AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND
SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND
RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (as it may be amended or
modified from time to time, the “ Security Agreement
”) is entered into as of January 30, 2009 by and
between A. H. BELO CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“
Belo ”), THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, INC., a Delaware
corporation (“ Dallas ”), DENTON PUBLISHING
COMPANY, a Texas corporation (“ Denton ”), DFW
PRINTING COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ DFW
”), DMI ACQUISITION SUB, INC., a Delaware corporation
(“ DMI ”), PRESS-ENTERPRISE COMPANY, a
California corporation (“ Press ”), THE
PROVIDENCE JOURNAL COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (“
Providence ”) and certain of their Subsidiaries who
are listed on the signature pages hereto (each a “
Grantor ”, and collectively, the “
Grantors ”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., in its
capacity as administrative agent (the “ Administrative
Agent ”) for the lenders party to the Credit Agreement
referred to below.
Belo, Dallas,
Denton, DFW, DMI, Press and Providence entered into that certain
Security Agreement dated as of October 23, 2008 (the “
Original Security Agreement ”) with JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the lenders party to that
certain Credit Agreement dated as of February 4, 2008 (as
amended by that certain First Amendment and Waiver dated as of
October 23, 2008, the “ Original Credit Agreement
”).
The Grantors, the
Administrative Agent, the Loan Parties and the Lenders are entering
into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
January 30, 2009 (as it may be amended or modified from time
to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), which Credit
Agreement amends and restates the Original Credit Agreement. The
Grantors also desire, among other things, to amend and restate the
Original Security Agreement in its entirety by entering into this
Security Agreement.
ACCORDINGLY, the
Grantors and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders,
hereby agree as follows:
1.1. Terms
Defined in Credit Agreement . All capitalized terms used herein
and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such
terms in the Credit Agreement.
1.2. Terms
Defined in UCC . Terms defined in the UCC which are not
otherwise defined in this Security Agreement are used herein as
defined in the UCC.
1.3.
Definitions of Certain Terms Used Herein . As used in this
Security Agreement, in addition to the terms defined in the
Preliminary Statement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“
Accounts ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Article 9 of the UCC.
“
Article ” means a numbered article of this Security
Agreement, unless another document is specifically
referenced.
“ Chattel
Paper ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Article 9 of the UCC.
“
Collateral ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Article II.
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“
Collateral Access Agreement ” means any landlord
waiver or other agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent, between the Administrative Agent and any
third party (including any bailee, consignee, customs broker, or
other similar Person) in possession of any Collateral or any
landlord of any Loan Party for any real property where any
Collateral is located, as such landlord waiver or other agreement
may be amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“
Collateral Deposit Account ” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 7.1(a).
“
Collateral Report ” means any certificate (including
any Borrowing Base Certificate), report or other document delivered
by any Grantor to the Administrative Agent or any Lender with
respect to the Collateral pursuant to any Loan Document.
“
Collection Account ” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 7.1(b).
“
Commercial Tort Claims ” means the existing commercial
tort claims of the Grantor listed in Exhibit I.
“
Control ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Article 8 or, if applicable, in Section 9-104, 9-105,
9-106 or 9-107 of Article 9 of the UCC.
“
Copyrights ” means, with respect to any Person, all of
such Person’s right, title, and interest in and to the
following: (a) all copyrights, rights and interests in
copyrights, works protectable by copyright, copyright
registrations, and copyright applications; (b) all renewals of
any of the foregoing; (c) all income, royalties, damages, and
payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under any of the
foregoing, including, without limitation, damages or payments for
past or future infringements for any of the foregoing; (d) the
right to sue for past, present, and future infringements of any of
the foregoing; and (e) all rights corresponding to any of the
foregoing throughout the world.
“
Default ” means any event or condition which
constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time
or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of
Default.
“ Deposit
Account Control Agreement ” means an agreement, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among any
Loan Party, a banking institution holding such Loan Party’s
funds, and the Administrative Agent with respect to collection and
control of all deposits and balances held in a deposit account
maintained by any Loan Party with such banking
institution.
