EXHIBIT 10.75
GUARANTY AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
THIS GUARANTY AND COLLATERAL
AGREEMENT dated as of October 7, 2003 (this “
Agreement ”) is entered into among AKORN, INC., a
Louisiana corporation, (“ Akorn ”), AKORN (NEW
JERSEY), INC., an Illinois corporation (“ Akorn New
Jersey ” and together with Akorn, the
“Companies”, each being a “ Company
”), and each other Person signatory hereto as a Grantor
(together with any other Person that becomes a party hereto as
provided herein, the “ Grantors ”) in favor of
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Administrative Agent for
all the Lenders party to the Credit Agreement (as hereafter
defined).
The Lenders have severally agreed to
extend credit to each Company pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
Each Company is affiliated with each other Grantor. The proceeds of
credit extended under the Credit Agreement will be used in part to
enable the Companies to make valuable transfers to the Grantors in
connection with the operation of their respective businesses. The
Companies and the other Grantors are engaged in interrelated
businesses, and each Grantor will derive substantial direct and
indirect benefit from extensions of credit under the Credit
Agreement. It is a condition precedent to each Lender’s
obligation to extend credit under the Credit Agreement that the
Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the
Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of all the
Lenders.
In consideration of the premises and
to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into
the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to extend credit
thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Administrative
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, as follows:
SECTION
1 DEFINITIONS .
1.1
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 UCC: Accounts, Certificated Security, Commercial
Tort Claims, Deposit Accounts, Documents, Electronic Chattel Paper,
Equipment, Farm Products, Goods, Health Care Insurance Receivables,
Instruments, Inventory, Leases, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Money,
Payment Intangibles, Supporting Obligations, Tangible Chattel
Paper.
1.2
When used herein the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
Assigned Agreements means
Related Agreements.
Agreement has the meaning set
forth in the preamble hereto.
Chattel Paper means all
“chattel paper” as such term is defined in
Section 9-102(a)(l 1) of the UCC and, in any event, including
with respect to any Grantor, all Electronic Chattel Paper and
Tangible Chattel Paper.
Collateral means (a) all
of the personal property now owned or at any time hereafter
acquired by any Grantor or in which any Grantor now has or at any
time in the future may
acquire
any right, title or interest, including all of each Grantor’s
Accounts, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims, Deposit Accounts,
Documents, Equipment, Fixtures, General Intangibles, Health Care
Insurance Receivables, Farm Products, Goods, Instruments,
Intellectual Property, Inventory, Investment Property, Leases,
Letter-of-Credit Rights, Money, Supporting Obligations and
Identified Claims, (b) all books and records pertaining to any
of the foregoing, (c) all Proceeds and products of any of the
foregoing, and (d) all collateral security and guaranties
given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing. 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.
Company Obligations means all
Obligations of the Companies.
Contract Rights means all of
the Grantors’ rights and remedies with respect to the
Assigned Agreements.
Copyrights means 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 those
listed on Schedule 5, all registrations and recordings
thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including
all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States
Copyright Office, and the right to obtain all renewals of any of
the foregoing.
Copyright Licenses means all
written agreements naming any Grantor as licensor or licensee,
including those listed on Schedule 5, granting any
right under any Copyright, including the grant of rights to
manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from
any Copyright.
Credit Agreement means the
Credit Agreement of even date herewith among the Companies, the
Lenders and the Administrative Agent, as amended, supplemented,
restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
Fixtures means all of the
following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by a Grantor:
plant fixtures; business fixtures; other fixtures and storage
facilities, wherever located; and all additions and accessories
thereto and replacements therefor.
