COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
EXECUTION VERSION
THIS COLLATERAL AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) is entered into as of June 30, 2011 among DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION, a Massachusetts corporation (the “Borrower”), CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER IDENTIFIED AS “GRANTORS” ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO and EACH ADDITIONAL GRANTOR that may become a Grantor hereunder after the date hereof (such Subsidiaries, such Additional Grantors and the Borrower, individually, a “Grantor”, and collectively, the “Grantors”) and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement identified below).
Pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders have agreed to make Credit Extensions to the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; and this Agreement is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the terms of the Guaranty, certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower who are also parties hereto have guaranteed the payment and performance of the Obligations.
It is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make Credit Extensions to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Additional Grantor” means each Subsidiary of the Borrower, which hereafter becomes a Grantor pursuant to Section 21 (as required pursuant to Section 6.12 of the Credit Agreement).
“Assignment Documents” means, collectively, the assignments and notices of assignment executed by a Grantor pursuant to the Assignment of Claims Act or any similar or analogous Laws with respect to any Government Contract to which such Grantor is a party, each of which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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“Assignment of Claims Act” means the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940 (41 U.S.C. Section 15, 31 U.S.C. Section 3737, and 31 U.S.C. Section 3727 and including all amendments thereto and regulations promulgated thereunder) and Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 32.8.
“Collateral” has the meaning provided in Section 2.
“Controlled Person” has the meaning provided in Section 4(b)(i).
“Copyright License” means any agreement now or hereafter in existence naming any Grantor as licensor or licensee granting any right under any Copyright, including, without limitation, the grant of rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright.
“Copyrights” means collectively, all of the following of any Grantor: (a) all copyrights, rights and interests in copyrights, works protectable by copyright, copyright registrations and copyright applications anywhere in the world, (b) all extensions, and renewals of any of the foregoing, (c) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under any of the foregoing or with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, damages or payments for past, present or future infringements of any of the foregoing, (d) the right to xxx for past, present or future infringements of any of the foregoing and (e) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing throughout the world.
“Excluded Deposit Account” means, collectively, (a) all Deposit Accounts established solely for the purpose of funding payroll and other compensation and benefits to employees and (b) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and after a request by the Administrative Agent for the provision of control agreements with respect to Deposit Accounts pursuant to Section 4(b)(i), Deposit Accounts with amounts on deposit that, when aggregated with the amounts on deposit in all other Deposit Accounts for which a control agreement has not been obtained (other than those specified in clause (a)), do not exceed $250,000 at any time.
“Excluded Equity” means any rights of any Grantor in any stock that is entitled to vote (within the meaning of Section 1.956-2(c)(2) of the Treasury Regulations) and is issued by a CFC, but only to the extent such rights are in excess of 65% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of such CFC; provided that if as a result of any change in Section 957 of the Code or any other applicable Law on or after the date hereof, a pledge of a percentage greater than 65% could not reasonably be expected to cause any material adverse tax consequences, then such percentage greater than 65% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of such CFC entitled to vote shall immediately cease to be “Excluded Equity” and shall be deemed Collateral for purposes of this Agreement. As used herein, “CFC” means any First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation” (as defined in Section 957 of the Code).
“Intellectual Property” means collectively, all of the following of any Grantor: (a) all systems software, applications software and internet rights, including, without limitation, screen displays and formats, internet domain names, web sites (including web links), program structures, sequence and organization, all documentation for such software, including, without limitation, user manuals, flowcharts, programmer’s notes, functional specifications, and operations manuals, all formulas, processes, ideas and know-how embodied in any of the foregoing, and all program materials, flowcharts, notes and outlines created in connection with any of the foregoing, whether or not patentable or copyrightable, (b) concepts, discoveries, inventions, improvements and ideas, (c) any useful information relating to the items described in clause (a) or (b), including know-how, technology, engineering drawings, reports, design information, trade secrets, practices, laboratory notebooks, specifications, test procedures, maintenance manuals, research, development, manufacturing, marketing, merchandising, selling, purchasing and accounting, (d) Patents and Patent Licenses, Copyrights and Copyright Licenses,
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Trademarks and Trademark Licenses, and (e) other licenses to use any of the items described in the foregoing clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) or any other similar items of such Grantor necessary for the conduct of its business.
