hereof, to the relevant Assignor or, to the extent directed by such
Assignor or a court of competent jurisdiction, to whomever may be
lawfully entitled to receive such surplus.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, "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
Obligations and the denominator of which is the then outstanding amount of all
Obligations.
(c) All payments required to be made to the Bank Creditors
hereunder shall be made to the Agent under the Credit Agreement for the account
of the Bank Creditors and all payments required to be made to the Other
Creditors hereunder shall be made directly to the respective Other Creditors.
(d) For purposes of applying payments received in accordance
with this Section 7.4, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon (i)
the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement and (ii) the Other Creditors
for a determination (which the Administrative Agent, each Other Creditor and the
Secured Creditors agree (or shall agree) to provide upon request of the
Collateral Agent) of the outstanding Obligations owed to the Bank Creditors or
the Other Creditors, as the case may be. Unless it has actual knowledge
(including by way of written notice from a Bank Creditor or an Other Creditor)
to the contrary, the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement, in
furnishing information pursuant to the preceding sentence, and the Collateral
Agent, in acting hereunder, shall be entitled to assume that (x) no Credit
Document Obligations other than principal, interest and regularly accruing fees
are owing to any Bank Creditor and (y) no Interest Rate Protection Agreement or
Other Hedging Agreement, or Other Obligations in respect thereof, are in
existence.
(e) It is understood that the Assignors shall remain jointly
and severally liable to the extent of any deficiency remaining in the
Obligations after receipt of the proceeds of the Collateral.
7.5. Remedies Cumulative. Each and every right, power and
remedy hereby specifically given to the Collateral Agent shall be in addition to
every other right, power and remedy specifically given under this Agreement, the
Interest Rate Protection Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements, the other
Credit Documents or now or hereafter existing at law, in equity or by statute
and each and every right, power and remedy whether specifically herein given or
otherwise existing may be exercised from time to time or simultaneously and as
often and in such order as may be deemed expedient by the Collateral Agent. All
such
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rights, powers and remedies shall be cumulative and the exercise or the
beginning of the exercise of one shall not be deemed a waiver of the right to
exercise any other or others. No delay or omission of the Collateral Agent in
the exercise of any such right, power or remedy and no renewal or extension of
any of the Obligations shall impair any such right, power or remedy or shall be
construed to be a waiver of any Default or Event of Default or an acquiescence
therein. No notice to or demand on any Assignor 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 Collateral Agent to any other or
further action in any circumstances without notice or demand. In the event that
the Collateral Agent shall bring any suit to enforce any of its rights hereunder
and shall be entitled to judgment, then in such suit the Collateral Agent may
recover reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees, and the amounts thereof
shall be included in such judgment.
7.6. Discontinuance of Proceedings. In case the Collateral
Agent shall have instituted any proceeding to enforce any right, power or remedy
under this Agreement by foreclosure, sale, entry or otherwise, and such
proceeding shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or shall
have been determined adversely to the Collateral Agent, then and in every such
case the relevant Assignor, the Collateral Agent and each holder of any of the
Obligations shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder
with respect to the Collateral subject to the security interest created under
this Agreement, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Collateral Agent
shall continue as if no such proceeding had been instituted.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNITY
8.1. Indemnity. (a) Each Assignor jointly and severally agrees
to indemnify, reimburse and hold the Collateral Agent, each other Secured
Creditor and their respective successors, permitted assigns, employees, agents
and servants (hereinafter in this Section 8.1 referred to individually as
"Indemnitee," and collectively as "Indemnitees") harmless from any and all
liabilities, obligations, damages, injuries, penalties, claims, demands,
actions, suits, judgments and any and all costs, expenses or disbursements
(including attorneys' fees and expenses) (for the purposes of this Section 8.1
the foregoing are collectively called "expenses") of whatsoever kind and nature
imposed on, asserted against or incurred by any of the Indemnitees in any way
relating to or arising out of this Agreement, any Interest Rate Protection
Agreement or Other Hedging Agreement, any other Credit Document or any other
document executed in connection herewith or therewith or in any other way
connected with the administration of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby or the enforcement of any of the terms of, or the preservation of any
rights under any thereof, or in any way relating to or arising out of the
manufacture, ownership, ordering, purchase, delivery, con-
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trol, acceptance, lease, financing, possession, operation, condition, sale,
return or other disposition, or use of the Collateral (including, without
limitation, latent or other defects, whether or not discoverable), the violation
of the laws of any country, state or other govern mental body or unit, any tort
(including, without limitation, claims arising or imposed under the doctrine of
strict liability, or for or on account of injury to or the death of any Person
(including any Indemnitee), or property damage), or contract claim; provided
that no Indemnitee shall be indemnified pursuant to this Section 8.1(a) for
losses, damages or liabilities to the extent caused by the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. Each Assignor agrees that upon written
notice by any Indemnitee of the assertion of such a liability, obligation,
damage, injury, penalty, claim, demand, action, suit or judgment, the relevant
Assignor shall assume full responsibility for the defense thereof. Each
Indemnitee agrees to use its best efforts to promptly notify the relevant
Assignor of any such assertion of which such Indemnitee has knowledge.
