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Exhibit
10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
GUARANTY AND COLLATERAL
AGREEMENT
dated as of
April 23, 2008
among
LOCAL INSIGHT REGATTA
HOLDINGS, INC.,
as Borrower,
THE GUARANTORS FROM TIME TO
TIME PARTY HERETO
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A.,
as Collateral
Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I |
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| DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.01.
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Credit Agreement
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Section 1.02.
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Other Defined Terms
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| ARTICLE II |
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| GUARANTEE |
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Section 2.01.
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Guarantee
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Section 2.02.
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Guarantee of Payment
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Section 2.03.
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No Limitations
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Section 2.04.
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Reinstatement
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Section 2.05.
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Agreement To Pay; Subrogation
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Section 2.06.
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Information
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| ARTICLE III |
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| PLEDGE OF SECURITIES |
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Section 3.01.
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Pledge
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Section 3.02.
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Delivery of the Pledged
Collateral
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Section 3.03.
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Representations, Warranties and
Covenants
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Section 3.04.
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Certification of Limited Liability
Company and Limited Partnership Interests
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Section 3.05.
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Registration in Nominee Name;
Denominations
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Section 3.06.
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Voting Rights; Dividends and
Interest
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| ARTICLE IV |
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| SECURITY INTERESTS IN PERSONAL
PROPERTY |
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Section 4.01.
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Security Interest
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Section 4.02.
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Representations and
Warranties
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Section 4.03.
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Covenants
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Section 4.04.
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Instruments and Tangible Chattel
Paper
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Section 4.05.
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Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark
and Copyright Collateral
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| ARTICLE V |
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| REMEDIES |
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Section 5.01.
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Remedies
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Section 5.02.
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Application of Proceeds |
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Section 5.03.
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Grant of
License To Use Intellectual Property |
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Section 5.04.
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Securities Act |
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| ARTICLE VI |
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| INDEMNITY, SUBROGATION AND
SUBORDINATION |
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Section 6.01.
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Indemnity
and Subrogation |
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Section 6.02.
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Contribution and Subrogation |
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Section 6.03.
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Subordination |
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| ARTICLE VII |
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| MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 7.01.
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Notices |
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Section 7.02.
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Waivers;
Amendment |
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Section 7.03.
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Collateral Agent’s Fees and Expenses;
Indemnification |
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Section 7.04.
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Successors and Assigns |
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Section 7.05.
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Survival
of Agreement |
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Section 7.06.
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Counterparts; Effectiveness; Several Agreement |
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Section 7.07.
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Severability |
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Section 7.08.
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Right of
Set-Off |
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Section 7.09.
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Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
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Section 7.10.
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WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL |
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Section 7.11.
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Headings |
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Section 7.12.
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Security
Interest Absolute |
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Section 7.13.
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Termination or Release |
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Section 7.14.
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Additional Subsidiaries |
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Section 7.15
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Holdings
Accession |
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Section 7.16.
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Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact |
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Section 7.17.
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Further
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| Schedules |
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Schedule I
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Subsidiary Guarantors |
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Schedule II
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Pledged
Stock; Debt Securities |
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Schedule III
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Intellectual Property |
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Schedule IV
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[Reserved] |
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Schedule V
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Securities Accounts |
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Schedule 4.03(a)
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Pre-Approved Name Changes |
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| Exhibits |
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Exhibit I
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Form of
New Subsidiary Supplement |
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Exhibit II
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Form of
Copyright Security Agreement |
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Exhibit III
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Form of
Patent Security Agreement |
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Exhibit IV
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Form of
Trademark Security Agreement |
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Exhibit V
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Form of
Holdings Supplement |
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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL
AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) dated as of
April 23, 2008, among LOCAL INSIGHT REGATTA HOLDINGS, INC., a
Delaware corporation (“ Borrower ”), the
Guarantors from time to time party hereto (the “
Guarantors ” and the Guarantors together with
Borrower, the “ Grantors ” and, each
individually, a “ Grantor ”) and JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (as defined
below).
Reference is made to the
Credit Agreement dated as of April 23, 2008 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Credit Agreement ”), among Borrower, the Guarantors,
the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
administrative agent (the “ Administrative Agent
”) for the Lenders and as Collateral Agent. The Lenders have
agreed to extend credit to Borrower subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement. The obligations of
the Lenders to extend such credit are conditioned upon, among other
things, the execution and delivery of this Agreement. Borrower and
the Guarantors will derive substantial benefits from the extension
of credit to 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. Accordingly, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.01. Credit
Agreement .
(a) Capitalized terms used in
this Agreement and not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the
meanings specified in the Credit Agreement. All terms defined in
the New York UCC (as defined in this Agreement) and not defined in
this Agreement have the meanings specified therein.
(b) The rules of construction
specified in Section 1.2 of the Credit Agreement also apply to
this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.
Section 1.02. Other
Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms
have the meanings specified below:
“ Account Debtor
” means any Person who is or who may become obligated to any
Grantor under, with respect to or on account of an
Account.
“ Article 9
Collateral ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 4.01.
“ Collateral
” means Article 9 Collateral and Pledged
Collateral.
“ Contributing
Party ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 6.02.
“ Copyright
License ” means any written agreement, now or hereafter
in effect, granting any right to any third party under any U.S.
