CANADIAN SECURITY
AGREEMENT
CANADIAN SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of
June 9, 2008, made by CWD WINDOWS AND DOORS, INC., a Canada
corporation (the “ Canadian Borrower
”) to GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, as collateral
agent (in such capacity, together with any successor collateral
agent, the “ Collateral Agent ”) for the
Secured Parties.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
(1) The
Specified U.S. Borrower and the other Loan Parties party thereto
have entered into a Credit Agreement dated of even date herewith
(said Agreement, as it may hereafter be amended, amended and
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
being the “ Credit Agreement ”) with the
Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the agents party thereto.
(2) Pursuant
to the Credit Agreement, the Canadian Borrower is entering into
this Agreement in order to grant to the Collateral Agent for the
ratable benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in the
Collateral (as hereinafter defined) to secure the
Obligations.
(3) It
is a condition precedent to the making of Loans and the issuance of
Letters of Credit by the Lenders under the Credit Agreement, the
entry into Secured Hedge Agreements by the Hedge Banks and the
entry into Secured Cash Management Agreements by the Cash
Management Banks from time to time that the Canadian Borrower shall
have granted the assignment and security interest and made the
pledge and assignment contemplated by this Agreement.
(4) The
Canadian Borrower will derive substantial direct and indirect
benefit from the transactions contemplated by the Loan
Documents.
(5) Terms
defined in the Credit Agreement or the Intercreditor Agreement and
not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used in this Agreement
as defined in the Credit Agreement or the Intercreditor Agreement,
as applicable. Further, unless otherwise defined in this
Agreement or in the Credit Agreement, terms defined in the PPSA
and/or STA (each as defined below) or any regulation issued
pursuant thereto and grammatical variations thereof are used in
this Agreement as such terms are defined in the PPSA and/or STA
(each as defined below) or any regulation issued pursuant
thereto. Additionally, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
“ Accounts ” means all
accounts, and (where the context so admits) any item or part
thereof, including rights to receive royalties or license fees,
which are now owned by or are due, owing or accruing due to the
Canadian Borrower or which may hereafter be owned by or become due,
owing or accruing due to the Canadian Borrower or in which the
Canadian Borrower now or hereafter has any other rights, including
all debts, claims and demands of any kind whatever, claims against
the Crown and claims under insurance policies.
“ Chattel Paper ”
means all chattel paper in which the Canadian Borrower now or
hereafter has rights, and (as the context so admits) any item or
part thereof.
“ Control ” means
(i) in the case of each Deposit Account, if the deposit taking
institution at which such Deposit Account is maintained will
transfer any amounts on deposit in the Deposit Account as directed
by the Collateral Agent without further consent by the Canadian
Borrower, (ii) in the case of any security entitlement,
“control”, as such term is defined in the STA and
(iii) in the case of any Futures Contract,
“control”, as such term is defined in
Subsection 1(1.1)(d) and (e) of the PPSA.
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“ Control Agreements ”
shall mean, collectively, the Deposit Account Control Agreements,
the Securities Account Control Agreements and the Futures Account
Control Agreements.
“ Deposit Account ”
means an account maintained with a bank, foreign bank, trust
company, credit union or other deposit-taking institution in which
the Canadian Borrower now or hereafter has rights.
“ Deposit Account Control
Agreement ” shall mean an agreement in
form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent sufficient to
grant the Collateral Agent Control over a specified Deposit
Account.
“ Documents of Title ”
means all documents of title, whether negotiable or non-negotiable,
including all warehouse receipts and bills of lading, in which the
Canadian Borrower now or hereafter has rights, and (as the context
so admits) any item or part thereof.
“ Equipment ” means
all goods in which the Canadian Borrower now or hereafter has
rights, other than Inventory or consumer goods, and (as the context
so admits) any item or part thereof.
“ Excluded Accounts ”
shall mean each of the following, but in each case only to the
extent that Control of the same has not been provided to or for the
benefit of any other creditor or as security for any other
obligations:
(i)all
Deposit Accounts maintained by the Canadian Borrower solely for the
purpose of making current payments of payroll obligations in the
ordinary course of business;
(ii)for
a period of not more than 30 days (or such longer period as may be
approved by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) following
any Permitted Acquisition of a new Subsidiary, the Deposit
Accounts, Securities Accounts and Futures Accounts of such new
Subsidiary; and
(iii)any
Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Futures Accounts as to
which (A) during the first 90 days following the Closing Date,
the aggregate book balances thereof, taken as a whole, do not
exceed $5,000,000, and (B) thereafter, the aggregate collected
balances thereof, taken as a whole, do not exceed $5,000,000 (or
such greater amount as may be agreed from time to time by the
Collateral Agent in its discretion).
