AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTEE AND
COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
EDDIE BAUER HOLDINGS,
INC.,
EDDIE BAUER, INC.,
as Borrower,
and certain of its
Subsidiaries
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
Dated as of June 21, 2005
Amended and Restated as of April 4, 2007
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DEFINED
TERMS
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Definitions
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Other
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GUARANTEE
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Guarantee
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Right of
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No
Subrogation
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Amendments,
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Guarantee
Absolute and Unconditional
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Reinstatement
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Payments
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GRANT OF
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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Title; No Other
Liens
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Perfected First
Priority Liens
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Perfected
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Jurisdiction of
Organization; Chief Executive Office
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Farm
Products
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Investment
Property
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Receivables
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Contracts
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Intellectual
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Commercial Tort
Claims
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COVENANTS
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Delivery of
Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper
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Maintenance of
Insurance
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Payment of
Obligations
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Maintenance of
Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation
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Changes in
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Notices
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Investment
Property
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Receivables
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Contracts
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Intellectual
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Commercial Tort
Claims
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REMEDIAL
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Certain Matters
Relating to Receivables
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Communications
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Pledged
Stock
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Proceeds to be
Turned Over To Administrative Agent
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Application of
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Code and Other
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Deficiency
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THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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Administrative
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Duty of
Administrative Agent
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Execution of
Financing Statements
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Authority of
Administrative Agent
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Amendments in
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Notices
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No Waiver by
Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies
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Enforcement
Expenses; Indemnification
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Successors and
Assigns
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Set-Off
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Counterparts
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Severability
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Section
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Integration
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GOVERNING
LAW
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Submission To
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Acknowledgements
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Additional
Grantors
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Releases
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WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL
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SCHEDULES
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Notice
Addresses
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Investment
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Perfection
Matters – Term Lender Priority Collateral
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Perfection
Matters – Revolving Lender Priority Collateral
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Jurisdictions
of Organization and Chief Executive Offices
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Intellectual
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Contracts
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ii
AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTEE AND
COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
AMENDED
AND RESTATED GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of
June 21, 2005 and amended and restated as of April 4,
2007, made by each of the signatories hereto (together with any
other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein, the
“ Grantors ”), in favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent ”) for the banks and other
financial institutions or entities (the “ Lenders
”) from time to time parties to the Term Loan Agreement,
dated as of June 21, 2005 and amended and restated as of
April 4, 2007 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “ Loan Agreement ”),
among Eddie Bauer Holdings, Inc. (“ Holdings ”),
Eddie Bauer, Inc. (the “ Borrower ”), the
Lenders and the Administrative Agent.
WHEREAS,
Holdings, the Borrower, certain of the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Term Loan
Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2005 (as heretofore modified
and supplemented and in effect immediately before giving effect to
the amendment and restatement contemplated by the Loan Agreement,
the “ Existing Loan Agreement ”) and the
Grantors and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2005
(as heretofore modified and supplemented and in effect immediately
before giving effect to the amendment and restatement contemplated
hereby, the “ Existing Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement ”);
WHEREAS,
the Borrower has requested that the Existing Loan Agreement and the
Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement be amended and
restated;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed
to make $225,000,000 of loans and other extensions of credit to the
Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
therein;
WHEREAS,
the Borrower is a member of an affiliated group of companies that
includes each other Grantor;
WHEREAS,
the proceeds of the loans and the other extensions of credit under
the Loan Agreement will be used in part to enable the Borrower to
make valuable transfers to one or more of the other Grantors in
connection with the operation of their respective
businesses;
WHEREAS,
the Borrower and the other Grantors are engaged in related
businesses, and each Grantor will derive substantial direct and
indirect benefit from the making of the loans and other extensions
of credit under the Loan Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to
make their respective loans and other extensions of credit to the
Borrower under the Loan Agreement that the Grantors shall have
executed and delivered this amendment and restatement of the
Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to the Administrative
Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Loan
Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective loans
and other extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each
Grantor hereby agrees that effective on the Restatement Effective
Date (as defined in the Loan Agreement), the Existing Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement shall be amended and restated as
follows:
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1.1
Definitions . (a) Unless otherwise defined herein,
terms defined in the Loan Agreement and used herein shall have the
meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement, and the following
terms are used herein as defined in the New York UCC: Accounts,
Certificated Security, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims,
Documents, Equipment, Farm Products, Fixtures, General Intangibles,
Instruments, Inventory, Letter-of-Credit Rights and Supporting
Obligations.