“Patent License” means any agreement now or hereafter in existence, whether written, implied or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent.
“Patents” means collectively, all of the following of any Grantor: (a) all patents, rights and interests in patents, patent disclosures, patentable inventions and patent applications anywhere in the world, (b) all improvements thereto, reissues, continuations (in whole or in part), divisionals, reexaminations and renewals and extensions of any of the foregoing, (c) all income, royalties, damages or payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under any of the foregoing or with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, damages or payments for past, present or future infringements of any of the foregoing, (d) the right to xxx for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing and (e) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing throughout the world.
“Pledged Equity” means, as to each Grantor, all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Domestic Subsidiary and each First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary in which such Grantor has any right, title or interest, together with the certificates (or other agreements or instruments), if any, representing such Equity Interests, and all options and other rights, contractual or otherwise, with respect thereto, (including, but not limited to, (x) all Equity Interests representing a dividend thereon, or representing a distribution or return of capital upon or in respect thereof, or resulting from a stock split, revision, reclassification or other exchange therefor, and any subscriptions, warrants, rights or options issued to the holder thereof, or otherwise in respect thereof and (y) in the event of any consolidation or merger involving the Issuer thereof and in which such Issuer is not the surviving Person, all shares of each class of the Equity Interests of the successor Person formed by or resulting from such consolidation or merger, to the extent that such successor Person is a direct Subsidiary of a Grantor); provided that Pledged Equity shall not include any Excluded Equity.
“Restricted Securities Collateral” has the meaning provided in Section 6(d)(ii).
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, including all amendments thereto and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Trademark License” means any agreement now or hereafter in existence, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to use any Trademark.
“Trademarks” means collectively all of the following of any Grantor: (a) all trademarks, rights and interests in trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, service marks, logos, other business identifiers, together with translations, adaptations, derivations and combinations thereof, prints and labels on which any of the foregoing have appeared or appear, whether registered or unregistered, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith (other than each application to register any trademark or service xxxx xxxxx to the filing under applicable Law of a verified statement of use for such trademark or service xxxx) anywhere in the world, (b) all extensions and renewals of any of the foregoing, (c) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under any of the foregoing or with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, damages or payments for past, present or future infringements of any of the foregoing, (d) the right to xxx for past, present or future infringements of any of the foregoing and (e) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing (including the goodwill) throughout the world.
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With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document: (i) the definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined, (ii) whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms, (iii) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (iv) the word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”, (v) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document, as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (vi) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s permitted successors and assigns, (vii) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (viii) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (ix) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights, (x) the term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form, (xi) in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including”, (xii) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (xiii) where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or the relevant part thereof. Whenever any provision contained in this Agreement refers to the knowledge (or an analogous phrase) of any Grantor, such words are intended to signify that such Grantor (or any Responsible Officer of such Grantor) has actual knowledge or awareness of a particular fact or circumstance or that such Grantor (or any Responsible Officer of such Grantor), if it had exercised reasonable and customary diligence, would have known or been aware of such fact or circumstance.
