Item 2(k)(c) – Collateral Agreement
Item
2(k)(c) – Collateral Agreement
Among
XXXXX
X. XXXXXXX, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE
XXXXX
X. XXXXXXX LIVING TRUST DATED MAY 28, 1986, AS AMENDED,
As
Pledgor,
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
As
Collateral Agent
and
2009
XXXX FOOD AUTOMATIC COMMON EXCHANGE SECURITY TRUST
Dated
as of October 22, 2009
|
ARTICLE
I.
|
DEFINITIONS;
INTERPRETATION
|
1
|
|
Section
1.1
|
Defined
Terms
|
1
|
|
Section
1.2
|
Interpretation
|
6
|
|
ARTICLE
II.
|
THE
SECURITY INTERESTS
|
6
|
|
Section
2.1
|
Grant
of Security Interests
|
6
|
|
ARTICLE
III.
|
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
|
7
|
|
Section
3.1
|
Representations
and Warranties of Pledgor
|
7
|
|
Section
3.2
|
Representations
and Warranties of the Collateral Agent
|
7
|
|
ARTICLE
IV.
|
CERTAIN
COVENANTS OF PLEDGOR
|
8
|
|
Section
4.1
|
Certain
Covenants of Pledgor
|
8
|
|
ARTICLE
V.
|
ADMINISTRATION
OF THE COLLATERAL AND VALUATION OF THE SECURITIES
|
9
|
|
Section
5.1
|
Valuation
of Collateral
|
9
|
|
Section
5.2
|
Substitution
of Collateral
|
10
|
|
Section
5.3
|
Additional
Collateral
|
10
|
|
Section
5.4
|
Delivery
of Collateral
|
11
|
|
Section
5.5
|
Insufficiency
Determination
|
12
|
|
Section
5.6
|
Release
of Excess Collateral
|
13
|
|
Section
5.7
|
Delivery
of Contract Consideration
|
13
|
|
Section
5.8
|
Investment
of Cash Collateral
|
13
|
|
ARTICLE
VI.
|
INCOME
AND VOTING RIGHTS ON COLLATERAL
|
14
|
|
Section
6.1
|
Income
on Collateral
|
14
|
|
Section
6.2
|
Voting
of Collateral
|
14
|
ARTICLE
VII.
|
REMEDIES
UPON EVENTS OF DEFAULT
|
14
|
|
Section
7.1
|
Rights
of Secured Party
|
14
|
|
Section
7.2
|
Power
of Attorney
|
15
|
|
Section
7.3
|
Application
of Collateral and Proceeds
|
16
|
|
ARTICLE
VIII.THE COLLATERAL AGENT16
|
|
Section
8.1
|
Conditions
to Duties of the Collateral Agent
|
16
|
|
Section
8.2
|
Merger
|
18
|
|
Section
8.3
|
Resignation
|
18
|
i
|
Section
8.4
|
Removal
|
18
|
|
Section
8.5
|
Effectiveness
of Resignation or Removal
|
19
|
|
Section
8.6
|
Appointment
of Successor
|
19
|
|
Section
8.7
|
Acceptance
by Successor
|
19
|
|
Section
8.8
|
Compensation
|
19
|
|
Section
8.9
|
Indemnification
|
20
|
|
ARTICLE
IX.
|
MISCELLANEOUS
|
20
|
|
Section
9.1
|
Termination
|
20
|
|
Section
9.2
|
No
Assumption of Liability
|
20
|
|
Section
9.3
|
Notices
|
20
|
|
Section
9.4
|
Governing
Law; Severability
|
21
|
|
Section
9.5
|
Entire
Agreement
|
21
|
|
Section
9.6
|
Amendments;
Waivers
|
21
|
|
Section
9.7
|
Non-Assignability
|
21
|
|
Section
9.8
|
No
Third Party Rights; Successors and Assigns
|
21
|
|
Section
9.9
|
Counterparts
|
22
|
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A
- Notice of Pledge Value
Exhibit B
- Certificate for Substituted Collateral
Exhibit C
- Certificate for Additional Collateral
ii
COLLATERAL
AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as
of October 22, 2009, among Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, in his individual capacity and
as trustee of the Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Living Trust dated May 28, 1986, as
amended, a trust organized under the laws of the State of California (“Pledgor”), U.S. Bank
National Association, a national banking association, as collateral agent
hereunder (the “Collateral Agent”)
for the benefit of the 2009 Xxxx Food Automatic Common Exchange Security Trust,
a trust organized under the laws of the State of New York under and by virtue of
an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2009 (such
trust and the trustees thereof acting in their capacity as such being referred
to in this Agreement as “Purchaser”), and
Purchaser.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2009
(the “Contract”), between
Pledgor and Purchaser, Pledgor has agreed to sell and Purchaser has agreed to
purchase shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Xxxx Food
Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), subject to
the terms and conditions of the Contract;
NOW,
THEREFORE, to secure the performance by Pledgor of its obligations under the
Contract and to secure the observance and performance of the covenants and
agreements contained in this Agreement and in the Contract, the parties,
intending to be bound, agree as follows:
ARTICLE
XX
DEFINITIONS;
INTERPRETATION
Section
1.1
Defined
Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
following meanings:
“Accelerated Portion”
has the meaning specified in the Contract.
“Additional Purchase
Price” has the meaning specified in the Contract.
“Additional Share Base
Amount” has the meaning specified in the Contract.
“Agreement” has the
meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Authorized
Representative” of Pledgor means any trustee or other representative as
to whom Pledgor shall have delivered notice to the Collateral Agent that such
trustee or other representative is authorized to act hereunder on behalf of
Pledgor.
“Cash Delivery
Obligations” means, at any time (A) if no Reorganization Event shall have
occurred prior to such time, zero, and (B) from and after any Reorganization
Event, the Dilution Adjustment (or successive Dilution Adjustments) that shall
have been applied to the Exchange Rate pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Contract
at or prior to the Reorganization Event, times the product
of: (i) the Firm Share Base Amount plus the Additional Share
Base Amount (if any) and (ii) the Transaction Value (as defined in the
Contract) of any Merger Consideration other than Marketable Securities delivered
in the related Reorganization Event, provided that if the
Reorganization Event is a Cash Merger, the Cash Delivery Obligations shall again
be zero after Pledgor has delivered the Accelerated Portion to the Purchaser as
required under the Contract.
1
“Cash Merger” has the
meaning specified in the Contract.
“Closing Price” has
the meaning specified in the Contract.
“Collateral” has the
meaning specified in Section 2.1(a).
“Collateral Agent”
means U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as collateral agent under
this Agreement, or its successor in such capacity appointed in accordance with
Section 8.5.
“Collateral Event of
Default” means, at any time, the occurrence of any of the
following: (A) if no U.S. Government Securities shall be pledged as
substitute Collateral at such time, failure of the aggregate Market Value of the
Collateral to equal or exceed the Pledge Value Requirement; (B) revocation or
withdrawal by the Pledgor of the standing instructions described in Section 7.2
of the Contract; (C) if any U.S. Government Securities shall be pledged as
substitute Collateral at such time, failure of the Market Value of any U.S.
