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Exhibit
4.3.2
EXECUTION COPY
GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL
AGREEMENT
made by
METAVANTE TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.,
as Holdings
METAVANTE
CORPORATION,
as Borrower
and certain of its
Subsidiaries
in favor of
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A.,
as Administrative
Agent
Dated as of November 1,
2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1.
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DEFINED
TERMS |
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1.1
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Definitions |
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1.2
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Other
Definitional Provisions |
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SECTION 2.
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GUARANTEE |
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2.1
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Guarantee |
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2.2
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Right of
Contribution |
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2.3
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No
Subrogation |
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2.4
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Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower
Obligations |
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2.5
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Guarantee
Absolute and Unconditional |
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2.6
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Reinstatement |
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2.7
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Payments |
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SECTION 3.
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GRANT OF
SECURITY INTEREST |
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SECTION 4.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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4.1
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Title; No
Other Liens |
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4.2
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Perfected
First Priority Liens |
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4.3
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Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive
Office |
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4.4
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Inventory
and Equipment |
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4.5
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Investment Property |
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4.6
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Receivables |
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4.7
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Intellectual Property |
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4.8
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Commercial Tort Claims |
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SECTION 5.
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COVENANTS |
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5.1
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Delivery
of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel
Paper |
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5.2
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Maintenance of Insurance |
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5.3
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Payment
of Obligations |
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5.4
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Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further
Documentation |
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5.5
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Changes
in Locations, Name, etc |
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5.6
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Notices |
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5.7
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Investment Property |
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5.8
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Receivables |
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5.9
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Intellectual Property |
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5.10
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Commercial Tort Claims |
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SECTION 6.
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REMEDIAL
PROVISIONS |
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6.1
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Certain
Matters Relating to Receivables |
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6.2
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Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain
Liable |
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6.3
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Pledged
Stock |
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6.4
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Proceeds
to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent |
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6.5
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Application of Proceeds |
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6.6
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Code and
Other Remedies |
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6.7
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Deficiency |
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6.8
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Subordination |
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SECTION 7.
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THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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7.1
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Administrative Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact,
etc |
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7.2
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Duty of
Administrative Agent |
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7.3
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Execution
of Financing Statements |
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7.4
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Authority
of Administrative Agent |
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SECTION 8.
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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8.1
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Amendments in Writing |
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8.2
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Notices |
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8.3
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No Waiver
by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies |
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8.4
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Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification |
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8.5
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Successors and Assigns |
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8.6
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Set-Off |
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8.7
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Counterparts |
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8.8
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Severability |
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8.9
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Section
Headings |
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8.10
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Integration |
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8.11
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GOVERNING LAW |
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8.12
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Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers |
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8.13
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Acknowledgements |
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8.14
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Additional Grantors |
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8.15
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Releases |
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8.16
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL |
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Schedule 1
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Notice
Addresses |
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Schedule 2
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Investment
Property |
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Schedule 3
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Perfection
Matters |
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Schedule 4
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Jurisdictions of Organization and Chief Executive
Offices |
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Schedule 5
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Inventory
and Equipment Locations |
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Schedule 6
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Intellectual
Property |
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Schedule 7
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Commercial
Tort Claims |
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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL
AGREEMENT
GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL
AGREEMENT, dated as of November 1, 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 Credit Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2007 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“ Credit Agreement ”), among METAVANTE
TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (“ Holdings ”), METAVANTE
CORPORATION (the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders and
the Administrative Agent.
WITNESSETH
:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the
Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed to make
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
extensions of credit under the Credit 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 extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement;
and
WHEREAS, it is a condition
precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their respective
extensions of credit 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;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to
induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to
the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees with the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties, as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINED
TERMS
1.1 Definitions .
(a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the
Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to
them in the Credit 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, Fixtures, General Intangibles, Instruments, Inventory,
Letter-of-Credit Rights, Money and Supporting
Obligations.
(b) The following terms shall
have the following meanings:
“ Agreement
”: this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the same may
be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“ Borrower
Obligations ”: the collective reference to the unpaid
principal of and interest on the Loans and Reimbursement
Obligations and all other obligations and liabilities of the
Borrower (including, without limitation, interest (if any) accruing
at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after
the maturity of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and
interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the
Credit 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 the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or, in the
case of any Specified Swap Agreement or any Specified Cash
Management Agreement, any Affiliate of any 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 Credit Agreement, this Agreement, the other
Loan Documents, any Letter of Credit, any Specified Swap Agreement
or any Specified Cash Management Agreement, 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 the
extent required) to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the terms
of any of the foregoing agreements).
“ Collateral
”: as defined in Section 3.
“ Collateral
Account ”: any collateral account established by the
Administrative Agent as provided in Section 6.1 or
6.4.
