GUARANTY AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
GUARANTY AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of
July 31, 2009, made by each of the signatories hereto
(together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as
provided herein, the “ Grantors ”), in
favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such
capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”)
for the banks and other financial institutions or entities
(together, for purposes of this Agreement, with the Affiliates of
such financial institutions or entities that may be parties to
Lender Swap Contracts or Cash Management Agreements, the “
Lenders ”) from time to time parties to the
Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2009 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Credit Agreement ”), among FURMANITE WORLDWIDE,
INC. (the “ Company ”), certain
Subsidiaries of the Company (each a “ Designated
Borrower ” and, together with the Company, the
“ Borrowers ”), the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the
Lenders have severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the
Borrowers upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
therein;
WHEREAS, each Borrower is a member of an
affiliated group of companies that includes each other
Grantor;
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the extensions of
credit under the Credit Agreement will be used in part to enable
the Borrowers to make valuable transfers to one or more of the
other Grantors in connection with the operation of their respective
businesses;
WHEREAS, the Borrowers and the other Grantors
are engaged in related businesses, and each Grantor will derive
substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the
extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the
obligation of the Lenders to make their respective extensions of
credit to the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement that the
Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the
Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the
Lenders;
NOW,
THEREFORE, 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 make their respective
extensions of credit to the Borrowers thereunder and to enter into
Lender Swap Contracts and Cash Management Agreements, each Grantor
hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent, for itself and for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders, as follows:
1. DEFINED
TERMS
1.1.
Definitions .
(a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms
defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the
meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement, and the following
terms are used herein as defined in the Texas UCC: Accounts,
Certificated Security, Equipment, General Intangibles, Instruments,
Inventory and Supporting Obligations.
(b) The following terms shall have the
following meanings:
“ Agreement ”: this
Guaranty and Collateral Agreement, as the same may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“ Borrower Obligations
”: the collective reference to the unpaid principal of and
interest on the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and all other
obligations and liabilities (including under Lender Swap Contracts
and Cash Management Agreements) of any Borrower (including, without
limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided
in the Credit Agreement after the maturity of the Loans and
Reimbursement Obligations and interest accruing at the then
applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after the filing
of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any
insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to any
Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition
interest is allowed in such proceeding) to the Administrative Agent
or any Lender (or, in the case of any Lender Swap Contract or Cash
Management Agreement, any Affiliate of any Lender), whether direct
or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now
existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or
in connection with, the Credit Agreement, this Agreement, the other
Loan Documents, any Letter of Credit, any Lender Swap Contract, any
Cash Management Agreement or any other document made, delivered or
given in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case whether
on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees,
indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without
limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Administrative Agent or to the Lenders that are required to be paid
by any Borrower pursuant to the terms of any of the foregoing
agreements); provided , however , that with respect
to any Guarantor that is a Foreign Obligor, Borrower Obligations
shall not include any of the foregoing owing by any Borrower that
is not a Foreign Obligor.
“ Collateral ”: as
defined in Section 3.1 .
“ Collateral Account
”: any collateral account established by the Administrative
Agent as provided in Section 6.1 or
6.4 .
“ Dutch Deed of Pledge
”: as defined in Section 3.1 .
“ FH Shares ”: the
shares in the capital of Furmanite Holding B.V. described on
Schedule 2 .
“ Foreign Subsidiary Voting
Stock ”: the voting Equity Interests of any Foreign
Subsidiary.
“ Furmanite Offshore
”: Furmanite Offshore Services, Inc.
“ Guarantor Obligations
”: with respect to any Guarantor, all obligations and
liabilities of such Guarantor which may arise under or in
connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation,
Section 2 , but excluding the Parallel Debt
Obligations as described in Section 3.2 ) or any
other Loan Document to which such Guarantor is a party, in each
case whether on account of guarantee obligations, reimbursement
obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise
(including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of
counsel to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender (or, in the
case of any Lender Swap Contract or Cash Management Agreement, any
Affiliate of any Lender) that are required to be paid by such
Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, any other Loan
Document, any Lender Swap Contract or any Cash Management
Agreement).
“ Guarantors ”: the
collective reference to each Grantor other than in its capacity as
a Borrower.
“ Intellectual Property
”: 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, without limitation, the Patents, the Patent Licenses,
the Trademarks and the Trademark Licenses, and all rights to sue at
law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof,
including the right to receive all proceeds and damages
therefrom.
“ Intercompany Note ”:
any promissory note evidencing loans made by any Grantor to any
Borrower or any Subsidiary.