(b) Without limiting the application of Section 8.1(a) hereof,
each Assignor agrees, jointly and severally, to pay, or reimburse the Collateral
Agent for any and all reasonable fees, costs and expenses of whatever kind or
nature incurred in connection with the creation, preservation or protection of
the Collateral Agent's Liens on, and security interest in, the Collateral,
including, without limitation, all fees and taxes in connection with the
recording or filing of instruments and documents in public offices, payment or
discharge of any taxes or Liens upon or in respect of the Collateral, premiums
for insurance with respect to the Collateral and all other fees, costs and
expenses in connection with protecting, maintaining or preserving the Collateral
and the Collateral Agent's interest therein, whether through judicial
proceedings or otherwise, or in defending or prosecuting any actions, suits or
proceedings arising out of or relating to the Collateral, provided that the
Collateral Agent shall not pay amounts due with respect to taxes, Liens or
insurance in respect of the Collateral unless such Assignor shall have failed to
do so following notice by the Collateral Agent.
(c) If and to the extent that the obligations of any Assignor
under this Section 8.1 are unenforceable for any reason, such Assignor hereby
agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of such
obligations which is permissible under applicable law.
8.2. Indemnity Obligations Secured by Collateral; Survival.
Any amounts paid by any Indemnitee as to which such Indemnitee has the right to
reimbursement shall constitute Obligations secured by the Collateral. The
indemnity obligations of each Assignor contained in this Article VIII 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 or Other Hedging Agreements and the payment of all other
Obligations and notwithstanding the discharge thereof.
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ARTICLE IX
DEFINITIONS
The following terms shall have the meanings herein specified.
Such definitions shall be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms
of the terms defined.
"Administrative Agent" shall have the meaning provided in the
recitals to this Agreement.
"Agreement" shall mean this Security Agreement as the same may
be further modified, supplemented or amended from time to time in accordance
with its terms.
"Assignor" shall have the meaning provided in the first
paragraph of this Agreement.
"Bank Creditors" shall have the meaning provided in the
recitals to this Agreement.
"Banks" shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to
this Agreement.
"Borrower" shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to
this Agreement.
"Cash Collateral Account" shall mean a non-interest bearing
cash collateral account maintained with, and in the sole dominion and control
of, the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors.
"Chattel Paper" shall have the meaning provided in the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the State of New York.
"Class" shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.2 of
this Agreement.
"Collateral" shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.1(a)
of this Agreement.
"Collateral Agent" shall have the meaning provided in the
first paragraph of this Agreement.
"Contract Rights" shall mean all rights of any Assignor
(including, without limitation, all rights to payment) under each Contract
(including each Excluded Contract to the extent provided in the definition
thereof).
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"Contracts" shall mean all contracts (other than Excluded
Contracts except to the extent provided in the definition thereof) between any
Assignor and one or more additional parties (including, without limitation, any
Interest Rate Protection Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements).
"Copyrights" shall mean any United States or foreign copyright
owned by any Assignor, including any registrations of any Copyrights, in the
United States Copyright Office or the equivalent thereof in any foreign country,
as well as any application for a United States copyright registration now or
hereafter made with the United States Copyright Office by any Assignor.
"Credit Agreement" shall have the meaning provided in the
recitals to this Agreement.
"Credit Document Obligations" shall have the meaning provided
in the definition of "Obligations" in this Article IX.