“ Excluded Assets ”
shall mean (i) Excluded Equity and (ii) Special Property other than
the following:
(a) the
right to receive any payment of money (including Accounts and
Intangibles) or any other rights referred to in Section 4 of the
PPSA to the extent that such section of the PPSA is effective to
limit the prohibitions which make such property “Special
Property”;
(b) any
proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any Special Property
(unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would
constitute Special Property).
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“ Excluded Equity ”
shall mean each of the following, but in each case only to the
extent that the same has not been pledged to or for the benefit of
any other creditor or as security for any other
obligations:
(i) Equity
Interests in Foreign Subsidiaries that are not Material Foreign
Subsidiaries; and
(ii) any
Equity Interests of any Subsidiary with respect to which the Agents
and the Canadian Borrower agree that the costs of providing a
pledge of such Equity Interests hereunder is excessive in view of
the benefits to be provided by such pledge.
“ Financial Assets ”
means financial assets in which the Canadian Borrower now or
hereafter has rights, and (as the context so admits) any item or
part thereof.
“ Fixtures ” means
fixtures in which the Canadian Borrower now or hereafter has
rights, and (as the context so admits) any item or part
thereof.
“ Futures Account ”
means a futures account in which the Canadian Borrower now or
hereafter has rights, and (as the context so admits) any item or
part thereof.
“ Futures Account Control
Agreement ” shall mean an agreement in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent sufficient to grant
the Collateral Agent Control over a specified Futures
Account.
“ Futures Intermediary
” is used with the defined meaning assigned to “futures
intermediary” in the PPSA.
“ Goods ” means goods
in which the Canadian Borrower now or hereafter has rights, and (as
the context so admits) any item or part thereof.
“ Instruments ” means
all letters of credit, advices of credit and all other instruments
in which the Canadian Borrower now or hereafter has rights, and (as
the context so admits) any item or part thereof.
“ Intangibles ” means
all intangibles, all permits, licences and authorizations of
whatever kind in which the Canadian Borrower now or hereafter has
rights, and (as the context so admits) any item or part thereof,
including all of the Canadian Borrower’s choices in action,
contractual rights, goodwill and Intellectual Property.
“ Inventory ” means
all inventory of whatever kind in which the Canadian Borrower now
or hereafter has rights, and (as the context so admits) any item or
part thereof, including all goods, wares, merchandise, materials,
supplies, raw materials, goods in process, finished goods and other
tangible personal property, including all goods, wares, materials
and merchandise used or procured for packing or storing thereof,
now or hereafter held for sale, lease, resale or exchange or that
are to be furnished or have been furnished under a contract of
service or that are used or consumed in the business of the
Canadian Borrower.
“ Investment Property
” means investment property in which the Canadian Borrower
now or hereafter has rights, and (as the context so admits) any
item or part thereof.
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“ letter of credit ” means
any credit (as defined in Uniform Customs and Practice for
Documentary Credits, ICC Publications 600) or standby (as defined
in the International Standby Practices - ISP98, ICC Publication
No. 590).
“ Letter of Credit Rights
” means all rights in which the Canadian Borrower now or
hereafter has in any letter of credit.
“ Money ” means all
money in which the Canadian Borrower now or hereafter has rights,
and (as the context so admits) any item or part thereof.
“ Noteholder Security
Agreement ” shall mean have the meaning specified in
the Intercreditor Agreement.
“PPSA ” means the Personal Property Security
Act (Alberta).
“ Receiver ” means any
receiver for the Collateral or any of the business, undertakings,
property and assets of the Canadian Borrower appointed by the
Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement or by a court on
application by the Collateral Agent.
“ Release Date ” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 20.
“ Securities ” means
all shares, stock, warrants, bonds, debentures, debenture stock,
bills, notes and other securities in which the Canadian Borrower
now or hereafter has rights, and (as the context so admits) any
item or part thereof.
“ Securities Account Control
Agreement ” shall mean an agreement in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent sufficient to grant
the Collateral Agent Control with respect to a specified Securities
Account.
“ Securities Act ”
means the Securities Act (Alberta).
“ Security Entitlement
” means all security entitlements in which the Canadian
Borrower now or hereafter has rights, and (as the context so
admits), any item or part thereof.
