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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

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Title: GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 6/13/2008
Industry: Casinos and Gaming     Sector: Services

GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, Parties: jpmorgan chase bank  na , scientific games corporation , scientific games international  inc
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Exhibit 10.2

 

 

GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

 

among

 

SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

 

SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION,

as a Guarantor

 

and certain of their Subsidiaries

 

in favor of

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

 

as Administrative Agent

 

Dated as of June 9, 2008

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS

1

 

1.1.

Definitions

1

 

1.2.

Other Definitional Provisions

4

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2. GUARANTEE

5

 

2.1.

Guarantee

5

 

2.2.

Indemnity and Subrogation.

5

 

2.3.

Contribution and Subrogation

6

 

2.4.

Subordination.

6

 

2.5.

Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations

6

 

2.6.

Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional

7

 

2.7.

Reinstatement

7

 

2.8.

Payments

8

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

8

 

 

 

SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

9

 

4.1.

Representations in Credit Agreement

9

 

4.2.

Title; No Other Liens

9

 

4.3.

Perfected Liens

9

 

4.4.

Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office

10

 

4.5.

Inventory and Equipment

10

 

4.6.

Farm Products

10

 

4.7.

Investment Property

10

 

4.8.

Receivables

11

 

4.9.

Intellectual Property

11

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5. COVENANTS

11

 

5.1.

Covenants in Credit Agreement

11

 

5.2.

Delivery of Instruments and Chattel Paper

12

 

5.3.

Maintenance of Insurance

12

 

5.4.

Payment of Obligations

12

 

5.5.

Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation

12

 

5.6.

Changes in Locations, Name, etc.

13

 

5.7.

Notices

13

 

5.8.

Investment Property

13

 

5.9.

Receivables

13

 

5.10.

Intellectual Property

14

 

 

 

 

SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS

16

 

6.1.

Certain Matters Relating to Receivables

16

 

6.2.

Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable

17

 

6.3.

Pledged Stock

17

 



 

 

6.4.

Proceeds to be Turned Over to Administrative Agent

18

 

6.5.

Application of Proceeds

18

 

6.6.

Code and Other Remedies

19

 

6.7.

Registration Rights

20

 

6.8.

Deficiency

21

 

 

 

 

SECTION 7. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

21

 

7.1.

Administrative Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc.

21

 

7.2.

Duty of Administrative Agent

23

 

7.3.

Recording of Financing Statements

23

 

7.4.

Authority of Administrative Agent

23

 

 

 

 

SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS

24

 

8.1.

Amendments in Writing

24

 

8.2.

Notices

24

 

8.3.

No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies

24

 

8.4.

Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification

24

 

8.5.

Successors and Assigns

25

 

8.6.

Set-Off

25

 

8.7.

Counterparts

25

 

8.8.

Severability

25

 

8.9.

Section Headings

25

 

8.10.

Integration

25

 

8.11.

GOVERNING LAW

26

 

8.12.

Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers

26

 

8.13.

Acknowledgements

26

 

8.14.

Additional Grantors

27

 

8.15.

Releases

27

 

8.16.

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

27

 



 

SCHEDULES

 

 

 

Schedule 1

 

Guarantors

Schedule 2

 

Description of Pledged Securities

Schedule 3

 

Filings and Other Actions Required to Perfect Security Interests

Schedule 4

 

Location of Jurisdiction of Organization and Chief Executive Office

Schedule 5

 

Location of Inventory and Equipment

Schedule 6

 

Intellectual Property

 

 

 

ANNEXES

 

 

 

 

Annex I

 

Form of Assumption Agreement

Annex II

 

Form of Acknowledgment and Consent

Annex III

 

Form of Perfection Certificate

 



 

GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of June 9, 2008, SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ Holdings ”), as a Guarantor, each of the subsidiaries of Holdings party hereto (together with the Borrower, Holdings and any other subsidiary of Holdings 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 several banks, financial institutions and other entities (the “ Lenders ”) from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 9, 2008 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the Borrower, as borrower, Holdings, as a Guarantor and parent of the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the obligations of the Lenders to extend such credit are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the Guarantors are affiliates of the Borrower, will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to extend such credit.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, 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, Farm Products, General Intangibles, Goods, Instruments, Inventory, Letter-of-Credit Rights 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 Credit Agreement 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 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 any Agent or 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 or any Letter of Credit, or any other document made, delivered or given in connection therewith, 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 Agents or to the Lenders that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of any of the foregoing agreements).