Copyright now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that such
Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting any right
to any Grantor under any Copyright now or hereafter owned by any
third party, and all rights of any Grantor under any such
agreement.
“ Copyright Security
Agreement ” means an agreement substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit II.
“ Copyrights
” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired
by any Grantor: (a) all copyright rights in any work subject
to the copyright laws of the United States, whether as author,
assignee, transferee or otherwise and (b) all registrations
and applications for registration of any such copyright in the
United States, including registrations, recordings, supplemental
registrations and pending applications for registration in the
United States Copyright Office, including those listed on
Schedule III.
“ Credit
Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the
preliminary statement in this Agreement.
“ Federal Securities
Laws ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.04.
“ General
Intangibles ” means all “General Intangibles”
of any Grantor as defined in Section 9-102(42) of the New York
UCC.
“ Grantors
” means Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors and, upon and
following the Holdings Accession Date, Holdings.
“ Guarantors
” the Subsidiary Guarantors and, upon and following the
Holdings Accession Date, Holdings, collectively.
“ Instrument
” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York
UCC.
“ Investment
Property ” means a security, whether certificated or
uncertificated, Security Entitlement, Securities Account, Commodity
Contract or Commodity Account.
“ License
” means any Patent License, Trademark License or Copyright
License.
“ New York UCC
” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in
effect in the State of New York.
“ Patent License
” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect,
granting to any third party any right to make, use or sell any
invention on which a U.S. Patent, now or hereafter owned by any
Grantor or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, is
in existence, or granting to any Grantor any right to make, use or
sell any invention on which a U.S. Patent, now or hereafter owned
by any third party, is in existence, and all rights of any Grantor
under any such agreement.
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“ Patent Security
Agreement ” means an agreement substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit III.
“ Patents
” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired
by any Grantor: (a) all letters patent of the United States,
all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for
letters patent of the United States, including registrations,
recordings and pending applications in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, including those listed on Schedule III, and
(b) all reissues, continuations, divisions,
continuations-in-part, renewals or extensions thereof, and the
inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to
make, use and/or sell the inventions disclosed or claimed
therein.
“ Pledged
Collateral ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 3.01.
“ Pledged Debt
Securities ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 3.01.
“ Pledged
Securities ” means any promissory notes, stock
certificates or other securities now or hereafter included in the
Pledged Collateral, including all certificates, instruments or
other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged
Collateral.
“ Pledged Stock
” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 3.01.
“ Proceeds
” has the meaning specified in Section 9-102 of the New
York UCC.
“ Secured
Obligations ” means collectively, (a) the
Obligations, (b) the due and punctual payment and performance
in full of all obligations of each Loan Party to the applicable
Qualified Counterparty under each Specified Hedge Agreement entered
into with any Qualified Counterparty and (c) the due and
punctual payment and performance of all Obligations of the Loan
Parties (including overdrafts and related liabilities) to the
applicable Cash Management Bank under each Secured Cash Management
Agreement.
“ Secured
Parties ” means (a) the Lenders, (b) the
Administrative Agent, (c) the Collateral Agent (d) the
Issuing Bank, (e) each Qualified Counterparty, (f) each
Cash Management Bank and (g) the successors and permitted
assigns of each of the foregoing.
“ Security
Interest ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 4.01.
“ Subsidiary
Guarantors ” means (a) the Subsidiaries identified
on Schedule I and (b) each other Subsidiary that becomes
a party to this Agreement as a Subsidiary Guarantor after the
Effective Date.
“ Trademark
License ” means any written agreement, now or hereafter
in effect, granting to any third party any right to use any U.S.
Trademark now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that any Grantor
otherwise has the right to license, or granting to any Grantor any
right to use any trademark now or hereafter owned by any third
party, and all rights of any Grantor under any such
agreement.
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“ Trademark Security
Agreement ” means an agreement substantially in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit IV.
“ Trademarks
” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired
by any Grantor: (a) all trademarks, service marks, trade
names, domain names, corporate names, company names, business
names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos,
other source or business identifiers, designs and general
intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or
acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all
registration and recording applications filed in connection
therewith, including registrations and registration applications in
the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar
offices in any State of the United States or any political
subdivision thereof, and all extensions or renewals thereof,
including those listed on Schedule III and (b) all
goodwill associated therewith.
ARTICLE II
Guarantee
Section 2.01.
Guarantee .
(a) Each Guarantor
unconditionally guarantees, jointly with the other Guarantors and
severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the due
and punctual payment and performance in full when due of the
Secured Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that the Secured
Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, or
amended or modified, without notice to or further assent from it,
and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding
any extension, renewal, amendment or modification of the Secured
Obligations. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each
Guarantor waives but only during the term of this Agreement,
presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to Borrower or
any other Loan Party of the Secured Obligations and also waives
notice of acceptance of its guarantee and notice of protest for
nonpayment.
(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 fraudulent conveyances or transfers or the
insolvency of debtors (after giving effect to the right of
contribution established in Section 6.02).
Section 2.02.
Guarantee of Payment . Each Guarantor further agrees that
its guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due
and not of collection, and, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, waives any right to require that any resort be had by the
Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to any security held
for the payment of the Secured Obligations or to any balance of any
Deposit Account or credit on the books of the Collateral Agent or
any other Secured Party in favor of Borrower or any other
Person.