(a) all Accounts;
(b) all cash and currency;
(c) all Chattel Paper;
(d) all Commercial Tort Claims identified on Schedule 2(d) hereto;
(e) all Deposit Accounts;
(f) all Documents;
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(g) all Equipment;
(h) all Fixtures;
(i) all General Intangibles;
(j) all Instruments;
(k) all Intellectual Property;
(l) all Inventory;
(m) all Investment Property;
(n) all Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(o) all Goods not otherwise described above; and
(p) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing, all Accessions to any of the foregoing and all collateral security and Supporting Obligations (as now or hereafter defined in the UCC) given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the security interests granted under this Agreement shall not extend to, and the Collateral shall not include, the following (collectively, “Excluded Property”): (a) all Excluded Equity, (b) any right, title or interest in any permit, lease, contract, license, Equity Interest or any contractual obligation entered into by any Grantor (i) that validly prohibits the creation by such Grantor of a security interest thereon or requires the consent of any Person other than the Borrower and its Affiliates which consent has not been obtained as a condition to the creation of such security interest or which would be breached or give any party the right to terminate it as a result of creation of such security interest or (ii) to the extent that any requirement of Law applicable thereto prohibits the creation of a security interest thereon, but only, in each case, to the extent, and for so long as, such prohibition is not terminated or rendered unenforceable or otherwise deemed ineffective by the UCC or any other requirement of Law, (c) any Equipment owned by any Grantor on the date hereof or hereafter acquired that is subject to a purchase money Lien or a Capital Lease permitted to be incurred or outstanding pursuant to the Credit Agreement if the contract or other agreement in which such Lien is granted or the documentation providing for such purchase money Lien or Capital Lease, as applicable, validly prohibits the creation by such Grantor of a security interest or Lien thereon or requires the consent of any Person other than the Borrower and its Affiliates as a condition to the creation of any other security interest or Lien on such property or if such contract or other agreement would be breached or give any party (other than the Grantors or an Affiliate of the Grantors) the right to terminate it as a result of creation of such security interest or Lien, (d) any Secured Hedge Agreement between any Grantor and any Secured Party, (e) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any leasehold interest of any Grantor, (f) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any real property owned by any Grantor that is not Material Real Property, or (h) any “intent-to-use” application for registration of a Trademark filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Xxxxxx Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Xxxxxx Act or an “Amendment to Allege Use” pursuant to Section 1(c) of the Xxxxxx Act with respect thereto, solely to the extent that and during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of any registration that issues from such intent-to-use application under applicable federal law (it being agreed and acknowledged that, upon the filing and acceptance of any such “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use”, such application shall no longer be Excluded Property); provided that (i) to the extent that any property constitutes “Excluded Property” due to the failure of a Grantor to obtain consent as described in
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clauses (b) and (c) above, such Grantor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such consent, and, upon obtaining such consent, such property shall cease to constitute “Excluded Property”, (ii) “Excluded Property” shall not include any Proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Property unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would constitute Excluded Property and (iii) if any Excluded Property would have otherwise constituted Collateral, then immediately upon such property ceasing to constitute Excluded Property for any reason, such property shall be deemed at all times from and after the date hereof to constitute Collateral.
Each of the Grantors and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, hereby acknowledge and agree that the security interest created hereby in the Collateral constitutes continuing collateral security for all of the Obligations, whether now existing or hereafter arising.
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Closing Date or (C) any other places of business except those set forth on Schedule 3(c) under such Grantor’s name.
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(i) Partnership and Limited Liability Company Interests. No Equity Interest in any partnership or limited liability company issued by any Issuer (other than Kadix Systems, LLC, a Virginia corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower) to a Grantor and that constitutes Collateral (i) is dealt in or traded on a securities exchange or in a securities market, (ii) by its terms expressly provides that it is a Security governed by Article 8 of the UCC, (iii) is an Investment Company Security, (iv) is held in a Securities Account or (v) constitutes a Security or a Financial Asset.
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Responsible Officers of such Grantor, such Grantor has not made any assignment or agreement in conflict with the security interest in any Copyrights, Patents or Trademarks constituting Collateral granted to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and (vii) to the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of such Grantor, no third party is infringing upon or otherwise violating any rights in any Copyright, Patent or Trademark owned or used by such Grantor or any of its respective licensees.
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efforts to cause) (A) each Depositary Bank holding a Deposit Account (other than Excluded Deposit Accounts) owned by such Grantor and (B) each Securities Intermediary holding any Investment Property owned by such Grantor, to execute and deliver a control agreement, sufficient to provide the Administrative Agent with control of such Deposit Account or Investment Property and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (any such Depositary Bank or Securities Intermediary executing and delivering any such control agreement, a “Controlled Person”). In the event any such Depositary Bank or Securities Intermediary refuses to execute and deliver such control agreement, the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, may request, and upon such request each applicable Grantor shall cause, the applicable Deposit Account and Investment Property to be transferred to the Administrative Agent or a Controlled Person. After the date hereof, all Deposit Accounts (other than Excluded Deposit Accounts) and all Investment Property will be maintained with the Administrative Agent or with a Controlled Person.