 

Borrower Obligations ”:  the collective reference to (i) the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations and (ii) Hedge Agreement Obligations, but only to the extent that, and only so long as, the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations are secured and guaranteed pursuant hereto.

 

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.

 

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 on 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.

 

Copyright Licenses ”:  any written agreement naming any Grantor as licensor or licensee (including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 6 ), granting any right under any Copyright, including, without limitation, the grant of rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright.

 

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.

 

Financial Officer ”:  the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of Holdings.

 

Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock ”:  the voting Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary.

 

Grantors ”: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

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,

 

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costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agents 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).

 

Guarantors ”:  the collective reference to each Grantor other than the Borrower.  The initial Guarantors are identified on Schedule 1 hereto.

 

Hedge Agreement Obligations ”:  the collective reference to all obligations and liabilities of Holdings or any Subsidiary (including, without limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in any Specified Hedge Agreement after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to Holdings or any such Subsidiary, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) to any counterparty to a Specified Hedge Agreement, 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, any Specified Hedge Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection therewith, 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 relevant counterparty to a Specified Hedge Agreement that are required to be paid by Holdings or any such Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of any Specified Hedge Agreement).

 

Intercompany Note ”:  any promissory note evidencing loans made by any Grantor to any other Group Member.

 

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 ”:  (i) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof and all goodwill associated therewith, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to on 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 on Schedule 6 , and (iii) all rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the foregoing.

 

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 on Schedule 6 .

 

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Perfection Certificate ”:  a certificate substantially in the form of Annex II, completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments contemplated thereby, and duly executed by a Financial Officer and the chief legal officer of Holdings.

 

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 directly owned by a Grantor be required to be pledged hereunder.

 

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.

 

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).

 

Securities Act ”:  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Trademarks ”:  (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, 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 on Schedule 6 , and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.

 

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 on Schedule 6 .

 

Vehicles ”:  all cars, trucks, trailers, construction, special purpose and other vehicles and equipment covered by a certificate of title of any state or of the United States of America and all appurtenants to any of the foregoing.

 

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.

 

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(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.

 

(d)          Where the context requires, any affiliate of a Lender which is a party to a Specified Hedge Agreement and any counterparty to a Specified Hedge Agreement set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) to the Credit Agreement, in each case shall be deemed to be a Lender” for purposes of this Agreement.

 

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 Agents and the Lenders and their respective permitted 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)          [Reserved.]

 

(c)          [Reserved.]

 

(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, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall be terminated, 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 any 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 until the Borrower Obligations are paid in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments are terminated.

 

2.2.         Indemnity and Subrogation .  In addition to all such rights of indemnity and subrogation as the Guarantors may have under applicable law (but subject to Section 2.4), Holdings and the Borrower agree that (a) in the event a payment of an obligation shall be made by any Guarantor (other than Holdings) under this Agreement, Holdings and the Borrower shall indemnify such Guarantor for the full amount of such payment and such Guarantor shall be

 

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subrogated to the rights of the Person to whom such payment shall have been made to the extent of such payment and (b) in the event any assets of any Grantor (other than Holdings or the Borrower) shall be sold pursuant to this Agreement or any other Security Document to satisfy in whole or in part an obligation owed to any Lender, Holdings and the Borrower shall indemnify such Grantor in an amount equal to the greater of the book value or the fair market value of the assets so sold.