“ Investment Property
”: the collective reference to all “investment
property” as such term is defined in
Section 9-102(a)(49) of the Texas UCC (other than any
Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock excluded from the definition of
“ Pledged Stock ”).
“ Issuers ”: the
collective reference to each issuer of any Investment Property,
Pledged Notes, or Pledged Stock.
“ Obligations ”:
(i) in the case of each Borrower, its Borrower Obligations,
and (ii) in the case of each Guarantor, its Guarantor
Obligations.
“ Parallel Debt ”: as
defined in Section 3.2 .
“ Parallel Debt Obligations
”: each liability and obligation for the payment of an amount
owed by Furmanite Offshore to the Administrative Agent in its
capacity as creditor under the Parallel Debt, as provided in
Section 3.2 .
“ Patents ”:
(i) all letters patent of the United States, any other country
or any political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions
thereof and all goodwill associated therewith, including, without
limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in
Schedule 6 , (ii) all applications for
letters patent of the United States or any other country and all
divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof,
including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in
Schedule 6 , and (iii) all rights to obtain
any reissues or extensions of the foregoing.
“ Patent License ”:
all agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by
or to any Grantor of any right to manufacture, use or sell any
invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent.
“ Pledged Notes ”: all
promissory notes listed on Schedule 2 , all
Intercompany Notes at any time issued to any Grantor and all other
promissory notes issued to or held by any Grantor (other than
promissory notes issued in connection with extensions of trade
credit by any Grantor in the ordinary course of
business).
“ Pledged Stock ”: the
Equity Interests listed on Schedule 2 , together
with any other
shares,
stock certificates, options, interests or rights of any nature
whatsoever in respect of the Equity Interests of any wholly-owned
Subsidiary that may be issued or granted to, or held by, any
Grantor while this Agreement is in effect; provided that in
no event shall more than 66% of the total outstanding Foreign
Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary be pledged
hereunder to secure any Obligations owing by any Person that is not
a Foreign Obligor; and provided , further, that in no event
shall the Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary
that is directly or indirectly a Subsidiary of Furmanite Holding
B.V. be pledged hereunder to secure any Obligations owing by any
Person that is not a Foreign Obligor.
“ Proceeds ”: all
“proceeds” as such term is defined in
Section 9-102(a)(64) of the Texas UCC and, in any
event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other
income from the Investment Property, Pledged Notes, or Pledged
Stock, collections thereon or distributions or payments with
respect thereto.
“ Receivable ”: any
right to payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered,
whether or not such right is evidenced by an Instrument and whether
or not it has been earned by performance (including, without
limitation, any Account).
“ Reimbursement Obligation
”: the obligation of any Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer
for amounts drawn under any Letter of Credit.
“ Securities Act ”:
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“ Texas UCC ”: the
Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State
of Texas.
“ Trademarks ”:
(i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company
names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles,
service marks, logos and other source or business identifiers, and
all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter
adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and
all applications in connection therewith, whether in the United
States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or
agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country
or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all
common-law rights related thereto, including, without limitation,
any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 6 ,
and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.
“ Trademark License ”:
any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by
or to any Grantor of any right to use any Trademark.
1.2.
Other Definitional Provisions .
(a) The words “hereof,”
“herein”, “hereto” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section and
Schedule references are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
(b) The meanings given to terms defined
herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural
forms of such terms.
(c) Where the context requires, terms
relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when used in
relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s
Collateral or the relevant part thereof.
2.
GUARANTEE
2.1.
Guarantee .
(a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly
and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the
Administrative Agent, for itself and for the ratable benefit of the
Lenders and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and
assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance by the
Borrowers when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise) of the Borrower Obligations (other than its own
Borrower Obligations for which it is liable as a
Borrower).
(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, foreign, state or other 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 Borrower
Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount
of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing the
guarantee contained in this Section 2 or
affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent
hereunder.
(d) The guarantee contained in this
Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect
until all the Borrower Obligations and the obligations of each
Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this
Section 2 shall have been satisfied by payment
in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the
Commitments shall be terminated, notwithstanding that from time to
time during the term of the Credit Agreement the Borrowers may be
free from any Borrower Obligations.
(e) No payment made by any of the
Borrowers, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other
Person or received or collected by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender from any of the Borrowers, any of the Guarantors, any other
guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding
or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from
time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Borrower
Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise
affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall,
notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by
such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Obligations or any
payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the
Borrower Obligations), remain liable for the Borrower Obligations
up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the
Borrower Obligations are paid in full, no Letter of Credit shall be
outstanding and the Commitments are terminated.