“ Special Property ”
shall mean:
(a) any contract, Intangible, permit, lease or
license held by the Canadian Borrower that validly prohibits the
creation by the Canadian Borrower of a security interest
therein;
(b) any contract, Intangible, permit, lease or
license held by the Canadian Borrower to the extent that any Law
applicable thereto prohibits the creation of a security interest
therein;
(c) any contract, Intangible, permit, lease or
license held by the Canadian Borrower to the extent that the
creation by the Canadian Borrower of a security interest therein is
permitted only with the consent of another party, if the
requirement to obtain such consent is legally enforceable and such
consent has not been obtained;
(d) Equipment owned by the Canadian Borrower on
the date hereof or hereafter acquired that is subject to a purchase
money lien or capital lease permitted to be incurred or outstanding
pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Agreement if the contract
or other agreement in which such Lien is granted (or the
documentation providing for such purchase money lien or capital
lease) validly prohibits the
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creation of any
other Lien on such Equipment or requires consent of another party
(which requirement is legally enforceable) to create such other
Lien, which consent can not be obtained;
(e) any property owned on the date hereof or
acquired after the date hereof by the Canadian Borrower that is
subject to a Lien permitted by either Section 7.01(c) or (g) of the
Credit Agreement if the contract or agreement pursuant to which
such Lien is granted validly prohibits the creation of any other
Lien on such property or requires the consent of another party to
create such Lien, if the requirement to obtain such consent is
legally enforceable and such consent has not been
obtained;
provided , however , that to the extent such
property constitutes Special Property due to a prohibition on the
creation of any other Lien in the relevant permit, lease, license,
contract or other agreement or by Law, then in each case described
in clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this definition, such property
shall constitute “Special Property” only to the extent
and for so long as such permit, lease, license, contract or other
agreement or by Law applicable thereto validly prohibits the
creation of a Lien on such property in favour of the Collateral
Agent and, upon the termination of such prohibition (howsoever
occurring), such property shall cease to constitute “Special
Property.” In addition, to the extent such property
constitutes “Special Property” due to failure of the
Canadian Borrower to obtain consent as described in clauses (c) and
(d), the Canadian Borrower shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain such consent, and, upon obtaining such consent,
such property shall cease to constitute “Special
Property.”
“ STA ” means the
Securities Transfer Act (Alberta).
“ Trustee ” shall mean
the Noteholder Collateral Agent as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
“ Unlimited Company ”
means any unlimited company incorporated or otherwise constituted
under the laws of the Province of Alberta or any similar body
corporate formed under the laws of any other jurisdiction whose
members may at any time become responsible for any of the
obligations of that body corporate.
“ Unlimited Liability Shares
” means member or shareholder interests in an Unlimited
Company in which the Canadian Borrower now or hereafter has rights,
and (as the context so admits) any item or part thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans and issue Letters
of Credit under the Credit Agreement, to induce the Hedge Banks to
enter into Secured Hedge Agreements and to induce the Cash
Management Banks to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements
from time to time, the Canadian Borrower hereby agrees with the
Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties as
follows:
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1.
Grant of Security . The Canadian Borrower hereby
grants to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties, a security interest in all of the Borrower’s
present and after-acquired personal property, including without
limitation, each type of property described below and all of the
Canadian Borrower’s right, title and interest therein and
thereto, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Canadian
Borrower, wherever located, and whether now or hereafter existing
or arising (collectively, the “ Collateral
”):
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(c) all
Deposit Accounts;
(d) all
Documents of Title;
(g) all
Futures Accounts;
(k) all
Letter of Credit Rights (together with all Accounts, Chattel Paper,
Instruments, Deposit Accounts, Intangibles and other
obligations of any kind, whether or not arising out of or in
connection with the sale or lease of goods or the rendering of
services and whether or not earned by performance, the “
Receivables ”; and all rights now or hereafter
existing in and to all supporting obligations and in and to all
security agreements, mortgages, Liens, leases, letters of credit
and other contracts securing or otherwise relating to the
Receivables, being the “ Related Contracts
”);
(m) the
following (the “ Security Collateral
”):
(i)all
indebtedness from time to time owed to the Canadian Borrower,
including without limitation, all promissory notes or instruments,
if any, evidencing such indebtedness, all indebtedness owed to the
Canadian Borrower pursuant to the Intercompany Note and the
instruments set forth on Schedule 8 to the Perfection
Certificate (the “ Pledged Debt ”), and
all interest, cash, instruments and other property from time to
time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or
in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Debt;
(ii)all
Equity Interests, other than Excluded Equity, from time to time
acquired, owned or held by the Canadian Borrower in any manner,
including, without limitation, the Equity Interests of the Canadian
Borrower set forth opposite the Canadian Borrower’s name on
and otherwise described on Schedule 7 to the
Perfection Certificate, and the certificates, if any, representing
such shares or units or other Equity Interests (collectively, the
“ Pledged Equity ”), and all dividends,
distributions, return of capital, cash, instruments and other
property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise
distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such
shares or other Equity Interests and all subscription warrants,
rights or options issued thereon or with respect thereto;
and
(iii)all
Investment Property and all Financial Assets (including, without
limitation, all securities, security entitlements and securities
accounts), the certificates or instruments, if any, representing or
