Exhibit 10.37
EXECUTION VERSION
GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL
AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 17,
2009
made by
NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS,
INC.,
and
THE OTHER GRANTORS referred to
herein
in favor of
SILICON VALLEY BANK,
as Administrative Agent
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SECTION 1.
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DEFINED TERMS
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1.1
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Definitions
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1.2
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Other
Definitional Provisions
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SECTION 2.
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GUARANTEE
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2.1
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Guarantee
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2.2
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Right of
Contribution
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2.3
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No
Subrogation
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2.4
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Amendments,
etc. with respect to the US Borrower Obligations
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2.5
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Guarantee
Absolute and Unconditional
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2.6
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Reinstatement
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2.7
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Payments
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SECTION 3.
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GRANT
OF SECURITY INTEREST
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SECTION 4.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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4.1
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Title; No Other
Liens
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4.2
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Perfected
Liens
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4.3
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Jurisdiction of
Organization; Chief Executive Office
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4.4
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Inventory and
Equipment
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4.5
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Farm
Products
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4.6
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Investment
Property
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4.7
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Investment
Accounts
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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.
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COVENANTS
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5.1
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Delivery of
Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper
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5.2
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Maintenance of
Insurance
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5.3
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Payment of US
Obligations
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5.4
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Maintenance of
Security Interests; Further Documentation
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5.5
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Changes in
Locations, Name, etc.
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5.6
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Notices
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5.7
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Investment
Property
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5.8
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Investment
Accounts
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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.
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REMEDIAL PROVISIONS
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6.1
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Certain Matters
Relating to Receivables
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6.2
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Communications
with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable
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6.3
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Investment
Property
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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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Intellectual
Property License
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6.9
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Deficiency
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SECTION 7.
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THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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7.1
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Administrative
Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc
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7.2
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Duty of
Administrative Agent
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7.3
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Authorization
of Financing Statements
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7.4
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Authority of
Administrative Agent
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SECTION 8.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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8.1
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Amendments in
Writing
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8.2
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Notices
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8.3
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No Waiver by
Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies
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8.4
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Enforcement
Expenses; Indemnification
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8.5
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Successors and
Assigns
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8.6
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Set-Off
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8.7
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Counterparts
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8.8
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Severability
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8.9
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Section
Headings
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8.10
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Integration
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8.11
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GOVERNING
LAW
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8.12
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Submission To
Jurisdiction; Waivers
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8.13
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Acknowledgements
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8.14
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Additional
Grantors
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8.15
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Releases
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8.16
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WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule 1
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Notice
Addresses
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Schedule 2
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Investment
Property
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Schedule 3
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Perfection
Matters
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Schedule 4
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Jurisdictions
of Organization and Chief Executive Offices, etc.
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Schedule 5
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Equipment and
Inventory Locations
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Schedule 6
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Intellectual
Property
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iii
G UARANTEE AND C OLLATERAL A GREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”),
dated as of July 17, 2009, made by each of the signatories
hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party
hereto as provided herein, the “ Grantors
”), in favor of SILICON VALLEY BANK, as Administrative Agent
(together with its successors, in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent ”) for the banks and other
financial institutions or entities (the “
Lenders ”) from time to time parties to the
Credit Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2009 (as amended,
amended and restated, supplemented, restructured or otherwise
modified, renewed or replaced from time to time, the “
Credit Agreement ”), among NetLogic
Microsystems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ US
Borrower ”), NetLogic Microsystems International
Limited, a British Virgin Islands Company (the “ BVI
Borrower ” and, together with the US Borrower, the
“ Borrowers ”), the Lenders party thereto
and the Administrative Agent.
INTRODUCTORY
STATEMENTS
W HEREAS , the US Borrower is a member of an affiliated
group of companies that includes each other Grantor;
W HEREAS , the proceeds of the extensions of credit under
the Credit Agreement will be used in part to enable the US Borrower
to make valuable transfers to one or more of the other Grantors in
connection with the operation of their respective
businesses;
W HEREAS , certain of the Qualified Counterparties may
enter into Specified Swap Agreements with the US
Borrower;
W HEREAS , the US Borrower and the other Grantors are
engaged in related businesses, and each Grantor derives substantial
direct and indirect benefit from the extensions of credit to the US
Borrower under the Credit Agreement and from the Specified Swap
Agreements; and
W HEREAS , it is a condition precedent to the Closing
Date that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this
Agreement to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of
the Secured Parties.