"Default" shall mean any event which, with notice or lapse of
time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"Documents" shall have the meaning provided in the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the State of New York.
"Equipment" shall mean any "equipment," as such term is
defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the
State of New York, now or hereafter owned by any Assignor and, in any event,
shall include, but shall not be limited to, all machinery, equipment,
furnishings, movable trade fixtures and vehicles now or hereafter owned by any
Assignor and any and all additions, substitutions and replacements of any of the
foregoing, wherever located, together with all attachments, components, parts,
equipment and accessories installed thereon or affixed thereto.
"Excluded Contracts" shall mean one or more Contracts which by
their terms would be breached by the grant of the security interests created
therein pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (it being understood and agreed,
however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, all rights to payment for money due
or to become due pursuant to any Excluded Contract shall be subject to the
security interests created pursuant to this Agreement).
"Event of Default" shall mean any Event of Default under, and
as defined in, the Credit Agreement and shall in any event, without limitation,
include any payment default on any of the Obligations after the expiration of
any applicable grace period.
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"General Intangibles" shall have the meaning provided in the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the State of New
York.
"Goods" shall have the meaning provided in the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the State of New York.
"Indemnitee" shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.1 of
this Agreement.
"Instrument" shall have the meaning provided in the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the State of New York.
"Interest Rate Protection Agreements or Other Hedging
Agreements" shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.
"Inventory" shall mean merchandise, inventory and goods, and
all additions, substitutions and replacements thereof, wherever located,
together with all goods, supplies, incidentals, packaging materials, labels,
materials and any other items used or usable in manufacturing, processing,
packaging or shipping same; in all stages of production -- from raw materials
through work-in-process to finished goods -- and all products and proceeds of
whatever sort and wherever located and any portion thereof which may be
returned, rejected, reclaimed or repossessed by the Collateral Agent from any
Assignor's customers, and shall specifically include all "inventory" as such
term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof
in the State of New York, now or hereafter owned by any Assignor.
"Investment Property" shall have the meaning provided in the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the State of New
York.
"Liens" shall mean any security interest, mortgage, pledge,
lien, claim, charge, encumbrance, title retention agreement, lessor's interest
in a financing lease or analogous instrument, in, of, or on any Assignor's
property.
"Marks" shall mean all right, title and interest in and to any
United States or foreign trademarks, service marks and trade names now held or
hereafter acquired by any Assignor, including any registration of any trademarks
and service marks, or the equivalent thereof in any foreign country in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and any trade dress including logos
and/or designs used by any Assignor in the United States or any foreign country.
"Obligations" shall mean (i) all obligations (including
obligations which, but for the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the
Bankruptcy Code, would become due) and
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liabilities of each Assignor, now existing or hereafter incurred under, arising
out of or in connection with any Credit Document to which such Assignor is a
party and the due performance and compliance by each Assignor with the terms of
each such Credit Document (all such obligations and liabilities under this
clause (i), except to the extent consisting of obligations or indebtedness with
respect to Interest Rate Protection Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements,
being herein collectively called the "Credit Document Obligations"); (ii) all
obligations (including obligations which, but for the automatic stay under
Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, would become due) and liabilities of each
Assignor now existing or hereafter incurred under, arising out of or in
connection with any Interest Rate Protection Agreement or Other Hedging
Agreement including, in the case of Assignors other than the Borrower, all
obligations of such Assignor under its Guaranty in respect of Interest Rate
Protection Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements (all such obligations and
liabilities under this clause (ii) being herein collectively called the "Other
Obligations"); (iii) any and all sums advanced by the Collateral Agent in order
to preserve the Collateral 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 each Assignor referred to in
clauses (i) and (ii), after an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the reasonable expenses of re-taking, holding, preparing for sale or
lease, selling or otherwise disposing of or realizing on the Collateral, or of
any exercise by the Collateral Agent of its rights hereunder, together with
reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs; and (v) all amounts paid by any
Indemnitee as to which such Indemnitee has the right to reimbursement under
Section 8.1 of this Agreement.
"Other Creditors" shall have the meaning provided in the
recitals to this Agreement.
"Other Obligations" shall have the meaning provided in the
definition of "Obligations" in this Article IX.
"Patents" shall mean any United States or foreign patent to
which any Assignor now or hereafter has title and any divisions or continuations
thereof, as well as any application for a United States or foreign patent now or
hereafter made by any Assignor.
