AMENDED AND RESTATED
SECURITY AGREEMENT
dated as of February 1, 1999
among
GTS DURATEK, INC.,
GTS DURATEK BEAR CREEK, INC.,
GTS DURATEK COLORADO, INC.,
HITTMAN TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.
GTS INSTRUMENT SERVICES, INCORPORATED,
GENERAL TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.,
ANALYTICAL RESOURCES, INC.,
and
GTSD SUB III, INC.,
as Assignors
and
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,
as Collateral Agent
AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Security Agreement (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified, this "Agreement") is dated as of February 1,
1999 and is among GTS DURATEK, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Duratek"), GTS
DURATEK BEAR CREEK, INC., a Tennessee corporation ("Scientific"), GTS DURATEK
COLORADO, INC., a Delaware corporation ("SEG"), HITTMAN TRANSPORT SERVICES,
INC., a Delaware corporation ("Hittman"), GTS INSTRUMENT SERVICES, INCORPORATED,
a Maryland corporation ("Instrument"), GENERAL TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC., a
Maryland corporation ("Technical"), ANALYTICAL RESOURCES, INC., a Pennsylvania
corporation ("Analytical") and GTSD SUB III, INC., a Delaware corporation
("GTSD", and together with Duratek, Scientific, SEG, Hittman, Instrument,
Technical and Analytical, the "Assignors") and FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK (f/k/a
First Union National Bank of Maryland), a national banking association, as
Collateral Agent (the "Collateral Agent") for the ratable benefit of itself, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders that are party to the Credit Agreement
referred to below.
The Assignors, as borrowers (in such capacity, the "Borrowers"), the
Lenders and the Agents are parties to an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of February 1, 1999 (as the same may be amended, supplemented or
modified from time to time and including any agreement extending the maturity
of, refinancing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the obligations
of the Borrowers under such agreement or any successor agreement, the "Credit
Agreement"). This Agreement amends and restates the (a) Security Agreement dated
as of April 18, 1997 among Duratek, Technical, Instrument, Analytical and the
Collateral Agent and (b) Security Agreement dated as of April 18, 1997 among
Scientific, SEG, Hittman and the Collateral Agent. To induce the Lenders and the
Agents to enter into the Credit Agreement, and as a condition precedent to the
Lenders' and Agents' obligations thereunder, the Assignors have agreed to grant
a continuing security interest in and to the Collateral to secure the
Obligations. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01 Definitions. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not
otherwise defined herein, when used in this Agreement including its preamble and
recitals, shall have the respective meanings provided for in the Credit
Agreement. The following additional terms, when used in this Agreement, shall
have the following meanings:
"Account Debtor" means, with respect to any Account, Document, Instrument
or General Intangible, any Person obligated to make payment thereunder,
including, without limitation, any account debtor thereon.
"Accounts" means, with respect to each Assignor, all "accounts" (as defined
in the UCC) now owned or hereafter acquired by such Assignor, and shall also
mean and include all accounts receivable, contract rights, book debts, notes,
drafts and other obligations or indebtedness owing to such Assignor arising from
the sale, lease or exchange of goods or other property by it and/or the
performance of services by it (including, without limitation, any such
obligation which might be characterized as an account, contract right or general
intangible under the UCC in effect in any jurisdiction) and all of such
Assignor's rights in, to and under all purchase orders for goods, services or
other property, and all of such Assignor's rights to any goods, services or
other property represented by any of the foregoing (including returned or
repossessed goods and unpaid seller's rights of rescission, replevin,
reclamation and rights to stoppage in transit) and all monies due to or to
become due to such Assignor under all contracts for the sale, lease or exchange
of goods or other property and/or the performance of services by it (whether or
not yet earned by performance on the part of such Assignor), in each case
whether now in existence or hereafter arising or acquired including, without
limitation, the right to receive the proceeds of said purchase orders and
contracts and all collateral security and guarantees of any kind given by any
Person with respect to any of the foregoing.
"Agreement" or "Security Agreement" means this Security Agreement, as it
may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.
"Assigned Agreements" means, with respect to each Assignor, those contracts
and agreements of such Assignor identified in or pursuant to Section 7 of the
Perfection Certificate, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time and any additional Material Contract or Governmental Contract
entered into after the Closing Date and designated as an "Assigned Agreement" by
the Administrative Agent.
"Cash Collateral Account" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04 of this
Security Agreement.
"Cash Equivalents" means (a) direct obligations of the United States or any
agency thereof, or obligations guaranteed by the United States or any agency
thereof, (b) commercial paper rated in the highest grade by a nationally
recognized credit rating agency or (c) time deposits with, including
certificates of deposit issued by, any office located in the United States of
any bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of the United States
or any state thereof and has capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating
at least $250,000,000; provided, in each case that such investment matures
within one year from the date of acquisition thereof by the Assignor.
"Cash Proceeds Account" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.03 of this
Security Agreement.
"Collateral" means, with respect to each Assignor, all right, title and
interest of such Assignor in the following, whether now owned or existing or
hereafter acquired, created or arising, whether tangible or intangible, and
regardless of where located:
(a) Accounts;
(b) General Intangibles;
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(c) Documents;
(d) Instruments;
(e) Investment Property;
(f) Equipment (other than items of Equipment now or
hereafter subject to a Capital Lease or a security interest if
such lease or security interest (a) is permitted pursuant to
Section 11.3 of the Credit Agreement and (b) provides that it
would be a breach of the Assignor's obligations thereunder to
further encumber such item of Equipment);
(g) Assigned Agreements;
(h) the Collateral Accounts, all cash deposited therein from
time to time, the Liquid Investments made pursuant to Section
3.03 of this Security Agreement and other monies and property
(including deposit accounts) of any kind of such Assignor
maintained with or in the possession or under the control of the
Collateral Agent;
(i) all books and records (including, without limitation,
customer lists, credit files, computer programs, printouts and
other computer materials and records) of such Assignor pertaining
to any of the Collateral; and
(j) all Proceeds of all or any of the Collateral described
in clauses (a) through (i) above.
"Collateral Accounts" means the Cash Collateral Account and the Operating
Account.
"Documents" means, with respect to each Assignor, all "documents" (as
defined in the UCC) or other receipts covering, evidencing or representing
goods, now owned or hereafter acquired by such Assignor.
"Equipment" means, with respect to each Assignor, all "equipment" (as
defined in the UCC) now owned or hereafter acquired by such Assignor, including
all items of machinery, equipment, furnishings and fixtures of every kind,
including leasehold improvements, whether affixed to real property or not, as
well as all motor vehicles, automobiles, trucks, trailers, railcars, barges and
vehicles of every description, trailers, handling and delivery equipment, all
additions to, substitutions for, replacements of or accessions to any of the
foregoing, all attachments, components, parts (including spare parts) and
accessories whether installed thereon or affixed thereto and all fuel for any
thereof.