“ Contracts
”: any contract or agreement between a Grantor and any
Person, or an invoice sent by such Grantor, pursuant to or under
which a Receivable shall arise or be created, or which evidences a
Receivable.
“ Copyrights
”: (i) all copyrights and works of authorship arising
under the laws of the United States, any other jurisdiction,
country or any political subdivision thereof, in any media, whether
registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished
(including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 6
), all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications
in connection therewith, including, without limitation, all
registrations and applications in the United States Copyright
Office, and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals
thereof.
“ 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.
“ Foreign
Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower organized
under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States of
America.
“ Foreign Subsidiary
Voting Stock ”: the voting Capital Stock of any Foreign
Subsidiary.
“ Guarantor
Obligations ”: with respect to any Guarantor, any and 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, any
Specified Swap Agreement or any Specified Cash Management Agreement
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.
“ Infringement
”: infringement, misappropriation, dilution or other
violation.
“ 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, Copyrights, Patents,
Trademarks and any right under any agreement naming any Grantor as
licensor or licensee grating any right under any Copyright, Patent
or Trademark (including, without limitation, those listed on
Schedule 6 ), and all rights to sue at law or in equity for
any Infringement of any of the foregoing, including the right to
receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
“ Intercompany
Note ”: any promissory note evidencing loans made by any
Grantor to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.
“ 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.
“ Issuers
”: the collective reference to each issuer of any Investment
Property.
“ New York UCC
”: the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect
in the State of New York.
“ Obligations
”: (i) in the case of the Borrower, the Borrower
Obligations, and (ii) in the case of each Guarantor, its
Guarantor Obligations.
“ Patents
”: all (i) letters patent of the United States, any
other jurisdiction, country or any political subdivision thereof,
(ii) all applications for letters patent of the United States
or any other jurisdiction, country or any political subdivision
thereof and (iii) reissues, continuations,
continuations-in-part, divisions or extensions of the foregoing,
similar legal protections related thereto, or rights to obtain the
foregoing, in each case, without limitation, any of (i),
(ii) or (iii) listed on Schedule 6 .
“ 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).
“ 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 65% of the total
outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign
Subsidiary (or of a Subsidiary that is a holding company of equity
interests in Foreign Subsidiaries to the extent such
Subsidiary’s only assets consist of equity interests in
Foreign Subsidiaries) 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.
“ Registered
Intellectual Property ”: all registrations and
applications for registration of Trademarks, Patents and
Copyrights.
“ 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).
“ Restricted
Funds ”: funds held in a fiduciary capacity by the
Borrower or any Loan Party for payment to a third party and any
account related thereto, and any funds held in any payroll account,
tax withholding account or zero-balance account.
“ Secured
Parties ”: the collective reference to the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders and any affiliate of any Lender to which
Borrower Obligations or Guarantor Obligations, as applicable, are
owed.
“ Securities Act
”: the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“ Trademarks
”: (i) all trademarks, trade names, brand names,
corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business
names, trade styles, trade dress, domain names, service marks,
logos and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill
associated therewith or symbolized thereby, now existing or
hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations 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 jurisdiction,
country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all
common-law rights related thereto, including, without limitation,
any of the foregoing listed on Schedule 6 , and
(ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.
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.
SECTION 2.
GUARANTEE
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 stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of
the Borrower Obligations.
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(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 Administrative Agent or
any Lender hereunder.
(d) The guarantee contained
in this Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect until
(i) the Commitments have been terminated and (ii) all the
Borrower Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations
with respect to unasserted claims) and the Guarantor Obligations
under the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall have
been satisfied by payment in full and no Letter of Credit shall be
outstanding (or have been cash collateralized or otherwise subject
to arrangements reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent),
notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the
Credit Agreement the Borrower may be free from any Borrower
Obligations.
(e) No payment made by the
Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other
Person or received or collected by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender 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
Commitments have been terminated and the Borrower Obligations
(other than, in each case, indemnities and other contingent
obligations not then due and payable) are paid in full and no
Letter of Credit shall be outstanding (or have been cash
collateralized or otherwise subject to arrangements reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent).
2.2 Right of
Contribution . Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that to
the extent that a Subsidiary Guarantor shall have paid more than
its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such
Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive
contribution from and against any other Subsidiary Guarantor
hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such
payment. Each Subsidiary 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 Subsidiary Guarantor to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and each Subsidiary Guarantor
shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for
the full amount guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor
hereunder.