General Intangibles means all
“general intangibles” as such term is defined in
Section 9-102(a)(42) of the UCC and, in any event, including
with respect to any Grantor, all Payment Intangibles, all contracts
and Contract Rights (including all Assigned Agreements and Seller
Undertakings), agreements, instruments and indentures in any form,
and portions thereof, to which such Grantor is a party or under
which such Grantor has any right, title or interest or to which
such Grantor or any property of such Grantor is subject, as the
same from time to time may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified, including all rights of such Grantor to receive moneys
due and to become due to it thereunder or in connection therewith,
(b) all rights of such Grantor to damages arising thereunder
and (c) all rights of such Grantor to perform and to exercise
all remedies thereunder; provided, that the foregoing
limitation shall not affect, limit, restrict or impair the grant by
such Grantor of a security interest pursuant to this Agreement
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any
Receivable or any money or other amounts due or to become due under
any such Payment Intangible, contract, agreement, instrument or
indenture.
Guarantor Obligations means,
collectively, with respect to each Guarantor, all Obligations of
such Guarantor.
Guarantors means the
collective reference to each Grantor including each Company with
respect to the Obligations of the other Company, if any.
Identified Claims means the
Commercial Tort Claims described on Schedule 7 as such
schedule shall be supplemented from time to time.
Intellectual Property means
the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges
relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United
States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including 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 means any
promissory note evidencing loans made by any Grantor to any other
Grantor.
Investment Property means the
collective reference to (a) all “investment
property” as such term is defined in
Section 9-102(a)(49) of the UCC (other than the equity
interest of any foreign Subsidiary excluded from the definition of
Pledged Equity), (b) all “financial assets” as
such term is defined in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC, and
(b) whether or not constituting “investment
property” as so defined, all Pledged Notes and all Pledged
Equity.
Issuers means the collective
reference to each issuer of any Investment Property.
Paid in Full means
(a) the payment in full in cash and performance of all Secured
Obligations, (b) the termination of all Commitments and
(c) either (i) the cancellation and return to the
Administrative Agent of all Letters of Credit or (ii) the cash
collateralization of all Letters of Credit in accordance with the
Credit Agreement.
Patents means (a) 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 any of the
foregoing referred to in Schedule 5, (b) all
applications for letters patent of the United States or any other
country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part
thereof, including any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule
5, and (c) all rights to obtain any reissues or extensions
of the foregoing.
Patent Licenses means 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 any of
the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5.
Pledged Equity means the
equity interests listed on Schedule 1, together with
any other equity interests, certificates, options or rights of any
nature whatsoever in respect of the equity
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interests 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
equity interests of any foreign Subsidiary be required to be
pledged hereunder.
Pledged Notes means all
promissory notes listed on Schedule 1, 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).
Proceeds means all
“proceeds” as such term is defined in
Section 9-102(a)(64) of the UCC and, in any event, shall
include all dividends or other income from the Investment Property,
collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect
thereto.
Receivable means 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 any
Accounts).
Secured Obligations means,
collectively, the Company Obligations and Guarantor
Obligations.
Securities Act means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Seller Undertakings means,
collectively, all representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements in favor of any Grantor, and all indemnifications for
the benefit of any Grantor relating thereto, pursuant to the
Assigned Agreements.
Trademarks means (a) all
trademarks, trade names, corporate names, the 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 any of the foregoing referred to
in Schedule 5, and (b) the right to obtain all
renewals thereof.
Trademark Licenses means,
collectively, each agreement, whether written or oral, providing
for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to use any
Trademark, including any of the foregoing referred to in
Schedule 5.
UCC means the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof and from time to
time in the State of Illinois, provided that if by reason of
mandatory provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of
perfection or non-perfection of the security interests in any
Collateral or the availability of any remedy hereunder is governed
by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on or after the date
hereof in any other jurisdiction, “UCC” means the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for
purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or
effect of perfection or non-perfection or availability of such
remedy.
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SECTION
2 GUARANTY .
2.1
Guaranty . (a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly
and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, as a primary
obligor and not only a surety, guaranties to the Administrative
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and their respective
successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and
complete payment and performance by the Companies when due (whether
at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the
Company 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 Secured Obligations may at any time and
from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such
Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guaranty contained in
this Section 2 or affecting the rights and remedies of
the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder.
(d) The
guaranty contained in this Section 2 shall remain in
full force and effect until all of the Secured Obligations shall
have been Paid in Full.