"Proceeds" shall have the meaning provided in the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York on the date hereof or
under other relevant law and, in any event, shall include, but not be limited
to, (i) any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty
payable to the Collateral Agent or any Assignor from time to time with respect
to any of the Collateral, (ii) any and all payments (in any form whatsoever)
made or due and payable to any Assignor from time to time in connection with any
requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any
part of the Collateral by any governmental authority (or any person acting under
color of governmental
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authority) and (iii) any and all other amounts from time to time paid or payable
under or in connection with any of the Collateral.
"Pro Rata Share" shall have the meaning provided in Section
7.4(b) of this Agreement.
"Receivables" shall mean any "account" as such term is defined
in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the State of
New York, now or hereafter owned by any Assignor and, in any event, shall
include, but shall not be limited to, all of such Assignor's rights to payment
for goods sold or leased or services performed by such Assignor, whether now in
existence or arising from time to time hereafter, including, without limitation,
rights evidenced by an account, note, contract, security agreement, chattel
paper, or other evidence of indebtedness or security, together with (a) all
security pledged, assigned, hypothecated or granted to or held by such Assignor
to secure the foregoing, (b) all of any Assignor's right, title and interest in
and to any goods, the sale of which gave rise thereto, (c) all guarantees,
endorsements and indemnifications on, or of, any of the foregoing, (d) all
powers of attorney for the execution of any evidence of indebtedness or security
or other writing in connection therewith, (e) all books, records, ledger cards,
and invoices relating thereto, (f) all evidences of the filing of financing
statements and other statements and the registration of other instruments in
connection therewith and amendments thereto, notices to other creditors or
secured parties, and certificates from filing or other registration officers,
(g) all credit information, reports and memoranda relating thereto and (h) all
other writings related in any way to the foregoing.
"Requisite Creditors" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 10.2 of this Agreement.
"Secured Creditors" shall have the meaning provided in the
recitals to this Agreement.
"Termination Date" shall have the meaning provided in Section
10.8 of this Agreement.
"Trade Secret Rights" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 5.1 of this Agreement.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
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10.1. Notices. Except as otherwise specified herein, all
notices, requests, demands or other communications to or upon the respective
parties hereto shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered to
the party to which such notice, request, demand or other communication is
required or permitted to be given or made under this Agreement, addressed:
(a) if to any Assignor, at it address set forth opposite its
signature below;
(b) if to the Collateral Agent:
The Chase Manhattan Bank
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
(c) if to any Bank Creditor (other than the Collateral Agent),
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 each Assignor and the
Collateral Agent;
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.
10.2. Waiver; Amendment. None of the terms and conditions of
this Agreement may be changed, waived, modified or varied in any manner
whatsoever unless in writing duly signed by each Assignor directly affected
thereby and the Collateral Agent (with the consent of (x) either the Required
Banks or, to the extent required by Section 12.12 of the Credit Agreement, all
of the Banks at all times prior to the time on which all Credit Document
Obligations have been paid in full or (y) the holders of at least a majority of
the outstanding Other Obligations at all times after the time on which all
Credit Document Obligations have been paid in full); provided that any change,
waiver, modification or variance affecting the rights and benefits of a single
Class of Secured Creditors (and not all Secured Creditors in a like or similar
manner) shall require the written consent of the Requisite Creditors of such
Class of Secured Creditors. For the purpose of this Agreement the term "Class"
shall mean each class of Secured Creditors, i.e., whether (x) the Bank
Creditors as holders of the Credit Document Obligations or (y) the Other
Creditors as the holders of the Other Obligations. For the purpose of this
Agreement, the term "Requisite Creditors" of any Class shall mean each of (x)
with respect to the Credit Document Obligations, the Required Banks and (y)
with respect to the Other Obligations, the holders of at least a majority
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of all obligations outstanding from time to time under the Interest Rate
Protection Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements.
10.3. Obligations Absolute. The obligations of each Assignor
hereunder shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and shall not
be impaired by, (a) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement,
readjustment, composition, liquidation or the like of such Assignor; (b) any
exercise or non-exercise, or any waiver of, any right, remedy, power or
privilege under or in respect of this Agreement, any other Credit Document or
any Interest Rate Protection Agreement or Other Hedging Agreement; or (c) any
amendment to or modification of any Credit Document or any Interest Rate
Protection Agreement or Other Hedging Agreement or any security for any of the
Obligations; whether or not any Assignor shall have notice or knowledge of any
of the foregoing.