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"General Intangibles" means, with respect to each Assignor, all "general
intangibles" (as defined in the UCC) now owned or hereafter acquired by such
Assignor, including, without limitation, (a) all obligations and indebtedness
owing to such Assignor (other than Accounts), from whatever source arising, (b)
all Patents, Trademarks, copyrights, Licenses, rights in intellectual property,
goodwill, trade names, service marks, trade secrets, confidential or proprietary
technical and business information, know-how, show-how, software, customer
lists, subscription lists, data bases and related documentation, registration,
franchises and all other intellectual or other similar property rights, (c) all
rights or claims in respect of refunds for taxes paid, (d) all rights in respect
of any pension plans or similar arrangements maintained for employees of such
Assignor or any member of the ERISA Group and (e) all "uncertificated
securities" (as defined in the UCC); provided, that the term "General
Intangibles" shall exclude (i) any interest of GTS Duratek, Inc. in DuraChem,
L.P., and (ii) any of the Assignors' rights in any of the following patents:
U.S. Patent Nos. 5,851,246; 5,656,044; 5,584,255 and 5,425,792.
"Indemnitee" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.03(c) of this
Agreement.
"Investment Property" means all "securities" (whether certified or
uncertificated), "security entitlement", "securities accounts," "commodity
contracts" and "commodity accounts" (in each case as defined in the UCC) of any
Assignor, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
"Instruments" means, with respect to each Assignor, all "instruments,"
"chattel paper" or "letters of credit" (each as defined in the UCC) evidencing,
representing, arising from or existing in respect of, relating to, securing or
otherwise supporting the payment of, any of the Accounts or General Intangibles,
including (but not limited to) promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and
trade acceptances, now owned or hereafter acquired by such Assignor.
"License" means, with respect to each Assignor, (a) with respect to any
Patent, any agreement now or hereafter in existence granting to such Assignor,
or pursuant to which such Assignor has granted to any other Person, any right
with respect to any Patent or any invention now or hereafter in existence,
whether patentable or not, whether a Patent or application for Patent is in
existence on such invention or not, and whether a Patent or application for
Patent on such invention may come into existence, and (b) with respect to any
Trademark, any agreement now or hereafter in existence granting to such
Assignor, or pursuant to which such Assignor has granted to any other Person,
any right to use any Trademark (in each case exclusive of license agreements
which by their terms prohibit assignment or a grant of a security interest by
such Assignor as licensee thereunder); provided that rights to payments under
any such license shall be included in the Collateral to the extent permitted
thereby or by Section 9-318 of the UCC.
"Liquid Investments" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05 of this
Security Agreement.
"Obligations" means the Obligations as defined in the Credit Agreement and
any renewals or extensions of any obligations thereunder.
"Operating Account" means the demand deposit account maintained with the
Collateral Agent by Duratek on which Duratek draws checks to pay its operating
expenses.
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"Patents" means all of the following owned by, or licensed to, any
Assignor:
(a) all letters patent and design letters patent of the United
States or any other country, all applications for letters patent and
design letters patent of the United States or any other country
including, without limitation, applications in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the
United States, any State thereof or any other country or political
subdivision thereof;
(b) all reissues, divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, renewals or extensions thereof;
(c) all claims for, and rights to xxx for, past or future
infringement of any of the foregoing; and
(d) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter
due or payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including,
without limitation, damages and payments for past or future
infringements thereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "Patents" shall not include any of
the Assignors' rights in any of the following patents: U.S. Patent Nos.
5,851,246; 5,656,044; 5,584,255 and 5,425,792.
"Perfection Certificate" means, with respect to each Assignor, a
certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to this Security Agreement,
completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments contemplated
thereby to the satisfaction of the Collateral Agent, and duly executed by a
Responsible Officer of such Assignor.
"Person" means an individual, a corporation, 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.
"Proceeds" means, with respect to each Assignor, all "proceeds" as defined
in Section 9-306(1) of the UCC and, in any event shall include, without
limitation, all other profits, products, rents or receipts, in whatever form,
arising from the collection, sale, lease, exchange, assignment, licensing or
other disposition of or other realization upon or payment for the use of,
Collateral, including (without limitation) all claims of such Assignor against
third parties for loss of, damage to or destruction of, or for proceeds payable
under, or unearned premiums with respect to, policies of insurance in respect
of, any Collateral, and any condemnation or requisition payments with respect to
any Collateral, in each case whether now existing or hereafter arising.
"Security Interests" means the security interests in the Collateral granted
under this Security Agreement securing the Obligations.
"Trademark" means all of the following owned by, or licensed to, any
Assignor:
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(a) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company
names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles,
service marks, logos, brand names, trade dress, prints and labels
on which any of the foregoing have appeared or appear, package
and other designs, and any other source or business identifiers,
and general intangibles of like nature, and the rights in any of
the foregoing which arise under Applicable Law;
(b) the goodwill of the business symbolized thereby or
associated with each of them;
(c) all registrations and applications in connection
therewith, including, without limitation, registrations and
applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or
in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State
thereof or any other country or any political subdivision
thereof;
(d) all reissues, extensions and renewals thereof;
(e) all claims for, and rights to xxx for, past or future
infringements of any of the foregoing; and
(f) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or
hereafter due or payable with respect to any of the foregoing,
including, without limitation, damages and payments for past or
future infringements thereof.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in
the State of North Carolina, provided that if by reason of mandatory provisions
of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the
Security Interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of North Carolina, "UCC"
means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for
purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of
perfection or non-perfection.
SECTION 1.02 Rules of Construction and Usage. The following rules of
construction and usage shall be applicable to any instrument that is governed by
this Agreement:
(a) All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings
when used in any instrument governed hereby and in any certificate or other
document made or delivered pursuant thereto unless otherwise defined therein.
All terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned thereto
in the Credit Agreement.
(b) The words "hereof", "herein", "hereunder" and words of similar import
when used in an instrument refer to such instrument as a whole and not to any
particular provision or subdivision thereof, references in any instrument to
"Article", "Section" or another subdivision or to an attachment are, unless the
context otherwise requires, to an article, section or subdivision of or an
attachment to such instrument; and the term "including" means "including without
limitation".
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(c) The definitions contained in this Agreement are equally applicable to
both the singular and plural forms of such terms, unless the context otherwise
requires, and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of
such terms.
(d) Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to below or in
any agreement or instrument that is governed by this Agreement means such
agreement or instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or
supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or
consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor
statutes and includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references to
all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein. References to a
Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Assignors represent and warrant that:
SECTION 2.01 Title to Collateral. Each Assignor has good and marketable
title to all of the Collateral, free and clear of any Liens other than Liens
permitted by Section 11.3 of the Credit Agreement. Each Assignor has taken all
actions necessary under the UCC to perfect its interest in any Accounts and
"chattel paper" (as defined in the UCC) purchased or otherwise acquired by it,
as against its assignors and creditors of its assignors. No Assignor has
performed any acts which might prevent the Collateral Agent from enforcing any
of the terms of this Agreement or which would limit the Collateral Agent in any
such enforcement. Other than financing statements or other similar or equivalent
documents or instruments with respect to the Security Interests and Liens
permitted by Section 11.3 of the Credit Agreement, no financing statement,
mortgage, security agreement or similar or equivalent document or instrument
covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any
jurisdiction in which such filing or recording would be effective to perfect a
Lien on such Collateral. No Collateral is in the possession of any Person (other
than the Assignor) asserting any claim thereto or security interest therein, (a)
except as provided in Schedule 11.3 of the Credit Agreement and (b) except that
the Collateral Agent or its designee may have possession of Collateral as
contemplated hereby and by the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 2.02 Validity, Perfection and Priority of Security Interests. The
Security Interests constitute valid security interests under the UCC securing
the Obligations. When UCC financing statements or financing statement
amendments, as applicable, containing a description of the Collateral in the
form specified in Exhibit B hereto shall have been filed in the offices
specified in Schedule 4.01 hereto, the Security Interests shall constitute
perfected security interests in all right, title and interest of the Assignors
in the Collateral to the extent that a security interest therein may be
perfected by filing pursuant to the UCC, prior to all other Liens and rights of
others therein except for Liens permitted by Section 11.3 of the Credit
Agreement.
