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Title: COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 10/30/2006
Industry: Semiconductors     Sector: Technology

COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, Parties: advanced micro devices inc , amd international sales and service  ltd.  , wells fargo bank  n.a.
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EXHIBIT 10.2

COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

made by

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.

and

AMD INTERNATIONAL SALES AND SERVICE, LTD.

in favor of

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,

as Collateral Agent

Dated as of October 24, 2006


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.

  

DEFINED TERMS

  

2

1.1.

  

Definitions

  

2

1.2.

  

Other Definitional Provisions

  

6

SECTION 2.

  

[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

  

6

SECTION 3.

  

GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

  

6

SECTION 4.

  

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

  

7

4.1.

  

Representations in Credit Agreement

  

7

4.2.

  

Title; No Other Liens

  

7

4.3.

  

Perfected First Priority Liens

  

8

4.4.

  

Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office

  

8

4.5.

  

[Intentionally Omitted]

  

9

4.6.

  

[Intentionally Omitted]

  

9

4.7.

  

Pledged Equity Interests and the Spansion Collateral Account

  

9

4.8.

  

Accounts Receivable

  

9

SECTION 5.

  

COVENANTS

  

10

5.1.

  

Covenants in Credit Agreement

  

10

5.2.

  

Delivery and Control of Instruments, Certificated Securities, Chattel Paper, Pledged Equity Interests and the Spansion Collateral Account

  

10

5.3.

  

Maintenance of Insurance

  

11

5.4.

  

Payment of Obligations

  

11

5.5.

  

Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation

  

12

5.6.

  

Changes in Locations, Name, etc

  

12

5.7.

  

Notices

  

12

5.8.

  

Pledged Equity Interests

  

13

5.9.

  

Accounts Receivable

  

13

SECTION 6.

  

REMEDIAL PROVISIONS

  

14

6.1.

  

Certain Matters Relating to Accounts Receivable

  

14

6.2.

  

Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable

  

14

6.3.

  

Pledged Equity Interests

  

15

6.4.

  

Proceeds to be Turned Over to Collateral Agent

  

15

6.5.

  

Application of Proceeds

  

16

6.6.

  

Code and Other Remedies

  

16

6.7.

  

Registration Rights

  

16

6.8.

  

Deficiency

  

17

SECTION 7.

  

THE COLLATERAL AGENT

  

17

7.1.

  

Collateral Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc

  

17

7.2.

  

Duty of Collateral Agent

  

19

7.3.

  

Financing Statements

  

19

7.4.

  

Authority, Immunities and Indemnities of Collateral Agent

  

19

SECTION 8.

  

MISCELLANEOUS

  

19

8.1.

  

Amendments in Writing

  

19

8.2.

  

Notices

  

19

8.3.

  

No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies

  

20

8.4.

  

Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification

  

20

8.5.

  

Successors and Assigns

  

20

8.6.

  

Set-Off

  

20

8.7.

  

Counterparts

  

21

8.8.

  

Severability

  

21

8.9.

  

Section Headings

  

21

 

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8.10.

  

Integration

  

21

8.11.

  

GOVERNING LAW

  

21

8.12.

  

Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers

  

21

8.13.

  

Acknowledgements

  

22

8.14.

  

Additional Grantors; Supplements to Schedules

  

22

8.15.

  

Releases

  

22

8.16.

  

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

  

23

8.17.

  

Secured Parties

  

23

8.18.

  

Collateral Trust Agreement; Secured Instrument

  

23

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULES

 

 

Schedule 1

  

Notice Addresses

Schedule 2

  

Investment Property

Schedule 3

  

Jurisdictions of Organization and Chief Executive Offices

Schedule 4

  

Filings and Other Actions Required for Perfection

 

 

 

 

ANNEXES

 

 

 

 

Annex I

 

Form of Assumption Agreement

Annex II

 

Form of Acknowledgement and Consent

Annex III

 

Form of Pledge Supplement

 

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COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of October 24, 2006, made by each of the signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein, the “ Grantors ”), in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (as defined herein) under the Collateral Trust Agreement referred to below (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns from time to time acting as Collateral Agent under the Collateral Trust Agreement, the “ Collateral Agent ”).