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Section 2.03. No
Limitations .
(a) Except for termination of
a Guarantor’s obligations hereunder as expressly provided in
Section 7.13, and except to the extent the Secured Obligations
have been paid (other than contingent indemnification obligations
not then due or letters of credit that have been
cash-collateralized in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender), the obligations of
each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction,
limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any
claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and
shall not be subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim,
recoupment or termination whatsoever (other than defense of payment
or performance) by reason of the invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability of the Secured Obligations or otherwise. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each
Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or
otherwise affected by (i) the failure of the Collateral Agent
or any other Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or to
enforce any right or remedy under the provisions of any Loan
Document or otherwise; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment
or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or
provisions of, any Loan Document or any other agreement, including
with respect to any other Guarantor under this Agreement;
(iii) the release of, impairment of or failure to perfect any
Lien held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for
the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations or any of
them; (iv) any default, failure or delay, willful or
otherwise, in the performance of the Secured Obligations; or
(v) any other act or omission that may or might in any manner
or to any extent vary the risk of any Subsidiary Guarantor or
otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of
law or equity (other than the payment in full in cash of the
Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification
obligations)). Each Guarantor expressly authorizes the Collateral
Agent (i) to take and hold security for the payment and
performance of the Secured Obligations, (ii) to exchange,
waive or release any or all such security (with or without
consideration), (iii) to enforce or apply such security and
direct the order and manner of any sale thereof in its sole
discretion or (iv) to release or substitute any one or more
other guarantors or obligors upon or in respect of the Secured
Obligations, all without affecting the obligations of any Guarantor
hereunder.
(b) To the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any defense
based on or arising out of any defense of Borrower or any other
Loan Party or the unenforceability of the Secured Obligations or
any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of
the liability of Borrower or any other Loan Party, other than
defense of performance or payment in full of all the Secured
Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations or
letters of credit that have been cash-collateralized in a manner
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing
Lender). The Collateral Agent may, at its election, but in any
event subject to the provisions of Article V herein, foreclose on
any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or
nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in
lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Secured
Obligations, make any other accommodation with Borrower or any
other Loan Party or exercise any other right or remedy available to
them against Borrower or any other Loan Party, without affecting or
impairing in any way the liability of any Guarantor hereunder
except to the extent the Secured Obligations have been fully and
indefeasibly paid in full in cash. To the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any defense (other than
defense of payment or performance) arising out of any such election
even though such election
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operates, pursuant to applicable law, to
impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation
or other right or remedy of such Guarantor against Borrower or any
other Loan Party, as applicable, or any security.
Section 2.04.
Reinstatement . Each of the Guarantors agrees that its
guarantee hereunder shall continue to be effective or be
reinstated, as applicable, if and to the extent at any time
payment, or any part thereof, of any Secured Obligation is
rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Collateral Agent or
any other Secured Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of
Borrower, any other Loan Party or otherwise.
Section 2.05.
Agreement To Pay; Subrogation . In furtherance of the
foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that the
Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party has at law or in equity
against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of
Borrower or any other Loan Party to pay any Secured Obligation when
and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each
Guarantor hereby promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be
paid, to the Collateral Agent for distribution to the applicable
Secured Parties in cash the amount of such unpaid Secured
Obligation. Upon payment by any Guarantor of any sums to the
Collateral Agent as provided above, all rights of such Guarantor
against Borrower or any other Loan Party arising as a result
thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution,
reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be
subject to Article VI.
Section 2.06.
Information . Each Guarantor assumes all responsibility for
being and keeping itself informed of Borrower’s and each
other Loan Party’s financial condition and assets and of all
other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the
Secured Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks
that such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder and agrees that
none of the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties will have
any duty to advise such Guarantor of information known to it or any
of them regarding such circumstances or risks.
ARTICLE III
Pledge of
Securities
Section 3.01.
Pledge . As security for the payment or performance, as
applicable, in full of the Secured Obligations, each Grantor hereby
grants to the Collateral Agent and its permitted successors and
assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security
interest in, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest
in, to and under (a) the Capital Stock of each Domestic
Subsidiary and each first-tier Foreign Subsidiary owned by it and
listed on Schedule II, and any other Capital Stock issued by
the Borrower (upon and after the Holdings Accession Date), any
Domestic Subsidiary or first-tier Foreign Subsidiary and obtained
in the future by such Grantor and, to the extent certificated, the
certificates representing securities in all such Capital Stock (the
“ Pledged Stock ”), provided that the
Pledged Stock shall not include more than 65% of the outstanding
voting Capital Stock of any such Foreign Subsidiary;
(b)(i) the debt securities listed opposite the name of such
Grantor on Schedule II, (ii) any debt securities issued
to such Grantor by Borrower and each Subsidiary after the Effective
Date and (iii) the promissory notes and any
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other instruments evidencing such debt
securities (the “ Pledged Debt Securities ”);
(c) subject to Section 3.06, all payments of dividends
and other property from time to time received, receivable or
otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the
conversion of, the securities referred to in clauses (a) and
(b) above; (d) subject to Section 3.06, all rights
and privileges of such Grantor with respect to the securities and
other property referred to in clauses (a) and (b);
(e) subject to Section 3.06, all rights and privileges of
such Grantor with respect to the Pledged Stock and the Pledged Debt
Securities; and (f) all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (the
items referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above being
collectively referred to as the “ Pledged Collateral
”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Capital Stock will be
excluded from the Pledged Collateral (x) in circumstances
where the Collateral Agent and Borrower agree in writing that the
cost of obtaining a security interest in such Capital Stock is
excessive in relation to the value afforded thereby, (y) to
the extent and for so long as granting a security interest in such
Capital Stock (other than Capital Stock of a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary which is Pledged Stock) is prohibited by a shareholder,
joint-venture or similar agreement, or (z) to the extent and
for so long as granting a security interest in such Capital Stock
is prohibited by applicable law.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the
Pledged Collateral, together with all right, title, interest,
powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental
thereto, unto the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for
the benefit of the Secured Parties, forever, subject ,
however , to the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter
set forth.