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SECTION 2.03 Insurance. The Equipment is insured in accordance with the
requirements of the Credit Agreement and Section 4.10 of this Agreement.
ARTICLE III
SECURITY INTEREST
SECTION 3.01 Grant of Security Interests. In order to secure the full and
punctual payment of the Obligations in accordance with the terms thereof, and to
secure the performance of all of the obligations of the Assignors hereunder and
the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, each
Assignor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent a continuing security interest in
and to all of the Collateral, whether now owned or existing or hereafter
acquired, created or arising, whether tangible or intangible, and regardless of
where located.
SECTION 3.02 Continuing Liability of the Borrowers; Right to Use
Collateral. The Security Interests are granted as security only and shall not
subject the Collateral Agent or the Lenders to, or transfer or in any way affect
or modify, any obligation or liability of any Assignor with respect to any of
the Collateral or any transaction in connection therewith. So long as no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Assignor shall
have the right to use its Collateral except to the extent otherwise provided
herein with respect to the Collateral Accounts.
SECTION 3.03 Cash Proceeds Account.
(a) Creation of Cash Proceeds Account. There is hereby established with the
Collateral Agent a cash collateral account (the "Cash Proceeds Account") in the
name of "GTS DURATEK, INC. - FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK" and under the exclusive
control of the Collateral Agent into which there shall be deposited from time to
time the cash proceeds of the Collateral required to be delivered to the
Collateral Agent pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section or any other
provision of the Loan Documents. Any income received by the Collateral Agent
with respect to the balance from time to time standing to the credit of the Cash
Proceeds Account, including any interest, shall remain, or be deposited, in the
Cash Proceeds Account. All right, title and interest in and to the cash amounts
on deposit from time to time in the Cash Proceeds Account shall constitute part
of the Collateral and shall not constitute payment of the Obligations until
applied thereto as hereinafter provided.
(b) Deposits to Cash Proceeds Account. Upon the request of the Collateral
Agent upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Default or Event of
Default, the Assignors shall instruct all Account Debtors and other Persons
obligated in respect of Accounts and other Collateral to make all payments in
respect of the Accounts or other Collateral directly to a post office box which
shall be in the name and under the control of the Collateral Agent. All such
payments made to the Collateral Agent shall be deposited in the Cash Proceeds
Account. In addition to the foregoing, upon the request of the Collateral Agent
upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default or Event of
Default, each Assignor agrees that if the proceeds of any Collateral (including
the payments made in respect of Accounts) shall be received by it, such Assignor
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shall as promptly as possible deposit such proceeds to the Cash Proceeds Account
and until so deposited, all such proceeds shall be held in trust by such
Assignor for and as the property of the Collateral Agent and shall not be
commingled with any other funds or property of such Assignor. The Assignors
hereby irrevocably authorize and empower the Collateral Agent, its officers,
employees and authorized agents to endorse and sign their names on all checks,
drafts, money orders or other media of payment so delivered, and such
endorsements or assignments shall, for all purposes, be deemed to have been made
by the Assignors prior to any endorsement or assignment thereof by the
Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent may use any convenient or customary means
for the purpose of collecting such checks, drafts, money orders or other media
of payment.
(c) Withdrawals from Cash Proceeds Account. Upon the occurrence and during
the continuation of a Default or Event of Default, collected funds on deposit in
the Cash Proceeds Account shall be withdrawn by the Collateral Agent on the
Business Day following the day on which the Collateral Agent considers the funds
deposited therein to be collected funds and applied to repay the Obligations
which are then due and payable pursuant to Section 5.04 of this Security
Agreement and, if applicable, Section 5.5 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 3.04 Cash Collateral Account. All amounts required to be deposited
by the Assignors as cash collateral pursuant to Section 5.04(b) hereof shall be
deposited in a cash collateral account (the "Cash Collateral Account")
established and maintained by each Assignor at the offices of the Collateral
Agent or such other bank as such Assignor and the Collateral Agent may agree, in
the name and under the exclusive control of the Collateral Agent. Forthwith upon
such establishment, such Assignor shall notify the Collateral Agent of the
location, account name and account number of such account. Any income received
with respect to the balance from time to time standing to the credit of the Cash
Collateral Account, including any interest or capital gains on Liquid
Investments, shall remain, or be deposited, in the Cash Collateral Account. All
right, title and interest in and to the cash amounts on deposit from time to
time in the Cash Collateral Account together with any Liquid Investments from
time to time made pursuant to Section 3.05 shall constitute part of the
Collateral hereunder and shall not constitute payment of the Obligations until
applied thereto as hereinafter provided. If and when any portion of the L/C
Obligations on which any deposit in the Cash Collateral Account was based (the
"Relevant Contingent Exposure") shall become fixed (a "Direct Exposure") as a
result of the payment by the issuer thereof of a draft presented under any
Letter of Credit, the amount of such Direct Exposure (but not more than the
amount in the Cash Collateral Account at the time) shall be withdrawn by the
Collateral Agent from the Cash Collateral Account for application pursuant to
Section 5.04 and, if applicable, Section 5.5 of the Credit Agreement, and the
Relevant Contingent Exposure shall thereupon be reduced by such amount. If
immediately available cash on deposit in the Cash Collateral Account is not
sufficient to make any distribution to the Collateral Agent referred to in this
Section 3.04, the Collateral Agent shall cause to be liquidated as promptly as
practicable such Liquid Investments in the Cash Collateral Account designated by
Duratek as required to obtain sufficient cash to make such distribution and,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.04, such distribution
shall not be made until such liquidation has taken place. So long as no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the funds in the Cash
Collateral Account in excess of the Relevant Contingent Exposure shall be paid
to Duratek on demand.