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Administrative Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted.
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Schedule 3(c) or (ii) change its legal name, identity or corporate or organizational structure to such an extent that any financing statement filed by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement would become seriously misleading within the meaning of the UCC; provided that a Grantor may make any change described in clause (i) or (ii) so long as at least thirty (30) days (or such later time as may be determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) prior to taking such action, such Grantor notifies the Administrative Agent in writing and delivers to the Administrative Agent (x) all additional financing statements and other instruments and documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests and (y) if applicable, a written supplement to the Schedules of this Agreement (upon delivery of which, the Schedules of this Agreement will be deemed amended thereby).
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Grantor shall be promptly deposited in a Deposit Account (other than an Excluded Deposit Account) maintained with a Controlled Person, and (ii) after the Closing Date, with respect to each Material Government Contract, upon the request of the Administrative Agent and at the sole expense of the Grantors, promptly comply with all applicable provisions of the Assignment of Claims Act and deliver duly executed Assignment Documents and update, to the extent required by applicable Law, any such Assignment Document previously delivered under this Agreement.
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Collateral regardless of notice having been given. To the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, any Secured Party may be a purchaser at any such sale. To the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, each of the Grantors hereby waives all of its rights of redemption with respect to any such sale. Subject to the provisions of applicable Law, the Administrative Agent may postpone or cause the postponement of the sale of all or any portion of the Collateral by announcement at the time and place of such sale, and such sale may, without further notice, to the extent permitted by Law, be made at the time and place to which the sale was postponed, or the Administrative Agent may further postpone such sale by announcement made at such time and place.
(i) Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs, without any other or further instructions from such Grantor, each Issuer of any Pledged Equity, Investment Property or General Intangibles consisting of Equity Interests issued by an Issuer to such Grantor to comply with all written instructions received by it from the Administrative Agent stating that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing to the extent such instructions are otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and agrees that such Issuer shall be fully protected in so complying during the period from such Issuer’s receipt of such notice to such Issuer’s subsequent receipt of notice that such Event of Default is no longer continuing.
(ii) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(A) All rights of a Grantor to exercise the voting and other consensual rights which such Grantor would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 4(a)(ii)(x) shall cease and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Administrative Agent, which shall then have the sole right to exercise such voting and other consensual rights.
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(B) All rights of a Grantor to receive the dividends, principal and interest payments which it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 4(a)(ii)(y) shall cease and all such rights shall thereupon be vested in the Administrative Agent, which shall then have the sole right to receive and hold as Collateral such dividends, principal and interest payments.
(C) All dividends, principal and interest payments which are received by a Grantor contrary to the provisions of Section 4(a)(ii)(y) shall be (1) received in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, (2) segregated from other property or funds of such Grantor and (3) forthwith paid over to the Administrative Agent as Collateral in the exact form received, to be held by the Administrative Agent as Collateral and as further collateral security for the Obligations.
(D) The Administrative Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to be substituted for a Grantor as a shareholder, member, manager or partner, as applicable, under the applicable limited liability agreement, operating agreement, membership agreement, partnership agreement or similar agreement with respect to such Grantor, and the Administrative Agent shall have all rights, powers and benefits of such Grantor as a shareholder, member, manager or partner, as applicable under such applicable agreement with respect to such Grantor. For avoidance of doubt, such rights, powers and benefits of a substituted holder shall include all voting and other rights and not merely the rights of an economic interest holder.
(i) Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any offer to sell any Pledged Equity, Investment Property or General Intangible that has been (A) publicly advertised on a bona fide basis in a newspaper or other publication of general circulation in the financial community of New York, New York (to the extent that such offer may be advertised without prior registration under the Securities Act), or (B) made privately in the manner described above shall be deemed to involve a “public sale” under the UCC, notwithstanding that such sale may not constitute a “public offering” under the Securities Act, and the Administrative Agent may, in such event, bid for the purchase of such securities.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all certain of the Collateral unless and until such Collateral has been registered under the provisions of the Securities Act (any such Collateral, the “Restricted Securities Collateral”), by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities Laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. To the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Restricted Securities Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the Issuer thereof to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities laws, even if such Issuer would agree to do so.