Section 3.02.
Delivery of the Pledged Collateral .
(a) Each Grantor represents
and warrants that all certificates, agreements or instruments
representing or evidencing the Pledged Collateral (except as set
forth in this Section 3.02) in existence on the date hereof
have been delivered to the Collateral Agent in suitable form for
transfer by delivery or accompanied by duly executed instruments of
transfer or assignment in blank. Each Grantor agrees promptly to
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any and
all certificated Pledged Securities acquired after the Closing
Date.
(b) Each Grantor will cause
any Indebtedness for borrowed money owed to such Grantor by any
Person (other than a Loan Party) which is (A) in excess of
$2,500,000 and (B) evidenced by a duly executed promissory
note to be pledged and delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant
to the terms hereof.
(c) Upon delivery thereof to
the Collateral Agent, any certificated Pledged Securities shall be
accompanied by undated stock powers duly executed in blank or other
undated instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be
accompanied by a schedule describing such Pledged Securities, which
schedule shall be attached hereto as a supplement to
Schedule II and made a part hereof, provided that
failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the
validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities. Each schedule
so delivered shall supplement any prior schedules so
delivered.
Section 3.03.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants . The Grantors
jointly and severally represent, warrant and covenant to and with
the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
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the Secured Parties ( provided
that, on the Closing Date, such representation and warranty under
this Section 3.03 is made with respect to clause
(g) only) that:
(a) As of the Closing Date,
Schedule II correctly sets forth the percentage of the issued
and outstanding shares (or units or other comparable measure) of
each class of the Capital Stock of the issuer thereof represented
by the Pledged Stock and includes all Capital Stock, debt
securities and promissory notes required to be pledged hereunder in
order to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee
Requirement;
(b) to such Grantor’s
knowledge, the Pledged Stock and Pledged Debt Securities have been
duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and
(i) in the case of Pledged Stock, are fully paid and
nonassessable and (ii) in the case of Pledged Debt Securities,
are legal, valid and binding obligations of the issuers
thereof;
(c) except for the security
interests granted hereunder, each of the Grantors (i) is and,
subject to any transfers made in compliance with the Credit
Agreement, will continue to be the direct owner, beneficially and
of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule II as
owned by such Grantor, (ii) holds the same free and clear of
all Liens, other than Liens created by any Loan Document and Liens
permitted by Section 7.3 of the Credit Agreement,
(iii) will not create or permit to exist any Lien on, the
Pledged Collateral, other than Liens created by any Loan Document,
Liens permitted by Section 7.3 of the Credit Agreement and
transfers made in compliance with the Credit Agreement and
(iv) will defend its title or interest thereto or therein
against any and all Liens (other than Liens created by any Loan
Document and Liens permitted by Section 7.3 of the Credit
Agreement), however arising, of all Persons whomsoever;
provided that nothing in this Agreement shall prevent any
Grantor from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of
its assets or properties if such discontinuance is permitted by the
Credit Agreement;
(d) except for restrictions
and limitations imposed by (i) the Loan Documents,
(ii) securities laws generally or (iii) provisions in
joint venture agreements relating to purchase options, rights of
first refusal, tag, drag, call or similar rights of a third party
that owns Capital Stock in such joint venture, the Pledged
Collateral is and will continue to be freely transferable and
assignable (except as permitted or disclosed in the Credit
Agreement), and none of the Pledged Collateral is or will be
subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders
agreement, charter or by-law provision or contractual restriction
of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise
affect, in each case in a material adverse manner, the pledge of
such Pledged Collateral hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof
pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of rights
and remedies hereunder;
(e) each of the Grantors has
the corporate or other organizational power and authority to pledge
the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby
done or contemplated;
(f) no consent or approval of
any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other
Person is necessary to the validity of the pledge effected
hereby
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(other than (x) as such
as have been obtained and are in full force and effect or
(y) the failure of which to obtain could not reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material
Adverse Effect); and
(g) subject to clauses
(c) and (d) of this Section 3.03, by virtue of the
execution and delivery by the Grantors of this Agreement, when any
certificated Pledged Securities are delivered to the Collateral
Agent in accordance with this Agreement, the Collateral Agent will
obtain, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and
perfected lien under U.S. law upon and security interest in such
certificated Pledged Securities as security for the payment and
performance of the Secured Obligations.
Section 3.04.
Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited
Partnership Interests .