evidencing such Investment Property or Financial Assets and all
dividends, distributions, return of capital, interest, cash,
instruments and
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other property
from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in
respect of or in exchange therefor and all subscription warrants,
rights or options issued thereon or with respect
thereto;
(n) all
contracts and agreements between the Canadian Borrower and one or
more additional parties (including, without limitation, any Swap
Contracts, licensing agreements and any partnership agreements,
joint venture agreements, limited liability company agreements),
the Related Contracts and the IP Agreements (as hereinafter
defined), in each case as such agreements may be amended, amended
and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
(collectively, the “ Assigned Agreements
”), including, without limitation, (i) all rights of the
Canadian Borrower to receive moneys due and to become due under or
pursuant to the Assigned Agreements, (ii) all rights of the
Canadian Borrower to receive proceeds of any insurance, indemnity,
warranty or guaranty with respect to the Assigned Agreements, (iii)
claims of the Canadian Borrower for damages arising out of or for
breach of or default under the Assigned Agreements, to perform
thereunder and to compel performance and otherwise exercise all
remedies thereunder (all such Collateral being the “
Agreement Collateral ”);
(o) the
following (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property
Collateral ”):
(i)all
patents, patent applications, utility models and statutory
invention registrations, all inventions claimed or disclosed
therein and all improvements thereto (“ Patents
”);
(ii)all
trademarks, service marks, domain names, trade dress, logos,
designs, slogans, trade names, business names, corporate names and
other source identifiers, whether registered or unregistered
(provided that no security interest shall be granted in any
trademark, whether registered, unregistered or applied for, to the
extent that, and solely during the period in which, the grant of a
security interest therein would impair the validity or
enforceability of such trademark under applicable federal law),
together, in each case, with the goodwill symbolized thereby
(“ Trademarks ”);
(iii)all
copyrights, including, without limitation, copyrights in Computer
Software (as hereinafter defined), internet web sites and the
content thereof, whether registered or unregistered (“
Copyrights ”);
(iv)all
computer software, programs and databases (including, without
limitation, source code, object code and all related applications
and data files), firmware and documentation and materials relating
thereto, together with any and all maintenance rights, service
rights, programming rights, hosting rights, test rights,
improvement rights, renewal rights and indemnification rights and
any substitutions, replacements, improvements, error corrections,
updates and new versions of any of the foregoing (“
Computer Software ”);
(v)all
confidential and proprietary information of the Canadian Borrower,
including, without limitation, know-how, trade secrets,
manufacturing and production processes and techniques, inventions,
research and development information, databases and data,
including, without limitation, technical data, financial, marketing
and business data, pricing and cost information, business and
marketing plans and customer and supplier lists and information
(collectively, “ Trade Secrets ”), and
all other intellectual, industrial and intangible property of any
type, including, without limitation, industrial designs and mask
works;
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(vi)all
registrations and applications for registration for any of the
foregoing, including, without limitation, those registrations and
applications for registration set forth in Schedule 13 to the
Perfection Certificate, together with all reissues, divisions,
continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals and
reexaminations thereof;
(vii)all
tangible embodiments of the foregoing, all rights in the foregoing
provided by international treaties or conventions, all rights
corresponding thereto throughout the world and all other rights of
any kind whatsoever of the Canadian Borrower accruing thereunder or
pertaining thereto;
(viii)all
agreements, permits, consents, orders and franchises relating to
the licence, development, use or disclosure of any of the foregoing
to which the Canadian Borrower, now or hereafter, is a party or a
beneficiary (“ IP Agreements ”);
and
(ix)any
and all claims for damages and injunctive relief for past, present
and future infringement, dilution, misappropriation, violation,
misuse or breach with respect to any of the foregoing, with the
right, but not the obligation, to sue for and collect, or otherwise
recover, such damages (the property described in this Section 1(o)
is referred to herein as the “ Intellectual
Property ”);
(p) all
books and records (including, without limitation, customer lists,
credit files, printouts and other computer output materials and
records) of the Canadian Borrower pertaining to any of the
Collateral;
(q) and
all other tangible and intangible personal property of whatever
nature whether or not covered by the PPSA;
(r) all
proceeds of, collateral for, income, royalties and other payments
now or hereafter due and payable with respect to and supporting
obligations relating to, any and all of the Collateral (including,
without limitation, proceeds, collateral and supporting obligations
that constitute property of the types described in clauses (a)
through (q) of this Section 1) and, to the extent not otherwise
included, all payments under insurance (whether or not the
Collateral Agent is the loss payee thereof), or any indemnity,
warranty or guaranty, payable by reason of loss or damage to or
otherwise with respect to any of the foregoing
Collateral;
provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a
security interest in any Excluded Asset.
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2.
Security for Obligations . This Agreement
secures, in the case of the Canadian Borrower, the payment of all
Obligations of the Canadian Borrower now or hereafter existing
under the Loan Documents, whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, and whether for principal, reimbursement obligations,
interest (including interest and fees that accrue after the
commencement by or against the Canadian Borrower of any proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in
such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are
allowed claims in such proceeding), fees, premiums, penalties,
indemnifications, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or
otherwise (all such obligations being the “ Secured
Obligations ”).
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3.