(a) The
following terms shall have the following meanings:
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Agreement ”: this Amended and Restated Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
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Borrower Obligations ”: the collective reference to
the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans and all other
obligations and liabilities of the Borrower (including, without
limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided
in the Loan Agreement after the maturity of the Loans and interest
accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Loan Agreement
after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement
of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to
the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or
post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) to any
Secured Lender whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent,
due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which
may arise under, out of, or in connection with, the Loan Agreement,
this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other document
made, delivered or given in connection with any of the foregoing,
in each case whether on account of principal, interest,
reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or
otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to the
Lenders that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to
the terms of any of the foregoing agreements).
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Collateral ”: as defined in Section 3.
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Collateral Account ”: any collateral account
established by the Administrative Agent as provided in
Section 6.1 or 6.4.
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Contracts ”: the material contracts and agreements of
any Grantor listed in Schedule 7 , as the same may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
including, without limitation, (i) all rights of any Grantor
to receive moneys due and to become due to it thereunder or in
connection therewith, (ii) all rights of any Grantor to
damages arising thereunder and (iii) all rights of any Grantor
to perform and to exercise all remedies thereunder.
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Copyright Licenses ”: any written agreement naming any
Grantor as licensor or licensee (including, without limitation,
those listed in Schedule 6 ), granting any right under
any Copyright, including, without limitation, the grant of such
rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell materials
embodying any work protected by such Copyright.
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Copyrights ”: (i) all copyrights arising under
the laws of the United States, any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether
published or unpublished (including, without limitation, those
listed in Schedule 6 ), all registrations and
recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith,
including, without limitation, all registrations, recordings and
applications in the United States Copyright Office, and
(ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.
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Deposit Account ”: as defined in the Uniform
Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction and, in any event,
including, without limitation, any demand, time, savings, passbook
or like account maintained with a depositary
institution.
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Foreign Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary organized under
the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States of
America.
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Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock ”: the voting Capital
Stock of any first tier Foreign Subsidiary.
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Guarantor Obligations ”: with respect to any
Guarantor, all obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor which
may arise under or in connection with this Agreement (including,
without limitation, Section 2) or any other Loan Document to
which such Guarantor is a party, in each case whether on account of
guarantee obligations, reimbursement obligations, fees,
indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without
limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Administrative Agent or to the Lenders that are required to be paid
by such Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document).
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Guarantors ”: the collective reference to each Grantor
other than the Borrower.
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Intellectual Property ”: the collective reference to
all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual
property, whether arising under United States, multinational or
foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, the
Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent
Licenses, the Trademarks and the Trademark Licenses, technology,
know-how and processes, and all rights to sue at law or in equity
for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the
right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
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Intercompany Note ”: any promissory note evidencing
loans made by any Grantor to Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries.
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Intercreditor Agreement ”: the Intercreditor
Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2005, among the Grantors, the
Administrative Agent and the ABL Facility Agent.
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Investment Property ”: the collective reference to
(i) all “investment property” as such term is
defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the New York UCC (other
than any Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock excluded from the
definition of “Pledged Stock”) and (ii) whether or
not constituting “investment property” as so defined,
all Pledged Notes and all Pledged Stock.
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Issuers ”: the collective reference to each issuer of
any Investment Property.
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Material Intellectual Property ”: any Intellectual
Property owned by a Grantor and material to the operation of such
Grantor’s business as currently conducted.
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New York UCC ”: the Uniform Commercial Code as from
time to time in effect in the State of New York.
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Obligations ”: (i) in the case of the Borrower,
the Borrower Obligations, and (ii) in the case of each
Guarantor, its Guarantor Obligations.
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Patent License ”: all agreements, whether written 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, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing
referred to in Schedule 6 .
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Patents ”: (i) all letters patent of the United
States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and
all reissues and extensions thereof, including, without limitation,
any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 6 ,
(ii) all applications for letters patent of the United States
or any other country and all divisions, continuations and
continuations-in-part thereof, including, without limitation, any
of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 6 , and
(iii) all rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the
foregoing.
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Pledged Notes ”: all promissory notes listed on
Schedule 2 , all Intercompany Notes at any time issued
to any Grantor and all other promissory notes issued to or held by
any Grantor (other than promissory notes issued in connection with
extensions of trade credit by any Grantor in the ordinary course of
business).
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Pledged Stock ”: the shares of Capital Stock listed on
Schedule 2 , together with any other shares, stock
certificates, options, interests or rights of any nature whatsoever
in respect of the Capital Stock of any Person that may be issued or
granted to, or held by, any Grantor while this Agreement is in
effect; provided that in no event shall more than 66% of the
total outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign
Subsidiary be required to be pledged hereunder.
