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
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SECTION 1. 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. GUARANTEE
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2.1.
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Guarantee
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2.2.
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Indemnity and
Subrogation.
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2.3.
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Contribution and
Subrogation
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2.4.
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Subordination.
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2.5.
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Amendments, etc. with
respect to the Borrower Obligations
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2.6.
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Guarantee Absolute and
Unconditional
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2.7.
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Reinstatement
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2.8.
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Payments
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SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY
INTEREST
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SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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4.1.
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Representations in
Credit Agreement
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4.2.
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Title; No Other
Liens
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4.3.
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Perfected
Liens
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4.4.
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Jurisdiction of
Organization; Chief Executive Office
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4.5.
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Inventory and
Equipment
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4.6.
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Farm
Products
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4.7.
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Investment
Property
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4.8.
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Receivables
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4.9.
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Intellectual
Property
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SECTION 5. COVENANTS
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5.1.
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Covenants in Credit
Agreement
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5.2.
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Delivery of Instruments
and Chattel Paper
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5.3.
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Maintenance of
Insurance
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12
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5.4.
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Payment of
Obligations
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5.5.
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Maintenance of
Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation
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5.6.
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Changes in Locations,
Name, etc.
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5.7.
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Notices
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5.8.
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Investment
Property
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5.9.
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Receivables
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5.10.
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Intellectual
Property
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SECTION 6. 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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Registration
Rights
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6.8.
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Deficiency
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SECTION 7. 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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Recording of Financing
Statements
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7.4.
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Authority of
Administrative Agent
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SECTION 8. 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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SCHEDULES
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Schedule 1
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Guarantors
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Schedule 2
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Description of Pledged
Securities
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Schedule 3
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Filings and Other Actions
Required to Perfect Security Interests
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Schedule 4
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Location of Jurisdiction of
Organization and Chief Executive Office
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Schedule 5
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Location of Inventory and
Equipment
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Schedule 6
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Intellectual
Property
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ANNEXES
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Annex I
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Form of Assumption
Agreement
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Annex II
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Form of Acknowledgment
and Consent
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Annex III
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Form of Perfection
Certificate
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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:
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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).
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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.
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Collateral ”: as defined in
Section 3.
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Collateral Account ”: any collateral account
established by the Administrative Agent as provided in
Section 6.1 or 6.4.
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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.
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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.
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Deposit Account ”: as defined in the Uniform
Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction and, in any event,
including, without limitation, any demand, time, savings, passbook
or like account maintained with a depositary
institution.
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Financial Officer ”: the chief financial
officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of
Holdings.
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Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock ”: the voting
Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary.
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Grantors ”: as defined in the preamble to this
Agreement.
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Guarantor Obligations ”: with respect to any
Guarantor, all obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor which
may arise under or in connection with this Agreement (including,
without limitation, Section 2) or any other Loan Document to
which such Guarantor is a party, in each case whether on account of
guarantee obligations, reimbursement obligations, fees,
indemnities,
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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).
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Guarantors ”: the collective reference to each
Grantor other than the Borrower. The initial Guarantors are
identified on Schedule 1 hereto.
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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).
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Intercompany Note ”: any promissory note
evidencing loans made by any Grantor to any other Group
Member.
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Investment Property ”: the collective reference
to (i) all “investment property” as such term is
defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the New York UCC (other
than any Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock excluded from the
definition of “Pledged Stock”) and (ii) whether or
not constituting “investment property” as so defined,
all Pledged Notes and all Pledged Stock.
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Issuers ”: the collective reference to each
issuer of any Investment Property.
“ New
York UCC ”: the Uniform Commercial Code as from
time to time in effect in the State of New York.
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Obligations ”: (i) in the case of the
Borrower, the Borrower Obligations, and (ii) in the case of
each Guarantor, its Guarantor Obligations.
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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.
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Patent License ”: all agreements, whether
written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of
any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered in
whole or in part by a Patent, including, without limitation, any of
the foregoing referred to 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.
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Pledged Notes ”: all promissory notes listed on
Schedule 2 , all Intercompany Notes at any time issued
to any Grantor and all other promissory notes issued to or held by
any Grantor (other than promissory notes issued in connection with
extensions of trade credit by any Grantor in the ordinary course of
business).
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Pledged Stock ”: the shares of Capital Stock
listed on Schedule 2 , together with any other shares,
stock certificates, options, interests or rights of any nature
whatsoever in respect of the Capital Stock of any Person that may
be issued or granted to, or held by, any Grantor while this
Agreement is in effect; provided that in no event shall more
than 65% of the total outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock
of any Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by a Grantor be required
to be pledged hereunder.
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Proceeds ”: all “proceeds” as such
term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the New York UCC
and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends
or other income from the Investment Property, collections thereon
or distributions or payments with respect thereto.
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Receivable ”: any right to payment for goods
sold or leased or for services rendered, whether or not such right
is evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper and whether or not
it has been earned by performance (including, without limitation,
any Account).
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Securities Act ”: the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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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.
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Trademark License ”: any agreement, whether
written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of
any right to use any Trademark, including, without limitation, any
of the foregoing referred to on Schedule 6 .
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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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