“ Deposit
Accounts ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Article 9 of the UCC.
“
Documents ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Article 9 of the UCC.
“
Equipment ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Article 9 of the UCC.
“ Event
of Default ” means an event described in
Section 5.1.
“
Exhibit ” refers to a specific exhibit to this
Security Agreement, unless another document is specifically
referenced.
“ General
Intangibles ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Article 9 of the UCC.
“
Goods ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Article 9 of the UCC.
“
Instruments ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Article 9 of the UCC.
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“
Inventory ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Article 9 of the UCC.
“
Investment Property ” shall have the meaning set forth
in Article 9 of the UCC.
“
Letter-of-Credit Rights ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“
Licenses ” means, with respect to any Person, all of
such Person’s right, title, and interest in and to
(a) any and all licensing agreements or similar arrangements
in and to its Patents, Copyrights, or Trademarks, (b) all
income, royalties, damages, claims, and payments now or hereafter
due or payable under and with respect thereto, including, without
limitation, damages and payments for past and future breaches
thereof, and (c) all rights to sue for past, present, and
future breaches thereof.
“ Lock
Boxes ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7.1(a).
“ Lock
Box Agreements ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7.1(a).
“
Patents ” means, with respect to any Person, all of
such Person’s right, title, and interest in and to:
(a) any and all patents and patent applications; (b) all
inventions and improvements described and claimed therein;
(c) all reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals,
extensions, and continuations-in-part thereof; (d) all income,
royalties, damages, claims, and payments now or hereafter due or
payable under and with respect thereto, including, without
limitation, damages and payments for past and future infringements
thereof; (e) all rights to sue for past, present, and future
infringements thereof; and (f) all rights corresponding to any
of the foregoing throughout the world.
“ Pledged
Collateral ” means all Instruments, Securities and other
Investment Property of the Grantors, whether or not physically
delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Security
Agreement.
“
Receivables ” means the Accounts, Chattel Paper,
Documents, Investment Property, Instruments and any other rights or
claims to receive money which are General Intangibles or which are
otherwise included as Collateral.
“
Required Secured Parties ” means (a) prior to an
acceleration of the Obligations under the Credit Agreement, the
Required Lenders, (b) after an acceleration of the Obligations
under the Credit Agreement but prior to the date upon which the
Credit Agreement has terminated by its terms and all of the
obligations thereunder have been paid in full, Lenders holding in
the aggregate at least a majority of the total of the Aggregate
Credit Exposure, and (c) after the Credit Agreement has
terminated by its terms and all of the Obligations thereunder have
been paid in full (whether or not the Obligations under the Credit
Agreement were ever accelerated), Lenders holding in the aggregate
at least a majority of the aggregate net early termination payments
and all other amounts then due and unpaid from any Grantor to the
Lenders under a Swap Agreement, as determined by the Administrative
Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“
Section ” means a numbered section of this Security
Agreement, unless another document is specifically
referenced.
“
Security ” has the meaning set forth in Article 8
of the UCC.
“ Stock
Rights ” means all dividends, instruments or other
distributions and any other right or property which the Grantors
shall receive or shall become entitled to receive for any reason
whatsoever with respect to, in substitution for or in exchange for
any Equity Interest constituting Collateral, any right to receive
an Equity Interest and any right to receive earnings, in which the
Grantors now have or hereafter acquire any right, issued by an
issuer of such Equity Interest.
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“
Supporting Obligations ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“
Trademarks ” means, with respect to any Person, all of
such Person’s right, title, and interest in and to the
following: (a) all trademarks (including service marks), trade
names, trade dress, and trade styles and the registrations and
applications for registration thereof and the goodwill of the
business symbolized by the foregoing; (b) all licenses of the
foregoing, whether as licensee or licensor; (c) all renewals
of the foregoing; (d) all income, royalties, damages, and
payments now or hereafter due or payable with respect thereto,
including, without limitation, damages, claims, and payments for
past and future infringements thereof; (e) all rights to sue
for past, present, and future infringements of the foregoing,
including the right to settle suits involving claims and demands
for royalties owing; and (f) all rights corresponding to any
of the foregoing throughout the world.