2.3 No Subrogation .
Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any
set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, no Guarantor shall be entitled
to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent
or any Lender against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or any
collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender 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 Administrative Agent and the Lenders
by the Borrower on account of the Borrower Obligations (other than,
in each case, indemnities and other contingent obligations not then
due and payable) are paid in full,
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no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding
and the Commitments are terminated. If any amount shall be paid to
any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time
when all of the Borrower Obligations (other than, in each case,
indemnities and other contingent Obligations not then due and
payable) shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be
held by such Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and
shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to
the Administrative Agent in the same form received by such
Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Administrative
Agent, if required), to be applied against the Borrower
Obligations, then due in such order as set forth in the Credit
Agreement or as set forth in Section 6.5 hereof (as
applicable).
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 the Administrative Agent or any
Lender may be rescinded by the Administrative Agent or such Lender
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 the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, and the Credit 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 reasonably 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. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any
Lender 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 the
Administrative Agent or any Lender 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 Administrative Agent and the Lenders, 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
Credit 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 the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (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 the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, 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 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,
the Administrative Agent or any Lender may, but shall be under no
obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise
pursue
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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 the Administrative Agent or any Lender 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 the Administrative Agent or any
Lender 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 the
Administrative Agent or any Lender 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 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:
(a) all Accounts;
(b) all Chattel
Paper;
(c) all Contracts;
(d) all Deposit
Accounts;
(e) all Documents;
(f) all Equipment;
(g) all Fixtures;
(h) all General
Intangibles;
(i) all
Instruments;
(j) all Intellectual
Property;
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(k) all Inventory;
(l) all Investment
Property;
(m) all Letter-of-Credit
Rights;
(n) 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);
(o) all books and records
pertaining to the Collateral; and
(p) 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 and the Collateral shall not include for any
purpose any (i) Restricted Funds and any Deposit Accounts in
which they are deposited; (ii) in any other property to the
extent that such grant of a security interest in such other
property (w) is prohibited by any Requirements of Law of a
Governmental Authority, (x) requires a consent not obtained of
any Governmental Authority pursuant to such Requirement of Law or
is prohibited by, (y) 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, or (z) would result in the forfeiture or
voiding of a Grantors’ rights in any Trademark application
filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the basis
of such Grantor’s “intent-to-use” such trademark,
unless and until acceptable evidence of use of the Trademark has
been filed with and accepted by the United States Patent and
Trademark Office pursuant to Section 1(c) or Section 1(d)
of the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 1051, et seq .);
or (iii) assets subject to a certificate of title statute and
other assets that require perfection through “control”
as such control can be obtained pursuant to Sections 8-106(c)(2),
8-106(d)(2), 9-104, 9-106(b)(2) or 9-107 of the UCC.
SECTION 4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to
induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to
the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby represents and
warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender
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 Credit Agreement, such Grantor owns or has
a right to use and transfer each item of the Collateral in which a
Lien is purported to be granted hereunder free and clear of any and
all Liens or claims of others. No 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 this Agreement or as are
permitted by the Credit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, it
is understood and
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agreed that any Grantor may, as part of
its business, grant licenses in the ordinary course of business to
third parties to use Intellectual Property owned by, licensed to 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 of the
Administrative Agent and each Lender 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 granted pursuant to
this Agreement (a) upon timely completion of the filings and
other actions specified on Schedule 3 (which, in the
case of all filings and other documents referred to on said
Schedule, have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in
completed and duly executed form) will constitute valid perfected
security interests in all of the Collateral (except for Monies) 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 Collateral from such Grantor (with respect to
Intellectual Property, if and to the extent perfection may be
achieved by making such filings and taking such other actions
specified in Schedule 3) and (b) are prior to all other Liens
on the Collateral in existence on the date hereof except for Liens
permitted by the Credit Agreement which have priority over the
Liens on the Collateral by operation of law.
4.3 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, as the case may be, are specified on Schedule 4 .
Such Grantor has furnished to the Administrative Agent a certified
charter, certificate of incorporation or other organization
document and long-form good standing certificate as of a date which
is recent to the date hereof.
4.4 Inventory and
Equipment . On the date hereof, locations at which are
kept Inventory and Equipment (other than mobile goods) with a fair
market value at such location in excess of $1,000,000 is set forth
on Schedule 5 .
4.5 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, 65% 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.
(c) To the best of
Grantor’s knowledge, 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 Pledged Stock, Pledged Notes (to the extent delivered to
the Administrative Agent) and any intercompany notes 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.
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4.6 Receivables .
(a) No amount payable to such Grantor under or in connection
with any Receivable is evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper
in an amount in excess of 1,000,000 which has not been delivered to
the Administrative Agent.
(b) None of the obligors on
any Receivables with an outstanding amount in excess of $1,000,000
is a Governmental Authority.
4.7 Intellectual
Property . (a) Schedule 6 lists all (i) Registered
Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor in its own name on the
date hereof, and (ii) all Registered Intellectual Property
exclusively licensed by such Grantor as of the date hereof, noting
in each case the relevant registration, application or serial
number, the jurisdiction of registration or application, and, in
the case of (ii), the title of the license, the counterparty to
such license and the date of such license.