Government Securities pledged at such time (not including any U.S. Government
Securities pledged in respect of Cash Delivery Obligations at such time) to have
an aggregate Market Value of at least 150% of the Market Value of a number of
shares of Common Stock and, from and after any Spin-Off Distribution, of the
Marketable Securities distributed in such Spin-Off Distribution (or, from and
after any Reorganization Event, the Marketable Securities distributed in such
Reorganization Event in lieu of such shares of Common Stock or Marketable
Securities) equal in each case to (x) the Maximum Deliverable Number of
such securities minus (y) the number of such securities pledged as
Collateral hereunder at such time; or (D) from and after any Reorganization
Event in which consideration other than Marketable Securities shall have been
delivered, failure of the U.S. Government Securities pledged in respect of Cash
Delivery Obligations to have an aggregate Market Value at least equal to 105% of
the Cash Delivery Obligations at such time, if, in the case of a failure
described in this clause (D), such failure shall continue to be in effect at
4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fifth Business Day following the day on
which telephonic notice in respect of such failure shall have been given
pursuant to Section 5.5(a).
“Collateral
Requirement” means, as of any date and with respect
to: (i) any Common Stock, 100%; (ii) any Marketable
Securities, 100%; (iii) any U.S. Government Securities pledged in respect
of Cash Delivery Obligations, 105%; and (iv) any other U.S. Government
Securities, 150%, provided that upon
and after any failure to cure an Insufficiency Determination by 4:00 p.m. New
York City time on the fifth Business Day following telephonic notice of such
Insufficiency Determination as described in Section 5.5(b), which insufficiency
shall be continuing on such next Business Day, the Collateral Requirement
relating to any U.S. Government Securities shall be 200%. The portion
of any pledged U.S. Government Securities that shall be deemed to be pledged in
respect of Cash Delivery Obligations at any time shall be a portion having a
Market Value equal to 105% of the Cash Delivery Obligations at such time or, if
less, the aggregate Market Value of all U.S. Government Securities pledged at
such time.
2
“Common Stock” has the
meaning specified in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Company” has the
meaning specified in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Contract” has the
meaning specified in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Delivery Date” has
the meaning specified in Section 7.1.
“Dilution Adjustment”
has the meaning specified in the Contract.
“Distribution Date”
has the meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“Eligible Collateral”
means (i) unless and until a Reorganization Event shall occur, Common Stock
and, if a Spin-Off Distribution occurs, the Marketable Securities distributed in
such Spin-Off Distribution; (ii) U.S. Government Securities; and
(iii) from and after any Reorganization Event, the Marketable Securities
distributed in such Reorganization Event; provided, in each
case, that Pledgor has good and marketable title to such securities, free of all
Liens (other than the Liens created by this Agreement) and Transfer Restrictions
and that the Collateral Agent has a valid, first priority perfected security
interest therein and first lien thereon; and provided, further, that to the
extent the number of shares of Common Stock or Marketable Securities pledged
hereunder exceeds at any time the Maximum Deliverable Number of such securities,
such excess shares shall not be Eligible Collateral.
“Event of Default”
means the occurrence of: (i) an event described in Section
7.1(a) or (b) of the Contract, (ii) a Collateral Event of
Default, (iii) a failure by Pledgor to have caused the Collateral to meet
the requirements described in Section 4.1(d) on the Exchange Date, or
(iv) if a Reorganization Event shall have occurred prior to the Exchange
Date, failure by Pledgor to cause to be delivered to Purchaser on the Exchange
Date the consideration then required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.2 of
the Contract.
“Exchange Date” has
the meaning specified in the Contract.
“Exchange Rate” has
the meaning specified in the Contract.
“Firm Purchase Price”
has the meaning specified in the Contract.
“Firm Share Base
Amount” has the meaning specified in the Contract.
“First Time of
Delivery” has the meaning specified in the Contract.
“Indemnity Agreement”
means the Indemnity Agreement, dated October 22, 2009 among Seller, U.S.
Bank National Association and Purchaser.
“Insufficiency
Determination” has the meaning specified in Section 5.5(a).
3
“Lien” means any lien,
mortgage, security interest, pledge, charge, encumbrance or adverse claim of any
kind.
“Marketable
Securities” has the meaning specified in the Contract.
“Market Value” means,
as of any date: (a) with respect to any Common Stock (except as
otherwise provided in Section 5.5(b)), the Closing Price of the Common Stock on
such date multiplied by the number of shares of such Common Stock; (b) with
respect to any U.S. Government Security, the product of (x)(i) the average
unit bid price for such security as published on the Trading Day prior to such
date in the New York edition of The Wall Street Journal or The New York Times or
the average unit bid price set forth on the applicable page of the Bloomberg
system, or, if not so published, (ii) the lower bid price quoted (which
quotation shall be evidenced in writing) on the Trading Day prior to such date
by either of two nationally recognized dealers making a market in such security
which are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. and
(y) the number of such units comprised of the outstanding principal amount
of such security; and (c) with respect to any Marketable Securities, the
Closing Price of such Marketable Securities on the Trading Day prior to such
date multiplied by the number of shares of such Marketable Securities; provided
that the “Market Value” of any Collateral that does not constitute Eligible
Collateral shall be zero.
“Maximum Deliverable
Number” means, on any date, (i) with respect to the Common Stock,
the product of the Firm Share Base Amount plus the Additional Share Base Amount
(if any), multiplied successively by each Dilution Adjustment by which the
Exchange Rate shall have been multiplied on or prior to such date pursuant to
the Dilution Adjustments provided for under Section 6.1 of the Contract; and
(ii) with respect to the Marketable Securities of any class or series, the
product of (A) the Firm Share Base Amount plus the Additional Share Base Amount
(if any) multiplied by (B) the number of Marketable Securities included in the
Merger Consideration in the applicable Reorganization Event or distributed in
the applicable Spin-Off Distribution for each share of Common Stock, multiplied
successively by (x) each Dilution Adjustment by which the Exchange Rate
with respect to the Common Stock shall have been multiplied on or prior to the
date of such Reorganization Event or Spin-Off Distribution pursuant to the
adjustments provided for under Article VI of the Contract, and (y) each
Dilution Adjustment by which the Exchange Rate with respect to such Marketable
Securities shall have been multiplied on or prior to such date and after the
date of such Reorganization Event or Spin- Off Distribution pursuant to the
adjustments provided for under Article VI of the Contract.
“Person” means an
individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, an
association, a trust or any other entity or organization, including a government
or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
“Pledge Value” means,
as of any date, an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate Market Value of each
particular type of Collateral, as of such date, in each case divided by the
Collateral Requirement for such type of Collateral.
“Pledge Value
Requirement” means, as of any date, (a) the aggregate Market Value
on such date of the Maximum Deliverable Number of shares of Common Stock on such
date or, from and after a Reorganization Event, the Maximum Deliverable Number
of the Marketable Securities included in the Merger Consideration in such
Reorganization Event plus (b) from and after a Reorganization Event, the
Cash Delivery Obligations, plus (c) from and after a Spin-Off Distribution,
the Market Value on such date of the Maximum Deliverable Number of the
Marketable Securities distributed in such Spin-Off Distribution.
4
“Pledged Items” means,
as of any date, any and all securities, instruments, cash and other property
delivered by Pledgor to be held by the Collateral Agent under this Agreement as
Collateral, whether or not constituting Eligible Collateral and whether or not
then required to be held by the Collateral Agent hereunder.
“Pledgor” has the
meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Prior Collateral” has
the meaning specified in Section 5.2(a).
“Purchaser” has the
meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Reorganization Event”
has the meaning specified in the Contract.
“Responsible Officer”
means, when used with respect to the Collateral Agent, any vice president,
assistant vice president, assistant treasurer or assistant secretary located in
the division or department of the Collateral Agent responsible for performing
the obligations of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement.
“Second Time of
Delivery” has the meaning specified in the Contract.
“Spin-off
Distribution” has the meaning specified in the Contract.
“Trading Day” has the
meaning specified in the Contract.