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SECTION 3.05 Investment of Funds in Collateral Accounts. Amounts on deposit
in the Cash Collateral Account shall be invested and reinvested from time to
time in such Liquid Investments as Duratek shall determine, which Liquid
Investments shall be held in the name and be under the control of the Collateral
Agent, provided that, if a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Collateral Agent may liquidate any such Liquid Investments and
apply or cause to be applied the proceeds thereof in the manner specified in
Section 5.04. For this purpose, "Liquid Investments" means Cash Equivalents;
provided that (a) each Liquid Investment shall mature within 180 days after it
is acquired by the Collateral Agent and (b) in order to provide the Collateral
Agent with a perfected security interest therein, each Liquid Investment shall
be either:
(i) evidenced by negotiable certificates or instruments, or
if nonnegotiable then issued in the name of the Collateral Agent,
which (together with any appropriate instruments of transfer) are
delivered to, and held by, the Collateral Agent or an agent
thereof (which shall not be any Assignor or any of its
Affiliates) in the State of North Carolina; or
(ii) in book-entry form and issued by the United States and
subject to pledge under applicable state law and Treasury
regulations and as to which (in the opinion of counsel to the
Collateral Agent) appropriate measures shall have been taken for
perfection of the Security Interests.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
The Assignors covenant and agree with the Collateral Agent that until the
payment in full of all Obligations and termination of the Commitments, the
Assignors will comply with the following:
SECTION 4.01 Delivery of Perfection Certificate; Filing of Financing
Statements and Delivery of Search Reports. On or prior to the Closing Date,
each Assignor shall deliver a Perfection Certificate to the Collateral Agent and
shall cause all filings, recordings, notices and other actions specified in
Schedule 4.01 hereto to have been completed. The information set forth in the
Perfection Certificate shall be correct and complete. At the expense of the
Assignors, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to file search requests and
confirmations of receipt of notices from each filing jurisdiction and each
notice recipient set forth in Schedule 4.01 confirming the filing information
set forth in such Schedule.
SECTION 4.02 Change of Name, Identity or Structure; Locations of Places of
Business, Chief Executive Office and Collateral. No Assignor will change its
name, identity or corporate structure in any manner unless it shall have given
the Collateral Agent not less than ten (10) days' prior notice thereof. No
Assignor will change the location of (a) its place or places of business, its
chief executive office or its chief place of business or (b) the locations where
it keeps or holds any Collateral or any records relating thereto from the
applicable location described in such Assignor's Perfection Certificate unless
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it shall have given the Collateral Agent not less than thirty (30) days' prior
notice thereof, provided, however, that Equipment may be moved without prior
notice to the Collateral Agent within or into any jurisdiction in which
financing statements have been filed which perfect the security interests in
such Equipment in such jurisdiction. In any event, no Assignor will change the
location of its place or places of business, its chief executive office or any
Collateral if such change would cause the Security Interests in such Collateral
to lapse or cease to be perfected.
SECTION 4.03 Further Assurances. Each Assignor will, from time to time, at
its expense, execute, deliver, file and record any statement, assignment,
instrument, document, agreement or other paper and take any other action
(including, without limitation, any filings of financing or continuation
statements under the UCC, any filings with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and any Notices of Assignment under the Assignment of Claims
Act), that from time to time may be necessary or desirable, or that the
Collateral Agent may request, in order to create, preserve, perfect, confirm or
validate the Security Interests or to enable the Collateral Agent to obtain the
full benefit of this Agreement, or to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise
and enforce any of its rights, powers and remedies created hereunder or under
Applicable Law with respect to any of the Collateral. To the extent permitted by
Applicable Law, each Assignor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to execute
and file financing statements or continuation statements without such Assignor's
signature appearing thereon. Each Assignor agrees that a carbon, photographic,
photostatic or other reproduction of this Agreement or of a financing statement
is sufficient as a financing statement. The Assignors shall pay the costs of, or
incidental to, any recording or filing of any financing or continuation
statements concerning the Collateral.
SECTION 4.04 Collateral in Possession of Other Persons. If any Collateral
is at any time in the possession or control of any warehouseman, bailee or any
Assignor's agents or processors, such Assignor shall notify such warehouseman,
bailee, agent or processor of the Security Interests created hereby and to hold
all such Collateral for the Collateral Agent's account subject to the Collateral
Agent's instructions.
SECTION 4.05 Books and Records. The Assignors shall keep full and accurate
books and records relating to the Collateral, including, without limitation, the
originals of all documentation with respect thereto, records of all payments
received, all credits granted thereon, all merchandise returned and all other
dealings therewith, and the Assignors will make the same available to the
Collateral Agent for inspection, at the Assignors' own cost and expense, at any
and all reasonable times upon demand. Upon direction by the Collateral Agent,
the Assignors shall stamp or otherwise xxxx such books and records in such
manner as the Collateral Agent may reasonably require in order to reflect the
Security Interests.
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SECTION 4.06 Delivery of Instruments. The Assignors will immediately
deliver each Instrument, certificated security and uncertificated security to
the Collateral Agent indorsed (as applicable) to the Collateral Agent; provided
that so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and except as provided by any other Loan Document, the Assignors may
retain for collection in the ordinary course of business any Instruments (other
than certificated securities, checks, drafts and other Instruments constituting
payments in respect of Accounts and other Collateral, as to which the provisions
of Section 3.03 hereof shall apply) received by them in the ordinary course of
business and the Collateral Agent shall, promptly upon request of any Assignor,
make appropriate arrangements for making any other Instrument pledged by such
Assignor available to it for purposes of presentation, collection or renewal
(any such arrangement to be effected, to the extent deemed appropriate to the
Collateral Agent, against trust receipt or like document).
SECTION 4.07 Modification of Assigned Agreements, Etc. Each Assignor shall
keep the Collateral Agent informed of all material circumstances bearing upon
the right, title and interest of such Assignor under the Assigned Agreements. No
Assignor will, except with the consent of the Collateral Agent amend, modify,
extend, renew, cancel or terminate any Assigned Agreement, waive any default
under or breach of any Assigned Agreement, compromise or settle any material
dispute, claim, suit or legal proceeding relating to any Assigned Agreement,
sell or assign any Assigned Agreement or interest therein, consent to or permit
or accept any prepayment of amounts to become due under or in connection with
any Assigned Agreement, except as expressly provided therein, or take any other
action in connection with any Assigned Agreement which would impair the value of
the interests or rights of such Assignor thereunder or which would impair the
interests or rights of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement, except that,
unless the Collateral Agent shall have notified such Assignor upon the
occurrence of a Default or Event of Default that this exception is no longer
applicable, such Assignor may modify, make adjustments with respect to, extend
or renew any Assigned Agreements in the ordinary course of business. The
Assignor will duly fulfill all of its obligations under or in connection with
the Assigned Agreements unless the failure to do so could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.08 Equipment; Fixtures. The Assignors shall promptly inform the
Collateral Agent of any material additions to or deletions from the Equipment
and shall not permit any such items to become a fixture to real estate or an
accession to other personal property.
SECTION 4.09 Disposition of Collateral. Without the prior written consent
of the Collateral Agent, the Assignors will not sell, lease, exchange, assign or
otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any Collateral,
except that, subject to the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder if a
Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Assignors may grant Licenses in their respective Patents and Trademarks in the
ordinary course of their businesses, and to the extent permitted by Section 11.6
of the Credit Agreement, the Assignors may sell, lease or exchange obsolete,
unused or unnecessary Equipment in the ordinary course of business, whereupon,
in the case of such a sale or exchange, the Security Interests created hereby in
such item (but not in any Proceeds arising from such sale or exchange) shall
cease immediately without any further action on the part of the Collateral
Agent.