(b) Each Grantor owns, or is
licensed or otherwise has the right to use all Intellectual
Property necessary for the conduct of its business as currently
conducted, free of all Liens (other than Liens permitted by
Section 7.3 of the Credit Agreement), except where the failure
to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Each Grantor takes reasonable actions to protect,
preserve and maintain such Intellectual Property that is material
to the conduct of its business. On the date hereof, all material
Registered Intellectual Property owned or, to the knowledge of such
Grantor, exclusively licensed by each Grantor is valid and
enforceable and has not expired or been abandoned.
(c) Except as set forth in
Schedule 6, as of the date hereof, (i) no action or proceeding
(other than office actions issued in the ordinary course of
prosecution of Intellectual Property) is pending, or, to the
knowledge of such Grantor, threatened or imminent, seeking to
limit, cancel or challenge the validity, enforceability, ownership
or use of any material Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor
or such Grantor’s interest therein, and (ii) no holding,
decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental
Authority or arbitrator which would limit, cancel or challenge the
validity, enforceability, ownership or use of, or such
Grantor’s rights in, any Intellectual Property owned by such
Grantor in any respect that could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect or as set forth in Schedule
6, the use of Intellectual Property by each Grantor does not
Infringe the intellectual property rights of any other Person, and,
to such Grantor’s knowledge, its Intellectual Property is not
being Infringed by any other Person.
(d) Except as set forth on
Schedule 6 , on the date hereof, none of the Intellectual
Property is the subject of any material licensing or franchise
agreement pursuant to which such Grantor is the licensor or
franchisor.
4.8 Commercial Tort
Claims . (a) On the date hereof, except to the extent
listed in Section 3.1 above, no Grantor has rights in any
Commercial Tort Claim with potential value (as reasonably
determined by the Borrower) in excess of $2,500,000.
(b) Upon the filing of a
financing statement covering any Commercial Tort Claim referred to
in Section 5.11 hereof against such Grantor in the
jurisdiction specified in Schedule 3 hereto, the security
interest granted in such Commercial Tort Claim will constitute a
valid perfected security interest 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
such Collateral from Grantor, which security interest shall be
prior to all other Liens on such Collateral except for Liens
permitted by Section 7.3(a), (b), (e), (g), (h), (r) or
(t) of the Credit Agreement which have priority over the Liens
on such Collateral by operation of law.
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SECTION 5.
COVENANTS
Each Grantor covenants and
agrees with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, from and
after the date of this Agreement until the Obligations (other than
indemnities and other contingent obligations) shall have been paid
in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding (unless cash
collateralized or subject to other arrangements reasonably
acceptable to the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent) and
the Commitments shall have terminated:
5.1 Delivery of
Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper . Any
Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper with a face
value in excess of $1,000,000 individually or $2,500,000 in the
aggregate (other than checks delivered in the ordinary course of
business which will promptly be deposited for collection) shall be
promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent, duly endorsed in a
manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to be
held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.
5.2 Maintenance of
Insurance . (a) Such Grantor will maintain, with
financially sound and reputable companies, insurance policies
(i) insuring the Inventory and Equipment in accordance with
the Credit Agreement and (ii) to the extent requested by the
Administrative Agent, insuring such Grantor, the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders against liability for personal injury and
property damage relating to such Inventory and Equipment, such
policies to be in such form and amounts and having such coverage as
may be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders.
(b) All such insurance shall
(i) provide that no cancellation, material reduction in amount
or material change in coverage thereof shall be effective until at
least 30 days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of written
notice thereof, (ii) name the Administrative Agent as insured
party or loss payee, (iii) if reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent, include a breach of warranty clause and
(iv) be reasonably satisfactory in all other material respects
to the Administrative Agent.
(c) Upon reasonable request
by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders a report of a reputable
insurance broker with respect to such insurance substantially
concurrently with each delivery of the Borrower’s audited
annual financial statements and such supplemental reports with
respect thereto as the Administrative Agent may from time to time
reasonably request.
5.3 Payment of
Obligations . Such Grantor will pay and discharge or otherwise
satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as
the case may be, all material taxes, assessments and governmental
charges or levies imposed upon the Collateral or in respect of
income or profits therefrom, as well as all material claims of any
kind (including, without limitation, claims for labor, materials
and supplies) against or with respect to the Collateral, except
that no such charge need be paid if the amount or validity thereof
is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto
have been provided on the books of such Grantor and such
proceedings would not reasonably be expected to result in the sale,
forfeiture or loss of any material portion of the Collateral or any
interest therein.
5.4 Maintenance of
Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation .
(a) Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest created
by this Agreement as a perfected security interest having at least
the priority described, and subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 4.2, and shall defend such security interest against
the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever, subject to the
rights of such Grantor under the Loan Documents to dispose of the
Collateral.
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(b) Upon reasonable request
by the Administrative Agent, such Grantor will furnish to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders from time to time statements
and schedules further identifying and describing the assets and
property of such Grantor and such other reports in connection
therewith as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all
in reasonable detail.
(c) At any time and from time
to time, upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, and
at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor will promptly and
duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further
instruments and documents and take such further actions as the
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, including, without
limitation, (i) filing any financing or continuation
statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar
laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security
interests created hereby and (ii) in the case of Investment
Property (other than Deposit Accounts, commodities accounts and
securities accounts), taking any actions necessary to enable the
Administrative Agent to obtain “control” (within the
meaning of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) with respect
thereto.
(d) Notwithstanding the
foregoing, this Section 5.4 shall not apply to, and Grantors
shall not be required to take any of the actions contemplated
herein with respect to, (i) those assets as to which the
Administrative Agent shall reasonably determine (x) that the
cost of obtaining a security interest therein is excessive in
relation to the value of the security to be afforded thereby and
(y) in consultation with the Borrower, should be excluded,
taking into account the practical operations of the
Borrower’s business and its client relationships,
(ii) the extent prohibited by applicable law or contractual
provisions and (iii) such other assets not constituting
Collateral.
5.5 Changes in Locations,
Name, etc . Such Grantor will not, except upon 10 days’
prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and delivery to
the Administrative Agent of all additional executed financing
statements and other documents reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and
priority of the security interests provided for herein:
(i) change its jurisdiction of organization or the location of
its chief executive office or sole place of business from that
referred to in Section 4.3; or (ii) change its legal name
or corporate structure to such an extent that any financing
statement filed by the Administrative Agent in connection with this
Agreement would become misleading.
5.6 Notices . Such
Grantor will advise the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
promptly, in reasonable detail, of:
(a) any Lien (other than
security interests created hereby or Liens permitted under the
Credit Agreement) on any of the Collateral which would materially
adversely affect the ability of the Administrative Agent to
exercise any of its remedies hereunder; and
(b) the occurrence of any
other event which could reasonably be expected to materially and
adversely effect the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the
security interests created hereby.
5.7 Investment
Property . (a) If such Grantor shall become entitled to
receive or shall receive any stock certificate (including, without
limitation, any certificate representing a stock dividend or a
distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase or
reduction of capital or any certificate issued in connection with
any reorganization), options or rights in respect of the Capital
Stock of any Issuer constituting Pledged Stock, whether in addition
to, in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in
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exchange for, any shares of such Pledged
Stock owned by such Grantor, or otherwise in respect thereof, such
Grantor shall accept the same as the agent of the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, hold the same in trust for the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and deliver the same forthwith
to the Administrative Agent in the same form received, duly
indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if required,
together with an undated stock power covering such certificate duly
executed in blank by such Grantor and with, if the Administrative
Agent so reasonably requests, signature guaranteed, to be held by
the Administrative Agent, subject to the terms hereof, as
additional collateral security for the Obligations, giving effect
to the limitation that the Obligations will not be secured by a
pledge of more than 65% of the total outstanding Foreign Subsidiary
Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary or of a Subsidiary that is a
holding company of equity interests in Foreign Subsidiaries to the
extent such Subsidiary’s only assets consist of equity
interests in Foreign Subsidiaries.
(b) Without the prior written
consent of the Administrative Agent, such Grantor will not
(i) vote to enable, or take any other action to permit, any
Issuer to issue any Capital Stock of any nature or to issue any
other securities convertible into or granting the right to purchase
or exchange for any Capital Stock of any nature of any Issuer
(except pursuant to a transaction expressly permitted by the Credit
Agreement), (ii) dispose of the Investment Property or
Proceeds thereof constituting Collateral (except pursuant to a
transaction expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement) or
(iii) create, incur or permit to exist any Lien or option in
favor of, or any claim of any Person with respect to, any of the
Investment Property or Proceeds thereof constituting Collateral, or
any interest therein, except for the security interests created by
this Agreement or Liens expressly permitted under the Credit
Agreement.
(c) In the case of each
Grantor which is an Issuer of Pledged Stock, such Issuer agrees
that (i) it will be bound by the terms of this Agreement
relating to the Investment Property issued by it and will comply
with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it,
(ii) it will notify the Administrative Agent promptly in
writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in
Section 5.7(a) with respect to the Investment Property issued
by it and (iii) the terms of Sections 6.3(c) shall apply to
it, mutatis mutandis , with respect to all actions that may
be required of it pursuant to Section 6.3(c) with respect to
the Investment Property issued by it.