“Transfer Restriction”
means, with respect to any item of Collateral, any condition to or restriction
on the ability of the holder of such item to sell, assign or otherwise transfer
such item of Collateral or to enforce the provisions thereof or of any document
related thereto whether set forth in such item of Collateral itself or in any
document related thereto, including (i) any requirement that any sale,
assignment or other transfer or enforcement of such item of Collateral be
consented to or approved by any Person, including the issuer thereof or any
other obligor thereon, (ii) any limitations on the type or status,
financial or otherwise, of any purchaser, pledgee, assignee or transferee of
such item of Collateral, (iii) any requirement to deliver any certificate,
consent, agreement, opinion of counsel, notice or any other document of any
Person to the issuer of, any other obligor on or any registrar or transfer agent
for, such item of Collateral, prior to the sale, pledge, assignment or other
transfer or enforcement of such item of Collateral, and (iv) any
registration or qualification requirement for such item of Collateral pursuant
to any federal or state securities law that has not been satisfied; provided, however, that the
required delivery of any assignment from the seller, pledgor, assignor or
transferor of such item of Collateral, together with any evidence of the
corporate or other authority of such Person, shall not constitute a “Transfer
Restriction”.
“Trustee” or “Trustees” means any
trustee or trustees of Purchaser named in the Trust Agreement, or any successor
as such trustee or trustees.
5
“UCC” means the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.
“U.S. Government
Securities” means direct obligations of the United States of America that
mature on a date that is one year or less from the date such obligations are
pledged hereunder, but in any event prior to the Exchange Date then in
effect.
Section
20.2
Interpretation.
(a) When a
reference is made in this Agreement to Articles, Sections, Exhibits or
Schedules, such reference is to Articles or Sections of, or Exhibits or
Schedules to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.
(b) The table
of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes
only and are not part of this Agreement, and shall not be deemed to limit or
otherwise affect any of the provisions of this Agreement.
(c) Whenever
the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they
shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”.
(d) Any
reference to any statute, regulation or agreement is a reference to such
statute, regulation or agreement as supplemented or amended from time to
time.
ARTICLE
XXI
THE
SECURITY INTERESTS
Section
21.1
Grant of Security
Interests. Effective upon and subject to the receipt by
Pledgor of the Firm Purchase Price at the First Time of Delivery (except as
provided in Section 2.1(c)), in order to secure the performance by Pledgor of
its obligations under the Contract and to secure the observance and performance
of the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement and in the
Contract:
(a) Security
Interests. Pledgor hereby grants, sells, conveys, assigns,
transfers and pledges to the Collateral Agent, as agent of and for the benefit
of Purchaser, a security interest in and to, and a lien upon and right of
set-off against, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under
(i) the Pledged Items described in paragraphs (b) and (c);
(ii) all additions to and substitutions for such Pledged Items;
(iii) all income, products and proceeds and collections received or to be
received, or derived or to be derived, now or any time hereafter from or in
connection with the Pledged Items; and (iv) all powers and rights now owned
or hereafter acquired under or with respect to the Pledged Items (such Pledged
Items, additions, substitutions, income, products and proceeds, collections,
powers and rights being collectively called the “Collateral”). The
Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights, remedies and recourses with
respect to the Collateral afforded a secured party by the UCC, in addition to,
and not in limitation of, the other rights, remedies and recourses afforded to
the Collateral Agent by this Agreement.
(b) First Time of
Delivery. Effective upon and subject to receipt by Pledgor of
the Firm Purchase Price, at the First Time of Delivery, Pledgor shall either
(1) deliver to the Collateral Agent in pledge hereunder one or more
certificates representing in the aggregate at least 24,000,000 shares of Common
Stock, registered in the name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee or duly
endorsed in blank or accompanied by undated stock powers duly endorsed in blank,
or (2) if such shares of Common Stock are not held in certificated form but
are held in book-entry form by The Depository Trust Company or any other
comparable depositary, transfer such shares of Common Stock to an account of the
Collateral Agent or to an account (other than an account of Pledgor) designated
by the Collateral Agent with The Depository Trust Company or such other
depositary, as applicable.
6
(c) Second Time of
Delivery. Effective upon and subject to the receipt by Pledgor
of the Additional Purchase Price at the Second Time of Delivery, Pledgor shall
either (1) deliver to the Collateral Agent in pledge hereunder one or more
certificates representing in the aggregate at least the Additional Share Base
Amount of Common Stock, registered in the name of the Collateral Agent or its
nominee or duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by undated stock powers duly
endorsed in blank, or (2) if such shares of Common Stock are not held in
certificated form but is held in book-entry form by The Depository Trust Company
or any other comparable depositary, transfer such shares of Common Stock to an
account of the Collateral Agent or to an account (other than an account of
Pledgor) designated by the Collateral Agent with The Depository Trust Company or
such other depositary, as applicable.
ARTICLE
XXII
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Section
22.1
Representations and
Warranties of Pledgor. Pledgor hereby represents and warrants
to the Collateral Agent and Purchaser that:
(a) No Transfer
Restrictions. No Transfer Restrictions exist with respect to
or otherwise apply to the pledge or assignment of, or transfer by Pledgor of,
any items of Collateral to the Collateral Agent hereunder, or the subsequent
sale or transfer of such items of Collateral by the Collateral Agent pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement.
(b) Title to Collateral;
Perfected Security Interest. At the First Time of Delivery,
Pledgor will have good and marketable title to the Pledged Items, free of all
Liens (other than the Lien created by this Agreement) and Transfer
Restrictions. Upon delivery of the Pledged. Items pursuant
to Sections 2.1(b) and (c), the Collateral Agent will obtain a valid, first
priority perfected security interest in, and a first lien upon, such Pledged
Items subject to no other Lien. None of the Collateral is or shall be
pledged by Pledgor as collateral for any other purpose.
Section
22.2
Representations and
Warranties of the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent
represents and warrants to Pledgor and Purchaser that:
(a) Corporate Existence and
Power. The Collateral Agent is a national association, duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United
States of America, and has all corporate powers and all governmental licenses,
authorizations, consents and approvals governing its banking and fiduciary
powers required to enter into, and perform its obligations under, this
Agreement.
7
(b) Authorization and
Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by
the Collateral Agent of this Collateral Agreement have been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action on the part of the Collateral Agent (no action by
the shareholders of the Collateral Agent being required) and do not and will not
violate, contravene or constitute a default under any provision of applicable
banking or fiduciary law or regulation or of the charter or by-laws of the
Collateral Agent or of any material agreement, judgment, injunction, order,
decree or other instrument binding upon the Collateral Agent.
(c) Binding
Effect. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding
agreement of the Collateral Agent enforceable against the Collateral Agent in
accordance with its terms, except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the
rights of creditors generally and by general principles of equity.
ARTICLE XXIII
CERTAIN
COVENANTS OF PLEDGOR
Section
23.1
Certain Covenants of
Pledgor. Pledgor agrees that, so long as any of its
obligations under the Contract remain outstanding:
(a) Title to
Collateral. Pledgor shall at all times hereafter have and
maintain good and marketable title to the Collateral pledged by it, free of all
Liens (other than the Lien created by this Agreement) and Transfer Restrictions,
and, subject to the terms of this Agreement, will at all times hereafter have
and maintain good, right and lawful authority to assign, transfer and pledge
such Collateral and all such additions to such Collateral and substitutions for
such Collateral under this Agreement.
(b) Pledge Value
Requirement. Pledgor shall cause the aggregate Pledge Value of
the Collateral to be equal to or greater than the Pledge Value Requirement at
all times, and shall pledge additional Collateral in the manner described in
Section 5.4 as necessary to cause such requirement to be met.