RECITALS

A. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the various financial institutions and other Persons from time to time parties thereto (each a “ Lender ”), Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”), Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner (in such capacity, the “ Lead Arranger ”), and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as syndication agent (in such capacity, the “ Syndication Agent ”) the Lenders have severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;

B. Pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of October 29, 2004 (the “ Senior Notes Indenture ”), between the Borrower and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, the Borrower issued and sold its 7.75% Senior Notes due 2012 (the “ 2012 Notes ”).

C. The Borrower, the other Grantors, and the Collateral Agent have entered into a Collateral Trust Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “ Collateral Trust Agreement ”).

D. Upon effectiveness of the Acquisition, the Borrower will be a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes each other Grantor;

E. The proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement and the proceeds under the Specified Hedge Agreements will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to one or more of the other Grantors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses;

F. The Borrower and the other Grantors are engaged in related businesses, and each Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement and the providing of financial accommodation under the Specified Hedge Agreements; and

G. It is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and of the Qualified Counterparties to provide financial accommodation under the Specified Hedge Agreements that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Agents and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder and to induce the Qualified Counterparties to enter into the Specified Hedge Agreements and provide financial accommodation, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:


SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS

1.1. Definitions .

(a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement, and the following terms are used herein as defined in the New York UCC (and if defined in more than one Article of the New York UCC, shall have the meaning given in Article 8 or 9 thereof): Accounts, Certificated Security, Chattel Paper, Deposit Account, Electronic Chattel Paper, Instruments, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Payment Intangibles, Records, Supporting Obligations, Tangible Chattel Paper and Uncertificated Security.

(b) The following terms shall have the following meanings:

2012 Notes: ” as defined in the second recital.

2012 Notes Obligations ”: all obligations under the 2012 Notes and the Senior Notes Indenture.

Accounts Receivable ”: all (i) Accounts, (ii) Chattel Paper, (iii) to the extent arising from goods or other property sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of, or services rendered or to be rendered (A) Payment Intangibles and (B) Instruments, and (iv) to the extent not otherwise covered above, all other rights to payment, whether or not earned by performance, for goods or other property sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of, or services rendered or to be rendered, regardless of how classified under the New York UCC together with all of Grantors’ rights, if any, in any goods or other property giving rise to such right to payment and all Collateral Support and Supporting Obligations related thereto and all Receivables Records.

Agreement ”: this Collateral Agreement, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Borrower ”: as defined in the preamble.

Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations ”: the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to any Agent, Lender or Indemnitee, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any other document made, delivered or given in connection therewith or pursuant thereto, in each case whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and legal expenses) or otherwise (including interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after the commencement of any bankruptcy case or insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or like proceeding relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding and all expense reimbursement and indemnity obligations arising or incurred as provided in the Loan Documents after the commencement of any such case or proceeding, whether or not a claim for such obligations is allowed in such case or proceeding).

Borrower Obligations ”: the collective reference to (i) the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations, (ii) the Borrower Hedge Agreement Obligations and (iii) all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Secured Parties that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement or this Agreement.

 

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Borrower Hedge Agreement Obligations ”: the collective reference to all obligations and liabilities of the Borrower (including, without limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in any Specified Hedge Agreement after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) to any Qualified Counterparty, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, any Specified Hedge Agreement or any other Loan Document entered into with any Secured Party or any other document made, delivered or given in connection therewith or pursuant thereto, in each case whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Qualified Counterparty that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of any Specified Hedge Agreement or any other Loan Document); provided, that any release of Collateral effected in the manner permitted by the Credit Agreement shall not require the consent of holders of obligations under the Specified Hedge Agreements.

Collateral ”: as defined in Section 3.

Collateral Account ”: any collateral account established by the Collateral Agent as provided in Section 6.1 or 6.4.

Collateral Support ”: all property (real or personal) assigned, hypothecated or otherwise securing any Collateral and including any security agreement or other agreement granting a lien or security interest in such real or personal property.