(e) No
payment made by either Company, any of the Guarantors, any other
guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender from either Company, 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 Secured 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 Secured
Obligations or any payment received or collected from such
Guarantor in respect of the Secured Obligations), remain liable for
the Secured Obligations up to the maximum liability of such
Guarantor hereunder until the Secured Obligations are Paid in
Full.
2.2
Right of Contribution . Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to
the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its
proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor
shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against
any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate
share of such payment. Each Guarantor’s right of contribution
shall be subject to the terms and conditions of
Section 2.3 . The provisions of this
Section 2.2 shall in no respect limit the obligations
and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders for the full amount guarantied
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 Lender, no Guarantor
shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of
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Administrative Agent or any Lender against either Company or any
other Guarantor or any collateral security or guaranty or right of
offset held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the
payment of the Secured Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or
be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from either
Company or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such
Guarantor hereunder, until all of the Secured Obligations are Paid
in Full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the
Commitments are terminated. If any amount shall be paid to any
Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when
all of the Secured Obligations shall not have been Paid in Full,
such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other funds
of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such
Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact
form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to
the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the
Secured Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as
the Administrative Agent may determine.
2.4
Amendments, etc. with respect to the Secured 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 Secured Obligations made by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may be rescinded by the
Administrative Agent or such Lender and any of the Secured
Obligations continued, and the Secured Obligations, or the
liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any
collateral security or guaranty therefor or right of offset with
respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be
renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised,
waived, surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender, and the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and
any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith
may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or
in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders or
all the Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from time
to time. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have
any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at
any time held by it as security for the Secured Obligations or for
the guaranty contained in this Section 2 or any
property subject thereto.
The
Administrative Agent or any Lender may, from time to time, at its
sole discretion and without notice to any Guarantor (or any of
them), take any or all of the following actions: (a) retain or
obtain a security interest in any property to secure any of the
Secured Obligations or any obligation hereunder, (b) retain or
obtain the primary or secondary obligation of any obligor or
obligors, in addition to the undersigned, with respect to any of
the Secured Obligations, (c) extend or renew any of the Secured
Obligations for one or more periods (whether or not longer than the
original period), alter or exchange any of the Secured Obligations,
or release or compromise any obligation of any of the undersigned
hereunder or any obligation of any nature of any other obligor with
respect to any of the Secured Obligations, (d) release any
guaranty or right of offset or its security interest in, or
surrender, release or permit any substitution or exchange for, all
or any part of any property securing any of the Secured Obligations
or any obligation hereunder, or extend or renew for one or more
periods (whether or not longer than the original period) or
release, compromise, alter or exchange any obligations of any
nature of any obligor with respect to any such property, and
(e) resort to the undersigned (or
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any of
them) for payment of any of the Secured Obligations when due,
whether or not the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall have
resorted to any property securing any of the Secured Obligations or
any obligation hereunder or shall have proceeded against any other
of the undersigned or any other obligor primarily or secondarily
obligated with respect to any of the Secured Obligations.
2.5
Waivers . Each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the
creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Secured
Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the guaranty contained in
this Section 2 or acceptance of the guaranty contained in
this Section 2 ; the Secured 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 guaranty contained in this Section 2 , and all
dealings between either Company and any of the Guarantors, on the
one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the
other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been
had or consummated in reliance upon the guaranty contained in this
Section 2 . Each Guarantor waives (a) diligence,
presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default,
dishonor or nonpayment and all other notices whatsoever to or upon
either Company or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Secured
Obligations, (b) notice of the existence or creation or
non-payment of all or any of the Secured Obligations and
(c) all diligence in collection or protection of or
realization upon any Secured Obligations or any security for or
guaranty of any Secured Obligations.
2.6
Payments . Each Guarantor hereby guaranties that payments
hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off
or counterclaim in Dollars at the office of the Administrative
Agent specified in the Credit Agreement.
SECTION
3 GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST .
3.1
Grant . Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the
Administrative Agent, and hereby grants to the Administrative
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and (to the extent
provided herein) their Affiliates, a continuing security interest
in all of its Collateral, as collateral security for the prompt and
complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Borrower Obligations
or the Guarantor Obligations, as the case may be.