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Proceeds ”: all “proceeds” as such term is
defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the New York UCC and, in
any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or
other income from the Investment Property, collections thereon or
distributions or payments with respect thereto.
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Receivable ”: any right to payment for goods sold or
leased or for services rendered, whether or not such right is
evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper and whether or not it
has been earned by performance (including, without limitation, any
Account).
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Revolving Lender Priority Collateral ”: as defined in
the Intercreditor Agreement.
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Secured Parties ”: the collective reference to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
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Securities Act ”: the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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Term Lender Priority Collateral ”: as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement.
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Trademark License ”: any agreement, whether written or
oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to
use any Trademark, including, without limitation, any of the
foregoing referred to in Schedule 6 .
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Trademarks ”: (i) all trademarks, trade names,
corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business
names, trade dress, service marks, logos and other source or
business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now
existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and
recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith,
whether 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, or
otherwise, and all common-law rights related thereto, including,
without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in
Schedule 6 , and (ii) the right to obtain all
renewals thereof.
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1.2 Other
Definitional Provisions . (a) The words
“hereof,” “herein”, “hereto”
and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used
in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not
to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section and
Schedule references are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
(b) The
meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable
to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
(c) 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.
2.1
Guarantee . (a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly
and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and
assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance by the
Borrower when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise) of the Borrower Obligations.
(b) Anything
herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary
notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed the
amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable
federal and state laws relating to the insolvency of debtors (after
giving effect to the right of contribution established in
Section 2.2).
(c) Each
Guarantor agrees that the Borrower Obligations may at any time and
from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such
Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in
this Section 2 or affecting the rights and remedies of the
Secured Parties hereunder.
(d) The
guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full
force and effect until all the Borrower Obligations and the
obligations of each Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this
Section 2 shall have been satisfied by payment in
full.
(e) No
payment made by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other
guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by any
Secured Party from the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other
guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding
or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from
time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Borrower
Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise
affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall,
notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by
such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Obligations or any
payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the
Borrower Obligations), remain liable for the Borrower Obligations
up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the
Borrower Obligations are paid in full.
2.2 Right of
Contribution . Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent
that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share
of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to
seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor
hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such
payment. Each Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be
subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2.3. The
provisions of this Section 2.2 shall in no respect limit the
obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Secured
Parties, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Secured
Parties for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor
hereunder.
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2.3 No
Subrogation . Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor
hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor
by any Secured Party, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be
subrogated to any of the rights of any Secured Party against the
Borrower or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or
guarantee or right of offset held by any Secured Party for the
payment of the Borrower Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek
or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the
Borrower or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such
Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Secured Parties
by the Borrower on account of the Borrower Obligations are paid in
full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of
such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Borrower
Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be
held by such Guarantor in trust for the Secured Parties, segregated
from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon
receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative
Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed
by such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, if required), to be
applied against the Borrower Obligations, whether matured or
unmatured, in such order as the Administrative Agent may
determine.
2.4 Amendments,
etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations . Each Guarantor
shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any
reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to
or further assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any
of the Borrower Obligations made by any Secured Party may be
rescinded by such Secured Party and any of the Borrower Obligations
continued, and the Borrower Obligations, or the liability of any
other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral
security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect
thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed,
extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived,
surrendered or released by any Secured Party, and the Loan
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents
executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended,
modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the
Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as
the case may be) may deem advisable from time to time, and any
collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held
by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the
Borrower Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or
released. No Secured Party shall have any obligation to protect,
secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as
security for the Borrower Obligations or for the guarantee
contained in this Section 2 or any property subject
thereto.
2.5 Guarantee
Absolute and Unconditional . Each Guarantor waives any and all
notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the
Borrower Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by any
Secured Party upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2
or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section 2;
the Borrower Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be
deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed,
extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee
contained in this Section 2; and all dealings between the
Borrower and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the
Secured Parties, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively
presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the
guarantee contained in this Section 2. Each Guarantor waives
diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of
default or nonpayment to or upon the Borrower or any of the
Guarantors with respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each Guarantor
understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this
Section 2 shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and
unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the
validity or enforceability of the Loan Agreement or any other Loan
Document, any of the Borrower Obligations or any other collateral
security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect
thereto at any time or from time to time held by any Secured Party,
(b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense
of payment or performance) which may at any time be available to or
be asserted by the Borrower or any other Person against any Secured
Party, or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or
without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower or such Guarantor)
which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an
equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Borrower
Obligations, or
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of such
Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2, in
bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand
hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder
against any Guarantor, any Secured Party may, but shall be under no
obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such
rights and remedies as it may have against the Borrower, any other
Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or
guarantee for the Borrower Obligations or any right of offset with
respect thereto, and any failure by any Secured Party to make any
such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect
any payments from the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other
Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee
or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the
Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such
collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not
relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and
shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether
express, implied or available as a matter of law, of any Secured
Party against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof
“demand” shall include the commencement and continuance
of any legal proceedings.