 

2.3.         Contribution and Subrogation .  Each Guarantor and Grantor (a “ Contributing Party ”) agrees (subject to Section 2.4) that, in the event a payment shall be made by any other Guarantor (other than Holdings) hereunder in respect of any Borrower Obligation or assets of any other Grantor (other than Holdings or the Borrower) shall be sold pursuant to any Security Document to satisfy any Borrower Obligation owed to any Lender and such other Guarantor or Grantor (the “ Claiming Party ”) shall not have been fully indemnified by Holdings and the Borrower as provided in Section 2.2, the Contributing Party shall indemnify the Claiming Party in an amount equal to the amount of such payment or the greater of the book value or the fair market value of such assets, as the case may be, in each case multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the net worth of the Contributing Party on the date hereof and the denominator shall be the aggregate net worth of all the Guarantors and Grantors on the date hereof (or, in the case of any Guarantor or Grantor becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 8.14, the date of the Assumption Agreement executed and delivered by such Guarantor or Grantor).  Any Contributing Party making any payment to a Claiming Party pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be subrogated to the rights of such Claiming Party under Section 2.2 to the extent of such payment.

 

2.4.         Subordination .  Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, all rights of the Guarantors and Grantors under Sections 2.2 and 2.3 and all other rights of indemnity, contribution or subrogation under applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Borrower Obligations.  No failure on the part of the Borrower or any Guarantor or Grantor to make the payments required by Sections 2.2 and 2.3 (or any other payments required under applicable law or otherwise) shall in any respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor or Grantor with respect to its obligations hereunder, and each Guarantor and Grantor shall remain liable for the full amount of the obligations of such Guarantor or Grantor hereunder.

 

(b)          Each Guarantor and Grantor hereby agrees that all Indebtedness and other monetary obligations owed by it to any other Guarantor, Grantor or any other Subsidiary shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Borrower Obligations.

 

2.5.         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 Agent or any Lender may be rescinded by such 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 any Agent or any Lender, and the Credit Agreement and the

 

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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, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by any Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Borrower Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released.  No Agent or 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.

 

2.6.         Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional .  Each Guarantor to the extent permitted by applicable law, 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 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 Agents 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, to the extent permitted by applicable law, 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 any 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 any 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, any Agent or any Lender 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 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 any Agent or any Lender against any Guarantor.  For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.

 

2.7.         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

 

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any of the Borrower Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by any 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.

 

2.8.         Payments .  Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars or the relevant Foreign Currency, as applicable, 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 Agents and the Lenders (and any affiliates of any Lender to which Hedge Agreement Obligations are owing), 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 Deposit Accounts;

 

(d)          all Documents;

 

(e)          all Equipment, other than Vehicles;

 

(f)           all General Intangibles;

 

(g)          all Instruments (except with regard to licenses of Intellectual Property by a third party to a Grantor, if the assignment, transfer or grant of the security interest would breach, limit the rights of the Grantor under or give rise to a right to terminate such license);

 

(h)          all Intellectual Property;

 

(i)           all Inventory;

 

(j)           all Investment Property;

 

(k)          all Letter-of-Credit Rights;

 

(l)           all Goods and other property not otherwise described above;

 

(m)         all books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and

 

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(n)          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 of 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, 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; and provided , further , that the parties hereto acknowledge that the security interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the Administrative Agent or any Lender to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Grantor with respect to or arising out of the Collateral.

 

SECTION 4.  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

To induce the Agents 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 each Agent and each Lender that:

 

4.1.         Representations in Credit Agreement .  In the case of each Guarantor, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 of the Credit Agreement as they relate to such Guarantor or to the Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct, and each Agent and each Lender shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if they were fully set forth herein, provided that each reference in each such representation and warranty to the knowledge of Holdings and the Borrower shall, for the purposes of this Section 4.1, be deemed to be a reference to such Guarantor’s knowledge.

 

4.2.         Title; No Other Liens .  Except for the security interest granted to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Agents and the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement and the other Liens permitted to exist on the Collateral by the Credit Agreement, such Grantor owns each item of the Collateral 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 Agents and the Lenders, pursuant to this Agreement or as are permitted by the Credit Agreement.