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 hereunder to the
Administrative Agent, for itself and for the ratable benefit of the
Lenders, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the
Administrative Agent, for itself and for the ratable benefit of the
Lenders, for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor
hereunder.
2.3.
No Subrogation . Notwithstanding any payment made by any
Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any
Guarantor by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, no Guarantor
shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender against any Borrower or any
other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of
offset held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the
payment of the Borrower Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek
or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from any
Borrower or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such
Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Administrative
Agent, for itself and for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, by
any Borrower on account of the Borrower 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
Borrower Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount
shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Administrative
Agent, for itself and for the ratable benefit of 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 Borrower Obligations, whether
matured or unmatured, in such order as the Administrative Agent may
determine.
2.4.
Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations .
Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding
that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and
without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, any demand
for payment of any of the Borrower Obligations made by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may be rescinded by the
Administrative Agent or such Lender and any of the Borrower
Obligations continued, and the Borrower Obligations, or the
liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any
collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with
respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be
renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised,
waived, surrendered or released by 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 Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from time to
time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at
any time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the
payment of the Borrower Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived,
surrendered or released. 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 Borrower
Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this
Section 2 or any property subject
thereto.
2.5.
Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional . Each Guarantor waives
any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual
of any of the Borrower Obligations and notice of or proof of
reliance by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the
guarantee contained in this Section 2 or
acceptance of the guarantee contained in this
Section 2 ; the Borrower Obligations, and any of
them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted
or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance
upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2 ;
and all dealings between any of the Borrowers 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 guarantee
contained in this Section 2 . Each Guarantor
waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and
notice of default or nonpayment to or upon any of the Borrowers or
any of the Guarantors with respect to the Borrower Obligations.
Each Guarantor understands and agrees that the guarantee contained
in this Section 2 shall be construed as a
continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without
regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Borrower
Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee
or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to
time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (b) any
defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment
or performance) which may at any time be available to or be
asserted by any of the Borrowers or any other Person against the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, or (c) any other
circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of
any of the Borrowers or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might
be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of any
Borrower for the Borrower Obligations, or of such Guarantor under
the guarantee contained in this Section 2 , in
bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand
hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder
against any Guarantor, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may,
but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or
otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against
any Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or against
any collateral security or guarantee for the Borrower Obligations
or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender to make any such demand, to
pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments
from any of the Borrowers, any other Guarantor or any other Person
or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to
exercise any such right of offset, or any release of any Borrower,
any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral
security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any
Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not
impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied
or available as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent or any
Lender against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof
“demand” shall include the commencement and continuance
of any legal proceedings.
2.6.
Reinstatement . The guarantee contained in this
Section 2 shall continue to be effective, or be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part
thereof, of any of the Borrower Obligations is rescinded or must
otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or
any Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution,
liquidation or reorganization of any Borrower or any Guarantor, or
upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or
conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, any Borrower or
any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or
otherwise, all as though such payments had not been
made.
2.7.
Payments . Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments
hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off
or counterclaim in the currency in which such payments are due by
the applicable Borrower at the Administrative Agent’s
Office.
3. GRANT OF SECURITY
INTEREST .
3.1.
Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Administrative
Agent, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for itself
and for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in,
all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter
acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any
time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest
(collectively, together with the FH Shares, the “
Collateral ”), as collateral security for the
prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at
the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the
Obligations of such Grantor whether as a Borrower or a Guarantor,
and in the case of Furmanite Offshore, for the Parallel Debt
Obligations (provided that with respect to any Grantor that is a
Foreign Obligor, the Obligations of such Grantor shall not include
any obligations or liabilities owing by any Person that is not a
Foreign Obligor):
(a) all Accounts;
(b) all Equipment;
(c) all Fixtures;
(d) all General Intangibles, including all
Pledged Stock that is a General Intangible;
(e) all Instruments, including all
Intercompany Notes;
(f) all Intellectual Property;
(g) all Inventory;
(h) all Investment Property, including all
Pledged Stock that is Investment Property, but other than the FH
Shares (which shall be subject to the Dutch Deed of
Pledge);
(i) all books and records pertaining to the
Collateral; and
(j) to the extent not otherwise included,
all Proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products of any and all of
the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by
any Person with respect to any of the foregoing;
provided , however , that notwithstanding any of
the other provisions set forth in this Section 3
, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security
interest in any property to the extent that such grant of a
security interest (i) is prohibited by any Law of a
Governmental Authority or requires a consent not obtained of any
Governmental Authority pursuant to such requirement of Law,
(ii) with respect to any General Intangible, constitutes a
breach or default under or results in the termination of or
requires any consent not obtained under, any contract, license,
agreement, instrument or other document evidencing or giving rise
to such General Intangible, except to the extent that such
requirement of Law or the term in such contract, license,
agreement, instrument or other document or shareholder or similar
agreement providing for such prohibition, breach, default or
termination or requiring such consent is ineffective under
applicable law, (iii) covers property of any Grantor that is
not organized under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof, the United Kingdom, or Australia (other than the Pledged
Stock owned by Furmanite Holding B.V. consisting of (A) the
shares of Furmanite Australia Pty Ltd, (B) the
shares
of Furmanite Limited, and (C) the limited liability company
interests of Furmanite Malaysia LLC), or (iv) covers property
of any Grantor that is located or taken to be located in the State
of New South Wales, Australia for the purposes of the Duties Act
1947 (NSW).