“ UCC
” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time
to time, of the State of Texas or of any other state the laws of
which are required as a result thereof to be applied in connection
with the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with
respect to, Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s Lien
on any Collateral.
The foregoing
definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and
plural forms of the defined terms.
ARTICLE II.
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
Each Grantor
hereby pledges, assigns and grants to the Administrative Agent, on
behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a security
interest in all of its right, title and interest in, to and under
all personal property and other assets, whether now owned by or
owing to, or hereafter acquired by or arising in favor of such
Grantor (including under any trade name or derivations thereof),
and whether owned or consigned by or to, or leased from or to, such
Grantor, and regardless of where located (all of which will be
collectively referred to as the “ Collateral ”),
including:
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all
Accounts;
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(ii)
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all
Chattel Paper;
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(iii)
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all
Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks;
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(iv)
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all
Documents;
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(v)
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all
Equipment;
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(vi)
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all
General Intangibles;
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all
Goods;
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all
Instruments;
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(ix)
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all
Inventory;
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(x)
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all
Investment Property including or in addition, the
following:
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all the capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests
and other ownership interests issued by, and all other ownership
interest in all Subsidiaries (other than Foreign
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Subsidiaries)
now existing and hereafter created or acquired and owned by such
Grantor;
(ii)
all the capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests
and other ownership interests issued by, and all other ownership
interest in all Foreign Subsidiaries of such Grantor, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, provided that no more than and not
less than sixty–six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the
capital stock or other ownership interest in each such Foreign
Subsidiary which is entitled to vote is pledged
hereunder
(provided that
the security interest in Investment Property under this clause
(x) shall not attach to the interest of (A) Belo
Enterprises, Inc. in iArchives, Inc., (B) Belo Enterprises,
Inc. in Mochila, Inc. or (C) True North Real Estate LLC in
Sawbuck Realty, Inc., in each case listed in Schedule 6.04,
respectively, if and to the extent that (1) any term of the
agreement evidencing such Investment Property prohibits, restricts,
or requires the consent of a Person other than a Borrower or a
Subsidiary to, such security interest or provides that the grant of
any such security interest would give rise to a default under such
agreement and (2) any such term described in clause
(1) preceding is (y) effective under applicable
Requirements of Law other than the UCC and (z) is not deemed
ineffective under the UCC);
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all
cash or cash equivalents;
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(xii)
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all
letters of credit, Letter-of-Credit Rights and Supporting
Obligations;
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(xiii)
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all
Deposit Accounts with any bank or other financial
institution;
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all
Commercial Tort Claims; and
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and
all accessions to, substitutions for and replacements, proceeds
(including Stock Rights), insurance proceeds and products of the
foregoing, together with all books and records, customer lists,
credit files, computer files, programs, printouts and other
computer materials and records related thereto and any General
Intangibles at any time evidencing or relating to any of the
foregoing;
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to secure the
prompt and complete payment and performance of the Secured
Obligations.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each Grantor
represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
that:
3.1. Title,
Perfection and Priority . Such Grantor has good and valid
rights in or the power to transfer the Collateral and title to the
Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a
security interest hereunder, free and clear of all Liens except for
Liens permitted under Section 4.1(e), and has full power and
authority to grant to the Administrative Agent the security
interest in such Collateral pursuant
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hereto. When
financing statements in proper form and identifying the Collateral
have been filed in the appropriate offices against such Grantor in
the locations listed on Exhibit G , the Administrative
Agent will have a fully perfected first priority security interest
in that Collateral of the Grantor in which a security interest may
be perfected by filing, subject only to Liens permitted under
Section 4.1(e).