(c) Pledge Upon Reorganization
Event. Upon the occurrence of a Reorganization Event, Pledgor
shall immediately cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent, in the manner
provided in Section 5.4: (i) cash in an amount equal to 100% of
Pledgor’s Cash Delivery Obligations (or U.S. Government Securities having an
aggregate Market Value when pledged and at daily xxxx-to-market valuations
thereafter at least equal to 105% of the Cash Delivery Obligations); and
(ii) Marketable Securities in an amount at least equal to the Maximum
Deliverable Number of such securities, or, at Pledgor’s election, U.S.
Government Securities having an aggregate Market Value when pledged and at daily
xxxx-to-market valuations thereafter at least equal to 150% of such Maximum
Deliverable Number of Marketable Securities, in each case to be held as
substitute Collateral hereunder.
(d) Pledge Upon Spin-Off
Distribution. Upon the occurrence of a Spin-Off Distribution,
Pledgor shall immediately cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent, in the
manner provided in Section 5.4, Marketable Securities in an amount at least
equal to the Maximum Deliverable Number of such securities, or, at Pledgor’s
election, U.S. Government Securities having an aggregate Market Value at least
equal to 150% of such Maximum Deliverable Number of Marketable Securities, in
each case to be held as additional Collateral hereunder.
8
(e) Pledge of Contract
Consideration. Notwithstanding Pledgor’s right to substitute
Collateral pursuant to Section 5.2, Pledgor shall cause the Collateral to
include, on the Exchange Date, (i) unless a Reorganization Event shall have
occurred, a number of shares of Common Stock at least equal to the number of
shares of Common Stock (and, if a Spin-Off Distribution has occurred, the number
of Marketable Securities distributed in such Spin-Off Distribution) required to
be delivered under the Contract on the Exchange Date, and (ii) if a
Reorganization Event has occurred, any Marketable Securities or other property
required to be delivered under the Contract on the Exchange Date.
(f) Pledge Upon Collateral Event
of Default After Dilution Adjustment. If a Dilution Adjustment
is effected pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Contract and a Collateral Event of
Default occurs, to the extent not already in the possession of the Collateral
Agent, the Pledgor shall immediately cause to be delivered to the Collateral
Agent, in the manner provided in Section 5.4, any and all property distributed
by the Company that resulted in such Dilution Adjustment, in each case to be
held as additional Collateral hereunder.
(g) Further
Assurances. Pledgor shall, at its expense and in such manner
and form as Purchaser or the Collateral Agent may reasonably require, give,
execute, deliver, file and record any financing statement, notice, instrument,
document, agreement or other papers that may be necessary or desirable in order
to create, preserve, perfect, substantiate or validate any security interest
granted pursuant to this Agreement or to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise
and enforce its rights and the rights of Purchaser hereunder with respect to
such security interest. To the extent permitted by applicable law,
Pledgor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to execute and file, in the name
of Pledgor or otherwise, UCC financing or continuation statements (which may be
carbon, photographic, photostatic or other reproductions of this Agreement or of
a financing statement relating to this Agreement) which the Collateral Agent may
reasonably deem necessary or appropriate to further perfect, or maintain the
perfection of, the security interests granted hereby.
(h) Certain
Notices. The Pledgor agrees, reasonably promptly in advance of
the consummation of a Reorganization Event, Spin-Off Distribution or event or
occurrence giving rise to a Dilution Adjustment, to provide to the Collateral
Agent notice thereof in reasonable detail.
ARTICLE
XXIV
ADMINISTRATION
OF THE COLLATERAL AND
VALUATION
OF THE SECURITIES
Section
24.1
Valuation of
Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall determine as of
4:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Business Day whether the Pledge
Value is at least equal to the Pledge Value Requirement and whether an
Insufficiency Determination or Collateral Event of Default shall have occurred
and, from and after any Reorganization Event, Spin-Off Distribution or
substitution of U.S. Government Securities for pledged shares of Common Stock or
Marketable Securities pursuant to Section 5.2, shall determine the Pledge Value
and the Pledge Value Requirement on each Business Day and shall provide written
notice of the Pledge Value and the Pledge Value Requirement, in the form of
Exhibit A, to Pledgor.
9
Section
24.2
Substitution of
Collateral. Pledgor may substitute Collateral in accordance
with the following provisions:
(a) Unless an
Event of Default or a failure by Pledgor to meet any of its obligations under
Article IV or V has occurred and is continuing, Pledgor shall have the right at
any time and from time to time to deposit Eligible Collateral with the
Collateral Agent in substitution for Pledged Items previously deposited
hereunder (“Prior
Collateral”) and to obtain the release of such Prior Collateral from the
Lien created by this Agreement.
(b) If
Pledgor wishes to deposit Eligible Collateral with the Collateral Agent in
substitution for Prior Collateral, it shall (i) give written notice from an
Authorized Representative to the Collateral Agent identifying the Prior
Collateral to be released from the Lien created by this Agreement,
(ii) deliver to the Collateral Agent concurrently with such Eligible
Collateral a certificate of Pledgor substantially in the form of Exhibit B and
dated the date of such delivery, (A) identifying the items of Eligible
Collateral being substituted for the Prior Collateral and the Prior Collateral
that is to be transferred to Pledgor and (B) certifying that with respect to
such items of additional Pledged Collateral the representations and warranties
contained in Exhibit B are true and correct on and as of the date of such
certificate, and (iii) deliver to the Collateral Agent concurrently with
such Eligible Collateral an opinion, dated the date of such delivery, of counsel
addressed to the Collateral Agent confirming the representations contained in
the first sentence of paragraph 3(a) of Exhibit B insofar as it relates to
securities laws and in the second sentence of paragraph 3(b) of Exhibit
B. Pledgor hereby covenants and agrees to pay all fees, taxes and
expenses related to the substitution of the Collateral and take all actions
required under Section 5.4 and any other actions necessary to create for the
benefit of the Collateral Agent a valid, first priority perfected security
interest in, and a first lien upon, such Eligible Collateral deposited with the
Collateral Agent in substitution for Prior Collateral.
(c) No such
substitution shall be made unless and until the Collateral Agent shall have
determined that the aggregate Pledge Value of all of the Collateral at the time
of such proposed substitution, after giving effect to the proposed substitution,
shall at least equal the Pledge Value Requirement.
Section
24.3
Additional
Collateral. Pledgor may pledge additional Collateral hereunder
at any time and shall pledge additional collateral when required under this
Agreement. Concurrently with the delivery of any additional Eligible
Collateral, Pledgor shall deliver (i) a certificate of Pledgor
substantially in the form of Exhibit C, signed by an Authorized Representative,
and dated the date of such delivery, (A) identifying the items of additional
Eligible Collateral being pledged and (B) certifying that with respect to such
items of additional Pledged Collateral the representations and warranties
contained in Exhibit C are true and correct on and as of the date of such
certificate, and (ii) an opinion, dated the date of such delivery, of
counsel addressed to the Collateral Agent confirming the representations
contained in the first sentence of paragraph 2(a) of Exhibit C insofar as
it relates to securities laws and in the second sentence of paragraph
2(b) of Exhibit C. Pledgor hereby covenants and agrees to take
all actions required under Section 5.4 and any other actions necessary to create
for the benefit of the Collateral Agent a valid, first priority perfected
security interest in, and a first lien upon, such additional Eligible
Collateral.