Collateral Trust Agreemen t”: as defined in the third recital.

Control Party ”: as defined in the Collateral Trust Agreement.

Event of Default ”: an “Event of Default” under any Secured Instrument.

Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock ”: the voting Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary.

Intercompany Note ”: any promissory note evidencing loans or other monetary obligations owing to any Grantor by any Group Member.

Investment Property ”: the collective reference to (i) all Pledged Equity Interests and (ii) all Pledged Notes.

Issuers ”: the collective reference to each issuer of any Investment Property purported to be pledged hereunder.

New York UCC ”: the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

Obligations ”: the Borrower Obligations and the 2012 Notes Obligations.

Organizational Documents ”: as to any Person, its certificate or articles of incorporation and by-laws if a corporation, or its certificate of formation and its partnership agreement if a partnership, its limited liability company agreement if a limited liability company, or other organizational or governing documents of such person.

 

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Pledge Supplement : a Pledge Supplement, substantially in the form of Annex III.

Pledged Alternative Equity Interests ”: (a) all participation or other interests in any equity or profits of any Pledged Company at any time issued or granted to or owned, held or acquired by any Grantor and (b) all participation or other interests in any equity or profits of any business entity that was created or acquired after the Closing Date at any time issued or granted to or owned, held or acquired by any Grantor, and including in each case the certificates, if any, representing such interests and any interest of such Grantor in the entities on the books of the Issuer of such interests or on the books and records of any securities intermediary pertaining to such interests, and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such interests and any other warrant, right or option to acquire any of the foregoing; provided , however , that Pledged Alternative Equity Interests shall not include any Pledged Notes, Pledged Stock, Pledged Partnership Interests, and Pledged LLC Interests; provided further that in no event shall more than 65% of the total voting power of the outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary be subject to the security interests granted hereby.

Pledged Company ”: each of AMD US Finance, Inc., AMD Saxony Holding GmbH, AMD Saxony LLC, AMD International Sales & Service, Ltd., Advanced Micro Devices (Singapore) Pte Ltd and Advanced Micro Devices Sdn.Bhd.

Pledged Equity Interests ”: all Pledged Stock, Pledged LLC Interests, Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged Alternative Equity Interests.

Pledged LLC Interests ”: (a) all interests owned, directly or indirectly, by any Grantor in any Pledged Company that is a limited liability company (including those listed on Schedule 2) at any time issued or granted to or owned, held or acquired by any Grantor and (b) all interests owned, directly or indirectly, by any Grantor in any limited liability company that was created or acquired after the Closing Date at any time issued or granted to or owned, held or acquired by any Grantor, including in each case the certificates, if any, representing such limited liability company interests and any interest of any Grantor on the books and records of such limited liability company or on the books and records of any securities intermediary pertaining to such interest and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such limited liability company interests and any other warrant, right or option to acquire any of the foregoing; provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the total voting power of the outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary be subject to the security interests granted hereby.

Pledged Notes ”: all indebtedness for borrowed money owed to any Grantor by a Group Member including, without limitation, all Intercompany Notes at any time issued to or owned, held or acquired by any Grantor (including those listed on Schedule 2).

Pledged Partnership Interests ”: (a) all interests owned, directly or indirectly, by any Grantor in any Pledged Company that is a general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or other partnership (including those listed on Schedule 2) at any time issued or granted to or owned, held or acquired by any Grantor and (b) all interests owned, directly or indirectly, by any Grantor in any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or other partnership that was created or acquired after the Closing Date at any time issued or granted to or owned, held or acquired by

 

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any Grantor, including, in each case, the certificates, if any, representing such partnership interests and any interest of such Grantor on the books and records of such partnership or on the books and records of any securities intermediary pertaining to such interest and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such partnership interests and any other warrant, right or option to acquire any of the foregoing: provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the total voting power of the outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary be subject to the security interests granted hereby.