Canadian Borrower Remains Liable . Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) the Canadian
Borrower shall remain liable under the contracts and agreements
included in the Collateral to the extent set forth therein to
perform all of its duties and obligations thereunder to the same
extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (b) the
exercise by the
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Collateral
Agent of any of the rights hereunder shall not release the Canadian
Borrower from any of its duties or obligations under the contracts
and agreements included in the Collateral and (c) no Secured
Party shall have any obligation or liability under the contracts
and agreements included in the Collateral by reason of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, nor shall any Secured Party
be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of the
Canadian Borrower thereunder or to take any action to collect or
enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder.
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4.
Delivery and Control of Security Collateral . (a)
(i) All certificates representing or evidencing the Pledged
Equity and (ii) all instruments representing or evidencing the
Pledged Debt (excluding, unless an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, Pledged Debt in an aggregate principal amount
not in excess of $1,000,000), shall be delivered to and held by or
on behalf of the Collateral Agent pursuant hereto (unless the
Trustee is granted a prior security interest in such certificates
and instruments and the same are required to be delivered (and are
delivered) to the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties
pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement) and shall be in suitable
form for transfer by delivery, or shall be accompanied by duly
executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, all in
form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent. During the continuation of an Event of Default,
the Collateral Agent shall have the right, at any time in its
discretion and without notice to the Canadian Borrower, to
(i) transfer to or to register in the name of the Collateral
Agent or any of its nominees any or all of the Security Collateral,
subject only to the revocable rights specified in Section 11(a),
(ii) exchange certificates or instruments representing or
evidencing Security Collateral for certificates or instruments of
smaller or larger denominations, and (iii) convert Security
Collateral consisting of financial assets credited to any
Securities Account to Security Collateral consisting of financial
assets held directly by the Collateral Agent, and to convert
Security Collateral consisting of financial assets held directly by
the Collateral Agent to Security Collateral consisting of financial
assets credited to any Securities Account.
(b) The
Canadian Borrower acknowledges and agrees that (i) to the extent
each interest in any Unlimited Liability Company, limited liability
company or limited partnership controlled now or in the future by
the Canadian Borrower and pledged hereunder is a Security, such
interest shall be certificated and (ii) each such interest shall at
all times hereafter continue to be such a Security and represented
by such certificate. The Canadian Borrower further
acknowledges and agrees that with respect to any interest in any
Unlimited Liability Company, limited liability company or limited
partnership controlled now or in the future by the Canadian
Borrower and pledged hereunder that is not a “Security”
the Canadian Borrower shall at no time elect to treat any such
interest as a “Security”, nor shall such interest be
represented by a certificate, unless the Canadian Borrower provides
prior written notification to the Collateral Agent of such election
and such interest is thereafter represented by a certificate that
is promptly delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms
hereof.
(c) With
respect to any Security Collateral in which the Canadian Borrower
has any right, title or interest and that constitutes an
uncertificated security, the Canadian Borrower will promptly notify
the Collateral Agent thereof and, at the Collateral Agent’s
request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, either (i) cause the issuer
to agree to comply with instructions from the Collateral Agent as
to such Securities, without further consent of the Canadian
Borrower, or (ii) arrange for the Collateral Agent to become the
registered owner of the Securities. During the
continuation of an Event of Default, with respect to any Security
Collateral in which the Canadian Borrower has any right, title or
interest, promptly upon the request of the Collateral Agent, the
Canadian Borrower will notify each such issuer of Security
Collateral that such Security Collateral is subject to the security
interest granted hereunder.
(d) Except
as otherwise set forth herein, if any amount payable under or in
connection with any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced
by any Instrument, certificated
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security or
Chattel Paper, such Instrument, certificated security or Chattel
Paper shall be promptly delivered to the Collateral Agent (unless
the Trustee is granted a prior security interest in such Collateral
and the same is required to be delivered (and is delivered) to the
Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the
Intercreditor Agreement), duly endorsed in a manner satisfactory to
the Collateral Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this
Agreement and, if applicable, the Intercreditor Agreement,
provided that, unless an Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, the Canadian Borrower shall not be required to
deliver the same pursuant to this clause (d) to the extent that the
aggregate value of the Collateral not so delivered does not exceed
$1,000,000.