2.6
Reinstatement . The guarantee contained in this
Section 2 shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as
the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of
any of the Borrower Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be
restored or returned by any Secured Party upon the insolvency,
bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the
Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the
appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee
or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any
substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such
payments had not been made.
2.7
Payments . Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments
hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties without set-off or counterclaim in
Dollars at the Funding Office.
SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY
INTEREST
Each
Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Administrative Agent,
and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all of the
following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by
such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the
future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the
“ Collateral ”), as collateral security for the
prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at
the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such
Grantor’s Obligations:
(d) all
Deposit Accounts;
(e) all
Documents (other than title documents with respect to
Vehicles);
(h) all
General Intangibles;
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(j) all
Intellectual Property;
(l) all
Investment Property other than the Capital Stock of the
Securitization Subsidiaries and any dividends from the
Securitization Subsidiaries payable to Holdings in respect of the
Securitization Note;
(m) all
Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(n) all
Commercial Tort Claims with respect to Brookstone Company,
Inc. , et al. , Plaintiffs (Eddie Bauer, Inc.) v.
Pyramid Company of Hadley , et al. , Defendants,
pending before the United States District Court for the Northern
District of New York (Case No. 96-CV-1215-NAM-GLS);
(o) all other
property not otherwise described above (except for any property
specifically excluded from any clause in this section above, and
any property specifically excluded from any defined term used in
any clause of this section above);
(p) all books
and records pertaining to the Collateral; and
(q) to the
extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds, Supporting Obligations
and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral
security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of
the foregoing;
provided, however , that notwithstanding any of the other
provisions set forth in this Section 3, this Agreement shall
not constitute a grant of a security interest in any property to
the extent that such grant of a security interest is prohibited by
any Requirements of Law of a Governmental Authority, requires a
consent not obtained from any Governmental Authority pursuant to
such Requirement of Law or is prohibited by, or constitutes a
breach or default under or results in the termination of or
requires any consent not obtained under, any contract, license,
agreement, instrument or other document evidencing or giving rise
to such property or, in the case of any Investment Property,
Pledged Stock or Pledged Note, any applicable shareholder or
similar agreement, except to the extent that such Requirement of
Law or the term in such contract, license, agreement, instrument or
other document or shareholder or similar agreement providing for
such prohibition, breach, default or termination or requiring such
consent is ineffective under applicable law.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
To
induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the
Loan Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective
loans and other extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder,
each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Secured Parties
that:
4.1 Title; No
Other Liens . Except for the security interest granted to the
Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties
pursuant to this Agreement and the other Liens permitted to exist
on the Collateral by the Loan Agreement (including the Liens
granted to secure the obligations under the ABL Facility
Agreement), such Grantor owns each item of the Collateral free and
clear of any and all Liens or claims of others. No effective
financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or
any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public
office, except such as have been filed in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties, pursuant to
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this Agreement
or as are permitted by the Loan Agreement (including the Liens
granted to secure the obligations under the ABL Facility
Agreement). For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed
that any Grantor may, as part of its business, grant licenses to
third parties to use Intellectual Property owned or developed by a
Grantor. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, such licensing activity shall not constitute a
“Lien” on such Intellectual Property. Each Secured
Party understands that any such licenses may be exclusive to the
applicable licensees, and such exclusivity provisions may limit the
ability of the Administrative Agent to utilize, sell, lease or
transfer the related Intellectual Property or otherwise realize
value from such Intellectual Property pursuant hereto.
4.2 Perfected
First Priority Liens . The security interests in the Term
Lender Priority Collateral granted pursuant to this Agreement
(a) upon completion of the filings and other actions specified
on Schedule 3 (which, in the case of all filings and
other documents referred to on such Schedule 3, have been
delivered to the Administrative Agent in completed and duly
executed form) will constitute valid perfected security interests
in all of the Term Lender Priority Collateral in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties, as collateral security for such Grantor’s
Obligations, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof and
the Intercreditor Agreement against all creditors of such Grantor
and any Persons purporting to purchase any Term Lender Priority
Collateral from such Grantor and (b) are prior to all other
Liens on the Term Lender Priority Collateral in existence on the
date hereof except for Liens permitted by the Loan Agreement which
have priority over the Liens on the Term Lender Priority
Collateral.