N OW ,
T HEREFORE
, in consideration of the above
premises, the parties hereto hereby agree 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 California UCC: Accounts, Certificated Security, Chattel Paper,
Commercial Tort Claims, Commodity Accounts, Documents, Equipment,
Farm Products, Fixtures, General Intangibles, Goods, Instruments,
Inventory, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Securities Accounts and
Supporting Obligations.
(b) The following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“ Agreement
”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“ California UCC
”: the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect
in the State of California.
“ 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 .
“ 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.
“ 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.
“ 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.
“ Discharge of US
Obligations ”: as defined in
Section 2.1(d) .
“ Foreign Subsidiary
Voting Stock ”: the voting Capital Stock of any
Foreign Subsidiary.
“ Guarantor
”: the collective reference to each Grantor other than the US
Borrower.
“ Intellectual
Property ”: the collective reference to all rights,
priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property of any
Grantor, whether arising under United States, multinational or
foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, the
Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent
Licenses, the Trademarks and the Trademark Licenses, and all rights
to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment
thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages
therefrom.
“ Intercompany
Note ”: any promissory note evidencing loans made by
any Grantor to the US Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries.
“ Investment
Accounts ”: the collective reference to the
Securities Accounts, Commodity Accounts and Deposit
Accounts.
“ Investment
Property ”: the collective reference to (i) all
“investment property” as such term is defined in
Section 9-102(a)(49) of the California 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.
“ Patent License
”: all agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the
grant by or to any Grantor of any right under any Patent,
including, without limitation, the 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 .
“ 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.
“ Pledged Notes
”: all promissory notes listed on Schedule 2 and all
other promissory notes issued to or held by any Grantor.
“ Pledged Stock
”: the shares of Capital Stock listed on Schedule 2 ,
together with any other shares, stock certificates, options,
interests or rights of any nature whatsoever in respect of the
Capital Stock of any Person that may be issued or granted to, or
held by, any Grantor while this Agreement is in effect;
provided that in no event shall more than 66% of the total
outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign
Subsidiary be required to be pledged or charged hereunder, and the
term “Pledged Stock” shall exclude Foreign Subsidiary
Voting Stock in excess of 66% of the total outstanding Foreign
Subsidiary Voting Stock.
“ Proceeds
”: all “proceeds” as such term is defined in
Section 9-102(a)(64) of the California 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).
“ 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 .
“ Trademarks
”: (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names,
company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade
styles, service marks, logos, Internet domain names 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
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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.
“ US Borrower
Obligations ”: the US Obligations of the US
Borrower.
“ US Guarantor
Obligations ”: the collective reference to the US
Obligations of the Guarantors.
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 the Sections
and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
(b) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall
be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such
terms.
(c) Where the context requires, terms relating to
the Collateral or any part thereof, when used in relation to a
Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or the
relevant part thereof.
SECTION 2.
GUARANTEE
2.1 Guarantee.
(a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and
severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and
assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance by the US
Borrower when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise) of the US Borrower Obligations.
(b) Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to
the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each
Guarantor hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall in no
event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor
under applicable federal and state laws relating to the insolvency
of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution
established in Section 2.2 ).
(c) Each Guarantor agrees that the US Borrower
Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount
of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing the
guarantee contained in this Section 2 or affecting the
rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any other
Secured Party hereunder.
(d) The guarantee contained in this
Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect until
all the US 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
have been terminated (the “Discharge of US
Obligations ”), notwithstanding that from time to
time during the term of the Credit Agreement the US Borrower may be
free from any US Borrower Obligations.
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(e) No payment made by the US Borrower, any of the
Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or
collected by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party
from the US 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 US 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 US Borrower Obligations or any payment received or
collected from such Guarantor in respect of the US Borrower
Obligations), remain liable for the US Borrower Obligations up to
the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the
Discharge of US Obligations.