(iii) Each Grantor agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to do or cause to be done all such other acts as may be reasonably necessary to make such sale or sales of all or any portion of the Restricted Securities Collateral valid and binding and in compliance with any and all other applicable Laws.
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permitted by Law, neither the Administrative Agent, the Secured Parties, nor any party acting as attorney for the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties, shall be liable hereunder for any acts or omissions or for any error of judgment or mistake of fact or law other than their gross negligence or willful misconduct hereunder. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties under this Agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other right or remedy which the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties may have.
(i) to demand, collect, settle, compromise, adjust, give discharges and releases, all as the Administrative Agent may reasonably determine;
(ii) to commence and prosecute any actions at any court for the purposes of collecting any Collateral and enforcing any other right in respect thereof;
(iii) to defend, settle or compromise any action brought and, in connection therewith, give such discharge or release as the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably appropriate;
(iv) to receive, open and dispose of mail addressed to a Grantor and endorse checks, notes, drafts, acceptances, money orders, bills of lading, warehouse receipts or other instruments or documents evidencing payment, shipment or storage of the goods giving rise to the Collateral of such Grantor on behalf of and in the name of such Grantor, or securing, or relating to such Collateral;
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(v) to sell, assign, transfer, make any agreement in respect of, or otherwise deal with or exercise rights in respect of, any Collateral or the goods or services which have given rise thereto, as fully and completely as though the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes;
(vi) to adjust and settle claims under any insurance policy relating thereto;
(vii) to execute and deliver all assignments, conveyances, statements, financing statements, renewal financing statements, security agreements, affidavits, notices and other agreements, instruments and documents that the Administrative Agent may reasonably determine necessary in order to perfect and maintain the security interests and liens granted in this Agreement and in order to fully consummate all of the transactions contemplated therein;
(viii) to institute any foreclosure proceedings that the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem appropriate;
(ix) to sign and endorse any drafts, assignments, proxies, stock powers, verifications, notices and other documents relating to the Collateral;
(x) to exchange any of the Pledged Equity or other property upon any merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other readjustment of the Issuer thereof and, in connection therewith, deposit any of the Pledged Equity with any committee, depository, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms as the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem appropriate;
(xi) to vote for a shareholder resolution, or to sign an instrument in writing, sanctioning the transfer of any or all of the Pledged Equity into the name of the Administrative Agent or one or more of the Secured Parties or into the name of any transferee to whom the Pledged Equity or any part thereof may be sold pursuant to Section 6;
(xii) to pay or discharge taxes, liens, security interests or other encumbrances levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral;
(xiii) to direct any parties liable for any payment in connection with any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all monies due and to become due thereunder directly to the Administrative Agent or as the Administrative Agent shall direct;
(xiv) to receive payment of and receipt for any and all monies, claims, and other amounts due and to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; and
(xv) do and perform all such other acts and things as the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem to be necessary, proper or convenient in connection with the Collateral.
This power of attorney is a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable until such time as the Obligations have been paid in full (other than Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedge Agreements or contingent indemnification or expense reimbursement obligations for which no claim has been made) and the Commitments have expired or been terminated. The Administrative Agent shall be under no duty to exercise or withhold the exercise of any of the rights, powers, privileges and options expressly or implicitly granted to the Administrative Agent in this Agreement, and shall not be liable for any failure to do so or any delay in doing so. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any act or omission or for any error of judgment or any mistake of fact or law in its individual capacity or its capacity as attorney-in-fact except acts or omissions resulting from its gross negligence or willful misconduct. This power of
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attorney is conferred on the Administrative Agent solely to protect, preserve and realize upon its security interest in the Collateral on behalf of the Secured Parties.
(a) If any Collateral shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by any Grantor in a transaction permitted under the Credit Agreement, then the Administrative Agent, at the request and sole expense of such Grantor, shall promptly release the Liens created hereby or by any other Collateral Document on such Collateral in accordance with Section 9.10 of the Credit Agreement.