Pledged Stock ”: (a) all shares, stock certificates, options, interests or rights of any nature whatsoever in respect of the Capital Stock of any Pledged Company (including those listed on Schedule 2) at any time issued or granted to or owned, held or acquired by any Grantor and (b) all shares, stock certificates, options, interests or rights of any nature whatsoever in respect of the Capital Stock of any Person created or acquired after the Closing Date at any time issued or granted to or owned, held or acquired by any Grantor, including, in each case, the certificates, if any, representing such shares and any interest of such Grantor in the entries on the books of the Issuer of such shares or on the books and records of any securities intermediary pertaining to such shares, and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such shares and any other warrant, right or option to acquire any of the foregoing; provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the total voting power of the outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary be subject to the security interests granted hereby.

Proceeds ”: all “proceeds” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the New York UCC, including, in any event, all dividends, returns of capital and other distributions and income from Investment Property and all collections thereon and payments with respect thereto.

Receivables Records ”: (i) all original copies of all documents, instruments or other writings or electronic records or other Records evidencing the Accounts Receivable, (ii) all books, correspondence, credit or other files, Records, ledger sheets or cards, invoices, and other papers relating to Accounts Receivable, including, without limitation, all tapes, cards, computer tapes, computer discs, computer runs, record keeping systems and other papers and documents relating to the Accounts Receivable, whether in the possession or under the control of Grantor or any computer bureau or agent from time to time acting for Grantor or otherwise, (iii) all evidences of the filing of financing statements and the registration of other instruments in connection therewith, and amendments, supplements or other modifications thereto, notices to other creditors or agents thereof, and certificates, acknowledgments, or other writings, including, without limitation, lien search reports, from filing or other registration officers, (iv) all credit information, reports and memoranda relating thereto and (v) all other written or non-written forms of information related in any way to the foregoing or any Accounts Receivable.

Secured Instrument ”: as defined in the Collateral Trust Agreement.

Secured Parties ”: as defined in the Collateral Trust Agreement.

Securities Act ”: the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Senior Notes Indenture ” is defined in the second recital.

Subordination Agreement ”: Subordination Agreement, dated April 20, 2004, among the Borrower, AMD Fab 36 Holding Gmbh, AMD Fab 36 Admin Gmbh, Leipziger Messe Gmbh, Fab 36 Beteiligungs Gmbh, AMD Fab 36 LLC, LB Beteiligungsgesellschaft MBH, AMD Fab 36 Limited

 

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Liability Company & Co. KG, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, KFW, Landesank Hessen-Thuringen Girozentrale, Landesbank Sachsen Girozentrale, Dresdner Bank Luxembourg S.A., as Facility Agent, Dresdner Bank AG In Berlin, as Security Agent, and the Financial Institutions party thereto.

UETA ”: the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act, as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction.

1.2. Other Definitional Provisions .

(a) As used herein and in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto, (i) accounting terms relating to any Group Member not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP, (ii) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (iii) the word “incur” shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and the words “incurred” and “incurrence” shall have correlative meanings), and (iv) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties of every type and nature, and (v) references to agreements or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time (subject to any applicable restrictions hereunder).

(b) The words “hereof,” “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section and Schedule references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

(c) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

(d) Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or the relevant part thereof.

(e) The expressions “payment in full,” “paid in full” and any other similar terms or phrases when used herein with respect to any Obligation shall mean (A) the payment in full of such Obligation in cash in immediately available funds and (B) with respect to obligations under the Specified Hedge Agreements with any Qualified Counterparty, such obligations are secured by a collateral arrangement reasonably satisfactory to the Qualified Counterparty in its sole discretion.

SECTION 2. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED].

SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

Each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “ Collateral ”), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all Obligations:

(a) all Accounts Receivable;

 

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(b) all proceeds and products from the direct or indirect sale of the Capital Stock of Spansion;

(c) the Spansion Collateral Account, if and when the same is created pursuant to Section 6.11 of the Credit Agreement;

(d) all Investment Property;

(e) all Supporting Obligations and products of any and all of the foregoing and all security interests or other liens on personal or real property securing or in any respect relating to any of the foregoing;

(f) all books and records (regardless of medium) pertaining to any of the foregoing; and

(g) all Proceeds of any of the foregoing;

provided that the security interest granted hereunder shall not cover and the term “Collateral” shall not include any of the following: (A) Capital Stock of Fab 36, (B) as of the date hereof, Capital Stock of 1252986 Alberta ULC or any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Material Subsidiary owned by a Grantor, and after the date hereof with respect to after-acquired or after-created Subsidiaries, Capital Stock of any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary, (C) Capital Stock which is specifically excluded from the definitions of Pledged Alternative Equity Interests, Pledged LLC Interests, Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged Stock by virtue of the proviso to such definitions, (D) any Intercompany Note or other obligation (x) that is not issued by either a Subsidiary that is an Issuer as of the date hereof or after the date hereof that is not a Material Subsidiary or (y) that is issued by Fab 36 that by its terms or by the terms of the Subordination Agreement does not permit the grant of a security interest in such Intercompany Note or other obligations; provided that no prohibition on the grant of a security interest shall be effective if it were bargained for by any Grantor with the intent of avoiding compliance with this Agreement, and (E) any Intercompany Note evidencing a loan or other extension of credit made by a Grantor to any Foreign Subsidiary to the extent that a pledge or Lien to the Collateral Agent with respect to such Intercompany Note would create an increased tax liability for any Grantor; provided that no Intercompany Note shall be excluded from the security interest granted hereunder if it was entered into with the intent of avoiding compliance with this Agreement; provided , further , that the security interest granted hereby shall attach at all times to all proceeds of such property if such proceeds are otherwise Collateral hereunder.

SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to each Secured Party that:

4.1. Representations in Credit Agreement . In the case of each Grantor (other than the Borrower), the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement as they relate to such Grantor or to the Loan Documents to which such Grantor is a party, each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct, and each Secured Party shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if they were fully set forth herein; provided that each reference in each such representation and warranty to the Borrower’s knowledge shall, for the purposes of this Section 4.1, be deemed to be a reference to such Grantor’s knowledge.

4.2. Title; No Other Liens . Except for the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement and the other Liens permitted to

 

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exist on such Grantor’s Collateral by the Credit Agreement, such Grantor owns each item of Collateral granted by it free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others. No financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such as have been filed in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement or in respect of Liens that are permitted by the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or for which termination statements will be delivered on the Closing Date.

4.3. Perfected First Priority Liens .

(a) Upon completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule 4 (which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on said Schedule, have been delivered to the Collateral Agent in completed and, where required, duly executed form) and the obtaining and maintenance of “control” (within the meaning of Section 8-106, 9-104 and 9-107 of the New York UCC) by the Collateral Agent of the Spansion Collateral Account and any Letter-of-Credit Rights which are part of the Supporting Obligations, the security interests granted in Section 3 will constitute valid perfected security interests in all of the Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for the Obligations, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against all creditors of such Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase any such Collateral from such Grantor and is and will be prior to all other Liens on such Collateral except for Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement which have priority over the Liens on such Collateral by operation of law. Without limiting the foregoing and except as otherwise permitted or provided in Section 5 hereof, each Grantor has taken all actions necessary to establish the Collateral Agent’s “control” (within the meanings of Sections 8-106 and 9-106 of the New York UCC) over any portion of the Investment Property constituting Certificated Securities or Uncertificated Securities (each as defined in the New York UCC).

(b) Each Grantor consents to the grant by each other Grantor of the security interests granted hereby and the transfer of any Capital Stock or Investment Property to the Collateral Agent or its designee following an Event of Default and to the substitution of the Collateral Agent or its designee or the purchaser upon any foreclosure sale as the holder and beneficial owner of the interest represented thereby.