(a) Each Grantor acknowledges
and agrees that, to the extent any membership interest in any
limited liability company or partnership interest in any limited
partnership acquired by such Grantor after the Effective Date and
constituting Pledged Securities herein shall be a
“security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the New
York UCC and shall be governed by Article 8 of the New York UCC,
such Grantor shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, use
reasonable best efforts to cause the issuer thereof to issue the
corresponding certificates.
(b) Each Grantor further
acknowledges and agrees that (i) the interests in any limited
liability company or limited partnership controlled by such Grantor
and required to be pledged hereunder that are not represented by a
certificate are not “securities” within the meaning of
Article 8 of the New York UCC and (ii) 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 or cause the issuer thereof to issue any certificate
representing such interest, unless such Grantor provides prompt
written notification to the Collateral Agent of such election and
promptly (but in no case later than 10 Business Days) pledges any
such certificate to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms
hereof; provided , however , that this
Section 3.04 shall not apply to any Capital Stock in limited
liability companies or limited partnerships which may not be
pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered pursuant to applicable
Federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations related to the
practice of medicine or the healthcare industry
generally.
Section 3.05.
Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations . The Collateral
Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in
its sole and absolute discretion, but subject to the terms and
provisions of the Credit Agreement and Article V herein) to
hold the Pledged Securities in the name of the applicable Grantor,
endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Collateral Agent
or, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Default, and subject to the rights and remedies set forth in
Section 8.1(f) of the Credit Agreement and Article V herein,
in its own name as pledgee or the name of its nominee (as pledgee
or as sub-agent). The Collateral Agent shall at all times upon the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default but
subject to the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and
Article V herein have the right to exchange the certificates
representing Pledged Securities for certificates of smaller or
larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this
Agreement.
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Section 3.06. Voting
Rights; Dividends and Interest .
(a) Unless and until an Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral
Agent shall have delivered no less than 5 Business Days’
notice to the Grantors in accordance with Section 3.06(d)
hereof of its intention to suspend their rights under this
Section 3.06:
(i) Each Grantor shall be
entitled to exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights
and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Securities or any part
thereof for any purpose consistent with the terms in this
Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
(ii) The Collateral Agent
shall execute and deliver to each Grantor, or cause to be executed
and delivered to such Grantor, all such proxies, powers of attorney
and other instruments as such Grantor may reasonably request for
the purpose of enabling such Grantor to exercise the voting and
other consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise
pursuant to subparagraph (i) above.
(iii) Each Grantor shall be
entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest,
principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect
of the Pledged Securities to the extent and only to the extent that
such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are
permitted by, and otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with,
the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the other Loan
Documents and applicable laws, provided that any noncash
(w) dividends, (x) interest, (y) principal or
(z) other distributions that would constitute Pledged Stock or
Pledged Debt Securities, whether resulting from a subdivision,
combination or reclassification of the outstanding Capital Stock of
the issuer of any Pledged Securities or received in exchange for
Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof,
or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other
exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or
otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and,
if received by any Grantor, shall not be commingled by such Grantor
with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate
and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the
Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and shall be
forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so
received (with any necessary endorsement as described in
Section 3.03(c) or otherwise).
(b) Upon the occurrence and
during the continuation of an Event of Default, after the
Collateral Agent shall have delivered no less than 5 Business
Days’ notice to the Grantors in accordance with
Section 3.06(d) hereof of its intent to suspend their rights
under paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.06, all rights
of any Grantor to dividends or other distributions that such
Grantor is authorized to receive pursuant to
paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.06 shall cease, and
the Collateral Agent, with the consent of the Required Lenders may,
or upon the request of the Required Lenders shall have all such
rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which
shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive
and retain such dividends or other distributions. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, each Grantor shall be permitted to receive all
dividends and other distributions paid in respect of the Pledged
Securities, to the extent permitted in the Credit Agreement. All
dividends or other distributions
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received by any Grantor contrary to the
provisions of this Section 3.06 shall be held in trust for the
benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties,
shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Grantor
and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent upon
demand in the same form as so received (with any necessary
endorsement). Any and all money and other property paid over to or
received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this
paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Collateral Agent in an
account to be established by the Collateral Agent upon receipt of
such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance
with the provisions of Section 5.02. After all Events of
Default have been cured or waived and Borrower has delivered to the
Collateral Agent a certificate to that effect, each Grantor shall
automatically regain its rights under Section 3.06(a)(iii) and
the Collateral Agent shall promptly repay to each Grantor (without
interest) all dividends or other distributions that such Grantor
would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of
paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.06 and that remain
in such account.
(c) Upon the occurrence and
during the continuation of an Event of Default, after the
Collateral Agent shall have delivered no less than 5 Business
Days’ notice to the Grantors in accordance with
Section 3.06(d) hereof of its intent to suspend their rights
under paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 3.06, all rights of any
Grantor to exercise the voting and other consensual rights and
powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)
of this Section 3.06, and the obligations of the Collateral
Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 3.06, shall
cease, and the Collateral Agent, with the consent of the Required
Lenders may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, shall
have all such rights thereupon become vested in the Collateral
Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority
to exercise such voting and other consensual rights and powers.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Grantor shall be permitted to
exercise all voting and corporate rights with respect to the
Pledged Securities, to the extent permitted in the Credit
Agreement. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived,
the Grantors shall have the right to exercise the voting and
consensual rights and powers that they would otherwise be entitled
to exercise pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(i)
above.