Without limiting the Liens created by this
Agreement to the extent that this Agreement is effective to create
such Liens under applicable law, it is acknowledged and agreed that
additional agreements, instruments, or documents governed by the
laws of the United Kingdom, Australia, or the Netherlands are being
executed concurrently herewith and will be executed to create Liens
in the Collateral and other assets in favor of the Administrative
Agent for itself and for the benefit of the Lenders. Furmanite
Offshore hereby undertakes on or about the date of this Agreement
to execute a notarial deed of pledge between the Administrative
Agent, Furmanite Offshore and Furmanite Holding B.V. (the “
Dutch Deed of Pledge ”) pursuant to which a
Dutch right of pledge on the FH Shares is created, in favor of the
Administrative Agent and for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, as
security for the prompt and complete payment when due (whether at
the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of (i) Furmanite
Offshore’s Obligations, to the extent that such Obligations
are obligations for the payment of an amount, and (ii) the
Parallel Debt Obligations;
3.2.
Parallel Debt . The provisions of this
Section 3.2 are included in this Agreement in
connection with the Dutch right of pledge on the FH Shares pursuant
to the Dutch Deed of Pledge.
(a) Furmanite Offshore hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally undertakes to pay to the Administrative Agent,
acting in its own name and on its own behalf and not as agent or
security trustee for any Person, amounts equal to the aggregate
amount payable by Furmanite Offshore in respect of the Obligations
of Furmanite Offshore (the “ Parallel Debt
”).
(b) The Parallel Debt Obligations will
become due and payable ( opeisbaar ) as and to the extent
one or more Obligations of Furmanite Offshore becomes due and
payable, without any further notice being required.
(c) Each of the parties hereto hereby
acknowledges that: (i) the Parallel Debt constitutes an
undertaking, obligation and liability of Furmanite Offshore to the
Administrative Agent which is transferable, separate and
independent from, and without prejudice to, the Obligations of
Furmanite Offshore and (ii) the Parallel Debt Obligations
represent the Administrative Agent’s own separate and
independent claims to receive payment of the Parallel Debt
Obligations from Furmanite Offshore, it being understood that the
amount which may become payable by Furmanite Offshore under or
pursuant to the Parallel Debt Obligations from time to time shall
never exceed the aggregate amount which is payable under the
relevant Obligations of Furmanite Offshore from time to
time.
(d) For the avoidance of doubt, each of the
parties hereto hereby confirms that the claim of the Administrative
Agent against Furmanite Offshore in respect of the Parallel Debt
Obligations and the claims of any Lender against Furmanite Offshore
in respect of the Obligations of Furmanite Offshore payable to such
Lender do not constitute common property within the meaning of
Article 3:166 of the Dutch Civil Code and that the provisions
relating to such common property shall not apply. If, however, it
shall be held that such claim of the Administrative Agent and such
claims of any Lender do constitute such common property and such
provisions do apply, the parties hereto agree that the Credit
Agreement and this Agreement shall constitute the administration
agreement within the meaning of Article 3:168 of the Dutch
Civil Code.
(e) For the avoidance of doubt, the parties
hereto confirm that this Agreement is not to be construed as an
agreement as referred to in Article 6:16 of the Dutch Civil
Code and that Article 6:16 of the Dutch Civil Code shall not
apply, and, therefore, the provisions relating to common property
within the meaning of Article 3:166 of the Dutch Civil Code
shall not apply by analogy to the relationship between the
Administrative Agent and any Lender on the one hand and Furmanite
Offshore on the other hand.