2.2 Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor
hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid
more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder,
such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution
from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid
its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantor’s
right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions
of Section 2.3 . The provisions of this
Section 2.2 shall in no respect limit the obligations
and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and
the other Secured Parties, and each Guarantor shall remain liable
to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties for the
full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
2.3 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any
payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or
application of funds of any Guarantor by the Administrative Agent
or any other Secured Party, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be
subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any
other Secured Party against the US Borrower or any other Guarantor
or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by
the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment
of the US Borrower Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be
entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the US
Borrower or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such
Guarantor hereunder, in each case, until the Discharge of US
Obligations. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on
account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the US
Borrower Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount
shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Administrative
Agent and the other Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of
such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such
Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact
form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to
the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied in such order
as set forth in Section 6.5 hereof irrespective of the
occurrence or the continuance of any Event of Default.
2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the US
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 US Borrower
Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured
Party may be rescinded by the Administrative Agent or such Secured
Party
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and any of the US Borrower Obligations
continued, and the US Borrower Obligations, or the liability of any
other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral
security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect
thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed,
extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived,
surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent or any other
Secured Party, and the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in
connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or
terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or
the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be) may deem
advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee
or right of offset at any time held by the Administrative Agent or
any other Secured Party for the payment of the US Borrower
Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or
released. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured
Party shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or
insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the US
Borrower Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this
Section 2 or any property subject thereto.
2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional.
Each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal,
extension or accrual of any of the US Borrower Obligations and
notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent or any
other Secured Party upon the guarantee contained in this
Section 2 or acceptance of the guarantee contained in
this Section 2 ; the US 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 US Borrower and any of the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the
other Secured Parties, on the other hand, likewise shall be
conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance
upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2 . Each
Guarantor waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand for
payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the US
Borrower or any of the Guarantors with respect to the US 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 US
Borrower Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or
guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or
from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any other
Secured Party, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other
than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be
available to or be asserted by the US Borrower or any other Person
against the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, or
(c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice
to or knowledge of the US Borrower or such Guarantor) which
constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or
legal discharge of the US Borrower for the US Borrower Obligations,
or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this
Section 2 , in bankruptcy or in any other instance.
When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights
and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Administrative
Agent or any other Secured Party may, but shall be under no
obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such
rights and remedies as it may have against the US Borrower, any
other Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral
security or guarantee for the US Borrower Obligations or any right
of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to make any such
demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any
payments from the US Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other
Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee
or to exercise any
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such right of offset, or any release of the US
Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such
collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not
relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and
shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether
express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party against any
Guarantor. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall
include the commencement and continuance of any legal
proceedings.
2.6 Reinstatement. The guarantee contained in
this Section 2 shall continue to be effective, or be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part
thereof, of any of the US Borrower Obligations is rescinded or must
otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or
any other Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy,
dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the US 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 US Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial
part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had
not been made.
2.7 Payments. Each Guarantor hereby
guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the
Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars at
the Funding Office.
SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY
INTEREST
Each Grantor hereby (and pursuant to
the Share Charges, as applicable) grants to the Administrative
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security
interest in, all of the following property now owned or at any time
hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has
or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or
interest (collectively, the “ Collateral
”), as collateral security for the prompt and complete
payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity,
by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor’s US
Obligations:
(a) all Accounts;
(b) all Chattel Paper;
(c) all Deposit Accounts;
(d) all Documents;
(e) all Equipment;
(f) all Fixtures;
(g) all General Intangibles;
(h) all Goods;
(i) all Instruments;
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(j) all Intellectual Property;
(k) all Inventory;
(l) all Investment Property;
(m) all Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(n) all other property not otherwise described
above;
(o) all books and records pertaining to the
Collateral; and
(p) to the extent not otherwise included, all
Proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products of any and all of the
foregoing;
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 Requirement of Law of a Governmental Authority
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, except (i) to the
extent that the terms in such contract, license, instrument or
other document providing for such prohibition, breach, default or
termination, or requiring such consent are not permitted under
Section 7.14 of the Credit Agreement or (ii) to
the extent that such Requirement of Law or the term in such
contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document
providing for such prohibition, breach, default or termination or
requiring such consent is ineffective under Section 9-406,
9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or
provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable
law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity;
provided, however , that such security interest shall attach
immediately at such time as such Requirement of Law is not
effective or applicable, or such prohibition, breach, default or
termination is no longer applicable or is waived, and to the extent
severable, shall attach immediately to any portion of the
Collateral that does not result in such consequences; and
provided, further , that no United States intent-to-use
trademark or service mark application shall be included in the
Collateral to the extent that, and solely during the period in
which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the
validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark or
service mark application under Federal law. After such period, each
Grantor acknowledges that such interest in such trademark or
service mark application shall be subject to a security interest in
favor of the Administrative Agent and shall be included in the
Collateral.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
To induce the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce
the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the US
Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to
the Administrative Agent and each other Secured Party
that:
4.1 Title; No Other Liens. Except for the
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
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all Liens or claims of others. Other than
precautionary filings in respect of true leases, no financing
statement, fixture filing or other public notice with respect to
all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record or will
be filed in any public office, except such as have been filed as
permitted by the Credit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, it
is understood and agreed that any Grantor may, as part of its
business, grant licenses to third parties to use Intellectual
Property owned or developed by a Grantor. For purposes of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such licensing activity
shall not constitute a “Lien” on such Intellectual
Property. The Administrative Agent and each other Secured Party
understands that any such licenses may be exclusive to the
applicable licensees, and such exclusivity provisions may limit the
ability of the Administrative Agent to utilize, sell, lease or
transfer the related Intellectual Property or otherwise realize
value from such Intellectual Property pursuant hereto.
4.2 Perfected Liens. The security interests
granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement
(i) 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 (if applicable) executed
form) will constitute valid and, where applicable, perfected
security interests in all of the Collateral in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties, as collateral security for such Grantor’s US
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 (ii) are prior
to all other Liens on the Collateral in existence on the date
hereof except for Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement which
have priority over the Liens on the Collateral by operation of law,
and in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Stock, Liens
permitted by Section 7.3 of the Credit Agreement. Each
Grantor has the right to remove the Fixtures in which such Grantor
has an interest within the meaning of Section 9-334(f)(2) of
the UCC.
4.3 Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive
Office. On the date hereof, such Grantor’s jurisdiction
of organization, identification number from the jurisdiction of
organization (if any), and the location of such Grantor’s
chief executive office or sole place of business, as the case may
be, are specified on Schedule 4 .
4.4 Inventory and Equipment. On the date
hereof (a) the Inventory and (b) the Equipment (other
than mobile goods) are kept at the locations listed on Schedule
5 .
4.5 Farm Products. None of the Collateral
constitutes, or is the Proceeds of, Farm Products.
4.6 Investment Property. (a) The shares
of Pledged Stock pledged or charged by such Grantor hereunder
constitute all the issued and outstanding shares of all classes of
the Capital Stock of each Issuer owned by such Grantor or, in the
case of Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock, if less, 66% of the
outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of each relevant
Issuer.
(b) All the shares of the Pledged Stock of each
Subsidiary of such Grantor have been duly and validly issued and
are fully paid and, where applicable, nonassessable.
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(c) Such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner
of, and has title to, the Pledged Stock and Pledged Notes pledged
or charged by it hereunder, free of any and all Liens or options in
favor of, or adverse claims of, any other Person, except the
security interests created by this Agreement and the Share Charges
(as applicable) and Liens permitted by the Credit
Agreement.