(d) Any notice given by the
Collateral Agent to the Grantors suspending their rights under
paragraph (a) of this Section 3.06 (i) may be given
by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing, (ii) may be
given to one or more of the Grantors at the same or different times
and (iii) may suspend the rights of the Grantors under
paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.06 in
part without suspending all such rights (as specified by the
Collateral Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without
waiving or otherwise affecting the Collateral Agent’s rights
to give additional notices from time to time suspending other
rights so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
ARTICLE IV
Security Interests in
Personal Property
Section 4.01.
Security Interest .
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(a) As security for the
payment or performance, as applicable, in full of the Secured
Obligations, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent and
its permitted successors and assigns, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, a security interest (the “ Security
Interest ”) in all right, title or interest in or to any
and all of the following assets and properties 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 “ Article 9
Collateral ”):
(i) all Accounts;
(ii) All Chattel
Paper;
(iii) all
Documents;
(iv) all
Equipment;
(v) all General Intangibles
(except as otherwise provided herein);
(vi) all
Instruments;
(vii) all
Inventory;
(viii) all Investment
Property (except as otherwise excluded herein);
(ix) all Letter-of-credit
rights (except as otherwise provided herein);
(x) Money and all Deposit
Accounts and Securities Accounts;
(xi) Intellectual
Property;
(xii) all books and records
pertaining to the Article 9 Collateral; and
(xiii) to the extent not
otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the
foregoing and all collateral security, supporting obligations and
guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the
foregoing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Article 9 Collateral shall not include (i) any Equipment that
is subject to a purchase money lien or capital lease permitted
under the Credit Agreement to the extent the documents relating to
such purchase money lien or capital lease would not permit such
Equipment to be subject to the Security Interests created hereby,
(ii) any property to the extent that such grant of a security
interest is prohibited by any Requirements of Law of any
Governmental Authority, (iii) any contract, license,
agreement, or permit to the extent that such grant of a security
interest therein constitutes a breach or default under or results
in termination of any such contract, license, agreement, or permit
or any rights of the applicable Grantor therein, (iv) any
Investment Property or Pledged Securities (other than Capital Stock
of a Wholly Owned Subsidiary which is Pledged Stock), to the extent
and for so long as that granting a security interest in such
Investment Property or Pledged Securities is prohibited by a
shareholder, joint-venture or similar agreement, except, in each
case of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, to
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extent that such Requirement of Law or
the provision of such contract, license, agreement, permit or
shareholder or similar agreement giving rise to such prohibition,
breach, default or termination is ineffective under applicable law,
(v) any United States intent-to-use trademark application to
the extent and for so long as creation by a Grantor of a security
interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of
such intent-to-use trademark application, (vi) any leasehold
interest related to real estate, (vii) motor vehicles and
other property subject to certificates of title and
(viii) Article 9 Collateral in circumstances where the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower agree in writing the cost of
obtaining a security interest in such assets are excessive in
relation to the value afforded thereby.
(b) Each Grantor hereby
irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent at any time and from
time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial
financing statements with respect to the Collateral or any part
thereof and amendments thereto that (i) indicate the
Collateral as “all assets” of such Grantor or such
description as the Collateral Agent may determine and
(ii) contain the information required by Article 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code of each applicable jurisdiction for the
filing of any financing statement or amendment, including whether
such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any
organizational identification number issued to such Grantor. Each
Grantor agrees to provide such information to the Collateral Agent
promptly upon request.
The Collateral Agent is
further authorized to file with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or any
successor office or any similar office in any other country) such
documents as may be necessary for the purpose of perfecting,
confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security
Interest granted by each Grantor, including the Copyright Security
Agreement, the Patent Security Agreement and the Trademark Security
Agreement, and naming any Grantor or the Grantors as debtors and
the Collateral Agent as secured party.
(c) The Security Interest is
granted as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent
or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any
obligation or liability of any Grantor with respect to or arising
out of the Article 9 Collateral.
(d) Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, in no event shall any Grantor be required
to (x) perfect a security interest in (A) any foreign
Intellectual Property or (B) in any goods covered by a
certificate of title, (y) deliver (A) control agreements,
(B) landlord waivers, (C) bailee letters or
(D) other similar third-party documents or (z) deliver
foreign security documents.
Section 4.02.
Representations and Warranties . The Grantors jointly and
severally represent and warrant to the Collateral Agent and the
other Secured Parties ( provided that, on the Closing Date,
such representation and warranty under this Section 4.02 is
made with respect to clause (b) only) that:
(a) Each Grantor has full
corporate or other organizational power and authority to grant to
the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the
Security Interest in such Article 9 Collateral pursuant hereto
and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance
with the terms in this Agreement, without the consent or
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proval of any other Person
other than any consent or approval that has been obtained or that
is immaterial except as the same may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally or providing for relief of
debtors and by general equitable principals (whether enforcement is
sought by proceedings in equity or at law).
(b) The Security Interest
constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest under U.S.
law in all the Article 9 Collateral securing the payment and
performance of the Secured Obligations, (ii) subject to the
filings in each governmental, municipal or other office specified
in Schedule II, a perfected first priority security interest in all
Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest under U.S.
law may be perfected by filing, recording or registering (A) a
financing statement or analogous document in the United States (or
any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and
possessions pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or other
applicable law in such jurisdictions and (B) a Patent Security
Agreement, a Trademark Security Agreement or a Copyright Security
Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and
the United States Copyright Office, as applicable.