(f) To the extent the Administrative Agent
receives any amount in payment of the Parallel Debt Obligations
(the “ Received Amount ”), the
Obligations of Furmanite Offshore shall be reduced by an aggregate
amount equal to the Received Amount as if the Received Amount was
received as a payment of the Obligations of Furmanite
Offshore.
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 Borrowers
thereunder and to enter into Lender Swap Contracts and Cash
Management Agreements, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants
to the Administrative Agent, for itself and for the ratable benefit
of the Lenders, that:
4.1.
Title; No Other Liens . Except for the security interest
granted to the Administrative Agent for itself and for the ratable
benefit of the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement and the other
Liens permitted to exist on the Collateral by the Credit Agreement,
such Grantor owns each item of the Collateral free and clear of any
and all Liens or claims of others. No financing statement or other
public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is
on file or of record in any public office, except such as have been
filed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for itself and for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders, pursuant to this Agreement or as
are permitted by the Credit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt,
it is understood and agreed that any Grantor may, as part of its
business, grant licenses to third parties to use Intellectual
Property owned or developed by a Grantor. For purposes of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such licensing activity
shall not constitute a “Lien” on such Intellectual
Property. The Administrative Agent understands that any such
licenses may be exclusive to the applicable licensees, and such
exclusivity provisions may limit the ability of the Administrative
Agent to utilize, sell, lease or transfer the related Intellectual
Property or otherwise realize value from such Intellectual Property
pursuant hereto.
4.2.
Perfected First Priority Liens . The security interests
granted pursuant to this Agreement (a) upon completion of the
filings and other actions specified on
Schedule 3 (which, in the case of all filings
and other documents referred to on said Schedule, have been
delivered to the Administrative Agent in completed and duly
executed form) and other filings and other actions required by the
laws of the United Kingdom, Australia, or the Netherlands, 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 such
Grantor’s Obligations and, further, in the case of Furmanite
Offshore, for the Parallel Debt Obligations, enforceable in
accordance with the terms hereof against all creditors of such
Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase any Collateral from
such Grantor and (b) are prior to all other Liens on the
Collateral in existence on the date hereof except for Liens
permitted by the Credit Agreement which have priority over the
Liens on the Collateral by operation of law.
4.3.
Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office . On
the date hereof, such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization,
identification number from the jurisdiction of organization (if
any), and the location of such Grantor’s chief executive
office or sole place of business or principal residence, as the
case may be, are specified on Schedule 4
.
4.4.
Inventory and Equipment . On the date hereof, (a) the
Inventory and the Equipment are kept at the locations listed on
Schedule 5 and (b) no Collateral is located
outside the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, or the
Netherlands, or is in the possession of any lessor, bailee,
warehouseman or consignee, except as listed on
Schedule 5 .
4.5.
Investment Property .
(a) The shares of Pledged Stock pledged by
such Grantor hereunder constitute all the issued and outstanding
shares of all classes of the Equity Interests of each Issuer owned
by such Grantor or, in the case of Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock
that secures any Obligations owing by any Person that is not a
Foreign Obligor, if less, 66% of the outstanding Foreign Subsidiary
Voting Stock of each relevant Issuer.
(b) All the shares of the Pledged Stock
have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable.
(c) Each of the Pledged Notes constitutes
the legal, valid and binding obligation of the obligor with respect
thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the
effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable
principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law)
and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Each of the
Intercompany Notes is unsecured.
(d) Such Grantor is the record and
beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to, the
Investment Property, Pledged Notes, and Pledged Stock pledged by it
hereunder, free of any and all Liens or options in favor of, or
claims of, any other Person, except the security interest created
by this Agreement and the Dutch Deed of Pledge, and the other Liens
permitted to exist on the Collateral by the Credit Agreement and/or
any other Loan Document.
4.6.
Receivables .
(a) No amount payable to such Grantor under
or in connection with any Receivable is evidenced by any Instrument
which has not been delivered to the Administrative
Agent.
(b) None of the obligors on any Receivables
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 will, to the best of such
Grantor’s knowledge at such times, be accurate.
4.7.
Intellectual Property .
(a) Schedule 6
lists all registered 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 such Grantor, or, to the knowledge
of such Grantor with respect to Intellectual Property licensed by
such Grantor, is valid, subsisting, unexpired and enforceable, has
not been abandoned and does not infringe the intellectual property
rights of any other Person.