10
Section
24.4
Delivery of
Collateral. Pledgor shall deliver the Collateral to the
Collateral Agent in accordance with the following provisions:
(a) Pledged Common
Stock. In the case of Collateral consisting of shares of
Common Stock, by either (1) delivery to the Collateral Agent of one or more
certificates representing such shares of Common Stock, registered in the name of
the Collateral Agent or its nominee or duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by
undated stock powers duly endorsed in blank, or (2) if such shares of
Common Stock are not held in certificated form but is held in book-entry form by
The Depository Trust Company or any other comparable depositary, transfer of
such shares of Common Stock to an account of the Collateral Agent or to an
account (other than an account of Pledgor) designated by the Collateral Agent
with The Depository Trust Company or such other depositary, as
applicable;
(b) Pledged U.S. Government
Securities. In the case of Collateral consisting of U.S.
Government Securities, by transfer of such U.S. Government Securities through
the Book Entry System of the Federal Reserve System to the account of the
Collateral Agent or to an account (other than an account of Pledgor) designated
by the Collateral Agent; and
(c) Pledged Marketable
Securities. In the case of Collateral consisting of Marketable
Securities, by either (1) delivery of certificates evidencing such
Marketable Securities, registered in the name of the Collateral Agent or its
nominee or duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by stock powers duly executed
in blank, or (2) if such Marketable Securities are not held in certificated
form but are held in book-entry form by The Depository Trust Company or any
other comparable depositary, by transfer to an account of the Collateral Agent
or to an account (other than an account of Pledgor) designated by the Collateral
Agent or to an account (other than an account of Pledgor) designated by the
Collateral Agent with The Depository Trust Company or such other depositary, as
applicable. Each such delivery of Marketable Securities shall be
accompanied by an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that
the Collateral Agent has obtained a valid, first priority perfected security
interest in, and a first lien upon, such Marketable Securities.
(d) Delivery of Other
Property. In the case of Collateral consisting of property
other than Common Stock, U.S. Government Securities or Marketable Securities, by
any and all action necessary for the Collateral Agent to obtain a valid, first
priority perfected security interest in, and a first lien upon, such
property. Each such delivery of such property shall be accompanied by
an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that the Collateral
Agent has obtained a valid, first priority perfected security interest in, and a
first lien upon, such property. For the avoidance of doubt, no such
other property shall constitute Eligible Collateral.
11
Upon
delivery of any Pledged Item under this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall
examine such Pledged Item and any opinions and certificates and other
instruments delivered pursuant to Sections 5.2 or 5.3, this Section 5.4 or
otherwise pursuant to the terms of this Agreement in connection therewith to
determine that they comply as to form with the requirements for Eligible
Collateral. Pledgor hereby designates the Collateral Agent as the
Person in whose name any Collateral held in book-entry form in the Federal
Reserve System shall be registered.
Section
24.5
Insufficiency
Determination.
(a)
If as of
4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day the Collateral Agent
determines that the aggregate Pledge Value of the Collateral is less than the
Pledge Value Requirement (any such determination, an “Insufficiency
Determination”), the Collateral Agent shall promptly notify Pledgor of
such determination by telephone call to an Authorized Representative of Pledgor
followed by a written confirmation of such call.
(b) If, by
4:00 p.m., New York City time on the next Business Day following the day on
which telephonic notice shall have been given pursuant to the preceding
paragraph 5.5(a), Pledgor shall have failed to deliver, in the manner set forth
in Sections 5.3 and 5.4, sufficient additional Eligible Collateral so that,
after giving effect to such delivery, the aggregate Pledge Value of the
Collateral, as of such next business day, is at least equal to the Pledge Value
Requirement, then (x) the Collateral Requirement with respect to any U.S.
Government Securities pledged hereunder (other than in respect of Cash Delivery
Obligations) shall be increased from 150% to 200%, and (y) unless a
Collateral Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Collateral Agent shall:
(i) commence
sales, in the manner described in Section 5.5(c), of such portion of the
Collateral consisting of U.S. Government Securities as may be required to be
sold in order to generate proceeds sufficient to purchase shares of Common Stock
or, after a Reorganization Event or Spin-Off Distribution, Marketable Securities
of the applicable type as described in the following clause (ii);
and
(ii) commence
purchases, in the manner described in Section 5.5(c), of shares of Common Stock
or, after a Reorganization Event or Spin-Off Distribution, Marketable Securities
of the applicable type, in an amount sufficient to cause the aggregate Pledge
Value of the Collateral to be at least equal to the Pledge Value
Requirement.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall discontinue sales and purchases
pursuant to the preceding clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, if at any
time a Collateral Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing. The Collateral Agent shall determine the Market Value and
the Pledge Value of the Collateral after each purchase of shares of Common Stock
or Marketable Securities pursuant to the preceding clause (ii) in order to
determine whether the Pledge Value Requirement is met and whether a Collateral
Event of Default has occurred. Solely for purposes of such
calculation, the Market Value of the shares of Common Stock or Marketable
Securities shall be: (A) the most recent sales price as reported in
the composite transactions for the principal securities exchange on which the
shares of Common Stock or Marketable Securities, as the case may be, are then
listed or, if such securities are not so listed, the last quoted ask price for
such securities as reported by Pink OTC Markets Inc. or a similar organization;
or (B) if higher, in the case of Common Stock, the most recent available Closing
Price.
12
(c) Collateral
sold and shares of Common Stock or Marketable Securities purchased by the
Collateral Agent pursuant to the preceding Sections 5.5(a) and (b) may
be sold and purchased on any securities exchange or in any over-the-counter
market or in any private purchase transaction, and at such price or prices, in
each case as the Collateral Agent may deem satisfactory. Pledgor
covenants and agrees that it will execute and deliver such documents, pay all
fees and transfer taxes and take such other action as the Collateral Agent deems
necessary or advisable in order that any such sales and purchases may be made in
compliance with law.
Section
24.6
Release of Excess
Collateral. If on any Business Day the Collateral Agent
determines that the aggregate Pledge Value of Pledgor’s Eligible Collateral
exceeds the Pledge Value Requirement and no Event of Default or failure by
Pledgor to meet any of its obligations under Articles IV or V has occurred and
is continuing, Pledgor may obtain the release from the Lien created by this
Agreement of any Collateral having an aggregate Pledge Value on such Business
Day less than or equal to such excess, upon delivery to the Collateral Agent of
a written notice from an Authorized Representative of Pledgor indicating the
items of Collateral to be released. Such Collateral shall be released
only after the Collateral Agent shall have determined that the aggregate Pledge
Value of all of the Collateral remaining after such release as determined on
such Business Day is at least equal to the Pledge Value
Requirement.
Section
24.7
Delivery of Contract
Consideration. On the Exchange Date, unless (i) a
Reorganization Event shall have occurred prior to the Exchange Date or
(ii) if permitted under the Contract, Seller shall have elected the Cash
Settlement Alternative pursuant to Section 2.3(d) of the Contract and made
the cash payment required by that Section, the Collateral Agent shall deliver to
Purchaser from the shares of Common Stock and, if a Spin-Off Distribution has
occurred, Marketable Securities then held by it hereunder representing the
number of shares of Common Stock and Marketable Securities that were distributed
in such Spin-Off Distribution then required to be delivered by Pledgor under the
Contract. If a Reorganization Event shall have occurred prior to the
Exchange Date, then, (A) if so instructed by Pledgor by the close of business on
the Business Day preceding the Exchange Date, the Collateral Agent shall deliver
to Purchaser, to the extent Marketable Securities are to be delivered on such
date under Section 6.2 of the Contract, the Marketable Securities then held by
the Collateral Agent hereunder; and (B) if such Reorganization Event is a Cash
Merger, the Collateral Agent shall deliver to Purchaser all cash or other assets
then held by the Collateral Agent and required to be delivered under the
Contract at the time when such delivery is required to be made under the
Contract. Upon such delivery, Purchaser shall hold such shares of
Common Stock or Marketable Securities, cash or other property, as the case may
be, absolutely and free from any claim or right whatsoever.