(b) The Administrative Agent may release any of the Pledged Equity from this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.10 of the Credit Agreement or may substitute any of the Pledged Equity for
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other Pledged Equity without altering, varying or diminishing in any way the force, effect, lien, pledge or security interest of this Agreement as to any Pledged Equity not expressly released or substituted, and this Agreement shall continue as a first priority lien on all Pledged Equity not expressly released or substituted.
(a) This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the Obligations have been paid in full (other than Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedge Agreements or contingent indemnification or expense reimbursement obligations for which no claim has been made) and the Commitments have expired or been terminated, at which time this Agreement shall be automatically terminated and the Administrative Agent shall, upon the request and at the expense of the Grantors, forthwith release all of its liens and security interests hereunder and shall execute and deliver, or authorize the Grantors to prepare and file, all UCC termination statements and/or other documents reasonably requested by the Grantors evidencing such termination.
(b) This Agreement shall continue to be effective or be automatically reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, in whole or in part, of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party as a preference, fraudulent conveyance or otherwise under any Debtor Relief Law, all as though such payment had not been made; provided that in the event payment of all or any part of the Obligations is rescinded or must be restored or returned, all reasonable costs and expenses (including without limitation any reasonable legal fees and disbursements) incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party in defending and enforcing such reinstatement shall be deemed to be included as a part of the Obligations.
(a) The Grantors, jointly and severally, shall pay all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and each other Secured Party to the extent the Borrower would be required to do so pursuant to Section 10.04 of the Credit Agreement.
(b) The Grantors, jointly and severally, shall pay and shall indemnify each Indemnitee (which for purposes of this Agreement shall include, without limitation, all Secured Parties) against Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes, to the extent the Borrower would be required to do so pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Credit Agreement.
(c) The Grantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify each Indemnitee, all to the extent, and only to the extent the Borrower would be required to do so pursuant to Section 10.04 of the Credit Agreement.
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(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, each Grantor shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(e) No Indemnitee referred to in this Section 13 shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement, or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(f) All amounts due under this Section 13 shall be payable promptly after demand therefor.
17. Rights of Set Off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, without limiting the general applicability of the terms of the other Loan Documents to this Collateral Agreement and the parties hereto, the terms of Section 10.08 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis, and the parties hereto agree to such terms.
18. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Venue; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Without limiting the general applicability of the foregoing and the terms of the other Loan Documents to this Collateral Agreement and the parties hereto, the terms of Section 10.14 and Section 10.15 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis, with each reference to the “Borrower” (whether express or by reference to the Borrower as a “party” thereto) therein being a reference to the Grantors, and the parties hereto agree to such terms.
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(a) Each Grantor recognizes that, in the event such Grantor fails to perform, observe or discharge any of its obligations or liabilities under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any remedy of law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties. Therefore, each Grantor agrees that the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, at the option of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages.
(b) The Administrative Agent, the other Secured Parties and each Grantor hereby agree that no such Person shall have a remedy of punitive or exemplary damages against any other party to a Loan Document and each such Person hereby waives any right or claim to punitive or exemplary damages that they may now have or may arise in the future in connection with any dispute, whether such dispute is resolved through arbitration or judicially.
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Each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
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DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION,
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as a Grantor
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
DRC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION,
as a Grantor and an Issuer
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: | Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer | ||
X.X. XXXX ASSOCIATES, INC.,
as a Grantor and an Issuer
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | ||
KADIX SYSTEMS, LLC,
as a Grantor and an Issuer
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | ||
HIGH PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
as a Grantor and an Issuer
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | ||
Acknowledged and accepted:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Vice President | |
SCHEDULE 2(d)
COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS
[To be completed by the Borrower and its counsel.]
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SCHEDULE 3(c)
PLACES OF BUSINESS; ACQUISITIONS; MERGERS; TRADENAMES
[To be completed by the Borrower and its counsel.]
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SCHEDULE 3(f)
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DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS; SECURITIES ACCOUNTS
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[To be completed by the Borrower and its counsel.]