4.3 Perfected
Second Priority Liens . The security interests in the Revolving
Lender Priority Collateral granted pursuant to this Agreement
(a) upon completion of the filings and other actions specified
on Schedule 4 (which, in the case of all filings and
other documents referred to on such Schedule 4, have been
delivered to the Administrative Agent in completed and duly
executed form) will constitute valid perfected security interests
in all of the Revolving Lender Priority Collateral in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties, as collateral security for such Grantor’s
Obligations, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof
against all creditors of such Grantor and any Persons purporting to
purchase any Revolving Lender Priority Collateral from such Grantor
and (b) are prior to all other Liens on the Revolving Lender
Priority Collateral in existence on the date hereof except for
(x) Liens securing the ABL Facility and (y) Liens
permitted by the Loan Agreement which have priority over the Liens
on the Revolving Lender Priority Collateral.
4.4
Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office . On
the date hereof, such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization,
identification number from the jurisdiction of organization (if
any), and the location of such Grantor’s chief executive
office or sole place of business or principal residence, as the
case may be, are specified on Schedule 5 . Such Grantor
has furnished to the Administrative Agent a certified charter,
certificate of incorporation or other organizational document, as
applicable, and long-form good standing certificate as of a date
which is recent to the date hereof.
4.5 Farm
Products . None of the Collateral constitutes, or is the
Proceeds of, Farm Products.
4.6 Investment
Property . (a) The shares of Pledged Stock pledged by such
Grantor hereunder constitute all the issued and outstanding shares
of all classes of the Capital Stock of each Issuer owned by such
Grantor or, in the case of Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock, if
less, 66% of the outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of
each relevant Issuer.
(b) All the
shares of the Pledged Stock have been duly and validly issued and
are fully paid and nonassessable.
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(c) Each of
the Pledged Notes constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the obligor with respect thereto, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and
other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good
faith and fair dealing.
(d) Such
Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good and
marketable title to, the Investment Property pledged by it
hereunder, free of any and all Liens or options in favor of, or
claims of, any other Person, except the security interest created
by this Agreement and the Liens granted to secure the obligations
under the ABL Facility Agreement.
4.7
Receivables . (a) To the best of each Grantor’s
knowledge, no amount payable to such Grantor under or in connection
with any Receivable is evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper
which has not been delivered to the Administrative Agent, except,
at any time when the ABL Facility remains outstanding, any such
Instrument or Chattel Paper which evidences Receivables in respect
of Revolving Lender Priority Collateral which have been delivered
to the ABL Facility Agent.
(b) To the
best of each Grantor’s knowledge, none of the obligors on any
Receivables is a Governmental Authority.
4.8
Contracts . (a) Except as could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Contract is in
full force and effect and constitutes a valid and legally
enforceable obligation of the parties thereto, subject to the
effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable
principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law)
and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
(b) Neither
such Grantor nor (to the best of such Grantor’s knowledge)
any of the other parties to the Contracts is in default in the
performance or observance of any of the terms thereof in any manner
that, in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(c) The
right, title and interest of such Grantor in, to and under the
Contracts are not subject to any defenses, offsets, counterclaims
or claims that, in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) To the
best of each Grantor’s knowledge, no amount payable to such
Grantor under or in connection with any Contract is evidenced by
any Instrument or Chattel Paper which has not been delivered to the
Administrative Agent.
(e) To the
best of each Grantor’s knowledge, none of the parties to any
Contract is a Governmental Authority.
4.9
Intellectual Property . (a) Schedule 6 lists all
registered Intellectual Property and all Material Intellectual
Property subject to pending applications owned by such Grantor in
its own name on the date hereof.
(b) On the
date hereof, all Material Intellectual Property is valid,
subsisting, unexpired and enforceable, has not been abandoned and
does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any other
Person.
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(c) Except as
set forth in Schedule 6 , on the date hereof, none of
the Intellectual Property is the subject of any exclusive licensing
or franchise agreement pursuant to which such Grantor is the
licensor or franchisor.
(d) No
holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental
Authority which limits, cancels or questions the validity of, or
such Grantor’s rights in, any Intellectual Property owned or
licensed by such Grantor in any respect that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Except as
described in Schedule 3.9 to the Loan Agreement, no material
action or proceeding is pending, or, to the knowledge of such
Grantor, threatened, on the date hereof (i) seeking to limit,
cancel or question t
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