Section
24.8
Investment of Cash
Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall invest any cash
received by it pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Contract in U.S. Government
Securities maturing before November 1, 2012 as directed by the Managing
Trustee.
13
ARTICLE
XXV
INCOME
AND VOTING RIGHTS ON COLLATERAL
Section
25.1 Income on
Collateral. Unless an Event of Default or failure by Pledgor
to meet any of its obligations under Article IV or V has occurred and is
continuing, Pledgor shall be entitled to receive for its own account all
dividends, interest and, if any, principal and premium relating to all of the
Collateral if permitted and in accordance with the requirements of Section
5.6. The Collateral Agent agrees to remit to Pledgor on the Business
Day received or the first Business Day thereafter all such payments received by
it. If an Event of Default or failure by Pledgor to meet any of its
obligations under Article IV or V has occurred and is continuing, all such
payments made or accrued after and during the continuance of such default or
failure shall be retained by the Collateral Agent, and any such payments which
are received by Pledgor shall be received in trust for the benefit of Purchaser,
shall be segregated from other funds of Pledgor and shall forthwith be paid over
to the Collateral Agent. Any such payments so retained by, or paid
over to, the Collateral Agent shall be held by the Collateral Agent as
Collateral hereunder.
Section
25.2
Voting of
Collateral. Unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, Pledgor shall have the right, from time to time, to vote and to give
consents, ratifications and waivers with respect to the Collateral, and the
Collateral Agent shall, upon receiving a written request from Pledgor, deliver
to Pledgor or as specified in such request such proxies, powers of attorney,
consents, ratifications and waivers in respect of any of the Collateral which is
registered in the name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee as shall be
specified in such request and be in form and substance satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to the extent permitted by
law, and Pledgor shall take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate
to give effect to such right, to vote and to give consents, ratifications and
waivers, and take any other action with respect to any or all of the Collateral
with the same force and effect as if the Collateral Agent were the absolute and
sole owner of the Collateral and, in such event, shall take any such actions in
accordance with written instructions of the Managing Trustee.
ARTICLE
XXVI
REMEDIES
UPON EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section
26.1
Rights of Secured
Party. If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Collateral Agent may exercise on behalf of Purchaser all the
rights of a secured party under the UCC (whether or not in effect in the
jurisdiction where such rights are exercised) and, in addition, without being
required to give any notice, except as provided in this Agreement or as may be
required by mandatory provisions of law, shall: (i) deliver all
Collateral consisting of shares of Common Stock or Marketable Securities (but
not, in either case, in excess of the number of shares deliverable under the
Contract at such time) or other property to Purchaser on the date of such Event
of Default (in either case, the “Delivery Date”),
whereupon Purchaser shall hold such shares of Common Stock or Marketable
Securities or other property absolutely free from any claim or right of
whatsoever kind, including any equity or right of redemption of Pledgor which
may be waived, and Pledgor, to the extent permitted by law, hereby specifically
waives all rights of redemption, stay or appraisal which it has or may have
under any law now existing or hereafter adopted; and (ii) if such delivery
shall be insufficient to satisfy in full all of the obligations of Pledgor under
the Contract, sell all of the remaining Collateral, or such lesser portion of
the remaining Collateral as may be necessary to generate proceeds sufficient to
satisfy in full all of the obligations of Pledgor under the Contract, at public
or private sale or at any broker’s board or on any securities exchange, for
cash, upon credit or for future delivery, and at such price or prices as the
Collateral Agent may deem satisfactory. Pledgor covenants and agrees
that it will execute and deliver such documents and take such other action as
the Collateral Agent deems necessary or advisable in order that any such sales
may be made with the least amount of costs and taxes and in compliance with
law. Upon any such sale the Collateral Agent shall have the right to
deliver, assign and transfer the Collateral so sold to the purchaser of such
Collateral. Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the Collateral
so sold absolutely and free from any claim or right of whatsoever kind,
including any equity or right of redemption of Pledgor which may be waived, and
Pledgor, to the extent permitted by law, hereby specifically waives all rights
of redemption, stay or appraisal which it has or may have under any law now
existing or hereafter adopted. The notice (if any) of such sale
required by Article 9 of the UCC shall (1) in case of a public sale, state
the time and place fixed for such sale, (2) in case of sale at a broker’s
board or on a securities exchange, state the board or exchange at which such
sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral, or the portion of such
Collateral so being sold, will first be offered for sale at such board or
exchange, and (3) in the case of a private sale, state the day after which
such sale may be consummated. Any such public sale shall be held at
such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as
the Collateral Agent may fix in the notice of such sale. At any such
sale the Collateral may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate
parcels, as the Collateral Agent may determine. The Collateral Agent
shall not be obligated to make any such sale pursuant to any such
notice. The Collateral Agent may, without notice or publication,
adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time
to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for the sale, and such sale
may be made at any time or place to which the same may be so
adjourned. In case of any sale of all or any part of the Collateral
on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the
Collateral Agent until the selling price is paid by the purchaser of such
Collateral, but the Collateral Agent shall not incur any liability in case of
the failure of such purchaser to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and,
in case of any such failure, such Collateral may again be sold upon like
notice. The Collateral Agent, instead of exercising the power of sale
conferred upon it in this Agreement, may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in
equity to foreclose the security interests and sell the Collateral, or any
portion of such Collateral, under a judgment or decree of a court or courts of
competent jurisdiction.
14
Section
26.2
Power of
Attorney. Upon any delivery or sale of all or any part of any
Collateral made either under the power of delivery or sale given hereunder or
under judgment or decree in any judicial proceedings for foreclosure or
otherwise for the enforcement of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent is hereby
irrevocably appointed the true and lawful attorney of Pledgor, in the name and
stead of Pledgor, to make all necessary deeds, bills of sale and instruments of
assignment, transfer or conveyance of the property thus delivered or
sold. For that purpose the Collateral Agent may execute all such
documents and instruments. This power of attorney shall be deemed
coupled with an interest, and Pledgor hereby ratifies and confirms all that its
attorneys acting under such power, or such attorneys’ successors or agents,
shall lawfully do by virtue of this Agreement. If so requested by the
Collateral Agent, by the Trustees or by any purchaser of the Collateral or a
portion of the Collateral, Pledgor shall further ratify and confirm any such
delivery or sale by executing and delivering to the Collateral Agent, to the
Trustees or to such purchaser or purchasers at the expense of Pledgor all proper
deeds, bills of sale, instruments of assignment, conveyance of transfer and
releases as may be designated in any such request.