(c) The Article 9
Collateral is and shall be owned by the Grantors free and clear of
any Lien, except for Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.3
of the Credit Agreement. Except with respect to Liens permitted
pursuant to Section 7.3 of the Credit Agreement, none of the
Grantors has filed or consented to the filing of any financing
statement or analogous document under the Uniform Commercial Code
or any other applicable laws covering any Article 9
Collateral.
Section 4.03.
Covenants .
(a) Except with respect to
name changes set forth in Schedule 4.03(a) (collectively,
the “ Pre-Approved Name Changes ”), each Grantor
agrees promptly (but in no case more than 30 days) to notify the
Collateral Agent in writing of any change (i) in its legal
name, (ii) in the location of its chief executive office or
its principal place of business, (iii) in its identity or type
of organization or corporate structure, (iv) in its Federal
Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification
number or (v) in its jurisdiction of organization. Each
Grantor agrees to promptly provide the Collateral Agent with
certified organizational documents reflecting any of the changes
described in the first sentence of this Section 4.03(a).
Except with respect to name changes set forth in Schedule
4.03(a) , each Grantor agrees not to effect or permit any
change referred to in the second preceding sentence unless all
filings have been made under the Uniform Commercial Code or
otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to
continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal
and perfected first priority security interest (subject to Liens
permitted under Section 7.3 of the Credit Agreement) in the
Article 9 Collateral; provided that the Grantors shall notify
the Collateral Agent promptly (but in no case more than 30 days)
upon registration of the Pre-Approved Name Changes in order to
allow the Collateral Agent to make all such filings.
(b) [ Reserved
.]
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(c) Each year, at the time of
delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the
preceding fiscal year pursuant to Section 6.1(a) of the Credit
Agreement and, from time to time (up to four times per fiscal year
or unlimited number of times if an Event of Default is continuing)
as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, Borrower shall
deliver to the Collateral Agent a certificate executed by a
Financial Officer of Borrower setting forth the information
required pursuant to the Perfection Certificate or confirming that
there has been no material change in such information since the
date of the Perfection Certificate delivered on the Effective Date
or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to
this Section 4.03(c). Each certificate delivered pursuant to
this Section 4.03(c) shall identify in the format of
Schedule III all Intellectual Property of any Grantor in
existence on the date thereof and not then listed on such Schedules
or previously so identified to the Collateral Agent.
(d) Each Grantor shall, at
its own expense, take any and all commercially reasonable actions
to defend title to the Article 9 Collateral (other than
Article 9 Collateral that is deemed by the board of directors
of such Grantor to be immaterial to the conduct of its business)
against all Persons and to defend the Security Interest of the
Collateral Agent in the Article 9 Collateral and the priority
thereof against any Lien not expressly permitted pursuant to
Section 7.3 of the Credit Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement
shall prevent any Grantor from discontinuing the operation or
maintenance of any of its assets or properties if such
discontinuance is (x) in the judgment of its board of
directors, desirable in the conduct of its business and
(y) permitted by the Credit Agreement.
(e) [ Reserved
.]
(f) [ Reserved
.]
(g) Upon the occurrence and
during the continuation of an Event of Default, at its option, the
Collateral Agent may discharge past due Taxes, assessments,
charges, fees or Liens at any time levied or placed on the
Article 9 Collateral and not permitted pursuant to
Section 7.3 of the Credit Agreement, and may pay for the
maintenance and preservation of the Article 9 Collateral to
the extent any Grantor fails to do so as required by the Credit
Agreement or this Agreement, and each Grantor jointly and severally
agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent promptly upon demand for
any payment made or any expense incurred by the Collateral Agent
pursuant to the foregoing authorization, provided that
nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted as excusing any
Grantor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the
Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to cure or perform, any
covenants or other promises of any Grantor with respect to Taxes,
assessments, charges, fees, Liens and maintenance as set forth in
this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents.
(h) [ Reserved
.]
(i) Each Grantor shall remain
liable to observe and perform all the conditions and material
obligations to be observed and performed by it under each contract,
agreement or instrument relating to the Article 9 Collateral, all
in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof, unless the
failure to do so would cause a Material Adverse Effect.
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(j) None of the Grantors
shall grant any Liens in the Article 9 Collateral, except as
permitted by the Credit Agreement. Subject to the immediately
following sentence, none of the Grantors shall make or permit to be
made any transfer of the Article 9 Collateral and each Grantor
shall remain at all times in possession of the Article 9
Collateral owned by it, except as (i) permitted by
Sections 7.3 and 7.5 of the Credit Agreement, (ii) is in
transit between Grantor’s locations, and (iii) Article 9
Collateral delivered to third parties for repair or refurbishing in
the ordinary course of business.
(k) None of the Grantors
will, without the Collateral Agent’s prior written consent,
grant any extension of the time of payment of any Accounts included
in the Article 9 Collateral, compromise, compound or settle
the same for less than the full amount thereof, release, wholly or
partly, any Person liable for the payment thereof or allow any
credit or discount whatsoever thereon, other than compromises,
compoundings, settlements and collections made in the ordinary
course of business or in accordance with the reasonable business
judgment of such Grantor.