4.4. Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office . On the date hereof, such Grantor’s exact legal name, jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number from the jurisdiction of organization (if any), and the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office or sole place of business or principal residence, as the case may be, are specified on Schedule 3. On the date hereof, such Grantor is organized solely under the law of the jurisdiction so specified and has not filed any certificates of domestication, transfer or continuance in any other jurisdiction. Except as otherwise indicated on Schedule 3, the jurisdiction of such Grantor’s organization or formation is required to maintain a public record showing the Grantor to have been organized or formed. On the date hereof, except as specified on Schedule 3, such Grantor has not changed its name, jurisdiction of organization, chief executive office or sole place of business or its corporate or organizational form in any way (e.g. by merger, consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise) within the past five years and has not within the last five years become bound (whether as a result of merger or otherwise) as grantor under a security agreement entered into by another person, which (x) has not heretofore been terminated or (y) is in respect of a Lien that is not permitted by the Credit Agreement. Such Grantor has furnished to the Collateral Agent its Organizational Documents as in effect as of a date which is recent to the date hereof and long form good standing certificate as of a date which is recent to the date hereof.

 

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4.5. [Intentionally Omitted].

4.6. [Intentionally Omitted]. Investment Property and the Spansion Collateral Account . (a)  Schedule 2 hereto (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) sets forth under the headings “Pledged Stock,” “Pledged LLC Interests” and “Pledged Partnership Interests,” all of the Pledged Stock, Pledged LLC Interests and Pledged Partnership Interests, respectively, owned by any Grantor and pledged hereunder and such Pledged Equity Interests constitute the percentage of issued and outstanding shares of stock, percentage of membership interests, percentage of partnership interests or percentage of beneficial interest of the respective issuers thereof indicated on such schedule. Schedule 2 hereto (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) sets forth under the heading “Pledged Notes” all of the Pledged Notes owned by any Grantor and pledged hereunder. When created, the Spansion Collateral Account will be a Deposit Account and the Borrower will be the sole customer of the Spansion Collateral Account and it will not consent to any person other than the Collateral Agent having “control” (within the meanings of Section 9-104 of the New York UCC) over, or any other interest in, the Spansion Collateral Account, or any property credited thereto.

(b) The shares of Pledged Equity Interests pledged by such Grantor hereunder constitute all of the issued and outstanding shares of all classes of Capital Stock in each Pledged Company owned by such Grantor or, in the case of Voting Stock of any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary, if less, 65% of the total voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of each relevant Pledged Company.

(c) All the shares of the Pledged Equity Interests pledged hereunder have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.

(d) The Pledged LLC Interests and Pledged Partnership Interests pledged hereunder (i) are not traded on securities exchanges or in securities markets, (ii) are not “investment company securities” (as defined in Section 8-103(b) of the New York UCC and (iii) do not provide, in the related operating or partnership agreement, as applicable, or on the certificates, if any, representing such Pledged LLC Interests or Pledged Partnership Interests, as applicable, or otherwise that they are securities governed by the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction.

(e) Such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to, the Investment Property pledged by it hereunder, free of any and all Liens or options in favor of, or claims of, any other person, except Liens permitted to exist on the Collateral by the Credit Agreement, and there are no outstanding warrants, options or other rights to purchase, or shareholder, voting trust or similar agreements outstanding with respect to, or property that is convertible into, or that requires the issuance or sale of, any Pledged Equity Interests pledged hereunder.

4.8. Accounts Receivable .

(a) No amount payable to such Grantor under or in connection with any Accounts Receivable in excess of $1,000,000 is evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper which has not been delivered to the Collateral Agent or constitutes Electronic Chattel Paper that has not been subjected to the control (within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the New York UCC) of the Collateral Agent.

 

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SECTION 5. COVENANTS

Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Secured Parties that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Collateral is released pursuant to Section 8.15(a):

5.1. Covenants in Credit Agreement . Such Grantor shall take, or refrain from taking, as the case may be, each action that is necessary to be taken or not taken, so that no breach of the covenants in the Credit Agreement pertaining to actions to be taken, or not taken, by such Grantor will result.

5.2. Delivery and Control of Instruments, Certificated Securities, Chattel Paper, Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Rights that are Supporting Obligations and the Spansion Collateral Account .

(a) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default or Event of Default, if any of the Collateral of such Grantor is or shall become evidenced or represented by any Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper, s


 
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