 

4.3.         Perfected Liens .  The security interests 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 said Schedule, have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in completed and duly executed form) will constitute valid perfected

 

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security interests in all of the Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Agents and the Lenders, 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 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.

 

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, 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.

 

4.5.         Inventory and Equipment .  On the date hereof, the Inventory and the Equipment (other than mobile or moveable goods) are kept at the locations listed on Schedule 5 .

 

4.6.         Farm Products .  None of the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds of, Farm Products.

 

4.7.         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 relevant Issuer owned by such Grantor or, in the case of Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock, if less, 65% of the outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of each relevant Issuer owned by such Grantor. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that (i) to the extent each interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership controlled now or in the future by such Grantor and pledged hereunder is a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the New York UCC and is governed by Article 8 of the New York UCC, such interest shall be certificated and (ii) each such interest shall at all times hereafter continue to be such a security and represented by such certificate.  Each Grantor further acknowledges and agrees that with respect to any interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership controlled now or in the future by such Grantor and pledged hereunder that is not a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the New York UCC, such Grantor shall at no time elect to treat any such interest as a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the New York UCC, nor shall such interest be represented by a certificate, unless such Grantor provides prior written notification to the Administrative Agent of such election and such interest is thereafter represented by a certificate that is promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

(b)          All the shares of the Pledged Stock have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.

 

(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

 

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(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.

 

4.8.         Receivables .  (a)  Each Grantor shall deliver to the Administrative Agent each Instrument or Chattel Paper in an amount in excess of $1,000,000 payable to such Grantor under or in connection with any Receivable.

 

(b)          The amounts represented by such Grantor to the Lenders from time to time as owing to such Grantor in respect of the Receivables will at such times be accurate.

 

4.9.         Intellectual Property .  (a)   Schedule 6 lists all registered Copyrights, registered Trademarks, Patents and applications to register any of the foregoing owned by such Grantor in its own name on the date hereof, and all Copyright Licenses, Trademark Licenses and Patent Licenses.

 

(b)          On the date hereof, all material Intellectual Property of such Grantor, including without limitation the Intellectual Property described on Schedule 6 , is valid, subsisting, unexpired and enforceable, has not been abandoned and does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any other Person.

 

(c)          Except as set forth on Schedule 6 , on the date hereof, none of the Intellectual Property is the subject of any 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 would limit, cancel or question the validity of, or such Grantor’s rights in, any Intellectual Property in any respect that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e)          Except as set forth on Schedule 6 , no action or proceeding is pending, or, to the knowledge of such Grantor, threatened, on the date hereof (i) seeking to limit, cancel or question the validity of any Intellectual Property or such Grantor’s ownership interest therein or (ii) which, if adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect on the value of any Intellectual Property.

 

SECTION 5.  COVENANTS

 

Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Agents and the Lenders that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Obligations shall have been paid in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall have terminated:

 

5.1.         Covenants in Credit Agreement .  In the case of each Guarantor, such Guarantor shall take, or shall refrain from taking, as the case may be, each action that is

 

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necessary to be taken or not taken under Sections 7 and 8 of the Credit Agreement, as the case may be, so that no Default or Event of Default is caused by the failure to take such action or to refrain from taking such action by such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

5.2.         Delivery of Instruments and Chattel Paper .  If any amount in excess of $1,000,000 payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper, such Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper shall be promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent, duly indorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.

 

5.3.         Maintenance of Insurance .  (a)  Such Grantor will maintain, with financially sound and reputable companies, insurance policies in accordance with Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement.

 

(b)          All such insurance shall (i) provide that no cancellation, material reduction in amount or material change in coverage thereof shall be effective, except in the case of non-payment of premium, 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 respects to the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)          Upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a report of a reputable insurance broker with respect to such insurance substantially concurrently with the delivery by Holdings to the Administrative Agent of its audited financial statements for each fiscal year and such supplemental reports with respect thereto as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

 

5.4.         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 and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of such Grantor.

 

5.5.         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 in Section 4.3 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.

 

(b)          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, in each case as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.

 

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(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 limi
































 
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