(l) The Grantors, at their
own expense, shall maintain or cause to be maintained insurance
covering physical loss or damage to the Inventory and Equipment in
accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 6.5 of
the Credit Agreement. Each Grantor irrevocably makes, constitutes
and appoints the Collateral Agent (and all officers, employees or
agents designated by the Collateral Agent) as such Grantor’s
true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) for the purpose, upon
the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default,
of making, settling and adjusting claims in respect of
Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing
the name of such Grantor on any check, draft, instrument or other
item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance and
for making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto.
In the event that any Grantor at any time or times shall fail to
obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required under
the Credit Agreement or to pay any premium in whole or part
relating thereto, the Collateral Agent may, without waiving or
releasing any obligation or liability of the Grantors hereunder or
any Event of Default, in its sole reasonable discretion, obtain and
maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premium and take
any other actions with respect thereto as the Collateral Agent
deems advisable. All sums disbursed by the Collateral Agent in
connection with this paragraph, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, court costs, out-of-pocket expenses and
other charges relating thereto, shall be payable, promptly upon
demand, by the Grantors to the Collateral Agent and shall be
additional Obligations secured hereby.
Section 4.04.
Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper . Each Grantor
represents and warrants that each Instrument and each item of
Tangible Chattel Paper, other than any of the foregoing issued in
the ordinary course of business, with a value in excess of
$2,500,000 in existence on the date hereof has been properly
endorsed, assigned and delivered to the Collateral Agent,
accompanied by instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed
in blank. If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any
Instruments or Tangible Chattel Paper with a value in excess of
$2,500,000 or any such Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper with a
value that when taken together with the value of any Instrument or
Tangible Chattel Paper not previously endorsed, assigned and
delivered to the Collateral Agent exceeds $2,500,000, such Grantor
shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the
Collateral Agent, accompanied by such un-
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dated instruments of transfer or
assignment duly executed in blank as the Collateral Agent may from
time to time reasonably request.
Section 4.05.
Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright
Collateral .
(a) Each Grantor agrees that
it will not do any act or omit to do any act (and will exercise
commercially reasonable efforts to prevent its licensees from doing
any act or omitting to do any act) whereby it is reasonably
foreseeable any Patent that is material to the conduct of such
Grantor’s business would become invalidated or dedicated to
the public, (except at the end of its statutory term) and agrees
that it shall continue to mark any products covered by a Patent
with the relevant patent number as necessary and sufficient in its
reasonable business judgment to establish and preserve its material
rights under applicable patent laws.
(b) Except as could
reasonably not be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
each Grantor (either itself or through its licensees or its
sublicensees) will, for each Trademark material to the conduct of
such Grantor’s business, (i) maintain such Trademark in
full force free from any claim of abandonment or invalidity for
non-use, (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain
the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark,
(iii) display such Trademark with notice of Federal or foreign
registration (or, if such Trademark is unregistered, display such
Trademark with notice as required for unregistered Trademarks) to
the extent necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its
maximum rights under applicable law and (iv) not knowingly use
or knowingly permit the use of such Trademark in any violation of
any third party rights.
(c) Each Grantor (either
itself or through its licensees or sublicensees) will, for each
work covered by a Copyright material to the conduct of such
Grantor’s business, continue to publish, reproduce, display,
adopt and distribute the work with appropriate copyright notice as
necessary and sufficient in its reasonable judgment to establish
and preserve its material rights under applicable copyright laws,
except at the end of its statutory term.
(d) Each Grantor shall notify
the Collateral Agent as soon as reasonably practicable (but in any
event within 5 Business Days) if it knows that any Patent,
Trademark or Copyright material to the conduct of its business
could reasonably be expected to become abandoned, lost or dedicated
to the public (except at the end of its statutory term), or of any
materially adverse determination or development (including the
institution of, or any such determination or development in, any
proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United
States Copyright Office or any court or similar office of any
country) regarding such Grantor’s ownership of any Patent,
Trademark or Copyright, its right to register the same, or its
right to keep and maintain the same.
(e) Whenever any Grantor,
either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee,
shall file an application with respect to any Patent, Trademark or
Copyright (or for the registration of any Trademark or Copyright)
with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States
Copyright Office or any office or agency in any political
subdivision of the United States, such Grantor shall report such
filing to the Collateral Agent concurrently with the delivery of
the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1(a) or
6.1(b) in the Credit Agreement. Upon request of the Collateral
Agent, such Grantor shall execute and deliver any and
all
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agreements, instruments, documents and
papers as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to evidence
the Collateral Agent’s security interest in such Patent,
Trademark or Copyright.
(f) Each Grantor will take
all commercially reasonably necessary steps that are consistent
with the practice in any proceeding before the United States Patent
and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any office
or agency in any political subdivision of the United States or in
any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain
and pursue each registration or application that is material to the
conduct of such Grantor’s business relating to the Patents,
Trademarks and/or Copyrights (and to obtain the relevant grant or
registration) and to maintain each issued Patent and each
registration of the Trademarks and Copyrights that is material to
the conduct of any Grantor’s business, including timely
filings of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits
of incontestability and payment of maintenance fees, and, if
consistent with good business j
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