(e) Notwithstanding
any provisions to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, the Canadian Borrower is the sole registered
and beneficial owner of each Unlimited Liability Share pledged
hereunder and will remain so until such time as such pledged
Unlimited Liability Shares are effectively transferred into the
name of the Collateral Agent or another person on the books and
records of the Unlimited Company issuer
thereof. Accordingly, the Canadian Borrower shall be
entitled to receive and retain for its own account any dividend on
or other distribution, if any, in respect of such pledged Unlimited
Liability Shares (except insofar as the Canadian Borrower has
granted a security interest in such dividend or other distribution
in favour of the Collateral Agent hereunder, and any Securities
which constitute Collateral shall be delivered forthwith upon
receipt by the Canadian Borrower to the Collateral Agent to hold as
Collateral hereunder) and shall have the right to vote such
Unlimited Liability Shares and to control the direction, management
and policies of the issuer Unlimited Company to the same extent as
the Canadian Borrower would if such Unlimited Liability Shares were
not pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant
hereto. Nothing in this Agreement shall, constitute any
Secured Party or any person other than the Canadian Borrower, a
member of any Unlimited Company for the purposes of its applicable
governing statute until such time as notice is given to the
Canadian Borrower (and not revoked) as provided herein and further
steps are taken thereunder so as to register any Secured Party or
such other person as holder of such pledged Unlimited Liability
Shares. Except upon the exercise of rights to sell or
otherwise dispose of pledged Unlimited Liability Shares following
the occurrence of an Event of Default and while it is continuing,
the Canadian Borrower shall not cause, permit or enable any
Unlimited Company issuer to cause, permit, or enable the Collateral
Agent to:
(i) be
registered as a shareholder or member of the Unlimited
Company;
(ii) have
any notation entered in its favour in the share register in respect
of Unlimited Liability Shares;
(iii) hold
any Secured Party out as a shareholder or member of an Unlimited
Company;
(iv) act
or purport to act as a member of an Unlimited Company, or obtain,
exercise or attempt to exercise any rights of a shareholder or
member, of the Unlimited Company;
(v) be
held out as shareholder or member of the Unlimited
Company;
(vi) receive,
directly or indirectly, any dividends, property or other
distributions from the Unlimited Company by reason of the
Collateral Agent holding a security interest in the pledged
Unlimited Liability Shares; or
(vii) act
as a shareholder or member of the Unlimited Company, or exercise
any rights of a shareholder or member including the right to attend
a meeting of, or to vote the shares of, an
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Unlimited
Company or to be entitled to receive or receive any distribution in
respect of Unlimited Liability Shares.
The foregoing limitation shall not restrict the
Collateral Agent from exercising the rights which it is entitled to
exercise hereunder in respect of any Collateral constituting
Unlimited Liability Shares or Security Entitlements in Unlimited
Liability Shares at any time that the Collateral Agent shall be
entitled to enforce the Security and realize on all or any portion
of the Collateral pursuant to the Security.
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5.
Maintaining Deposit Accounts and Letter of Credit Rights
. Unless the Release Date shall have
occurred:
(a) The
Canadian Borrower will maintain Deposit Accounts (other than
Excluded Accounts) only with a bank (which may include the
Collateral Agent) (a “ Pledged Account Bank
”) that has entered into a Deposit Account Control
Agreement. The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it
will not deliver a notice indicating that the Collateral Agent will
take Control over a Deposit Account, Securities Account or Futures
Account under any Control Agreement unless an Event of Default or
Cash Dominion Event has occurred and is continuing.
(b) The
Collateral Agent may, at any time and without notice to, or consent
from, the Canadian Borrower, transfer, or direct the transfer of,
funds from the Pledged Deposit Accounts to satisfy the Canadian
Borrower’s obligations under the Loan Documents if an Event
of Default or Cash Dominion Event shall have occurred and be
continuing.
(c) Upon
any termination by the Canadian Borrower of any Pledged Deposit
Account, the Canadian Borrower will immediately (i) transfer all
funds and property held in such terminated Pledged Deposit Account
to another Pledged Deposit Account and (ii) notify all Account
Debtors and any other obligors that were making payments to such
Pledged Deposit Account to make all future payments to another
Pledged Deposit Account, in each case so that the Collateral Agent
shall have a continuously perfected security interest in such
Account Collateral, funds and property.
(d) The
Canadian Borrower, by granting a security interest in its
Receivables consisting of Letter of Credit Rights to the Collateral
Agent, intends to (and hereby does) assign to the Collateral Agent
its rights (including its contingent rights) to the proceeds of all
Related Contracts consisting of letters of credit of which it is or
hereafter becomes a beneficiary or assignee (except to the extent
that the Canadian Borrower is required by applicable law to apply
such proceeds to a specified purpose). If the Canadian
Borrower is at any time a beneficiary under a letter of credit now
or hereafter issued in favour of the Canadian Borrower, and
(i) the face amount of such letter of credit is in excess of
$1,000,000 individually or (ii) the face amount of such letter
of credit, together with the face amount of all other letters of
credit issued in favour of the Canadian Borrower in which the
Collateral Agent does not have a perfected security interest
exceeds $2,500,000 in the aggregate, the Canadian Borrower shall
promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof and the Canadian
Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to either
(A) arrange for the issuer and any confirmer of such letter of
credit to consent to an assignment to the Collateral Agent of the
proceeds of any drawing under such letter of credit or
(B) arrange for the Collateral Agent to become the transferee
beneficiary of such letter of credit, with the Collateral Agent
agreeing, in each case, that the proceeds of any drawing under such
letter of credit are to be applied as provided in the Credit
Agreement.