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SECTION 4.10 Insurance. Prior to the Closing Date, each Assignor will
cause the Collateral Agent to be named as an insured party and loss payee on
each insurance policy covering risks relating to any of its Equipment. Each
Assignor will deliver to the Collateral Agent, upon its request, the insurance
policies for such insurance or certificates of insurance evidencing such
coverage. Each such insurance policy shall include effective waivers by the
insurer of all claims for insurance premiums against the Collateral Agent,
provide for coverage to the Collateral Agent regardless of the breach by such
Assignor of any warranty or representation made therein, not be subject to
co-insurance, provide that all insurance proceeds in excess of $250,000 per
claim shall be payable to such Assignor and the Collateral Agent and provide
that no cancellation, termination or material modification thereof shall be
effective until at least thirty (30) days after receipt by the Collateral Agent
of notice thereof. So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Collateral Agent shall deliver the proceeds of any claims in the
Collateral Agent's possession to the Assignor. Each Assignor hereby appoints the
Collateral Agent as its attorney-in-fact to make proof of loss, claim for
insurance and adjustments with insurers, and to execute or endorse all
documents, checks or drafts in connection with payments made as a result of any
insurance policies, but the Collateral Agent agrees not to exercise any of the
foregoing rights unless a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing. 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.
SECTION 4.11 Information Regarding Collateral. The Assignors will,
promptly upon request, provide to the Collateral Agent all information and
evidence it may reasonably request concerning the Collateral to enable the
Collateral Agent to enforce the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 4.12 Covenants Regarding Patent and Trademark Collateral.
(a) Each Assignor (either itself or through licensees) will, for each
Patent, not do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any Patent which is
material to the conduct of such Assignor's business may become invalidated or
dedicated to the public, and shall continue to xxxx any products covered by a
Patent with the relevant patent number or indication that a Patent is pending as
required by the Patent laws.
(b) Each Assignor (either itself or, if permitted by law, through its
licensees or its sublicensees) will, for each Trademark material to the conduct
of such Assignor's business, (i) maintain such Trademark in full force free from
any claim of abandonment or invalidity for non-use, (ii) maintain the quality of
products and services offered under such Trademark, display such Trademark with
notice of federal registration to the extent required by Applicable Law, (iv)
not knowingly use or knowingly permit the use of such Trademark in violation of
any third party rights and (v) not permit any assignment in gross of such
Trademark.
(c) Each Assignor (either itself or through licensees) will, for each work
covered by a material copyright, continue to publish, reproduce, display, adopt
and distribute the work with appropriate copyright notice.
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(d) Each Assignor shall notify the Collateral Agent immediately if it knows
or has reason to know that any Patent, Trademark or copyright (or any
application or registration relating thereto) material to the conduct of its
business may become abandoned or dedicated to the public, or of any adverse
determination or development (including, without limitation, the institution of,
or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any court)
regarding such Assignor's ownership of any Patent, Trademark or copyright, its
right to register the same or to keep and maintain the same.
(e) Each Assignor will take all necessary steps to file, maintain and
pursue each material application relating to the Patents, Trademarks and/or
copyrights (and to obtain the relevant grant or registration) and to maintain
each registration of the Patents, Trademarks and copyrights which is material to
the conduct of such Assignor's business, including filing of applications for
renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of incontestability and maintenance fees,
and, if consistent with good business judgment, to initiate opposition,
interference and cancellation proceedings against third parties.
(f) In the event that any rights to any Patent, Trademark, copyright or
License relating thereto material to the conduct of any Assignor's business is
believed infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Assignor
shall notify the Collateral Agent promptly after it learns thereof and shall, if
consistent with good business judgment, promptly xxx for infringement,
misappropriation or dilution and to recover any and all damages for such
infringement, misappropriation or dilution, and take such other actions as such
Assignor shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect
such Patent, Trademark, copyright or License.
(g) In no event shall any Assignor, either itself or through any agent,
employee, licensee or designee, file an application for any Patent, Trademark or
copyright with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States
Copyright Office or any office or agency in any political subdivision of the
United States or in any other country or any political subdivision thereof,
unless not less than ten (10) days prior thereto it informs the Collateral
Agent, and, upon request of the Collateral Agent, executes and delivers any and
all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Collateral Agent may
request to evidence the Security Interests in such Patent, Trademark or
copyright and the goodwill or accounts and general intangibles of such Assignor
relating thereto or represented thereby, and such Assignor hereby appoints the
Collateral Agent its attorney-in-fact to execute and file such writings for the
foregoing purposes.
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ARTICLE V
REMEDIES; RIGHTS UPON DEFAULT
SECTION 5.01 General Authority. The Assignors hereby irrevocably appoint
the Collateral Agent their true and lawful attorney, with full power of
substitution, in the name of any or all of the Assignors, the Collateral Agent
or otherwise, in the name of each Assignor, the Agents, the Lenders or
otherwise, for the sole use and benefit of the Collateral Agent, but at the
Assignors' expense, to the extent permitted by law to exercise at any time and
from time to time while an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, all
or any of the following powers with respect to all or any of the Collateral, all
acts of such attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed; such power, being
coupled with an interest, is irrevocable until the Obligations are paid in full
and the Commitments are terminated:
(a) to demand, xxx for, collect, receive and give
acquittance for any and all monies due or to become due with
respect to any Collateral or by virtue thereof,
(b) to settle, compromise, compound, prosecute or defend any
action or proceeding with respect to any Collateral,
(c) to sell, transfer, assign or otherwise deal in or with
the same or the proceeds or avails thereof, including without
limitation for the implementation of any assignment, lease,
License, sublicense, grant of option, sale or other disposition
of any Patent, Trademark or copyright or any action related
thereto, as fully and effectually as if the Collateral Agent were
the absolute owner thereof, and
(d) to extend the time of payment of any or all thereof and
to make any allowance and other adjustments with reference to the
Collateral;
provided that the Collateral Agent shall give such Assignor not less than ten
(10) days' prior notice of the time and place of any sale or other intended
disposition of any of such Assignor's Collateral, except any Collateral which is
perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily
sold on a recognized market. The Collateral Agent and such Assignor agree that
such notice constitutes "reasonable notification" within the meaning of Section
9-504(3) of the UCC. Except as otherwise provided herein, 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 dispositions 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 any statute of the United States or of any state.
SECTION 5.02 Remedies upon Event of Default.