15
Section
26.3
Application of Collateral
and Proceeds. In the case of an Event of Default, the
Collateral Agent may proceed to realize upon the security interest in the
Collateral against any one or more of the types of Collateral, at any one time,
as the Collateral Agent shall determine in its sole discretion subject to the
foregoing provisions of this Article VII. The proceeds of any sale
of, or other realization upon, or other receipt from, any such Collateral shall
be applied by the Collateral Agent in the following order of
priorities: first, to the payment to the Collateral Agent of the
expenses of such sale or other realization, including reasonable compensation to
the Collateral Agent and its agents and counsel, and all expenses, liabilities
and advances incurred or made by the Collateral Agent in connection therewith,
including brokerage fees in connection with the sale by the Collateral Agent of
any Pledged Item; second, to the payment to Purchaser of an amount equal
to: (A) the aggregate Market Value of a number of shares of Common
Stock and, if a Spin-Off Distribution has occurred, Marketable Securities
distributed in such Spin-Off Distribution equal to (1) the number of shares
of Common Stock or Marketable Securities, as the case may be, required to be
delivered under the Contract on the Delivery Date minus (2) the number of
shares of Common Stock or Marketable Securities, as the case may be, delivered
by the Collateral Agent to Purchaser on the Delivery Date as described above; or
(B) from and after a Reorganization Event, the sum of (1) the Cash Delivery
Obligations on the Delivery Date and (2) the aggregate Market Value on the
Delivery Date of a number of Marketable Securities distributed in such
Reorganization Event equal to (x) the number of such Marketable Securities
permitted to be delivered on the Delivery Date under Section 6.2 of the Contract
minus (y) the number of such Marketable Securities delivered by the
Collateral Agent to Purchaser on the Delivery Date as described above; together
with, in either of cases (A) and (B), any amounts due to Purchaser from Pledgor
pursuant to Section 2.4(i)(ii) of the Trust Agreement; and finally, if all
of the obligations of Pledgor hereunder and under the Contract have been fully
discharged or sufficient funds have been set aside by the Collateral Agent at
the request of Pledgor for the discharge of such obligations, any remaining
proceeds shall be released to Pledgor.
ARTICLE
XXVII
THE
COLLATERAL AGENT
Section
27.1
Conditions to Duties of the
Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent accepts its duties and
responsibilities hereunder as agent for Purchaser, on and subject to the
following terms and conditions:
(a) Performance of
Duties. The Collateral Agent undertakes to perform such duties
and only such duties as are expressly set forth in this Agreement and, beyond
the exercise of reasonable care in the performance of such duties, no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the
Collateral Agent. No provision of this Agreement shall be construed
to relieve the Collateral Agent from liability for its own grossly negligent
action, grossly negligent failure to act, bad faith, wilful misconduct or
reckless disregard of its duties. In performing its duties, the
following shall apply:
16
(i) The
Collateral Agent may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion of such
counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of an
action taken or suffered hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such
advice or opinion of counsel.
(ii) The
Collateral Agent shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it in good faith (i) reasonably believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred on it by this
Agreement or (ii) in accordance with any direction or request of the
Trustees.
(iii) The
Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good
faith by any of its officers, unless the Collateral Agent was grossly negligent
in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(iv) In the
absence of bad faith on its part, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely, as
to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon any note, notice, resolution, consent, certificate, affidavit,
letter, telegram, teletype message, statement, order or other document believed
by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper
Person or Persons.
(v) No
provision of this Agreement shall require the Collateral Agent to expend or risk
its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of
any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers,
if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds
or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured
to it.
(vi) The
Collateral Agent may perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents or attorneys, and the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed
with due care by it hereunder. In furtherance of the preceding
sentence, any subsidiary owned or controlled by the Collateral Agent, or its
successors, as agent for the Collateral Agent, may perform any or all of the
duties of the Collateral Agent relating to the valuation of securities and other
instruments constituting Collateral hereunder.
(vii) In no
event shall the Collateral Agent be personally liable for any taxes or other
governmental charges imposed upon or in respect of (i) the Collateral or
(ii) the income or other distributions thereon.
(viii) Unless
and until the Collateral Agent shall have received notice from Pledgor,
Purchaser or any other Person, or unless and until a Responsible Officer of the
Collateral Agent shall have actual knowledge to the contrary, the Collateral
Agent shall be entitled to deem and treat all Collateral delivered to it
hereunder as Eligible Collateral hereunder, provided that the Collateral Agent
has carried out the duties specified in Article V with respect to such
Collateral at the time of delivery of such Collateral.
17
The
Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the correctness of the recitals
and statements in this Agreement that are made by Pledgor or for any statement
or certificate delivered by Pledgor pursuant to this Agreement, provided that the
Collateral Agent has carried out the duties specified in Article V with respect
to such Collateral at the time of delivery of such Collateral. Except
as specifically provided in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not be
responsible for the validity, sufficiency, collectibility or marketability of
any Collateral given to or held by it hereunder or for the validity or
sufficiency of the Contract or the Lien on the Collateral purported to be
created hereby.
(b) Knowledge. The
Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Event of Default
(except a Collateral Event of Default), unless and until a Responsible Officer
of the Collateral Agent shall have actual knowledge of such Event of Default or
the Collateral Agent shall have received written notice, delivered in accordance
with Section 9.3, of such Event of Default. The Collateral Agent
shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Spin-Off Distribution,
Reorganization Event or Dilution Adjustment unless and until a Responsible
Officer of the Collateral Agent shall have actual knowledge of such event or the
Collateral Agent shall have received written notice.
(c) Following
an Event of Default by Pledgor, the Collateral Agent shall exercise such
remedies as provided in Article VII, Section 6.2 and as permitted at law in
accordance with the written instructions of the Managing Trustee.
Section
27.2
Merger. Any
corporation or association into which the Collateral Agent may be converted or
merged, or with which it may be consolidated, or to which it may sell or
transfer its agency business and assets as a whole or substantially as a whole,
or any corporation or association resulting from any such conversion, sale,
merger, consolidation or transfer to which it is a party, shall be and become
the successor Collateral Agent hereunder and vested with all of the title to the
Collateral and all of the powers, discretions, immunities, privileges and other
matters as was its predecessor without, except as provided above, the execution
or filing of any instrument or any further act, deed or conveyance on the part
of any of the parties to this Agreement, anything in this Agreement to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Section
27.3
Resignation. Subject
to Section 8.5, the Collateral Agent and any successor Collateral Agent may at
any time resign by giving 30 days’ written notice by registered or certified
mail to Pledgor and notice to Purchaser in accordance with the provisions of
Section 9.3.
Section
27.4
Removal.
(a) Subject
to Section 8.5, the Collateral Agent may be removed at any time by an instrument
or concurrent instruments in writing delivered to the Collateral Agent and to
Pledgor and signed by Purchaser.
(b) Subject
to Section 8.5, the Collateral Agent shall be removed immediately upon
(i) termination of the Trust Agreement, (ii) termination of the
Administration Agreement (as defined in the Trust Agreement),
(iii) termination of the Paying Agent Agreement (as defined in the Trust
Agreement), (iv) termination of the Custodian Agreement (as defined in the
Trust Agreement), or the resignation or removal of the Administrator, the Paying
Agent or the Custodian (in each case as defined in the Trust
Agreement).
18
Section
27.5
Effectiveness of Resignation
or Removal. No resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent
shall be effective until a successor Collateral Agent shall have been appointed
and shall have accepted the duties of the Collateral Agent. If,
within 30 days after notice by the Collateral Agent to the Trust or by the Trust
to the Collateral Agent of any such resignation or removal, no successor
Collateral Agent shall have been selected and accepted the duties of the
Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent may apply to a court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent.
Section
27.6 Appointment of
Successor.
(a) If the
Collateral Agent hereunder shall resign or be removed, or be dissolved or shall
be in the course of dissolution or liquidation or otherwise become incapable of
action hereunder, or if it shall be taken under the control of any public
officer or officers or of a receiver appointed by a court, a successor may be
appointed by Purchaser by an instrument or concurrent instruments in writing
signed by Purchaser or by its attorneys in fact duly authorized. A
copy of such instrument or concurrent instruments shall be sent by registered
mail to Pledgor.
(b)
Every
such temporary or permanent successor Collateral Agent appointed pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement shall be a trust company or bank in good standing,
having a reported capital, surplus and retained earnings of not less than
$100,000,000 and capable of holding the Collateral in the State of New York, if
there be such an institution willing, qualified and able to accept the duties of
the Collateral Agent hereunder upon customary terms.