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(e) Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Canadian Borrower shall,
promptly upon request by the Collateral Agent, (i) notify (and the
Canadian Borrower hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to notify)
the issuer and each nominated person with respect to each of the
Related Contracts consisting of letters of credit that the proceeds
thereof have been assigned to the Collateral Agent hereunder and
any payments due or to become due in respect thereof are to be made
directly to the Collateral Agent or its designee and (ii) arrange
for the Collateral Agent to become the transferee beneficiary of
letter of credit.
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6.
Representations and Warranties . The Canadian
Borrower represents and warrants as follows:
(a) All
Pledged Equity consisting of certificated securities and all
Pledged Debt has been delivered to the Collateral Agent (or the
Trustee) in accordance herewith. If the Canadian
Borrower is an issuer of Security Collateral, the Canadian Borrower
confirms that it has received notice of the security interest
granted hereunder.
(b) The
Canadian Borrower is the legal and beneficial owner of the
Collateral granted or purported to be granted by the Canadian
Borrower free and clear of any Lien, claim, option or right of
others, except for the security interest created under this
Agreement, subject to Liens permitted under Section 7.01 of the
Credit Agreement. To the best knowledge of the Canadian
Borrower, no effective financing statement or other instrument
similar in effect covering all or any part of the Collateral or
listing the Canadian Borrower or any trade name of the Canadian
Borrower as debtor is on file in any recording office, except such
as may have been filed in favour of the Collateral Agent relating
to the Loan Documents or as otherwise permitted under the Credit
Agreement.
(c) All
of the Equipment and Inventory of the Canadian Borrower are located
at the places specified therefor in Schedule 2 to the Perfection
Certificate or at another location as to which the Canadian
Borrower has complied with the requirements of Sections 8 and
9(b). The Canadian Borrower has obtained and maintains
insurance with respect to its Equipment and Inventory in compliance
with Section 8(d).
(d) The
Pledged Equity issued by the Canadian Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries hereunder has been duly authorized and validly issued
and is fully paid and non-assessable. The Pledged Debt
issued by the Specified U.S. Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
and pledged by the Canadian Borrower hereunder has been duly
authorized, authenticated or issued and delivered and is
the legal, valid and binding obligation of the issuers
thereof. The Pledged Debt is evidenced by one
or more promissory notes (which promissory notes have been
delivered to the Collateral Agent (unless required to be delivered
and so delivered to the Trustee pursuant to the Intercreditor
Agreement) and is not in default.
(e) As
of the Closing Date, the Pledged Equity pledged by the Canadian
Borrower constitutes the percentage of the issued and outstanding
Equity Interests of the issuers thereof indicated on
Schedule 7 to the Perfection Certificate. As of the
Closing Date, the Canadian Borrower does not have any Investment
Property or Financial Assets other than the Investment Property and
Financial Assets listed on Schedules 7, 8 and 9 to the
Perfection Certificate.
(f) The
Canadian Borrower has good and valid rights in and title to the
Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a
security interest hereunder and has full power and authority to
grant to the Collateral Agent the security interest in such
Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations in accordance with the terms of this
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without the consent or approval of any other person, other than any
consent or approval that has been obtained and is in full force and
effect or the need for which has been specifically disclosed herein
or in the Credit Agreement.
(g) The
Perfection Certificate has been duly prepared, completed and
executed by Holdings and the Specified U.S. Borrower and the
information set forth therein, including the exact legal name of
the Canadian Borrower, its jurisdiction of organization, its
organizational number and its location (within the meaning of
section 7 of the PPSA) is true, accurate and complete as of
the Closing Date and as of each subsequent delivery required
pursuant to Section 6.2(g) of the Credit Agreement.
(h) This
Agreement creates in favour of the Collateral Agent for the benefit
of the Secured Parties a valid security interest in the Collateral
granted by the Canadian Borrower, securing the payment of the
Secured Obligations; and (i) when the financing statements set
forth in Schedule 5 of the Perfection Certificate are filed or
recorded with the appropriate Governmental Authority referred to
therein with respect to the Collateral described therein in which a
security interest may be perfected by filing or recordation and
(ii) upon the taking of possession or control by the Senior
Representative pursuant to Article III of the Intercreditor
Agreement of the Collateral described in Schedules 7, 8 and 9 of
the Perfection Certificate with respect to which a security
interest may be perfected only by possession or control, all
filings and other actions necessary to perfect the security
interest in the Collateral granted by the Canadian Borrower have
been duly made or taken and are in full force and effect; and such
security interest is, in the case of ABL Priority Collateral, first
priority and, in the case of Term Priority Collateral, second
priority.