(a) If any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral
Agent may exercise on behalf of itself, the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, upon the request of the Required Lenders, all rights of a secured party
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under the UCC (whether or not in effect in the jurisdiction where such rights
are exercised) and, in addition, the Collateral Agent may, upon the request of
the Required Lenders, without being required to give any notice to any Assignor,
except as herein provided or as may be required by mandatory provisions of law,
(i) withdraw all cash and Liquid Investments in the Collateral Accounts and
apply such cash and Liquid Investments and other cash, if any, then held by it
as Collateral as specified in Section 5.04 and (ii) if there shall be no such
cash or Liquid Investments or if such cash and Liquid Investments shall be
insufficient to pay all the Obligations in full or cannot be so applied for any
reason, sell the Collateral or any part thereof at public or private sale, for
cash, upon credit or for future delivery, and at such price or prices as the
Collateral Agent may deem satisfactory. The Collateral Agent, the Administrative
Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of the Collateral so sold
at any public sale (or, if the Collateral is of a type customarily sold in a
recognized market or is of a type which is the subject of widely distributed
standard price quotations, at any private sale) and thereafter hold the same
absolutely, free from any right or claim of whatsoever kind. The Assignors will
execute and deliver such documents and take such other action as the Collateral
Agent deems necessary or advisable in order that any such sale may be made in
compliance with law. Upon any such sale, the Collateral Agent shall have the
right to deliver, assign and transfer to the purchaser thereof the Collateral so
sold (without warranty). Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the
Collateral so sold to it absolutely and free from any claim or right of
whatsoever kind, including any equity or right of redemption of the Assignors
which may be waived, and the Assignors, to the extent permitted by law, hereby
specifically waive all rights of redemption, stay or appraisal which they have
or may have under any law now existing or hereafter adopted. The notice (if any)
of such sale required by Section 5.01 shall (i) in the case of a public sale,
state the time and place fixed for such sale, and (ii) 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 without further notice. In the
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 thereof, but the Collateral Agent
shall not incur any liability in the case of the failure of such purchaser to
take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and, in the case of any such failure,
such Collateral may again be sold upon like notice. The Collateral Agent,
instead of exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, may proceed by
a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose the Security Interests and sell
the Collateral, or any portion thereof, under a judgment or decree of a court or
courts of competent jurisdiction. The Assignors shall remain jointly and
severally liable for any deficiency.
(b) For the purpose of enforcing any and all rights and remedies under this
Agreement the Collateral Agent may (i) require the Assignors to, and each
Assignor agrees that it will, at its expense and upon the request of the
Collateral Agent, forthwith assemble all or any part of the Collateral as
directed by the Collateral Agent and make it available at a place designated by
the Collateral Agent which is, in the Collateral Agent's opinion, reasonably
convenient to the Collateral Agent and such Assignor, whether at the premises of
such Assignor or otherwise, it being understood that such Assignor's obligation
so to deliver the Collateral is of the essence of this Agreement and that,
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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 such obligations; (ii) to the extent permitted by Applicable
Law, enter, with or without process of law and without breach of the peace, any
premise where any of the Collateral is or may be located, and without charge or
liability to the Collateral Agent seize and remove such Collateral from such
premises; (iii) have access to and use the Assignors' books and records relating
to the Collateral; and (iv) prior to the disposition of the Collateral, store or
transfer it without charge in or by means of any storage or transportation
facility owned or leased by the Assignors, process, repair or recondition it or
otherwise prepare it for disposition in any manner and to the extent the
Collateral Agent deems appropriate and, in connection with such preparation and
disposition, use without charge any Patent, Trademark, copyright, License
relating thereto or technical process used by the Assignors. The Collateral
Agent may also render any or all of the Collateral unusable at any Assignor's
premises and may dispose of such Collateral on such premises without liability
for rent or costs.
(c) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing (but subject to the terms of any prior
License permitted hereby):
(i) the Collateral Agent may license, or sublicense,
whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an
exclusive or non-exclusive basis, any Patents, Trademarks or
copyrights included in the Collateral throughout the world
for such term or terms, on such conditions and in such
manner as the Collateral Agent shall in its sole discretion
determine;
(ii) the Collateral Agent may (without assuming any
obligations or liability thereunder), at any time and from
time to time, enforce (and shall have the exclusive right to
enforce) against any licensee or sublicensee all rights and
remedies of the Assignor in, to and under any License with
respect to any Patent or Trademark, or license with respect
to copyrights and take or refrain from taking any action
under any provision thereof, and the Assignor hereby
releases the Collateral Agent from, and agrees to hold the
Collateral Agent free and harmless from and against any
claims arising out of, any lawful action so taken or omitted
to be taken with respect thereto; and
(iii) upon request by the Collateral Agent, each
Assignor will use its best efforts to obtain all requisite
consents or approvals by the licensor or sublicensor of each
License with respect to Patents, license with respect to
copyrights or License with respect to Trademarks to effect
the assignment of all of the Assignor's rights, title and
interest thereunder to the Collateral Agent or its designee
and will execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent a power
of attorney, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent, for the implementation of any lease,
assignment, license, sublicense, grant of option, sale or
other disposition of a Patent, Trademark or copyright; and
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(iv) the Collateral Agent may direct any Assignor to
refrain, in which event such Assignor shall refrain, from
using or practicing any Trademark, Patent or copyright in
any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly and shall, if
requested by the Collateral Agent change such Assignor's
name to eliminate therefrom any use of any Trademark and
will execute such other and further documents as the
Collateral Agent may request to further confirm this and
transfer ownership of the Trademarks, Patents, copyrights
and registrations and any pending applications therefor to
the Collateral Agent.
(d) In the event of any disposition of any Patent, Trademark or copyright
pursuant to this Article V, the Assignors shall supply their know-how and
expertise relating to the manufacture and sale of the products or services
bearing Trademarks or the products, services or works made or rendered in
connection with or under Patents, Trademarks or copyrights, and their customer
lists and other records relating to such Patents, Trademarks or copyrights and
to the distribution of said products, services or works, to the Collateral
Agent.
(e) If any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each Assignor
shall use its best efforts upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent
to obtain from the appropriate governmental authorities the necessary consents
and approvals, if any, for the assignment or transfer of any governmental
authorizations, governmental licenses and governmental permits to the Collateral
Agent or its designee upon acceleration of the Obligations.
SECTION 5.03 Limitation on Duty of the Collateral Agent in Respect of
Collateral. Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, the
Collateral Agent shall have no duty to exercise any rights or take any steps to
preserve the rights of any Assignor in the Collateral in its or such Assignors
possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or
any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or
any other rights pertaining thereto, nor shall the Collateral Agent be liable to
the Assignor or any other Person for failure to meet any obligation imposed by
Section 9-207 of the UCC or any successor provision. The Collateral Agent shall
be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of
the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment
substantially equal to that which it accords its own property, and shall not be
liable or responsible for any loss or damage to any of the Collateral, or for
any diminution in the value thereof, by reason of the act or omission of any
warehouseman, carrier, forwarding agency, consignee or other agent or bailee
selected by the Collateral Agent in good faith.
SECTION 5.04 Application of Proceeds.
(a) Priority of Distribution. If an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, the proceeds of any sale of, or other realization upon, all
or any part of the Collateral and any cash held in the Collateral Accounts shall
be applied by the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 5.5 of the Credit
Agreement, and then to payment to the Assignors or their successors or assigns
or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct, or any surplus then
remaining from such proceeds. The Collateral Agent may make distribution
hereunder in cash or in kind or, on a ratable basis in any combination thereof.
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(b) Distributions with Respect to Letters of Credit. The Collateral Agent
agrees and acknowledges that if (after all outstanding Loans and Reimbursement
Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit have been paid in full) the
Collateral Agent is to receive a distribution on account of undrawn amounts with
respect to Letters of Credit issued (or deemed issued) under the Credit
Agreement, such amounts shall be deposited in the Cash Collateral Account as
cash security for the repayment of Obligations. Upon termination of all
outstanding Letters of Credit, all of such cash security shall be applied to the
remaining Obligations. If there remains any excess cash security in such
accounts, such excess cash shall be withdrawn by the Collateral Agent and
distributed in accordance with Section 5.04(a) hereof.