Grantor
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Financial Institution
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Account Number
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Address of Financial Institution
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Account Purpose
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SCHEDULE 3(g)
EQUIPMENT; INVENTORY
[To be completed by the Borrower and its counsel.]
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SCHEDULE 3(h)
INSTRUMENTS; DOCUMENTS; TANGIBLE CHATTEL PAPER; INVESTMENT PROPERTY
[To be completed by the Borrower and its counsel.]
I. Instruments:
II. Documents:
III. Tangible Chattel Paper:
IV. Investment Property:
GRANTOR: DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION
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Issuer of Pledged Equity
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Certificate Number
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Number of Shares Pledged
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Number of Shares Outstanding
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Percentage Ownership
Pledged
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DRC International Corporation
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[__]
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[__]
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[__]
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100%
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X.X. Xxxx Associates, Inc.
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[__]
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[__]
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[__]
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100%
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Kadix Systems, LLC
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[__]
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[__]
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[__]
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100%
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High Performance Technologies, Inc.
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[__]
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[__]
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[__]
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100%
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SCHEDULE 3(j)
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MATERIAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS; CONTRACTS; AGREEMENTS; LICENSES
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[To be completed by the Borrower and its counsel.]
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SCHEDULE 3(m)
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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[To be completed by the Borrower and its counsel.]
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EXHIBIT 4(a)
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[FORM OF]
IRREVOCABLE STOCK POWER1
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to:
___________________________________________________
the following Equity Interests of _____________________, a ____________ [corporation][limited liability company]:
Number of Shares
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Certificate Number
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and irrevocably appoints __________________________________ its agent and attorney-in-fact to transfer all or any part of such Equity Interests and to take all necessary and appropriate action to effect any such transfer. The agent and attorney-in-fact may substitute and appoint one or more persons to act for him. The effectiveness of a transfer pursuant to this stock power shall be subject to any and all transfer restrictions referenced on the face of the certificates evidencing such interest or in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the subject corporation, to the extent they may from time to time exist.
[INSERT NAME OF GRANTOR PLEDGING CERTIFICATE]
By:
Name:
Title:
1 Identify transferee, number of shares and certificate number. Appointment of agent to remain blank.
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EXHIBIT 4(c)-1
[FORM OF]
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
IN
PATENTS
[_____________], 20[__]
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Please be advised that pursuant to the Collateral Agreement dated as of June 30, 2011 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”) among the undersigned Grantor, the other grantors party thereto and the undersigned Administrative Agent (including any successors and assigns) for the Secured Parties referenced in the Agreement, the undersigned Grantor has granted a continuing security interest in and continuing lien upon the Patents, including the United States Patents identified on Schedule 1 hereto (the “Patent Collateral”) to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties. Terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement.
The Grantor and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, hereby acknowledge and agree that the grant of a security interest in the Patent Collateral (a) may only be terminated in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and (b) is not to be construed as an assignment of any patent or patent application.
This Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents has been entered into in conjunction with the provisions of the Agreement. The Grantor does hereby acknowledge and confirm that the grant of the security interest hereunder to, and the rights and remedies of, the Administrative Agent with respect to the Patent Collateral are more fully set forth in the Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.
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ADDRESS OF GRANTOR:
________________
________________
________________
JURISDICTION OF FORMATION OF GRANTOR:
________________
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Very truly yours,
[INSERT NAME OF GRANTOR],
as Grantor
By:
Name:
Title:
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
STATE OF __________________
COUNTY OF ________________
I, _____________________________, a Notary Public for said County and State, do hereby certify that ____________________ personally appeared before me this day and stated that (s)he is _________________ of _________________ and acknowledged, on behalf of ______________________ the due execution of the foregoing instrument.
Witness my hand and official seal, this _____ day of _________________, 20__.
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ADDRESS OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Mail Code: IL1-135-0541
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
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Acknowledged and accepted:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
By:
Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE 1
PATENTS
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Patent No.
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Description of
Patent Item
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Date of Patent
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PATENT APPLICATIONS
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Patent Applications No.