10.4. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding
upon each Assignor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit
of the Collateral Agent and its successors and assigns; provided that no
Assignor may transfer or assign any or all of its rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent. All
agreements, statements, representations and warranties made by each Assignor
herein or in any certificate or other instrument delivered by such Assignor or
on its behalf under this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon
by the Secured Creditors and shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the other Credit Documents and the Interest Rate Protection
Agreements or Other Hedging Agreements regardless of any investigation made by
the Secured Creditors or on their behalf.
10.5. Headings Descriptive. The headings of the several
sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not in
any way affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement.
10.6. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND
BE GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
10.7. Assignor's Duties. It is expressly agreed, anything
herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, that each Assignor shall
remain liable to perform all of the obligations, if any, assumed by it with
respect to the Collateral and the Collateral Agent shall not have any
obligations or liabilities with respect to any Collateral by reason of or
arising out of this Agreement, nor shall the Collateral Agent be required or
obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of the obligations of each
Assignor under or with respect to any Collateral.
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10.8. Termination; Release. (a) After the Termination Date,
this Agreement shall terminate (provided that all indemnities set forth herein
including, without limitation, in Section 8.1 hereof shall survive such
termination) and the Collateral Agent, at the request and expense of the
respective Assignor, will promptly execute and deliver to such Assignor a proper
instrument or instruments (including Uniform Commercial Code termination
statements on form UCC-3) acknowledging the satisfaction and termination of this
Agreement, and will duly assign, transfer and deliver to such Assignor (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 and all Interest Rate Protection Agreements or Other Hedging
Agreements have been terminated, no Note or Letter of Credit is outstanding
(other than Letters of Credit, together with all Fees that have accrued and will
accrue thereon through the stated termination date of such Letters of Credit,
which have been supported in a manner satisfactory to the Letter of Credit
Issuer in its sole and absolute discretion) and all other Obligations (other
than any indemnities described in Section 8.1 hereof and in Section 12.13 of the
Credit Agreement which are not then due and payable) have been paid in full.
(b) In the event that any part of the Collateral is sold or
otherwise disposed in connection with a sale or other disposition permitted by
Section 8.02 of the Credit Agreement or is otherwise released at the direction
of the Required Banks (or all the Banks if required by Section 12.12 of the
Credit Agreement), the Collateral Agent, at the request and expense of such
Assignor, will duly release from the security interest created hereby and
assign, transfer and deliver to such Assignor (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 Collateral
Agent and has not theretofore been released pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) At any time that the respective Assignor desires that
Collateral be released as provided in the foregoing Section 10.8(a) or (b), it
shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a certificate signed by an Authorized
Officer stating that the release of the respective Collateral is permitted
pursuant to Section 10.8(a) or (b) hereof.
10.9. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original,
but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. A set of
counterparts executed by all the parties hereto shall be lodged with the
Borrower and the Collateral Agent.
10.10. The Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent will hold in
accordance with this Agreement all items of the Collateral at any time received
under this Agreement.
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It is expressly understood and agreed that the obligations of the Collateral
Agent as holder of the Collateral and interests therein and with respect to the
disposition thereof, and otherwise under this Agreement, are only those
expressly set forth in this Agreement. The Collateral Agent shall act hereunder
on the terms and conditions set forth in Section 11 of the Credit Agreement.
10.11. Additional Assignors. It is understood and agreed that
any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is required to execute a counterpart of this
Agreement after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 7.13 and/or 8.15 of the
Credit Agreement shall automatically become an Assignor hereunder by executing a
counterpart hereof and delivering the same to the Collateral Agent.
* * *
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of
the date first above written.
Address: SAFELITE GLASS CORP.,
Safelite Glass Corp. as an Assignor
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
Address: U.S. AUTO GLASS CENTERS, INC.,
2 North Lasalle as an Assignor
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
Address: U.S.A. GLAS, INC.,
2 North Lasalle as an Assignor
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
Address: CARCOMP SERVICES, INC.,
2 North Lasalle as an Assignor
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Collateral Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