3.2
Collateral Assignment of Rights under the Assigned
Agreements . Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes and
empowers the Administrative Agent or its agents, in their sole
discretion, to assert, either directly or on behalf of any Grantor,
at any time that an Event of Default is in existence, any claims
any Grantor may from time to time have against Seller or any of its
affiliates with respect to any and all of the Contract Rights or
with respect to any and all payments or other obligations due from
Seller or any of its affiliates to either Company under or pursuant
to the Assigned Agreements (“ Payments ”), and
to receive and collect any damages, awards and other monies
resulting therefrom and to apply the same on account of the Secured
Obligations. After the occurrence of any Event of Default, the
Administrative Agent may provide notice to the seller or any of its
affiliates under any Assigned
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Agreement that all Payments shall be made to or at the direction of
the Administrative Agent for so long as such Event of Default shall
be continuing. Following the delivery of any such notice, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the seller under the
Assigned Agreement upon the termination or waiver of any such Event
of Default. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and
appoints the Administrative Agent (and all officers, employees, or
agents designated by the Administrative Agent) as such
Grantor’s true and lawful attorney (and agent-in-fact) for
the purpose of enabling the Administrative Agent or its agents to
assert and collect such claims and to apply such monies in the
manner set forth hereinabove.
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 Companies thereunder, each Grantor
jointly and severally hereby represents and warrants to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender that:
4.1
Title: No Other Liens . Except for Permitted Liens, the
Grantors own 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 filings
evidencing Permitted Liens and filings for which termination
statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent.
4.2
Perfected First Priority Liens . The security interests
granted pursuant to this Agreement (a) upon completion of the
filings and other actions specified on Schedule 2 (which, in
the case of all filings and other documents referred to on
Schedule 2, have been delivered to the Administrative
Agent in completed and duly executed form) will constitute valid
perfected security interests in all of the Collateral in favor of
the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders,
as collateral security for each Grantor’s Obligations,
enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against all
creditors of each Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase
any Collateral from each Grantor and (b) are prior to all
other Liens on the Collateral in existence on the date hereof
except for Permitted Liens for which priority is accorded under
applicable law. The filings and other actions specified on
Schedule 2 constitute all of the filings and other
actions necessary to perfect all security interests granted
hereunder.
4.3
Grantor Information . On the date hereof,
Schedule 3 sets forth (a) each Grantor’s
jurisdiction of organization, (b) the location of each
Grantor’s chief executive office, (c) each
Grantor’s exact legal name as it appears on its
organizational documents and (d) each Grantor’s
organizational identification number (to the extent a Grantor is
organized in a state which assigns such numbers).
4.4
Collateral Locations . On the date hereof,
Schedule 4 sets forth (a) each place of business
of each Grantor (including its chief executive office),
(b) all locations where all Inventory and the Equipment owned
by each Grantor is kept, except with respect to Inventory with a
fair market value of less than (i) $100,000 in the case of
“I-Sense” Inventory held on consignment by CVS
Corporation, and (ii) $400,000 in the case of “1C
Green” raw material Inventory located at the SP
Pharmaceutical facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico (the
“Permitted Offsite Inventory”) (in the aggregate for
all Grantors) which may be located at other locations
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and
(c) whether each such Collateral location and place of
business (including each Grantor’s chief executive office) is
owned or leased (and if leased, specifies the complete name and
notice address of each lessor). No Collateral is located outside
the United States or in the possession of any lessor, bailee,
warehouseman or consignee, except as indicated on
Schedule 4.
4.5
Certain Property . None of the Collateral constitutes, or is
the Proceeds of, (a) Farm Products or (b) vessels,
aircraft or any other property subject to any certificate of title
or other registration statute of the United States, any State or
other jurisdiction, except for personal vehicles owned by the
Grantors and used by employees of the Grantors in the ordinary
course of business with an aggregate fair market value of less than
$50,000 (in the aggregate for all Grantors).