(c) It is understood that the Assignors shall remain jointly and severally
liable to the extent of any deficiency between the amount of the proceeds of the
Collateral and the amount of the Obligations.
SECTION 5.05 Assigned Agreements. Each Assignor hereby irrevocably
authorizes and empowers the Collateral Agent, in the Collateral Agent's sole
discretion, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to assert,
either directly or on behalf of such Assignor, any claims such Assignor may
have, from time to time, against any other party to any Assigned Agreement or to
otherwise exercise any right or remedy of such Assignor under any Assigned
Agreement (including without limitation, the right to enforce directly against
any party to an Assigned Agreement all of such Assignor's rights thereunder, to
make all demands and give all notices and make all requests required or
permitted to be made by such Assignor under any Assigned Agreements) as the
Collateral Agent may deem proper. Each Assignor hereby irrevocably makes,
constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent (and all officers, employees or
agents designated by the Collateral Agent) as such Assignor's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact for the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent, to assert and
collect such claims and to exercise such rights and remedies.
SECTION 5.06 Concerning the Collateral Agent. The provisions of Article
XIII of the Credit Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent
in respect to this Agreement and shall be binding upon the parties to the Credit
Agreement in such respect. In furtherance and not in derogation of the rights,
privileges and immunities of the Collateral Agent therein set forth:
(a) The Collateral Agent is authorized to take all such action as is
provided to be taken by it as Collateral Agent hereunder and all other action
incidental thereto. As to any matters not expressly provided for herein, the
Collateral Agent may request instructions from the Lenders and shall act or
refrain from acting in accordance with written instructions from the Required
Lenders (or, when expressly required by this Agreement or the Credit Agreement,
all the Lenders) or, in the absence of such instructions, in accordance with its
discretion.
(b) The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the existence,
genuineness or value of any of the Collateral or for the validity, perfection,
priority or enforceability of the Security Interests, whether impaired by
operation of law or by reason of any action or omission to act on its part
(other than any such action or inaction constituting gross negligence or willful
misconduct). The Collateral Agent shall have no duty to ascertain or inquire as
to the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Agreement by any
Assignor.
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ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 6.01 Notices. Unless otherwise specified herein, all notices,
requests or other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing
(including bank wire, telex, facsimile transmission or similar writing) and
shall be given or made to such party in accordance with Section 14.1 of the
Credit Agreement.
SECTION 6.02 No Waivers; Non-Exclusive Remedies. No failure or delay on
the part of the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent or any Lender to
exercise, no course of dealing with respect to, and no delay in exercising any
right, power or privilege under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any
other document or agreement contemplated hereby or thereby shall operate as a
waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power
or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies provided herein and
in the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other
remedies provided by law. Without limiting the foregoing, nothing in this
Agreement shall impair the right of the Collateral Agent, the Administrative
Agent or any Lender to exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim it may have
and to apply the amount subject to such exercise to the payment of indebtedness
of each Assignor other than such Assignor's indebtedness under the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents. This Agreement is a Loan Document
executed pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 6.03 Compensation and Expenses of the Collateral Agent;
Indemnification.
(a) Expenses. The Assignors shall pay (i) all out-of-pocket expenses of the
Collateral Agent, including fees and disbursements of special and local counsel
for the Collateral Agent, in connection with the preparation and administration
of this Agreement or any document or agreement contemplated hereby, any consent
or waiver hereunder or any amendment hereof or any Default or alleged Default
and (ii) if Default or an Event of Default occurs, all out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Collateral Agent and each Lender, including (without
duplication) the fees and disbursements of outside counsel in connection with
such Default or Event of Default and collection, bankruptcy, insolvency and
other enforcement proceedings resulting therefrom.
(b) Protection of Collateral. If any Assignor fails to comply with the
provisions of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
such that the value of any Collateral or the validity, perfection, rank or value
of any Security Interest is thereby diminished or potentially diminished or put
at risk, the Collateral Agent, if requested by the Required Lenders, may, but
shall not be required to, effect such compliance on behalf of such Assignor, and
such Assignor shall reimburse the Collateral Agent for the costs thereof on
demand. All insurance expenses and all expenses of protecting, storing,
warehousing, appraising, insuring, handling, maintaining and shipping the
Collateral, any and all excise, property, sales and use taxes imposed by any
state, federal or local authority on any of the Collateral, or in respect of
periodic appraisals and inspections of the Collateral to the extent the same may
be requested by the Collateral Agent from time to time, or in respect of the
sale or other disposition thereof shall be borne and paid by the Assignors. If
any Assignor fails to promptly pay any portion thereof when due, the Collateral
Agent, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may, at its option, but shall not
be required to, pay the same and charge such Assignor's account therefor, and
such Assignor agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent
or any such Lender on demand. All sums so paid or incurred by the Collateral
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Agent, the Administrative Agent or any Lender for any of the foregoing and any
and all other sums for which the Assignors may become liable hereunder and all
costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees, legal expenses and court costs)
reasonably incurred by the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent or any
such Lender in enforcing or protecting the Security Interests or any of its
rights or remedies under this Agreement, shall, together with interest thereon
for each day from the date when paid or incurred by the Collateral Agent until
paid by the Assignors at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans under the
Credit Agreement and shall be additional Obligations.
(c) Indemnification. The Assignors agree, jointly and severally, to
indemnify the Lenders, the Agents, their affiliates and their respective
directors, officers, trustees, agents and employees (each an "Indemnitee") and
hold each Indemnitee harmless from and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, suits,
judgments, costs and expenses of any kind, including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, which may be incurred by, imposed
on or asserted against such Indemnitee in connection with any investigation or
administrative or judicial proceeding (whether or not such Indemnitee shall be
designated a party thereto) brought or threatened relating to or arising out of
this Agreement or in any other way connected with the enforcement of any of the
terms of, or the preservation of any rights hereunder, or in any way relating to
or arising out of the manufacture, ownership, ordering, purchasing, delivery,
control, 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 governmental body or unit, any tort
(including, without limitation, any 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 have the right to be indemnified hereunder for
such Indemnitee's own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a
court of competent jurisdiction. The Assignors agree that upon written notice by
any Indemnitee of the assertion of such a liability, obligation, loss, damage,
penalty, claim, demand, action, judgment or suit, the Assignors shall assume
full responsibility for the defense thereof. Each Indemnitee agrees to use its
best efforts to notify the Assignors of any such assertion of which such
Indemnitee has knowledge.
(d) Obligations: Survival. Any amounts paid by any Indemnitee as to which
such Indemnitee has the right to reimbursement shall constitute Obligations. The
indemnity obligations of the Assignors contained in this Section 6.03 shall
continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the full payment of all Notes
and all of the other Obligations and notwithstanding the discharge thereof.