(c) No holding, decision or judgment has
been rendered by any Governmental Authority which would limit,
cancel or question the validity of, or such Grantor’s rights
in, any Intellectual Property in any respect that could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) No action or proceeding is pending, or,
to the knowledge of such Grantor, threatened, on the date hereof
(i) seeking to limit, cancel or question the validity of any
(A) Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor, (B) such
Grantor’s ownership interest therein, or (C) to the
knowledge of such Grantor, Intellectual Property licensed by such
Grantor, or (ii) which would affect the value of any
Intellectual Property, in each case that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5. COVENANTS . Each
Grantor covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent, for
itself and for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, that, from and
after the date of this Agreement until the Obligations shall have
been paid in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the
Commitments shall have terminated:
5.1.
Delivery of Instruments and Certificated Securities . If any
amount in excess of $100,000 payable under or in connection with
any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any
Instrument or Certificated Security, such Instrument or
Certificated Security shall, to the extent permitted under
applicable Law, be promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent,
duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.
5.2.
Maintenance of Insurance .
(a) Such Grantor will maintain, with
financially sound and reputable companies, insurance policies
(i) insuring the Inventory and Equipment subject hereto
against loss by fire, explosion, theft and such other casualties as
is required by the Credit Agreement and (ii) insuring such
Grantor and the Administrative Agent, for itself and for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders, against liability for personal
injury and property damage relating to such Inventory and
Equipment, such policies to be in such form and amounts and having
such coverage as is customarily carried by companies engaged in
similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities
where the respective Grantors operate.
(b) All such insurance shall
(i) provide that no cancellation, material reduction in amount
or material change in coverage thereof shall be effective until at
least 30 days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of
written notice thereof, and (ii) name the Administrative Agent
as insured party or loss payee.
5.3.
Payment of Obligations . Such Grantor will pay and discharge
or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become
delinquent, as the case may be, all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges or levies imposed upon the Collateral or in
respect of income or profits therefrom, as well as all claims of
any kind (including, without limitation, claims for labor,
materials and supplies) against or with respect to the Collateral,
except that no such charge need be paid if the amount or validity
thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto
have been provided on the books of such Grantor and such
proceedings could not reasonably be expected to result in the sale,
forfeiture or loss of any material portion of the
Collateral.
5.4.
Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further
Documentation .
(a) Such Grantor shall maintain the
security interest created by this Agreement as, except as otherwise
provided herein, 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, subject to the rights of such Grantor under the
Loan Documents to dispose of the Collateral.
(b) Such Grantor will furnish to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders from time to time statements
and schedules further identifying and describing the assets and
property of such Grantor and such other reports in connection
therewith 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, to the extent permitted
under applicable Law, promptly and duly execute and deliver, and
have recorded, such further instruments and documents and take such
further actions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request
for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of
this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted,
including, without limitation, (i) filing any financing or
continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (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 Uniform
Commercial Code or other similar laws) with respect
thereto.
5.5.
Changes in Name, etc . Such Grantor will not, except upon
15 days’ prior written notice to the Administrative
Agent and delivery to the Administrative Agent of all additional
executed financing statements and other documents reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent to maintain the validity,
perfection and priority of the security interests provided for
herein, (a) change its jurisdiction of organization or the
location of its chief executive office or sole place of business or
principal residence from that referred to in
Section 4.3 or (b) change its
name.
5.6.
Notices . Such Grantor will advise the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders promptly, in reasonable detail, of:
(a) any Lien (other than security interests
created hereby or Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement) on
any of the Collateral which would adversely affect the ability of
the Administrative Agent to exercise any of its remedies hereunder;
and
(b) of 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 security
interests created hereby.
5.7.
Investment Property .
(a) If such Grantor shall become entitled
to receive or shall receive any certificate (including, without
limitation, any certificate representing a dividend or a
distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase or
reduction of capital or any certificate issued in connection with
any reorganization), 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 shares of the
Pledged Stock, or otherwise in respect thereof, such Grantor shall,
to the extent permitted under applicable Law, 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 stock power covering
such certificate duly executed in blank by such Grantor and with,
if the Administrative Agent so requests, signature guaranteed, to
be held by the Administrative Agent, subject to the terms hereof,
as additional collateral security for the Obligations. Any sums
paid upon or in respect of the Investment Property, Pledged Notes,
or Pledged Stock upon the liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer
shall, to the extent permitted under applicable Law, be paid over
to the Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as
additional collateral security for the Obligations and, in the case
of Furmanite Offshore, for the Parallel Debt Obligations, and in
case any distribution of capital shall be made on or in respect of
the Investment Property, Pledged Notes, or Pledged Stock