(i) The
Canadian Borrower has not filed or consented to the filing of (i)
any financing statement or analogous document under the PPSA or any
other applicable laws covering any Collateral, (ii) any assignment
in which the Canadian Borrower assigns any Collateral or any
security agreement or similar instrument covering any Collateral
with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United
States Copyright Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property
Office or (iii) any assignment in which the Canadian Borrower
assigns any Collateral or any security agreement or similar
instrument covering any Collateral with any foreign governmental,
municipal or other office, which financing statement or analogous
document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is
still in effect, except, in each case, for Liens expressly
permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Credit
Agreement.
(j) The
Inventory that has been produced or distributed by the Canadian
Borrower has been produced in compliance with all requirements of
applicable law.
(k) No
amount payable to the Canadian Borrower under or in connection with
any Receivable is evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper in
excess of $500,000 which has not been delivered to the Collateral
Agent to the extent otherwise required to be delivered hereunder
(other than purchase orders, supply agreements and
invoices).
(l) As
to itself and its Intellectual Property Collateral:
(i) To
the Canadian Borrower’s knowledge, the operation of the
Canadian Borrower’s business as currently conducted and the
use of the Intellectual Property in connection therewith do not
materially infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the
intellectual property rights of any third party.
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(ii) The
Canadian Borrower is the exclusive owner of all right, title and
interest in and to the material Intellectual Property Collateral
owned by the Canadian Borrower, and is entitled to use all material
Intellectual Property Collateral subject only to the terms of the
IP Agreements, in each case as used in or necessary to its
operations.
(iii) The
IP Agreements, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names and
all applications for any of the foregoing included in the
Intellectual Property Collateral are set forth on Schedule 13 to
the Perfection Certificate and such Intellectual Property
Collateral constitutes all Intellectual Property and all IP
Agreements material to the operations of the Canadian
Borrower.
(iv) None
of the Canadian Borrower’s Intellectual Property material to
the operations of the Canadian Borrower, has been abandoned or has
been adjudged invalid or unenforceable in whole or part.
(m) The
Collateral does not include consumer goods.
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7.
Further Assurances . (a) The Canadian
Borrower agrees that from time to time, at the expense of the
Canadian Borrower, the Canadian Borrower will promptly execute and
deliver, or otherwise authenticate, all further instruments and
documents, and take all further action that may be reasonably
necessary or desirable, or that the Collateral Agent may reasonably
request, in order to perfect and protect any pledge or security
interest granted or purported to be granted by the Canadian
Borrower hereunder or to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise
and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any
Collateral of the Canadian Borrower. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Canadian Borrower will
promptly:
(i) mark conspicuously each document
included in Inventory and, at the request of the Collateral Agent
if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each Chattel
Paper, each Related Contract and each Assigned Agreement and, at
the request of the Collateral Agent, each of its records pertaining
to such Collateral with a legend, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, indicating that such
document, Chattel Paper, Related Contract, Assigned Agreement or
Collateral is subject to the security interest granted
hereby;
(ii) execute or authenticate and file such
financing or renewal statements, or amendments thereto, and such
other instruments or notices, as may be reasonably necessary or
desirable, or as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in
order to perfect and preserve the security interest granted or
purported to be granted by the Canadian Borrower
hereunder;
(iii) execute and deliver to the Collateral
Agent an executed Control Agreement with respect to each Deposit
Account of the Canadian Borrower owned, maintained or established
by the Canadian Borrower after the Closing Date (other than an
Excluded Account), including any such Deposit Account which at any
time ceases to be an Excluded Account (it being understood that the
Collateral Agent shall not give any instructions directing the
disposition of funds from time to time credited to any Deposit
Account or withhold any withdrawal rights from the Canadian
Borrower with respect to funds from time to time credited to any
Deposit Account unless an Event of Default or Cash Dominion Event
has occurred and is continuing);
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(iv) if the Canadian Borrower shall,
following the Closing Date, establish and maintain any Securities
Account or Futures Account (other than an Excluded Account) with
any Securities Intermediary or Futures Intermediary, the Canadian
Borrower shall, within 30 days (or such longer period as the
Collateral Agent may agree in its sole discretion) of opening such
Securities Account or Futures Account, notify the Collateral Agent
thereof and deliver to the Collateral Agent an executed Control
Agreement with respect to such Securities Account or Futures
Account, as the case may be; and
(v) deliver to the Collateral Agent
evidence that all other actions that the Collateral Agent may deem
reasonably necessary or desirable in order to perfect and protect
the security interest granted or purported to be granted by the
Canadian Borrower under this Agreement has been taken.
(b) The
Canadian Borrower hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to file
one or more financing or renewal statements, and amendments
thereto, including, without limitation, one or more financing
statements indicating that such financing statements cover all
assets or all personal property (or words of similar effect) of the
Canadian Borrower, in each case without the signature of the
Canadian Borrower, and regardless of whether any particular asset
described in such financing statements falls within the scope of
the PPSA or the granting clause of this Agreement. A
photocopy or other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing
statement covering the Collateral or any part thereof shall
be