Section
27.7
Acceptance by
Successor. Every temporary or permanent successor Collateral
Agent appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to its
predecessor and also to Pledgor and Purchaser an instrument in writing accepting
such appointment hereunder, whereupon such successor, without any further act,
deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the estates, properties,
rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessors. Such
predecessor shall, nevertheless, on the written request of its successor or
Pledgor, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all
the estates, properties, rights and powers of such predecessor
hereunder. Every predecessor Collateral Agent shall deliver all
Collateral held by it as the Collateral Agent hereunder to its
successor. Should any instrument in writing from Pledgor be required
by a successor Collateral Agent for more fully and certainly vesting in such
successor the estates, properties, rights, powers, duties and obligations hereby
vested or intended to be vested in the predecessor, any and all such instruments
in writing shall, at the request of the temporary or permanent successor
Collateral Agent, be forthwith executed, acknowledged and delivered by
Pledgor.
Section
27.8
Compensation. For
services to be rendered by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement, the
Administrator shall receive only such fees and expenses as shall be paid to it
pursuant to the terms of the Indemnity Agreement and shall have no recourse to
the assets of Purchaser for the payment of any such amounts.
19
Section
27.9
Indemnification. The
Trust shall indemnify and hold the Collateral Agent, its agents, servants,
officers, employees and directors, harmless from and against any loss, damages,
cost or expense (including the costs of investigation, preparation for and
defense of legal and/or administrative proceedings related to a claim against it
and reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements), liability or claim incurred
by reason of any inaccuracy in information furnished to the Collateral Agent by
the Trust or the Pledgor, or any act or omission in the course of, connected
with or arising out of any services to be rendered hereunder, provided that the
Collateral Agent shall not be indemnified and held harmless from and against any
such loss, damages, cost, expense, liability or claim incurred by reason of its
willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of its
duties, or its reckless disregard of its duties and obligations
hereunder. Such indemnity shall survive the resignation, removal or
discharge of the Collateral Agent and the termination of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
XXVII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
28.1
Termination. This
Agreement and the rights hereby granted by Pledgor in the Collateral shall
cease, terminate and be void upon fulfillment of all of the obligations of
Pledgor under the Contract, and Pledgor shall have no further liability
hereunder upon such termination. Any Collateral remaining at the time
of such termination (including any shares of Common Stock held following
Seller’s election of the Cash Settlement Alternative and payment in respect of
the Cash Settlement Alternative pursuant to the Contract), shall be fully
released and discharged from the Lien created by this Agreement and delivered to
Pledgor by the Collateral Agent, all at the expense of Pledgor.
Section
28.2 No Assumption of
Liability. By executing this Agreement, none of the Trustees
assumes any personal liability under this Agreement.
Section
28.3 Notices.
(a) All
notices and other communications provided for in this Agreement, unless
otherwise specified, shall be in writing and shall be given at the addresses set
forth in the following sentence or at such other addresses as may be designated
by notice duly given in accordance with this Section 9.3 to each other party to
this Agreement. Until such notice is given, (i) notices to
Pledgor shall be directed to it at 00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx., 0000, Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX
00000, Telecopier No. (310) 824 - 7756, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx;
(ii) notices to the Collateral Agent shall be directed to it at U.S. Bank
National Association, Corporate Trust Services, 000 Xxxx 0xx Xxxxxx, 24th Floor,
LM-CA T24T, Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, Telecopier No. (000) 000-0000,
Attention: 2009 Xxxx Food Automatic Common Exchange Security Trust;
and (iii) notices to Purchaser shall be directed to the Trustees at 000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Telecopier No. (000)
000-0000, with a copy to the Administrator at U.S. Bank National Association,
Corporate Trust Services, 000 Xxxx 0xx Xxxxxx, 24th Floor, LM- CA T24T, Xxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000, Telecopier No. (000) 000-0000, Attention: 2009
Xxxx Food Automatic Common Exchange Security Trust.
20
(b) Each
notice given pursuant to Section 9.3(a) shall be effective (i) if sent
by certified mail (return receipt requested), 72 hours after being deposited in
the United States mail, postage prepaid; (ii) if given by telex or
telecopier, when such telex or telecopied notice is transmitted (with electronic
confirmation of transmission or verbal confirmation of receipt); or
(iii) if given by any other means, when delivered at the address specified
in this Section 9.3.
Section
28.4
Governing Law;
Severability. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York; provided that as to
Collateral located in any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the
Collateral Agent on behalf of Purchaser shall have all of the rights to which a
secured party is entitled under the laws of such other
jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by law, the unenforceability or
invalidity of any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall not render any
other provision or provisions contained in this Agreement unenforceable or
invalid.
Section
28.5
Entire
Agreement. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement,
this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties with respect
to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements,
understandings and negotiations, both written and oral, among the parties with
respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
Section
28.6
Amendments;
Waivers. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or
waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retrospectively
or prospectively) if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and
signed, in the case of an amendment, by Pledgor, the Collateral Agent and
Purchaser or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is
to be effective. No failure or delay by either party in exercising
any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of
such right, power or privilege nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
such right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of such
right, power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege. The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement shall
be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by
law.
Section
28.7
Non-Assignability. This
Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement may
not be assigned or delegated by either party without the prior written consent
of the other party (except, with respect to the Collateral Agent, to a successor
Collateral Agent appointed pursuant to Section 8.6), and any purported
assignment without such consent shall be void.
Section
28.8
No Third Party Rights;
Successors and Assigns. This Agreement is not intended and
shall not be construed to create any rights in any person other than Pledgor,
the Collateral Agent and Purchaser and their respective successors and assigns
and no person shall assert any rights as third party beneficiary under this
Agreement. Whenever any of the parties to this Agreement is referred
to, such reference shall be deemed to include the successors and assigns of such
party. All the covenants and agreements in this Agreement contained
by or on behalf of Pledgor, the Collateral Agent and Purchaser shall bind, and
inure to the benefit of, their respective successors and assigns whether so
expressed or not, and shall be enforceable by and inure to the benefit of
Purchaser and its successors and assigns.
21
Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed, acknowledged and delivered in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which shall
constitute a single agreement, with the same effect as if the signatures on each
such counterpart were upon the same instrument.
22
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have
caused this Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the
first date set forth above.
THE COLLATERAL
AGENT:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as
Collateral-Agent
|
By:
|
___________________________________________ |
|
Name:
|
|
Title:
|
|
PURCHASER:
|
2009 XXXX FOOD
AUTOMATIC COMMON
EXCHANGE SECURITY
TRUST
|
By:
|
_______________________________________________ |
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, as Trustee
|
|
By:
|
_______________________________________________ |
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, III, as Trustee
|
|
By:
|
_______________________________________________ |
|
Xxxxx
X. X’Xxxxx, as Trustee
|
23
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Collateral Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered as of the first date set forth above.
THE COLLATERAL
AGENT:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as
Collateral-Agent
|
By:
|
_______________________________________________ |
|
Name:
|
|
Title:
|
|
PURCHASER:
|
2009 XXXX FOOD
AUTOMATIC COMMON
EXCHANGE SECURITY
TRUST
By:__________________________________________________
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, as
Trustee
|
By:
|
_______________________________________________ |
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, III, as Trustee
|
|
By:
|
_______________________________________________ |
|
Xxxxx
X. X’Xxxxx, as Trustee
|
24
|
PLEDGOR:
|
XXXXX X.
XXXXXXX, in his individual
capacity and
as trustee of the XXXXX X.
XXXXXXX
LIVING TRUST dated May 28,
1986, as
amended
|
By:
|
_____________________________ |
|
Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
|
25