3.2. Type and
Jurisdiction of Organization, Organizational and Identification
Numbers . The type of entity of such Grantor, its state of
organization, the organizational number issued to it by its state
of organization and its federal employer identification number are
set forth on Exhibit A .
3.3. Principal
Location . Such Grantor’s mailing address and the
location of its place of business (if it has only one) or its chief
executive office (if it has more than one place of business), are
disclosed in Exhibit A ; such Grantor has no other
places of business except those set forth in Exhibit A
.
3.4. Collateral
Locations . All of such Grantor’s locations where
Collateral is located are listed on Exhibit A . All of
said locations are owned by such Grantor except for locations
(i) which are leased by the Grantor as lessee and designated
in Part VII(b) of Exhibit A and
(ii) at which Inventory is held in a public warehouse or is
otherwise held by a bailee or on consignment as designated in
Part VII(c) of Exhibit A.
3.5. Deposit
Accounts . All of such Grantor’s Deposit Accounts are
listed on Exhibit B .
3.6. Exact
Names . Such Grantor’s name in which it has executed this
Security Agreement is the exact name as it appears in such
Grantor’s organizational documents, as amended, as filed with
such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization. Such Grantor has
not, during the past five years, been known by or used any other
corporate or fictitious name, or been a party to any merger or
consolidation, or been a party to any acquisition.
3.7.
Letter-of-Credit Rights and Chattel Paper .
Exhibit C lists all Letter-of-Credit Rights and Chattel
Paper of such Grantor. All action by such Grantor necessary or
desirable to protect and perfect the Administrative Agent’s
Lien on each item listed on Exhibit C (including the
delivery of all originals and the placement of a legend on all
Chattel Paper as required hereunder) has been duly taken. The
Administrative Agent will have a fully perfected first priority
security interest in the Collateral listed on Exhibit C
, subject only to Liens permitted under
Section 4.1(e).
3.8. Accounts
and Chattel Paper .
(a) The
names of the obligors, amounts owing, due dates and other
information with respect to its Accounts and Chattel Paper are and
will be correctly stated in all material respects in all records of
such Grantor relating thereto and in all invoices and Collateral
Reports with respect thereto furnished to the Administrative Agent
by such Grantor from time to time. As of the time when each Account
or each item of Chattel Paper arises, such Grantor shall be deemed
to have represented and warranted that such Account or Chattel
Paper, as the case may be, and all records relating thereto, are
genuine and in all respects what they purport to be.
(b) With
respect to its Accounts, except as specifically disclosed on the
most recent Collateral Report, (i) all Accounts are Eligible
Accounts; (ii) all Accounts represent bona fide sales of
Inventory or rendering of services to Account Debtors in the
ordinary course of such Grantor’s business and are not
evidenced by a judgment, Instrument or Chattel Paper;
(iii) there are no setoffs, claims or disputes existing or
asserted with respect thereto and such Grantor has not made any
agreement with any Account Debtor for any extension of time for the
payment thereof, any compromise or settlement for less than the
full amount thereof, any release of any Account Debtor from
liability therefor, or any deduction therefrom except a discount or
allowance allowed by such Grantor in the ordinary course of its
business
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for prompt
payment and disclosed to the Administrative Agent; (iv) to
such Grantor’s knowledge, there are no facts, events or
occurrences which in any way impair the validity or enforceability
thereof or could reasonably be expected to reduce the amount
payable thereunder as shown on such Grantor’s books and
records and any invoices, statements and Collateral Reports with
respect thereto; (v) such Grantor has not received any written
notice of proceedings or actions which are threatened or pending
against any Account Debtor which might result in any adverse change
in such Account Debtor’s financial condition; and
(vi) such Grantor has no knowledge that any Account Debtor is
unable generally to pay its debts as they become due.