4.7 Investment Accounts. (a) Schedule 2
sets forth under the headings “Securities Accounts” and
“Commodity Accounts”, respectively, all of the
Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts (each as defined in the
UCC) in which each Grantor has an interest. Each Grantor, as
applicable, is the sole entitlement holder of each such Securities
Account and Commodity Account, and such Grantor has not consented
to, and is not otherwise aware of, any Person (other than the
Administrative Agent) having “control” (within the
meanings of Sections 8 106 and 9 106 of the UCC) over, or any other
interest in, any such Securities Account or Commodity Account or
any securities or other property credited thereto;
(b) Schedule 2 sets forth under the heading
“Deposit Accounts” all of the Deposit Accounts in which
each Grantor has an interest and each Grantor is the sole account
holder of each such Deposit Account and such Grantor has not
consented to, and is not otherwise aware of, any Person (other than
the Administrative Agent) having either sole dominion and control
(within the meaning of common law) or “control” (within
the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC) over, or any other
interest in, any such Deposit Account or any money or other
property deposited therein; and
(c) Each Grantor has taken all actions necessary or
desirable to: (i) establish the Administrative Agent’s
“control” (within the meanings of Sections 8-106 and
9-106 of the UCC) over any Certificated Securities (as defined in
the UCC); (ii) establish the Administrative Agent’s
“control” (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of
the UCC) over all Deposit Accounts; and (iii) deliver all
Instruments (as defined in the UCC) to the Administrative Agent to
the extent required hereunder; provided that the foregoing
shall not require the delivery of a “control agreement”
with respect to any Investment Account if the balance of such
Investment Account is less than $500,000 individually, and the
aggregate balance of all Investment Accounts that are not subject
to the Administrative Agent’s perfected Lien does not exceed
$1,000,000 in the aggregate.
4.8 Receivables. No amount payable to such
Grantor under or in connection with any Receivable is evidenced by
any Instrument (other than checks, drafts or other Instruments that
will be promptly deposited in an Investment Account) or Chattel
Paper which has not been delivered to the Administrative Agent.
None of the account debtors or other obligors in respect of any
Receivable in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate is the government
of the United States or any agency or instrumentality
thereof.
4.9 Intellectual Property. (a)
Schedule 6 lists all registrations and applications for
Intellectual Property (including, without limitation, registered
Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and all applications therefor) as
well as all Copyright Licenses, Patent Licenses and Trademark
Licenses, in each case owned by such Grantor in its own name on the
date hereof.
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(b) Each Grantor owns, is licensed to use, or
otherwise has valid rights to use all Intellectual Property
necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted.
The use of such Intellectual Property by each Grantor does not
infringe on the rights of any Person, nor are any claims pending
or, to the knowledge of the US Borrower, threatened to such effect,
unless such infringement or claim could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except as set forth in 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) 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
material 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 material
Intellectual Property.
SECTION 5.
COVENANTS
Each Grantor covenants and agrees
with the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties that,
from and after the date of this Agreement until the Discharge of US
Obligations:
5.1 Delivery of Instruments, Certificated
Securities and Chattel Paper. If any amount payable under or in
connection with any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced
by any Instrument (other than checks, drafts or other Instruments
that will be promptly deposited in an Investment Account),
Certificated Security or Chattel Paper evidencing an amount in
excess of $250,000, such Instrument, Certificated Security or
Chattel Paper shall be promptly delivered to the Administrative
Agent, duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement;
provided that the aggregate amount of such Instruments,
Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper not delivered to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 5.1, taken
together with any Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel
Paper not pledged pursuant to Section 5.1 of the BVI Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement, shall not exceed $2,000,000 at any
time.
5.2 Maintenance of Insurance. (a) Such
Grantor will maintain, with financially sound and reputable
companies, insurance policies (i) insuring the Inventory and
Equipment against loss by fire, explosion, theft and such other
casualties as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and (ii) insuring such Grantor, the Administrative Agent
and the other Secured Parties against liability for personal injury
and property damage relating to such Inventory and Equipment, such
policies to be in such form and amounts and having such coverage as
may be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
other Secured Parties.
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(b) All such insurance shall (i) provide that
no cancellation, material reduction in amount or material change in
coverage thereof shall be effective until at least 30 days after
receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice thereof,
(ii) name the Administrative Agent as an additional insured
party or loss payee, (iii) to the extent available on
commercially reasonable terms, and 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.
5.3 Payment of US Obligations. Such Grantor
will pay and discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity
or before they become delinque