5.8 Receivables .
(a) Other than in the ordinary course of business consistent
with its past practice, such Grantor will not during an Event of
Default (i) grant any extension of the time of payment of any
Receivable, unless the aggregate amount of all Receivables subject
to extension in any fiscal year is not in excess of $2,500,000,
(ii) compromise or settle any Receivable for materially lesser
amount thereof, unless the aggregate amount of all compromised or
settled Receivables in any fiscal year is not in excess of
$2,500,000, (iii) release, wholly or partially, any Person
liable for the payment of any Receivable, unless the aggregate
amount of all such released payments in any fiscal year is not in
excess of $2,500,000, (iv) allow any credit or discount
whatsoever on any Receivable, unless the aggregate amount of all
credits or discounts in any fiscal year is not in excess of
$2,500,000 or (v) amend, supplement or modify any Receivable
in any manner that could materially adversely affect the value
thereof.
(b) Such Grantor will deliver
to the Administrative Agent a copy of each material written demand,
notice or document received by it that questions the validity or
enforceability of more than 5% of the aggregate amount of the then
outstanding Receivables.
5.9 Intellectual
Property . (a) Except as could not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect, such Grantor (either itself
or through licensees) will (i) continue to use each material
Trademark owned by such Grantor on each and every trademark class
of goods or services applicable to its current business, in order
to maintain such Trademark in full force free from any claim of
abandonment for non-use, (ii) maintain as in the past
substantially the quality of products and services
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offered under such Trademark,
(iii) use such Trademark with all appropriate notices of
registration and all other legends required by applicable
Requirements of Law, (iv) not adopt or use any new mark or any
mark which is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of such
Trademark unless the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit
of the Secured Parties, shall obtain a perfected security interest
in such mark pursuant to this Agreement, and (v) not knowingly
(and not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act
or knowingly omit to do any act whereby such Trademark may become
invalidated or impaired in any way.
(b) Such Grantor (either
itself or through licensees) will not knowingly do any act, or
knowingly omit to do any act, whereby it is reasonably foreseeable
any material Patent owned by such Grantor may become forfeited,
abandoned or dedicated to the public.
(c) Such Grantor (either
itself or through licensees) will not knowingly (and will not
permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or
knowingly omit to do any act whereby any material portion of the
Copyrights owned by such Grantor may become invalidated or
otherwise impaired. Such Grantor will not (either itself or through
licensees) knowingly do any act whereby any material portion of a
Copyright owned by such Grantor may fall into the public
domain.
(d) Except as could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, such
Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not knowingly use
any Intellectual Property to infringe the intellectual property
rights of any other Person.
(e) Such Grantor will notify
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders immediately if it knows
that any material Registered Intellectual Property owned by such
Grantor may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public
(other than at the end of its statutory term), or of any materially
adverse determination or development (including, without
limitation, the institution of, or any such determination or
development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar
office, court or tribunal in any country) regarding such
Grantor’s rights in, or the validity, enforceability,
ownership or use of, any material Intellectual Property owned by
such Grantor including, without limitation, such Grantor’s
right to register or to maintain the same.
(f) Whenever such Grantor,
either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or
designee, shall acquire, become the exclusive licensee of, or file
an application for any Registered Intellectual Property (other than
Copyrights) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or
any similar office or agency in any other jurisdiction, country or
any political subdivision thereof, such Grantor shall annually
report such filing to the Administrative Agent within 90 days after
the end of each fiscal year in which such filing occurs. Whenever
such Grantor, either by itself or through any agent, employee,
licensee or designee, shall acquire, become the exclusive licensee
of, or file an application for any Copyrights with the United
States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any
group of countries, other country or political subdivision thereof,
such Grantor shall report such filing to the Administrative Agent
within 90 days after the last day of the fiscal year in which such
filing occurs. Upon request of the Administrative Agent, such
Grantor shall execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all
agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence the
Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ security
interest in any Registered Intellectual Property included in the
Collateral.
(g) Such Grantor will take
all reasonable and necessary steps, as determined in its reasonable
business judgment, including, without limitation, in any proceeding
before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United
States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any
other jurisdiction, country or any political subdivision thereof,
to maintain and pursue each application (and to
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obtain the relevant registration) and to
maintain each registration of the material Registered Intellectual
Property owned by such Grantor, including, without limitation,
filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use and
affidavits of incontestability.
(h) In the event that any
material Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor is Infringed
by a third party, such Grantor shall (i) take such actions as
such Grantor shall reasonably deem appropriate under the
circumstances to protect such Intellectual Property and
(ii) if such Intellectual Property is of material economic
value, promptly notify the Administrative Agent after it learns
thereof and sue for Infringement to seek injunctive relief where
appropriate in Grantor’s reasonable business judgment and to
recover any and all damages for such Infringement.