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Description of
Patent Applied for
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Date of
Patent Applications
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EXHIBIT 4(c)-2
[FORM OF]
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
IN
TRADEMARKS
[_____________], 20[__]
United States Trademark and Trademark Office
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Please be advised that pursuant to the Collateral Agreement dated as of June 30, 2011 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”) among the undersigned Grantor, the other grantors party thereto and the undersigned Administrative Agent (including any successors and assigns) for the Secured Parties referenced in the Agreement, the undersigned Grantor has granted a continuing security interest in and continuing lien upon the Trademarks, including the United States Trademarks identified on Schedule 1 hereto (the “Trademark Collateral”) to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties. Terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement.
The Grantor and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, hereby acknowledge and agree that the grant of a security interest in the Trademark Collateral (a) may only be terminated in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and (b) is not to be construed as an assignment of any Trademark or Trademark application.
This Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Trademarks has been entered into in conjunction with the provisions of the Agreement. The Grantor does hereby acknowledge and confirm that the grant of the security interest hereunder to, and the rights and remedies of, the Administrative Agent with respect to the Trademark Collateral are more fully set forth in the Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.
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ADDRESS OF GRANTOR:
________________
________________
________________
JURISDICTION OF FORMATION OF GRANTOR:
________________
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Very truly yours,
[INSERT NAME OF GRANTOR],
as Grantor
By:
Name:
Title:
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
STATE OF __________________
COUNTY OF ________________
I, _____________________________, a Notary Public for said County and State, do hereby certify that ____________________ personally appeared before me this day and stated that (s)he is _________________ of _________________ and acknowledged, on behalf of ______________________ the due execution of the foregoing instrument.
Witness my hand and official seal, this _____ day of _________________, 20__.
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ADDRESS OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Mail Code: IL1-135-0541
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
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Acknowledged and accepted:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
By:
Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE 1
TRADEMARKS
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Trademark No.
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Description of
Trademark Item
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Date of Trademark
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TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS
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Trademark Applications No.
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Description of
Trademark Applied for
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Date of
Trademark Applications
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EXHIBIT 4(c)-3
[FORM OF]
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
IN
COPYRIGHTS
[_____________], 20[__]
United States Copyright Office
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Please be advised that pursuant to the Collateral Agreement dated as of June 30, 2011 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”) among the undersigned Grantor, the other grantors party thereto and the undersigned Administrative Agent (including any successors and assigns) for the Secured Parties referenced in the Agreement, the undersigned Grantor has granted a continuing security interest in and continuing lien upon the Copyrights, including the United States Copyrights identified on Schedule 1 hereto (the “Copyright Collateral”) to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties. Terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement.
The Grantor and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, hereby acknowledge and agree that the grant of a security interest in the Copyright Collateral (a) may only be terminated in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and (b) is not to be construed as an assignment of any Copyright or Copyright application.
This Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Copyrights has been entered into in conjunction with the provisions of the Agreement. The Grantor does hereby acknowledge and confirm that the grant of the security interest hereunder to, and the rights and remedies of, the Administrative Agent with respect to the Copyright Collateral are more fully set forth in the Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.
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ADDRESS OF GRANTOR:
________________
________________
________________
JURISDICTION OF FORMATION OF GRANTOR:
________________
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Very truly yours,
[INSERT NAME OF GRANTOR],
as Grantor
By:
Name:
Title:
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
STATE OF __________________
COUNTY OF ________________
I, _____________________________, a Notary Public for said County and State, do hereby certify that ____________________ personally appeared before me this day and stated that (s)he is _________________ of _________________ and acknowledged, on behalf of ______________________ the due execution of the foregoing instrument.
Witness my hand and official seal, this _____ day of _________________, 20__.
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ADDRESS OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Mail Code: IL1-135-0541
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
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Acknowledged and accepted:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
By:
Name:
Title:
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COPYRIGHTS
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Copyright No.
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Description of
Copyright Item
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Date of Copyright
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COPYRIGHT APPLICATIONS
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Copyright Applications No.
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Description of
Copyright Applied for
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Date of
Copyright Applications
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