4.6
Investment Property . (a) The Pledged Equity pledged by
each Grantor hereunder constitute all the issued and outstanding
equity interests of each Issuer owned by such Grantor or, in the
case of any foreign Subsidiary, 65% of all issued and outstanding
equity interests of such foreign Subsidiary.
(b) All
of the Pledged Equity has been duly and validly issued and is 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 (whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good
faith and fair dealing).
(d)
Schedule 1 lists all Investment Property owned by each
Grantor. Each 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 Permitted Liens.
4.7
Receivables . (a) No material amount payable to such
Grantor under or in connection with any Receivable is evidenced by
any Instrument or Chattel Paper which has not been delivered to the
Administrative Agent.
(b) No
obligor on any Receivable is a Governmental Authority.
(c) The
amounts represented by such Grantor to the Lenders from time to
time as owing to such Grantor in respect of the Receivables (to the
extent such representations are required by any of the Loan
Documents) will at all such times be accurate.
4.8
Intellectual Property . (a) Schedule 5 lists all
Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor in its own name on the
date hereof.
(b) On
the date hereof, all material Intellectual Property owned by any
Guarantor is valid, subsisting, unexpired and enforceable, has not
been abandoned.
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(c) Except
as set forth in Schedule 5, none of the material
Intellectual Property is the subject of any licensing or franchise
agreement pursuant to which such Grantor is the licensor or
franchisor.
(d) Each
Grantor owns and possesses or has a license or other right to use
all Intellectual Property as is necessary for the conduct of the
businesses of such Grantor, without any infringement upon rights of
others which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
4.9
Depositary and Other Accounts . All depositary and other
accounts maintained by each Grantor are described on
Schedule 6 hereto, which description includes for each
such account the name of the Grantor maintaining such account, the
name, address, telephone and fax numbers of the financial
institution at which such account is maintained, the account number
and the account officer, if any, of such account.
SECTION
5 COVENANTS.
Each
Grantor covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the
Secured Obligations shall have been Paid in Full:
5.1
Delivery of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel
Paper . If any amount payable under or in connection with any
of the Collateral in excess of $10,000 (in the aggregate for all
Grantors) shall be or become evidenced by any Instrument,
Certificated Security or Chattel Paper, such Instrument,
Certificated Security or Chattel Paper shall be immediately
delivered to the Administrative Agent, duly indorsed in a manner
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to be held as Collateral
pursuant to this Agreement. In the event that an Unmatured Event of
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
upon the request of the Administrative Agent, any Instrument,
Certificated Security or Chattel Paper not theretofore delivered to
the Administrative Agent and at such time being held by any Grantor
shall be immediately delivered to the Administrative Agent, duly
indorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to
be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.
5.2
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 4.2
and shall defend such security interest against the claims and
demands of all Persons whomsoever.
(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 as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.
(c) At
any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the
Administrative Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such
Grantor will promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have
recorded, such further instruments and documents and take such
further actions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request
for the purpose of
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obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of
the rights and powers herein granted, including (i) filing any
financing or continuation statements under the UCC (or other
similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the
security interests created hereby and (ii) in the case of
Investment Property and any other relevant Collateral, taking any
actions necessary to enable the Administrative Agent to obtain
“control” (within the meaning of the applicable UCC)
with respect thereto.
5.3
Changes in Locations, Name, etc . Such Grantor shall not,
except upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent and delivery to the Administrative Agent of
(a) all additional financing statements and other documents
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent as to the
validity, perfection and priority of the security interests
provided for herein and (b) if applicable, a written
supplement to Schedule 4 showing any additional
location at which Inventory or Equipment shall be kept:
(i) permit any of the Inventory or
Equipment to be kept at a location other than those listed on
Schedule 4 (except with respect to Permitted Offsite
Inventory).
(ii) change its jurisdiction of
organization or the location of its chief executive office from
that specified on Schedule 3 or in any subsequent
notice delivered pursuant to this Section 5.3; or
(iii) change its name, identity or
corporate structure.