5.10 Commercial Tort
Claims . (a) If the Grantors or any of them shall at any
time acquire a Commercial Tort Claim such Grantor(s) shall, within
a reasonable period of time, notify the Administrative Agent in
writing signed by such Grantor of the brief details thereof and
shall grant to the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders in
writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof,
all on the terms of this Agreement, and in writing in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. This
Section 5.10 shall apply only to Commercial Tort Claims as to
which the Grantor(s) holding any such claim has been advised by
counsel engaged for the purpose of prosecuting such claim that such
claim is reasonably likely to result in a judgment or negotiated
settlement in excess of $1,000,000. The Grantor(s) shall have sole
control of all aspects of commercial tort claims that are subject
to this Section 5.10 unless and until an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Obligations have been accelerated
as set forth in Article 8 of the Credit Agreement and the
Administrative Agent or the other Lenders have begun exercising
rights with respect to other Collateral under this Agreement as set
forth in Article 8 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 6. REMEDIAL
PROVISIONS
6.1 Certain Matters
Relating to Receivables . (a) At any time after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the
Administrative Agent shall have the right to make test
verifications of the Receivables in any manner and through any
medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and each Grantor
shall furnish all such assistance and information as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably require in connection with such
test verifications. At any time and from time to time after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon
the Administrative Agent’s request and at the expense of the
relevant Grantor, such Grantor shall cause independent public
accountants or others reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent to furnish to the Administrative Agent reports showing
reconciliations, aging and test verifications of, and trial
balances for, the Receivables of the Grantors.
(b) The Administrative Agent
hereby authorizes each Grantor to collect such Grantor’s
Receivables, and upon the occurrence and during the continuance of
an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the
request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall,
curtail or terminate said authority (and shall reinstate said
authority upon the cure or waiver of such Event of Default). At any
time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the Administrative Agent may require any payments of
Receivables, when collected by any Grantor, (i) be forthwith
(and, in any event, within two Business Days) deposited by such
Grantor in the same form received, duly endorsed by such Grantor to
the Administrative Agent if required, in a Collateral Account
maintained under the sole dominion and control of the
Administrative Agent as collateral security for the Obligations,
subject to withdrawal by the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Lenders only as provided in Section 6.5, and
(ii) until so turned over, be held by such Grantor in trust
for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other
funds of such Grantor. Each such deposit of Proceeds of Receivables
shall be accompanied by a report identifying in reasonable detail
the nature and source of the payments included in the
deposit.
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(c) At any time after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon
the Administrative Agent’s reasonable request, each Grantor
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent copies of (or originals
to the extent deemed necessary by the Administrative Agent) all
material documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and
transactions which gave rise to the Receivables of such Grantor,
including, without limitation, copies of (or originals to the
extent deemed necessary by the Administrative Agent) all orders,
invoices and shipping receipts.
6.2 Communications with
Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable . (a) At any time after
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
the Administrative Agent in its own name or in the name of others
may at any time communicate with obligors under the Receivables and
parties to the Contracts to verify with them to the Administrative
Agent’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any
Receivables or Contracts.
(b) Upon the request of the
Administrative Agent at any time after the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall notify
obligors on the Receivables and parties to the Contracts that the
Receivables and the Contracts have been assigned to the
Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties
and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to the
Administrative Agent.
(c) Anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under
each of the Receivables and Contracts to observe and perform all
the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it
thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement
giving rise thereto. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any
Lender shall have any obligation or liability under any Receivable
(or any agreement giving rise thereto) or Contract by reason of or
arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender of any payment relating thereto, nor shall the
Administrative Agent or any Lender be obligated in any manner to
perform any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to
any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto) or Contract,
to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the
sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency
of any performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any
claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect
the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to
which it may be entitled at any time or times.