(c) In
addition, with respect to all of its Accounts, (i) the amounts
shown on all invoices, statements and Collateral Reports with
respect thereto are actually and absolutely owing to such Grantor
as indicated thereon and are not in any way contingent;
(ii) no payments have been or shall be made thereon except
payments immediately delivered to a Lock Box or a Collateral
Deposit Account as required pursuant to Section 7.1 ;
and (iii) to such Grantor’s knowledge, all Account
Debtors have the capacity to contract.
3.9.
Inventory . With respect to any of its Inventory scheduled
or listed on the most recent Collateral Report, (a) such
Inventory (other than Inventory in transit) is located at one of
such Grantor’s locations set forth on Exhibit A ,
(b) no Inventory (other than Inventory in transit) is now, or
shall at any time or times hereafter be stored at any other
location except as permitted by Section 4.1(g), (c) such
Grantor has good, indefeasible and merchantable title to such
Inventory and such Inventory is not subject to any Lien or security
interest or document whatsoever except for Liens permitted under
Section 4.1(e), (d) except as specifically disclosed in
the most recent Collateral Report, such Inventory is Eligible
Inventory of good and merchantable quality, free from any defects,
(e) such Inventory is not subject to any licensing, patent,
royalty, trademark, trade name or copyright agreements with any
third parties which would require any consent of any third party
upon sale or disposition of that Inventory or the payment of any
monies to any third party upon such sale or other disposition,
(f) such Inventory has been produced in accordance with the
Federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, and all
rules, regulations and orders thereunder and (g) the
completion of manufacture, sale or other disposition of such
Inventory by the Administrative Agent during the existence of an
Event of Default shall not require the consent of any Person and
shall not constitute a breach or default under any contract or
agreement to which such Grantor is a party or to which Inventory is
subject.
3.10.
Intellectual Property . Such Grantor does not have any
interest in, or title to, any Patent or Trademark except as set
forth in Exhibit D . This Security Agreement is
effective to create a valid and continuing Lien and, upon filing of
appropriate financing statements in the offices listed on
Exhibit G and this Security Agreement with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office, fully perfected first priority
security interests in favor of the Administrative Agent on such
Grantor’s Patents and Trademarks, such perfected security
interests are enforceable as such as against any and all creditors
of and purchasers from such Grantor; and all action necessary or
desirable to protect and perfect the Administrative Agent’s
Lien on such Grantor’s Patents or Trademarks shall have been
duly taken.
3.11. Filing
Requirements . None of its Equipment is covered by any
certificate of title, except for the vehicles described in
Part I of Exhibit E . None of the Collateral owned
by it is of a type for which security interests or liens may be
perfected by filing under any federal statute except for
(a) the vehicles described in Part II of
Exhibit E and (b) Patents and Trademarks held by
such Grantor and described in Exhibit D .
3.12. No
Financing Statements, Security Agreements . No financing
statement or security agreement describing all or any portion of
the Collateral which has not lapsed or been terminated naming such
Grantor as debtor has been filed or is of record in any
jurisdiction except (a) for financing statements
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or security
agreements naming the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders
as the secured party and (b) as permitted by
Section 4.1(e).
3.13. Pledged
Collateral .
(a)
Exhibit F sets forth a complete and accurate list of
all Pledged Collateral owned by such Grantor. Such Grantor is the
direct, sole beneficial owner and sole holder of record of the
Pledged Collateral listed on Exhibit F as being owned
by it, free and clear of any Liens, except for the security
interest granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Lenders hereunder. Such Grantor further represents and warrants
that (i) all Pledged Collateral owned by it constituting an
Equity Interest has been (to the extent such concepts are relevant
with respect to such Pledged Collateral) duly authorized, validly
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, (ii) with respect
to any certificates delivered to the Administrative Agent
representing an Equity Interest, either such certificates are
Securities as defined in Article 8 of the UCC as a result of
actions by the issuer or otherwise, or, if such certificates are
not Securities, such Grantor has so informed the Administrative
Agent so that the Administrative Agent may take steps to perfect
its security interest therein as a General Intangible,
(iii) all such Pledged Collateral held by a securities
intermediary is covered by a control agreement among such Grantor,
the securities intermediary and the Administrative Agent pursuant
to which the Administrative Agent has Control and (iv) all
Pledged Collateral which represents Indebtedness owed to such
Grantor has been duly authorized, authenticated or issued and
delivered by the issuer of such Indebtedness, is the legal, valid
and binding obligation of such issuer and, to such Grantor’s
knowledge, such issuer is not in default thereunder.
(b) In
addition, (i) none of the Pledged Collateral owned by it has
been issued or transferred in violation of the securities
registration, securities disclosure or similar laws of any
jurisdiction to which such issuance or transfer may be subject,
(ii) there are existing no options, warrants, calls or
commitments of any character whatsoever relating to such Pledged
Collateral or which obligate the issuer of any Equity Interest
included in the Pledged Collateral to issue additional Equity
Interests, and (iii) no consent, approval, authorization, or
other action by, and no giving of notice, filing with, any
governmental authority or any other Person is required for the
pledge by such Grantor of such Pledged Collateral pursuant to this
Security Agreement or for the execution, delivery and performance
of this Security Agreement by such Grantor, or for the exercise by
the Administrative Agent of the voting or other rights provided for
in this Security Agreement or for the remedies in respect of the
Pledged Collateral pursuant to this Security Agreement, except as
may be required in connection with such disposition by laws
affecting the offering and sale of securities generally.
(c) Except
as set forth in Exhibit F , such Grantor owns 100% of
the issued and outstanding Equity Interests which constitute
Pledged Collateral owned by it and none of the Pledged Collateral
which represents Indebtedness owed to such Grantor is subordinated
in right of payment to other Indebtedness or subject to the terms
of an indenture.
From the date of
this Security Agreement, and thereafter until this Security
Agreement is terminated, each Grantor agrees that:
(a)
Collateral Records . Such Grantor will maintain complete and
accurate books and records with respect to the Collateral owned by
it, and furnish to the Administrative Agent, with
sufficient
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copies for each
of the Lenders, such reports relating to such Collateral as the
Administrative Agent shall from time to time request.
(b)
Authorization to File Financing Statements; Ratification .
Such Grantor hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to file,
and if requested will deliver to the Administrative Agent, all
financing statements and other documents and take such other
actions as may from time to time be requested by the Administrative
Agent in order to maintain a first perfected security interest in
and, if applicable, Control of, the Collateral owned by such
Grantor. Any financing statement filed by the Administrative Agent
may be filed in any filing office in any UCC jurisdiction and may
(i) indicate such Grantor’s Collateral (1) as all
assets of the Grantor or words of similar effect, regardless of
whether any particular asset comprised in the Collateral falls
within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC or such jurisdiction,
or (2) by any other description which reasonably approximates
the description contained in this Security Agreement, and
(ii) contain any other information required by part 5 of
Article 9 of the UCC for the sufficiency or filing office
acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including
(A) whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of
organization and any organization identification number issued to
such Grantor, and (B) in the case of a financing statement
filed as a fixture filing or indicating such Grantor’s
Collateral as as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, a
sufficient description of real property to which the Collateral
relates. Such Grantor also agrees to furnish any such information
to the Administrative Agent promptly upon request. Such Grantor
also ratifies its authorization for the Administrative Agent to
have filed in any UCC jurisdiction any initial financing statements
or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof.
(c)
Further Assurances . Such Grantor will, if so requested by
the Administrative Agent, furnish to the Administrative Agent, as
often as the Administrative Agent requests, statements and
schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral owned
by it and such other reports and information in connection with its
Collateral as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all
in such reasonable detail as the Administrative Agent may specify.
Such Grantor also agrees to take any and all actions necessary to
defend title to the Collateral against all persons and to defend
the security interest of the Administrative Agent in its Collateral
and the priority thereof against any Lien not expressly permitted
hereunder.
(d)
Disposition of Collateral . Such Grantor will not sell,
lease or otherwise dispose of the Collateral owned by it except for
dispositions specifically permitted pursuant to Section 6.05
of the Credit Agreement.
(e)
Liens . Such Grantor will not create, incur, or suffer to
exist any Lien on the Collateral owned by it except (i) the
security interest created by this Security Agreement, and
(ii) other Permitted Encumbrances.
(f)
Other Financing Statements . Such Grantor will not authorize
the filing of any financing statement naming it as debtor covering
all or any portion of the Collateral owned by it, except as
permitted by Section 4.1(e) . Such Grantor acknowledges
that it is not authorized to file any financing statement or
amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing
statement without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent, subject to such Grantor’s rights under
Section 9-509(d)(2) of the UCC.
(g)
Locations . Such Grantor will not (i) maintain any
Collateral owned by it at any location other than those locations
listed on Exhibit A , (ii) otherwise change, or
add to, such locations without the Administrative Agent’s
prior written consent as required by the Credit Agreement (and if
the Administrative Agent gives such consent, such Grantor will
concurrently therewith obtain a Collateral Access Agreement for
each such location to the extent such Grantor wants to include
Accounts for which books and records are at such location or
Inventory at such location in the Borrowing Base), or
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(iii) change its principal place of
business or chief executive office from the location identified on
Exhibit A , other than as permitted by the Credit
Agreement.
(h)
Compliance with Terms . Such Grantor will perform and comply
with all obligations in respect of the Collateral owned by it and
all material agreements to which it is a party or by which it is
bound relating to such Collateral.
(a)
Certain Agreements on Receivables . Such Grantor will not
make or agree to make any discount, credit, rebate or other
reduction in the original amount owing on a Receivable or accept in
satisfaction of a Receivable less than the original amount thereof,
except that, so long as no Event of Default exists, such Grantor
may reduce the amount of Accounts arising from the sale of
Inventory in accordance with its present policies and in the
ordinary course of business.
(b)
Collection of Receivables . Except as otherwise provided in
this Security Agreement, such Grantor will collect and enforce, at
such Grantor’s sole expense, all amounts due or hereafter due
to such Grantor under the Receivables owned by it.
(c)
Delivery of Invoices . Such Grantor will deliver to the
Administrative Agent immediately upon its request duplicate
invoices with respect to each Account owned by it bearing such
language of assignment as the Administrative Agent shall
specify.
(d)
Disclosure of Counterclaims on Receivables . If (i) any
discount, credit or agreement to make a rebate or to otherwise
reduce the amount owing on any Receivable owned by such Grantor
exists or (ii) if, to the knowledge of such Grantor, any
dispute, setoff, claim, counterclaim or defense exists or has been
asserted or threatened with respect to any such Receivable, such
Grantor will promptly disclose such fact to the Administrative
Agent in writing. Such Grantor shall send the Administrative Agent
a copy of each credit memorandum in excess of $100,000 as soon as
issued, and such Grantor shall promptly report each credit memo and
each of the facts required to be disclosed to the Administrative
Agent in accordance with this Section 4.2(d) on the
Borrowing Base Certificates submitted by it.
(e)
Electronic Chattel Paper . Such Grantor shall take all steps
necessary to grant the Administrative Agent Control of all
electronic chattel paper in accordance with the UCC and all
“transferable records” as defined in each of the
Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and the Electronic Signatures
in Global and National Commerce Act.
4.3. Inventory
and Equipment .
(a)
Maintenance of Goods . Such Grantor will do all things
necessary to maintain, preserve, protect and keep its Inventory and
the Equipment in good repair and working and saleable condition,
except for damaged or defective goods arising in the ordinary
course of such Grantor’s business and except for ordinary
wear and tear in respect of the Equipment.
(b)
Returned Inventory . If an Account Debtor returns any
Inventory to such Grantor when no Event of Default exists, then
such Grantor shall promptly determine the reason for such return
and, to the extent such Account Debtor is entitled to a refund,
shall issue a credit memorandum to the Account Debtor in the
appropriate amount. Such Grantor shall immediately report to the
Administrative Agent any return involving an amount in excess of
$25,000. Each such report shall indicate the reasons for the
returns and the locations and condition of the returned Inventory.
In the event any Account Debtor returns Inventory to such Grantor
when an Event of Default exists, such Grantor, upon the request of
the
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Administrative
Agent, shall: (i) hold the returned Inventory in trust for the
Administrative Agent; (ii) segregate all returned Inventory
from all of its other property; (iii) dispose of the returned
Inventory solely according to the Administrative Agent’s
written instructions; and (iv) not issue any credits or
allowances with respect thereto without the Administrative
Agent’s prior written consent. All returned Inventory shall
be subject to the Administrative Agent’s Liens thereon.
Whenever any Inventory is returned, the related Account shall be
deemed ineligible to the extent of the amount owing by the Account
Debtor with respect to such returned Inventory and such returned
Inventory shall not be Eligible Inventory if not in good repair and
working and saleable condition.
(c)
Inventory Count . Such Grantor will conduct a physical count
of its Inventory at least once per Fiscal Year, and after and
during the continuation of an Event of Default, at such other times
as the Administrative Agent requests. Such Grantor, at its own
expense, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the results of
each physical verification, which such Grantor has made, or has
caused any other Person to make on its behalf, of all or any
portion of its Inventory.
(d)
Equipment . Such Grantor shall promptly inform the
Administrative Agent of any additions to or deletions from its
Equipment which individually exceed $250,000. Such Grantor shall
not permit any Equipment to become a fixture with respect to real
property or to become an accession with respect to other personal
property with respect to which real or personal property the
Administrative Agent does not have a Lien. Such Grantor will not,
without the Administrative Agent’s prior written consent,
alter or remove any identifying symbol or number on any of such
Grantor’s Equipment constituting Collateral.
(e)
Titled Vehicles . Such Grantor will give the Administrative
Agent notice of its acquisition of any vehicle covered by a
certificate of title and deliver to the Administrative Agent, upon
request, the original of any vehicle title certificate and provide
and/or file all other documents or instruments necessary to have
the Lien of the Administrative Agent noted on any such certificate
or with the appropriate state office.
4.4. Delivery
of Instruments, Securities, Chattel Paper and Documents . Such
Grantor will (a) deliver to the Administrative Agent
immediately upon execution of this Security Agreement the originals
of all Chattel Paper, Securities and Instruments constituting
Collateral owned by it (if any then exist), (b) hold in trust
for the Administrative Agent upon receipt and immediately
thereafter deliver to the Administrative Agent any such Chattel
Paper, Securities and Instruments constituting Collateral,
(c) upon the Administrative Agent’s request, deliver to
the Administrative Agent (and thereafter hold in trust for the
Administrative Agent upon receipt and immediately deliver to the
Administrative Agent) any Document evidencing or constituting
Collateral and (d) upon the Administrative Agent’s
request, deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly executed
amendment to this Security Agreement, in the form of
Exhibit H hereto (the “ Amendment
”), pursuant to which such Grantor will pledge such
additional Collateral. Such Grantor hereby authorizes the
Administrative Agent to attach each Amendment to this Security
Agreement and agrees that all additional Collateral owned by it set
forth in such Amendments shall be considered to be part of the
Collateral.
4.5.
Uncertificated Pledged Collateral . Such Grantor will permit
the Administrative Agent from time to time to cause the appropriate
issuers (and, if held with a securities intermediary, such
securities intermediary) of uncertificated securities or other
types of Pledged Collateral owned by it not represented by
certificates to mark their books and records with the numbers and
face amounts of all such uncertificated securities or other types
of Pledged Collateral not represented by certificates and all
rollovers and replacements therefor to reflect the Lien of the
Administrative Agent granted pursuant to this Security Agreement.
With respect to any Pledged Collateral owned by it, such Grantor
will take any actions necessary to cause (a) the issuers of
uncertificated securities which are Pledged Collateral
and
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