5.4
Notices . Such Grantor will advise the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders promptly, in reasonable detail, of:
(a) any
Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any of the Collateral which
would adversely affect the ability of the Administrative Agent to
exercise any of its remedies hereunder; and
(b) the
occurrence of any other event which could reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the
Collateral or on the Liens created hereby.
5.5
Investment Property . (a) If such Grantor shall become
entitled to receive or shall receive any certificate, option or
rights in respect of the equity interests of any Issuer, whether in
addition to, in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange
for, any of the Pledged Equity, or otherwise in respect thereof,
such Grantor shall accept the same as the agent of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, hold the same in trust for
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and deliver the same
forthwith to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received,
duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if
required, together with an undated instrument of transfer covering
such certificate duly executed in blank by such Grantor and with,
if the Administrative Agent so requests, signature guarantied, to
be held by the Administrative Agent, subject to the terms hereof,
as additional Collateral for the Secured Obligations. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(i) any sums paid upon or in respect of the Investment
Property upon the liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer shall be
paid over to the Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as
additional
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Collateral for the Secured Obligations, and (ii) in case any
distribution of capital shall be made on or in respect of the
Investment Property or any property shall be distributed upon or
with respect to the Investment Property pursuant to the
recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of any Issuer
or pursuant to the reorganization thereof, the property so
distributed shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected Lien in
favor of the Administrative Agent, be delivered to the
Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional
Collateral for the Secured Obligations. Upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, if any sums of money
or property so paid or distributed in respect of the Investment
Property shall be received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall,
until such money or property is paid or delivered to the
Administrative Agent, hold such money or property in trust for the
Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, as additional
Collateral for the Secured Obligations.
(b) Without
the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, such Grantor
will not (i) vote to enable, or take any other action to
permit, any Issuer to issue any equity interests of any nature or
to issue any other securities or interests convertible into or
granting the right to purchase or exchange for any equity interests
of any nature of any Issuer, (ii) sell, assign, transfer,
exchange, or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect
to, the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof (except pursuant to
a transaction expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement) other
than, with respect to Investment Property not constituting Pledged
Stock or Pledged Notes, any such action which is not prohibited by
the Credit Agreement, (iii) create, incur or permit to exist any
Lien or option in favor of, or any claim of any Person with respect
to, any of the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof, or any
interest therein, except for Permitted Liens, or (iv) enter
into any agreement or undertaking restricting the right or ability
of such Grantor or the Administrative Agent to sell, assign or
transfer any of the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof,
except, with respect to such Investment Property,
shareholders’ agreements entered into by such Grantor with
respect to Persons in which such Grantor maintains an ownership
interest of 50% or less.
(c) In
the case of each Grantor which is an Issuer, such Issuer agrees
that (i) it will be bound by the terms of this Agreement
relating to the Investment Property issued by it and will comply
with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it,
(ii) it will notify the Administrative Agent promptly in
writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in
Section 5.5(a) with respect to the Investment Property
issued by it and (iii) the terms of Sections 6.3(c) and
6.7 shall apply to such Grantor with respect to all actions
that may be required of it pursuant to Section 6.3(c)
or 6.7 regarding the Investment Property issued by it.
5.6
Receivables. (a) Other than in the ordinary course of
business consistent with its past practice and in amounts which are
not material to such Grantor, such Grantor will not (i) grant any
extension of the time of payment of any Receivable,
(ii) compromise or settle any Receivable for less than the
full amount thereof, (iii) release, wholly or partially, any
Person liable for the payment of any Receivable, (iv) allow
any credit or discount whatsoever on any Receivable or
(v) amend, supplement or modify any Receivable in any manner
that could adversely affect the value thereof.
(b) Such
Grantor will deliver the Administrative Agent a copy of each
material demand, notice or document received by it that questions
or calls into doubt the validity
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or
enforceability of more than 5% of the aggregate amount of the then
outstanding Receivables for all Grantors.
5.7
Intellectual Property. (a) Such Grantor (either itself
or through licensees) will (i) continue to use each Trademark
material to its business in order to maintain such Trademark in
full force free from any
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