6.3 Pledged Stock .
(a) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and the Administrative Agent shall have given written
notice to the relevant Grantor of the Administrative Agent’s
intent to exercise its corresponding rights pursuant to
Section 6.3(b), each Grantor shall be permitted to receive all
cash dividends and other distributions paid in respect of the
Pledged Stock and all payments made in respect of the Pledged
Notes, to the extent permitted in the Credit Agreement, and to
exercise all voting and corporate rights with respect to the
Investment Property; provided, that such rights and powers shall
not be exercised in a manner that would reasonably be expected to
materially and adversely affect the material rights and remedies of
any of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under this
Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
(b) To the extent permitted
by applicable law, if an Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing and the Administrative Agent shall give written notice
of its intent to exercise such rights to the relevant Grantor or
Grantors, (i) the Administrative Agent shall have the right to
receive any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid
in respect of the Investment Property (other than dividends,
payments and proceeds expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement
to be paid to a party other than the Administrative Agent or any
other Secured Party), to hold the same as additional
collateral
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security for and make application
thereof to the Obligations in the order set forth in
Section 6.5, and (ii) the Administrative Agent may have
any or all of the Investment Property constituting Collateral
registered in the name of the Administrative Agent or its nominee,
and the Administrative Agent or its nominee may or shall, as
applicable, thereafter exercise (x) all voting, corporate and
other rights pertaining to such Investment Property at any meeting
of shareholders of the relevant Issuer or Issuers or otherwise and
(y) any and all rights of conversion, exchange and
subscription and any other rights, privileges or options pertaining
to such Investment Property as if it were the absolute owner
thereof (including, without limitation, the right to exchange at
its discretion any and all of the Investment Property upon the
merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other
fundamental change in the corporate or other organizational
structure of any Issuer, or upon the exercise by any Grantor or the
Administrative Agent of any right, privilege or option pertaining
to such Investment Property, and in connection therewith, the right
to deposit and deliver any and all of the Investment Property with
any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other
designated agency upon such terms and conditions as the
Administrative Agent may determine), all without liability except
to account for property actually received by it, but the
Administrative Agent shall have no duty to any Grantor to exercise
any such right, privilege or option and shall not be responsible
for any failure to do so or delay in so doing.
(c) Each Grantor hereby
authorizes and instructs each Issuer of any Investment Property
pledged by such Grantor hereunder to (i) comply with any
instruction received by it from the Administrative Agent in writing
that (x) states that an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and (y) is otherwise in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from
such Grantor, and each Grantor agrees that each Issuer shall be
fully protected in so complying, and (ii) unless otherwise
expressly permitted hereby, pay any dividends or other payments
with respect to the Investment Property directly to the
Administrative Agent.
(d) Upon the cure or waiver
of any Event of Default in accordance with the Credit Agreement,
the Administrative Agent shall as soon as practically reasonable
(1) take such steps reasonably requested by the applicable
Grantor (at the expense of the Borrower) to cause any Investment
Property registered pursuant to clause (ii) of this
Section 6.3(b) to be registered in the name of the original
Grantor in which such Investment Property was registered prior to
the Event of Default which has been cured or waived and
(2) repay to each Grantor any dividends, interest, principal
or other distributions held by the Administrative Agent that such
Grantor would otherwise have been permitted to retain pursuant to
the terms of paragraph (a) of this Section 6.3 and that
were not applied to repay the Obligations.
6.4 Proceeds to be Turned
Over To Administrative Agent . In addition to the rights of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders specified in Section 6.1
with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Event of Default
shall occur and be continuing, all Proceeds received by any Grantor
consisting of cash, checks and other near-cash items shall be held
by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall,
forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the
Administrative Agent in the same form received by such Grantor
(duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if
required). All Proceeds received by the Administrative Agent
hereunder shall be held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral
Account maintained under its sole dominion and control. All
Proceeds while held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral
Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders) shall continue to be held as collateral security
for all the Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof
until applied as provided in Section 6.5.
6.5 Application of
Proceeds . The Administrative Agent shall apply the proceeds of
any collection or sale of Collateral, including any Collateral
consisting of cash and any proceeds of the guarantee set forth in
Section 2, in payment of the Obligations. The Administrative
Agent
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shall have absolute discretion as to the
time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in
accordance with this Agreement and the Credit Agreement and may do
so at such intervals as may be agreed upon by the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent, or, if an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, at any time at the Administrative
Agent’s election. Subject to the foregoing, the
Administrative Agent shall apply such proceeds in the following
order:
First , to pay
incurred and unpaid fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent
under the Loan Documents;
Second , to the
Administrative Agent, for application by it towards payment of
amounts then due and owing and remaining unpaid in respect of the
Obligations, pro rata among the Secured Parties according to
the amounts of the Obligations then due and owing and remaining
unpaid to the Secured Parties;
Third , to the
Administrative Agent, for application by it towards prepayment of
the Obligations, pro rata among the Secured Parties
according to the amounts of the Obligations then held by the
Secured Parties; and
Fourth , any balance
remaining after the Obligations shall have been paid in full, no
Letters of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall
have terminated shall be paid over to the Borrower or to whomsoever
may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.
6.6 Code and Other
Remedies . If an Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing, and upon the sending of a written notice to the
Borrower of its intention to exercise remedies hereunder, the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, may exercise, in
addition to all other rights and remedies granted to them in this
Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing,
evidencing or relating to the Obligations, all rights and remedies
of a secured party under the New York UCC or any other applicable
law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Administrative Agent, without demand of performance or other
demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind
(except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon
any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands,
defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in
such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and
realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may
forthwith sell, lease, assign, give option or options to purchase,
or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collat
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