SECTION 6.04 Amendments and Waivers. Any provision of this Agreement may
be amended, changed, discharged, terminated or waived if, but only if, such
amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed by the Assignors and the
Collateral Agent in a manner consistent with Section 14.11 of Credit Agreement).
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SECTION 6.05 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the Assignors and the Agents and their respective
successors and assigns (as permitted by the Credit Agreement), and in the event
or an assignment of all or any portion of the Obligations, the rights hereunder,
to the extent applicable to the indebtedness so assigned, may be transferred
with such indebtedness. This Agreement shall be binding on the Assignors and
their successors and assigns; provided, that the Assignors may not assign any of
their rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the
Agents and the Lenders.
SECTION 6.06 Limitation of Law; Severability.
(a) All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Agreement may be
exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any
applicable provision of law, and all the provisions of this Agreement are
intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law which may
be controlling and be limited to the extent necessary so that they will not
render this Agreement invalid, unenforceable in whole or in part, or not
entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any
Applicable Law.
(b) Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in
any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the
extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions hereof or thereof or
affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
SECTION 6.07 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, construed
and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina, without
reference to the conflicts or choice of law principles thereof.
SECTION 6.08 Consent to Jurisdiction. Each Assignor hereby irrevocably
consents to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in any action, claim or other proceeding
arising out of or any dispute in connection with this Agreement, any rights or
obligations hereunder, or the performance of such rights and obligations. Each
Assignor hereby irrevocably consents to the service of a summons and complaint
and other process in any action, claim or proceeding brought by any Agent or any
Lender in connection with this Agreement, any rights or obligations hereunder,
or the performance of such rights and obligations, on behalf of itself or its
property, in the manner provided in Section 14.1 of the Credit Agreement.
Nothing in this Section 6.08 shall affect the right of the Administrative Agent
or Lender to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by Applicable Law
or affect the right of any Agent or any Lender to bring any action or proceeding
against any Assignor or its properties in the courts of any other jurisdictions.
SECTION 6.09. Binding Arbitration; Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a) Binding Arbitration. Upon demand of any party hereto, whether made
before or after institution of any judicial proceeding, any claim or controversy
arising out of, or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (a
"Dispute") between or among the parties to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document shall be resolved by binding arbitration conducted under and governed
by the Commercial Financial Disputes Arbitration Rules (the "Arbitration Rules")
of the American Arbitration Association (the "AAA") and the Federal Arbitration
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Act. Disputes may include, without limitation, tort claims, counterclaims,
disputes as to whether a matter is subject to arbitration, claims brought as
class actions, or claims arising from documents executed in the future. A
judgment upon the award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.
(b) Special Rules. All arbitration hearings shall be conducted in
Charlotte, North Carolina. A hearing shall begin within 90 days of demand for
arbitration and all hearings shall be concluded within 120 days of demand for
arbitration. These time limitations may not be extended unless a party shows
cause for extension and then for no more than a total of 60 days. The expedited
procedures set forth in Rule 51 et seq. of the Arbitration Rules shall be
applicable to claims of less than $1,000,000. Arbitrators shall be licensed
attorneys selected from the Commercial Financial Dispute Arbitration Panel of
the AAA. The parties hereto do not waive applicable Federal or state substantive
law except as provided herein.
(c) Preservation and Limitation of Remedies.
(i) Notwithstanding the preceding binding arbitration
provisions, the parties hereto and to the other Loan Documents
agree to preserve, without diminution, certain remedies that any
such Persons may exercise before or after an arbitration
proceeding is brought. Each such Person shall have the right to
proceed in any court of proper jurisdiction or by self-help to
exercise or prosecute the following remedies, as applicable: (i)
all rights to foreclose against any real or personal property or
other security by exercising a power of sale or under applicable
law by judicial foreclosure including a proceeding to confirm the
sale; (ii) all rights of self-help including peaceful occupation
of real property and collection of rents, set-off, and peaceful
possession of personal property; (iii) obtaining provisional or
ancillary remedies including injunctive relief, sequestration,
garnishment, attachment, appointment of receiver and filing an
involuntary bankruptcy proceeding; and (iv) when applicable, a
judgment by confession of judgment. Any claim or controversy with
regard to any party's entitlement to such remedies is a Dispute.
(ii) Each party hereto and to the other Loan Documents
agrees that it shall not have a remedy of punitive or exemplary
damages against any other party hereto or any other Loan Document
in any Dispute and hereby waives any right or claim to punitive
or exemplary damages such party has now or which may arise in the
future in connection with any Dispute, whether the Dispute is
resolved by arbitration or judicially.
(d) JURY TRIAL. THE PARTIES HERETO AND TO THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BY AGREEING TO BINDING ARBITRATION THEY HAVE IRREVOCABLY WAIVED
ANY RIGHT THEY MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL WITH REGARD TO A DISPUTE.
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SECTION 6.10 Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and shall be binding upon all parties, their successors and assigns, and all of
which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
SECTION 6.11 Release and Termination.
(a) Upon any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of any item of
Collateral by any Assignor in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents
(other than sales of Collateral in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practices), the Collateral Agent will, at such Assignor's expense,
execute and deliver to such Assignor such documents as such Assignor shall
request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment
and security interest granted hereby.
(b) This Agreement shall remain in effect from the Closing Date through and
including the date upon which all Obligations shall have been indefeasibly and
irrevocably paid and satisfied in full and the Commitments terminated and upon
such date the Security Interest granted hereby shall terminate and all rights to
the Collateral shall revert to the Assignors. Upon any such termination, (i) the
Collateral Agent shall promptly assign, release, transfer and deliver to the
Assignors the Collateral held by it hereunder, all instruments of assignment
executed in connection therewith, together with all monies held by the
Collateral Agent or any of its agents hereunder, free and clear of the Liens
hereof and (ii) the Agents and the Lenders will promptly execute and deliver to
the Assignors such documents and instruments (including but not limited to
appropriate UCC termination statements) as the Assignors shall request to
evidence such termination in each such case at the expense of the Grantors.
SECTION 6.12 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
constitute the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto and
supersedes any and all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, and
any contemporaneous oral agreements and understandings relating to the subject
matter hereof and thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year
first above written.
[CORPORATE SEAL] GTS DURATEK, INC., as Assignor
By:
Name:
Title:
[CORPORATE SEAL] GTS DURATEK BEAR CREEK, INC.,
as Assignor
By:
Name:
Title:
[CORPORATE SEAL] GTS DURATEK COLORADO, INC.,
as Assignor
By:
Name:
Title:
[CORPORATE SEAL] HITTMAN TRANSPORT SERVICES,
INC. , as Assignor
By:
Name:
Title:
[CORPORATE SEAL] GTS INSTRUMENT SERVICES,
INCORPORATED, as Assignor
By:
Name:
Title:
[CORPORATE SEAL] GENERAL TECHNICAL SERVICES,
INC. , as Assignor
By:
Name:
Title:
[CORPORATE SEAL] ANALYTICAL RESOURCES, INC. , as
Assignor
By:
Name:
Title:
[CORPORATE SEAL] GTSD SUB III, INC., as Assignor
By:
Name:
Title:
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,
as Collateral Agent
By:
Name:
Title: