AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY
AGREEMENT (LICENSING)
THIS AMENDED AND
RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT (LICENSING) , dated as of March 31, 2009
(this “ Agreement ”), is entered into by
FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation (“
FCMC ”), in favor of The Huntington National Bank,
acting hereunder as contractual representative pursuant to the
Credit Agreement (as defined below) for Lenders (as defined below)
(“ Huntington ”, acting as such contractual
representative and any successor or successors to Huntington acting
in such capacity, being referred to as “ Administrative
Agent ”).
WHEREAS, FCMC and Franklin Credit
Holding Corporation (“ Holding ”) as borrowers,
the financial institutions party thereto as Lenders, and The
Huntington National Bank as Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank
(Huntington, in its individual capacity and as Issuing Bank, and
such other financial institutions being hereafter referred to
collectively as “ Lenders ” and individually as
" Lender ”), have entered into a certain Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement (Licensing), dated as of March 31,
2009 (as amended, supplemented, modified or restated from time to
time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), pursuant to
which Huntington and the other Lenders have agreed to make certain
advances and other financial accommodations to and for the benefit
of FCMC and Holding, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in the Credit Agreement (Administrative Agent and
Lenders, together with affiliates of Lenders, being referred to
collectively as the “ Secured Creditors ” and
individually as a “ Secured Creditor
”);
WHEREAS, this Agreement shall
amend and restate one or more existing security agreements executed
by FCMC in favor of Huntington, in their entirety as of the date
hereof on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein,
(ii) this Agreement shall not constitute a novation of the
obligations and liabilities existing under such existing security
agreements or evidence payment of all or any of such obligations
and liabilities secured thereby, and (iii) from and after the
date hereof, such existing security agreements shall be of no
further force or effect, except to secure the Secured Obligations
(as defined below) incurred, the representations and warranties
made, and the actions and omissions performed or required to be
performed, thereunder prior to the date hereof;
WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement,
security agreement, term loan and security agreement, loan
agreement, credit agreement, forbearance agreement, mortgage or
deed of trust, promissory note, security agreement, certificate,
letter of credit reimbursement agreement, pledge agreement, control
agreement, joinder agreement, counterpart signature page,
assignment, guaranty agreement, banking services agreement, hedging
agreement, cash management agreement, consent agreement, collateral
agreement, amendment, modification agreement, instrument and
financing statements and other loan documents (as any of the same
may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified or replaced from
time to time) executed or delivered from time to time to any Lender
by FCMC, Holding, or Thomas J. Axon (“ Axon ”)
as a guarantor, are collectively referred to as the “
Credit Documents ”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the
respective Credit Documents, Lenders have agreed subject to certain
conditions precedent, to make and/or maintain loans and other
financial accommodations to FCMC and Holding from time to time;
and
WHEREAS, the Secured Creditors
have required as a condition, among others, of extending credit to
any FCMC and Holding or of renewing, extending, or forbearing from
demanding immediate payment of extensions of credit to FCMC and
Holding, that FCMC enter into this Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the promises, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, FCMC
hereby agrees with the Secured Creditors as follows:
(a) Terms
used herein that are defined in the UCC have the meanings given to
them in the UCC, including the following terms (which are
capitalized herein):
“ Account
Debtor ”, “ Accounts ”, “
Chattel Paper ”, “ Commercial Tort Claim
”, “ Commodity Account ”, “
Commodity Intermediary ”, “ Deposit
Account ”, “ Documents ”, “
Entitlement Holder ”, “ Entitlement Order
”, “ Equipment ”, “ Financial
Asset ”, “ General Intangibles ”,
“ Instruments ”, “ Inventory
”, “ Investment Property ”, “
Letter-of-Credit Right ”, “ Proceeds
”, “ Securities Account ”, “
Securities Intermediary ”, “ Security,
“ Security Entitlement ”.
(b) The
following terms shall have the following meanings:
“
Additional Pledged Collateral ” means all shares of,
partnership interests in (whether limited or general), trust
certificates of, and limited liability company interests in, all
securities convertible into, and warrants, options and other rights
to purchase or otherwise acquire, stock of or interests in, either
(i) any Person that, after the date of this Agreement, as a
result of any occurrence, becomes a direct Subsidiary of FCMC or
(ii) any issuer of Pledged Stock, any Partnership or any LLC
that is acquired by FCMC after the date hereof; all certificates or
other instruments representing any of the foregoing; all Security
Entitlements of FCMC in respect of any of the foregoing; all
additional indebtedness from time to time owed to FCMC by any
obligor on the Pledged Notes and the instruments evidencing such
indebtedness; and all interest, cash, instruments and other
property or Proceeds from time to time received, receivable or
otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any of the
foregoing. Additional Pledged Collateral may be General Intangibles
or Investment Property.
“
Agreement ” means this Agreement.
“
Approved Deposit Account ” means any present or future
Deposit Account of FCMC that (i) is maintained with Huntington
(or any affiliate thereof) or (ii) is subject to an effective
Deposit Account Control Agreement in favor of the Administrative
Agent and maintained with a Deposit Account Bank. “
Approved Deposit Account ” includes all monies on
deposit in a Deposit Account and all certificates and instruments,
if any, representing or evidencing such Deposit Account.
“
Approved Securities Intermediary ” means a Securities
Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary acceptable to the
Administrative Agent and with respect to which FCMC has delivered
to Administrative Agent an executed Control Account
Agreement.
“ Banking
Services ” means each and any of the following bank
services provided to FCMC by any Lender or any of its affiliates:
(a) commercial credit cards, (b) stored value cards and
(c) treasury management services (including, without limitation,
controlled disbursement, automated clearinghouse transactions,
return items, overdrafts and interstate depository network
services).
“
Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States
Code (11 USC, § 101 et seq ), as amended from
time to time, and any successor statute thereto, including (unless
the context requires otherwise) any rules or regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“ Capital
Leases ” means a lease that is required to be capitalized
for financial reporting purposes in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Cash
Collateral Account ” means any deposit account over which
the Administrative Agent has sole dominion and control, established
by the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion at the
Administrative Agent, and entitled “The Huntington National
Bank, as Agent and Secured Party for Franklin Credit
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Management
Corporation (Blocked Account)” or such similar title as the
Administrative Agent may approve or require.
“ Cash
Equivalents ” means (i) marketable direct
obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United
States of America or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the
full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing
within one (1) year from the date of acquisition thereof,
(ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the
United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any
public instrumentality thereof maturing within one (1) year
from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of
acquisition, having the highest rating obtainable from either
S&P or Moody’s, and (iii) certificates of deposit or
bankers’ acceptances maturing within one (1) year from
the date of acquisition thereof either (A) issued by any bank
organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof
which bank has a rating of A or A2, or better, from S&P or
Moody’s, or (B) issued by any other bank insured by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, (“ FDIC
”) provided that such certificates of deposit are less than
or equal to, in the aggregate, the deposit insurance coverage limit
set by the FDIC for single ownership accounts.
“
Collateral ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.1.
“
Collection Account ” means any Approved Deposit
Account or Control Account in which cash and Cash Equivalents may
from time to time be on deposit or held therein as provided in this
Agreement .
“
Contingent Obligations ” means any agreement,
undertaking or arrangement by which FCMC assumes, guaranties,
endorses, agrees to provide funding, or otherwise becomes or is
contingently liable upon the obligation or liability of any other
Person.
“ Control
Account ” means a Securities Account or Commodity Account
that is subject of an effective Control Account Agreement and that
is maintained by FCMC with an Approved Securities Intermediary.
“ Control Account ” includes all Financial
Assets held in a Securities Account or a Commodity Account and all
certificates and instruments, if any, representing or evidencing
the Financial Assets contained therein.
“ Control
Account Agreement ” means an agreement, in form and
substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, executed by FCMC,
the Administrative Agent and the relevant Approved Securities
Intermediary.
“
Copyright Licenses ” means any written agreement
naming FCMC as licensor or licensee granting any right under any
Copyright, including the grant of any right to copy, publicly
perform, create derivative works, manufacture, distribute, exploit
or sell materials derived from any Copyright.
“
Copyrights ” means (a) all copyrights arising
under the laws of the United States, any other country or any
political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered
and whether published or unpublished, all registrations and
recordings thereof and all applications in connection therewith,
including all registrations, recordings and applications in the
United States Copyright Office or in any foreign counterparts
thereof, and (b) the right to obtain all renewals
thereof.
“ Credit
Documents ” has the meaning specified above in the
recitals.
“ Deposit
Account Bank ” means a financial institution selected or
approved by the Administrative Agent and with respect to which FCMC
has delivered to the Administrative Agent an executed Deposit
Account Control Agreement.
“ Deposit
Account Control Agreement ” means an agreement, in form
and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, executed by
FCMC, the Administrative Agent and the relevant Deposit Account
Bank.
“ Event
of Default ” has the meaning specified in the Credit
Agreement.
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“
Excluded Property ” means Equipment owned by FCMC that
is, and continues to be, subject to a Permitted Lien listed on
Schedule 8 attached hereto, if the contract or other
agreement pursuant to which such Lien is granted contains an
enforceable prohibition on the creation of any Lien on such
Equipment in favor of the Administrative Agent; and (b) equity
interests (whether Investment Property or General Intangibles), if
the organizational or operating documents pursuant to which such
equity interests are issued or governed contain an enforceable
prohibition on the creation of any Lien on such equity interests in
favor of the Administrative Agent; in each case, only to the
extent, and for so long as, such prohibition is not removed,
terminated or rendered unenforceable or otherwise deemed
ineffective by applicable Law; provided, however, that
“ Excluded Property ” shall not include
(i) the right to receive any payment of money (including,
without limitation, general intangibles for money due or to become
due); and (ii) any proceeds, products, offspring, accessions,
rents, profits, income, benefits, substitutions or replacements of
any of the foregoing.
“
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles
set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board, the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and the Financial Accounting Standards Board as in
effect from time to time in the United States consistently
applied.
“
Governmental Authority ” means any nation or
government, any federal, state, local or other political
subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative authority or
functions of or pertaining to government, including any authority
or other quasi-governmental entity established to perform any of
such functions.
“
Indebtedness ” means, at any time, (i) all
indebtedness, obligations or other liabilities (other than accounts
payable arising in the ordinary course of business payable on terms
customary in the trade) which in accordance with GAAP should be
classified as liabilities on the balance sheet of such Person,
including without limitation, (A) for borrowed money or
evidenced by debt securities, debentures, acceptances, notes or
other similar instruments, and any accrued interest, fees and
charges relating thereto, (B) under profit payment agreements
or in respect of obligations to redeem, repurchase or exchange any
securities or to pay dividends in respect of any stock, (C) with
respect to letters of credit, bankers acceptances, interest rate
swaps or other contracts, currency agreement or other financial
products, (D) to pay the deferred purchase price of property
or services, or (E) in respect of Capital Leases;
(ii) all indebtedness, obligations or other liabilities
secured by a lien on any property, whether or not such
indebtedness, obligations or liabilities are assumed by the owner
of the same; and (iii) all Contingent Obligations.
“
Insolvency Proceeding ” means any proceeding commenced
by or against any Person under any provision of the Bankruptcy Code
or under any other state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency law,
receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors, formal or
informal moratorium, forbearance, composition, extension generally
with creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement,
or other similar relief.
“
Intellectual Property ” means, collectively, all
rights, priorities and privileges of FCMC relating to intellectual
property, whether arising under United States, multinational or
foreign laws or otherwise, including domain names, Copyrights,
Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks, Trademark
Licenses and trade secrets, and all rights to sue at law or in
equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including
the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
“
Intercompany Note ” means any promissory note
evidencing loans made by FCMC to any of its Subsidiaries or
Holding.
“ Joinder
Agreement ” means a joinder agreement, in the form and
substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, executed by the
Administrative Agent and the relevant Subsidiary that FCMC is
required to cause to become a party hereto as a loan
party.
“ Law
” means any law (including common law), constitution,
statute, treaty, convention, regulation, rule, ordinance, order,
injunction, writ, decree or award of any Governmental
Authority.
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“
Lien ” means any interest in an asset securing an
obligation owed to, or a claim by, any Person other than the owner
of the asset, whether such interest shall be based on the common
law, statute, or contract, whether such interest shall be recorded
or perfected, and whether such interest shall be contingent upon
the occurrence of some future event or events or the existence of
some future circumstance or circumstances, including the lien or
security interest arising from any mortgage, deed of trust,
encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, assignment (collateral or
otherwise), hypothec, deposit arrangement, security agreement,
conditional sale, trust receipt, lease, consignment, or bailment
for security purposes, judgment, claim encumbrance or statutory
trust and also including reservations, exceptions, encroachments,
easements, rights-of-way, covenants, conditions, restrictions,
leases, and other title exceptions and encumbrances affecting real
property.
“ LLC
” means each limited liability company in which FCMC has an
interest, including those set forth on
Schedule 2.
“ LLC
Agreement ” means each operating agreement with respect
to an LLC, as each agreement has heretofore been, and may hereafter
be, amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time.
“ Loan
Documents ” means the Credit Documents, any agreements or
documents evidencing or relating to the provision of any Banking
Services by any Lender for the benefit of FCMC, and any other
agreement, document, or arrangement (whether now existing or
hereafter arising) by and among a Lender (or its affiliate) and
FCMC.
“
Material Intellectual Property ” means Intellectual
Property owned by or licensed to FCMC and material to FCMC’s
business.
“
Partnership ” means each partnership or joint venture
in which FCMC has an interest, including those set forth on
Schedule 2 .
“
Partnership Agreement ” means each partnership or
joint venture agreement governing a Partnership, as each such
agreement has heretofore been, and may hereafter be, amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.
“
Patents ” means (a) all letters patent of the
United States, any other country or any political subdivision
thereof and all reissues and extensions thereof, (b) all
applications for letters patent of the United States or any other
country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part
thereof and (c) all rights to obtain any reissues or
extensions of the foregoing.
“ Patent
License ” means all agreements, whether written or oral,
providing for the grant by or to FCMC of any right to manufacture,
use, import, sell or offer for sale any invention covered in whole
or in part by a Patent.
“
Permitted Contests ” means the right of FCMC to
contest or protest any Lien (other than any such Lien that secures
the Secured Obligations), taxes (other than payroll taxes or taxes
that are the subject of a United States federal tax lien), or
rental payment, provided that (i) a reserve with respect to
such obligation is established on FCMC’s books and records in
such amount as is required under GAAP, (ii) any such protest
is instituted promptly and prosecuted diligently by FCMC in good
faith, and (iii) the Administrative Agent is satisfied in its
sole, good faith discretion, that, while any such protest is
pending, there will be no impairment of the enforceability,
validity, or priority of any of the Administrative Agent’s
Liens.
“
Permitted Liens ” means (i) any Liens held by the
Administrative Agent or an affiliate of the Administrative Agent,
(ii) Liens for unpaid taxes that either are not yet
delinquent, or do not constitute an Event of Default hereunder and
are the subject of a Permitted Contest, (iii) Liens set forth
on Schedule 8 to the extent of the Indebtedness
referenced therein, (iv) the interests of lessors under
operating leases, (v) Liens securing
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purchase money
Indebtedness or the interests of lessors under Capital Leases to
the extent that such Liens or interests secure Permitted Purchase
Money Indebtedness, (vi) Liens arising by operation of law in
favor of warehousemen, landlords, carriers, mechanics, materialmen,
or laborers, incurred in the ordinary course of FCMC’s
business and not in connection with the borrowing of money, and
which Liens either (A) are for sums not yet delinquent, or
(B) are the subject of Permitted Contests, (vii) Liens
arising from deposits made in connection with obtaining
worker’s compensation or other unemployment insurance,
(viii) Liens or deposits to secure performance of bids,
tenders, or leases incurred in the ordinary course of FCMC’s
business and not in connection with the borrowing of money,
(ix) Liens granted as security for surety or appeal bonds in
connection with obtaining such bonds in the ordinary course of
FCMC’s business, and (x) Liens resulting from any judgment or
award that is not an Event of Default hereunder.
“
Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness ” means secured
or unsecured purchase money Indebtedness (including obligations
under Capital Leases) incurred to finance the acquisition of fixed
assets or equipment, if such Indebtedness (i) has a scheduled
maturity and is not due on demand, (ii) does not exceed the
purchase price of the items being purchased, and (iii) is not
secured by any property or assets other than the item or items
being purchased.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation, firm,
enterprise, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint venture, joint stock company, limited liability
company or any other entity of any kind or any government or
political subdivision or any agency, department or instrumentality
thereof.
“ Pledged
Collateral ” means, collectively, the Pledged Notes, the
Pledged Stock, the Pledged Trust Certificates, the Pledged
Partnership Interests, the Pledged LLC Interests, any other
Investment Property of FCMC, all certificates or other instruments
representing any of the foregoing and all Security Entitlements of
FCMC in respect of any of the foregoing. Pledged Collateral may be
General Intangibles or Investment Property.
“ Pledged
LLC Interests ” means all right, title and interest of
FCMC as a member of any LLC and all right, title and interest of
FCMC in, to and under any LLC Agreement to which it is a
party.
“ Pledged
Notes ” means all right, title and interest of FCMC in
the Instruments evidencing all Indebtedness owed to FCMC, including
all Indebtedness described on Schedule 2 , issued by
the obligors named therein.
“ Pledged
Partnership Interests ” means all right, title and
interest of FCMC as a limited or general partner in all
Partnerships and all right, title and interest of FCMC in, to and
under any Partnership Agreements to which it is a party.
“ Pledged
Stock ” means the shares of capital stock owned by FCMC,
including all shares of capital stock listed on
Schedule 2 .
“ Pledged
Trust Certificates ” means trust certificates issued by
or on behalf of a statutory trust and owned or held by
FCMC.
“ Rate
Management Transactions ” means any transaction
(including an agreement with respect thereto) now existing or
hereafter entered into between or among FCMC, any Lender or any
affiliate of a Lender, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or
their successors, which is a rate swap, basis swap, forward rate
transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity
index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest
rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor
transaction, collar transaction, forward transaction, currency swap
transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option
or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect
to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether
linked to one or more interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity
prices, equity prices or other financial measures.
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“ Secured
Obligations ” means (a) any and all indebtedness,
obligations, and liabilities now existing or hereafter arising of
FCMC or Holding to one or more Lender (or any affiliate) or arising
under or in connection with or evidenced by (i) the Credit
Documents, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document,
(ii) any other agreement relating to (A) letters of
credit or pursuant to any letter of credit agreement or application
(if any), or pursuant to any agreement or document relating to
Banking Services, (B) any agreement in respect of any Rate
Management Transaction, (C) any agreement for any electronic
transfers, treasury management, cash management services and
deposit and disbursement account liability, and (D) any
agreement of guaranty, surety or indemnity issued by such Person,
(b) any and all indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities,
now existing or hereafter arising, whether absolute or contingent
and however and whenever created, arising, evidenced or acquired,
of FCMC or Holding owed to any Lender (or any affiliate of a
Lender), (and in each instance in clauses (a) and
(b) above, whether arising before or after the filing of a
petition in bankruptcy and including all interest accrued after any
such petition date), due or to become due, direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, and howsoever evidenced, held or acquired,
and (c) any and all reasonable expenses and charges, legal or
otherwise, suffered or incurred by a Lender or any affiliate of a
Lender in collecting or enforcing any such indebtedness,
obligation, and liability or in realizing on or protecting or
preserving any security therefor, including, without limitation,
the Lien and security interest granted by any Credit
Document.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“
Subsidiary ” of a Person means any corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity in which
such Person directly or indirectly owns or controls the securities
or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect
a majority of the board of directors, or appoint managers or other
persons performing similar functions.
“
Trademark License ” means any agreement, whether
written or oral, providing for the grant by or to FCMC of any right
to use any Trademark.
“
Trademarks ” means (a) 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, in each case, all goodwill associated
therewith, whether now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired,
all registrations and recordings thereof and all applications in
connection therewith, in each case 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, and (b) the right to obtain all
renewals thereof.
“ UCC
” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in
effect in the State of Ohio; provided , however ,
that, in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of Law,
any of the attachment, perfection or priority of the Administrative
Agent’s security interest in any Collateral is governed by
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other
than the State of Ohio, the term “ UCC ” shall
mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other
jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such
attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions
related to such provisions.
“
Vehicles ” means all vehicles covered by a certificate
of title law of any state.
Section 1.2 Certain Other Terms
(a) In this
Agreement, in the computation of periods of time from a specified
date to a later specified date, the word “from” means
“from and including” and the words “to” and
“until” each mean “to but excluding” and
the word “through” means “to and
including.”
(b) The terms
“herein,” “hereof,” “hereto”
and “hereunder” and similar terms refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section,
subsection or clause in this Agreement.
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(c) References
herein to a Schedule, Article, Section, subsection or clause refer
to the appropriate Schedule to, or Article, Section, subsection or
clause in this Agreement.
(d) The
meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable
to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
(e) Any
reference in this Agreement to a Loan Document shall include all
appendices, exhibits and schedules thereto, and, unless
specifically stated otherwise all amendments, restatements,
supplements or other modifications thereto, and as the same may be
in effect at any time such reference becomes operative.
(f) Each of
the terms “Lender”, “Lenders”,
“Secured Creditor”, and “Secured Creditors”
includes its or their respective successors or assigns.
(g) References
in this Agreement to any statute shall be to such statute as
amended or modified and in effect from time to time.
ARTICLE II Grant of Security
Interest
For the purposes
of this Agreement, all of the following property now owned or at
any time hereafter acquired by FCMC or in which FCMC now has or at
any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interests is
collectively referred to as the “ Collateral
”:
all Accounts
and all rights to payment, whether or not earned by performance,
including, without limitation, for property that has been or is to
be sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of, for
services rendered or to be rendered, to a government, state, or
governmental unit, or for or in connection with any federal, state
or local governmental relief, bailout or other similar program or
plan, whether or not arising under statute, rule or regulation; all
Chattel Paper; all Deposit Accounts; any amounts or refunds
received from or in connection with any taxing authority; all
Documents; all Equipment; all General Intangibles (including,
without limitation, all contractual rights arising under any
purchase agreement or assignments relating to mortgage loans); all
Instruments; all Inventory; all Investment Property; all
Letter-of-Credit Rights; all Vehicles; the Commercial Tort Claims
described on Schedule 7 and on any supplement thereto
received by the Administrative Agent; all books and records
pertaining to the other property described in this
Section 2.1 ; all other goods and personal property of
FCMC, whether tangible or intangible and wherever located; all
property of FCMC held by any Lender, including all property of
every description, in the possession or custody of or in transit to
the Administrative Agent for any purpose, including safekeeping,
collection or pledge, for the account of FCMC or as to which FCMC
may have any right or power; and to the extent not otherwise
included, all Proceeds.
Section 2.2 Grant of Security Interest in
Collateral
FCMC, as
collateral security for the full, prompt and complete payment and
performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations, hereby collaterally
assigns, mortgages, pledges and hypothecates to Administrative
Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Creditors), and grants
(whether under the UCC or otherwise) to Administrative Agent (for
the benefit of the Secured Creditors), a lien on and security
interest in, and a collateral assignment of, all of its right,
title and interest in, to and under the Collateral of FCMC;
provided , however , that the foregoing grant of
security interest shall not include a security interest in any
Excluded Property; provided , further , that, if and
when any property shall cease
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to be Excluded
Property, the Administrative Agent shall have, and at all times
after the date hereof deemed to have had, a security interest in
such property.
Section 2.3 Cash Collateral Accounts
The Administrative
Agent may, in its discretion, establish one or more Cash Collateral
Accounts with Huntington, one or more other Deposit Account Banks
and one or more Approved Securities Intermediaries as it in its
sole discretion shall determine. Each such account shall be in the
name of the Administrative Agent (as Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Creditors) (but may also have words referring to each FCMC
and such account’s purpose). FCMC agrees that each such Cash
Collateral Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of
the Administrative Agent, as Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Creditors. The Administrative Agent shall be the sole Entitlement
Holder with respect to each Securities Account constituting a Cash
Collateral Account and the only Persons authorized to give
Entitlement Orders with respect thereto. Neither FCMC nor any other
Person claiming on behalf of FCMC shall have any right to demand
payment of any funds held in any Cash Collateral Account at any
time prior to the termination of all outstanding letters of credit
and the indefeasible payment in full of all Secured Obligations.
During the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative
Agent shall apply all funds on deposit in any Cash Collateral
Account in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Credit
Agreement and otherwise as the Administrative Agent may
elect.
ARTICLE III Representations and
Warranties
To induce the
Administrative Agent and Lenders to enter into or maintain the
Credit Documents, FCMC hereby represents and warrants each of the
following to each Secured Creditor:
Section 3.1 Title; No Other Liens
Except for the
Lien granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement
and the other Permitted Liens, FCMC is the record and beneficial
owner of the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder
constituting Instruments or certificated securities, is the
Entitlement Holder of all such Pledged Collateral constituting
Investment Property held in a Securities Account and has rights in
or the power to transfer each other item of Collateral in which a
Lien is granted by it hereunder, free and clear of any
Lien.
Section 3.2 Perfection and Priority
The security
interest granted pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute a
valid and continuing perfected security interest in favor of the
Administrative Agent in the Collateral for which perfection is
governed by the UCC or filing with the United States Copyright
Office upon (i) the completion of the filings and other actions
specified on Schedule 3 which, in the case of all
filings and other documents referred to on such schedule, have been
delivered to the Administrative Agent in completed and duly
executed form), (ii) the delivery to the Administrative Agent
of all Collateral consisting of Instruments and certificated
securities, in each case properly endorsed for transfer to the
Administrative Agent or in blank, (iii) the execution of
Control Account Agreements with respect to Investment Property not
in certificated form, (iv) the execution of Deposit Account
Control Agreements with respect to all Deposit Accounts and
(v) all appropriate filings having been made with the United
States Copyright Office. Such security interest shall be prior to
all other Liens on the Collateral except for Permitted Liens having
priority over the Administrative Agent’s Lien by operation of
law or otherwise, as permitted under this Agreement or any other
Loan Documents.
Section 3.3 Name; Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief
Executive Office
Except as set
forth on Schedule 1 , within the five-year period
preceding the date hereof, FCMC has not had, or operated in any
jurisdiction, under any trade name, fictitious name or other name
other than its legal
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name, and
FCMC’s jurisdiction of organization, organizational
identification number, if any, and the location of FCMC’s
chief executive office or sole place of business is specified on
Schedule 1.
Section 3.4 Inventory and Equipment
FCMC’s
Inventory and Equipment (other than mobile goods and Inventory or
Equipment in transit) are kept at the locations listed on
Schedule 4 as supplemented pursuant to the terms
hereof.
Section 3.5 Pledged Collateral
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